Lorraine Pillus

8.6k citations

88 papers · 6.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 35

Impact in

Aging top 0.5%
Geriatrics and Gerontology top 0.2%
- Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine

Papers in

Aging 10
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms 10
Geriatrics and Gerontology 9

Co-authors: Sandra Jacobson Jasper Rine Carrie Baker Brachmann Jef D. Boeke Joyce M. Sherman Ann Sutton Rolf Sternglanz Stefan T. Tafrov
Journals: Genetics (11 papers)Molecular and Cellular Biology (6 papers)Cell (6 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (6 papers)Molecular Biology of the Cell (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Lorraine Pillus

87 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Transcriptional activation via sequential histone H2B ubiquitylation and deubiquitylation, mediated by SAGA-associated Ubp8 2003 · 547 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2003 Genes & Development
2000 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1995 Genes & Development

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Lorraine Pillus, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Engineering longevity—design of a synthetic gene oscillator to slow cellular aging Science ·Zhen Zhou, Yuting Liu, Yushen Feng, Stephen Klepin, Lev S. Tsimring, Lorraine Pillus, Jeff Hasty, Nan Hao	2023	34
2	Functional tug of war between kinases, phosphatases, and the Gcn5 acetyltransferase in chromatin and cell cycle checkpoint controls G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·Qihao Liu, Lorraine Pillus, Emily L. Petty	2023	0
3	A programmable fate decision landscape underlies single-cell aging in yeast Science ·Yang Li, Yanfei Jiang, Julie Paxman, Richard O’Laughlin, Stephen Klepin, Yuelian Zhu, Lorraine Pillus, Lev S. Tsimring, Jeff Hasty, Nan Hao	2020	77
4	Cell cycle roles for GCN5 revealed through genetic suppression Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms ·Emily L. Petty, Lorraine Pillus	2020	8
5	Divergent Aging of Isogenic Yeast Cells Revealed through Single-Cell Phenotypic Dynamics Cell Systems ·Meng Jin, Yang Li, Richard O’Laughlin, Philip Bittihn, Lorraine Pillus, Lev S. Tsimring, Jeff Hasty, Nan Hao	2019	37
6	Multigenerational silencing dynamics control cell aging Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yang Li, Meng Jin, Richard O’Laughlin, Philip Bittihn, Lev S. Tsimring, Lorraine Pillus, Jeff Hasty, Nan Hao	2017	58
7	Phosphorylation of the 19S regulatory particle ATPase subunit, Rpt6, modifies susceptibility to proteotoxic stress and protein aggregation PLoS ONE ·Esther Magdalena Marquez-Lona, Ana Lilia Torres‐Machorro, Frankie R. Gonzales, Lorraine Pillus, Gentry N. Patrick	2017	15
8	Critical genomic regulation mediated by Enhancer of Polycomb Current Genetics ·Naomi E Searle, Lorraine Pillus	2017	10
9	Promotion of Cell Viability and Histone Gene Expression by the Acetyltransferase Gcn5 and the Protein Phosphatase PP2A in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genetics ·Emily L. Petty, Anne Lafon, Shannon Lee Tomlinson, Bryce A. Mendelsohn, Lorraine Pillus	2016	12
10	STUbLs in chromatin and genome stability Biopolymers ·Renee M. Garza, Lorraine Pillus	2012	10
11	Crystal Structure and Functional Analysis of Homocitrate Synthase, an Essential Enzyme in Lysine Biosynthesis Biophysical Journal ·Stacie L. Bulfer, Erin M. Scott, Jean‐François Couture, Lorraine Pillus, Raymond C. Trievel	2010	8
12	Distinct Roles for the Essential MYST Family HAT Esa1p in Transcriptional Silencing Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Astrid Clarke, Eva Samal, Lorraine Pillus	2006	44
13	Genome wide analysis of nucleosome density histone acetylation and HDAC function in fission yeast The EMBO Journal ·Marianna Wirén, Rebecca A. Silverstein, Indranil Sinha, Julian Walfridsson, Hang-mao Lee, P Laurenson, Lorraine Pillus, Daniel Robyr, Michael Grunstein, Karl Ekwall	2005	129
14	Histone H3 phosphorylation can promote TBP recruitment through distinct promoter‐specific mechanisms The EMBO Journal ·Wan‐Sheng Lo, Eric Gamache, Karl W. Henry, David Yang, Lorraine Pillus, Shelley L. Berger	2005	76
15	Functional Analyses of Chromatin Modifications in Yeast Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Sandra Jacobson, P Laurenson, Lorraine Pillus	2003	4
16	Structural Basis for Histone and Phosphohistone Binding by the GCN5 Histone Acetyltransferase Molecular Cell ·Adrienne Clements, A.N. Poux, Wan‐Sheng Lo, Lorraine Pillus, Shelley L. Berger, Ronen Marmorstein	2003	107
17	Deciphering NAD-Dependent Deacetylases Cell ·Robert Dutnall, Lorraine Pillus	2001	33
18	SIR3 and SIR4 proteins are required for the positioning and integrity of yeast telomeres Cell ·Francesca Palladino, Thierry Laroche, Éric Gilson, Amy Axelrod, Lorraine Pillus, Susan M. Gasser	1993	340
19	The Positioning of Yeast Telomeres Depends on SIR3, SIR4, and the Integrity of the Nuclear Membrane Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·Francesca Palladino, Thierry Laroche, Éric Gilson, Lorraine Pillus, Susan M. Gasser	1993	20
20	Epigenetic inheritance of transcriptional states in S. cerevisiae Cell ·Lorraine Pillus, Jasper Rine	1989	287

About Lorraine Pillus

Lorraine Pillus is a scholar working on Aging, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cell Biology, having authored 88 papers that have together received 6.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (46 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (24 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (18 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (16 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (11 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (11 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (463 citations), Geriatrics and Gerontology (989 citations), Molecular Biology (4.9k citations), Physiology (227 citations) and Cell Biology (555 citations). Lorraine Pillus has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Sandra Jacobson, Jasper Rine, Carrie Baker Brachmann, Jef D. Boeke, Joyce M. Sherman, Ann Sutton, Rolf Sternglanz, Stefan T. Tafrov, Joseph W. Landry and Ryan C. Heller. Their work appears in journals such as Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Molecular Biology of the Cell.

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