Olke C. Uhlenbeck

26.2k total citations · 9 hit papers
212 papers, 22.4k citations indexed

About

Olke C. Uhlenbeck is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Olke C. Uhlenbeck has authored 212 papers receiving a total of 22.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 204 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Genetics and 24 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Olke C. Uhlenbeck's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (184 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (115 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (54 papers). Olke C. Uhlenbeck is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (184 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (115 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (54 papers). Olke C. Uhlenbeck collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Russia. Olke C. Uhlenbeck's co-authors include John F. Milligan, Ignacio Tinoco, Duncan R. Groebe, Thomas E. England, Philip N. Borer, Mark Levine, Gary W. Witherell, Jeffrey R. Sampson, A. Gregory Bruce and Jay D. Gralla and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Olke C. Uhlenbeck

212 papers receiving 21.2k citations

Hit Papers

Improved Estimation of Se... 1971 2026 1989 2007 1973 1987 1989 1987 1995 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Improved Estimation of Secondary Structure in Ribonucleic Acids
    1973 2.1k citations Ignacio Tinoco, Mark Levine et al. profile →
  2. Oligoribonucleotide synthesis using T7 RNA polymerase and synthetic DNA templates
    1987 1.9k citations John F. Milligan, Olke C. Uhlenbeck et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  3. [5] Synthesis of small RNAs using T7 RNA polymerase
    1989 957 citations John F. Milligan, Olke C. Uhlenbeck Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →
  4. A small catalytic oligoribonucleotide
    1987 791 citations Olke C. Uhlenbeck Nature profile →
  5. DIVERSITY OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE FUNCTIONS
    1995 679 citations Olke C. Uhlenbeck et al. profile →
  6. Stability of ribonucleic acid double-stranded helices
    1974 656 citations Ignacio Tinoco, Olke C. Uhlenbeck et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  7. Biochemical and physical characterization of an unmodified yeast phenylalanine transfer RNA transcribed in vitro.
    1988 554 citations Jeffrey R. Sampson, Olke C. Uhlenbeck Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  8. Estimation of Secondary Structure in Ribonucleic Acids
    1971 537 citations Ignacio Tinoco, Olke C. Uhlenbeck et al. Nature profile →
  9. 3′-Terminal labelling of RNA with T4 RNA ligase
    1978 503 citations Thomas E. England, Olke C. Uhlenbeck Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Olke C. Uhlenbeck United States 75 20.6k 3.4k 3.0k 1.3k 840 212 22.4k
Éric Westhof France 85 21.5k 1.0× 2.4k 0.7× 2.5k 0.8× 976 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 334 24.6k
Douglas H. Turner United States 67 18.6k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.6× 248 20.8k
Larry Gold United States 58 19.3k 0.9× 3.6k 1.1× 3.1k 1.0× 523 0.4× 409 0.5× 144 21.3k
Nenad Ban Switzerland 66 15.1k 0.7× 2.8k 0.8× 1.4k 0.5× 740 0.6× 667 0.8× 173 17.8k
V. Ramakrishnan United Kingdom 77 20.3k 1.0× 4.3k 1.3× 1.4k 0.5× 797 0.6× 1.2k 1.4× 167 22.2k
Donald M. Crothers United States 85 25.7k 1.2× 5.1k 1.5× 3.2k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 446 0.5× 244 29.5k
Konstantin Severinov United States 61 17.0k 0.8× 6.6k 1.9× 5.2k 1.7× 1.5k 1.2× 464 0.6× 366 19.4k
David M.J. Lilley United Kingdom 74 18.1k 0.9× 3.1k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 862 0.7× 304 0.4× 350 19.8k
Timothy M. Lohman United States 76 16.3k 0.8× 5.6k 1.6× 2.0k 0.7× 798 0.6× 233 0.3× 195 18.1k
J.T. Finch United Kingdom 55 10.8k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 2.1k 1.6× 347 0.4× 111 15.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Saks, Margaret E., et al.. (2011). Functional consequences of T-stem mutations in E. coli tRNAThrUGU in vitro and in vivo. RNA. 17(6). 1038–1047. 4 indexed citations
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Dale, Taraka, Richard P. Fahlman, Mikołaj Olejniczak, & Olke C. Uhlenbeck. (2008). Specificity of the ribosomal A site for aminoacyl-tRNAs. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(4). 1202–1210. 26 indexed citations
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Uhlenbeck, Olke C., et al.. (2007). The 51–63 base pair of tRNA confers specificity for binding by EF-Tu. RNA. 13(6). 835–840. 34 indexed citations
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Fahlman, Richard P., Mikołaj Olejniczak, & Olke C. Uhlenbeck. (2005). Quantitative Analysis of Deoxynucleotide Substitutions in the Codon–Anticodon Helix. Journal of Molecular Biology. 355(5). 887–892. 17 indexed citations
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Olejniczak, Mikołaj, Taraka Dale, Richard P. Fahlman, & Olke C. Uhlenbeck. (2005). Idiosyncratic tuning of tRNAs to achieve uniform ribosome binding. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 12(9). 788–793. 84 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Alexey & Olke C. Uhlenbeck. (2002). Modulation of tRNA Ala identity by inorganic pyrophosphatase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(9). 5965–5970. 107 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Alexey, et al.. (2001). tRNA Conformity. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 66(0). 185–194. 13 indexed citations
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Feig, Andrew L. & Olke C. Uhlenbeck. (1999). 12 The Role of Metal Ions in RNA Biochemistry. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 37. 287–319. 69 indexed citations
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Feig, Andrew L., et al.. (1998). Cryoenzymology of the hammerhead ribozyme. RNA. 4(10). 1251–1258. 20 indexed citations
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Johansson, Hans E., et al.. (1998). A thermodynamic analysis of the sequence-specific binding of RNA by bacteriophage MS2 coat protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(16). 9244–9249. 79 indexed citations
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Pan, Tao, David M. Long, & Olke C. Uhlenbeck. (1993). 12 Divalent Metal Ions in RNA Folding and Catalysis. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 24. 271–302. 74 indexed citations
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Fedor, Martha J. & Olke C. Uhlenbeck. (1992). Kinetics of intermolecular cleavage by hammerhead ribozymes. Biochemistry. 31(48). 12042–12054. 180 indexed citations
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Sampson, Jeffrey R., Linda S. Behlen, Anthony B. DiRenzo, & Olke C. Uhlenbeck. (1992). Recognition of yeast tRNAPhe by its cognate yeast phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase: an analysis of specificity. Biochemistry. 31(17). 4161–4167. 42 indexed citations
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Milligan, John F. & Olke C. Uhlenbeck. (1989). [5] Synthesis of small RNAs using T7 RNA polymerase. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 180. 51–62. 957 indexed citations breakdown →
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Uhlenbeck, Olke C., et al.. (1987). Role of a bulged A residue in a specific RNA-protein interaction. Biochemistry. 26(25). 8221–8227. 125 indexed citations
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Romaniuk, Paul J. & Olke C. Uhlenbeck. (1983). [3] Joining of RNA molecules with RNA ligase. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 100. 52–59. 57 indexed citations
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Elder, Robert T., Olke C. Uhlenbeck, & Paul Szabo. (1980). 4S RNA Gene Organization in Drosophila melanogaster. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 317–323. 12 indexed citations
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England, Thomas E., A. Gregory Bruce, & Olke C. Uhlenbeck. (1980). [9] Specific labeling of 3′ termini of RNA with T4 RNA ligase. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 65(1). 65–74. 400 indexed citations
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Cameron, Vicki & Olke C. Uhlenbeck. (1973). Removal of Y-37 from tRNAyeastphe alters oligomer binding to two loops. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 50(3). 635–640. 22 indexed citations
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Tinoco, Ignacio, Olke C. Uhlenbeck, & Mark Levine. (1971). Estimation of Secondary Structure in Ribonucleic Acids. Nature. 230(5293). 362–367. 537 indexed citations breakdown →

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