Liam P. Keegan

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Liam P. Keegan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Liam P. Keegan has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 6 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Liam P. Keegan's work include RNA regulation and disease (44 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (38 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers). Liam P. Keegan is often cited by papers focused on RNA regulation and disease (44 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (38 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers). Liam P. Keegan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Czechia and United States. Liam P. Keegan's co-authors include Mary A. O’Connell, Grace Gill, Mark Ptashne, Robert A. Reenan, Angela Gallo, Michael J. Palladino, Pamela A. Silver, James Brindle, Niamh Mannion and Maria Carmo‐Fonseca and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Liam P. Keegan

51 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Separation of DNA Binding from the Transcription-Activati... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 2014 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Separation of DNA Binding from the Transcription-Activating Function of a Eukaryotic Regulatory Protein
    1986 509 citations Liam P. Keegan et al. profile →
  2. The RNA-Editing Enzyme ADAR1 Controls Innate Immune Responses to RNA
    2014 490 citations Niamh Mannion, James Brindle et al. profile →

Peers

Liam P. Keegan
Oliver Mühlemann Switzerland
Mary A. O’Connell United Kingdom
Naoyuki Kataoka Japan
Hervé Le Hir France
Kristen W. Lynch United States
Woan‐Yuh Tarn Taiwan
G. Brett Robb United States
André P. Gerber Switzerland
Michael F. Jantsch Austria
Adri A.M. Thomas Netherlands
Oliver Mühlemann Switzerland
Liam P. Keegan
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liam P. Keegan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Marônek, Martin, et al.. (2025). ADAR1: Beyond Just an RNA Editor. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 41(1). 529–551. 1 indexed citations
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Stejskal, Stanislav, Helena Covelo‐Molares, Paul E. Reyes‐Gutiérrez, et al.. (2025). Global analysis by LC-MS/MS of N6 -methyladenosine and inosine in mRNA reveal complex incidence. RNA. 31(4). 514–528. 3 indexed citations
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Richard, Laurence, Mélanie Parisot, Nicolas Cagnard, et al.. (2024). Overexpression of Egr1 Transcription Regulator Contributes to Schwann Cell Differentiation Defects in Neural Crest-Specific Adar1 Knockout Mice. Cells. 13(23). 1952–1952.
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Sedmík, Jiří, et al.. (2022). ADAR2 enzymes: efficient site-specific RNA editors with gene therapy aspirations. RNA. 28(10). 1281–1297. 16 indexed citations
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Kurkowiak, Małgorzata, Zuzanna Urban‐Wójciuk, Liam P. Keegan, et al.. (2021). The effects of RNA editing in cancer tissue at different stages in carcinogenesis. RNA Biology. 18(11). 1524–1539. 18 indexed citations
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Khan, Anzer, Simona Paro, Leeanne McGurk, et al.. (2020). Membrane and synaptic defects leading to neurodegeneration in Adar mutant Drosophila are rescued by increased autophagy. BMC Biology. 18(1). 15–15. 17 indexed citations
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Piskáček, Martin, et al.. (2019). The evolution of the 9aaTAD domain in Sp2 proteins: inactivation with valines and intron reservoirs. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 77(9). 1793–1810. 9 indexed citations
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Keegan, Liam P., Anzer Khan, Dragana Vukić, & Mary A. O’Connell. (2017). ADAR RNA editing below the backbone. RNA. 23(9). 1317–1328. 19 indexed citations
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Mannion, Niamh, et al.. (2015). New Insights into the Biological Role of Mammalian ADARs; the RNA Editing Proteins. Biomolecules. 5(4). 2338–2362. 63 indexed citations
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Li, Xianghua, Ian M. Overton, Richard A. Baines, Liam P. Keegan, & Mary A. O’Connell. (2013). The ADAR RNA editing enzyme controls neuronal excitability in Drosophila melanogaster. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(2). 1139–1151. 20 indexed citations
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Ramaswami, Gokul, Rui Zhang, Robert Piskol, et al.. (2013). Identifying RNA editing sites using RNA sequencing data alone. Nature Methods. 10(2). 128–132. 289 indexed citations
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Paro, Simona, Xianghua Li, Mary A. O’Connell, & Liam P. Keegan. (2011). Regulation and Functions of ADAR in Drosophila. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 353. 221–236. 14 indexed citations
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Sun, Hui, Aruna Raja, Mary A. O’Connell, et al.. (2011). Laser Microdissection and Pressure Catapulting of Single Human Motor Neurons for RNA Editing Analysis. Methods in molecular biology. 718. 75–87. 2 indexed citations
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Keegan, Liam P., James Brindle, Angela Gallo, et al.. (2005). Tuning of RNA editing by ADAR is required in Drosophila. The EMBO Journal. 24(12). 2183–2193. 77 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Mary A., et al.. (2004). Purification and Assay of Recombinant ADAR Proteins Expressed in the Yeast Pichia pastoris or in Escherichia coli. Humana Press eBooks. 265. 219–238. 14 indexed citations
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Keegan, Liam P., Angela Gallo, & Mary A. O’Connell. (2001). The many roles of an RNA editor. Nature Reviews Genetics. 2(11). 869–878. 200 indexed citations
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Keegan, Liam P., André P. Gerber, Ronny Leemans, et al.. (2000). The Properties of a tRNA-Specific Adenosine Deaminase from Drosophila melanogaster Support an Evolutionary Link between Pre-mRNA Editing and tRNA Modification. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(3). 825–833. 33 indexed citations
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Palladino, Michael J., Liam P. Keegan, Mary A. O’Connell, & Robert A. Reenan. (2000). A-to-I Pre-mRNA Editing in Drosophila Is Primarily Involved in Adult Nervous System Function and Integrity. Cell. 102(4). 437–449. 314 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Mary A., André P. Gerber, & Liam P. Keegan. (1998). Purification of Native and Recombinant Double-Stranded RNA-Specific Adenosine Deaminases. Methods. 15(1). 51–62. 23 indexed citations
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Keegan, Liam P., Theodor E. Haerry, David Crotty, et al.. (1997). A sequence conserved in vertebrate Hox gene introns functions as an enhancer regulated by posterior homeotic genes in Drosophila imaginal discs. Mechanisms of Development. 63(2). 145–157. 20 indexed citations

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