Rakhi Rajan

1.2k total citations
33 papers, 869 citations indexed

About

Rakhi Rajan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Business and International Management and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rakhi Rajan has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 869 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Business and International Management and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Rakhi Rajan's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (20 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (10 papers). Rakhi Rajan is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (20 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (10 papers). Rakhi Rajan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. Rakhi Rajan's co-authors include Charles E. Bell, Alfonso Mondragón, Kesavan Babu, Dipali G. Sashital, Karthik Murugan, Jinge Zhu, S.D. Yogesha, Dehua Pei, Erik J. Sontheimer and Peter Z. Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Rakhi Rajan

31 papers receiving 848 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rakhi Rajan United States 15 800 119 71 62 61 33 869
Candy H. S. Lu Singapore 9 780 1.0× 275 2.3× 18 0.3× 39 0.6× 36 0.6× 9 905
Muhammad Tehseen Saudi Arabia 16 881 1.1× 69 0.6× 34 0.5× 302 4.9× 37 0.6× 38 1.2k
Oxana Pogoutse Canada 9 419 0.5× 88 0.7× 13 0.2× 28 0.5× 36 0.6× 11 480
Mindaugas Zaremba Lithuania 13 524 0.7× 175 1.5× 12 0.2× 84 1.4× 13 0.2× 36 673
Xuhan Xia China 15 639 0.8× 12 0.1× 13 0.2× 79 1.3× 23 0.4× 31 745
Pohl Milón Italy 16 1.0k 1.3× 456 3.8× 6 0.1× 24 0.4× 8 0.1× 34 1.1k
Tyler L. Dangerfield United States 12 401 0.5× 61 0.5× 28 0.4× 16 0.3× 16 0.3× 22 594
Vijay Parashar United States 13 566 0.7× 189 1.6× 2 0.0× 46 0.7× 18 0.3× 27 753
Oleg Gimadutdinow Germany 13 471 0.6× 158 1.3× 3 0.0× 29 0.5× 39 0.6× 19 554

Countries citing papers authored by Rakhi Rajan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rakhi Rajan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rakhi Rajan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rakhi Rajan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rakhi Rajan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rakhi Rajan. Rakhi Rajan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Remya, Chandran, et al.. (2025). Insights into the structural and biophysical mechanisms of benzamidine-driven inhibition of human lysozyme aggregation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 305(Pt 2). 141139–141139.
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Van, Richard, Xiaoliang Pan, Jin Liu, et al.. (2024). Exploring CRISPR-Cas9 HNH-Domain-Catalyzed DNA Cleavage Using Accelerated Quantum Mechanical Molecular Mechanical Free Energy Simulation. Biochemistry. 64(1). 289–299. 3 indexed citations
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Qin, Peter Z., et al.. (2023). Differential Divalent Metal Binding by SpyCas9's RuvC Active Site Contributes to Nonspecific DNA Cleavage. The CRISPR Journal. 6(6). 527–542. 3 indexed citations
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Najar, Fares Z., et al.. (2023). IdMotif: An Interactive Motif Identification in Protein Sequences. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 44(3). 114–125. 1 indexed citations
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Rajan, Rakhi, et al.. (2023). Optimized protocols for the characterization of Cas12a activities. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 679. 97–129. 6 indexed citations
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Zuo, Zhicheng, et al.. (2022). Rational Engineering of CRISPR-Cas9 Nuclease to Attenuate Position-Dependent Off-Target Effects. The CRISPR Journal. 5(2). 329–340. 19 indexed citations
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Babu, Kesavan, et al.. (2021). The bridge helix of Cas12a imparts selectivity in cis‐DNA cleavage and regulates trans‐DNA cleavage. FEBS Letters. 595(7). 892–912. 14 indexed citations
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Babu, Kesavan, et al.. (2021). Coordinated Actions of Cas9 HNH and RuvC Nuclease Domains Are Regulated by the Bridge Helix and the Target DNA Sequence. Biochemistry. 60(49). 3783–3800. 27 indexed citations
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Rajan, Rakhi, et al.. (2020). CRISPR type II-A subgroups exhibit phylogenetically distinct mechanisms for prespacer insertion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(32). 10956–10968. 4 indexed citations
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Babu, Kesavan, Nadia Amrani, Wei Jiang, et al.. (2019). Bridge Helix of Cas9 Modulates Target DNA Cleavage and Mismatch Tolerance. Biochemistry. 58(14). 1905–1917. 33 indexed citations
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Jiang, Wei, Jaideep Singh, Yue Li, et al.. (2019). CRISPR-Cas12a Nucleases Bind Flexible DNA Duplexes without RNA/DNA Complementarity. ACS Omega. 4(17). 17140–17147. 14 indexed citations
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Klein, Peter S., et al.. (2017). Conserved DNA motifs in the type II-A CRISPR leader region. PeerJ. 5. e3161–e3161. 5 indexed citations
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Yogesha, S.D., et al.. (2017). RNA-Independent DNA Cleavage Activities of Cas9 and Cas12a. Cell Reports. 21(13). 3728–3739. 80 indexed citations
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Murugan, Karthik, et al.. (2017). The Revolution Continues: Newly Discovered Systems Expand the CRISPR-Cas Toolkit. Molecular Cell. 68(1). 15–25. 146 indexed citations
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Rajan, Rakhi, et al.. (2015). Primary processing of CRISPR RNA by the endonuclease Cas6 inStaphylococcus epidermidis. FEBS Letters. 589(20PartB). 3197–3204. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yan, Rakhi Rajan, H. Steven Seifert, Alfonso Mondragón, & Erik J. Sontheimer. (2015). DNase H Activity of Neisseria meningitidis Cas9. Molecular Cell. 60(2). 242–255. 51 indexed citations
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Rajan, Rakhi, et al.. (2014). Biochemical Characterization of the Topoisomerase Domain of Methanopyrus kandleri Topoisomerase V. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(42). 28898–28909. 6 indexed citations
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Shen, Gang, Rakhi Rajan, Jinge Zhu, Charles E. Bell, & Dehua Pei. (2006). Design and Synthesis of Substrate and Intermediate Analogue Inhibitors of S-Ribosylhomocysteinase. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 49(10). 3003–3011. 66 indexed citations
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Rajan, Rakhi. (2006). Probing the DNA sequence specificity of Escherichia coli RECA protein. Nucleic Acids Research. 34(8). 2463–2471. 11 indexed citations
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Rajan, Rakhi & Charles E. Bell. (2004). Crystal Structure of RecA from Deinococcus radiodurans: Insights into the Structural Basis of Extreme Radioresistance. Journal of Molecular Biology. 344(4). 951–963. 57 indexed citations

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