Ming‐Hon Hou

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ming‐Hon Hou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming‐Hon Hou has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Infectious Diseases and 12 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ming‐Hon Hou's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (26 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (13 papers). Ming‐Hon Hou is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (26 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (13 papers). Ming‐Hon Hou collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, United Kingdom and United States. Ming‐Hon Hou's co-authors include Chung‐ke Chang, Yu‐Ming Chang, Tai-huang Huang, Chwan‐Deng Hsiao, Chi‐Fon Chang, Cammy K.-M. Chen, Yu-Sheng Lo, Jincun Zhao, Stanley Perlman and Jeu‐Ming P. Yuann and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Ming‐Hon Hou

70 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The SARS coronavirus nucleocapsid protein – Forms and functions

2014 339 citations Chung‐ke Chang, Ming‐Hon Hou et al. Antiviral Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ming‐Hon Hou Taiwan	25	1.1k	765	241	234	205	70	2.0k
Marie-Pierre Egloff France	16	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	126 0.5×	275 1.2×	242 1.2×	20	3.2k
Radim Nencka Czechia	28	1.1k 0.9×	936 1.2×	305 1.3×	67 0.3×	124 0.6×	90	2.4k
Manoj S. Nair United States	22	793 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	229 1.0×	170 0.7×	93 0.5×	78	2.3k
Hai Pang China	20	678 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	193 0.8×	374 1.6×	69 0.3×	47	2.0k
Qingjun Ma China	24	721 0.6×	673 0.9×	447 1.9×	140 0.6×	65 0.3×	59	1.9k
Goran Kokić Germany	10	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	69 0.3×	122 0.5×	98 0.5×	10	2.3k
Paola Storici Italy	28	1.6k 1.4×	653 0.9×	181 0.8×	98 0.4×	203 1.0×	58	2.8k
Kamalendra Singh United States	26	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	67 0.3×	92 0.4×	76 0.4×	76	2.2k
Hauke S. Hillen Germany	14	941 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	69 0.3×	133 0.6×	63 0.3×	25	2.1k
Andrew Yueh Taiwan	23	738 0.6×	495 0.6×	138 0.6×	51 0.2×	85 0.4×	38	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ming‐Hon Hou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ming‐Hon Hou

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hou, Ming‐Hon, et al.. (2025). The role of water in mediating DNA structures with epigenetic modifications, higher-order conformations and drug–DNA interactions. RSC Chemical Biology. 6(5). 699–720. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Kuo‐Yang, et al.. (2025). Diverse clinical outcomes for the EGFR‑mutated and ALK‑rearranged advanced non‑squamous non‑small cell lung cancer. Oncology Letters. 29(3). 125–125. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Shanmeng, et al.. (2025). Structural and Functional Insights into Targeting GCCG Sites in the EGFR Promoter by Two DNA Intercalators to Inhibit Breast Cancer Metastasis. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 68(6). 6601–6615. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Chia-Wei, et al.. (2024). Targeting DNA junction sites by bis-intercalators induces topological changes with potent antitumor effects. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(15). 9303–9316. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Ching‐Ching, et al.. (2024). Antiviral drug development by targeting RNA binding site, oligomerization and nuclear export of influenza nucleoprotein. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 282(Pt 4). 136996–136996. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Fanglin, et al.. (2024). Antiviral effect of the viroporin inhibitors against Taiwan isolates of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV). Virus Research. 349. 199458–199458. 1 indexed citations

Li, Long‐Yuan, et al.. (2023). Synergistic binding of actinomycin D and echinomycin to DNA mismatch sites and their combined anti-tumour effects. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(8). 3540–3555. 9 indexed citations

Lin, Shanmeng, et al.. (2022). Targeting the N-Terminus Domain of the Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Protein Induces Abnormal Oligomerization via Allosteric Modulation. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 9. 871499–871499. 12 indexed citations

Chang, Cheng‐Chung, et al.. (2020). Structural Basis for Targeting T:T Mismatch with Triaminotriazine-Acridine Conjugate Induces a U-Shaped Head-to-Head Four-Way Junction in CTG Repeat DNA. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(25). 11165–11172. 26 indexed citations

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Chuang, Show‐Mei, et al.. (2016). Selective recognition and stabilization of new ligands targeting the potassium form of the human telomeric G-quadruplex DNA. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31019–31019. 20 indexed citations

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Liu, Chia‐Lin, et al.. (2016). Using mutagenesis to explore conserved residues in the RNA-binding groove of influenza A virus nucleoprotein for antiviral drug development. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21662–21662. 26 indexed citations

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Chang, Chung‐ke, et al.. (2015). Structure-based virtual screening and experimental validation of the discovery of inhibitors targeted towards the human coronavirus nucleocapsid protein. Molecular BioSystems. 12(1). 59–66. 44 indexed citations

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Hou, Ming‐Hon, Tzu‐Ping Ko, Nien‐Jen Hu, et al.. (2015). Crystal structure of vespid phospholipase A1 reveals insights into the mechanism for cause of membrane dysfunction. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 68. 79–88. 17 indexed citations

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Chang, Chung‐ke, Ming‐Hon Hou, Chi‐Fon Chang, Chwan‐Deng Hsiao, & Tai-huang Huang. (2014). The SARS coronavirus nucleocapsid protein – Forms and functions. Antiviral Research. 103. 39–50. 339 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Chia‐Ling, et al.. (2014). Structural Basis for the Identification of the N-Terminal Domain of Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Protein as an Antiviral Target. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 57(6). 2247–2257. 113 indexed citations

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Lo, Yu-Sheng, et al.. (2013). The structural basis of actinomycin D–binding induces nucleotide flipping out, a sharp bend and a left-handed twist in CGG triplet repeats. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(7). 4284–4294. 59 indexed citations

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Chen, I‐Jung, Jeu‐Ming P. Yuann, Yu‐Ming Chang, et al.. (2013). Crystal structure-based exploration of the important role of Arg106 in the RNA-binding domain of human coronavirus OC43 nucleocapsid protein. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1834(6). 1054–1062. 43 indexed citations

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Chang, Yu‐Ming, Cammy K.-M. Chen, & Ming‐Hon Hou. (2012). Conformational Changes in DNA upon Ligand Binding Monitored by Circular Dichroism. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 13(3). 3394–3413. 173 indexed citations

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Yuann, Jeu‐Ming P., et al.. (2012). The effects of loop size on Sac7d-hairpin DNA interactions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1824(9). 1009–1015. 10 indexed citations

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Hou, Ming‐Hon. (2001). Effects of polyamines on the thermal stability and formation kinetics of DNA duplexes with abnormal structure. Nucleic Acids Research. 29(24). 5121–5128. 77 indexed citations

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