Rebecca M. Terns

11.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Rebecca M. Terns is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rebecca M. Terns has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Physiology and 7 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Rebecca M. Terns's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (37 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (26 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (24 papers). Rebecca M. Terns is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (37 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (26 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (24 papers). Rebecca M. Terns collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Switzerland. Rebecca M. Terns's co-authors include Michael P. Terns, Hong Li, Caryn Hale, A. Gregory Matera, Brenton R. Graveley, Sara Olson, Jason Carte, Ruiying Wang, Peng Zhao and Lance Wells and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rebecca M. Terns

64 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

RNA-Guided RNA Cleavage by a CRISPR RNA-Cas Protein Complex

2009 793 citations Caryn Hale, Sara Olson et al. profile →
Non-coding RNAs: lessons from the small nuclear and small nucleolar RNAs

2007 604 citations Rebecca M. Terns, Michael P. Terns et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rebecca M. Terns United States	43	6.6k	1.2k	960	755	552	64	7.2k
Michael P. Terns United States	49	7.7k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	831 1.1×	645 1.2×	99	8.2k
Gavin J. Knott United States	21	3.5k 0.5×	56 0.0×	504 0.5×	206 0.3×	193 0.3×	36	3.9k
Michèle P. Calos United States	40	5.6k 0.8×	82 0.1×	3.0k 3.1×	791 1.0×	376 0.7×	94	6.9k
Jonathan H. LeBowitz United States	29	2.7k 0.4×	321 0.3×	1.1k 1.1×	235 0.3×	999 1.8×	50	4.2k
James K. Nuñez United States	12	3.3k 0.5×	34 0.0×	620 0.6×	175 0.2×	244 0.4×	16	3.6k
Elisabetta Ullu United States	34	3.3k 0.5×	219 0.2×	336 0.3×	136 0.2×	2.4k 4.3×	84	4.9k
Atze T. Das Netherlands	30	2.8k 0.4×	58 0.0×	627 0.7×	150 0.2×	405 0.7×	113	3.8k
Simon Lillico United Kingdom	28	2.4k 0.4×	83 0.1×	2.0k 2.1×	67 0.1×	215 0.4×	66	3.2k
Giedrius Gasiūnas Lithuania	22	4.3k 0.6×	22 0.0×	993 1.0×	381 0.5×	270 0.5×	25	4.5k
Nicholas R. Pannunzio United States	14	2.0k 0.3×	113 0.1×	350 0.4×	471 0.6×	187 0.3×	26	2.5k

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Ichikawa, H. Travis, et al.. (2017). Programmable type III-A CRISPR-Cas DNA targeting modules. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0176221–e0176221. 28 indexed citations

Elmore, Joshua R., et al.. (2016). Bipartite recognition of target RNAs activates DNA cleavage by the Type III-B CRISPR–Cas system. Genes & Development. 30(4). 447–459. 177 indexed citations

Terns, Rebecca M., et al.. (2015). Sequences spanning the leader-repeat junction mediate CRISPR adaptation to phage in Streptococcus thermophilus. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(3). 1749–1758. 87 indexed citations

Elmore, Joshua R., Yuusuke Yokooji, Takaaki Sato, et al.. (2013). Programmable plasmid interference by the CRISPR-Cas system in Thermococcus kodakarensis . RNA Biology. 10(5). 828–840. 31 indexed citations

Hale, Caryn, Sonali Majumdar, Joshua R. Elmore, et al.. (2012). Essential Features and Rational Design of CRISPR RNAs that Function with the Cas RAMP Module Complex to Cleave RNAs. Molecular Cell. 45(3). 292–302. 230 indexed citations

Wang, Ruiying, et al.. (2011). Interaction of the Cas6 Riboendonuclease with CRISPR RNAs: Recognition and Cleavage. Structure. 19(2). 257–264. 130 indexed citations

Terns, Michael P. & Rebecca M. Terns. (2011). CRISPR-based adaptive immune systems. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 14(3). 321–327. 332 indexed citations

Xue, Song, Ruiying Wang, Fangping Yang, et al.. (2010). Structural Basis for Substrate Placement by an Archaeal Box C/D Ribonucleoprotein Particle. Molecular Cell. 39(6). 939–949. 48 indexed citations

Wacheul, Ludivine, Marc Thiry, Adam C. Berger, et al.. (2008). Identification of Genes That Function in the Biogenesis and Localization of Small Nucleolar RNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 28(11). 3686–3699. 17 indexed citations

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Hale, Caryn, et al.. (2008). Prokaryotic silencing (psi)RNAs inPyrococcus furiosus. RNA. 14(12). 2572–2579. 185 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanming, Hongzhi Li, Howard Robinson, et al.. (2007). Alternative Conformations of the Archaeal Nop56/58-Fibrillarin Complex Imply Flexibility in Box C/D RNPs. Journal of Molecular Biology. 371(5). 1141–1150. 32 indexed citations

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Liang, Bo, Song Xue, Rebecca M. Terns, Michael P. Terns, & Hong Li. (2007). Substrate RNA positioning in the archaeal H/ACA ribonucleoprotein complex. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 14(12). 1189–1195. 51 indexed citations

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Cristofari, Gaël, Patrick Reichenbach, Katarzyna Sikora, et al.. (2007). Human Telomerase RNA Accumulation in Cajal Bodies Facilitates Telomerase Recruitment to Telomeres and Telomere Elongation. Molecular Cell. 27(6). 882–889. 142 indexed citations

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Supakorndej, Teerawit, et al.. (2005). Cell Cycle-regulated Trafficking of Human Telomerase to Telomeres. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 17(2). 955–965. 234 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yusheng, et al.. (2003). Telomerase RNA Accumulates in Cajal Bodies in Human Cancer Cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15(1). 81–90. 158 indexed citations

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Li, Zhu‐Hong, et al.. (2002). Archaeal Guide RNAs Function in rRNA Modification in the Eukaryotic Nucleus. Current Biology. 12(3). 199–203. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xing, et al.. (2002). Determinants of the Interaction of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Disease Protein SMN with the Dimethylarginine-modified Box H/ACA Small Nucleolar Ribonucleoprotein GAR1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(50). 48087–48093. 49 indexed citations

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Narayanan, Aarthi, et al.. (1999). Nuclear Retention Elements of U3 Small Nucleolar RNA. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19(12). 8412–8421. 35 indexed citations

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Narayanan, Aarthi, et al.. (1999). Role of the Box C/D Motif in Localization of Small Nucleolar RNAs to Coiled Bodies and Nucleoli. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 10(7). 2131–2147. 122 indexed citations

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Gendreau, Steven, Ivan P. Moskowitz, Rebecca M. Terns, & Joel H. Rothman. (1994). The Potential to Differentiate Epidermis Is Unequally Distributed in the AB Lineage during Early Embryonic Development in C. elegans. Developmental Biology. 166(2). 770–781. 30 indexed citations

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