Rodney Rothstein

28.0k total citations · 11 hit papers
158 papers, 22.9k citations indexed

About

Rodney Rothstein is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Rodney Rothstein has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 22.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Genetics and 22 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Rodney Rothstein's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (96 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (51 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (38 papers). Rodney Rothstein is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (96 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (51 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (38 papers). Rodney Rothstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and France. Rodney Rothstein's co-authors include Terry L. Orr‐Weaver, Jack W. Szostak, Michael Lisby, Barbara J. Thomas, Franklin W. Stahl, Uffe Hasbro Mortensen, Serge Gangloff, Xiaolan Zhao, Maria Jasin and Christian Bendixen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Rodney Rothstein

157 papers receiving 22.4k citations

Hit Papers

[12] One-step gene disruption in yeast 1981 2026 1996 2011 1983 1983 1989 1981 1991 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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  1. [12] One-step gene disruption in yeast
    1983 3.1k citations Rodney Rothstein Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →
  2. The double-strand-break repair model for recombination
    1983 2.1k citations Rodney Rothstein et al. Cell profile →
  3. Elevated recombination rates in transcriptionally active DNA
    1989 1.5k citations Rodney Rothstein et al. Cell profile →
  4. Yeast transformation: a model system for the study of recombination.
    1981 1.3k citations Rodney Rothstein et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. [19] Targeting, disruption, replacement, and allele rescue: Integrative DNA transformation in yeast
    1991 1.2k citations Rodney Rothstein Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →
  6. Choreography of the DNA Damage Response
    2004 729 citations Michael Lisby, Rebecca C. Burgess et al. Cell profile →
  7. Repair of Strand Breaks by Homologous Recombination
    2013 649 citations Rodney Rothstein et al. profile →
  8. A Suppressor of Two Essential Checkpoint Genes Identifies a Novel Protein that Negatively Affects dNTP Pools
    1998 615 citations Xiaolan Zhao, Rodney Rothstein et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  9. The yeast type I topoisomerase Top3 interacts with Sgs1, a DNA helicase homolog: a potential eukaryotic reverse gyrase.
    1994 603 citations Rodney Rothstein et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology profile →
  10. A hyper-recombination mutation in S. cerevisiae identifies a novel eukaryotic topoisomerase
    1989 484 citations John W. Wallis, Gary Chrebet et al. Cell profile →
  11. [14] Genetic applications of yeast transformation with linear and gapped plasmids
    1983 446 citations Rodney Rothstein et al. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rodney Rothstein United States 64 21.6k 3.5k 2.8k 2.7k 1.9k 158 22.9k
Philip Hieter United States 69 18.3k 0.8× 3.6k 1.0× 5.0k 1.8× 1.8k 0.7× 964 0.5× 167 21.8k
Alan G. Hinnebusch United States 89 23.5k 1.1× 2.1k 0.6× 2.7k 1.0× 1.5k 0.6× 812 0.4× 269 26.3k
Jasper Rine United States 68 14.1k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 2.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 379 0.2× 203 16.8k
James E. Haber United States 100 30.1k 1.4× 5.8k 1.7× 3.6k 1.3× 3.1k 1.2× 3.9k 2.1× 345 32.6k
Stefan Jentsch Germany 64 17.0k 0.8× 1.4k 0.4× 4.6k 1.7× 1.8k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 106 19.0k
Fred Winston United States 71 19.8k 0.9× 3.2k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 614 0.3× 148 21.1k
Katsuhiko Shirahige Japan 70 14.4k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 2.8k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 219 15.7k
Steven I. Reed United States 83 22.7k 1.0× 2.2k 0.6× 7.8k 2.8× 2.4k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 208 27.3k
Antony M. Carr United Kingdom 74 14.1k 0.7× 1.6k 0.4× 3.8k 1.4× 1.6k 0.6× 2.0k 1.1× 200 15.3k
Andrés Aguilera Spain 69 15.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 228 16.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Reid, Robert J. D., et al.. (2024). Repair of replication-dependent double-strand breaks differs between the leading and lagging strands. Molecular Cell. 85(1). 61–77.e6. 16 indexed citations
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Bryant, Eric Edward, Ivana Šunjevarić, Luke E. Berchowitz, Rodney Rothstein, & Robert J. D. Reid. (2019). Rad5 dysregulation drives hyperactive recombination at replication forks resulting in cisplatin sensitivity and genome instability. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(17). 9144–9159. 14 indexed citations
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Fu, Qiong, Kara A. Bernstein, Nodar Makharashvili, et al.. (2013). Phosphorylation-Regulated Transitions in an Oligomeric State Control the Activity of the Sae2 DNA Repair Enzyme. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 34(5). 778–793. 35 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Kara A., Amélie Juanchich, Ivana Šunjevarić, & Rodney Rothstein. (2013). The Shu complex regulates Rad52 localization during rDNA repair. DNA repair. 12(9). 786–790. 5 indexed citations
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Reid, Robert J. D., et al.. (2010). ScreenMill: A freely available software suite for growth measurement, analysis and visualization of high-throughput screen data. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(1). 353–353. 67 indexed citations
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Thorpe, Peter H., Joanne Bruno, & Rodney Rothstein. (2009). Kinetochore asymmetry defines a single yeast lineage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(16). 6673–6678. 26 indexed citations
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Burgess, Rebecca C., Sadia Rahman, Michael Lisby, Rodney Rothstein, & Xiaolan Zhao. (2007). The Slx5-Slx8 Complex Affects Sumoylation of DNA Repair Proteins and Negatively Regulates Recombination. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 27(17). 6153–6162. 121 indexed citations
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Torres‐Rosell, Jordi, Ivana Šunjevarić, Giacomo De Piccoli, et al.. (2007). The Smc5–Smc6 complex and SUMO modification of Rad52 regulates recombinational repair at the ribosomal gene locus. Nature Cell Biology. 9(8). 923–931. 313 indexed citations
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O’Neil, Jennifer, Joëlle Tchinda, Alejandro Gutiérrez, et al.. (2007). Alu elements mediate MYB gene tandem duplication in human T-ALL. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 204(13). 3059–3066. 75 indexed citations
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Thorpe, Peter H., et al.. (2006). Cells Expressing Murine RAD52 Splice Variants Favor Sister Chromatid Repair. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(10). 3752–3763. 9 indexed citations
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Cagney, Gerard, et al.. (2006). Functional genomics of the yeast DNA-damage response.. Genome Biology. 7(9). 233–233. 7 indexed citations
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Lisby, Michael & Rodney Rothstein. (2004). DNA Repair: Keeping It Together. Current Biology. 14(23). R994–R996. 31 indexed citations
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Rothstein, Rodney, et al.. (2000). YAC transgene-mediated olfactory receptor gene choice. Developmental Dynamics. 217(2). 225–231. 19 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiaolan, Bilyana Georgieva, Andrei Chabes, et al.. (2000). Mutational and Structural Analyses of the Ribonucleotide Reductase Inhibitor Sml1 Define Its Rnr1 Interaction Domain Whose Inactivation Allows Suppression of mec1 and rad53 Lethality. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(23). 9076–9083. 72 indexed citations
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Erdeniz, Naz & Rodney Rothstein. (2000). Rsp5, a Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase, Is Involved in Degradation of the Single-Stranded-DNA Binding Protein Rfa1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(1). 224–232. 14 indexed citations
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Denamur, Érick, Guillaume Lecointre, Pierre Darlu, et al.. (2000). Evolutionary Implications of the Frequent Horizontal Transfer of Mismatch Repair Genes. Cell. 103(5). 711–721. 191 indexed citations
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Heard, Édith, Philip Avner, & Rodney Rothstein. (1994). Creation of a deletion series of mouse YACs covering a 500 kb region aroundXist. Nucleic Acids Research. 22(10). 1830–1837. 20 indexed citations
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Wallis, John W., Gary Chrebet, Gary Brodsky, Mark W. Rolfe, & Rodney Rothstein. (1989). A hyper-recombination mutation in S. cerevisiae identifies a novel eukaryotic topoisomerase. Cell. 58(2). 409–419. 484 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rothstein, Rodney. (1983). [12] One-step gene disruption in yeast. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 101. 202–211. 3091 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rothstein, Rodney, Lester F. Lau, Chander P. Bahl, Saran A. Narang, & Ray Wu. (1979). [7] Synthetic adaptors for cloning DNA. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 68. 98–109. 60 indexed citations

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