Nancy Kleckner

36.2k total citations · 13 hit papers
189 papers, 28.6k citations indexed

About

Nancy Kleckner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy Kleckner has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 28.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 179 papers in Molecular Biology, 62 papers in Genetics and 44 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Nancy Kleckner's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (95 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (53 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (40 papers). Nancy Kleckner is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (95 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (53 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (40 papers). Nancy Kleckner collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. Nancy Kleckner's co-authors include Denise Zickler, Robert W. Simons, Job Dekker, Martijn Dekker, Karsten Rippe, Eric Alani, Neil Hunter, Scott Keeney, Anthony Schwacha and Craig N. Giroux and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Nancy Kleckner

187 papers receiving 27.7k citations

Hit Papers

Capturing Chromosome Conformation 1977 2026 1993 2009 2002 1987 1997 1999 1992 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Capturing Chromosome Conformation
    2002 2.6k citations Job Dekker, Karsten Rippe et al. Science profile →
  2. Improved single and multicopy lac-based cloning vectors for protein and operon fusions
    1987 1.5k citations Nancy Kleckner et al. profile →
  3. Meiosis-Specific DNA Double-Strand Breaks Are Catalyzed by Spo11, a Member of a Widely Conserved Protein Family
    1997 1.4k citations Scott Keeney, Craig N. Giroux et al. Cell profile →
  4. Meiotic Chromosomes: Integrating Structure and Function
    1999 1.0k citations Denise Zickler, Nancy Kleckner profile →
  5. DMC1: A meiosis-specific yeast homolog of E. coli recA required for recombination, synaptonemal complex formation, and cell cycle progression
    1992 1000 citations Nancy Kleckner et al. Cell profile →
  6. A Method for Gene Disruption That Allows Repeated Use of URA3 Selection in the Construction of Multiply Disrupted Yeast Strains
    1987 809 citations Nancy Kleckner et al. profile →
  7. TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS IN PROKARYOTES
    1981 639 citations Nancy Kleckner profile →
  8. New Tn10 derivatives for transposon mutagenesis and for construction of lacZ operon fusions by transposition
    1984 574 citations Nancy Kleckner et al. profile →
  9. Recombination, Pairing, and Synapsis of Homologs during Meiosis
    2015 561 citations Denise Zickler, Nancy Kleckner profile →
  10. Crossover/Noncrossover Differentiation, Synaptonemal Complex Formation, and Regulatory Surveillance at the Leptotene/Zygotene Transition of Meiosis
    2004 559 citations Nancy Kleckner, Neil Hunter et al. Cell profile →
  11. The Single-End Invasion
    2001 557 citations Neil Hunter, Nancy Kleckner Cell profile →
  12. Analysis of wild-type and rad50 mutants of yeast suggests an intimate relationship between meiotic chromosome synapsis and recombination
    1990 522 citations Nancy Kleckner et al. Cell profile →
  13. Genetic engineering in Vivo using translocatable drug-resistance elements
    1977 491 citations Nancy Kleckner 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
Nancy Kleckner United States 84 25.3k 7.6k 6.5k 3.5k 2.8k 189 28.6k
Mark Ptashne United States 91 26.5k 1.0× 9.4k 1.2× 2.8k 0.4× 1.3k 0.4× 3.6k 1.3× 204 30.7k
Allan M. Maxam United States 20 18.3k 0.7× 6.2k 0.8× 2.9k 0.4× 948 0.3× 3.0k 1.1× 25 24.1k
Andrei N. Lupas Germany 68 17.8k 0.7× 4.3k 0.6× 2.5k 0.4× 3.7k 1.0× 3.7k 1.3× 201 24.1k
Ronald A. Laskey United Kingdom 64 21.6k 0.9× 4.8k 0.6× 2.5k 0.4× 4.1k 1.2× 1.5k 0.5× 119 29.6k
Clyde A. Hutchison United States 55 15.5k 0.6× 5.1k 0.7× 3.1k 0.5× 704 0.2× 3.4k 1.2× 145 20.7k
Hamilton O. Smith United States 54 16.2k 0.6× 5.7k 0.7× 2.2k 0.3× 670 0.2× 4.0k 1.4× 125 20.5k
Mike O’Donnell United States 82 19.0k 0.7× 8.3k 1.1× 958 0.1× 1.4k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 300 21.5k
Stephen C. Kowalczykowski United States 72 16.0k 0.6× 5.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.2× 850 0.2× 1.0k 0.4× 158 17.0k
Jan Löwe United Kingdom 65 12.6k 0.5× 4.7k 0.6× 1.2k 0.2× 3.8k 1.1× 2.7k 1.0× 147 15.9k
Stewart Shuman United States 73 16.9k 0.7× 3.2k 0.4× 2.2k 0.3× 388 0.1× 3.0k 1.1× 483 21.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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White, Martin A., et al.. (2025). Crossover interference mediates multiscale patterning along meiotic chromosomes. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10453–10453. 1 indexed citations
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Debuchy, Robert, et al.. (2024). Canonical and noncanonical roles of Hop1 are crucial for meiotic prophase in the fungus Sordaria macrospora. PLoS Biology. 22(7). e3002705–e3002705. 1 indexed citations
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Hong, Soogil, Eui-Hwan Choi, Minsu Lee, et al.. (2024). RPA interacts with Rad52 to promote meiotic crossover and noncrossover recombination. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(7). 3794–3809. 2 indexed citations
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Morgan, Chris, Martin A. White, F. Chris H. Franklin, et al.. (2021). Evolution of crossover interference enables stable autopolyploidy by ensuring pairwise partner connections in Arabidopsis arenosa. Current Biology. 31(21). 4713–4726.e4. 49 indexed citations
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Veller, Carl, Nancy Kleckner, & Martin A. Nowak. (2019). A rigorous measure of genome-wide genetic shuffling that takes into account crossover positions and Mendel’s second law. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(5). 1659–1668. 54 indexed citations
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Wang, Shunxin, Terry Hassold, Patricia A. Hunt, et al.. (2017). Inefficient Crossover Maturation Underlies Elevated Aneuploidy in Human Female Meiosis. Cell. 168(6). 977–989.e17. 104 indexed citations
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Liang, Zhangyi, Denise Zickler, Mara Prentiss, et al.. (2015). Chromosomes Progress to Metaphase in Multiple Discrete Steps via Global Compaction/Expansion Cycles. Cell. 161(5). 1124–1137. 88 indexed citations
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Kleckner, Nancy, et al.. (2014). The bacterial nucleoid: nature, dynamics and sister segregation. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 22. 127–137. 67 indexed citations
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Muyt, Arnaud De, Liangran Zhang, Tristan Piolot, et al.. (2014). E3 ligase Hei10: a multifaceted structure-based signaling molecule with roles within and beyond meiosis. Genes & Development. 28(10). 1111–1123. 74 indexed citations
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Danilowicz, Claudia, et al.. (2009). Single molecule detection of direct, homologous, DNA/DNA pairing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(47). 19824–19829. 60 indexed citations
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Kleckner, Nancy. (2006). Chiasma formation: chromatin/axis interplay and the role(s) of the synaptonemal complex. Chromosoma. 115(3). 175–194. 240 indexed citations
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Bates, David, et al.. (2005). The Escherichia coli baby cell column: a novel cell synchronization method provides new insight into the bacterial cell cycle. Molecular Microbiology. 57(2). 380–391. 58 indexed citations
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Dekker, Job, Karsten Rippe, Martijn Dekker, & Nancy Kleckner. (2002). Capturing Chromosome Conformation. Science. 295(5558). 1306–1311. 2622 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rita, S. & Nancy Kleckner. (2002). ATR Homolog Mec1 Promotes Fork Progression, Thus Averting Breaks in Replication Slow Zones. Science. 297(5581). 602–606. 361 indexed citations
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Hunter, Neil & Nancy Kleckner. (2001). The Single-End Invasion. Cell. 106(1). 59–70. 557 indexed citations breakdown →
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Keeney, Scott, Craig N. Giroux, & Nancy Kleckner. (1997). Meiosis-Specific DNA Double-Strand Breaks Are Catalyzed by Spo11, a Member of a Widely Conserved Protein Family. Cell. 88(3). 375–384. 1387 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schwacha, Anthony & Nancy Kleckner. (1997). Interhomolog Bias during Meiotic Recombination: Meiotic Functions Promote a Highly Differentiated Interhomolog-Only Pathway. Cell. 90(6). 1123–1135. 378 indexed citations
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Kleckner, Nancy, et al.. (1997). The Tn10 Synaptic Complex Can Capture a Target DNA only after Transposon Excision. Cell. 89(2). 205–214. 50 indexed citations
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Bolland, Silvia & Nancy Kleckner. (1996). The Three Chemical Steps of Tn10/IS10 Transposition Involve Repeated Utilization of a Single Active Site. Cell. 84(2). 223–233. 86 indexed citations

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