John R. Walker

26.7k citations

121 papers · 11.9k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 52

Impact in

Endocrine and Autonomic Systems top 0.5%
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Aging top 1%

Papers in

Aging 4
Molecular Biology 77
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 14
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways 9
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 7
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 7
- RNA Research and Splicing 7

Co-authors: Jonathan M. Goldberg Richard A. Corpina Peter G. Schultz Sirano Dhe‐Paganon John B. Hogenesch Allen A. FienbergCheng LiKenneth L. Davis
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry (12 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (11 papers)PLoS ONE (5 papers)Biochemistry (4 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

John R. Walker

119 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

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SQ109 Targets MmpL3, a Membrane Transporter of Trehalose Monomycolate Involved in Mycolic Acid Donation to the Cell Wall Core of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 2012 · 381 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
2010 Science
2001 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2001 Nature

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All Works

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1	CSB and SMARCAL1 compete for RPA32 at stalled forks and differentially control the fate of stalled forks in BRCA2-deficient cells Nucleic Acids Research ·Попов Анатолий Николаевич, George Wells, John R. Walker, Sara N. Andres, Xu‐Dong Zhu	2024	3
2	The Effects of Mental Health Interventions on Labor Market Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries SSRN Electronic Journal ·Crick Lund, Kate Orkin, Marc Witte, John R. Walker, Thandi Davies, Johannes Haushofer, Sarah M. Murray, Judith Bass, Laura Murray, Wietse A. Tol, Vikram Patel	2024	2
3	Role of Cockayne Syndrome Group B Protein in Replication Stress: Implications for Cancer Therapy International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·John R. Walker, Xu‐Dong Zhu	2022	6
4	Cockayne syndrome group B protein regulates fork restart, fork progression and MRE11-dependent fork degradation in BRCA1/2-deficient cells Nucleic Acids Research ·Попов Анатолий Николаевич, Sofiane Y. Mersaoui, John R. Walker, Yan Coulombe, Ian Hammond-Martel, Hugo Würtele, Jean‐Yves Masson, Xu‐Dong Zhu	2021	8
5	Structures of the cGMP-dependent protein kinase in malaria parasites reveal a unique structural relay mechanism for activation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·M. El Bakkouri, Grant Evans, Amy K. Wernimont, Oleksander Dzeban, Ashley Hutchinson, P. Loppnau, Jeong Joo Kim, Christian Flueck, John R. Walker, Alma Seitova, Guillermo Senisterra, Yoshito Kakihara, Choel Kim, Michael J. Blackman, Charles Calmettes, David A. Baker, Raymond Hui	2019	27
6	Efficient UV repair requires disengagement of the CSB winged helix domain from the CSB ATPase domain DNA repair ·Попов Анатолий Николаевич, Qin Jian, John R. Walker, Xu‐Dong Zhu	2018	12
7	ATM and CDK2 control chromatin remodeler CSB to inhibit RIF1 in DSB repair pathway choice Nature Communications ·Попов Анатолий Николаевич, John R. Walker, Sylvie M. Noordermeer, Nathalie Moatti, Daniel Durocher, Xu‐Dong Zhu	2017	58
8	Structural Basis of the Recruitment of Ubiquitin-specific Protease USP15 by Spliceosome Recycling Factor SART3 Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Qi Zhang, Rachel Harding, Feng Hou, Aiping Dong, John R. Walker, Rob Carolina, Yufeng Tong	2016	21
9	Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Is Regulated by β-Catenin/TCF and Promotes Radioresistance in Prostate Cancer Progenitor Cells Cancer Research ·Monica Cojoc, Claudia Peitzsch, Ina Kurth, Franziska Trautmann, Leoni A. Kunz‐Schughart, Г. Д. Телегеев, Alex Kasper, John R. Walker, Karl Simin, Stephen Lyle, Susanne Fuessel, Kati Erdmann, Manfred P. Wirth, Mechthild Krause, Michaël Baumann, Anna Dubrovska	2015	187
10	Mst1 Directs Myosin IIa Partitioning of Low and Higher Affinity Integrins during T Cell Migration PLoS ONE ·Xiaolu Xu, 寛子白木, Xinxin Wang, Chengxin Sun, Serge Batalov, 長田豊, Tim Wiltshire, John R. Walker, M. Cooke, Karsten Sauer, Yina H. Huang	2014	19
11	Regenerative phenotype in mice with a point mutation in transforming growth factor β type I receptor ( TGFBR1 ) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jun Liu, Kristen Johnson, Jie Li, Estela R. García, Brian Steffy, Mindy H. Hsieh, Nicholas Ng, Jay Zhang, John R. Walker, Sheng Ding, Ken Muneoka, Erhan Gulmez, Richard Glynne, Peter G. Schultz	2011	34
12	Combination Therapy Targeting Both Tumor-Initiating and Differentiated Cell Populations in Prostate Carcinoma Clinical Cancer Research ·Anna Dubrovska, Jimmy Elliott, Richard J. Salamone, Sungeun Kim, von Tröltsch, John R. Walker, J. P. Watson, Sauveur-Michel Maira, Carlos Garcı́a-Echeverrı́a, Charles Y. Cho, Venkateshwar A. Reddy, Peter G. Schultz	2010	97
13	Architecture of Eph receptor clusters Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Juha P. Himanen, 誠岡部, Peter W. Janes, John R. Walker, Kai Xu, Lakmali Atapattu, Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar, Anneloes Mensinga, Martin Lackmann, Dimitar B. Nikolov, Sirano Dhe‐Paganon	2010	208
14	Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Antagonists Promote the Expansion of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells Science ·Anthony E. Boitano, Jian Wang, Russell D. Romeo, Laure C. Bouchez, Albert E. Parker, Sue Sutton, John R. Walker, Colin A. Flaveny, Gary H. Perdew, Michael S. Denison, Peter G. Schultz, Michael P. Cooke Hit paper breakdown →	2010	772
15	β1 Integrins Control the Formation of Cell Chains in the Adult Rostral Migratory Stream Journal of Neuroscience ·Richard Belvindrah, D. Takeuchi, John R. Walker, Bruce L. Patton, Ulrich Müller	2007	126
16	Amino-terminal Dimerization, NRDP1-Rhodanese Interaction, and Inhibited Catalytic Domain Conformation of the Ubiquitin-specific Protease 8 (USP8) Journal of Biological Chemistry ·G.V. Avvakumov, John R. Walker, Sheng Xue, P.J. Finerty, Farrell MacKenzie, E.M. Newman, Sirano Dhe‐Paganon	2006	127
17	Illumination of the Melanopsin Signaling Pathway Science ·Satchidananda Panda, Surendra Kumar Nayak, Brice Campo, John R. Walker, John B. Hogenesch, Timothy Jegla	2005	379
18	Illumination of the Melanopsin Signaling Cascade Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Maddie Desjardins, Surendra Kumar Nayak, Brice Campo, John R. Walker, John B. Hogenesch, Timothy Jegla	2005	1
19	Regulation and Recognition of SCF ^Grr1 Targets in the Glucose and Amino Acid Signaling Pathways Molecular and Cellular Biology ·T. Terauchi, Karin Flick, Tatyana Kalashnikova, John R. Walker, Curt Wittenberg	2004	68
20	cAMP promotes pancreatic β-cell survival via CREB-mediated induction of IRS2 Genes & Development ·Ulupi S. Jhala, Gianluca Canettieri, Robert A. Screaton, Rohit Kulkarni, Stan Krajewski, John C. Reed, John R. Walker, Xueying Lin, Morris F. White, Marc Montminy	2003	466

About John R. Walker

John R. Walker is a scholar working on Aging, Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cell Biology and Oncology, having authored 121 papers that have together received 11.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (14 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (9 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (8 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (7 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (6 papers) and Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (1.0k citations), Aging (262 citations), Molecular Biology (6.9k citations), Transplantation (230 citations) and Biological Psychiatry (211 citations). John R. Walker has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Jonathan M. Goldberg, Richard A. Corpina, Peter G. Schultz, Sirano Dhe‐Paganon, John B. Hogenesch, Allen A. Fienberg, Cheng Li, Kenneth L. Davis, Vahram Haroutunian and Yaron Hakak. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE, Biochemistry and Nucleic Acids Research.

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