John L. Woolford

8.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
109 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

John L. Woolford is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John L. Woolford has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Oncology and 7 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in John L. Woolford's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (92 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (73 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (69 papers). John L. Woolford is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (92 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (73 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (69 papers). John L. Woolford collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. John L. Woolford's co-authors include Susan J. Baserga, Michael Rosbash, Jelena Jakovljevic, Sebastian Klinge, Mitch O. Rotenberg, Jesús de la Cruz, Michelle Moritz, Yi‐Fang Tsay, Katrin Karbstein and Amanda G. Paulovich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John L. Woolford

108 papers receiving 7.2k citations

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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.

Ribosome Biogenesis in the YeastSaccharomyces cerevisiae

2013 571 citations John L. Woolford et al. profile →
Isolation of yeast histone genes H2A and H2B

1979 254 citations John L. Woolford et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John L. Woolford United States	50	7.0k	673	433	415	253	109	7.4k
Arno L. Greenleaf United States	41	4.8k 0.7×	656 1.0×	420 1.0×	426 1.0×	306 1.2×	65	5.4k
Lev L. Kisselev Russia	42	5.7k 0.8×	417 0.6×	461 1.1×	941 2.3×	152 0.6×	191	6.2k
Claire Moore United States	42	6.8k 1.0×	250 0.4×	424 1.0×	642 1.5×	190 0.8×	93	7.4k
Claiborne V.C. Glover United States	37	3.8k 0.5×	332 0.5×	610 1.4×	632 1.5×	548 2.2×	62	4.3k
Dieter Kressler Switzerland	34	3.7k 0.5×	520 0.8×	213 0.5×	295 0.7×	186 0.7×	63	4.1k
Klaus Scherrer France	41	5.7k 0.8×	558 0.8×	529 1.2×	846 2.0×	517 2.0×	159	6.7k
Giuseppe Biamonti Italy	47	5.5k 0.8×	525 0.8×	457 1.1×	445 1.1×	346 1.4×	114	6.3k
Stephen M. Dilworth United Kingdom	31	2.4k 0.3×	920 1.4×	412 1.0×	588 1.4×	340 1.3×	47	3.5k
Jorge E. Allende Chile	36	2.8k 0.4×	429 0.6×	308 0.7×	344 0.8×	448 1.8×	121	3.6k
Richard A. Padgett United States	38	6.9k 1.0×	373 0.6×	476 1.1×	758 1.8×	267 1.1×	72	7.9k

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Kim, David, et al.. (2023). Yeast ribosome biogenesis factors Puf6 and Nog2 and ribosomal proteins uL2 and eL43 act in concert to facilitate the release of nascent large ribosomal subunits from the nucleolus. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(20). 11277–11290. 2 indexed citations

Rodríguez‐Galán, Olga, et al.. (2022). Ribosomal protein eL39 is important for maturation of the nascent polypeptide exit tunnel and proper protein folding during translation. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(11). 6453–6473. 11 indexed citations

Woolford, John L., et al.. (2022). Additional principles that govern the release of pre-ribosomes from the nucleolus into the nucleoplasm in yeast. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(20). 10867–10883. 10 indexed citations

Tartakoff, Alan M., et al.. (2021). The nucleolus as a polarized coaxial cable in which the rDNA axis is surrounded by dynamic subunit-specific phases. Current Biology. 31(12). 2507–2519.e4. 13 indexed citations

Wilson, Daniel M., et al.. (2020). Structural insights into assembly of the ribosomal nascent polypeptide exit tunnel. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5111–5111. 23 indexed citations

Talkish, Jason, Jelena Jakovljevic, Jingyu Zhang, et al.. (2016). Disruption of ribosome assembly in yeast blocks cotranscriptional pre-rRNA processing and affects the global hierarchy of ribosome biogenesis. RNA. 22(6). 852–866. 31 indexed citations

Woolford, John L.. (2015). Assembly of ribosomes in eukaryotes. RNA. 21(4). 766–768. 2 indexed citations

Talkish, Jason, Gemma E. May, Yizhu Lin, John L. Woolford, & C. Joel McManus. (2014). Mod-seq: high-throughput sequencing for chemical probing of RNA structure. RNA. 20(5). 713–720. 149 indexed citations

Ohmayer, Uli, Michael Gamalinda, Martina Sauert, et al.. (2013). Studies on the Assembly Characteristics of Large Subunit Ribosomal Proteins in S. cerevisae. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e68412–e68412. 53 indexed citations

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Dembowski, Jill A., et al.. (2013). Identification of the binding site of Rlp7 on assembling 60S ribosomal subunits in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. RNA. 19(12). 1639–1647. 23 indexed citations

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Jakovljevic, Jelena, Uli Ohmayer, Michael Gamalinda, et al.. (2012). Ribosomal proteins L7 and L8 function in concert with six A₃ assembly factors to propagate assembly of domains I and II of 25S rRNA in yeast 60S ribosomal subunits. RNA. 18(10). 1805–1822. 55 indexed citations

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Pöll, Gisela, Tobias Braun, Jelena Jakovljevic, et al.. (2009). rRNA Maturation in Yeast Cells Depleted of Large Ribosomal Subunit Proteins. PLoS ONE. 4(12). e8249–e8249. 88 indexed citations

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Wacheul, Ludivine, Marc Thiry, Adam C. Berger, et al.. (2008). Identification of Genes That Function in the Biogenesis and Localization of Small Nucleolar RNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 28(11). 3686–3699. 17 indexed citations

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Horsey, Edward, et al.. (2004). Role of the yeast Rrp1 protein in the dynamics of pre-ribosome maturation. RNA. 10(5). 813–827. 84 indexed citations

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Harnpicharnchai, Piyanun, Jelena Jakovljevic, Edward Horsey, et al.. (2001). Composition and Functional Characterization of Yeast 66S Ribosome Assembly Intermediates. Molecular Cell. 8(3). 505–515. 259 indexed citations

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Woolford, John L., et al.. (1997). Prp31p Promotes the Association of the U4/U6 · U5 Tri-snRNP with Prespliceosomes To Form Spliceosomes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 17(7). 3580–3588. 52 indexed citations

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Kim, Kyong‐Tai, et al.. (1995). The final stages of spliceosome maturation require Spp2p that can interact with the DEAH box protein Prp2p and promote step 1 of splicing.. PubMed Central. 1(4). 375–90. 83 indexed citations

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Woolford, John L. & Jonathan R. Warner. (1991). 10 The Ribosome and Its Synthesis. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 587–626. 15 indexed citations

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Moritz, Michelle, Beth A. Pulaski, & John L. Woolford. (1991). Assembly of 60S Ribosomal Subunits Is Perturbed in Temperature-Sensitive Yeast Mutants Defective in Ribosomal Protein L16. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11(11). 5681–5692. 70 indexed citations

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Rotenberg, Mitch O. & John L. Woolford. (1986). Tripartite Upstream Promoter Element Essential for Expression of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ribosomal Protein Genes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 6(2). 674–687. 126 indexed citations

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