Madeline E. Sherlock

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Madeline E. Sherlock is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Madeline E. Sherlock has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Madeline E. Sherlock's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (8 papers). Madeline E. Sherlock is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (8 papers). Madeline E. Sherlock collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Madeline E. Sherlock's co-authors include Ronald R. Breaker, Shira Stav, Phillip J. McCown, James W. Nelson, Narasimhan Sudarsan, Philip C. Bevilacqua, Chun Kit Kwok, Zasha Weinberg, Ruben M. Atilho and Christina E. Weinberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Madeline E. Sherlock

27 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Riboswitch diversity and distribution

2017 347 citations Phillip J. McCown, Shira Stav et al. RNA profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Madeline E. Sherlock United States	18	1.2k	389	119	61	43	29	1.3k
Ingo Wohlgemuth Germany	17	1.3k 1.0×	295 0.8×	145 1.2×	45 0.7×	25 0.6×	20	1.4k
Norikazu Ichihashi Japan	23	1.1k 0.9×	528 1.4×	137 1.2×	42 0.7×	74 1.7×	74	1.4k
Maumita Mandal United States	7	2.6k 2.1×	847 2.2×	262 2.2×	93 1.5×	38 0.9×	7	2.7k
Vicki A. M. Gold United Kingdom	23	1.1k 0.9×	565 1.5×	330 2.8×	27 0.4×	36 0.8×	46	1.3k
Sophia Hartung Germany	9	574 0.5×	216 0.6×	85 0.7×	59 1.0×	54 1.3×	11	757
Pohl Milón Italy	16	1.0k 0.8×	456 1.2×	155 1.3×	27 0.4×	49 1.1×	34	1.1k
Mandana Sassanfar United States	10	1.2k 0.9×	374 1.0×	171 1.4×	17 0.3×	43 1.0×	11	1.3k
Joshua A. Mosberg United States	8	1.0k 0.8×	441 1.1×	150 1.3×	16 0.3×	12 0.3×	8	1.1k
Ryan T. Fuchs United States	16	1.1k 0.9×	236 0.6×	92 0.8×	21 0.3×	20 0.5×	24	1.3k
Phillip J. McCown United States	11	887 0.7×	213 0.5×	57 0.5×	37 0.6×	35 0.8×	16	956

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sherlock, Madeline E., et al.. (2026). Distribution and structural diversity of Type IV internal ribosome entry sites. RNA. rna.080638.125–rna.080638.125.

Szucs, Matthew J., et al.. (2025). Tick-borne flavivirus exoribonuclease-resistant RNAs contain a double loop structure. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4515–4515. 1 indexed citations

Sherlock, Madeline E., et al.. (2025). A conserved class of viral RNA structures regulates translation reinitiation through dynamic ribosome interactions. Cell Reports. 44(2). 115236–115236. 1 indexed citations

Kellett, M., Vibha Sharma, Madeline E. Sherlock, et al.. (2025). Focal adhesion kinase promotes ribosome biogenesis to drive advanced thyroid cancer cell growth and survival. Frontiers in Oncology. 15. 1252544–1252544.

Sherlock, Madeline E., et al.. (2023). Diversity and modularity of tyrosine-accepting tRNA-like structures. RNA. 30(3). 213–222. 2 indexed citations

Sherlock, Madeline E., et al.. (2023). Principles, mechanisms, and biological implications of translation termination–reinitiation. RNA. 29(7). 865–884. 16 indexed citations

Sherlock, Madeline E., Narasimhan Sudarsan, Harini Sadeeshkumar, et al.. (2022). Architectures and complex functions of tandem riboswitches. RNA Biology. 19(1). 1059–1076. 13 indexed citations

Bonilla, Steve, et al.. (2021). A viral RNA hijacks host machinery using dynamic conformational changes of a tRNA-like structure. Science. 374(6570). 955–960. 46 indexed citations

Sherlock, Madeline E. & Ronald R. Breaker. (2020). Former orphan riboswitches reveal unexplored areas of bacterial metabolism, signaling, and gene control processes. RNA. 26(6). 675–693. 37 indexed citations

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Sherlock, Madeline E., et al.. (2020). Structural diversity and phylogenetic distribution of valyl tRNA-like structures in viruses. RNA. 27(1). 27–39. 13 indexed citations

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Sherlock, Madeline E., Narasimhan Sudarsan, & Ronald R. Breaker. (2018). Riboswitches for the alarmone ppGpp expand the collection of RNA-based signaling systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(23). 6052–6057. 72 indexed citations

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Sherlock, Madeline E., Harini Sadeeshkumar, & Ronald R. Breaker. (2018). Variant Bacterial Riboswitches Associated with Nucleotide Hydrolase Genes Sense Nucleoside Diphosphates. Biochemistry. 58(5). 401–410. 33 indexed citations

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Sherlock, Madeline E., Narasimhan Sudarsan, Shira Stav, & Ronald R. Breaker. (2018). Tandem riboswitches form a natural Boolean logic gate to control purine metabolism in bacteria. eLife. 7. 57 indexed citations

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McCown, Phillip J., et al.. (2017). Riboswitch diversity and distribution. RNA. 23(7). 995–1011. 347 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stav, Shira, Ruben M. Atilho, Kimberly A. Harris, et al.. (2017). Challenges of ligand identification for the second wave of orphan riboswitch candidates. RNA Biology. 15(3). 377–390. 30 indexed citations

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Arachchilage, Gayan Mirihana, Madeline E. Sherlock, Zasha Weinberg, & Ronald R. Breaker. (2017). SAM-VI RNAs selectively bind S-adenosylmethionine and exhibit similarities to SAM-III riboswitches. RNA Biology. 15(3). 371–378. 41 indexed citations

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Weinberg, Zasha, James W. Nelson, Christina E. Weinberg, Madeline E. Sherlock, & Ronald R. Breaker. (2017). Bioinformatic analysis of riboswitch structures uncovers variant classes with altered ligand specificity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(11). E2077–E2085. 71 indexed citations

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Nelson, James W., Ruben M. Atilho, Madeline E. Sherlock, Randy B Stockbridge, & Ronald R. Breaker. (2016). Metabolism of Free Guanidine in Bacteria Is Regulated by a Widespread Riboswitch Class. Molecular Cell. 65(2). 220–230. 117 indexed citations

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Kwok, Chun Kit, Yiliang Ding, Madeline E. Sherlock, Sarah M. Assmann, & Philip C. Bevilacqua. (2013). A hybridization-based approach for quantitative and low-bias single-stranded DNA ligation. Analytical Biochemistry. 435(2). 181–186. 34 indexed citations

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Kwok, Chun Kit, Madeline E. Sherlock, & Philip C. Bevilacqua. (2012). Decrease in RNA Folding Cooperativity by Deliberate Population of Intermediates in RNA G‐Quadruplexes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(2). 683–686. 23 indexed citations

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