Marvin Wickens

17.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
156 papers, 14.4k citations indexed

About

Marvin Wickens is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Marvin Wickens has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 14.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Aging and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Marvin Wickens's work include RNA Research and Splicing (117 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (67 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (53 papers). Marvin Wickens is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (117 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (67 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (53 papers). Marvin Wickens collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Marvin Wickens's co-authors include Judith Kimble, Michael Sheets, Pauline Stephenson, Nicola K. Gray, Aaron C. Goldstrohm, David Bernstein, Catherine A. Fox, Brad Hook, J. B. Gurdon and Gary Buell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Marvin Wickens

154 papers receiving 14.0k 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.

The C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II couples mRNA processing to transcription

1997 747 citations Scott Ballantyne, Marvin Wickens et al. profile →
Role of the Conserved AAUAAA Sequence: Four AAUAAA Point Mutants Prevent Messenger RNA 3′ End Formation

1984 527 citations Marvin Wickens et al. profile →
A PUF family portrait: 3′UTR regulation as a way of life

2002 511 citations Marvin Wickens, Judith Kimble et al. profile →
[25] The use of xenopus oocytes for the expression of cloned genes

1983 269 citations Marvin Wickens et al. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Marvin Wickens	12.6k	1.9k	1.3k	1.2k	931	156	14.4k
Shengdar Q. Tsai	12.6k 1.0×	935 0.5×	3.1k 2.3×	680 0.6×	1.4k 1.5×	65	14.1k
Silvana Konermann	15.2k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	2.7k 2.0×	764 0.6×	1.7k 1.8×	26	16.3k
Siqun Xu	10.6k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	480 0.4×	1.9k 2.1×	21	13.0k
Ophir Shalem	11.6k 0.9×	815 0.4×	2.3k 1.7×	532 0.4×	935 1.0×	42	13.1k
Jeffry D. Sander	12.6k 1.0×	850 0.5×	3.1k 2.3×	510 0.4×	2.0k 2.1×	41	14.2k
Paul Lasko	7.2k 0.6×	483 0.3×	1.9k 1.4×	379 0.3×	1.1k 1.2×	125	8.8k
Fyodor D. Urnov	11.6k 0.9×	522 0.3×	3.6k 2.7×	925 0.8×	1.4k 1.5×	84	13.4k
Daniel St Johnston	12.7k 1.0×	910 0.5×	2.4k 1.8×	1.5k 1.3×	2.1k 2.2×	167	16.7k
Ines Fonfara	11.8k 0.9×	855 0.5×	2.5k 1.8×	544 0.5×	2.0k 2.1×	9	12.8k
Bruce Bowerman	7.0k 0.6×	3.6k 1.9×	907 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	810 0.9×	99	9.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shin, Heaji, et al.. (2023). The in vivo functional significance of PUF hub partnerships in C. elegans germline stem cells. Development. 150(9). 3 indexed citations

Zhou, Wei, Daniel R. Melamed, Cindy Meyer, et al.. (2021). Expanding the binding specificity for RNA recognition by a PUF domain. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5107–5107. 9 indexed citations

Porter, Douglas F., et al.. (2018). Toward Identifying Subnetworks from FBF Binding Landscapes in Caenorhabditis Spermatogenic or Oogenic Germlines. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 9(1). 153–165. 14 indexed citations

Aoki, Scott Takeo, Aaron M. Kershner, C.A. Bingman, Marvin Wickens, & Judith Kimble. (2016). PGL germ granule assembly protein is a base-specific, single-stranded RNase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(5). 1279–1284. 16 indexed citations

Williams, Clay, et al.. (2015). Xenopus CAF1 requires NOT1-mediated interaction with 4E-T to repress translation in vivo. RNA. 21(7). 1335–1345. 24 indexed citations

Stumpf, Craig R., et al.. (2012). Context-dependent function of a conserved translational regulatory module. Development. 139(8). 1509–1521. 21 indexed citations

Cooke, Amy, Andrew D. Prigge, Laura Opperman, & Marvin Wickens. (2011). Targeted translational regulation using the PUF protein family scaffold. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(38). 15870–15875. 68 indexed citations

Wang, Yeming, et al.. (2011). Stacking interactions in PUF–RNA complexes. RNA. 17(4). 718–727. 45 indexed citations

Wickens, Marvin, et al.. (2010). Translational repression by PUF proteins in vitro. RNA. 16(6). 1217–1225. 40 indexed citations

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Stumpf, Craig R., Laura Opperman, & Marvin Wickens. (2008). Analysis of RNA–Protein Interactions Using a Yeast Three-Hybrid System. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 449. 295–315. 22 indexed citations

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Kwak, Jae, Eric A. Drier, Scott A. Barbee, et al.. (2008). GLD2 poly(A) polymerase is required for long-term memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(38). 14644–14649. 59 indexed citations

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Thompson, Beth E., Marvin Wickens, & Judith Kimble. (2007). 19 Translational Control in Development. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 48. 507–544. 18 indexed citations

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Kwak, Jae & Marvin Wickens. (2007). A family of poly(U) polymerases. RNA. 13(6). 860–867. 115 indexed citations

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Kwak, Jae, et al.. (2004). Mammalian GLD-2 homologs are poly(A) polymerases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(13). 4407–4412. 117 indexed citations

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Wickens, Marvin, Elizabeth B. Goodwin, Judith Kimble, Sidney Strickland, & Matthias W. Hentze. (2000). 15 Translational Control of Developmental Decisions. PubMed Central. 30. 295–370. 152 indexed citations

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Thompson, Sunnie R., Elizabeth B. Goodwin, & Marvin Wickens. (2000). Rapid Deadenylation and Poly(A)-Dependent Translational Repression Mediated by the Caenorhabditis elegans tra-2 3′ Untranslated Region in Xenopus Embryos. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(6). 2129–2137. 28 indexed citations

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Dickson, Kirsten S., Andrea Bilger, Scott Ballantyne, & Marvin Wickens. (1999). The Cleavage and Polyadenylation Specificity Factor in Xenopus laevis Oocytes Is a Cytoplasmic Factor Involved in Regulated Polyadenylation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19(8). 5707–5717. 78 indexed citations

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Zhang, Beilin, Brian C. Kraemer, Dhruba J. SenGupta, Stanley Fields, & Marvin Wickens. (1999). [5] Yeast three-hybrid system to detect and analyze interactions between RNA and protein. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 306. 93–113. 32 indexed citations

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Gillian‐Daniel, Donald L., et al.. (1998). Modifications of the 5′ Cap of mRNAs during Xenopus Oocyte Maturation: Independence from Changes in Poly(A) Length and Impact on Translation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 18(10). 6152–6163. 58 indexed citations

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Bardwell, Vivian J., David Zarkower, Mary Edmonds, & Marvin Wickens. (1990). The Enzyme That Adds Poly(A) to mRNAs Is a Classical Poly(A) Polymerase. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 10(2). 846–849. 7 indexed citations

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