Robert P. Fisher

8.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Robert P. Fisher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert P. Fisher has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Oncology and 27 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert P. Fisher's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (32 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (28 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (26 papers). Robert P. Fisher is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (32 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (28 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (26 papers). Robert P. Fisher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Robert P. Fisher's co-authors include David A. Clayton, David O. Morgan, Stéphane Larochelle, Kevan M. Shokat, Miriam Sansó, Melissa A. Parisi, Pabitra K. Parua, Karl A. Merrick, Kira Glover-Cutter and David L. Bentley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert P. Fisher

89 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

A novel cyclin associates with M015/CDK7 to form the CDK-activating kinase

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert P. Fisher United States	47	5.9k	2.5k	1.5k	537	432	91	7.0k
Shigeo Sato Japan	41	4.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	522 0.3×	567 1.1×	453 1.0×	71	6.4k
Tai W. Wong United States	32	2.5k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	595 0.4×	609 1.1×	350 0.8×	51	4.3k
Donald S. Kirkpatrick United States	50	7.1k 1.2×	1.7k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	198 0.4×	787 1.8×	95	8.8k
Grigory L. Dianov United Kingdom	50	6.6k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	309 0.2×	273 0.5×	774 1.8×	117	7.4k
Teruhisa Tsuzuki Japan	37	4.3k 0.7×	732 0.3×	295 0.2×	240 0.4×	664 1.5×	95	5.4k
Binghui Shen United States	47	5.9k 1.0×	918 0.4×	288 0.2×	170 0.3×	819 1.9×	145	6.6k
Klaus Scheffzek Germany	43	5.2k 0.9×	991 0.4×	1.5k 1.0×	154 0.3×	528 1.2×	78	7.1k
Leon H.F. Mullenders Netherlands	51	7.7k 1.3×	1.7k 0.7×	537 0.3×	349 0.6×	910 2.1×	162	9.3k
Tomohiko Ohta Japan	40	4.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	657 0.4×	242 0.5×	935 2.2×	117	5.4k
France Carrier United States	32	5.3k 0.9×	3.2k 1.3×	606 0.4×	285 0.5×	427 1.0×	66	6.8k

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Chen, Xi, Logan Fisher, Ian Mantel, et al.. (2024). Disrupting the RNA polymerase II transcription cycle through CDK7 inhibition ameliorates inflammatory arthritis. Science Translational Medicine. 16(774). eadq5091–eadq5091. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Rui & Robert P. Fisher. (2024). The CDK9-SPT5 Axis in Control of Transcription Elongation by RNAPII. Journal of Molecular Biology. 437(1). 168746–168746. 3 indexed citations

Cossa, Giacomo, Pabitra K. Parua, Martin Eilers, & Robert P. Fisher. (2021). Protein phosphatases in the RNAPII transcription cycle: erasers, sculptors, gatekeepers, and potential drug targets. Genes & Development. 35(9-10). 658–676. 42 indexed citations

Parua, Pabitra K. & Robert P. Fisher. (2020). Dissecting the Pol II transcription cycle and derailing cancer with CDK inhibitors. Nature Chemical Biology. 16(7). 716–724. 72 indexed citations

Parua, Pabitra K., et al.. (2020). Distinct Cdk9-phosphatase switches act at the beginning and end of elongation by RNA polymerase II. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4338–4338. 44 indexed citations

Coppo, Maddalena, Ziyi Guo, Maria A. Sacta, et al.. (2017). Glucocorticoid-induced phosphorylation by CDK9 modulates the coactivator functions of transcriptional cofactor GRIP1 in macrophages. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1739–1739. 29 indexed citations

Sansó, Miriam & Robert P. Fisher. (2013). Pause, play, repeat. Transcription. 4(4). 146–152. 48 indexed citations

Larochelle, Stéphane, Ramon Amat, Kira Glover-Cutter, et al.. (2012). Cyclin-dependent kinase control of the initiation-to-elongation switch of RNA polymerase II. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 19(11). 1108–1115. 300 indexed citations

Merrick, Karl A., Lara Wohlbold, Chao Zhang, et al.. (2011). Switching Cdk2 On or Off with Small Molecules to Reveal Requirements in Human Cell Proliferation. Molecular Cell. 42(5). 624–636. 69 indexed citations

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Flinders, Camille, et al.. (2009). Water resource use and management by the United States forest products industry. Water Science & Technology. 60(3). 751–760. 1 indexed citations

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Viladevall, Laia, Adam P. Rosebrock, Susanne A. Schneider, et al.. (2009). TFIIH and P-TEFb Coordinate Transcription with Capping Enzyme Recruitment at Specific Genes in Fission Yeast. Molecular Cell. 33(6). 738–751. 94 indexed citations

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Wohlbold, Lara & Robert P. Fisher. (2009). Behind the wheel and under the hood: Functions of cyclin-dependent kinases in response to DNA damage. DNA repair. 8(9). 1018–1024. 46 indexed citations

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James, Melissa K., et al.. (2008). p27 ^Kip1 Inhibits Cyclin D-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 by Two Independent Modes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 29(4). 986–999. 97 indexed citations

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Burkard, Mark E., Stéphane Larochelle, Chao Zhang, et al.. (2007). Chemical genetics reveals the requirement for Polo-like kinase 1 activity in positioning RhoA and triggering cytokinesis in human cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(11). 4383–4388. 201 indexed citations

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Gamble, Matthew J., Hediye Erdjument‐Bromage, Paul Tempst, Leonard P. Freedman, & Robert P. Fisher. (2005). The Histone Chaperone TAF-I/SET/INHAT Is Required for Transcription In Vitro of Chromatin Templates. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 25(2). 797–807. 59 indexed citations

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Lee, Karen M., Julia E. Saiz, William A. Barton, & Robert P. Fisher. (1999). Cdc2 activation in fission yeast depends on Mcs6 and Csk1, two partially redundant Cdk-activating kinases (CAKs). Current Biology. 9(8). 441–444. 55 indexed citations

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Fisher, Robert P.. (1997). Reconstitution of mammalian CDK-activating kinase. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 283. 256–270. 7 indexed citations

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Fisher, Robert P. & David A. Clayton. (1988). Purification and Characterization of Human Mitochondrial Transcription Factor 1. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 8(8). 3496–3509. 123 indexed citations

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Müller, Michael, et al.. (1987). DCCD inhibits protein translocation into plasma membrane vesicles from Escherichia coli at two different steps.. The EMBO Journal. 6(12). 3855–3861. 25 indexed citations

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Fisher, Robert P. & David A. Clayton. (1985). A transcription factor required for promoter recognition by human mitochondrial RNA polymerase. Accurate initiation at the heavy- and light-strand promoters dissected and reconstituted in vitro.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 260(20). 11330–11338. 172 indexed citations

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