Robert E. Johnson

15.7k citations

160 papers · 12.9k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 63

Impact in

Cancer Research top 0.2%
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
Microbiology top 0.2%
- Reproductive tract infections research

Papers in ⓘ

Microbiology 14
- Reproductive tract infections research 14
Molecular Biology 119
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 99
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 41
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 39
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 21

Co-authors: Satya Prakash (101 shared papers)Louise Prakash (101 shared papers)Lajos Haracska (21 shared papers)M. Todd Washington (15 shared papers)Aneel K. Aggarwal (34 shared papers)D.T. Nair (11 shared papers)Ildikó Unk (10 shared papers)Christine M. Kondratick (2 shared papers)
Journals: Molecular and Cellular Biology (25 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (15 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (14 papers)Journal of Clinical Microbiology (8 papers)Biochemistry (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States Hungary India

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Johnson

160 papers receiving 12.6k citations

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EUKARYOTIC TRANSLESION SYNTHESIS DNA POLYMERASES: Specificity of Structure and Function 2005 · 827 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2005 Annual Review of Biochemistry
2000 Nature
1999 Science
1999 Science

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1	EUKARYOTIC TRANSLESION SYNTHESIS DNA POLYMERASES: Specificity of Structure and Function Annual Review of Biochemistry ·Satya Prakash, Robert E. Johnson, Louise Prakash Hit paper breakdown →	2005	827
2	Efficient Bypass of a Thymine-Thymine Dimer by Yeast DNA Polymerase, Polη Science ·Robert E. Johnson, Satya Prakash, Louise Prakash Hit paper breakdown →	1999	651
3	hRAD30 Mutations in the Variant Form of Xeroderma Pigmentosum Science ·Robert E. Johnson, Christine M. Kondratick, Satya Prakash, Louise Prakash Hit paper breakdown →	1999	631
4	Eukaryotic polymerases ι and ζ act sequentially to bypass DNA lesions Nature ·Robert E. Johnson, M. Todd Washington, Lajos Haracska, Satya Prakash, Louise Prakash Hit paper breakdown →	2000	554
5	Fidelity of Human DNA Polymerase η Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Robert E. Johnson, M. Todd Washington, Satya Prakash, Louise Prakash	2000	343
6	Screening Tests To Detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections--2002 PsycEXTRA Dataset ·Robert E. Johnson, W J Newhall, John R. Papp, Joan S. Knapp, Carolyn M. Black, Thomas L. Gift, Richard Steece, Lauri E. Markowitz, Owen J Devine, Corinna M. Walsh, Susan Wang, Dorothy Gunter, Kathleen L. Irwin, Susan Delisle, Stuart M. Berman	2002	311
7	Efficient and accurate replication in the presence of 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine by DNA polymerase η Nature Genetics ·Lajos Haracska, Sung-Lim Yu, Robert E. Johnson, Louise Prakash, Satya Prakash	2000	298
8	Roles of yeast DNA polymerases δ and ζ and of Rev1 in the bypass of abasic sites Genes & Development ·Lajos Haracska, Ildikó Unk, Robert E. Johnson, Erik Johansson, Peter Burgers, Satya Prakash, Louise Prakash	2001	295
9	Replication by human DNA polymerase-ι occurs by Hoogsteen base-pairing Nature ·D.T. Nair, Robert E. Johnson, Satya Prakash, Louise Prakash, Aneel K. Aggarwal	2004	249
10	Rev1 Employs a Novel Mechanism of DNA Synthesis Using a Protein Template Science ·D.T. Nair, Robert E. Johnson, Louise Prakash, Satya Prakash, Aneel K. Aggarwal	2005	207
11	Physical and Functional Interactions of Human DNA Polymerase η with PCNA Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Lajos Haracska, Robert E. Johnson, Ildikó Unk, Barbara B. Phillips, Jerard Hurwitz, Louise Prakash, Satya Prakash	2001	207
12	Structural basis of high-fidelity DNA synthesis by yeast DNA polymerase δ Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·M.K. Swan, Robert E. Johnson, Louise Prakash, Satya Prakash, Aneel K. Aggarwal	2009	207
13	Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAD5-encoded DNA repair protein contains DNA helicase and zinc-binding sequence motifs and affects the stability of simple repetitive sequences in the genome. Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Robert E. Johnson, Samuel T. Henderson, Thomas D. Petes, Satya Prakash, M. Bankmann, Louise Prakash	1992	200
14	Gonorrhea and Chlamydia in the United States among Persons 14 to 39 Years of Age, 1999 to 2002 Annals of Internal Medicine ·Samik Datta, Maya Sternberg, Robert E. Johnson, Stuart M. Berman, John R. Papp, Geraldine M. McQuillan, Hillard Weinstock	2007	197
15	Human DNA Polymerase κ Encircles DNA: Implications for Mismatch Extension and Lesion Bypass Molecular Cell ·Samer Lone, Sharon A. Townson, Sacha Uljon, Robert E. Johnson, Amrita Brahma, D.T. Nair, Satya Prakash, Louise Prakash, Aneel K. Aggarwal	2007	186
16	Development of childhood allergy in infants fed breast, soy, or cow milk Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·Stephen H. Halpern, W. A. Sellers, Robert E. Johnson, D S Anderson, Sidney Saperstein, Joan Reisch	1973	186
17	Requirement of the Yeast RTH1 5′ to 3′ Exonuclease for the Stability of Simple Repetitive DNA Science ·Robert E. Johnson, Gopala Kovvali, Louise Prakash, Satya Prakash	1995	181
18	Evidence for Involvement of Yeast Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen in DNA Mismatch Repair Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Robert E. Johnson, Gopala Kovvali, Sami N. Guzder, Neelam S. Amin, Connie Holm, Yvette Habraken, Patrick Sung, Louise Prakash, Satya Prakash	1996	177
19	Targeting of human DNA polymerase ι to the replication machinery via interaction with PCNA Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lajos Haracska, Robert E. Johnson, Ildikó Unk, Barbara B. Phillips, Jerard Hurwitz, Louise Prakash, Satya Prakash	2001	169
20	Opposing Effects of Ubiquitin Conjugation and SUMO Modification of PCNA on Replicational Bypass of DNA Lesions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Lajos Haracska, Carlos A. Torres‐Ramos, Robert E. Johnson, Satya Prakash, Louise Prakash	2004	168

About Robert E. Johnson

Robert E. Johnson is a scholar working on Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Pharmaceutical Science and Pathology and Forensic Medicine, having authored 160 papers that have together received 12.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (99 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (41 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (39 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (21 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (19 papers), Reproductive tract infections research (14 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (13 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (3.3k citations), Microbiology (1.1k citations), Molecular Biology (10.8k citations), Cell Biology (850 citations) and Pathology and Forensic Medicine (921 citations). Robert E. Johnson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Hungary and India. Frequent co-authors include Satya Prakash, Louise Prakash, Lajos Haracska, M. Todd Washington, Aneel K. Aggarwal, D.T. Nair, Ildikó Unk, Christine M. Kondratick, Gopala Kovvali and Jerard Hurwitz. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular and Cellular Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Biochemistry.

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