U. Thomas Meier

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

U. Thomas Meier is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, U. Thomas Meier has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Immunology and 10 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in U. Thomas Meier's work include RNA Research and Splicing (24 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (17 papers). U. Thomas Meier is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (24 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (17 papers). U. Thomas Meier collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and France. U. Thomas Meier's co-authors include Günter Blobel, Chen Wang, G Blobel, Urs Meyer, Yunfeng Yang, Nupur Kittur, Yi‐Tao Yu, Beat H. Meier, Sujayita Roy and Thomas Kronbach and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Physical Review Letters and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

U. Thomas Meier

61 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Nopp 140 shuttles on tracks between nucleolus and cytoplasm 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 100 200 300
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.

  1. Nopp 140 shuttles on tracks between nucleolus and cytoplasm
    1992 350 citations U. Thomas Meier, Günter Blobel Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
U. Thomas Meier United States 30 2.6k 442 275 260 251 62 3.5k
Yvonne Lange United States 45 4.0k 1.6× 1.0k 2.3× 89 0.3× 539 2.1× 220 0.9× 90 5.5k
John Karanicolas United States 29 3.6k 1.4× 457 1.0× 35 0.1× 256 1.0× 244 1.0× 66 4.3k
Arun Radhakrishnan United States 34 3.9k 1.5× 862 2.0× 60 0.2× 356 1.4× 415 1.7× 77 5.7k
Andrew N. Krutchinsky United States 27 3.2k 1.3× 602 1.4× 30 0.1× 248 1.0× 62 0.2× 42 4.4k
Paul A. Rejto United States 29 1.7k 0.7× 78 0.2× 90 0.3× 490 1.9× 91 0.4× 68 2.7k
Elan Eisenmesser United States 30 3.3k 1.3× 305 0.7× 28 0.1× 366 1.4× 265 1.1× 76 4.5k
Carla Mattos United States 33 3.9k 1.5× 116 0.3× 50 0.2× 741 2.9× 102 0.4× 67 4.7k
A.E. Miele Italy 26 1.8k 0.7× 216 0.5× 61 0.2× 122 0.5× 69 0.3× 58 2.4k
Manuel Baca Australia 30 1.8k 0.7× 109 0.2× 307 1.1× 1.4k 5.5× 46 0.2× 63 3.6k
Richard Blevins United States 12 2.5k 1.0× 149 0.3× 43 0.2× 412 1.6× 48 0.2× 15 3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of U. Thomas Meier

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Meier, U. Thomas. (2022). The daunting task of modifying ribosomal RNA. RNA. 28(12). rna.079391.122–rna.079391.122. 7 indexed citations
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Bizarro, Jonathan, Svetlana Deryusheva, Ludivine Wacheul, et al.. (2021). Nopp140-chaperoned 2′-O-methylation of small nuclear RNAs in Cajal bodies ensures splicing fidelity. Genes & Development. 35(15-16). 1123–1141. 14 indexed citations
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Bizarro, Jonathan, Amit Bhardwaj, Susan Smith, & U. Thomas Meier. (2019). Nopp140-mediated concentration of telomerase in Cajal bodies regulates telomere length. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 30(26). 3136–3150. 18 indexed citations
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Yu, Yi‐Tao & U. Thomas Meier. (2014). RNA-guided isomerization of uridine to pseudouridine—pseudouridylation. RNA Biology. 11(12). 1483–1494. 108 indexed citations
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Nejat, Edward J., Maria Ruíz-Alonso, Carlos Simón, & U. Thomas Meier. (2014). Timing the window of implantation by nucleolar channel system prevalence matches the accuracy of the endometrial receptivity array. Fertility and Sterility. 102(5). 1477–1481. 8 indexed citations
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Nejat, Edward J., et al.. (2014). Progesterone Threshold Determines Nucleolar Channel System Formation in Human Endometrium. Reproductive Sciences. 21(7). 915–920. 9 indexed citations
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Machado-Pinilla, Rosario, Dominique Liger, Nicolas Leulliot, & U. Thomas Meier. (2012). Mechanism of the AAA+ ATPases pontin and reptin in the biogenesis of H/ACA RNPs. RNA. 18(10). 1833–1845. 69 indexed citations
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Nejat, Edward J., Erika Banks, Kathleen D. Whitney, et al.. (2012). Quantification of nucleolar channel systems: uniform presence throughout the upper endometrial cavity. Fertility and Sterility. 99(2). 558–564. 5 indexed citations
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Scharf, Andrea, Petar N. Grozdanov, R. Veith, et al.. (2011). Distant positioning of proteasomal proteolysis relative to actively transcribed genes. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(11). 4612–4627. 5 indexed citations
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Rausch, Mary, Victor E. Beshay, Alex J. Polotsky, et al.. (2010). The nucleolar channel system reliably marks the midluteal endometrium regardless of fertility status: a fresh look at an old organelle. Fertility and Sterility. 95(4). 1385–1389.e1. 11 indexed citations
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Grozdanov, Petar N., Sujayita Roy, Nupur Kittur, & U. Thomas Meier. (2009). SHQ1 is required prior to NAF1 for assembly of H/ACA small nucleolar and telomerase RNPs. RNA. 15(6). 1188–1197. 86 indexed citations
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Kittur, Nupur, Xavier Darzacq, Sujayita Roy, Robert H. Singer, & U. Thomas Meier. (2006). Dynamic association and localization of human H/ACA RNP proteins. RNA. 12(12). 2057–2062. 25 indexed citations
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Meier, U. Thomas. (2005). The many facets of H/ACA ribonucleoproteins. Chromosoma. 114(1). 1–14. 221 indexed citations
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Wang, Chen, Charles C. Query, & U. Thomas Meier. (2002). Immunopurified Small Nucleolar Ribonucleoprotein Particles Pseudouridylate rRNA Independently of Their Association with Phosphorylated Nopp140. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22(24). 8457–8466. 59 indexed citations
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Yang, Yunfeng, et al.. (2000). Conserved Composition of Mammalian Box H/ACA and Box C/D Small Nucleolar Ribonucleoprotein Particles and Their Interaction with the Common Factor Nopp140. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 11(2). 567–577. 97 indexed citations
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Dundr, Miroslav, U. Thomas Meier, Nancy J. Lewis, et al.. (1997). A class of nonribosomal nucleolar components is located in chromosome periphery and in nucleolus-derived foci during anaphase and telophase. Chromosoma. 105(7-8). 407–417. 74 indexed citations
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Li, Dongxia, U. Thomas Meier, Grażyna Dobrowolska, & Edwin G. Krebs. (1997). Specific Interaction between Casein Kinase 2 and the Nucleolar Protein Nopp140. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(6). 3773–3779. 91 indexed citations
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Meier, U. Thomas & Günter Blobel. (1992). Nopp 140 shuttles on tracks between nucleolus and cytoplasm. Cell. 70(1). 127–138. 350 indexed citations breakdown →
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