John J. Turchi

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

John J. Turchi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, John J. Turchi has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Oncology and 18 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in John J. Turchi's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (80 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (33 papers) and Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (18 papers). John J. Turchi is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (80 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (33 papers) and Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (18 papers). John J. Turchi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Netherlands. John J. Turchi's co-authors include Steve M. Patrick, Karen M. Henkels, Robert A. Bambara, Katherine S. Pawelczak, Sarah C. Shuck, Pamela S. VanderVere-Carozza, Shadia I. Jalal, Catherine R. Sears, Navnath S. Gavande and Lin Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

John J. Turchi

101 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Replication gaps are a key determinant of PARP inhibitor synthetic lethality with BRCA deficiency
    2021 229 citations Pamela S. VanderVere-Carozza, Katherine S. Pawelczak et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John J. Turchi United States 40 4.0k 1.6k 792 401 293 103 4.7k
Bernard Salles France 43 4.5k 1.1× 2.0k 1.3× 1.4k 1.8× 480 1.2× 237 0.8× 134 6.0k
Shigeo Sato Japan 41 4.4k 1.1× 1.9k 1.2× 1.0k 1.3× 453 1.1× 225 0.8× 71 6.4k
Moulay A. Alaoui‐Jamali Canada 42 3.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 792 1.0× 338 0.8× 277 0.9× 138 4.8k
Yvonne Ottaviano United States 12 3.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 665 0.8× 638 1.6× 348 1.2× 21 4.5k
Gennadi V. Glinsky United States 32 2.8k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 825 1.0× 303 0.8× 174 0.6× 75 4.1k
Peter J. McHugh United Kingdom 36 3.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 756 1.0× 342 0.9× 170 0.6× 74 4.1k
Catherine L. Day New Zealand 38 6.1k 1.5× 1.8k 1.1× 745 0.9× 237 0.6× 346 1.2× 81 7.4k
Binghui Shen United States 47 5.9k 1.5× 918 0.6× 897 1.1× 819 2.0× 364 1.2× 145 6.6k
Lisa Wiesmüller Germany 42 4.6k 1.2× 2.4k 1.5× 824 1.0× 487 1.2× 261 0.9× 136 5.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John J. Turchi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John J. Turchi

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All Works

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Pawelczak, Katherine S., et al.. (2025). Targeting DNA damage sensors for cancer therapy. DNA repair. 149. 103841–103841. 2 indexed citations
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Surendran, Sneha, et al.. (2025). Biochemical impact of p300-mediated acetylation of replication protein A: Implications for DNA metabolic pathway choice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(6). 110250–110250.
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Oakley, Greg G., et al.. (2024). The effect of replication protein A inhibition and post-translational modification on ATR kinase signaling. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 19791–19791. 2 indexed citations
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Heyza, Joshua, Christopher K. Yunker, Lisa Polin, et al.. (2023). ATR inhibition overcomes platinum tolerance associated with ERCC1- and p53-deficiency by inducing replication catastrophe. NAR Cancer. 5(1). zcac045–zcac045. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Youwei, et al.. (2023). The mechanistic role of cardiac glycosides in DNA damage response and repair signaling. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 80(9). 250–250. 10 indexed citations
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Gavande, Navnath S., Pamela S. VanderVere-Carozza, Katherine S. Pawelczak, et al.. (2020). Discovery and development of novel DNA-PK inhibitors by targeting the unique Ku–DNA interaction. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(20). 11536–11550. 25 indexed citations
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Sriramkumar, Shruthi, Timothy D. Matthews, Samuel A. Miller, et al.. (2020). Platinum-Induced Ubiquitination of Phosphorylated H2AX by RING1A Is Mediated by Replication Protein A in Ovarian Cancer. Molecular Cancer Research. 18(11). 1699–1710. 9 indexed citations
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Gavande, Navnath S., Pamela S. VanderVere-Carozza, Hilary D. Hinshaw, et al.. (2016). DNA repair targeted therapy: The past or future of cancer treatment?. PMC. 4 indexed citations
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Turchi, John J., et al.. (2015). Chemical inhibitor targeting the replication protein A-DNA interaction increases the efficacy of Pt-based chemotherapy in lung and ovarian cancer. PMC. 1 indexed citations
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Fang, Fang, Joanne M. Munck, Jessica Tang, et al.. (2014). The Novel, Small-Molecule DNA Methylation Inhibitor SGI-110 as an Ovarian Cancer Chemosensitizer. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(24). 6504–6516. 81 indexed citations
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Peng, Xiaodong, Fang Wang, Liwei Li, et al.. (2013). Exploring a structural protein–drug interactome for new therapeutics in lung cancer. Molecular BioSystems. 10(3). 581–591. 12 indexed citations
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Sears, Catherine R. & John J. Turchi. (2012). Complex Cisplatin-Double Strand Break (DSB) Lesions Directly Impair Cellular Non-Homologous End-Joining (NHEJ) Independent of Downstream Damage Response (DDR) Pathways. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(29). 24263–24272. 46 indexed citations
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Bodenmiller, Diane, et al.. (2011). Novel Irreversible Small Molecule Inhibitors of Replication Protein A Display Single-Agent Activity and Synergize with Cisplatin. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 10(10). 1796–1806. 43 indexed citations
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Pawelczak, Katherine S., et al.. (2010). Coordination of DNA–PK Activation and Nuclease Processing of DNA Termini in NHEJ. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 14(12). 2531–2543. 25 indexed citations
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Shuck, Sarah C., et al.. (2010). Targeting the OB‐Folds of Replication Protein A with Small Molecules. Journal of Nucleic Acids. 2010(1). 304035–304035. 22 indexed citations
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Turchi, John J., et al.. (2009). Molecular analysis of Ku redox regulation. BMC Molecular Biology. 10(1). 86–86. 17 indexed citations
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Shuck, Sarah C., et al.. (2008). Eukaryotic nucleotide excision repair: from understanding mechanisms to influencing biology. Cell Research. 18(1). 64–72. 188 indexed citations
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Patrick, Steve M. & John J. Turchi. (1999). Replication Protein A (RPA) Binding to Duplex Cisplatin-damaged DNA Is Mediated through the Generation of Single-stranded DNA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(21). 14972–14978. 86 indexed citations

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