Leo Kretzner

4.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
28 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Leo Kretzner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leo Kretzner has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Leo Kretzner's work include RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers). Leo Kretzner is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers). Leo Kretzner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. Leo Kretzner's co-authors include Robert N. Eisenman, Elizabeth M. Blackwood, T. Keith Blackwell, Donald E. Ayer, Harold Weintraub, Michael Rosbash, Bertrand Séraphin, Averil Ma, Frederick W. Alt and Jing Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Leo Kretzner

28 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Sequence-Specific DNA Binding by the c-Myc Protein 1988 2026 2000 2013 1990 1993 1988 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Sequence-Specific DNA Binding by the c-Myc Protein
    1990 795 citations T. Keith Blackwell, Leo Kretzner et al. profile →
  2. Mad: A heterodimeric partner for Max that antagonizes Myc transcriptional activity
    1993 609 citations Donald E. Ayer, Leo Kretzner et al. Cell profile →
  3. A U1 snRNA:pre-mRNA base pairing interaction is required early in yeast spliceosome assembly but does not uniquely define the 5′ cleavage site.
    1988 323 citations Leo Kretzner, Michael Rosbash et al. profile →

Peers

Leo Kretzner
Frank McCormick United States
Toshiki Mori Japan
Elizabeth M. Blackwood United States
Nina Dathan Italy
Richard Kris United States
N.C. Popescu United States
Elizabeth E. Reczek United States
Donald J. Fujita Canada
Jakob Lovén United States
Sing Rong United States
Frank McCormick United States
Leo Kretzner
Citations per year, relative to Leo Kretzner Leo Kretzner (= 1×) peers Frank McCormick

Countries citing papers authored by Leo Kretzner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leo Kretzner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leo Kretzner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Leo Kretzner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Leo Kretzner 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 Leo Kretzner. Leo Kretzner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gaur, Shikha, Yafan Wang, Leo Kretzner, et al.. (2014). Pharmacodynamic and pharmacogenomic study of the nanoparticle conjugate of camptothecin CRLX101 for the treatment of cancer. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 10(7). 1477–1486. 53 indexed citations
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Kretzner, Leo, Anna Scuto, Claudia Kowolik, et al.. (2011). Combining Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Vorinostat with Aurora Kinase Inhibitors Enhances Lymphoma Cell Killing with Repression of c-Myc, hTERT, and microRNA Levels. Cancer Research. 71(11). 3912–3920. 89 indexed citations
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Scuto, A, Pavel Krejčı́, Leslie Popplewell, et al.. (2010). The novel JAK inhibitor AZD1480 blocks STAT3 and FGFR3 signaling, resulting in suppression of human myeloma cell growth and survival. Leukemia. 25(3). 538–550. 101 indexed citations
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Kretzner, Leo, et al.. (2010). Human non-CG methylation. Epigenetics. 5(7). 569–572. 19 indexed citations
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Scuto, Anna, Mark Kirschbaum, Claudia Kowolik, et al.. (2008). The novel histone deacetylase inhibitor, LBH589, induces expression of DNA damage response genes and apoptosis in Ph− acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells. Blood. 111(10). 5093–5100. 119 indexed citations
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Kretzner, Leo, Anna Scuto, Ágnes Juhász, et al.. (2006). Combination of the Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Vorinostat and Dasatinib Increases Apoptosis in Bcr-abl+ Cells and Reverses Changes Associated with CML Progression.. Blood. 108(11). 2165–2165. 1 indexed citations
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Crocitto, Laura E., Leo Kretzner, Sarah L. Blair, et al.. (2004). Prostate cancer molecular markers GSTP1 and hTERT in expressed prostatic secretions as predictors of biopsy results. Urology. 64(4). 821–825. 48 indexed citations
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Li, Jun & Leo Kretzner. (2003). The growth-inhibitory Ndrg1 gene is a Myc negative target in human neuroblastomas and other cell types with overexpressed N- or c-myc. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 250(1-2). 91–105. 70 indexed citations
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Clark, Jarrod, et al.. (2003). Use of microfluidics chips for the detection of human telomerase RNA. Analytical Biochemistry. 313(2). 331–334. 12 indexed citations
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Klenova, Elena, Sara R. Fagerlie, Galina N. Filippova, et al.. (1998). Characterization of the Chicken CTCF Genomic Locus, and Initial Study of the Cell Cycle-regulated Promoter of the Gene. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(41). 26571–26579. 22 indexed citations
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Blackwood, Elizabeth M., T G Lugo, Leo Kretzner, et al.. (1994). Functional analysis of the AUG- and CUG-initiated forms of the c-Myc protein.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 5(5). 597–609. 35 indexed citations
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Ayer, Donald E., Leo Kretzner, & Robert N. Eisenman. (1993). Mad: A heterodimeric partner for Max that antagonizes Myc transcriptional activity. Cell. 72(2). 211–222. 609 indexed citations breakdown →
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Blackwell, T. Keith, Jing Huang, Averil Ma, et al.. (1993). Binding of Myc Proteins to Canonical and Noncanonical DNA Sequences. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 13(9). 5216–5224. 118 indexed citations
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Kretzner, Leo, Elizabeth M. Blackwood, & Robert N. Eisenman. (1992). Transcriptional Activities of the Myc and Max Proteins in Mammalian Cells. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 182. 435–443. 35 indexed citations
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Blackwood, Elizabeth M., Leo Kretzner, & Robert N. Eisenman. (1992). Myc and Max function as a nucleoprotein complex. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 2(2). 227–235. 125 indexed citations
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Blackwood, Elizabeth M., Leo Kretzner, & Robert N. Eisenman. (1992). Myc and Max function as a nucleoprotein complex. Current Biology. 2(4). 206–206. 6 indexed citations
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Kretzner, Leo, Elizabeth M. Blackwood, & Robert N. Eisenman. (1992). Myc and Max proteins possess distinct transcriptional activities. Nature. 359(6394). 426–429. 407 indexed citations
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Blackwood, Elizabeth M., Bernhard Lüscher, Leo Kretzner, & R N Eisenman. (1991). The Myc:Max Protein Complex and Cell Growth Regulation. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 56(0). 109–117. 35 indexed citations
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Kretzner, Leo, Alain Krol, & Michael Rosbash. (1990). Saccharomyces cerevisiae U1 small nuclear RNA secondary structure contains both universal and yeast-specific domains.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 87(2). 851–855. 46 indexed citations

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