Karen Usdin

5.6k total citations
112 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Karen Usdin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Usdin has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Molecular Biology, 78 papers in Genetics and 30 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Karen Usdin's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (76 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (29 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (23 papers). Karen Usdin is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (76 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (29 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (23 papers). Karen Usdin collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Karen Usdin's co-authors include Daman Kumari, Kerry J. Woodford, Xiao-Nan Zhao, Ali Entezam, Ed Grabczyk, Anthony V. Furano, M. Neale Weitzmann, Rachel Lokanga, Bruce E. Hayward and Gloria E. Hoffman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Karen Usdin

108 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Peers

Karen Usdin
Annette Schenck Netherlands
Thomas A. Jongens United States
Fadi F. Hamdan Canada
Caleb Webber United Kingdom
Nila Patil United States
Carl Dobkin United States
J Engel United States
Koen J. T. Venken United States
Harrison W. Gabel United States
Mark J. Alkema United States
Annette Schenck Netherlands
Karen Usdin
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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karen Usdin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karen Usdin 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 Karen Usdin. Karen Usdin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Hayward, Bruce E., et al.. (2025). Repeat expansion in a fragile X model is independent of double strand break repair mediated by Pol θ, RAD52, RAD54 or RAD54B. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 5033–5033. 1 indexed citations
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Protić, Dragana, Roberta Polli, Elisa Bettella, et al.. (2024). Somatic Instability Leading to Mosaicism in Fragile X Syndrome and Associated Disorders: Complex Mechanisms, Diagnostics, and Clinical Relevance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(24). 13681–13681.
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Pellerin, David, Matt C. Danzi, Stephan Züchner, et al.. (2024). Assessment of the Clinical Interactions of GAA Repeat Expansions in FGF14 and FXN. Neurology Genetics. 10(6). e200210–e200210. 1 indexed citations
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Aishworiya, Ramkumar, Bruce E. Hayward, Karen Usdin, et al.. (2023). Clinical implications of somatic allele expansion in female FMR1 premutation carriers. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 7050–7050. 5 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiao-Nan & Karen Usdin. (2021). (Dys)function Follows Form: Nucleic Acid Structure, Repeat Expansion, and Disease Pathology in FMR1 Disorders. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(17). 9167–9167. 10 indexed citations
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Hayward, Bruce E., Daman Kumari, & Karen Usdin. (2017). Recent advances in assays for the fragile X-related disorders. Human Genetics. 136(10). 1313–1327. 8 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiao-Nan, Rachel Lokanga, Kimaada Allette, et al.. (2016). A MutSβ-Dependent Contribution of MutSα to Repeat Expansions in Fragile X Premutation Mice?. PLoS Genetics. 12(7). e1006190–e1006190. 34 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yifan, Daman Kumari, Nicholas Sciascia, & Karen Usdin. (2016). CGG-repeat dynamics and FMR1 gene silencing in fragile X syndrome stem cells and stem cell-derived neurons. Molecular Autism. 7(1). 42–42. 36 indexed citations
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Uslu, Bahar, M. Page Haynes, Meltem Kuruş, et al.. (2016). Granulosa cell and oocyte mitochondrial abnormalities in a mouse model of fragile X primary ovarian insufficiency. Molecular Human Reproduction. 22(6). 384–396. 52 indexed citations
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Kumari, Daman, Aditi Bhattacharya, Kristen Moulton, et al.. (2014). Identification of Fragile X Syndrome Specific Molecular Markers in Human Fibroblasts: A Useful Model to Test the Efficacy of Therapeutic Drugs. Human Mutation. 35(12). 1485–1494. 46 indexed citations
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Lokanga, Rachel, Xiao-Nan Zhao, & Karen Usdin. (2013). The Mismatch Repair Protein MSH2 is Rate Limiting for Repeat Expansion in a Fragile X Premutation Mouse Model. Human Mutation. 35(1). 129–136. 68 indexed citations
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Kumari, Daman, Rachel Lokanga, Dmitry V. Yudkin, Xiao-Nan Zhao, & Karen Usdin. (2012). Chromatin changes in the development and pathology of the Fragile X-associated disorders and Friedreich ataxia. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1819(7). 802–810. 13 indexed citations
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Qin, Mei, Ali Entezam, Karen Usdin, et al.. (2011). A mouse model of the fragile X premutation: Effects on behavior, dendrite morphology, and regional rates of cerebral protein synthesis. Neurobiology of Disease. 42(1). 85–98. 67 indexed citations
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Entezam, Ali & Karen Usdin. (2009). ATM and ATR protect the genome against two different types of tandem repeat instability in Fragile X premutation mice. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(19). 6371–6377. 32 indexed citations
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Entezam, Ali, Bonnie M. Orrison, Tapas Saha, et al.. (2007). Regional FMRP deficits and large repeat expansions into the full mutation range in a new Fragile X premutation mouse model. Gene. 395(1-2). 125–134. 148 indexed citations
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Kumari, Daman, Andrei Gabrielian, David A. Wheeler, & Karen Usdin. (2005). The roles of Sp1, Sp3, USF1/USF2 and NRF-1 in the regulation and three-dimensional structure of the Fragile X mental retardation gene promoter. Biochemical Journal. 386(2). 297–303. 23 indexed citations
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Weitzmann, M. Neale, Kerry J. Woodford, & Karen Usdin. (1996). The Development and Use of a DNA Polymerase Arrest Assay for the Evaluation of Parameters Affecting Intrastrand Tetraplex Formation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(34). 20958–20964. 96 indexed citations
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Pascale, Esterina, Christine Liu, Eulalia Valle-Garay, Karen Usdin, & Anthony V. Furano. (1993). The evolution of long interspersed repeated DNA (L1, LINE 1) as revealed by the analysis of an ancient rodent L1 DNA family. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 36(1). 9–20. 56 indexed citations

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