John P. McDonald

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

John P. McDonald is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, John P. McDonald has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in John P. McDonald's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (44 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (26 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (19 papers). John P. McDonald is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (44 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (26 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (19 papers). John P. McDonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and Australia. John P. McDonald's co-authors include Roger Woodgate, Ekaterina G. Frank, Rodney Rothstein, Christian Bendixen, L. Beaudet Arthur, Serge Gangloff, Agnès Tissier, Fumio Hanaoka, Brian S. Plosky and Alexandra Vaisman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John P. McDonald

54 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

The yeast type I topoisomerase Top3 interacts with Sgs1, a DNA helicase homolog: a potential eukaryotic reverse gyrase.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John P. McDonald United States	28	3.4k	828	765	432	270	55	3.6k
Ekaterina G. Frank United States	25	2.6k 0.8×	661 0.8×	972 1.3×	211 0.5×	133 0.5×	41	2.8k
Pavel Janščák Switzerland	36	3.5k 1.0×	717 0.9×	480 0.6×	484 1.1×	762 2.8×	63	3.7k
Randy J. Legerski United States	37	4.2k 1.2×	975 1.2×	625 0.8×	332 0.8×	826 3.1×	79	4.6k
Alexander V. Mazin United States	40	4.3k 1.3×	679 0.8×	595 0.8×	513 1.2×	1.1k 3.9×	78	4.6k
Stephanie A. Nick McElhinny United States	19	2.7k 0.8×	541 0.7×	447 0.6×	201 0.5×	315 1.2×	20	2.8k
Paolo Plevani Italy	44	5.3k 1.6×	841 1.0×	709 0.9×	529 1.2×	821 3.0×	105	5.7k
Olivier Hyrien France	33	3.4k 1.0×	333 0.4×	615 0.8×	528 1.2×	299 1.1×	67	3.7k
Serge Gangloff France	22	2.9k 0.9×	603 0.7×	287 0.4×	558 1.3×	273 1.0×	27	3.0k
William K. Holloman United States	33	3.5k 1.0×	268 0.3×	730 1.0×	996 2.3×	317 1.2×	99	3.9k
Stephen Kearsey United Kingdom	37	4.2k 1.2×	376 0.5×	537 0.7×	527 1.2×	536 2.0×	78	4.8k

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Jaszczur, Malgorzata, et al.. (2024). Pathogen-encoded Rum DNA polymerase drives rapid bacterial drug resistance. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(21). 12987–13002. 1 indexed citations

Jaszczur, Malgorzata, John P. McDonald, Andrew Robinson, et al.. (2022). Host cell RecA activates a mobile element-encoded mutagenic DNA polymerase. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(12). 6854–6869. 5 indexed citations

McDonald, John P., Alexandra Vaisman, Jan Reyelt, et al.. (2021). CroS_R391, an ortholog of the λ Cro repressor, plays a major role in suppressing polV_R391‐dependent mutagenesis. Molecular Microbiology. 116(3). 877–889. 8 indexed citations

Vaisman, Alexandra, Martin A.M. Reijns, Erin Walsh, et al.. (2021). Novel Escherichia coli active site dnaE alleles with altered base and sugar selectivity. Molecular Microbiology. 116(3). 909–925. 3 indexed citations

Vaisman, Alexandra, et al.. (2021). Identification and Characterization of Thermostable Y-Family DNA Polymerases η, ι, κ and Rev1 From a Lower Eukaryote, Thermomyces lanuginosus. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 8. 778400–778400.

Engqvist, Martin K. M., Clara Navarrete, John P. McDonald, et al.. (2018). DNA polymerase η contributes to genome-wide lagging strand synthesis. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(5). 2425–2435. 16 indexed citations

Frank, Ekaterina G., John P. McDonald, Wei Yang, & Roger Woodgate. (2016). Mouse DNA polymerase ι lacking the forty-two amino acids encoded by exon-2 is catalytically inactive in vitro. DNA repair. 50. 71–76. 4 indexed citations

Vaisman, Alexandra, et al.. (2014). Investigating the mechanisms of ribonucleotide excision repair in Escherichia coli. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 761. 21–33. 33 indexed citations

Vaisman, Alexandra, John P. McDonald, Wojciech Kuban, et al.. (2013). Removal of Misincorporated Ribonucleotides from Prokaryotic Genomes: An Unexpected Role for Nucleotide Excision Repair. PLoS Genetics. 9(11). e1003878–e1003878. 59 indexed citations

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McDonald, John P., Alexandra Vaisman, Wojciech Kuban, Myron F. Goodman, & Roger Woodgate. (2012). Mechanisms Employed by Escherichia coli to Prevent Ribonucleotide Incorporation into Genomic DNA by Pol V. PLoS Genetics. 8(11). e1003030–e1003030. 32 indexed citations

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Vaisman, Alexandra, Wojciech Kuban, John P. McDonald, et al.. (2012). Critical amino acids in Escherichia coli UmuC responsible for sugar discrimination and base-substitution fidelity. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(13). 6144–6157. 35 indexed citations

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Frank, Ekaterina G., et al.. (2012). A strategy for the expression of recombinant proteins traditionally hard to purify. Analytical Biochemistry. 429(2). 132–139. 24 indexed citations

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Plosky, Brian S., Ekaterina G. Frank, David A. Berry, et al.. (2008). Eukaryotic Y-family polymerases bypass a 3-methyl-2′-deoxyadenosine analog in vitro and methyl methanesulfonate-induced DNA damage in vivo. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(7). 2152–2162. 61 indexed citations

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Curti, Elena, John P. McDonald, Samantha Mead, & Roger Woodgate. (2008). DNA polymerase switching: effects on spontaneous mutagenesis inEscherichia coli. Molecular Microbiology. 71(2). 315–331. 41 indexed citations

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Plosky, Brian S., Antonio E. Vidal, Antonio R. Fernández de Henestrosa, et al.. (2006). Controlling the subcellular localization of DNA polymerases ι and η via interactions with ubiquitin. The EMBO Journal. 25(12). 2847–2855. 169 indexed citations

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McDonald, John P., Ekaterina G. Frank, Brian S. Plosky, et al.. (2003). 129-derived Strains of Mice Are Deficient in DNA Polymerase ι and Have Normal Immunoglobulin Hypermutation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 198(4). 635–643. 151 indexed citations

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Tissier, Agnès, Ekaterina G. Frank, John P. McDonald, et al.. (2000). Misinsertion and bypass of thymine–thymine dimers by human DNA polymerase ι. The EMBO Journal. 19(19). 5259–5266. 174 indexed citations

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Peat, Thomas S., et al.. (1996). The UmuD′ protein filament and its potential role in damage induced mutagenesis. Structure. 4(12). 1401–1412. 36 indexed citations

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Peat, Thomas S., Ekaterina G. Frank, John P. McDonald, et al.. (1996). Structure of the UmuD′ protein and its regulation in response to DNA damage. Nature. 380(6576). 727–730. 135 indexed citations

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McDonald, John P. & Rodney Rothstein. (1994). Unrepaired heteroduplex DNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is decreased in RAD1 RAD52-independent recombination.. Genetics. 137(2). 393–405. 70 indexed citations

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