Michael Yarus

10.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
174 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Michael Yarus is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Yarus has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Molecular Biology, 49 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Michael Yarus's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (155 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (91 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (44 papers). Michael Yarus is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (155 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (91 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (44 papers). Michael Yarus collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Poland. Michael Yarus's co-authors include Paul Berg, Rob Knight, Mali Illangasekare, James F. Curran, Larry Gold, Irene Majerfeld, Olke C. Uhlenbeck, Barry Polisky, Dennis W. Schultz and Gregory J. Connell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael Yarus

174 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

DIVERSITY OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE FUNCTIONS 1967 2026 1986 2006 1995 1967 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. DIVERSITY OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE FUNCTIONS
    1995 679 citations Michael Yarus et al. profile →
  2. Recognition of tRNA by aminoacyl tRNA synthetases
    1967 193 citations Michael Yarus et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Yarus United States 53 8.0k 1.9k 1.0k 734 298 174 8.5k
Philip C. Bevilacqua United States 56 8.9k 1.1× 787 0.4× 313 0.3× 748 1.0× 302 1.0× 192 10.0k
Ronald Micura Austria 49 6.5k 0.8× 760 0.4× 246 0.2× 306 0.4× 142 0.5× 193 7.2k
Alexander S. Spirin Russia 45 5.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 149 0.1× 748 1.0× 207 0.7× 182 6.8k
Geoffrey Zubay United States 38 4.8k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 203 0.2× 770 1.0× 133 0.4× 105 5.9k
Joseph A. Piccirilli United States 46 6.1k 0.8× 514 0.3× 244 0.2× 521 0.7× 160 0.5× 173 7.1k
A.R. Ferré-D′Amaré United States 58 9.7k 1.2× 1.3k 0.7× 114 0.1× 671 0.9× 191 0.6× 144 10.5k
Sarah A. Woodson United States 58 8.1k 1.0× 1.7k 0.9× 100 0.1× 1.7k 2.3× 288 1.0× 167 8.8k
Roger M. Wartell United States 32 3.2k 0.4× 649 0.3× 175 0.2× 439 0.6× 201 0.7× 81 3.6k
Victor Norris France 31 2.3k 0.3× 1.2k 0.6× 326 0.3× 508 0.7× 144 0.5× 136 3.3k
Ryszard Kierzek Poland 47 7.5k 0.9× 727 0.4× 96 0.1× 696 0.9× 117 0.4× 164 8.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Yarus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Yarus

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yarus, Michael. (2024). Ordering events in a developing genetic code. RNA Biology. 21(1). 256–263. 1 indexed citations
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Yarus, Michael. (2021). Fitting the standard genetic code into its triplet table. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(36). 6 indexed citations
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Janas, Tadeusz, Karolina Sapoń, Teresa Janas, & Michael Yarus. (2021). Specific binding of VegT mRNA localization signal to membranes in Xenopus oocytes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1868(4). 118952–118952. 7 indexed citations
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Yarus, Michael. (2018). Eighty routes to a ribonucleotide world; dispersion and stringency in the decisive selection. RNA. 24(8). 1041–1055. 6 indexed citations
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Yarus, Michael. (2012). Darwinian Behavior in a Cold, Sporadically Fed Pool of Ribonucleotides. Astrobiology. 12(9). 870–883. 15 indexed citations
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Janas, Teresa, Tadeusz Janas, & Michael Yarus. (2012). Human tRNASecassociates with HeLa membranes, cell lipid liposomes, and synthetic lipid bilayers. RNA. 18(12). 2260–2268. 41 indexed citations
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Yarus, Michael, et al.. (2010). Multiple translational products from a five-nucleotide ribozyme. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(10). 4585–4589. 110 indexed citations
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Janas, Tadeusz, Teresa Janas, & Michael Yarus. (2006). 7 RNA, Lipids, and Membranes. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 43. 207–225. 2 indexed citations
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Lozupone, Catherine, et al.. (2003). Selection of the simplest RNA that binds isoleucine. RNA. 9(11). 1315–1322. 71 indexed citations
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Yarus, Michael, Mikel Valle, & Joachim Frank. (2003). A twisted tRNA intermediate sets the threshold for decoding: FIGURE 1.. RNA. 9(4). 384–385. 34 indexed citations
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Yarus, Michael & Mark Welch. (2000). Peptidyl transferase: ancient and exiguous. Chemistry & Biology. 7(10). R187–R190. 18 indexed citations
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Yarus, Michael & Mali Illangasekare. (1999). 7 Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases and Self-acylating Ribozymes. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 37. 183–196. 5 indexed citations
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Ciesiołka, Jerzy, Mali Illangasekare, Irene Majerfeld, et al.. (1996). [19] Affinity selection-amplification from randomized ribooligonucleotide pools. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 267. 315–335. 55 indexed citations
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Yarus, Michael. (1993). 9 An RNA-Amino Acid Affinity. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 24. 205–217. 15 indexed citations
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Yarus, Michael, et al.. (1991). Selection of small molecules by the Tetrahymena catalytic center. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(6). 1297–1304. 15 indexed citations
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Yarus, Michael & Robert C. Thompson. (1983). Precision of Protein Biosynthesis. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 15. 23–63. 14 indexed citations
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Eisenberg, Stephen P., Larry Soll, & Michael Yarus. (1980). Role of tRNA Trp and Leader RNA: Secondary Structure in Attenuation of the trp Operon. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 469–479. 3 indexed citations
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Yarus, Michael. (1980). The Accuracy of Translation. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 23. 195–225. 57 indexed citations
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Yarus, Michael. (1979). The Relationship of the Accuracy of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis to That of Translation. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 501–515. 2 indexed citations

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