Sumedha D. Jayasena

6.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Sumedha D. Jayasena is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sumedha D. Jayasena has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cancer Research and 2 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sumedha D. Jayasena's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (15 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers). Sumedha D. Jayasena is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (15 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers). Sumedha D. Jayasena collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Sumedha D. Jayasena's co-authors include Anastasia Khvorova, Angela Reynolds, Aurélie Lescoute, Éric Westhof, Yun Lin, Brian H. Johnston, Stanley C. Gill, Fiona M. Jucker, Elizabeth A. Kellogg and Arthur Pardi and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Sumedha D. Jayasena

22 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Functional siRNAs and miRNAs Exhibit Strand Bias

2003 1.9k citations Anastasia Khvorova, Angela Reynolds et al. Cell profile →
Aptamers: An Emerging Class of Molecules That Rival Antibodies in Diagnostics

1999 1.7k citations Sumedha D. Jayasena Clinical Chemistry profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Acceleration of Diabetic Wound Healing with PHD2- and miR-210-Targeting Oligonucleotides 2018 ·Tissue Engineering Part A ·Anne Dallas, Artem A. Trotsyuk, Heini Ilves, Clark A. Bonham, Mélanie Rodrigues, (unknown), Janos A. Barrera, Nina Kosaric, (unknown), (unknown), Kenneth J. Mandell, Paula T. Hammond, Jonathan Mansbridge, Sumedha D. Jayasena, Geoffrey C. Gurtner, Brian H. Johnston	29
2	deBas: a sinhala Interactive voice response (IVR) system 2011 ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sumedha D. Jayasena	2
3	Artificial tertiary motifs stabilize trans-cleaving hammerhead ribozymes under conditions of submillimolar divalent ions and high temperatures 2004 ·RNA ·Vanvimon Saksmerprome, (unknown), Sumedha D. Jayasena, Anastasia Khvorova, Donald H. Burke	57
4	Folding of the natural hammerhead ribozyme is enhanced by interaction of auxiliary elements 2004 ·RNA ·J. Carlos Penedo, Timothy J. Wilson, Sumedha D. Jayasena, Anastasia Khvorova, David M.J. Lilley	124
5	Sequence elements outside the hammerhead ribozyme catalytic core enable intracellular activity 2003 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Anastasia Khvorova, Aurélie Lescoute, Éric Westhof, Sumedha D. Jayasena	341
6	Functional siRNAs and miRNAs Exhibit Strand Bias 2003 ·Cell ·Anastasia Khvorova, Angela Reynolds, Sumedha D. Jayasena	120
7	Functional siRNAs and miRNAs Exhibit Strand Bias breakdown → 2003 ·Cell ·Anastasia Khvorova, Angela Reynolds, Sumedha D. Jayasena	1940
8	RNA interference blocks gene expression and RNA synthesis from hepatitis C replicons propagated in human liver cells 2003 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Joyce A. Wilson, Sumedha D. Jayasena, Anastasia Khvorova, Sarah Sabatinos, Ian Gaël Rodrigue‐Gervais, Sudha Arya, Farida Sarangi, Marees Harris-Brandts, Sylvie Beaulieu, Christopher D. Richardson	234
9	Aptamers: An Emerging Class of Molecules That Rival Antibodies in Diagnostics breakdown → 1999 ·Clinical Chemistry ·Sumedha D. Jayasena	1697
10	Inhibition of multiple thermostable DNA polymerases by a heterodimeric aptamer 1997 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Yun Lin, Sumedha D. Jayasena	56
11	Oligonucleotide Inhibitors ofTaqDNA Polymerase Facilitate Detection of Low Copy Number Targets by PCR 1996 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·(unknown), Sumedha D. Jayasena	86
12	Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis rules out cross-infection among renal patients with tuberculosis 1995 ·Journal of Hospital Infection ·Richard Bendall, F. Drobniewski, Sumedha D. Jayasena, P. Nye, A.H.C. Uttley, G.M. Scott	5
13	Modified RNA sequence pools forin vitroselection 1994 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Yun Lin, (unknown), Stanley C. Gill, Sumedha D. Jayasena	147
14	Sequence limitations of triple helix formation by alternate-strand recognition 1993 ·Biochemistry ·Sumedha D. Jayasena, Brian H. Johnston	21
15	OligonucleotJde-directed triple helix formation at adjacent oligopurine and oligopyrimidine DNA tracts by alternate strand recognition 1992 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Sumedha D. Jayasena, Brian H. Johnston	53
16	Intramolecular triple-helix formation at (PunPyn).cntdot.(PunPyn) tracts: recognition of alternate strands via Pu.cntdot.PuPy and Py.cntdot.PuPy base triplets 1992 ·Biochemistry ·Sumedha D. Jayasena, Brian H. Johnston	44
17	Nucleosome reconstitution of core-length poly(dG.cntdot.poly(dC) and poly(rG-dC).cntdot.poly(rG-dC) 1989 ·Biochemistry ·Sumedha D. Jayasena, Michael J. Behe	9
18	Competitive nucleosome reconstitution of polydeoxynucleotides containing oligoguanosine tracts 1989 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Sumedha D. Jayasena, Michael J. Behe	24
19	CD studies of double‐stranded polydeoxynucleotides composed of repeating units of contiguous homopurine residues 1988 ·Biopolymers ·(unknown), Sumedha D. Jayasena, Michael J. Behe	23
20	Influence of tetraalkyl ammonium lons on the structure of poly (rG-dC).poly (rG-dC): unexpected transitions among the Z, A and B conformations 1987 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Sumedha D. Jayasena, Michael J. Behe	5

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