Stephen Van Komen

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Stephen Van Komen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Van Komen has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Stephen Van Komen's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (22 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (8 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers). Stephen Van Komen is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (22 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (8 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers). Stephen Van Komen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Stephen Van Komen's co-authors include Patrick Sung, Lumír Krejčí, Stefán Sigurðsson, Michael G. Sehorn, Hannah L. Klein, Galina Petukhova, Kelly M. Trujillo, Ying Li, Thomas E. Ellenberger and Jana Villemain and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Van Komen

23 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

DNA helicase Srs2 disrupts the Rad51 presynaptic filament

2003 506 citations Lumír Krejčí, Stephen Van Komen et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Van Komen United States	22	2.7k	575	535	327	261	25	2.8k
Patrick Sung United States	20	3.6k 1.3×	769 1.3×	667 1.2×	343 1.0×	507 1.9×	20	3.8k
Hengyao Niu United States	28	2.6k 1.0×	366 0.6×	398 0.7×	294 0.9×	241 0.9×	46	2.7k
Pierre-Henri L. Gaillard France	21	2.4k 0.9×	335 0.6×	298 0.6×	321 1.0×	296 1.1×	31	2.6k
Eun Yong Shim United States	19	2.4k 0.9×	347 0.6×	464 0.9×	299 0.9×	217 0.8×	26	2.6k
Michael J. McIlwraith United Kingdom	17	2.4k 0.9×	449 0.8×	557 1.0×	239 0.7×	551 2.1×	21	2.6k
Cecilia Cotta‐Ramusino United States	11	1.9k 0.7×	347 0.6×	387 0.7×	195 0.6×	244 0.9×	16	2.0k
Leonard Wu United Kingdom	20	2.7k 1.0×	793 1.4×	406 0.8×	597 1.8×	230 0.9×	22	2.8k
Risa Kitagawa United States	18	1.8k 0.7×	342 0.6×	455 0.9×	259 0.8×	379 1.5×	34	2.1k
Ildikó Unk Hungary	22	2.7k 1.0×	737 1.3×	574 1.1×	207 0.6×	268 1.0×	34	2.8k
Kelly M. Trujillo United States	15	1.9k 0.7×	381 0.7×	446 0.8×	200 0.6×	214 0.8×	19	2.0k

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Chi, Peter, Stephen Van Komen, Michael G. Sehorn, Stefán Sigurðsson, & Patrick Sung. (2006). Roles of ATP binding and ATP hydrolysis in human Rad51 recombinase function. DNA repair. 5(3). 381–391. 147 indexed citations

Komen, Stephen Van, Margaret Macris, Michael G. Sehorn, & Patrick Sung. (2006). Purification and Assays of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Homologous Recombination Proteins. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 408. 445–463. 37 indexed citations

Prakash, Rohit, et al.. (2005). Saccharomyces cerevisiae MPH1 Gene, Required for Homologous Recombination-mediated Mutation Avoidance, Encodes a 3′ to 5′ DNA Helicase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(9). 7854–7860. 61 indexed citations

Krejčí, Lumír, Margaret Macris, Ying Li, et al.. (2004). Role of ATP Hydrolysis in the Antirecombinase Function of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Srs2 Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(22). 23193–23199. 61 indexed citations

Räschle, Markus, Stephen Van Komen, Peter Chi, Tom Ellenberger, & Patrick Sung. (2004). Multiple Interactions with the Rad51 Recombinase Govern the Homologous Recombination Function of Rad54. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(50). 51973–51980. 58 indexed citations

Smirnova, Marina G., Stephen Van Komen, Patrick Sung, & Hannah L. Klein. (2004). Effects of Tumor-associated Mutations on Rad54 Functions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(23). 24081–24088. 24 indexed citations

Chen, Ling, Kelly M. Trujillo, Stephen Van Komen, et al.. (2004). Effect of Amino Acid Substitutions in the Rad50 ATP Binding Domain on DNA Double Strand Break Repair in Yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(4). 2620–2627. 44 indexed citations

Trujillo, Kelly M., et al.. (2003). Yeast Xrs2 Binds DNA and Helps Target Rad50 and Mre11 to DNA Ends. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(49). 48957–48964. 88 indexed citations

Wolner, Branden S., Stephen Van Komen, Patrick Sung, & Craig L. Peterson. (2003). Recruitment of the Recombinational Repair Machinery to a DNA Double-Strand Break in Yeast. Molecular Cell. 12(1). 221–232. 160 indexed citations

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Jaskelioff, Mariela, Stephen Van Komen, Jocelyn E. Krebs, Patrick Sung, & Craig L. Peterson. (2003). Rad54p Is a Chromatin Remodeling Enzyme Required for Heteroduplex DNA Joint Formation with Chromatin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(11). 9212–9218. 147 indexed citations

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Krejčí, Lumír, Stephen Van Komen, Ying Li, et al.. (2003). DNA helicase Srs2 disrupts the Rad51 presynaptic filament. Nature. 423(6937). 305–309. 506 indexed citations breakdown →

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Krejčí, Lumír, Ling Chen, Stephen Van Komen, Patrick Sung, & Alan E. Tomkinson. (2003). Mending the Break: Two DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Machines in Eukaryotes. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 74. 159–201. 52 indexed citations

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Sung, Patrick, Lumír Krejčí, Stephen Van Komen, & Michael G. Sehorn. (2003). Rad51 Recombinase and Recombination Mediators. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(44). 42729–42732. 341 indexed citations

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Komen, Stephen Van, et al.. (2003). ATPase and DNA Helicase Activities of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Anti-recombinase Srs2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(45). 44331–44337. 48 indexed citations

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Sigurðsson, Stefán, Stephen Van Komen, Galina Petukhova, & Patrick Sung. (2002). Homologous DNA Pairing by Human Recombination Factors Rad51 and Rad54. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(45). 42790–42794. 119 indexed citations

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Komen, Stephen Van, Galina Petukhova, Stefán Sigurðsson, & Patrick Sung. (2002). Functional Cross-talk among Rad51, Rad54, and Replication Protein A in Heteroduplex DNA Joint Formation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(46). 43578–43587. 56 indexed citations

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Sigurðsson, Stefán, Stephen Van Komen, Wendy Bussen, et al.. (2001). Mediator function of the human Rad51B–Rad51C complex in Rad51/RPA-catalyzed DNA strand exchange. Genes & Development. 15(24). 3308–3318. 188 indexed citations

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Komen, Stephen Van, Galina Petukhova, Stefán Sigurðsson, Sabrina A. Stratton, & Patrick Sung. (2000). Superhelicity-Driven Homologous DNA Pairing by Yeast Recombination Factors Rad51 and Rad54. Molecular Cell. 6(3). 563–572. 188 indexed citations

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Sung, Patrick, Kelly M. Trujillo, & Stephen Van Komen. (2000). Recombination factors of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 451(1-2). 257–275. 157 indexed citations

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Petukhova, Galina, et al.. (1999). Yeast Rad54 Promotes Rad51-dependent Homologous DNA Pairing via ATP Hydrolysis-driven Change in DNA Double Helix Conformation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(41). 29453–29462. 166 indexed citations

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