Smaranda Willcox

2.0k total citations
35 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Smaranda Willcox is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Smaranda Willcox has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Smaranda Willcox's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (12 papers), Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (9 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers). Smaranda Willcox is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (12 papers), Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (9 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers). Smaranda Willcox collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and Finland. Smaranda Willcox's co-authors include Jack D. Griffith, Pankaj Kumar, Yoshiyuki Shibata, Anindya Dutta, Anthony J. Cesare, Jeffrey Gagan, Ryan M. Layer, Ľubomír Tomáška, Howard T. Jacobs and Jozef Nosek and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Smaranda Willcox

33 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Smaranda Willcox United States 22 1.2k 318 299 198 148 35 1.5k
John P. Jakupciak United States 17 905 0.8× 182 0.6× 73 0.2× 90 0.5× 206 1.4× 35 1.3k
Bruce E. Taillon United States 15 910 0.8× 69 0.2× 107 0.4× 88 0.4× 205 1.4× 22 1.4k
Deborah Hoogstraten Netherlands 20 2.1k 1.8× 326 1.0× 67 0.2× 176 0.9× 314 2.1× 22 2.3k
Ira W. Deveson Australia 19 1.1k 0.9× 424 1.3× 21 0.1× 125 0.6× 352 2.4× 62 1.7k
Marcela Dávila López Sweden 15 924 0.8× 190 0.6× 33 0.1× 90 0.5× 97 0.7× 36 1.1k
Jean-Baptiste Boulé France 17 1.8k 1.6× 63 0.2× 200 0.7× 201 1.0× 150 1.0× 31 1.9k
Graeme R. Grimes United Kingdom 18 2.0k 1.7× 158 0.5× 33 0.1× 245 1.2× 313 2.1× 30 2.4k
Haidi Zhang China 15 1.8k 1.5× 908 2.9× 102 0.3× 245 1.2× 159 1.1× 34 2.3k
Lixin Dai United States 17 1.8k 1.6× 616 1.9× 51 0.2× 464 2.3× 187 1.3× 20 2.1k
Albert van Ooyen Netherlands 14 1.7k 1.5× 67 0.2× 65 0.2× 140 0.7× 549 3.7× 14 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Smaranda Willcox

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Fields of papers citing papers by Smaranda Willcox

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Smaranda Willcox

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Jian, et al.. (2025). Apolipoprotein E (APOE) regulates the transport of monosialotetrahexosylganglioside (GM1). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(11). 110778–110778.
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Michell, Craig, Carlos T. Moraes, Smaranda Willcox, et al.. (2024). Linear DNA-driven recombination in mammalian mitochondria. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(6). 3088–3105. 3 indexed citations
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Cone, Allaura S., Yijun Zhou, Ryan P. McNamara, et al.. (2024). CD81 fusion alters SARS-CoV-2 Spike trafficking. mBio. 15(9). e0192224–e0192224. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yijun, R Yuan, Allaura S. Cone, et al.. (2023). Large‐scale heparin‐based bind‐and‐elute chromatography identifies two biologically distinct populations of extracellular vesicles. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 12(6). e12327–e12327. 16 indexed citations
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Tomáška, Ľubomír, Jozef Nosek, Anirban Kar, Smaranda Willcox, & Jack D. Griffith. (2019). A New View of the T-Loop Junction: Implications for Self-Primed Telomere Extension, Expansion of Disease-Related Nucleotide Repeat Blocks, and Telomere Evolution. Frontiers in Genetics. 10. 792–792. 25 indexed citations
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Amunugama, Ravindra, Smaranda Willcox, R. Alex Wu, et al.. (2018). Replication Fork Reversal during DNA Interstrand Crosslink Repair Requires CMG Unloading. Cell Reports. 23(12). 3419–3428. 63 indexed citations
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Kar, Anirban, Smaranda Willcox, & Jack D. Griffith. (2016). Transcription of telomeric DNA leads to high levels of homologous recombination and t-loops. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(19). gkw779–gkw779. 24 indexed citations
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Willcox, Smaranda, et al.. (2016). Evolution of Telomeres in Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Its Possible Relationship to the Diversification of Telomere Binding Proteins. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0154225–e0154225. 15 indexed citations
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Dillon, Laura W., Pankaj Kumar, Yoshiyuki Shibata, et al.. (2015). Production of Extrachromosomal MicroDNAs Is Linked to Mismatch Repair Pathways and Transcriptional Activity. Cell Reports. 11(11). 1749–1759. 141 indexed citations
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Willcox, Smaranda, et al.. (2014). DNA Replication Catalyzed by Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Proteins Reveals Trombone Loops at the Fork*. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(5). 2539–2545. 8 indexed citations
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Smith, Catherine E., et al.. (2013). Reconstitution of long and short patch mismatch repair reactions using Saccharomyces cerevisiae proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(46). 18472–18477. 49 indexed citations
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Shibata, Yoshiyuki, Pankaj Kumar, Ryan M. Layer, et al.. (2012). Extrachromosomal MicroDNAs and Chromosomal Microdeletions in Normal Tissues. Science. 336(6077). 82–86. 221 indexed citations
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Amunugama, Ravindra, Yujiong He, Smaranda Willcox, et al.. (2012). RAD51 Protein ATP Cap Regulates Nucleoprotein Filament Stability. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(12). 8724–8736. 27 indexed citations
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Pohjoismäki, Jaakko, J. Bradley Holmes, Stuart Wood, et al.. (2010). Mammalian Mitochondrial DNA Replication Intermediates Are Essentially Duplex but Contain Extensive Tracts of RNA/DNA Hybrid. Journal of Molecular Biology. 397(5). 1144–1155. 104 indexed citations
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Kramara, Juraj, Smaranda Willcox, Stanislava Gunišová, et al.. (2010). Tay1 Protein, a Novel Telomere Binding Factor from Yarrowia lipolytica. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(49). 38078–38092. 23 indexed citations
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Cesare, Anthony J., et al.. (2006). The Basic Domain of TRF2 Directs Binding to DNA Junctions Irrespective of the Presence of TTAGGG Repeats. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(49). 37486–37495. 90 indexed citations
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Reuven, Nina, Smaranda Willcox, Jack D. Griffith, & Sandra K. Weller. (2004). Catalysis of Strand Exchange by the HSV-1 UL12 and ICP8 Proteins: Potent ICP8 Recombinase Activity is Revealed upon Resection of dsDNA Substrate by Nuclease. Journal of Molecular Biology. 342(1). 57–71. 58 indexed citations
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Rezende, Lisa F., et al.. (2003). The Carboxyl-terminal Domain of Bacteriophage T7 Single-stranded DNA-binding Protein Modulates DNA Binding and Interaction with T7 DNA Polymerase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(32). 29538–29545. 51 indexed citations
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Cesare, Anthony J., Nancy L. Quinney, Smaranda Willcox, Deepa Subramanian, & Jack D. Griffith. (2003). Telomere looping in P. sativum (common garden pea). The Plant Journal. 36(2). 271–279. 88 indexed citations

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