Mikhail Kashlev

8.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Mikhail Kashlev is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mikhail Kashlev has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Mikhail Kashlev's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (77 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (53 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (28 papers). Mikhail Kashlev is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (77 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (53 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (28 papers). Mikhail Kashlev collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Japan. Mikhail Kashlev's co-authors include N. V. Komissarova, Maria L. Kireeva, Lucyna Lubkowska, Carlos Bustamante, Alex Goldfarb, Evgeny Nudler, Masahiko Imashimizu, Vadim Nikiforov, Vasily M. Studitsky and Wendy Walter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Mikhail Kashlev

101 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

CTCF-promoted RNA polymerase II pausing links DNA methylation to splicing

2011 743 citations Masahiko Imashimizu, Mikhail Kashlev et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mikhail Kashlev United States	45	6.4k	2.1k	898	467	276	103	7.2k
Sarah A. Woodson United States	58	8.1k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	1.7k 1.8×	360 0.8×	189 0.7×	167	8.8k
Shirley A. Müller Switzerland	43	3.9k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	402 0.4×	516 1.1×	222 0.8×	84	5.7k
Joseph D. Puglisi United States	61	11.8k 1.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	226 0.5×	340 1.2×	173	13.3k
C.M.T. Spahn Germany	48	6.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	436 0.5×	161 0.3×	415 1.5×	103	7.6k
Mikel Valle Spain	39	4.4k 0.7×	913 0.4×	624 0.7×	173 0.4×	284 1.0×	69	5.5k
A.R. Ferré-D′Amaré United States	58	9.7k 1.5×	1.3k 0.6×	671 0.7×	90 0.2×	339 1.2×	144	10.5k
Mark S. Dillingham United Kingdom	37	4.8k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	583 0.6×	124 0.3×	462 1.7×	76	5.4k
Dietrich Suck Germany	40	5.0k 0.8×	853 0.4×	707 0.8×	408 0.9×	506 1.8×	96	6.6k
Roland Beckmann Germany	70	12.0k 1.9×	2.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	154 0.3×	424 1.5×	185	13.6k
Achillefs N. Kapanidis United Kingdom	41	4.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	801 0.9×	394 0.8×	99 0.4×	122	5.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mikhail Kashlev

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kashlev, Mikhail, et al.. (2025). Characterization of bacterial intrinsic transcription terminators identified with TERMITe—a novel method for comprehensive analysis of Term-seq data. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(12).

Kay, Teresa, James T. Inman, Lucyna Lubkowska, et al.. (2025). RNA polymerase II is a polar roadblock to a progressing DNA fork. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8631–8631. 1 indexed citations

Lubkowska, Lucyna, Shuming Zhang, Chuang 创 Tan 谭, et al.. (2025). Chromatin buffers torsional stress during transcription. Science. 391(6792). eadv0134–eadv0134.

Yakhnin, Helen, et al.. (2019). NusG-Dependent RNA Polymerase Pausing and Tylosin-Dependent Ribosome Stalling Are Required for Tylosin Resistance by Inducing 23S rRNA Methylation in Bacillus subtilis. mBio. 10(6). 20 indexed citations

Kireeva, Maria L., Kristopher Opron, Steve Seibold, et al.. (2012). Molecular dynamics and mutational analysis of the catalytic and translocation cycle of RNA polymerase. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 11–11. 34 indexed citations

Imashimizu, Masahiko, Maria L. Kireeva, Lucyna Lubkowska, et al.. (2012). Intrinsic Translocation Barrier as an Initial Step in Pausing by RNA Polymerase II. Journal of Molecular Biology. 425(4). 697–712. 34 indexed citations

Nedialkov, Yuri A., Kristopher Opron, Irina Artsimovitch, et al.. (2012). The RNA polymerase bridge helix YFI motif in catalysis, fidelity and translocation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1829(2). 187–198. 30 indexed citations

Kireeva, Maria L., et al.. (2011). Interaction of RNA Polymerase II Fork Loop 2 with Downstream Non-template DNA Regulates Transcription Elongation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(35). 30898–30910. 25 indexed citations

Hodges, H. Courtney, Lacramioara Bintu, Lucyna Lubkowska, Mikhail Kashlev, & Carlos Bustamante. (2009). Nucleosomal Fluctuations Govern the Transcription Dynamics of RNA Polymerase II. Science. 325(5940). 626–628. 283 indexed citations

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Kireeva, Maria L., et al.. (2009). Site-directed mutagenesis, purification and assay of Saccharomyces cerevisiae RNA polymerase II. Protein Expression and Purification. 69(1). 83–90. 17 indexed citations

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Walmacq, Céline, Maria L. Kireeva, Yuri A. Nedialkov, et al.. (2009). Rpb9 Subunit Controls Transcription Fidelity by Delaying NTP Sequestration in RNA Polymerase II. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(29). 19601–19612. 70 indexed citations

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Krasilnikova, Maria M., et al.. (2007). Effects of Friedreich's ataxia (GAA)n{middle dot}(TTC)n repeats on RNA synthesis and stability. Nucleic Acids Research. 35(4). 1075–1084. 43 indexed citations

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Kireeva, Maria L., et al.. (2005). Nature of the Nucleosomal Barrier to RNA Polymerase II. Molecular Cell. 18(1). 97–108. 190 indexed citations

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Walter, Wendy, et al.. (2003). Assay of the Fate of the Nucleosome During Transcription by RNA Polymerase II. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 371. 564–577. 14 indexed citations

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Kireeva, Maria L., Lucyna Lubkowska, N. V. Komissarova, & Mikhail Kashlev. (2003). Assays and Affinity Purification of Biotinylated and Nonbiotinylated Forms of Double-Tagged Core RNA Polymerase II from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 370. 138–155. 44 indexed citations

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Hansma, Helen G., et al.. (1998). Left-handed orientation of histidine-tagged RNA polymerase complexes imaged by atomic force microscopy. 1(2). 127–134. 5 indexed citations

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Komissarova, N. V., et al.. (1998). Crucial Role of the RNA:DNA Hybrid in the Processivity of Transcription. Molecular Cell. 2(1). 55–64. 175 indexed citations

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Komissarova, N. V. & Mikhail Kashlev. (1997). RNA Polymerase Switches between Inactivated and Activated States By Translocating Back and Forth along the DNA and the RNA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(24). 15329–15338. 225 indexed citations

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Kashlev, Mikhail, et al.. (1996). Histidine-tagged RNA polymerase of Escherichia coli and transcription in solid phase. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 274. 326–334. 78 indexed citations

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Kashlev, Mikhail, et al.. (1993). Histidine-tagged RNA polymerase: dissection of the transcription cycle using immobilized enzyme. Gene. 130(1). 9–14. 103 indexed citations

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