Julie D. Forman‐Kay

29.5k citations

218 papers · 21.8k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 77

Molecular Biology top 0.1%
Materials Chemistry top 0.5%
Spectroscopy top 0.1%
Cell Biology top 0.2%
Genetics top 1%

Co-authors: Lewis E. Kay Joseph A. Marsh Tanja Mittag Ouwen Zhang Tony Pawson Neil A. Farrow Robert M. Vernon Alaji Bah
Topics: Protein Structure and Dynamics (103 papers)Enzyme Structure and Function (67 papers)RNA Research and Splicing (49 papers)
Cited by: Molecular Biology Spectroscopy Cell Biology
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: Canada United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Julie D. Forman‐Kay

211 papers receiving 21.6k 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.

Backbone Dynamics of a Free and a Phosphopeptide-Complexed Src Homology 2 Domain Studied by 15N NMR Relaxation

1994 1.9k citations Ranjith Muhandiram, Tony Pawson et al. Biochemistry profile →
Phase Transition of a Disordered Nuage Protein Generates Environmentally Responsive Membraneless Organelles

2015 1.3k citations Timothy J. Nott, Patrick Farber et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Backbone 1H and 15N resonance assignments of the N-terminal SH3 domain of drk in folded and unfolded states using enhanced-sensitivity pulsed field gradient NMR techniques

1994 604 citations Lewis E. Kay, Julie D. Forman‐Kay et al. profile →
Sensitivity of secondary structure propensities to sequence differences between α‐ and γ‐synuclein: Implications for fibrillation

2006 596 citations Joseph A. Marsh, Zongchao Jia et al. profile →
Pi-Pi contacts are an overlooked protein feature relevant to phase separation

2018 587 citations Robert M. Vernon, P. Andrew Chong et al. eLife profile →
Folding of an intrinsically disordered protein by phosphorylation as a regulatory switch

2014 432 citations Alaji Bah, Robert M. Vernon et al. profile →
Modulation of Intrinsically Disordered Protein Function by Post-translational Modifications

2016 388 citations Alaji Bah, Julie D. Forman‐Kay Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Structural and hydrodynamic properties of an intrinsically disordered region of a germ cell-specific protein on phase separation

2017 376 citations Jacob P. Brady, Patrick Farber et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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1	Electrostatics of salt-dependent reentrant phase behaviors highlights diverse roles of ATP in biomolecular condensates 2025 ·eLife ·Yi‐Hsuan Lin,Tae Hun Kim,Suman Das,Tanmoy Pal,(unknown),Atul Rangadurai,Lewis E. Kay,Julie D. Forman‐Kay,Hue Sun Chan	2
2	Client–scaffold interactions suppress aggregation of a client protein in model condensates 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rashik Ahmed,Rhea P. Hudson,Julie D. Forman‐Kay,Lewis E. Kay	2
3	Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation enhances nucleosome dynamics and organizes DNA damage repair components within biomolecular condensates 2024 ·Molecular Cell ·Michael L. Nosella,Tae Hun Kim,Shuya Kate Huang,Robert W. Harkness,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Siavash Vahidi,John L. Rubinstein,Hyun O. Lee,Julie D. Forman‐Kay,Lewis E. Kay	25
4	Atomic resolution map of the solvent interactions driving SOD1 unfolding in CAPRIN1 condensates 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rashik Ahmed,(unknown),Rhea P. Hudson,Atul Rangadurai,Shuya Kate Huang,Julie D. Forman‐Kay,Lewis E. Kay	10
5	Electrostatics of salt-dependent re-entrant phase behaviors highlights diverse roles of ATP in biomolecular condensates 2023 ·Biophysical Journal ·Yi‐Hsuan Lin,Tae Hun Kim,Suman R. Das,Tanmoy Pal,(unknown),Lewis E. Kay,Julie D. Forman‐Kay,Hue Sun Chan	2
6	Idpconformergenerator: A flexible software suite for sampling the conformational space of disordered protein states 2023 ·Biophysical Journal ·João M. C. Teixeira,(unknown),(unknown),Jie Li,Robert M. Vernon,Mickaël Krzeminski,(unknown),Oufan Zhang,Mojtaba Haghighatlari,Lei Yu,Teresa Head‐Gordon,Julie D. Forman‐Kay	1
7	An Interpretable Machine-Learning Algorithm to Predict Disordered Protein Phase Separation Based on Biophysical Interactions 2022 ·Biomolecules ·Hao Cai,Robert M. Vernon,Julie D. Forman‐Kay	34
8	Surface electrostatics dictate RNA-binding protein CAPRIN1 condensate concentration and hydrodynamic properties 2022 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yuki Toyama,Atul Rangadurai,Julie D. Forman‐Kay,Lewis E. Kay	12
9	A spatiotemporal reconstruction of the C. elegans pharyngeal cuticle reveals a structure rich in phase-separating proteins 2022 ·eLife ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Peter Mastrangelo,(unknown),Hao Cai,(unknown),Michael P. Hughes,(unknown),Xiaoquan Chu,Jianfeng Pei,Vince Grolmusz,Małgorzata Kotulska,Julie D. Forman‐Kay,Peter J. Roy	13
10	Global Proximity Interactome of the Human Macroautophagy Pathway 2021 ·Autophagy ·(unknown),Andrew M. Sydor,Étienne Coyaud,Estelle Laurent,(unknown),Nora Mellouk,Jonathan St‐Germain,Robert M. Vernon,Julie D. Forman‐Kay,Taoyingnan Li,(unknown),Kexin Zhao,Neale D. Ridgway,Peter K. Kim,Brian Raught,John H. Brumell	11
11	Entropy and Information within Intrinsically Disordered Protein Regions 2019 ·Entropy ·Iva Pritišanac,Robert M. Vernon,Alan M Moses,Julie D. Forman‐Kay	28
12	Theories for Sequence-Dependent Phase Behaviors of Biomolecular Condensates 2018 ·Biochemistry ·Yi‐Hsuan Lin,Julie D. Forman‐Kay,Hue Sun Chan	160
13	Synergy of cAMP and calcium signaling pathways in CFTR regulation 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Zoltán Bozóky,Saumel Ahmadi,(unknown),Tae Hun Kim,Kai Du,Michelle Di Paola,Stan Pasyk,Roman Pekhletski,Jacob P. Keller,Christine E. Bear,Julie D. Forman‐Kay	47
14	Structural and hydrodynamic properties of an intrinsically disordered region of a germ cell-specific protein on phase separationbreakdown → 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jacob P. Brady,Patrick Farber,Ashok Sekhar,Yi‐Hsuan Lin,Rui Huang,Alaji Bah,Timothy J. Nott,Hue Sun Chan,Andrew J. Baldwin,Julie D. Forman‐Kay,Lewis E. Kay	376
15	Interplay of buried histidine protonation and protein stability in prion misfolding 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Anatoly Malevanets,P. Andrew Chong,D. Flemming Hansen,Paul Rizk,Yulong Sun,Hong Lin,Ranjith Muhandiram,Avijit Chakrabartty,Lewis E. Kay,Julie D. Forman‐Kay,Shoshana J. Wodak	19
16	Dynamic equilibrium engagement of a polyvalent ligand with a single-site receptor 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tanja Mittag,Stephen Orlicky,Wing‐Yiu Choy,Xiaojing Tang,Hong Lin,Frank Sicheri,Lewis E. Kay,Mike Tyers,Julie D. Forman‐Kay	284
17	Polyelectrostatic interactions of disordered ligands suggest a physical basis for ultrasensitivity 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mikael Borg,Tanja Mittag,Tony Pawson,Mike Tyers,Julie D. Forman‐Kay,Hue Sun Chan	198
18	Synuclein-γ Targeting Peptide Inhibitor that Enhances Sensitivity of Breast Cancer Cells to Antimicrotubule Drugs 2007 ·Cancer Research ·(unknown),(unknown),Joseph A. Marsh,Vladimir N. Uversky,Julie D. Forman‐Kay,Jingwen Liu,Zongchao Jia	50
19	Measuring p K _a Values in Protein Folding Transition State Ensembles by NMR Spectroscopy 2005 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Martin Tollinger,Lewis E. Kay,Julie D. Forman‐Kay	13
20	Site-specific contributions to the pH dependence of protein stability 2003 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Martin Tollinger,Karin A. Crowhurst,Lewis E. Kay,Julie D. Forman‐Kay	76

About Julie D. Forman‐Kay

Julie D. Forman‐Kay is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Materials Chemistry, having authored 218 papers that have together received 21.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (103 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (67 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (49 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (18.7k citations), Spectroscopy (2.8k citations) and Cell Biology (2.2k citations). Julie D. Forman‐Kay has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Lewis E. Kay, Joseph A. Marsh, Tanja Mittag, Ouwen Zhang, Tony Pawson, Neil A. Farrow, Robert M. Vernon, Alaji Bah, P. Andrew Chong and Wing‐Yiu Choy. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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