Rajendra K. Agrawal

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Rajendra K. Agrawal is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rajendra K. Agrawal has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in Rajendra K. Agrawal's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (65 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (52 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (17 papers). Rajendra K. Agrawal is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (65 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (52 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (17 papers). Rajendra K. Agrawal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Nepal. Rajendra K. Agrawal's co-authors include Joachim Frank, Joachim Frank, Robert A. Grassucci, Manjuli R. Sharma, Pawel A. Penczek, Knud H. Nierhaus, Partha P. Datta, C.M.T. Spahn, Irene S. Gabashvili and T.M. Booth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Rajendra K. Agrawal

77 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A ratchet-like inter-subunit reorganization of the ribosome during translocation

2000 626 citations Rajendra K. Agrawal et al. profile →
Solution Structure of the E. coli 70S Ribosome at 11.5 Å Resolution

2000 329 citations Irene S. Gabashvili, Rajendra K. Agrawal et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rajendra K. Agrawal United States	37	4.6k	1.1k	490	372	341	77	5.2k
Björn Forsberg Sweden	13	3.2k 0.7×	454 0.4×	588 1.2×	425 1.1×	401 1.2×	18	4.8k
I.S. Fernandez United Kingdom	24	2.2k 0.5×	340 0.3×	433 0.9×	185 0.5×	154 0.5×	33	2.8k
Richard Brimacombe Germany	53	6.3k 1.4×	1.4k 1.3×	265 0.5×	345 0.9×	774 2.3×	134	6.7k
Jayati Sengupta India	20	2.6k 0.6×	586 0.5×	221 0.5×	196 0.5×	171 0.5×	70	2.9k
Carsten Sachse Germany	36	3.0k 0.7×	261 0.2×	586 1.2×	350 0.9×	334 1.0×	79	4.5k
Zhiheng Yu United States	33	1.9k 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	336 0.7×	310 0.8×	193 0.6×	75	3.3k
Lori A. Passmore United Kingdom	37	3.4k 0.8×	322 0.3×	682 1.4×	269 0.7×	119 0.3×	68	4.4k
Andrey V. Zavialov Sweden	23	2.7k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	130 0.3×	152 0.4×	363 1.1×	32	3.4k
Irina Gutsche France	32	1.6k 0.3×	413 0.4×	148 0.3×	485 1.3×	345 1.0×	74	2.9k
John Berriman United Kingdom	24	1.5k 0.3×	210 0.2×	409 0.8×	400 1.1×	253 0.7×	43	3.4k

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Koripella, Ravi Kiran, Manjuli R. Sharma, Kelley Hurst-Hess, et al.. (2025). HflX-mediated drug resistance through ribosome splitting and rRNA disordering in mycobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(6). e2419826122–e2419826122. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yunlong, Manjuli R. Sharma, Howard Gamper, et al.. (2023). Starvation sensing by mycobacterial RelA/SpoT homologue through constitutive surveillance of translation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(22). e2302006120–e2302006120. 5 indexed citations

Sharma, Manjuli R., et al.. (2023). The structure of a hibernating ribosome in a Lyme disease pathogen. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6961–6961. 4 indexed citations

Koripella, Ravi Kiran, Manjuli R. Sharma, Kalpana Bhargava, et al.. (2020). Structures of the human mitochondrial ribosome bound to EF-G1 reveal distinct features of mitochondrial translation elongation. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3830–3830. 36 indexed citations

Koripella, Ravi Kiran, et al.. (2019). Structural insights into unique features of the human mitochondrial ribosome recycling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(17). 8283–8288. 29 indexed citations

Li, Yunlong, Manjuli R. Sharma, Ravi Kiran Koripella, et al.. (2018). Zinc depletion induces ribosome hibernation in mycobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(32). 8191–8196. 59 indexed citations

Agrawal, Rajendra K., et al.. (2018). Percutaneous Renal Biopsy: Comparison of Blind and Real-time Ultrasound Guided Technique. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

Kaushal, P.S., Manjuli R. Sharma, T.M. Booth, et al.. (2014). Cryo-EM structure of the small subunit of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(20). 7284–7289. 55 indexed citations

Lu, Zonghuan, David Barnard, Tanvir R. Shaikh, et al.. (2014). Gas-assisted annular microsprayer for sample preparation for time-resolved cryo-electron microscopy. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 24(11). 115001–115001. 25 indexed citations

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Yokoyama, Takeshi, Tanvir R. Shaikh, Nobuhiro Iwakura, et al.. (2012). Structural insights into initial and intermediate steps of the ribosome‐recycling process. The EMBO Journal. 31(7). 1836–1846. 30 indexed citations

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Yassin, Aymen S., Md. Emdadul Haque, Partha P. Datta, et al.. (2011). Insertion domain within mammalian mitochondrial translation initiation factor 2 serves the role of eubacterial initiation factor 1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(10). 3918–3923. 46 indexed citations

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Datta, Partha P., et al.. (2008). A Single Mammalian Mitochondrial Translation Initiation Factor Functionally Replaces Two Bacterial Factors. Molecular Cell. 29(2). 180–190. 78 indexed citations

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Barat, Chandana, Partha P. Datta, V. Samuel Raj, et al.. (2007). Progression of the Ribosome Recycling Factor through the Ribosome Dissociates the Two Ribosomal Subunits. Molecular Cell. 27(2). 250–261. 35 indexed citations

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Mears, Jason A., Manjuli R. Sharma, Robin R. Gutell, et al.. (2006). A Structural Model for the Large Subunit of the Mammalian Mitochondrial Ribosome. Journal of Molecular Biology. 358(1). 193–212. 73 indexed citations

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Hirano, Michio, Lluís Palenzuela, Noah M. Hahn, et al.. (2005). Does Linezolid Cause Lactic Acidosis by Inhibiting Mitochondrial Protein Synthesis?. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 40(12). e113–e116. 91 indexed citations

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Sharma, Manjuli R., Emine C. Koc, Partha P. Datta, et al.. (2003). Structure of the Mammalian Mitochondrial Ribosome Reveals an Expanded Functional Role for Its Component Proteins. Cell. 115(1). 97–108. 269 indexed citations

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Mears, Jason A., Jamie J. Cannone, Scott M. Stagg, et al.. (2002). Modeling a Minimal Ribosome Based on Comparative Sequence Analysis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 321(2). 215–234. 117 indexed citations

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Frank, Joachim & Rajendra K. Agrawal. (2001). Ratchet-like Movements between the Two Ribosomal Subunits: Their Implications in Elongation Factor Recognition and tRNA Translocation. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 66(0). 67–76. 31 indexed citations

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Agrawal, Rajendra K., C.M.T. Spahn, Pawel A. Penczek, et al.. (2000). Visualization of Trna Movements on theEscherichia coli70s Ribosome during the Elongation Cycle. The Journal of Cell Biology. 150(3). 447–460. 126 indexed citations

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Gabashvili, Irene S., Rajendra K. Agrawal, C.M.T. Spahn, et al.. (2000). Solution Structure of the E. coli 70S Ribosome at 11.5 Å Resolution. Cell. 100(5). 537–549. 329 indexed citations breakdown →

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