Robert B. Rawson

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Robert B. Rawson is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert B. Rawson has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Surgery, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Robert B. Rawson's work include Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (24 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (14 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (6 papers). Robert B. Rawson is often cited by papers focused on Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (24 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (14 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (6 papers). Robert B. Rawson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Robert B. Rawson's co-authors include M S Brown, Michael S. Brown, Joseph L. Goldstein, Jin Y, Jin Ye, Juro Sakai, Ryutaro Komuro, Xi Chen, Utpal P. Davé and Ron Prywes and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert B. Rawson

32 papers receiving 6.1k citations

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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.

ER Stress Induces Cleavage of Membrane-Bound ATF6 by the Same Proteases that Process SREBPs

2000 1.5k citations Jin Ye, Robert B. Rawson et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Regulated Intramembrane Proteolysis

2000 1.1k citations M S Brown, Jin Y et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert B. Rawson United States	26	3.9k	2.4k	1.7k	864	741	32	6.2k
Neale D. Ridgway Canada	46	4.1k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	457 0.5×	979 1.3×	117	6.1k
Maria Hatzoglou United States	50	5.4k 1.4×	2.1k 0.9×	556 0.3×	1.1k 1.3×	713 1.0×	114	7.9k
Gert Kreibich United States	48	5.0k 1.3×	2.5k 1.1×	979 0.6×	806 0.9×	343 0.5×	118	7.7k
Vesa M. Olkkonen Finland	60	6.3k 1.6×	4.0k 1.7×	2.8k 1.6×	1.7k 2.0×	918 1.2×	235	11.2k
J. Bernd Helms Netherlands	43	3.9k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	558 0.3×	657 0.8×	470 0.6×	108	6.2k
Phyllis M. Novikoff United States	37	2.4k 0.6×	935 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	782 0.9×	395 0.5×	69	5.2k
Ineke Braakman Netherlands	45	5.2k 1.3×	3.7k 1.6×	539 0.3×	1.4k 1.6×	289 0.4×	100	8.3k
Joost C. M. Holthuis Netherlands	42	5.0k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	469 0.3×	523 0.6×	575 0.8×	87	6.3k
Sandra Lacas‐Gervais France	32	2.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	680 0.4×	687 0.8×	186 0.3×	63	4.5k
Randolph Y. Hampton United States	42	4.4k 1.1×	3.2k 1.3×	599 0.3×	1.5k 1.7×	213 0.3×	75	6.5k

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Rawson, Robert B.. (2013). The site-2 protease. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1828(12). 2801–2807. 40 indexed citations

Ozdemir, Cafer & Robert B. Rawson. (2011). Other ways to skin a cat. Fly. 5(1). 3–6. 1 indexed citations

Matthews, Krista A., Cafer Ozdemir, & Robert B. Rawson. (2010). Activation of Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Proteins in the Absence of Scap in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 185(1). 189–198. 11 indexed citations

Amarneh, Bilal, Krista A. Matthews, & Robert B. Rawson. (2009). Activation of Sterol Regulatory Element-binding Protein by the Caspase Drice in Drosophila Larvae. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(15). 9674–9682. 19 indexed citations

Matthews, Krista A., et al.. (2008). Alternative Processing of Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein During Larval Development in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 181(1). 119–128. 15 indexed citations

Rawson, Robert B.. (2006). An ARC light on lipid metabolism. Cell Metabolism. 4(3). 181–183. 1 indexed citations

Cherry, Sara, Amit Kunte, Hui Wang, et al.. (2006). COPI Activity Coupled with Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Is Required for Viral Replication. PLoS Pathogens. 2(10). e102–e102. 110 indexed citations

Kunte, Amit, Krista A. Matthews, & Robert B. Rawson. (2006). Fatty acid auxotrophy in Drosophila larvae lacking SREBP. Cell Metabolism. 3(6). 439–448. 112 indexed citations

Dobrosotskaya, Irina, Joseph L. Goldstein, Michael S. Brown, & Robert B. Rawson. (2003). Reconstitution of Sterol-regulated Endoplasmic Reticulum-to-Golgi Transport of SREBP-2 in Insect Cells by Co-expression of Mammalian SCAP and Insigs. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(37). 35837–35843. 32 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Joseph L., Robert B. Rawson, & Michael S. Brown. (2002). Mutant Mammalian Cells as Tools to Delineate the Sterol Regulatory Element-Binding Protein Pathway for Feedback Regulation of Lipid Synthesis. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 397(2). 139–148. 213 indexed citations

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Sakai, Juro & Robert B. Rawson. (2001). The sterol regulatory element-binding protein pathway: control of lipid homeostasis through regulated intracellular transport. Current Opinion in Lipidology. 12(3). 261–266. 49 indexed citations

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Ye, Jin, Robert B. Rawson, Ryutaro Komuro, et al.. (2000). ER Stress Induces Cleavage of Membrane-Bound ATF6 by the Same Proteases that Process SREBPs. Molecular Cell. 6(6). 1355–1364. 1477 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brown, M S, et al.. (2000). Regulated Intramembrane Proteolysis. Cell. 100(4). 391–398. 1109 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rawson, Robert B., et al.. (1999). Membrane Topology of S2P, a Protein Required for Intramembranous Cleavage of Sterol Regulatory Element-binding Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(31). 21973–21980. 87 indexed citations

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Sakai, Juro, Robert B. Rawson, Peter J. Espenshade, et al.. (1998). Molecular Identification of the Sterol-Regulated Luminal Protease that Cleaves SREBPs and Controls Lipid Composition of Animal Cells. Molecular Cell. 2(4). 505–514. 324 indexed citations

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Rawson, Robert B., Dong Cheng, Michael S. Brown, & Joseph L. Goldstein. (1998). Isolation of Cholesterol-requiring Mutant Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells with Defects in Cleavage of Sterol Regulatory Element-binding Proteins at Site 1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(43). 28261–28269. 84 indexed citations

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Cenci, Giovanni, Robert B. Rawson, Giorgio Belloni, et al.. (1997). UbcD1, a Drosophila ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme required for proper telomere behavior.. Genes & Development. 11(7). 863–875. 112 indexed citations

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Sakai, Juro, et al.. (1996). Sterol-Regulated Release of SREBP-2 from Cell Membranes Requires Two Sequential Cleavages, One Within a Transmembrane Segment. Cell. 85(7). 1037–1046. 452 indexed citations

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Bokhoven, Hans van, Robert B. Rawson, Gerard Merkx, Frans P.M. Cremers, & Miguel C. Seabra. (1996). cDNA Cloning and Chromosomal Localization of the Genes Encoding the α- and β-Subunits of Human Rab Geranylgeranyl Transferase: The 3′ End of the α-Subunit Gene Overlaps with the Transglutaminase 1 Gene Promoter. Genomics. 38(2). 133–140. 11 indexed citations

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Castrillón, Diego H., Pierre Gönczy, Robert B. Rawson, et al.. (1993). Toward a molecular genetic analysis of spermatogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster: characterization of male-sterile mutants generated by single P element mutagenesis.. Genetics. 135(2). 489–505. 315 indexed citations

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