Thomas Dever

16.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
129 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Dever is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Dever has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cell Biology and 11 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Dever's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (94 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (52 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (43 papers). Thomas Dever is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (94 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (52 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (43 papers). Thomas Dever collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Cameroon. Thomas Dever's co-authors include William C. Merrick, Nahum Sonenberg, Alan G. Hinnebusch, Chune Cao, Frank Sicheri, Rachel Green, Byung‐Sik Shin, Manuel J. Glynias, Eric Klann and Arvin C. Dar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Dever

127 papers receiving 12.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Evidence That Hepatitis C Virus Resistance to Interferon Is Mediated through Repression of the PKR Protein Kinase by the Nonstructural 5A Protein

1997 670 citations Michael Gale, Marcus J. Korth et al. Virology profile →
Phosphorylation of initiation factor 2α by protein kinase GCN2 mediates gene-specific translational control of GCN4 in yeast

1992 665 citations Thomas Dever et al. profile →
Gene-Specific Regulation by General Translation Factors

2002 597 citations Thomas Dever profile →
Bidirectional RNA helicase activity of eucaryotic translation initiation factors 4A and 4F.

1990 548 citations Thomas Dever, William C. Merrick et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology profile →
GTP-binding domain: three consensus sequence elements with distinct spacing.

1987 526 citations Thomas Dever, William C. Merrick et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Dever United States	62	10.6k	1.6k	1.4k	1.4k	1.2k	129	13.1k
William C. Merrick United States	71	13.9k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	768 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	179	16.3k
Henry D. Hunt United States	30	7.2k 0.7×	785 0.5×	1.9k 1.4×	1.9k 1.3×	2.0k 1.7×	73	12.1k
Michael R. Green United States	68	15.3k 1.4×	748 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	2.4k 2.0×	177	19.2k
John W.B. Hershey United States	72	16.3k 1.5×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	609 0.4×	2.2k 1.9×	215	18.6k
Jeffrey K. Pullen United States	11	6.9k 0.7×	767 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	732 0.5×	1.9k 1.5×	14	10.4k
Jack D. Keene United States	63	11.4k 1.1×	425 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	148	14.4k
Nicholas T. Ingolia United States	48	15.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	89	18.1k
Alan G. Hinnebusch United States	89	23.5k 2.2×	2.7k 1.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	269	26.3k
M Kozak United States	31	9.7k 0.9×	863 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	943 0.7×	1.9k 1.6×	35	12.8k
Enno Hartmann Germany	53	9.4k 0.9×	2.6k 1.7×	1.0k 0.7×	775 0.5×	2.3k 1.9×	104	11.4k

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Grosely, Rosslyn, Carlos Alvarado, Ivaylo P. Ivanov, et al.. (2025). eIF1 and eIF5 dynamically control translation start site fidelity. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(11). 2308–2318. 3 indexed citations

Ivanov, Ivaylo P., et al.. (2025). Conserved +1 translational frameshifting in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene encoding YPL034W. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(12). 110891–110891.

Shin, Byung‐Sik, et al.. (2023). eEF2 diphthamide modification restrains spurious frameshifting to maintain translational fidelity. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(13). 6899–6913. 10 indexed citations

Dever, Thomas, Ivaylo P. Ivanov, & Alan G. Hinnebusch. (2023). Translational regulation by uORFs and start codon selection stringency. Genes & Development. 37(11-12). 474–489. 65 indexed citations

Ivanov, Ivaylo P., James A. Saba, Chen‐Ming Fan, et al.. (2022). Evolutionarily conserved inhibitory uORFs sensitize Hox mRNA translation to start codon selection stringency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(9). 30 indexed citations

Lapointe, Christopher P., Rosslyn Grosely, Masaaki Sokabe, et al.. (2022). eIF5B and eIF1A reorient initiator tRNA to allow ribosomal subunit joining. Nature. 607(7917). 185–190. 38 indexed citations

Kotzaeridou, Urania, Sara K. Young, Vanessa Suckow, et al.. (2020). Novel pathogenic EIF2S3 missense variants causing clinically variable MEHMO syndrome with impaired eIF2γ translational function, and literature review. Clinical Genetics. 98(5). 507–514. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Jinfan, Jing Wang, Byung‐Sik Shin, et al.. (2020). Structural basis for the transition from translation initiation to elongation by an 80S-eIF5B complex. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5003–5003. 26 indexed citations

Young, Sara K., et al.. (2019). Suppression of MEHMO Syndrome Mutation in eIF2 by Small Molecule ISRIB. Molecular Cell. 77(4). 875–886.e7. 31 indexed citations

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Melnikov, Sergey, J. Mailliot, Byung‐Sik Shin, et al.. (2016). Molecular insights into protein synthesis with proline residues. EMBO Reports. 17(12). 1776–1784. 77 indexed citations

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Cao, Chune, Janet M. Young, Chikako Ono, et al.. (2015). Baculovirus protein PK2 subverts eIF2α kinase function by mimicry of its kinase domain C-lobe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(32). E4364–73. 15 indexed citations

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Rojas, Margarito, Anne‐Claude Gingras, & Thomas Dever. (2014). Protein phosphatase PP1/GLC7 interaction domain in yeast eIF2γ bypasses targeting subunit requirement for eIF2α dephosphorylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(14). E1344–53. 25 indexed citations

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Shin, Byung Sik, et al.. (2011). Structural integrity of α-helix H12 in translation initiation factor eIF5B is critical for 80S complex stability. RNA. 17(4). 687–696. 16 indexed citations

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Gárriz, Andrés, Hongfang Qiu, Madhusudan Dey, et al.. (2008). A Network of Hydrophobic Residues Impeding Helix αC Rotation Maintains Latency of Kinase Gcn2, Which Phosphorylates the α Subunit of Translation Initiation Factor 2. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 29(6). 1592–1607. 31 indexed citations

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Dever, Thomas, Arvin C. Dar, & Frank Sicheri. (2007). 12 The eIF2α Kinases. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 48. 319–344. 4 indexed citations

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Shin, Byung‐Sik & Thomas Dever. (2007). Molecular Genetic Structure–Function Analysis of Translation Initiation Factor eIF5B. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 429. 185–201. 12 indexed citations

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Hinnebusch, Alan G., Thomas Dever, & Katsura Asano. (2007). 9 Mechanism of Translation Initiation in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 48. 225–268. 54 indexed citations

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Shin, Byung‐Sik, et al.. (2006). Intragenic Suppressor Mutations Restore GTPase and Translation Functions of a Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 5B Switch II Mutant. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 27(5). 1677–1685. 11 indexed citations

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Gale, Michael, Marcus J. Korth, Norina Tang, et al.. (1997). Evidence That Hepatitis C Virus Resistance to Interferon Is Mediated through Repression of the PKR Protein Kinase by the Nonstructural 5A Protein. Virology. 230(2). 217–227. 670 indexed citations breakdown →

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Anthony, Donald D., et al.. (1986). Affinity labeling of protein synthesis factors. Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States). 46(21). 8836–42. 1 indexed citations

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