Michael Sinensky

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Sinensky is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Sinensky has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Surgery and 13 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Sinensky's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (25 papers), Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (23 papers) and Nuclear Structure and Function (16 papers). Michael Sinensky is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (25 papers), Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (23 papers) and Nuclear Structure and Function (16 papers). Michael Sinensky collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Israel. Michael Sinensky's co-authors include Antonio E. Rusiñol, Lawrence A. Beck, Robert J. Lutz, Douglas P. Thewke, Theresa J. Hosick, Sankhavaram R. Panini, Judith Logel, Sherry Leonard, María A. Trujillo and Marguerite B. Dalton and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Sinensky

82 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Homeoviscous Adaptation—A Homeostatic Process that Regulates the Viscosity of Membrane Lipids in Escherichia coli

1974 1.2k citations Michael Sinensky Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Sinensky United States	40	4.4k	996	757	519	485	82	6.1k
Leonard Banaszak United States	52	5.2k 1.2×	425 0.4×	826 1.1×	760 1.5×	1.0k 2.1×	125	6.9k
Robert O. Ryan United States	52	4.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	528 0.7×	301 0.6×	730 1.5×	210	8.1k
Hans Jörnvall Sweden	29	2.9k 0.6×	480 0.5×	660 0.9×	331 0.6×	348 0.7×	97	4.6k
Milton Adesnik United States	44	5.1k 1.2×	485 0.5×	1.7k 2.2×	1.1k 2.1×	354 0.7×	78	7.9k
Yutaka Tashiro Japan	42	3.8k 0.9×	433 0.4×	1.5k 2.0×	575 1.1×	194 0.4×	167	6.8k
Lowell H. Ericsson United States	49	4.9k 1.1×	347 0.3×	968 1.3×	757 1.5×	243 0.5×	77	7.7k
J. Malcolm East United Kingdom	47	4.5k 1.0×	398 0.4×	666 0.9×	298 0.6×	325 0.7×	165	6.7k
C.H.W. Hirs United States	31	4.1k 0.9×	368 0.4×	849 1.1×	466 0.9×	430 0.9×	65	6.5k
Herbert L. Cooper United States	42	3.4k 0.8×	319 0.3×	578 0.8×	514 1.0×	476 1.0×	102	5.2k
Roger S. Holmes Australia	39	2.3k 0.5×	306 0.3×	674 0.9×	256 0.5×	451 0.9×	219	5.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Sinensky

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Dechat, Thomas, Takeshi Shimi, Stephen A. Adam, et al.. (2007). Alterations in mitosis and cell cycle progression caused by a mutant lamin A known to accelerate human aging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(12). 4955–4960. 214 indexed citations

Rusiñol, Antonio E., MacRae F. Linton, David L. Hachey, et al.. (2005). Acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase promotes oxidized LDL/oxysterol-induced apoptosis in macrophages. Journal of Lipid Research. 46(9). 1933–1943. 36 indexed citations

Rusiñol, Antonio E., et al.. (2004). AKT/Protein Kinase B Regulation of BCL Family Members during Oxysterol-induced Apoptosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(2). 1392–1399. 65 indexed citations

Panini, Sankhavaram R. & Michael Sinensky. (2001). Mechanisms of oxysterol-induced apoptosis. Current Opinion in Lipidology. 12(5). 529–533. 101 indexed citations

Sinensky, Michael. (2000). Functional aspects of polyisoprenoid protein substituents: roles in protein–protein interaction and trafficking. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1529(1-3). 203–209. 55 indexed citations

Sinensky, Michael. (2000). Recent advances in the study of prenylated proteins. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1484(2-3). 93–106. 180 indexed citations

Rusiñol, Antonio E., Lin Yang, Douglas P. Thewke, et al.. (2000). Isolation of a Somatic Cell Mutant Resistant to the Induction of Apoptosis by Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(10). 7296–7303. 59 indexed citations

Thewke, Douglas P., Sankhavaram R. Panini, & Michael Sinensky. (1998). Oleate Potentiates Oxysterol Inhibition of Transcription from Sterol Regulatory Element-1-regulated Promoters and Maturation of Sterol Regulatory Element-binding Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(33). 21402–21407. 66 indexed citations

Kilic, Fusun, et al.. (1997). Regulation of prelamin A endoprotease activity by prelamin A. FEBS Letters. 414(1). 65–68. 3 indexed citations

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Siddiqui, Afzal A., et al.. (1997). Strongyloides stercoralis : identification of antigens in natural human infections from endemic areas of the United States. Parasitology Research. 83(7). 655–658. 24 indexed citations

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Kilic, Fusun, et al.. (1997). In Vitro Assay and Characterization of the Farnesylation-dependent Prelamin A Endoprotease. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(8). 5298–5304. 54 indexed citations

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Sinensky, Michael, et al.. (1995). [12] Expression systems for nuclear lamin proteins: Farnesylation in assembly of nuclear lamina. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 250. 134–148. 16 indexed citations

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Sinensky, Michael & Robert J. Lutz. (1992). The prenylation of proteins. BioEssays. 14(1). 25–31. 134 indexed citations

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Gunten, Charles F. von & Michael Sinensky. (1989). Treatment of CHO-K1 cells with 25-hydroxycholesterol produces a more rapid loss of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase activity than can be accounted for by enzyme turnover. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 1001(2). 218–224. 13 indexed citations

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Davis, Roger J., et al.. (1989). Regulation of cholesterol synthesis and the potential for its pharmacologic manipulation. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 43(2). 221–236. 7 indexed citations

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Leonard, Sherry & Michael Sinensky. (1988). Somatic cell genetics and the study of cholesterol metabolism. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Biomembranes. 947(1). 101–112. 27 indexed citations

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Peffley, Dennis M., Jon H. Miyake, Sherry Leonard, Charles F. von Gunten, & Michael Sinensky. (1988). Further characterization of a somatic cell mutant defective in regulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics. 14(6). 527–539. 17 indexed citations

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Schnitzer‐Polokoff, Robin & Michael Sinensky. (1987). Characterization of HMG CoA synthase activity of rat liver and CHO‐K1 cells. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 35(2). 93–103. 5 indexed citations

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Sinensky, Michael, Robert B. Gennis, & Jack L. Strominger. (1976). Activation of C55-Isoprenoid Alcohol Phosphokinase from Staphylococcus Aureus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 251. 8 indexed citations

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Sinensky, Michael. (1971). Temperature Control of Phospholipid Biosynthesis in E. Coli.. Journal of Bacteriology. 106. 6 indexed citations

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