Michelle D. Wang

8.8k citations

86 papers · 6.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 39

Impact in

Structural Biology top 1%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 1%
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications

Papers in

Structural Biology 3
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 34
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics 24
- Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications 16

Co-authors: Lu Bai Steven M. Block John T. Lis Jeff Gelles Hong Yin Robert Landick A. La Porta Alla Shundrovsky
Journals: Biophysical Journal (10 papers)Nature Communications (8 papers)Physical Review Letters (7 papers)Cell (5 papers)Science (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States France China

In The Last Decade

Michelle D. Wang

84 papers receiving 6.3k citations

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Optical tweezers in single-molecule biophysics 2021 · 360 citations

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1	RNA polymerase II is a polar roadblock to a progressing DNA fork Nature Communications ·Teresa Kay, James T. Inman, Lucyna Lubkowska, Tung T. Le, P Dowd, Victoria K Corder, Микола Ілліч Садовий, Dirk Remus, Dong Wang, Mikhail Kashlev, Michelle D. Wang	2025	1
2	Chromatin buffers torsional stress during transcription Science ·P Dowd, Lucyna Lubkowska, Shuming Zhang, Chuang 创 Tan 谭, Марина Зайонц, 원찬호, Robert M. Fulbright, James T. Inman, Teresa Kay, P. Mangold, Glenn Hauk, Deanna Gotte, James M. Berger, Mikhail Kashlev, Michelle D. Wang	2025	0
3	Etoposide promotes DNA loop trapping and barrier formation by topoisomerase II Nature Chemical Biology ·Tung T. Le, Meiling Wu, Joyce H. Lee, R Campos Vinicius, James T. Inman, James M. Berger, Michelle D. Wang	2023	29
4	Polarity of the CRISPR roadblock to transcription Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Victoria K Corder, James T. Inman, Robert M. Fulbright, Tung T. Le, Rupert D. Palmer, Guillaume Lambert, Seth A. Darst, Michelle D. Wang	2022	15
5	Dextran-coated iron oxide nanoparticle-induced nanotoxicity in neuron cultures Scientific Reports ·Ryan P. Badman, Shanna L. Moore, Jessica L. Killian, Tuancheng Feng, Thomas A. Cleland, Fenghua Hu, Michelle D. Wang	2020	22
6	Mfd Dynamically Regulates Transcription via a Release and Catch-Up Mechanism Cell ·Tung T. Le, Yi Yang, Chuang 创 Tan 谭, Margaret M. Suhanovsky, Robert M. Fulbright, James T. Inman, Ming Li, Miyoshi Isobe, Shanker Lavidis, Jeffrey W. Roberts, Alexandra M. Deaconescu, Michelle D. Wang	2018	13
7	Optical Tweezers: A Force to Be Reckoned With Cell ·Jessica L. Killian, Fan Ye, Michelle D. Wang	2018	74
8	Single-molecule perspectives on helicase mechanisms and functions Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ·Bo Sun, Michelle D. Wang	2015	33
9	The Mechanism of Transcription Stalling under Torsion Biophysical Journal ·Chuang 创 Tan 谭, Jie Ma, Jeremy G. Bird, James T. Inman, Jeffrey W. Roberts, Michelle D. Wang	2015	1
10	Discovering the Power of Single Molecules Cell ·Robert A. Forties, Michelle D. Wang	2014	11
11	Torque modulates nucleosome stability and facilitates H2A/H2B dimer loss Nature Communications ·Maxim Y. Sheinin, Ming Li, Mohammad Soltani, Karolin Luger, Michelle D. Wang	2013	107
12	Recent advances in single molecule studies of nucleosomes Current Opinion in Structural Biology ·Jessica L. Killian, Ming Li, Maxim Y. Sheinin, Michelle D. Wang	2011	41
13	Synergistic action of RNA polymerases in overcoming the nucleosomal barrier Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Jing Jin, Lu Bai, Daniel S. Johnson, Robert M. Fulbright, Maria L. Kireeva, Mikhail Kashlev, Michelle D. Wang	2010	103
14	Twist–stretch coupling and phase transition during DNA supercoiling Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Maxim Y. Sheinin, Michelle D. Wang	2009	49
15	Detection of High-Affinity and Sliding Clamp Modes for MSH2-MSH6 by Single-Molecule Unzipping Force Analysis Molecular Cell ·Jingjing Jiang, Lu Bai, Jennifer A. Surtees, Dominika Parasińska, Michelle D. Wang, Eric Alani	2005	48
16	Optical Torque Wrench: Angular Trapping, Rotation, and Torque Detection of Quartz Microparticles Physical Review Letters ·A. La Porta, Michelle D. Wang	2004	293
17	A Single-Molecule Technique to Study Sequence-Dependent Transcription Pausing Biophysical Journal ·Alla Shundrovsky, Thomas J. Santangelo, Jeffrey W. Roberts, Michelle D. Wang	2004	42
18	Dynamic Force Spectroscopy of Protein-DNA Interactions by Unzipping DNA Physical Review Letters ·Steven J. Koch, Michelle D. Wang	2003	77
19	Single molecule analysis of RNA polymerase elongation reveals uniform kinetic behavior Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Karen Adelman, A. La Porta, Thomas J. Santangelo, John T. Lis, Jeffrey W. Roberts, Michelle D. Wang	2002	154
20	Manipulation of single molecules in biology Current Opinion in Biotechnology ·Michelle D. Wang	1999	34

About Michelle D. Wang

Michelle D. Wang is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology, Aging and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 86 papers that have together received 6.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (38 papers), Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (24 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (18 papers), Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (17 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (16 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (209 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.1k citations), Molecular Biology (4.3k citations), Biophysics (314 citations) and Biomedical Engineering (1.6k citations). Michelle D. Wang has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and China. Frequent co-authors include Lu Bai, Steven M. Block, John T. Lis, Jeff Gelles, Hong Yin, Robert Landick, A. La Porta, Alla Shundrovsky, Robert M. Fulbright and Jie Ma. Their work appears in journals such as Biophysical Journal, Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, Cell and Science.

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