Nahum Sonenberg

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Nahum Sonenberg is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Nahum Sonenberg has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 2 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Nahum Sonenberg's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (15 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (8 papers). Nahum Sonenberg is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (15 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (8 papers). Nahum Sonenberg collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. Nahum Sonenberg's co-authors include Kathleen S. Montine, A. Lazaris-Karatzas, Jerry Pelletier, Isaac Edery, Robert G. Korneluk, Martin Holčı́k, R Petryshyn, Graham J. Belsham, Florence Rozen and William C. Merrick and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Nahum Sonenberg

24 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Malignant transformation by a eukaryotic initiation factor subunit that binds to mRNA 5' cap

1990 814 citations A. Lazaris-Karatzas, Kathleen S. Montine et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nahum Sonenberg Canada	19	2.6k	497	239	225	188	24	3.0k
Naoyuki Kataoka Japan	28	4.3k 1.6×	233 0.5×	204 0.9×	255 1.1×	103 0.5×	65	4.8k
Serafı́n Piñol-Roma United States	20	2.9k 1.1×	390 0.8×	238 1.0×	228 1.0×	91 0.5×	21	3.4k
Oliver Mühlemann Switzerland	37	4.5k 1.7×	408 0.8×	311 1.3×	362 1.6×	424 2.3×	69	5.2k
Robert W. Siegel United States	26	1.3k 0.5×	300 0.6×	313 1.3×	129 0.6×	93 0.5×	62	2.2k
Antje Ostareck‐Lederer Germany	28	2.4k 0.9×	419 0.8×	247 1.0×	135 0.6×	68 0.4×	41	2.9k
Daniel R. Schoenberg United States	34	3.3k 1.3×	138 0.3×	470 2.0×	392 1.7×	145 0.8×	91	4.2k
Lev P. Ovchinnikov Russia	35	3.9k 1.5×	238 0.5×	450 1.9×	313 1.4×	84 0.4×	87	4.5k
Vincent A. Blomen Netherlands	24	2.5k 1.0×	223 0.4×	265 1.1×	420 1.9×	367 2.0×	31	3.4k
Jamal Tazi France	43	5.3k 2.0×	187 0.4×	248 1.0×	457 2.0×	199 1.1×	87	6.0k
Karen Meerovitch Canada	20	1.7k 0.6×	906 1.8×	239 1.0×	191 0.8×	351 1.9×	26	2.5k

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Walker, Natalie, Keizo Misumi, Dylan C. Mitchell, et al.. (2024). MNK-driven eIF4E phosphorylation regulates the fibrogenic transformation of mesenchymal cells and chronic lung allograft dysfunction. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 134(16). 2 indexed citations

Jami‐Alahmadi, Yasaman, Rania Leventis, Nahum Sonenberg, et al.. (2024). EDC-3 and EDC-4 regulate embryonic mRNA clearance and biomolecular condensate specialization. Cell Reports. 43(10). 114781–114781. 2 indexed citations

Pelletier, Jerry & Nahum Sonenberg. (2023). Therapeutic targeting of eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4E. Biochemical Society Transactions. 51(1). 113–124. 8 indexed citations

Sonenberg, Nahum. (2008). eIF4E, the mRNA cap-binding protein: from basic discovery to translational researchThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in this Special Issue, entitled CSBMCB — Systems and Chemical Biology, and has undergone the Journal's usual peer review process.. Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 86(2). 178–183. 150 indexed citations

Sonenberg, Nahum & Christopher B. Newgard. (2001). The Perks of Balancing Glucose. Science. 293(5531). 818–819. 20 indexed citations

Wakiyama, Motoaki, Hiroaki Imataka, & Nahum Sonenberg. (2000). Interaction of eIF4G with poly(A)-binding protein stimulates translation and is critical for Xenopus oocyte maturation. Current Biology. 10(18). 1147–1150. 108 indexed citations

Belsham, Graham J. & Nahum Sonenberg. (2000). Picornavirus RNA translation: roles for cellular proteins. Trends in Microbiology. 8(7). 330–335. 109 indexed citations

Holčı́k, Martin, Nahum Sonenberg, & Robert G. Korneluk. (2000). Internal ribosome initiation of translation and the control of cell death. Trends in Genetics. 16(10). 469–473. 198 indexed citations

Matsuo, Hiroshi, Hanjun Li, Abigail L. Manson, et al.. (1997). Structure of translation factor elF4E bound to m7GDP and interaction with 4E-binding protein. Nature Structural Biology. 4(9). 717–724. 315 indexed citations

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Merrick, William C. & Nahum Sonenberg. (1997). Assays for Eukaryotic Translation Factors That Bind mRNA. Methods. 11(4). 333–342. 14 indexed citations

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Yamauchi, Toshimasa, Kazuyuki Tobe, Hiroyuki Tamemoto, et al.. (1996). Insulin Signalling and Insulin Actions in the Muscles and Livers of Insulin-Resistant, Insulin Receptor Substrate 1-Deficient Mice. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16(6). 3074–3084. 227 indexed citations

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Masison, Daniel C., et al.. (1995). Decoying the Cap ² mRNA Degradation System by a Double-Stranded RNA Virus and Poly(A) ² mRNA Surveillance by a Yeast Antiviral System. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(5). 2763–2771. 107 indexed citations

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Edery, Isaac, Lee Lee Chu, Nahum Sonenberg, & Jerry Pelletier. (1995). An Efficient Strategy To Isolate Full-Length cDNAs Based on an mRNA Cap Retention Procedure (CAPture). Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(6). 3363–3371. 75 indexed citations

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Hanash, Samir, Laura Beretta, Susan Sheldon, et al.. (1993). Mapping of the gene for interferon‐inducible dsRNA‐dependent protein kinase to chromosome region 2p21‐22: A site of rearrangements in myeloproliferative disorders. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 8(1). 34–37. 14 indexed citations

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Carrasco, Luis, Nahum Sonenberg, & Eckard Wimmer. (1993). Regulation of Gene Expression in Animal Viruses. 40 indexed citations

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Jaramillo, María, Thomas Dever, William C. Merrick, & Nahum Sonenberg. (1991). RNA Unwinding in Translation: Assembly of Helicase Complex Intermediates Comprising Eukaryotic Initiation Factors eIF-4F and eIF-4B. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11(12). 5992–5997. 33 indexed citations

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Lazaris-Karatzas, A., Kathleen S. Montine, & Nahum Sonenberg. (1990). Malignant transformation by a eukaryotic initiation factor subunit that binds to mRNA 5' cap. Nature. 345(6275). 544–547. 814 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rozen, Florence, Isaac Edery, Karen Meerovitch, et al.. (1990). Bidirectional RNA Helicase Activity of Eucaryotic Translation Initiation Factors 4A and 4F. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 10(3). 1134–1144. 206 indexed citations

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Edery, Isaac, R Petryshyn, & Nahum Sonenberg. (1989). Activation of double-stranded RNA-dependent kinase (dsl) by the TAR region of HIV-1 mRNA: A novel translational control mechanism. Cell. 56(2). 303–312. 172 indexed citations

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Pelletier, Jerry & Nahum Sonenberg. (1987). The involvement of mRNA secondary structure in protein synthesis. Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 65(6). 576–581. 84 indexed citations

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