Kevin McKernan

39.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Kevin McKernan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin McKernan has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Pharmacology and 4 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Kevin McKernan's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Kevin McKernan is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Kevin McKernan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Kevin McKernan's co-authors include Swati Ranade, Heather E. Peckham, Clarence Lee, Shivangi Wani, Darrin F. Taylor, Gabriel Kolle, Sean M. Grimmond, Brooke Gardiner, Nicole Cloonan and Anita L Steptoe and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Biotechnology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kevin McKernan

24 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Stem cell transcriptome profiling via massive-scale mRNA sequencing

2008 756 citations Nicole Cloonan, Alistair R. R. Forrest et al. Nature Methods profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Domestication through clandestine cultivation constrained genetic diversity in magic mushrooms relative to naturalized populations 2023 ·Current Biology ·Alistair R. McTaggart, Stephen McLaughlin, Jason C. Slot, Kevin McKernan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Leon N. Warne, Louise S. Shuey, A. Drenth, Timothy Y. James	3
2	Bayes Lines Tool (BLT) - A SQL-script for analyzing diagnostic test results with an application to SARS-CoV-2-testing 2021 ·Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·(unknown), Ulrike Kämmerer, Pieter Borger, Simon Goddek, (unknown), Kevin McKernan, Rainer J. Klement	0
3	A whole genome atlas of 81 Psilocybe genomes as a resource for psilocybin production. 2021 ·Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·Kevin McKernan, Liam T. Kane, (unknown), Lei Zhang, (unknown), Stephen McLaughlin	1
4	Genomic characterization of the complete terpene synthase gene family from Cannabis sativa 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·Keith D. Allen, Kevin McKernan, Christopher S. Pauli, (unknown), Anthony Torres, (unknown)	51
5	Cryptocurrencies and Zero Mode Wave guides: An unclouded path to a more contiguous Cannabis sativa L. genome assembly. 2018 ·OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) ·(unknown), Sarah B. Kingan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Biao Liu, Luo Sun, Eileen T. Dimalanta, (unknown), (unknown), Heather Ebling, Kevin McKernan, Liam T. Kane	5
6	Microbiological examination of nonsterile Cannabis products: Molecular Microbial Enumeration Tests and the limitation of Colony Forming Units. 2018 ·OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) ·Kevin McKernan	2
7	Rare genetic variants in the endocannabinoid system genes CNR1 and DAGLA are associated with neurological phenotypes in humans 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Douglas R. Smith, Christine M. Stanley, (unknown), Richard G. Boles, Kevin McKernan	55
8	Hurt, tired and queasy: Specific variants in the ATPase domain of the TRAP1 mitochondrial chaperone are associated with common, chronic “functional” symptomatology including pain, fatigue and gastrointestinal dysmotility 2015 ·Mitochondrion ·Richard G. Boles, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Julie M. Eggington, Christine M. Stanley, Mu Gao, Hongyi Zhou, Stephen McLaughlin, Amir S. Zare, Katherine Sheldon, Jeffrey Skolnick, Kevin McKernan	12
9	Mutation in The Nuclear-Encoded Mitochondrial Isoleucyl-tRNA SynthetaseIARS2in Patients with Cataracts, Growth Hormone Deficiency with Short Stature, Partial Sensorineural Deafness, and Peripheral Neuropathy or with Leigh Syndrome 2015 ·Human Mutation ·Jeremy Schwartzentruber, Daniela Buhaş, Jacek Majewski, Florin Sasarman, Simon Papillon‐Cavanagh, Isabelle Thiffault, Katherine Sheldon, Christine Massicotte, Lysanne Patry, Mariella Simon, Amir S. Zare, Kevin McKernan, Jacques L. Michaud, Richard G. Boles, Cheri Deal, Valérie Désilets, Eric A. Shoubridge, Mark E. Samuels	1
10	Expanded Genetic Codes in Next Generation Sequencing Enable Decontamination and Mitochondrial Enrichment 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Kevin McKernan, Jessica Spangler, Lei Zhang, Vasisht Tadigotla, Stephen McLaughlin, Jason Warner, Amir Zare, Richard G. Boles	8
11	Mutation in The Nuclear-Encoded Mitochondrial Isoleucyl-tRNA SynthetaseIARS2in Patients with Cataracts, Growth Hormone Deficiency with Short Stature, Partial Sensorineural Deafness, and Peripheral Neuropathy or with Leigh Syndrome 2014 ·Human Mutation ·Jeremy Schwartzentruber, Daniela Buhaş, Jacek Majewski, Florin Sasarman, Simon Papillon‐Cavanagh, (unknown), Katherine Sheldon, Christine Massicotte, Lysanne Patry, Mariella Simon, Amir S. Zare, Kevin McKernan, Jacques L. Michaud, Richard G. Boles, Cheri Deal, Valérie Désilets, Eric A. Shoubridge, Mark E. Samuels	61
12	DREAMing of a patent-free human genome for clinical sequencing 2013 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Kevin McKernan, Jessica Spangler, (unknown), Lei Zhang, Vasisht Tadigotla	4
13	Deep-transcriptome and ribonome sequencing redefines the molecular networks of pluripotency and the extracellular space in human embryonic stem cells 2011 ·Genome Research ·Gabriel Kolle, (unknown), Brooke Gardiner, Karin S. Kassahn, Nicole Cloonan, David Wood, Ehsan Nourbakhsh, Darrin F. Taylor, Shivangi Wani, Hun S. Chy, Qi Zhou, Kevin McKernan, Scott Kuersten, Andrew L. Laslett, Sean M. Grimmond	21
14	Whole Methylome Analysis by Ultra-Deep Sequencing Using Two-Base Encoding 2010 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Victoria L. Boyd, Kevin McKernan, Yutao Fu, (unknown), Heather E. Peckham, Melissa Barker	41
15	Differential binding and co-binding pattern of FOXA1 and FOXA3 and their relation to H3K4me3 in HepG2 cells revealed by ChIP-seq 2009 ·Genome biology ·Mehdi Motallebipour, Adam Ameur, (unknown), Kalicharan Patra, Ola Wallerman, Jonathan Mangion, Melissa Barker, Kevin McKernan, Jan Komorowski, Claes Wadelius	57
16	ALLPATHS 2: small genomes assembled accurately and with high continuity from short paired reads 2009 ·Genome biology ·Iain MacCallum, Dariusz Przybylski, Sante Gnerre, Joshua N. Burton, Ilya Shlyakhter, Andreas Gnirke, Joel A. Malek, Kevin McKernan, Swati Ranade, Terrance Shea, Louise Williams, Sarah Young, Chad Nusbaum, David B. Jaffe	114
17	Polymorphism discovery in high-throughput resequenced microarray-enriched human genomic loci. 2009 ·PubMed ·Alena A Antipova, Tanya Sokolsky, Christopher R. Clouser, Eileen T. Dimalanta, Cynthia L. Hendrickson, (unknown), Clarence Lee, Swati Ranade, Lei Zhang, Alan P. Blanchard, Kevin McKernan	2
18	A high-resolution, nucleosome position map of C. elegans reveals a lack of universal sequence-dictated positioning 2008 ·Genome Research ·Anton Valouev, Jeffrey K. Ichikawa, (unknown), Jeremy Stuart, Swati Ranade, Heather E. Peckham, (unknown), Joel A. Malek, Gina L. Costa, Kevin McKernan, Arend Sidow, Andrew Fire, Steven Johnson	413
19	Stem cell transcriptome profiling via massive-scale mRNA sequencing breakdown → 2008 ·Nature Methods ·Nicole Cloonan, Alistair R. R. Forrest, Gabriel Kolle, Brooke Gardiner, Geoffrey J. Faulkner, (unknown), Darrin F. Taylor, Anita L Steptoe, Shivangi Wani, Graeme Bethel, Alan J. Robertson, Andrew C. Perkins, Stephen J. Bruce, Clarence Lee, Swati Ranade, Heather E. Peckham, (unknown), Kevin McKernan, Sean M. Grimmond	756
20	Annotation of Novel Proteins Utilizing A Functional Genome Shotgun Coupled with High-Throughput Protein Interaction Mapping 2003 ·Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·Joel A. Malek, Jamey Wierzbowski, Gregory A. Dasch, (unknown), (unknown), Kevin McKernan	1

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