Thomas F. Donahue

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

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Thomas F. Donahue is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas F. Donahue has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Thomas F. Donahue's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (34 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (19 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (15 papers). Thomas F. Donahue is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (34 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (19 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (15 papers). Thomas F. Donahue collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and Cameroon. Thomas F. Donahue's co-authors include A. Mark Cigan, Lan Feng, Susan A. Henry, Gerald R. Fink, A G Hinnebusch, Thomas Dever, Ronald C. Wek, Heejeong Yoon, Philip J. Farabaugh and Michael R. Culbertson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas F. Donahue

45 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.

Phosphorylation of initiation factor 2α by protein kinase GCN2 mediates gene-specific translational control of GCN4 in yeast

1992 665 citations Thomas Dever, Lan Feng et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas F. Donahue United States	35	4.7k	501	495	445	247	45	5.2k
Jean D. Beggs United Kingdom	50	7.1k 1.5×	570 1.1×	335 0.7×	510 1.1×	153 0.6×	119	7.6k
Hans Trachsel Switzerland	41	4.9k 1.0×	364 0.7×	389 0.8×	504 1.1×	236 1.0×	85	5.5k
A G Hinnebusch United States	22	3.3k 0.7×	236 0.5×	660 1.3×	282 0.6×	235 1.0×	26	3.6k
T J Koerner United States	20	2.1k 0.4×	301 0.6×	358 0.7×	184 0.4×	298 1.2×	28	2.7k
Ted Powers United States	36	4.0k 0.8×	380 0.8×	638 1.3×	675 1.5×	139 0.6×	54	4.4k
K. O'Hare United Kingdom	12	2.1k 0.4×	504 1.0×	218 0.4×	572 1.3×	254 1.0×	19	2.8k
Mark Goebl United States	28	4.7k 1.0×	798 1.6×	1.4k 2.8×	529 1.2×	276 1.1×	37	5.3k
J.E. Dixon United States	18	2.6k 0.6×	264 0.5×	577 1.2×	318 0.7×	584 2.4×	20	3.3k
Anita K. Hopper United States	51	6.9k 1.5×	312 0.6×	493 1.0×	223 0.5×	71 0.3×	123	7.2k
Mitsuhiro Yanagida Japan	12	2.4k 0.5×	323 0.6×	456 0.9×	262 0.6×	196 0.8×	15	2.8k

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Asano, Katsura, Lon Phan, T.M. Krishnamoorthy, et al.. (2002). Analysis and reconstitution of translation initiation in vitro. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 351. 221–247. 16 indexed citations

Asano, Katsura, Lon Phan, Leoš Shivaya Valášek, et al.. (2001). A Multifactor Complex of eIF1, eIF2, eIF3, eIF5, and tRNAiMet Promotes Initiation Complex Assembly and Couples GTP Hydrolysis to AUG Recognition. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 66(0). 403–416. 32 indexed citations

Donahue, Thomas F.. (2000). 12 Genetic Approaches to Translation Initiation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 39. 487–502. 4 indexed citations

Yoon, Heejeong, et al.. (1997). GTP hydrolysis controls stringent selection of the AUG start codon during translation initiation inSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Genes & Development. 11(18). 2396–2413. 176 indexed citations

Naranda, Tatjana, et al.. (1996). SUI1/p16 Is Required for the Activity of Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 3 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16(5). 2307–2313. 61 indexed citations

Wang, Zhigang, Stephen Buratowski, Jesper Q. Svejstrup, et al.. (1995). The Yeast TFB1 and SSL1 Genes, Which Encode Subunits of Transcription Factor IIH, Are Required for Nucleotide Excision Repair and RNA Polymerase II Transcription. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(4). 2288–2293. 75 indexed citations

Feng, Lan, Heejeong Yoon, & Thomas F. Donahue. (1994). Casein Kinase II Mediates Multiple Phosphorylation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae eIF-2α (Encoded by SUI2), Which Is Required for Optimal eIF-2 Function in S. cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(8). 5139–5153. 8 indexed citations

Feaver, William J., Jesper Q. Svejstrup, Lee Bardwell, et al.. (1993). Dual roles of a multiprotein complex from S. cerevisiae in transcription and DNA repair. Cell. 75(7). 1379–1387. 285 indexed citations

Yoon, Hye-Jin & Thomas F. Donahue. (1992). The suil suppressor locus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes a translation factor that functions during tRNA(iMet) recognition of the start codon.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12(1). 248–260. 149 indexed citations

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Dever, Thomas, Lan Feng, Ronald C. Wek, et al.. (1992). Phosphorylation of initiation factor 2α by protein kinase GCN2 mediates gene-specific translational control of GCN4 in yeast. Cell. 68(3). 585–596. 665 indexed citations breakdown →

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Donahue, Thomas F. & A. Mark Cigan. (1990). [30] Sequence and structural requirements for efficient translation in yeast. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 185. 366–372. 32 indexed citations

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Donahue, Thomas F.. (1990). Scanning, internal initiation and the control of the initiation of protein synthesis. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 2(6). 1087–1091. 4 indexed citations

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Donahue, Thomas F. & A. Mark Cigan. (1988). Genetic Selection for Mutations That Reduce or Abolish Ribosomal Recognition of the HIS4 Translational Initiator Region. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 8(7). 2955–2963. 44 indexed citations

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Donahue, Thomas F., et al.. (1988). Mutations at a Zn(II) finger motif in the yeast elF-2β gene alter ribosomal start-site selection during the scanning process. Cell. 54(5). 621–632. 238 indexed citations

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Cigan, A. Mark, et al.. (1988). Mutational analysis of the HIS4 translational initiator region in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 8(7). 2964–2975. 77 indexed citations

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Cigan, A. Mark & Thomas F. Donahue. (1987). Sequence and structural features associated with translational initiator regions in yeast — a review. Gene. 59(1). 1–18. 346 indexed citations

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Donahue, Thomas F., Philip J. Farabaugh, & Gerald R. Fink. (1981). Suppressible Four-Base Glycine and Proline Codons in Yeast. Science. 212(4493). 455–457. 44 indexed citations

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Donahue, Thomas F. & Susan A. Henry. (1981). myo-Inositol-1-phosphate synthase. Characteristics of the enzyme and identification of its structural gene in yeast.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 256(13). 7077–7085. 196 indexed citations

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Culbertson, Michael R., Thomas F. Donahue, & Susan A. Henry. (1976). Control of inositol biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; inositol-phosphate synthetase mutants. Journal of Bacteriology. 126(1). 243–250. 53 indexed citations

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Henry, Susan A., Thomas F. Donahue, & Michael R. Culbertson. (1975). Selection of spontaneous mutants by inositol starvation in yeast. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 143(1). 5–11. 71 indexed citations

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