Thomas C. Evans

7.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas C. Evans is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas C. Evans has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Aging and 10 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Thomas C. Evans's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (14 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (11 papers). Thomas C. Evans is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (14 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (11 papers). Thomas C. Evans collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Thomas C. Evans's co-authors include Ming‐Qun Xu, Nathan A. Tanner, Yinhua Zhang, Jack S. Benner, Judith Kimble, Sarah L. Crittenden, Lixin Chen, Gregory J. S. Lohman, Emily R. Troemel and Voula Kodoyianni and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Thomas C. Evans

82 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Visual Detection of Isothermal Nucleic Acid Amplification Using pH-Sensitive Dyes

2015 482 citations Nathan A. Tanner, Yinhua Zhang et al. profile →
Enzymatic methyl sequencing detects DNA methylation at single-base resolution from picograms of DNA

2021 262 citations Romualdas Vaisvila, V. K. Chaithanya Ponnaluri et al. Genome Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas C. Evans United States	37	4.1k	803	797	507	431	85	5.3k
Jessica R. Ingram United States	34	2.5k 0.6×	319 0.4×	121 0.2×	560 1.1×	843 2.0×	46	4.6k
Julie E. Norville United States	8	8.2k 2.0×	344 0.4×	586 0.7×	1.8k 3.6×	53 0.1×	12	8.9k
Ambrosius P. Snijders United Kingdom	49	7.5k 1.8×	244 0.3×	255 0.3×	1.2k 2.4×	73 0.2×	151	10.4k
Blake Wiedenheft United States	40	7.0k 1.7×	419 0.5×	303 0.4×	1.6k 3.2×	112 0.3×	82	8.1k
Rudolf Geyer Germany	48	4.7k 1.1×	111 0.1×	109 0.1×	489 1.0×	552 1.3×	244	7.5k
Mary‐Jane Gething United States	29	6.7k 1.6×	86 0.1×	164 0.2×	866 1.7×	516 1.2×	47	9.7k
Carl L. Schildkraut United States	50	7.8k 1.9×	227 0.3×	170 0.2×	1.6k 3.2×	115 0.3×	120	9.6k
Jonathan R. Warner United States	72	13.2k 3.2×	258 0.3×	115 0.1×	1.1k 2.1×	219 0.5×	158	15.0k
Thoru Pederson United States	58	9.2k 2.2×	133 0.2×	109 0.1×	797 1.6×	208 0.5×	224	10.3k
Yizhi Jane Tao United States	36	2.1k 0.5×	653 0.8×	57 0.1×	594 1.2×	119 0.3×	76	5.4k

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Lin, Yu‐Cheng, Alexey Fomenkov, Brian P. Anton, et al.. (2021). Rapid identification of methylase specificity (RIMS-seq) jointly identifies methylated motifs and generates shotgun sequencing of bacterial genomes. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(19). e113–e113. 11 indexed citations

Sun, Zhiyi, Romualdas Vaisvila, Bo Yan, et al.. (2021). Nondestructive enzymatic deamination enables single-molecule long-read amplicon sequencing for the determination of 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine at single-base resolution. Genome Research. 31(2). 291–300. 68 indexed citations

Vaisman, Alexandra, et al.. (2021). Identification and Characterization of Thermostable Y-Family DNA Polymerases η, ι, κ and Rev1 From a Lower Eukaryote, Thermomyces lanuginosus. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 8. 778400–778400.

Vaisvila, Romualdas, V. K. Chaithanya Ponnaluri, Zhiyi Sun, et al.. (2021). Enzymatic methyl sequencing detects DNA methylation at single-base resolution from picograms of DNA. Genome Research. 31(7). 1280–1289. 262 indexed citations breakdown →

Evans, Thomas C., et al.. (2020). Novel ribonucleotide discrimination in the RNA polymerase-like two-barrel catalytic core of Family D DNA polymerases. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(21). 12204–12218. 8 indexed citations

Потапов, В. А., Lisa L. Maduzia, Lixin Chen, et al.. (2019). RADAR-seq: A RAre DAmage and Repair sequencing method for detecting DNA damage on a genome-wide scale. DNA repair. 80. 36–44. 24 indexed citations

Hunt, Eric A., Thomas C. Evans, & Nathan A. Tanner. (2018). Single-stranded binding proteins and helicase enhance the activity of prokaryotic argonautes in vitro. PLoS ONE. 13(8). e0203073–e0203073. 21 indexed citations

Chen, Lixin, Pingfang Liu, Thomas C. Evans, & Laurence Ettwiller. (2017). DNA damage is a pervasive cause of sequencing errors, directly confounding variant identification. Science. 355(6326). 752–756. 145 indexed citations

Lohman, Gregory J. S., et al.. (2015). A high-throughput assay for the comprehensive profiling of DNA ligase fidelity. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(2). e14–e14. 46 indexed citations

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Lohman, Gregory J. S., Yinhua Zhang, Alexander Zhelkovsky, Eric J. Cantor, & Thomas C. Evans. (2013). Efficient DNA ligation in DNA–RNA hybrid helices by Chlorella virus DNA ligase. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(3). 1831–1844. 77 indexed citations

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Hubstenberger, Arnaud, et al.. (2012). A network of PUF proteins and Ras signaling promote mRNA repression and oogenesis in C. elegans. Developmental Biology. 366(2). 218–231. 19 indexed citations

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Evans, Thomas C. & Ming‐Qun Xu. (2011). Heterologous gene expression in E. coli : methods and protocols. Humana Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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Evans, Thomas C. & Ming‐Qun Xu. (2010). Heterologous Gene Expression in E.coli. Methods in molecular biology. 21 indexed citations

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Lublin, Alex L. & Thomas C. Evans. (2006). The RNA-binding proteins PUF-5, PUF-6, and PUF-7 reveal multiple systems for maternal mRNA regulation during C. elegans oogenesis. Developmental Biology. 303(2). 635–649. 50 indexed citations

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Barbee, Scott A. & Thomas C. Evans. (2006). The Sm proteins regulate germ cell specification during early C. elegans embryogenesis. Developmental Biology. 291(1). 132–143. 25 indexed citations

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Xu, Ming‐Qun & Thomas C. Evans. (2005). Recent advances in protein splicing: manipulating proteins in vitro and in vivo. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 16(4). 440–446. 43 indexed citations

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Chen, Lixin, Sriharsa Pradhan, & Thomas C. Evans. (2001). Herbicide resistance from a divided EPSPS protein: the split Synechocystis DnaE intein as an in vivo affinity domain. Gene. 263(1-2). 39–48. 36 indexed citations

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Crittenden, Sarah L., et al.. (1997). Genes Required for GLP-1 Asymmetry in the EarlyCaenorhabditis elegansEmbryo. Developmental Biology. 181(1). 36–46. 29 indexed citations

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Evans, Thomas C. & David Lee Nelson. (1989). New mutants of Paramecium tetraurelia defective in a calcium control mechanism: genetic and behavioral characterizations.. Genetics. 121(3). 491–500. 7 indexed citations

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Evans, Thomas C. & Ian Morrison. (1984). Sensitivity to Retinal Defocus with Aspheric Soft Lenses—Predictions and Clinical Validation. Optometry and Vision Science. 61(12). 729–736. 2 indexed citations

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