Leighton J. Core

10.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
37 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Leighton J. Core is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Leighton J. Core has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Leighton J. Core's work include RNA Research and Splicing (24 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (21 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers). Leighton J. Core is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (24 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (21 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers). Leighton J. Core collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and China. Leighton J. Core's co-authors include John T. Lis, Joshua J. Waterfall, Charles G. Danko, Hojoong Kwak, Karen Adelman, Adam Siepel, Nicholas J. Fuda, Colin T. Waters, Abbie Saunders and André L. Martins and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Leighton J. Core

37 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Nascent RNA Sequencing Reveals Widespread Pausing and Divergent Initiation at Human Promoters

2008 1.5k citations Leighton J. Core, Joshua J. Waterfall et al. Science profile →
Precise Maps of RNA Polymerase Reveal How Promoters Direct Initiation and Pausing

2013 554 citations Hojoong Kwak, Nicholas J. Fuda et al. Science profile →
Analysis of nascent RNA identifies a unified architecture of initiation regions at mammalian promoters and enhancers

2014 442 citations Leighton J. Core, André L. Martins et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Promoter-proximal pausing of RNA polymerase II: a nexus of gene regulation

2019 357 citations Leighton J. Core, Karen Adelman Genes & Development profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leighton J. Core United States	30	6.1k	1.0k	761	540	322	37	6.6k
Jeff Coller United States	36	7.1k 1.2×	1.8k 1.7×	474 0.6×	384 0.7×	346 1.1×	56	7.8k
Jacqueline E. Villalta United States	13	4.2k 0.7×	707 0.7×	635 0.8×	350 0.6×	234 0.7×	16	4.6k
Nouria Hernandez United States	49	5.9k 1.0×	566 0.6×	525 0.7×	509 0.9×	350 1.1×	84	6.7k
Gloria A. Brar United States	23	6.1k 1.0×	587 0.6×	770 1.0×	634 1.2×	242 0.8×	40	6.6k
Hervé Le Hir France	39	6.4k 1.0×	395 0.4×	380 0.5×	383 0.7×	236 0.7×	68	6.9k
Tomas Babak Canada	24	3.5k 0.6×	996 1.0×	917 1.2×	313 0.6×	159 0.5×	34	4.2k
Giuseppe Biamonti Italy	47	5.5k 0.9×	688 0.7×	445 0.6×	457 0.8×	263 0.8×	114	6.3k
Subhajyoti De United States	33	2.6k 0.4×	1.1k 1.1×	712 0.9×	315 0.6×	277 0.9×	89	3.8k
Pascal Chartrand Canada	36	4.4k 0.7×	607 0.6×	418 0.5×	419 0.8×	174 0.5×	80	5.1k
David S. Gilmour United States	40	5.0k 0.8×	255 0.2×	463 0.6×	591 1.1×	367 1.1×	76	5.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chabot, Benoı̂t, Rong Sun, Savannah J. Hoyt, et al.. (2024). Transcription of a centromere-enriched retroelement and local retention of its RNA are significant features of the CENP-A chromatin landscape. Genome biology. 25(1). 295–295. 5 indexed citations

Hsiao, Jack S., Noélle D. Germain, Andrea Wilderman, et al.. (2019). A bipartite boundary element restricts UBE3A imprinting to mature neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(6). 2181–2186. 46 indexed citations

Sathyan, Kizhakke Mattada, Brian D. McKenna, Warren D. Anderson, et al.. (2019). An improved auxin-inducible degron system preserves native protein levels and enables rapid and specific protein depletion. Genes & Development. 33(19-20). 1441–1455. 75 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhizhuo, Kern Rei Chng, Shreyas Lingadahalli, et al.. (2019). An AR-ERG transcriptional signature defined by long-range chromatin interactomes in prostate cancer cells. Genome Research. 29(2). 223–235. 28 indexed citations

Core, Leighton J. & Karen Adelman. (2019). Promoter-proximal pausing of RNA polymerase II: a nexus of gene regulation. Genes & Development. 33(15-16). 960–982. 357 indexed citations breakdown →

Lloret-Llinares, Marta, Evdoxia Karadoulama, Yun Chen, et al.. (2018). The RNA exosome contributes to gene expression regulation during stem cell differentiation. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(21). 11502–11513. 44 indexed citations

Duarte, Fabiana M., Nicholas J. Fuda, Dig Bijay Mahat, et al.. (2016). Transcription factors GAF and HSF act at distinct regulatory steps to modulate stress-induced gene activation. Genes & Development. 30(15). 1731–1746. 89 indexed citations

Mahat, Dig Bijay, Hojoong Kwak, Gregory T. Booth, et al.. (2016). Base-pair-resolution genome-wide mapping of active RNA polymerases using precision nuclear run-on (PRO-seq). Nature Protocols. 11(8). 1455–1476. 314 indexed citations

Danko, Charles G., Leighton J. Core, André L. Martins, et al.. (2015). Identification of active transcriptional regulatory elements from GRO-seq data. Nature Methods. 12(5). 433–438. 137 indexed citations

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Andersson, Robin, Peter Refsing Andersen, Eivind Valen, et al.. (2014). Nuclear stability and transcriptional directionality separate functionally distinct RNA species. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5336–5336. 126 indexed citations

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Core, Leighton J., André L. Martins, Charles G. Danko, et al.. (2014). Analysis of nascent RNA identifies a unified architecture of initiation regions at mammalian promoters and enhancers. Nature Genetics. 46(12). 1311–1320. 442 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Isabel X., Leighton J. Core, Hojoong Kwak, et al.. (2014). RNA-DNA Differences Are Generated in Human Cells within Seconds after RNA Exits Polymerase II. Cell Reports. 6(5). 906–915. 43 indexed citations

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Kwak, Hojoong, Nicholas J. Fuda, Leighton J. Core, & John T. Lis. (2013). Precise Maps of RNA Polymerase Reveal How Promoters Direct Initiation and Pausing. Science. 339(6122). 950–953. 554 indexed citations breakdown →

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Danko, Charles G., Nasun Hah, Xin Luo, et al.. (2013). Signaling Pathways Differentially Affect RNA Polymerase II Initiation, Pausing, and Elongation Rate in Cells. Molecular Cell. 50(2). 212–222. 254 indexed citations

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Fuda, Nicholas J., et al.. (2012). Fcp1 Dephosphorylation of the RNA Polymerase II C-Terminal Domain Is Required for Efficient Transcription of Heat Shock Genes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 32(17). 3428–3437. 26 indexed citations

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Larschan, Erica, Eric Bishop, Peter V. Kharchenko, et al.. (2011). X chromosome dosage compensation via enhanced transcriptional elongation in Drosophila. Nature. 471(7336). 115–118. 146 indexed citations

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Chopra, Vivek S., et al.. (2011). The Polycomb Group Mutant esc Leads to Augmented Levels of Paused Pol II in the Drosophila Embryo. Molecular Cell. 42(6). 837–844. 37 indexed citations

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Core, Leighton J., Joshua J. Waterfall, & John T. Lis. (2008). Nascent RNA Sequencing Reveals Widespread Pausing and Divergent Initiation at Human Promoters. Science. 322(5909). 1845–1848. 1504 indexed citations breakdown →

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Isaacs, Gary D., et al.. (2008). Postrecruitment Regulation of RNA Polymerase II Directs Rapid Signaling Responses at the Promoters of Estrogen Target Genes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 29(5). 1123–1133. 73 indexed citations

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Core, Leighton J., Shu Ishikawa, & Marta Perego. (2001). A free terminal carboxylate group is required for PhrA pentapeptide inhibition of RapA phosphatase. Peptides. 22(10). 1549–1553. 9 indexed citations

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