Robert N. Lightowlers

14.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
142 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Robert N. Lightowlers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert N. Lightowlers has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Molecular Biology, 58 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Robert N. Lightowlers's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (113 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (58 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (58 papers). Robert N. Lightowlers is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (113 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (58 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (58 papers). Robert N. Lightowlers collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Robert N. Lightowlers's co-authors include Douglass M. Turnbull, Zofia M. Chrzanowska‐Lightowlers, Robert W. Taylor, Patrick F. Chinnery, Richard Temperley, Neil Howell, Mateusz Wydro, Oliver M. Russell, Gráinne S. Gorman and Joanna L. Elson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Robert N. Lightowlers

142 papers receiving 7.7k citations

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Mitochondrial Diseases: Hope for the Future

2020 280 citations Robert N. Lightowlers, Douglass M. Turnbull et al. Cell profile →

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Patricio Fernández‐Silva Spain

Maria Falkenberg Sweden

William J. Craigen United States

Ian Holt United Kingdom

Sarah E. Calvo United States

Marie T. Lott United States

Konstantin Khrapko United States

Matthew McKenzie Australia

Anna Wredenberg Sweden

Joanna L. Elson United Kingdom

Patricio Fernández‐Silva Spain

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Albus, Christin A., et al.. (2021). Mitochondrial Translation Occurs Preferentially in the Peri-Nuclear Mitochondrial Network of Cultured Human Cells. Biology. 10(10). 1050–1050. 2 indexed citations

Albus, Christin A., et al.. (2021). High-resolution imaging reveals compartmentalization of mitochondrial protein synthesis in cultured human cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(6). 40 indexed citations

Hoogewijs, Kurt, Andrew M. James, Michael P. Murphy, & Robert N. Lightowlers. (2018). Signed‐For Delivery in the Mitochondrial Matrix: Confirming Uptake into Mitochondria. Small Methods. 2(3). 5 indexed citations

Zaganelli, Sofia, Pedro Rebelo‐Guiomar, Kinsey Maundrell, et al.. (2017). The Pseudouridine Synthase RPUSD4 Is an Essential Component of Mitochondrial RNA Granules. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(11). 4519–4532. 73 indexed citations

Wesołowska, Maria, Ricarda Richter‐Dennerlein, Robert N. Lightowlers, & Zofia M. Chrzanowska‐Lightowlers. (2014). Overcoming stalled translation in human mitochondria. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. 374–374. 13 indexed citations

Wilson, William C., Francesco Bruni, Jeong Ho Chang, et al.. (2014). A human mitochondrial poly(A) polymerase mutation reveals the complexities of post-transcriptional mitochondrial gene expression. Human Molecular Genetics. 23(23). 6345–6355. 59 indexed citations

Temperley, Richard, Mateusz Wydro, Robert N. Lightowlers, & Zofia M. Chrzanowska‐Lightowlers. (2010). Human mitochondrial mRNAs—like members of all families, similar but different. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1797(6-7). 1081–1085. 154 indexed citations

Wang, Geng, Hsiao‐Wen Chen, Yavuz Oktay, et al.. (2010). PNPASE Regulates RNA Import into Mitochondria. Cell. 142(3). 456–467. 285 indexed citations

Nooteboom, Marco, Robert W. Taylor, Nicholas A. Wright, et al.. (2009). Age‐associated mitochondrial DNA mutations lead to small but significant changes in cell proliferation and apoptosis in human colonic crypts. Aging Cell. 9(1). 96–99. 45 indexed citations

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Rorbach, Joanna, Ricarda Richter, Hans J. C. T. Wessels, et al.. (2008). The human mitochondrial ribosome recycling factor is essential for cell viability. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(18). 5787–5799. 80 indexed citations

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Płotka, Magdalena, et al.. (2007). Maintenance and stabilization of mtDNA can be facilitated by the DNA-binding activity of Ilv5p. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1783(1). 107–117. 16 indexed citations

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Maniura‐Weber, Katharina, Mark Helm, Matthias Schauen, et al.. (2006). Molecular dysfunction associated with the human mitochondrial 3302A>G mutation in the MTTL1 (mt-tRNALeu(UUR)) gene. Nucleic Acids Research. 34(22). 6404–6415. 25 indexed citations

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Gagliardi, Dominique, Piotr P. Stępień, Richard Temperley, Robert N. Lightowlers, & Zofia M. Chrzanowska‐Lightowlers. (2004). Messenger RNA stability in mitochondria: different means to an end. Trends in Genetics. 20(6). 260–267. 107 indexed citations

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James, Andrew M., Frances H. Blaikie, Robin A.J. Smith, et al.. (2003). Specific targeting of a DNA‐alkylating reagent to mitochondria. European Journal of Biochemistry. 270(13). 2827–2836. 22 indexed citations

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McGregor, Alistair, Paul Smith, Günther Roß, et al.. (2003). Bridging PNAs can bind preferentially to a deleted mitochondrial DNA template but replication by mitochondrial DNA polymerase γ in vitro is not impaired. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1629(1-3). 73–83. 5 indexed citations

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Wardell, T. M., Elaine Ferguson, Patrick F. Chinnery, et al.. (2003). Changes in the human mitochondrial genome after treatment of malignant disease. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 525(1-2). 19–27. 44 indexed citations

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Chinnery, Patrick F., Robert W. Taylor, Kerstin Diekert, et al.. (1999). Peptide nucleic acid delivery to human mitochondria. Gene Therapy. 6(12). 1919–1928. 129 indexed citations

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Chinnery, Patrick F., Mark Johnson, Robert W. Taylor, Robert N. Lightowlers, & Douglass M. Turnbull. (1997). A novel mitochondrial tRNA phenylalanine mutation presenting with acute rhabdomyolysis. Annals of Neurology. 41(3). 408–410. 36 indexed citations

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Sadlock, James E., Robert N. Lightowlers, Roderick Capaldi, & Eric A. Schon. (1993). Isolation of a cDNA specifying subunit VIIb of human cytochrome c oxidase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1172(1-2). 223–225. 7 indexed citations

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Lightowlers, Robert N., Susan M. Howitt, Lyndall Hatch, F. Gibson, & G B Cox. (1988). The proton pore in the Escherichia coli F0F1-ATPase: Substitution of glutamate by glutamine at position 219 of the a-subunit prevents F0-mediated proton permeability. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 933(2). 241–248. 59 indexed citations

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