Sharon A. White

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Sharon A. White is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sharon A. White has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Plant Science and 1 paper in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Sharon A. White's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (7 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (6 papers). Sharon A. White is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (7 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (6 papers). Sharon A. White collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Sharon A. White's co-authors include Robin C. Allshire, Grace Teng, Tom Volpe, Véra Schramke, Georgina L. Hamilton, Robert A. Martienssen, Alison L. Pidoux, Juri Rappsilber, Elizabeth H. Bayne and Dominika Bijos and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Sharon A. White

15 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

RNAi-Mediated Chromatin Silencing in Fission Yeast

2007 798 citations Sharon A. White, Robin C. Allshire Current topics in microbiology and immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sharon A. White United Kingdom	10	927	391	219	201	146	15	1.5k
Katharine Cecchini United States	16	904 1.0×	346 0.9×	217 1.0×	344 1.7×	140 1.0×	20	1.4k
Alison A. McCormick United States	22	1000 1.1×	431 1.1×	135 0.6×	327 1.6×	190 1.3×	41	1.8k
Sachin D. Deshmukh Germany	14	589 0.6×	451 1.2×	167 0.8×	403 2.0×	76 0.5×	20	1.4k
Harald Husebye Norway	18	692 0.7×	229 0.6×	186 0.8×	841 4.2×	95 0.7×	31	1.6k
C. Joel Funk United States	18	1.3k 1.4×	143 0.4×	262 1.2×	577 2.9×	209 1.4×	23	2.0k
Xiaojuan Chi China	18	532 0.6×	206 0.5×	293 1.3×	424 2.1×	187 1.3×	33	1.2k
Cameron N. Gundry United States	5	962 1.0×	257 0.7×	159 0.7×	53 0.3×	132 0.9×	5	1.7k
Joshua G Vandersteen United States	5	923 1.0×	251 0.6×	152 0.7×	58 0.3×	111 0.8×	5	1.6k
Ying Dang United States	21	961 1.0×	149 0.4×	376 1.7×	345 1.7×	482 3.3×	42	1.8k
Yannick Gansemans Belgium	20	810 0.9×	95 0.2×	148 0.7×	158 0.8×	60 0.4×	57	1.5k

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Yaseen, Imtiyaz, Sharon A. White, Christos Spanos, et al.. (2022). Proteasome-dependent truncation of the negative heterochromatin regulator Epe1 mediates antifungal resistance. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 29(8). 745–758. 12 indexed citations

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Shukla, Manu, Sharon A. White, Marcel Lafos, et al.. (2020). Hap2–Ino80-facilitated transcription promotes de novo establishment of CENP-A chromatin. Genes & Development. 34(3-4). 226–238. 19 indexed citations

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Fitz-James, Maximilian, Pin Tong, Alison L. Pidoux, et al.. (2020). Large domains of heterochromatin direct the formation of short mitotic chromosome loops. eLife. 9. 9 indexed citations

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Yaseen, Imtiyaz, Manu Shukla, Pauline Audergon, et al.. (2020). Epigenetic gene silencing by heterochromatin primes fungal resistance. Nature. 585(7825). 453–458. 71 indexed citations

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Shukla, Manu, Pin Tong, Sharon A. White, et al.. (2018). Centromere DNA Destabilizes H3 Nucleosomes to Promote CENP-A Deposition during the Cell Cycle. Current Biology. 28(24). 3924–3936.e4. 36 indexed citations

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White, Sharon A., Alessia Buscaino, Luis Sánchez‐Pulido, et al.. (2014). The RFTS Domain of Raf2 Is Required for Cul4 Interaction and Heterochromatin Integrity in Fission Yeast. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e104161–e104161. 6 indexed citations

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Bayne, Elizabeth H., Dominika Bijos, Sharon A. White, et al.. (2014). A systematic genetic screen identifies new factors influencing centromeric heterochromatin integrity in fission yeast. Genome biology. 15(10). 481–481. 20 indexed citations

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White, Sharon A., Alexander Kagansky, Daniel J. St‐Cyr, et al.. (2014). Panspecies Small-Molecule Disruptors of Heterochromatin-Mediated Transcriptional Gene Silencing. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 35(4). 662–674. 3 indexed citations

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Bayne, Elizabeth H., Dominika Bijos, Sharon A. White, et al.. (2014). A systematic genetic screen identifies new factors influencing centromeric heterochromatin integrity in fission yeast. Genome Biology. 15(10). 481–481. 1 indexed citations

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Buscaino, Alessia, Sharon A. White, Douglas R. Houston, et al.. (2012). Raf1 Is a DCAF for the Rik1 DDB1-Like Protein and Has Separable Roles in siRNA Generation and Chromatin Modification. PLoS Genetics. 8(2). e1002499–e1002499. 26 indexed citations

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Bayne, Elizabeth H., Sharon A. White, Alexander Kagansky, et al.. (2010). Stc1: A Critical Link between RNAi and Chromatin Modification Required for Heterochromatin Integrity. Cell. 140(5). 666–677. 176 indexed citations

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White, Sharon A. & Robin C. Allshire. (2007). RNAi-Mediated Chromatin Silencing in Fission Yeast. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 320. 157–183. 798 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lejeune, Erwan, Miriam Bortfeld, Sharon A. White, et al.. (2007). The Chromatin-Remodeling Factor FACT Contributes to Centromeric Heterochromatin Independently of RNAi. Current Biology. 17(14). 1219–1224. 78 indexed citations

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Bayne, Elizabeth H., Sharon A. White, & Robin C. Allshire. (2007). DegrAAAded into Silence. Cell. 129(4). 651–653. 7 indexed citations

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Volpe, Tom, Véra Schramke, Georgina L. Hamilton, et al.. (2003). RNA interference is required for normal centromere function infission yeast. Chromosome Research. 11(2). 137–146. 248 indexed citations

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