Robert Landick

23.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
220 papers, 17.3k citations indexed

About

Robert Landick is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Landick has authored 220 papers receiving a total of 17.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 210 papers in Molecular Biology, 127 papers in Genetics and 54 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Robert Landick's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (156 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (126 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (51 papers). Robert Landick is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (156 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (126 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (51 papers). Robert Landick collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Russia. Robert Landick's co-authors include Jeff Gelles, Irina Artsimovitch, Rachel A. Mooney, Steven M. Block, Hong Yin, Murali Palangat, Seth A. Darst, Elio A. Abbondanzieri, Stephan Block and Joshua W. Shaevitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Robert Landick

217 papers receiving 17.0k 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.

Stretching DNA with optical tweezers

1997 1.1k citations Robert Landick, Jeff Gelles et al. profile →
Force and Velocity Measured for Single Molecules of RNA Polymerase

1998 697 citations Robert Landick, Jeff Gelles et al. Science profile →
Direct observation of base-pair stepping by RNA polymerase

2005 657 citations Robert Landick, Steven M. Block et al. Nature profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert Landick	14.2k	7.3k	3.4k	1.8k	1.8k	220	17.3k
Timothy M. Lohman	16.3k 1.2×	5.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	769 0.4×	923 0.5×	195	18.1k
Donald M. Crothers	25.7k 1.8×	5.1k 0.7×	3.2k 0.9×	884 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	244	29.5k
Keiichi Namba	7.8k 0.6×	5.2k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	728 0.4×	968 0.5×	326	13.2k
Kerwyn Casey Huang	6.6k 0.5×	3.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.6×	529 0.3×	834 0.5×	179	9.9k
Nicholas R. Cozzarelli	15.4k 1.1×	4.0k 0.5×	3.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	970 0.5×	179	18.2k
David M.J. Lilley	18.1k 1.3×	3.1k 0.4×	2.0k 0.6×	508 0.3×	658 0.4×	350	19.8k
Gijs J. L. Wuite	5.6k 0.4×	1.5k 0.2×	2.5k 0.8×	2.7k 1.5×	2.1k 1.2×	191	10.5k
Nathalie Q. Balaban	5.1k 0.4×	3.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	2.4k 1.3×	55	12.0k
Éric Westhof	21.5k 1.5×	2.4k 0.3×	2.5k 0.7×	605 0.3×	418 0.2×	334	24.6k
Jonas Korlach	8.4k 0.6×	1.6k 0.2×	1.9k 0.6×	455 0.2×	1.7k 1.0×	102	12.3k

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Mooney, Rachel A., Barbara Bosch, Paul Dominic B. Olinares, et al.. (2025). RapA opens the RNA polymerase clamp to disrupt post-termination complexes and prevent cytotoxic R-loop formation. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(4). 639–649. 1 indexed citations

Lan, Freeman, et al.. (2024). Massively parallel single-cell sequencing of diverse microbial populations. Nature Methods. 21(2). 228–235. 20 indexed citations

Marshall, Bailey, et al.. (2024). Bacteroides expand the functional versatility of a conserved transcription factor and transcribed DNA to program capsule diversity. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10862–10862.

Landick, Robert, et al.. (2024). Bacterial chromatin proteins, transcription, and DNA topology: Inseparable partners in the control of gene expression. Molecular Microbiology. 122(1). 81–112. 22 indexed citations

Mooney, Rachel A., Mirjana Lilić, Jeremy M. Rock, et al.. (2023). Structural and functional basis of the universal transcription factor NusG pro-pausing activity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Molecular Cell. 83(9). 1474–1488.e8. 17 indexed citations

Lan, Freeman, et al.. (2023). Single-cell analysis of multiple invertible promoters reveals differential inversion rates as a strong determinant of bacterial population heterogeneity. Science Advances. 9(31). eadg5476–eadg5476. 14 indexed citations

Malone, Brandon, Jason K. Perry, Paul Dominic B. Olinares, et al.. (2023). Structural basis for substrate selection by the SARS-CoV-2 replicase. Nature. 614(7949). 781–787. 42 indexed citations

Cao, Xinyun, et al.. (2022). Basis of narrow-spectrum activity of fidaxomicin on Clostridioides difficile. Nature. 604(7906). 541–545. 39 indexed citations

Landick, Robert, et al.. (2021). Obligate movements of an active site–linked surface domain control RNA polymerase elongation and pausing via a Phe pocket anchor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(36). 10 indexed citations

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Malone, Brandon, James Chen, Qi Wang, et al.. (2021). Structural basis for backtracking by the SARS-CoV-2 replication–transcription complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(19). 84 indexed citations

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Wrobel, Russell L., Michael Place, Michael E. Graham, et al.. (2020). CRISpy-Pop: A Web Tool for Designing CRISPR/Cas9-Driven Genetic Modifications in Diverse Populations. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(11). 4287–4294. 8 indexed citations

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Lilić, Mirjana, James Chen, Hande Boyaci, et al.. (2020). The antibiotic sorangicin A inhibits promoter DNA unwinding in a Mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampicin-resistant RNA polymerase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(48). 30423–30432. 27 indexed citations

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Bellecourt, Michael J., et al.. (2019). RNA Polymerase Clamp Movement Aids Dissociation from DNA but Is Not Required for RNA Release at Intrinsic Terminators. Journal of Molecular Biology. 431(4). 696–713. 14 indexed citations

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Mishanina, Tatiana V., et al.. (2019). The elemental mechanism of transcriptional pausing. eLife. 8. 52 indexed citations

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Feklístov, Andrey, Brian Bae, Markus Kalesse, et al.. (2017). RNA polymerase motions during promoter melting. Science. 356(6340). 863–866. 67 indexed citations

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Köhler, Rebecca, Rachel A. Mooney, Deryck J. Mills, Robert Landick, & Patrick Cramer. (2017). Architecture of a transcribing-translating expressome. Science. 356(6334). 194–197. 125 indexed citations

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Larson, Matthew H., Jing Zhou, Craig D. Kaplan, et al.. (2012). Trigger loop dynamics mediate the balance between the transcriptional fidelity and speed of RNA polymerase II. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(17). 6555–6560. 109 indexed citations

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Landick, Robert, et al.. (1996). Quantitative analysis of transcriptional pausing by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase: his leader pause site as paradigm. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 334–353. 105 indexed citations

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Landick, Robert & Charles L. Turnbough. (1992). 16 Transcriptional Attenuation. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 407–446. 20 indexed citations

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Landick, Robert, David Maguire, & Leonard C. Lutter. (1984). Optimization of Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis Conditions Used for Sequencing Mixed Oligodeoxyribonucleotides. DNA. 3(5). 413–419. 6 indexed citations

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