Thomas Christianson

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

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Thomas Christianson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Christianson has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 1 paper in Clinical Biochemistry and 1 paper in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Christianson's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (9 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers). Thomas Christianson is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (9 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers). Thomas Christianson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and France. Thomas Christianson's co-authors include Michael Dante, Philip Hieter, Robert Sikorski, James H. Shero, Murray Rabinowitz, David A. Clayton, David Levens, Julio Montoya, Giuseppe Attardi and John C. Edwards and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Christianson

14 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Multifunctional yeast high-copy-number shuttle vectors

1992 1.5k citations Thomas Christianson, Robert Sikorski et al. Gene profile →

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14 of 14 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Retardation of RNA Electrophoretic Mobility Due to a Palindromic Region 1995 ·Analytical Biochemistry ·Michael Dante, Stephan Michalik, (unknown), Balraj Doray, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Christianson	4
2	Multifunctional yeast high-copy-number shuttle vectors breakdown → 1992 ·Gene ·Thomas Christianson, Robert Sikorski, Michael Dante, James H. Shero, Philip Hieter	1504
3	A tridecamer DNA sequence supports human mitochondrial RNA 3'-end formation in vitro. 1988 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Thomas Christianson, David A. Clayton	48
4	A Tridecamer DNA Sequence Supports Human Mitochondrial RNA 3′-End Formation In Vitro 1988 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Thomas Christianson, David A. Clayton	83
5	In vitro transcription of human mitochondrial DNA: accurate termination requires a region of DNA sequence that can function bidirectionally. 1986 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Thomas Christianson, David A. Clayton	61
6	Initiation of transcription of the yeast mitochondrial gene coding for ATPase subunit 9 1983 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·John C. Edwards, K.A. Osinga, Thomas Christianson, L. A. M. Hensgens, Pim M.W. Janssens, Murray Rabinowitz, Henk F. Tabak	32
7	Identification of multiple transcriptional initiation sites on the yeast mitochondrial genome by in vitro capping with guanylyltransferase. 1983 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Thomas Christianson, Murray Rabinowitz	180
8	Identification of a single transcriptional initiation site for the glutamic tRNA and COB genes in yeast mitochondria. 1983 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Thomas Christianson, John C. Edwards, David M. Mueller, Murray Rabinowitz	61
9	Identification of initiation sites for heavy-strand and light-strand transcription in human mitochondrial DNA. 1982 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Julio Montoya, Thomas Christianson, David Levens, Murray Rabinowitz, Giuseppe Attardi	236
10	Transcriptional initiation and processing of the small ribosomal RNA of yeast mitochondria. 1982 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Thomas Christianson, John C. Edwards, David Levens, Joseph Locker, Murray Rabinowitz	46
11	A nonanucleotide sequence involved in promotion of ribosomal RNA synthesis and RNA priming of DNA replication on yeast mitochondria 1982 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·K.A. Osinga, M. de Haan, Thomas Christianson, (unknown)	95
12	Processing of precursors of 21S ribosomal RNA from yeast mitochondria. 1980 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Joseph Locker, Thomas Christianson, Murray Rabinowitz	50
13	Propagation of restriction fragments from the mitochondrial DNA of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in E coli by means of plasmid vectors 1979 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Patricia E. Berg, Alfred S. Lewin, Thomas Christianson, Murray Rabinowitz	23
14	Physical Mapping of Mitochondrial Genes and Transcripts in Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1977 ·Alfred S. Lewin, Richard I. Morimoto, (unknown), Nicola Martin, Paul van den Berg, Thomas Christianson, David Levens, Murray Rabinowitz	7

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