Sidney Altman

15.6k citations
195 papers · 12.2k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 56

Impact in

    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
    • RNA modifications and cancer
    • RNA Research and Splicing
    • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
    • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Genetics top 0.2%
    • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Papers in

    • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 81
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 154
    • RNA modifications and cancer 58
    • RNA Research and Splicing 47
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 24
    • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery 12

Sidney Altman

195 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

RNA therapeutics: beyond RNA interference and antisense oligonucleotides 2012 · 916 citations
916197120261989200750010001.5k

Peers

Sidney Altman
Comparison fields: 5 of 142
  • Molecular Biology 11.2k
  • Genetics 3.4k
  • Ecology 2.2k
  • Virology 139
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 434
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 202052
2 202019
3 20207
4 201585
5
RNA therapeutics: beyond RNA interference and antisense oligonucleotides
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2012916
6 20102
7 200829
8 20086
9 200776
10 20055
11 200146
12 20006
13 19992
14 199947
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Saccharomyces cerevisiaeにおいて,核RNアーゼPの必須蛋白質サブユニットであるRpp2は前駆体tRNAと35S前駆体rRNAのプロセシングに必要である
199810
16 199659
17 198894
18 198218
19 19807
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BACTERIOPHAGE-T4 DNA Replication in the Absence and Presence of 9-AMINOACRIDINE .
19673

About Sidney Altman

Sidney Altman is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, having authored 195 papers that have together received 12.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (154 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (81 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (58 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (54 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (47 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (24 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (12 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (11.2k citations), Genetics (3.4k citations), Ecology (2.2k citations), Virology (139 citations) and Astronomy and Astrophysics (434 citations). Sidney Altman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Russia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Cecilia Guerrier-Takada, Ryszard Kole, Katheleen Gardiner, Norman R. Pace, Terence L. Marsh, Adrian R. Krainer, Anthony Forster, Madeline F. Baer, Donna Wesolowski and Johan Smith. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Molecular Biology, RNA, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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