John SantaLucia

11.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
51 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

John SantaLucia is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, John SantaLucia has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in John SantaLucia's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (39 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (29 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers). John SantaLucia is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (39 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (29 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers). John SantaLucia collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Belgium. John SantaLucia's co-authors include Hatim T. Allawi, Donald A. Hicks, Douglas H. Turner, Ryszard Kierzek, Nicolas Peyret, Christopher Cox, Tianbing Xia, Susan J. Schroeder, Mark E. Burkard and Ilirian Dhimitruka and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

John SantaLucia

51 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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 unified view of polymer, dumbbell, and oligonucleotide DNA nearest-neighbor thermodynamics

1998 2.2k citations John SantaLucia profile →
The Thermodynamics of DNA Structural Motifs

2004 987 citations John SantaLucia, Donald A. Hicks profile →
Thermodynamic Parameters for an Expanded Nearest-Neighbor Model for Formation of RNA Duplexes with Watson−Crick Base Pairs

1998 920 citations John SantaLucia, Ryszard Kierzek et al. Biochemistry profile →
Improved Nearest-Neighbor Parameters for Predicting DNA Duplex Stability

1996 664 citations John SantaLucia et al. Biochemistry profile →
Hachimoji DNA and RNA: A genetic system with eight building blocks

2019 330 citations Shuichi Hoshika, Nicole A. Leal et al. Science profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John SantaLucia

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John SantaLucia. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John SantaLucia based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John SantaLucia. John SantaLucia is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Measurement of Klebsiella Intestinal Colonization Density To Assess Infection Risk 2021 ·mSphere ·(unknown), (unknown), John SantaLucia, Emily Roberts, Lili Zhao, Keith S. Kaye, Krishna Rao, Michael A. Bachman	24
2	Hachimoji DNA and RNA: A genetic system with eight building blocks breakdown → 2019 ·Science ·Shuichi Hoshika, Nicole A. Leal, Myong‐Jung Kim, Myong‐Sang Kim, Nilesh B. Karalkar, Hyo‐Joong Kim, Alison M. Bates, (unknown), (unknown), Adam J. Meyer, Saurja DasGupta, Joseph A. Piccirilli, Andrew D. Ellington, John SantaLucia, Millie M. Georgiadis, Steven A. Benner	330
3	Complete Genome Sequencing and Genetic Characterization of Alkhumra Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Isolated from Najran, Saudi Arabia 2014 ·Intervirology ·Tariq A. Madani, Esam I. Azhar, (unknown), Moujahed Kao, (unknown), Suha A. Farraj, (unknown), (unknown), Shazi Shakil, Sayed Sartaj Sohrab, John SantaLucia, Thomas G. Ksiazek	11
4	Comparison of solution conformations and stabilities of modified helix 69 rRNA analogs from bacteria and human 2011 ·Biopolymers ·(unknown), Jun Jiang, John SantaLucia, Christine S. Chow	19
5	Solution structure of RNase P RNA 2011 ·RNA ·Alexei V. Kazantsev, Robert P. Rambo, (unknown), John SantaLucia, John A. Tainer, Norman R. Pace	40
6	Thermodynamic contributions of single internal rA·dA, rC·dC, rG·dG and rU·dT mismatches in RNA/DNA duplexes 2010 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Mike J. Tsay, (unknown), (unknown), Nana Lee, (unknown), Donald A. Hicks, John SantaLucia	31
7	Pseudouridines in rRNA helix 69 play a role in loop stacking interactions 2008 ·Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Jean‐Paul Desaulniers, Yu‐Cheng Chang, Raviprasad Aduri, Sanjaya Abeysirigunawardena, John SantaLucia, Christine S. Chow	36
8	Identification and role of functionally important motifs in the 970 loop of Escherichia coli 16S ribosomal RNA 2007 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Ashesh A. Saraiya, Tek N. Lamichhane, Christine S. Chow, John SantaLucia, Philip R. Cunningham	14
9	Physical Principles and Visual-OMP Software for Optimal PCR Design 2007 ·Methods in molecular biology ·John SantaLucia	80
10	Binding of Specific DNA Base-pair Mismatches by N-Methylpurine-DNA Glycosylase and Its Implication in Initial Damage Recognition 2002 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Tapan Biswas, (unknown), John SantaLucia, Sankar Mitra, Rabindra Roy	23
11	THE SYNTHESIS OFANTI-FIXED 3-METHYL-3- DEAZA-2′-DEOXYADENOSINE AND OTHER 3H-IMIDAZO[4,5-c]PYRIDINE ANALOGS 2002 ·Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids ·(unknown), John SantaLucia	15
12	Photoinduced cleavage by a rhodium complex at G·U mismatches and exposed guanines in large and small RNAs 2002 ·Biochimie ·Christine S. Chow, Philip R. Cunningham, Kangseok Lee, (unknown), John SantaLucia, Shikha Varma	8
13	Structure and function of the conserved 690 hairpin in Escherichia coli 16 s ribosomal RNA. II. NMR solution structure 2001 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·(unknown), Philip R. Cunningham, John SantaLucia	14
14	Structure and function of the conserved 690 hairpin in Escherichia coli 16 s ribosomal RNA: analysis of the stem nucleotides 2000 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·(unknown), Kangseok Lee, John SantaLucia, Philip R. Cunningham	20
15	Statistical mechanical simulation of polymeric DNA melting with MELTSIM. 1999 ·Bioinformatics ·R. D. Blake, (unknown), J.D. Blake, (unknown), Scott G. Delcourt, Joshua Knowles, Kenneth A. Marx, John SantaLucia	123
16	In vivo determination of RNA Structure-Function relationships: analysis of the 790 loop in ribosomal RNA 1 1Edited by D. E. Draper 1997 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Kangseok Lee, Shikha Varma, John SantaLucia, Philip R. Cunningham	65
17	Measuring the thermodynamics of RNA secondary structure formation 1997 ·Biopolymers ·John SantaLucia, (unknown)	93
18	DETERMINATION OF RNA STRUCTURE AND THERMODYNAMICS 1993 ·Annual Review of Biochemistry ·J. A. Jaeger, John SantaLucia, I Tinoco	62
19	Stabilities of consecutive A.cntdot.C, C.cntdot.C, G.cntdot.G, U.cntdot.C, and U.cntdot.U mismatches in RNA internal loops: evidence for stable hydrogen-bonded U.cntdot.U and C.cntdot.C+ pairs 1991 ·Biochemistry ·John SantaLucia, Ryszard Kierzek, Douglas H. Turner	124
20	Effects of GA mismatches on the structure and thermodynamics of RNA internal loops 1990 ·Biochemistry ·John SantaLucia, Ryszard Kierzek, Douglas H. Turner	98

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