Max E. Wilkinson

2.6k citations

25 papers · 1.6k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 16

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Structural Biology top 5%
Molecular Biology top 5%
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- RNA modifications and cancer
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- RNA regulation and disease

Papers in ⓘ

Structural Biology 1
Molecular Biology 23
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 21
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 11
- RNA modifications and cancer 10
- RNA Research and Splicing 10
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques 3

Co-authors: Kiyoshi Nagai (8 shared papers)Clément Charenton (2 shared papers)Sebastian M. Fica (5 shared papers)Andrew J. Newman (4 shared papers)Wojciech P. Galej (4 shared papers)Chris Oubridge (3 shared papers)Rhiannon K. Macrae (11 shared papers)Feng Zhang (8 shared papers)
Journals: Science (8 papers)Nature (4 papers)eLife (2 papers)Cell (2 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom New Zealand

In The Last Decade

Max E. Wilkinson

23 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Data-driven regularization lowers the size barrier of cryo-EM structure determination 2024 · 88 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Nature Methods
2022 Science
2019 Annual Review of Biochemistry

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1	RNA Splicing by the Spliceosome Annual Review of Biochemistry ·Max E. Wilkinson, Clément Charenton, Kiyoshi Nagai Hit paper breakdown →	2019	426
2	Cryo-EM structure of the spliceosome immediately after branching Nature ·Wojciech P. Galej, Max E. Wilkinson, Sebastian M. Fica, Chris Oubridge, Andrew J. Newman, Kiyoshi Nagai	2016	180
3	Structure of a spliceosome remodelled for exon ligation Nature ·Sebastian M. Fica, Chris Oubridge, Wojciech P. Galej, Max E. Wilkinson, Xiao‐chen Bai, Andrew J. Newman, Kiyoshi Nagai	2017	140
4	Prokaryotic innate immunity through pattern recognition of conserved viral proteins Science ·Linyi Gao, Max E. Wilkinson, Jonathan Strecker, Kira S. Makarova, Rhiannon K. Macrae, Eugene V. Koonin, Feng Zhang Hit paper breakdown →	2022	138
5	Mechanism of 5ʹ splice site transfer for human spliceosome activation Science ·Clément Charenton, Max E. Wilkinson, Kiyoshi Nagai	2019	114
6	Postcatalytic spliceosome structure reveals mechanism of 3′–splice site selection Science ·Max E. Wilkinson, Sebastian M. Fica, Wojciech P. Galej, Christine M. Norman, Andrew J. Newman, Kiyoshi Nagai	2017	89
7	A human postcatalytic spliceosome structure reveals essential roles of metazoan factors for exon ligation Science ·Sebastian M. Fica, Chris Oubridge, Max E. Wilkinson, Andrew J. Newman, Kiyoshi Nagai	2019	88
8	Data-driven regularization lowers the size barrier of cryo-EM structure determination Nature Methods ·Dari Kimanius, Kiarash Jamali, Max E. Wilkinson, Sofia Lövestam, Vaithish Velazhahan, Takanori Nakane, Sjors H. W. Scheres Hit paper breakdown →	2024	88
9	Spacer capture and integration by a type I-F Cas1–Cas2-3 CRISPR adaptation complex Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Robert D. Fagerlund, Max E. Wilkinson, Oleg Klykov, Arjan Barendregt, F. Grant Pearce, Sebastian N. Kieper, Howard W. R. Maxwell, Angela Capolupo, Albert J. R. Heck, Kurt L. Krause, Mihnea Bostina, Richard A. Scheltema, Raymond H.J. Staals, Peter C. Fineran	2017	80
10	RNA-activated protein cleavage with a CRISPR-associated endopeptidase Science ·Jonathan Strecker, F. Esra Demircioglu, David Li, Guilhem Faure, Max E. Wilkinson, Jonathan S. Gootenberg, Omar O. Abudayyeh, Hiroshi Nishimasu, Rhiannon K. Macrae, Feng Zhang	2022	48
11	Structure of the R2 non-LTR retrotransposon initiating target-primed reverse transcription Science ·Max E. Wilkinson, Chris J. Frangieh, Rhiannon K. Macrae, Feng Zhang	2023	39
12	Structural basis for conformational equilibrium of the catalytic spliceosome Molecular Cell ·Max E. Wilkinson, Sebastian M. Fica, Wojciech P. Galej, Kiyoshi Nagai	2021	37
13	Structure of the OMEGA nickase IsrB in complex with ωRNA and target DNA Nature ·Seiichi Hirano, Kalli Kappel, Han Altae-Tran, Guilhem Faure, Max E. Wilkinson, Soumya Kannan, F. Esra Demircioglu, Rui Yan, Momoko Shiozaki, Zhiheng Yu, Kira S. Makarova, Eugene V. Koonin, Rhiannon K. Macrae, Feng Zhang	2022	27
14	Phage-triggered reverse transcription assembles a toxic repetitive gene from a noncoding RNA Science ·Max E. Wilkinson, David Li, Linyi Gao, Rhiannon K. Macrae, Feng Zhang	2024	21
15	Cryo-EM Studies of Pre-mRNA Splicing: From Sample Preparation to Model Visualization Annual Review of Biophysics ·Max E. Wilkinson, Pei-Chun Lin, Clemens Plaschka, Kiyoshi Nagai	2018	21
16	TIGR-Tas: A family of modular RNA-guided DNA-targeting systems in prokaryotes and their viruses Science ·Guilhem Faure, Makoto Saito, Max E. Wilkinson, Natalia Quinones‐Olvera, Peiyu Xu, Daniel Flam-Shepherd, Stephanie Kim, Nishith R. Reddy, Shiyou Zhu, Lilia Evgeniou, Eugene V. Koonin, Rhiannon K. Macrae, Feng Zhang	2025	17
17	Human paraneoplastic antigen Ma2 (PNMA2) forms icosahedral capsids that can be engineered for mRNA delivery Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Victoria J. Madigan, Yugang Zhang, Rumya Raghavan, Max E. Wilkinson, Guilhem Faure, Elena Puccio, Michael Segel, Blake Lash, Rhiannon K. Macrae, Feng Zhang	2024	15
18	Phage anti-CRISPR control by an RNA- and DNA-binding helix–turn–helix protein Nature ·Nils Birkholz, Kotaro Kamata, Maximilian Feussner, Max E. Wilkinson, Christian Cuba Samaniego, Angela Migur, Dari Kimanius, Marijn Ceelen, Sam C Went, B. F. Usher, Tim R. Blower, Chris M. Brown, Chase L. Beisel, Zasha Weinberg, Robert D. Fagerlund, Simon A. Jackson, Peter C. Fineran	2024	12
19	Reprogrammable RNA-targeting CRISPR systems evolved from RNA toxin-antitoxins Cell ·Shai Zilberzwige‐Tal, Han Altae-Tran, Soumya Kannan, Max E. Wilkinson, Samuel Chau-Duy-Tam Vo, Daniel Strebinger, KeHuan Kuo Edmonds, Chenjiao Yao, Kepler S. Mears, Sergey Shmakov, Kira S. Makarova, Rhiannon K. Macrae, Eugene V. Koonin, Feng Zhang	2025	9
20	Structural plasticity and in vivo activity of Cas1 from the type I-F CRISPR–Cas system Biochemical Journal ·Max E. Wilkinson, Yoshio Nakatani, Raymond H.J. Staals, Sebastian N. Kieper, Helen K. Opel‐Reading, Rebecca E. McKenzie, Peter C. Fineran, Kurt L. Krause	2016	9

About Max E. Wilkinson

Max E. Wilkinson is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Insect Science and Surfaces, Coatings and Films, having authored 25 papers that have together received 1.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (3 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (2 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (38 citations), Molecular Biology (1.4k citations), Endocrinology (57 citations), Business and International Management (21 citations) and Aging (11 citations). Max E. Wilkinson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Frequent co-authors include Kiyoshi Nagai, Clément Charenton, Sebastian M. Fica, Andrew J. Newman, Wojciech P. Galej, Chris Oubridge, Rhiannon K. Macrae, Feng Zhang, Jonathan Strecker and Eugene V. Koonin. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Nature, eLife, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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