Pål Ø. Falnes

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
72 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Pål Ø. Falnes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pål Ø. Falnes has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Immunology and 13 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Pål Ø. Falnes's work include RNA modifications and cancer (33 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (30 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (28 papers). Pål Ø. Falnes is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (33 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (30 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (28 papers). Pål Ø. Falnes collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Denmark and United States. Pål Ø. Falnes's co-authors include Sjur Olsnes, Erling Seeberg, Rune Johansen, Kirsten Sandvig, Cathrine Broberg Vågbø, Jędrzej Małecki, Magnus E. Jakobsson, Hans E. Krokan, Andrzej Rapak and Arne Klungland and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Pål Ø. Falnes

71 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Human and bacterial oxidative demethylases repair alkylation damage in both RNA and DNA

2003 528 citations Per Arne, Pål Ø. Falnes et al. Nature profile →
AlkB-mediated oxidative demethylation reverses DNA damage in Escherichia coli

2002 509 citations Pål Ø. Falnes, Rune Johansen et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Pål Ø. Falnes

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Marit Otterlei Norway

Robert A. Lazarus United States

Guofeng Zhang United States

Armin Lahm Italy

Jerónimo Bravo Spain

G C Dubois United States

Simon J. McGowan United Kingdom

Pål Stenmark Sweden

Yanhui Xu China

Oded Kleifeld Israel

Marit Otterlei Norway

Pål Ø. Falnes

4.6k ×1.1

395 ×0.7

IMMUN

823 ×1.5

522 ×1.1

GENET

177 ×0.4

Citations per year, relative to Pål Ø. Falnes Pål Ø. Falnes (= 1×) peers Marit Otterlei

Countries citing papers authored by Pål Ø. Falnes

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pål Ø. Falnes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pål Ø. Falnes

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Małecki, Jędrzej, Sara Weirich, Lars Hagen, et al.. (2025). Identification of substrates and sequence requirements for CARNMT1-mediated histidine methylation of C3H zinc fingers. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(7). 110335–110335. 1 indexed citations

Falnes, Pål Ø.. (2024). Closing in on human methylation—the versatile family of seven-β-strand (METTL) methyltransferases. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(19). 11423–11441. 7 indexed citations

Willemen, Hanneke L.D.M., Sabine Versteeg, Teun P. de Boer, et al.. (2023). Inflammation-induced mitochondrial and metabolic disturbances in sensory neurons control the switch from acute to chronic pain. Cell Reports Medicine. 4(11). 101265–101265. 17 indexed citations

Małecki, Jędrzej, et al.. (2023). Characterization of the biochemical activity and tumor-promoting role of the dual protein methyltransferase METL-13/METTL13 in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS ONE. 18(6). e0287558–e0287558. 1 indexed citations

Małecki, Jędrzej, Magnus E. Jakobsson, Angela Ho, et al.. (2017). Uncovering human METTL12 as a mitochondrial methyltransferase that modulates citrate synthase activity through metabolite-sensitive lysine methylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(43). 17950–17962. 29 indexed citations

Jakobsson, Magnus E., Jędrzej Małecki, Benedikt S. Nilges, et al.. (2017). Methylation of human eukaryotic elongation factor alpha (eEF1A) by a member of a novel protein lysine methyltransferase family modulates mRNA translation. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(14). 8239–8254. 44 indexed citations

Jakobsson, Magnus E., Anders Moen, Ben Davidson, & Pål Ø. Falnes. (2015). Hsp70 (HSPA1) Lysine Methylation Status as a Potential Prognostic Factor in Metastatic High-Grade Serous Carcinoma. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0140168–e0140168. 12 indexed citations

Fußer, Markus, et al.. (2015). Lysine Methylation of the Valosin-Containing Protein (VCP) Is Dispensable for Development and Survival of Mice. PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0141472–e0141472. 13 indexed citations

Zdżalik-Bielecka, Daria, Cathrine Broberg Vågbø, Finn Kirpekar, et al.. (2014). Protozoan ALKBH8 Oxygenases Display both DNA Repair and tRNA Modification Activities. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e98729–e98729. 27 indexed citations

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Małecki, Jędrzej, et al.. (2014). Human METTL20 Is a Mitochondrial Lysine Methyltransferase That Targets the β Subunit of Electron Transfer Flavoprotein (ETFβ) and Modulates Its Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(1). 423–434. 47 indexed citations

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Kirpekar, Finn, Cathrine Broberg Vågbø, Erwin van den Born, et al.. (2011). Roles of Trm9- and ALKBH8-like proteins in the formation of modified wobble uridines in Arabidopsis tRNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(17). 7688–7701. 47 indexed citations

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Nordstrand, Line M., Cathrine Broberg Vågbø, Per Arne, et al.. (2006). Repair deficient mice reveal mABH2 as the primary oxidative demethylase for repairing 1meA and 3meC lesions in DNA. The EMBO Journal. 25(10). 2189–2198. 152 indexed citations

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Ougland, Rune, Chunmei Zhang, Aivar Liiv, et al.. (2004). AlkB Restores the Biological Function of mRNA and tRNA Inactivated by Chemical Methylation. Molecular Cell. 16(1). 107–116. 173 indexed citations

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Falnes, Pål Ø.. (2004). Repair of 3-methylthymine and 1-methylguanine lesions by bacterial and human AlkB proteins. Nucleic Acids Research. 32(21). 6260–6267. 94 indexed citations

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Falnes, Pål Ø.. (2004). Substrate specificities of bacterial and human AlkB proteins. Nucleic Acids Research. 32(11). 3456–3461. 110 indexed citations

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Falnes, Pål Ø., Rune Johansen, & Erling Seeberg. (2002). AlkB-mediated oxidative demethylation reverses DNA damage in Escherichia coli. Nature. 419(6903). 178–182. 509 indexed citations breakdown →

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Falnes, Pål Ø., Sarah Ariansen, Kirsten Sandvig, & Sjur Olsnes. (2000). Requirement for Prolonged Action in the Cytosol for Optimal Protein Synthesis Inhibition by Diphtheria Toxin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(6). 4363–4368. 24 indexed citations

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Falnes, Pål Ø.. (2000). Design of toxins that can be activated by cell-specific proteases and their potential use in targeted cell killing. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 290(4-5). 471–476. 1 indexed citations

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Klingenberg, Olav, Antoni Więdłocha, Andrzej Rapak, et al.. (1998). Inability of the Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor Mutant K132E to Stimulate DNA Synthesis after Translocation into Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(18). 11164–11172. 41 indexed citations

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Więdłocha, Antoni, Pål Ø. Falnes, Inger Helene Madshus, Kirsten Sandvig, & Sjur Olsnes. (1994). Dual mode of signal transduction by externally added acidic fibroblast growth factor. Cell. 76(6). 1039–1051. 203 indexed citations

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