Thomas R. Cech

7.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
27 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas R. Cech is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas R. Cech has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Thomas R. Cech's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers). Thomas R. Cech is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers). Thomas R. Cech collaborates with scholars based in United States. Thomas R. Cech's co-authors include Joan A. Steitz, James R. Williamson, M. K. Raghuraman, Robin R. Gutell, Simon H. Damberger, Arthur J. Zaug, Guowei Fang, Anita G. Seto, Sandra L. Wolin and Michael Tanner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas R. Cech

27 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The Noncoding RNA Revolution—Trashing Old Rules to Forge New Ones

2014 1.8k citations Thomas R. Cech, Joan A. Steitz Cell profile →
Monovalent cation-induced structure of telomeric DNA: The G-quartet model

1989 1.1k citations James R. Williamson, M. K. Raghuraman et al. Cell profile →
SELF-SPLICING OF GROUP I INTRONS

1990 702 citations Thomas R. Cech Annual Review of Biochemistry profile →

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Aidan J. Doherty United Kingdom

Nancy Maizels United States

Albrecht K. Kleinschmidt United States

Alan M. Weiner United States

Klaus Scherrer France

Arthur J. Zaug United States

Barry Polisky United States

Thoru Pederson United States

Brenda Bass United States

Olivier Bensaude France

Aidan J. Doherty United Kingdom

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448 ×0.8

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1.4k ×3.4

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Citations per year, relative to Thomas R. Cech Thomas R. Cech (= 1×) peers Aidan J. Doherty

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Cech, Thomas R. & Joan A. Steitz. (2014). The Noncoding RNA Revolution—Trashing Old Rules to Forge New Ones. Cell. 157(1). 77–94. 1756 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cech, Thomas R.. (2011). The RNA Worlds in Context. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 4(7). a006742–a006742. 130 indexed citations

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Cech, Thomas R.. (2009). Evolution of Biological Catalysis: Ribozyme to RNP Enzyme. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 74(0). 11–16. 21 indexed citations

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Cech, Thomas R. & Joachim Lingner. (2007). Telomerase and the Chromosome end Replication Problem. Novartis Foundation symposium. 211. 20–40. 11 indexed citations

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Seto, Anita G., et al.. (1999). Saccharomyces cerevisiae telomerase is an Sm small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle. Nature. 401(6749). 177–180. 232 indexed citations

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Zaug, Arthur J., Joachim Lingner, & Thomas R. Cech. (1996). Method for Determining RNA 3' Ends and Application to Human Telomerase RNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 24(3). 532–533. 38 indexed citations

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Downs, William D. & Thomas R. Cech. (1994). A tertiary interaction in the Tetrahymena intron contributes to selection of the 5' splice site.. Genes & Development. 8(10). 1198–1211. 19 indexed citations

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Pyle, Anna Marie, Sean P. Moran, Scott A. Strobel, et al.. (1994). Replacement of the Conserved G.cntdot.U with a G-C Pair at the Cleavage Site of the Tetrahymena Ribozyme Decreases Binding, Reactivity, and Fidelity. Biochemistry. 33(46). 13856–13863. 59 indexed citations

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Cech, Thomas R., Simon H. Damberger, & Robin R. Gutell. (1994). Representation of the secondary and tertiary structure of group I introns. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 1(5). 273–280. 251 indexed citations

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Zaug, Arthur J., Megan M. McEvoy, & Thomas R. Cech. (1993). Self-splicing of the group I intron from Anabaena pre-tRNA: Requirement for base-pairing of the exons in the anticodon stem. Biochemistry. 32(31). 7946–7953. 51 indexed citations

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Cech, Thomas R.. (1993). The efficiency and versatility of catalytic RNA: implications for an RNA world. Gene. 135(1-2). 33–36. 66 indexed citations

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Cech, Thomas R., et al.. (1993). An independently folding domain of RNA tertiary structure within the Tetrahymena ribozyme. Biochemistry. 32(20). 5291–5300. 181 indexed citations

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Fang, Guowei & Thomas R. Cech. (1993). Characterization of a G-quartet formation reaction promoted by the .beta.-subunit of the Oxytricha telomere-binding protein. Biochemistry. 32(43). 11646–11657. 102 indexed citations

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Cech, Thomas R., et al.. (1992). RNA substrate binding site in the catalytic core of the Tetrahymena ribozyme. Nature. 358(6382). 123–128. 151 indexed citations

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Cech, Thomas R.. (1991). RNA editing: World's smallest introns?. Cell. 64(4). 667–669. 128 indexed citations

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Fang, Guowei & Thomas R. Cech. (1991). Molecular cloning of telomere-binding protein gens fromStylonchia mytilis. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(20). 5515–5518. 43 indexed citations

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Gampel, Alexandra & Thomas R. Cech. (1991). Binding of the CBP2 protein to a yeast mitochondrial group I intron requires the catalytic core of the RNA.. Genes & Development. 5(10). 1870–1880. 39 indexed citations

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Cech, Thomas R.. (1990). SELF-SPLICING OF GROUP I INTRONS. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 59(1). 543–568. 702 indexed citations breakdown →

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Williamson, James R., M. K. Raghuraman, & Thomas R. Cech. (1989). Monovalent cation-induced structure of telomeric DNA: The G-quartet model. Cell. 59(5). 871–880. 1068 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yarus, Michael, Joseph Levine, Gregg B. Morin, & Thomas R. Cech. (1989). ATetrahymenaintron nucleotide connected to the GTP/arginine site. Nucleic Acids Research. 17(17). 6969–6981. 7 indexed citations

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