John C. Game

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

John C. Game is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, John C. Game has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in John C. Game's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (26 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (24 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (7 papers). John C. Game is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (26 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (24 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (7 papers). John C. Game collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and New Zealand. John C. Game's co-authors include Robert Mortimer, B. S. Cox, Marsha S. Williamson, Björn Rydberg, Michael A. Resnick, Brian S. Cox, Seymour Fogel, Sophia B. Chernikova, Robert H. Haynes and Robert M. Roth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John C. Game

48 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A genetic study of X-ray sensitive mutants in yeast

1974 412 citations John C. Game, Robert Mortimer Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John C. Game United States	28	2.6k	439	339	276	219	49	2.8k
Michael J. Smerdon United States	43	4.9k 1.9×	597 1.4×	542 1.6×	441 1.6×	392 1.8×	121	5.2k
E C Friedberg United States	36	3.9k 1.5×	470 1.1×	752 2.2×	570 2.1×	367 1.7×	72	4.1k
Bertrand Llorente France	21	1.8k 0.7×	447 1.0×	204 0.6×	249 0.9×	235 1.1×	39	2.1k
Connie Holm United States	24	2.5k 0.9×	459 1.0×	124 0.4×	147 0.5×	372 1.7×	32	2.6k
Giuseppe Baldacci France	27	2.0k 0.8×	222 0.5×	171 0.5×	226 0.8×	231 1.1×	69	2.2k
Yasuhisa Nogi Japan	32	2.8k 1.1×	249 0.6×	195 0.6×	244 0.9×	323 1.5×	65	3.0k
Francesca Storici United States	26	2.6k 1.0×	341 0.8×	246 0.7×	331 1.2×	333 1.5×	67	2.8k
Michael Hampsey United States	32	4.3k 1.6×	422 1.0×	155 0.5×	405 1.5×	192 0.9×	62	4.5k
Thomas F. Donahue United States	35	4.7k 1.8×	501 1.1×	159 0.5×	445 1.6×	167 0.8×	45	5.2k
Aparna V. Sarthy United States	18	1.5k 0.6×	140 0.3×	205 0.6×	398 1.4×	278 1.3×	26	1.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Game, John C., et al.. (2020). A new specimen‐based checklist of ferns and lycophytes from Rotuma (Fiji). New Zealand Journal of Botany. 59(1). 137–153. 1 indexed citations

Chernikova, Sophia B., Stephano S. Mello, Jason H. Stafford, et al.. (2018). Dynamin impacts homology-directed repair and breast cancer response to chemotherapy. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 128(12). 5307–5321. 15 indexed citations

Game, John C., Susan Fawcett, & Alan Р. Smith. (2017). New pteridophyte records for Taveuni (Fiji) and a new species of Chingia (Thelypteridaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany. 56(1). 26–37. 1 indexed citations

Gallina, Irene, Susanne M. Germann, Wissam Hamou, et al.. (2013). Physical mapping and cloning of RAD56. Gene. 519(1). 182–186. 2 indexed citations

Chernikova, Sophia B., Olga V. Razorenova, John Higgins, et al.. (2012). Deficiency in Mammalian Histone H2B Ubiquitin Ligase Bre1 (Rnf20/Rnf40) Leads to Replication Stress and Chromosomal Instability. Cancer Research. 72(8). 2111–2119. 100 indexed citations

Chernikova, Sophia B., John C. Game, & J. Martin Brown. (2012). Inhibiting homologous recombination for cancer therapy. Cancer Biology & Therapy. 13(2). 61–68. 50 indexed citations

Chernikova, Sophia B., Jennifer A. Dorth, Olga V. Razorenova, John C. Game, & J. Martin Brown. (2010). Deficiency in Bre1 Impairs Homologous Recombination Repair and Cell Cycle Checkpoint Response to Radiation Damage in Mammalian Cells. Radiation Research. 174(5). 558–565. 48 indexed citations

Game, John C. & Sophia B. Chernikova. (2009). The role of RAD6 in recombinational repair, checkpoints and meiosis via histone modification. DNA repair. 8(4). 470–482. 52 indexed citations

Game, John C.. (2000). The Saccharomyces repair genes at the end of the century. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 451(1-2). 277–293. 57 indexed citations

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Sykes, W. R. & John C. Game. (1996). Phymatosorus (Polypodiaceae) in the Cook Islands. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 34(2). 143–146. 1 indexed citations

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Game, John C., Maren Bell, Dindial Ramotar, & Harvey I. Miller. (1994). X–XI. Yeast mapping reports. The use of random‐breakage mapping to locate the genes APN1 and YUH1 in the Saccharomyces genome, and to determine gene order near the left end of chromosome XI. Yeast. 10(4). 543–554. 1 indexed citations

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Game, John C., et al.. (1989). Use of a ring chromosome and pulsed-field gels to study interhomolog recombination, double-strand DNA breaks and sister-chromatid exchange in yeast.. Genetics. 123(4). 695–713. 106 indexed citations

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Resnick, Michael A., John C. Game, & Stanley Stasiewicz. (1983). GENETIC EFFECTS OF UV IRRADIATION ON EXCISION-PROFICIENT AND -DEFICIENT YEAST DURING MEIOSIS. Genetics. 104(4). 603–618. 25 indexed citations

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Game, John C., Joseph Little, & Robert H. Haynes. (1975). Yeast mutants sensitive to trimethoprim. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 28(2). 175–182. 23 indexed citations

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Cox, Brian S. & John C. Game. (1974). Repair systems in Saccharomyces. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 26(4). 257–264. 131 indexed citations

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Game, John C. & Robert Mortimer. (1974). A genetic study of X-ray sensitive mutants in yeast. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 24(3). 281–292. 412 indexed citations breakdown →

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Game, John C. & B. S. Cox. (1973). Synergistic interactions between rad mutations in yeast. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 20(1). 35–44. 81 indexed citations

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Game, John C. & B. S. Cox. (1972). Epistatic interactions between four rad loci in yeast. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 16(4). 353–362. 57 indexed citations

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Game, John C. & B. S. Cox. (1971). Allelism tests of mutants affecting sensitivity to radiation in yeast and a proposed nomenclature. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 12(3). 328–331. 103 indexed citations

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Game, John C. & B. S. Cox. (1969). Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mutant which may show Cytoplasmic Sensitivity to Ultraviolet Light. Nature. 223(5210). 1067–1068. 5 indexed citations

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