Thomas H. Eickbush

12.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
110 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

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Thomas H. Eickbush is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas H. Eickbush has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Molecular Biology, 81 papers in Plant Science and 12 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Thomas H. Eickbush's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (79 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (38 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (33 papers). Thomas H. Eickbush is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (79 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (38 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (33 papers). Thomas H. Eickbush collaborates with scholars based in United States, Greece and Poland. Thomas H. Eickbush's co-authors include Yue Xiong, Harmit S. Malik, William D. Burke, Danna G. Eickbush, John Jakubczak, Evangelos N. Moudrianakis, Varuni K. Jamburuthugoda, Arkadiusz Bibiłło, Fotis C. Kafatos and Steven Henikoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas H. Eickbush

110 papers receiving 9.3k 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.

Origin and evolution of retroelements based upon their reverse transcriptase sequences.

1990 1.1k citations Yue Xiong, Thomas H. Eickbush profile →
Reverse transcription of R2Bm RNA is primed by a nick at the chromosomal target site: A mechanism for non-LTR retrotransposition

1993 946 citations John Jakubczak, Thomas H. Eickbush et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas H. Eickbush United States	50	7.4k	6.2k	1.4k	591	559	110	9.5k
Mary Lou Pardue United States	50	7.3k 1.0×	3.1k 0.5×	1.9k 1.4×	743 1.3×	395 0.7×	100	8.9k
Todd Richmond United States	39	5.4k 0.7×	4.0k 0.6×	2.3k 1.7×	161 0.3×	260 0.5×	69	8.5k
Yukihide Tomari Japan	47	9.8k 1.3×	2.4k 0.4×	824 0.6×	328 0.6×	362 0.6×	98	11.3k
Cédric Feschotte United States	53	10.9k 1.5×	10.1k 1.6×	2.6k 1.9×	1.0k 1.7×	630 1.1×	104	15.3k
Marjori Matzke Austria	60	10.5k 1.4×	10.7k 1.7×	1.3k 0.9×	223 0.4×	226 0.4×	141	15.4k
Christian Gautier France	31	5.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.2×	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 1.7×	255 0.5×	77	7.7k
Jim Haseloff United Kingdom	48	6.5k 0.9×	6.1k 1.0×	579 0.4×	496 0.8×	170 0.3×	101	9.7k
Manyuan Long United States	48	5.8k 0.8×	3.4k 0.5×	2.6k 1.9×	319 0.5×	404 0.7×	132	8.0k
Max D. Summers United States	49	6.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.3×	1.3k 1.0×	302 0.5×	2.4k 4.3×	88	7.8k
Gabriel A. Dover United Kingdom	38	4.0k 0.5×	2.7k 0.4×	2.3k 1.7×	852 1.4×	471 0.8×	71	6.8k

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Montiel, Eugenia E., J. Cabrero, Mercedes Ruíz-Estévez, et al.. (2014). Preferential Occupancy of R2 Retroelements on the B Chromosomes of the Grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e91820–e91820. 11 indexed citations

Jamburuthugoda, Varuni K. & Thomas H. Eickbush. (2014). Identification of RNA binding motifs in the R2 retrotransposon-encoded reverse transcriptase. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(13). 8405–8415. 25 indexed citations

Jamburuthugoda, Varuni K. & Thomas H. Eickbush. (2011). The Reverse Transcriptase Encoded by the Non-LTR Retrotransposon R2 Is as Error-Prone as That Encoded by HIV-1. Journal of Molecular Biology. 407(5). 661–672. 13 indexed citations

Eickbush, Danna G. & Thomas H. Eickbush. (2010). R2 Retrotransposons Encode a Self-Cleaving Ribozyme for Processing from an rRNA Cotranscript. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 30(13). 3142–3150. 76 indexed citations

Kurzyńska‐Kokorniak, Anna, Varuni K. Jamburuthugoda, Arkadiusz Bibiłło, & Thomas H. Eickbush. (2007). DNA-directed DNA Polymerase and Strand Displacement Activity of the Reverse Transcriptase Encoded by the R2 Retrotransposon. Journal of Molecular Biology. 374(2). 322–333. 35 indexed citations

Eickbush, Thomas H., et al.. (2007). Sequence variation within the rRNA gene loci of 12 Drosophila species. Genome Research. 17(12). 1888–1897. 98 indexed citations

Ruschak, Amy M., David H. Mathews, Arkadiusz Bibiłło, et al.. (2004). Secondary structure models of the 3′ untranslated regions of diverse R2 RNAs. RNA. 10(6). 978–987. 21 indexed citations

Malik, Harmit S., Steven Henikoff, & Thomas H. Eickbush. (2000). Poised for Contagion: Evolutionary Origins of the Infectious Abilities of Invertebrate Retroviruses. Genome Research. 10(9). 1307–1318. 241 indexed citations

Eickbush, Thomas H., et al.. (1998). RNA-Induced Changes in the Activity of the Endonuclease Encoded by the R2 Retrotransposable Element. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 18(6). 3455–3465. 34 indexed citations

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Malik, Harmit S. & Thomas H. Eickbush. (1998). The RTE class of non-LTR retrotransposons is widely distributed in animals and is the origin of many SINEs. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 15(9). 1123–1134. 92 indexed citations

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Lathe, Warren C. & Thomas H. Eickbush. (1997). A single lineage of r2 retrotransposable elements is an active, evolutionarily stable component of the Drosophila rDNA locus. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 14(12). 1232–1241. 36 indexed citations

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Goldsmith, Marian R., Judith H. Willis, Thomas H. Eickbush, et al.. (1995). Molecular Model Systems in the Lepidoptera. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 88 indexed citations

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Lathe, Warren C., William D. Burke, Danna G. Eickbush, & Thomas H. Eickbush. (1995). Evolutionary stability of the R1 retrotransposable element in the genus Drosophila.. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 12(6). 1094–105. 37 indexed citations

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Xiong, Yue, William D. Burke, & Thomas H. Eickbush. (1993). Pao, a highly divergent retrotransposable element fromBombyx moricontaining long terminal repeats with tandem copies of the putative R region. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(9). 2117–2123. 48 indexed citations

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Xiong, Yue & Thomas H. Eickbush. (1993). Dong, a non-long terminal repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposable element fromBombyx mori. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(5). 1318–1318. 28 indexed citations

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Eickbush, Danna G., Thomas H. Eickbush, & John H. Werren. (1992). Molecular characterization of repetitive DNA sequences from a B chromosome. Chromosoma. 101(9). 575–583. 64 indexed citations

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Hibner, Barbara, William D. Burke, & Thomas H. Eickbush. (1991). Sequence identity in an early chorion multigene family is the result of localized gene conversion.. Genetics. 128(3). 595–606. 45 indexed citations

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Jakubczak, John, Yue Xiong, & Thomas H. Eickbush. (1990). Type I (R1) and type II (R2) ribosomal DNA insertions of Drosophila melanogaster are retrotransposable elements closely related to those of Bombyx mori. Journal of Molecular Biology. 212(1). 37–52. 130 indexed citations

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Xiong, Yue & Thomas H. Eickbush. (1988). Similarity of reverse transcriptase-like sequences of viruses, transposable elements, and mitochondrial introns.. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 5(6). 675–90. 167 indexed citations

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Xiong, Yue & Thomas H. Eickbush. (1988). Functional expression of a sequence-specific endonuclease encoded by the retrotransposon R2Bm. Cell. 55(2). 235–246. 135 indexed citations

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