Michael Lichten

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Lichten is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Lichten has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cell Biology and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Michael Lichten's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (54 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (35 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (13 papers). Michael Lichten is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (54 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (35 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (13 papers). Michael Lichten collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Michael Lichten's co-authors include Thorsten Allers, Alastair S. H. Goldman, James E. Haber, Robert Shroff, Valérie Borde, Lea Jessop, Ayelet Arbel‐Eden, Rhona H. Borts, Christophe Goyon and Joseph L. DeRisi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Lichten

60 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Differential Timing and Control of Noncrossover and Crossover Recombination during Meiosis

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Lichten United States	36	5.7k	1.3k	1.0k	837	510	61	6.0k
Nancy M. Hollingsworth United States	32	4.0k 0.7×	631 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	309 0.4×	353 0.7×	50	4.2k
Carol S. Newlon United States	41	4.7k 0.8×	815 0.6×	700 0.7×	768 0.9×	256 0.5×	72	4.9k
Anna Malkova United States	35	3.9k 0.7×	811 0.6×	498 0.5×	549 0.7×	700 1.4×	56	4.2k
Frédéric Pâques France	28	4.5k 0.8×	840 0.6×	287 0.3×	976 1.2×	422 0.8×	44	4.8k
Christa Heyting Netherlands	40	4.9k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	310 0.6×	79	5.7k
Douglas K. Bishop United States	40	6.7k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	959 1.1×	977 1.9×	62	7.1k
Ana Losada Spain	33	4.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	483 0.6×	202 0.4×	71	5.0k
Bernard de Massy France	47	5.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	612 0.6×	1.8k 2.2×	667 1.3×	80	6.9k
Rhona H. Borts United Kingdom	31	3.1k 0.6×	947 0.7×	331 0.3×	832 1.0×	344 0.7×	51	3.6k
Janet F. Partridge United States	28	5.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	387 0.4×	445 0.5×	585 1.1×	43	5.6k

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Wheeler, David, et al.. (2022). Turning coldspots into hotspots: targeted recruitment of axis protein Hop1 stimulates meiotic recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics. 222(1). 9 indexed citations

Bhattacharya, Abhishek, et al.. (2022). Rad51-mediated interhomolog recombination during budding yeast meiosis is promoted by the meiotic recombination checkpoint and the conserved Pif1 helicase. PLoS Genetics. 18(12). e1010407–e1010407. 8 indexed citations

Wheeler, David, et al.. (2021). Repeated strand invasion and extensive branch migration are hallmarks of meiotic recombination. Molecular Cell. 81(20). 4258–4270.e4. 25 indexed citations

Lichten, Michael, et al.. (2020). C-Terminal HA Tags Compromise Function and Exacerbate Phenotypes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Bloom’s Helicase Homolog Sgs1 SUMOylation-Associated Mutants. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(8). 2811–2818. 2 indexed citations

Lichten, Michael, et al.. (2019). Noncanonical Contributions of MutLγ to VDE-Initiated Crossovers During Saccharomyces cerevisiae Meiosis. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 9(5). 1647–1654. 4 indexed citations

Goldman, Alastair S. H., et al.. (2016). Local chromosome context is a major determinant of crossover pathway biochemistry during budding yeast meiosis. eLife. 5. 23 indexed citations

Lichten, Michael & Bernard de Massy. (2011). The Impressionistic Landscape of Meiotic Recombination. Cell. 147(2). 267–270. 64 indexed citations

Jordan, Philip W., et al.. (2009). Ipl1/Aurora B kinase coordinates synaptonemal complex disassembly with cell cycle progression and crossover formation in budding yeast meiosis. Genes & Development. 23(18). 2237–2251. 32 indexed citations

Buhler, Cyril, Robert Shroff, & Michael Lichten. (2009). Genome-Wide Mapping of Meiotic DNA Double-Strand Breaks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Methods in molecular biology. 557. 143–164. 9 indexed citations

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Buhler, Cyril, Valérie Borde, & Michael Lichten. (2008). Correction: Mapping Meiotic Single-Strand DNA Reveals a New Landscape of DNA Double-Strand Breaks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS Biology. 6(4). e104–e104.

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John, Esther M., et al.. (2007). Novel pathogenic CHEK2 mutations in African Americans with breast cancer: Results of a Breast Cancer Family Registry study.. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers. 16. 1 indexed citations

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Borde, Valérie, Waka Lin, Eugene Novikov, et al.. (2004). Association of Mre11p with Double-Strand Break Sites during Yeast Meiosis. Molecular Cell. 13(3). 389–401. 115 indexed citations

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Lichten, Michael. (2001). Meiotic recombination: Breaking the genome to save it. Current Biology. 11(7). R253–R256. 86 indexed citations

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Allers, Thorsten & Michael Lichten. (2001). Intermediates of Yeast Meiotic Recombination Contain Heteroduplex DNA. Molecular Cell. 8(1). 225–231. 105 indexed citations

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Goldman, Alastair S. H. & Michael Lichten. (2000). Restriction of ectopic recombination by interhomolog interactions during Saccharomyces cerevisiae meiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(17). 9537–9542. 73 indexed citations

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Goldman, Alastair S. H. & Michael Lichten. (1996). The Efficiency of Meiotic Recombination Between Dispersed Sequences in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Depends Upon Their Chromosomal Location. Genetics. 144(1). 43–55. 101 indexed citations

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Lichten, Michael, et al.. (1994). Meiosis-Induced Double-Strand Break Sites Determined by Yeast Chromatin Structure. Science. 263(5146). 515–518. 374 indexed citations

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Goyon, Christophe & Michael Lichten. (1993). Timing of Molecular Events in Meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae : Stable Heteroduplex DNA is Formed Late in Meiotic Prophase. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 13(1). 373–382. 6 indexed citations

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Goyon, Christophe & Michael Lichten. (1993). Timing of molecular events in meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: stable heteroduplex DNA is formed late in meiotic prophase.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 13(1). 373–382. 117 indexed citations

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Rocco, Vincenzo, Michael J. Daly, Vilborg Matre, Michael Lichten, & Alain Nicolas. (1993). Identification of two divergently transcribed genes centromere‐proximal to the ARG4 locus on chromosome VIII of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast. 9(10). 1111–1120. 8 indexed citations

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