Leonid Minakhin

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
57 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Leonid Minakhin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonid Minakhin has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Ecology and 30 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Leonid Minakhin's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (36 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (35 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (30 papers). Leonid Minakhin is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (36 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (35 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (30 papers). Leonid Minakhin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and United Kingdom. Leonid Minakhin's co-authors include Konstantin Severinov, Ekaterina Semenova, Kira S. Makarova, Eugene V. Koonin, Omar O. Abudayyeh, Sergey Shmakov, Jonathan S. Gootenberg, Silvana Konermann, Julia Joung and Feng Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Leonid Minakhin

57 papers receiving 5.1k citations

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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.

C2c2 is a single-component programmable RNA-guided RNA-targeting CRISPR effector

2016 1.7k citations Omar O. Abudayyeh, Jonathan S. Gootenberg et al. Science profile →
Discovery and Functional Characterization of Diverse Class 2 CRISPR-Cas Systems

2015 919 citations Sergey Shmakov, Omar O. Abudayyeh et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Crystal Structure of Thermus aquaticus Core RNA Polymerase at 3.3 Å Resolution

1999 653 citations Gongyi Zhang, Elizabeth A. Campbell et al. Cell profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Structural basis for Polθ-helicase DNA binding and microhomology-mediated end-joining 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Fumiaki Ito, (unknown), Leonid Minakhin, Htet A. Khant, Richard T. Pomerantz, Xiaojiang S. Chen	4
2	tRNA anticodon cleavage by target-activated CRISPR-Cas13a effector 2024 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), (unknown), Konstantin Kuznedelov, Leonid Minakhin, Natalia Morozova, (unknown), (unknown), Sofia Medvedeva, (unknown), (unknown), Kira S. Makarova, Eugene V. Koonin, Sergei Borukhov, Konstantin Severinov, Ekaterina Semenova	16
3	Tail-tape-fused virion and non-virion RNA polymerases of a thermophilic virus with an extremely long tail 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Leonid Minakhin, (unknown), (unknown), Yue Hao, Sergei Borukhov, (unknown), Maarten Boon, Florian Kabinger, Rob Lavigne, Kira S. Makarova, Eugene V. Koonin, Satish K. Nair, Shunsuke Tagami, Konstantin Severinov, (unknown)	6
4	PARG is essential for Polθ-mediated DNA end-joining by removing repressive poly-ADP-ribose marks 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Leonid Minakhin, Gurushankar Chandramouly, Mrityunjay Tyagi, Tatiana Kent, Katherine Sullivan-Reed, (unknown), (unknown), Margaret Nieborowska-Skorska, (unknown), Hsin‐Yao Tang, Richard T. Pomerantz, Tomasz Skórski	11
5	Structural basis for a Polθ helicase small-molecule inhibitor revealed by cryo-EM 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Fumiaki Ito, (unknown), Leonid Minakhin, Gurushankar Chandramouly, Mrityunjay Tyagi, (unknown), John J. Krais, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tomasz Skórski, Neil Johnson, Xiaojiang S. Chen, Richard T. Pomerantz	6
6	Structure and function of virion RNA polymerase of a crAss-like phage 2020 ·Nature ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Evgeny Klimuk, Leonid Minakhin, Maria Yakunina, Sergei Borukhov, (unknown), Karin Holmfeldt, Natalya Yutin, Kira S. Makarova, Eugene V. Koonin, Konstantin Severinov, P.G. Leiman, (unknown)	26
7	Cryo-EM structure and in vitro DNA packaging of a thermophilic virus with supersized T=7 capsids 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Oliver W. Bayfield, Evgeny Klimuk, Dennis C. Winkler, Emma L. Hesketh, (unknown), Naiqian Cheng, Eric C. Dykeman, Leonid Minakhin, Neil A. Ranson, Konstantin Severinov, Alasdair C. Steven, Alfred A. Antson	47
8	CRISPR–Cas molecular beacons as tool for studies of assembly of CRISPR–Cas effector complexes and their interactions with DNA 2018 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Vladimir Mekler, Konstantin Kuznedelov, Leonid Minakhin, Karthik Murugan, Dipali G. Sashital, Konstantin Severinov	6
9	Mechanism of Duplex DNA Destabilization by RNA-Guided Cas9 Nuclease during DNA Interrogation 2017 ·Biophysical Journal ·Vladimir Mekler, Leonid Minakhin, Konstantin Severinov	1
10	C2c2 is a single-component programmable RNA-guided RNA-targeting CRISPR effector breakdown → 2016 ·Science ·Omar O. Abudayyeh, Jonathan S. Gootenberg, Silvana Konermann, Julia Joung, Ian M. Slaymaker, David Cox, Sergey Shmakov, Kira S. Makarova, Ekaterina Semenova, Leonid Minakhin, Konstantin Severinov, Aviv Regev, Eric S. Lander, Eugene V. Koonin, Feng Zhang	1689
11	The genome of AR9, a giant transducing Bacillus phage encoding two multisubunit RNA polymerases 2016 ·Virology ·(unknown), (unknown), Leonid Minakhin, Maria Yakunina, Т. О. Артамонова, Sergei A. Kozyavkin, Kira S. Makarova, Eugene V. Koonin, Konstantin Severinov	65
12	Discovery and Functional Characterization of Diverse Class 2 CRISPR-Cas Systems breakdown → 2015 ·Molecular Cell ·Sergey Shmakov, Omar O. Abudayyeh, Kira S. Makarova, Yuri I. Wolf, Jonathan S. Gootenberg, Ekaterina Semenova, Leonid Minakhin, Julia Joung, Silvana Konermann, Konstantin Severinov, Feng Zhang, Eugene V. Koonin	919
13	Coupling of Downstream RNA Polymerase–Promoter Interactions with Formation of Catalytically Competent Transcription Initiation Complex 2014 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Vladimir Mekler, Leonid Minakhin, Sergei Borukhov, Arkady Mustaev, Konstantin Severinov	13
14	A Critical Role of Downstream RNA Polymerase-Promoter Interactions in the Formation of Initiation Complex 2011 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Vladimir Mekler, Leonid Minakhin, Konstantin Severinov	24
15	Molecular Mechanism of Transcription Inhibition by Phage T7 gp2 Protein 2011 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Vladimir Mekler, Leonid Minakhin, Carol Sheppard, Sivaramesh Wigneshweraraj, Konstantin Severinov	32
16	The interaction between σ ⁷⁰ and the β-flap of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase inhibits extension of nascent RNA during early elongation 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Bryce E. Nickels, (unknown), Vladimir Mekler, Leonid Minakhin, Konstantin Severinov, Richard H. Ebright, Ann Hochschild	72
17	Genome Sequence and Gene Expression of Bacillus anthracis Bacteriophage Fah 2005 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Leonid Minakhin, Ekaterina Semenova, Jing Liu, (unknown), Elena Severinova, (unknown), Ross B. Inman, Arcady Mushegian, Konstantin Severinov	38
18	Preparation and Characterization of Recombinant Thermus aquaticus RNA Polymerase 2003 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Konstantin Kuznedelov, Leonid Minakhin, Konstantin Severinov	27
19	Crystal Structure of Thermus aquaticus Core RNA Polymerase at 3.3 Å Resolution breakdown → 1999 ·Cell ·Gongyi Zhang, Elizabeth A. Campbell, Leonid Minakhin, Catherine E. Richter, Konstantin Severinov, Seth A. Darst	653
20	Intercontinental spread of promiscuous mercury‐resistance transposons in environmental bacteria 1997 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Olga Yurieva, Gennady Kholodii, Leonid Minakhin, (unknown), E. S. Kalyaeva, S. Z. Mindlin, Vadim Nikiforov	59

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