Megerditch Kiledjian

9.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
87 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Megerditch Kiledjian is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Megerditch Kiledjian has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Megerditch Kiledjian's work include RNA Research and Splicing (68 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (59 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (57 papers). Megerditch Kiledjian is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (68 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (59 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (57 papers). Megerditch Kiledjian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Poland. Megerditch Kiledjian's co-authors include Xinfu Jiao, Gideon Dreyfuss, Zuoren Wang, Tom Kadesch, Liang Tong, Paula S. Henthorn, You Li, Panayiota Trifillis, Ewa Grudzien‐Nogalska and Anne Carr‐Schmid and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Megerditch Kiledjian

87 papers receiving 7.2k citations

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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.

Reversible methylation of m6Am in the 5′ cap controls mRNA stability

2016 826 citations Xiaobing Luo, Xinfu Jiao et al. profile →
Primary structure and binding activity of the hnRNP U protein: binding RNA through RGG box.

1992 548 citations Megerditch Kiledjian et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Megerditch Kiledjian United States	45	6.4k	1.2k	634	550	303	87	7.2k
Jens Lykke‐Andersen United States	40	7.1k 1.1×	974 0.8×	405 0.6×	414 0.8×	264 0.9×	61	7.8k
Patrick J. Paddison United States	31	5.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	430 0.8×	472 1.6×	66	6.0k
Richard A. Padgett United States	38	6.9k 1.1×	421 0.3×	758 1.2×	422 0.8×	373 1.2×	72	7.9k
Georg Stoecklin Germany	41	7.5k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	245 0.4×	1.0k 1.9×	515 1.7×	74	8.6k
Jamal Tazi France	43	5.3k 0.8×	511 0.4×	457 0.7×	248 0.5×	497 1.6×	87	6.0k
Akila Mayeda United States	41	6.3k 1.0×	750 0.6×	282 0.4×	320 0.6×	271 0.9×	85	6.8k
Giuseppe Biamonti Italy	47	5.5k 0.9×	688 0.6×	445 0.7×	263 0.5×	525 1.7×	114	6.3k
Claudio Santoro Italy	31	3.1k 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	428 0.7×	358 0.7×	299 1.0×	90	4.1k
Maarten Fornerod Netherlands	39	6.9k 1.1×	371 0.3×	924 1.5×	516 0.9×	520 1.7×	81	8.1k
Julja Burchard United States	26	6.3k 1.0×	3.0k 2.5×	766 1.2×	622 1.1×	527 1.7×	47	7.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Megerditch Kiledjian

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Salamon, Iva, Xiaobing Luo, Wendy Liu, et al.. (2021). mRNA-Decapping Associated DcpS Enzyme Controls Critical Steps of Neuronal Development. Cerebral Cortex. 32(7). 1494–1507. 4 indexed citations

Sahu, Soumyadip, Zhenzhen Wang, Xinfu Jiao, et al.. (2020). InsP₇is a small-molecule regulator of NUDT3-mediated mRNA decapping and processing-body dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(32). 19245–19253. 24 indexed citations

Depaix, Anaïs, Ewa Grudzien‐Nogalska, Pawel J. Sikorski, et al.. (2018). Nicotinamide-Containing Di- and Trinucleotides as Chemical Tools for Studies of NAD-Capped RNAs. Organic Letters. 20(23). 7650–7655. 17 indexed citations

Castellanos‐Rubio, Ainara, Nora Fernández‐Jiménez, Radomir Kratchmarov, et al.. (2016). A long noncoding RNA associated with susceptibility to celiac disease. Science. 352(6281). 91–95. 192 indexed citations

Zhou, Mi, Sophie Bail, Heather L. Plasterer, James R. Rusche, & Megerditch Kiledjian. (2015). DcpS is a transcript-specific modulator of RNA in mammalian cells. RNA. 21(7). 1306–1312. 16 indexed citations

Li, You & Megerditch Kiledjian. (2010). Regulation of mRNA decapping. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - RNA. 1(2). 253–265. 110 indexed citations

Jiao, Xinfu, et al.. (2009). Modulation of Neuritogenesis by a Protein Implicated in X-Linked Mental Retardation. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(40). 12419–12427. 25 indexed citations

Shen, Vincent K., et al.. (2008). DcpS scavenger decapping enzyme can modulate pre-mRNA splicing. RNA. 14(6). 1132–1142. 30 indexed citations

Lin, Ming‐Der, et al.. (2008). Drosophila processing bodies in oogenesis. Developmental Biology. 322(2). 276–288. 68 indexed citations

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Rajagopal, Vaishnavi, et al.. (2008). Mechanistic and Kinetic Analysis of the DcpS Scavenger Decapping Enzyme. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(24). 16427–16436. 17 indexed citations

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Li, You, Man-Gen Song, & Megerditch Kiledjian. (2007). Transcript-Specific Decapping and Regulated Stability by the Human Dcp2 Decapping Protein. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 28(3). 939–948. 52 indexed citations

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Jiao, Xinfu, Zuoren Wang, & Megerditch Kiledjian. (2006). Identification of an mRNA-Decapping Regulator Implicated in X-Linked Mental Retardation. Molecular Cell. 24(5). 713–722. 39 indexed citations

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Liu, Hudan & Megerditch Kiledjian. (2005). Scavenger Decapping Activity Facilitates 5′ to 3′ mRNA Decay. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 25(22). 9764–9772. 32 indexed citations

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Jiao, Xinfu, et al.. (2004). Functional analysis of mRNA scavenger decapping enzymes. RNA. 10(9). 1412–1422. 71 indexed citations

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Carr‐Schmid, Anne, et al.. (2003). Analysis of recombinant yeast decapping enzyme. RNA. 9(2). 231–238. 149 indexed citations

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Wang, Zuoren, Xinfu Jiao, Anne Carr‐Schmid, & Megerditch Kiledjian. (2002). The hDcp2 protein is a mammalian mRNA decapping enzyme. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(20). 12663–12668. 276 indexed citations

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Wang, Zuoren & Megerditch Kiledjian. (2000). The Poly(A)-Binding Protein and an mRNA Stability Protein Jointly Regulate an Endoribonuclease Activity. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(17). 6334–6341. 91 indexed citations

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Barnhart, Bryan C., Penelope A. Kosinski, Zuoren Wang, et al.. (2000). Identification of a Complex that Binds to the CD154 3′ Untranslated Region: Implications for a Role in Message Stability During T Cell Activation. The Journal of Immunology. 165(8). 4478–4486. 27 indexed citations

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Kiledjian, Megerditch, et al.. (1997). Identification of AUF1 (Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein D) as a Component of the α-Globin mRNA Stability Complex. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 17(8). 4870–4876. 131 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaoming, Megerditch Kiledjian, Ingrid M. Weiss, & Stephen A. Liebhaber. (1995). Detection and Characterization of a 3′ Untranslated Region Ribonucleoprotein Complex Associated with Human α-Globin mRNA Stability. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(3). 1769–1777. 181 indexed citations

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