William A. Cantara

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

William A. Cantara is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Virology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Cantara has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Virology and 2 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in William A. Cantara's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers). William A. Cantara is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers). William A. Cantara collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Poland. William A. Cantara's co-authors include Paul F. Agris, Franck A. P. Vendeix, James A. McCloskey, Jef Rozenski, Kimberly A. Harris, Daniele Fabris, P. F. Crain, Xiaoyang Zhang, Karin Musier‐Forsyth and F.V. Murphy and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

William A. Cantara

22 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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The RNA modification database, RNAMDB: 2011 update

2010 666 citations William A. Cantara, P. F. Crain et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

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Franck A. P. Vendeix United States

Matthias David Erlacher Austria

Pierre Barraud France

Harleen Kaur India

János Sági Hungary

Shinichi Machida Japan

Menachem J. Gunzburg Australia

Eric Dausse France

Nina G. Dolinnaya Russia

Anitha D. Jayaprakash United States

Franck A. P. Vendeix United States

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Lan, Shuiyun, Huanchun Zhang, William A. Cantara, et al.. (2025). Strategy to overcome a nirmatrelvir resistance mechanism in the SARS-CoV-2 nsp5 protease. Science Advances. 11(23). eadv8875–eadv8875. 2 indexed citations

Bakhtina, Marina, William A. Cantara, Yuki Goto, et al.. (2023). Structural basis of tRNAPro acceptor stem recognition by a bacterial trans-editing domain. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(8). 3988–3999. 6 indexed citations

Wek, Sheree A., et al.. (2021). Disease-associated mutations in a bifunctional aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase gene elicit the integrated stress response. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 297(4). 101203–101203. 18 indexed citations

Vangaveti, Sweta, William A. Cantara, Jessica L. Spears, et al.. (2020). A Structural Basis for Restricted Codon Recognition Mediated by 2-thiocytidine in tRNA Containing a Wobble Position Inosine. Journal of Molecular Biology. 432(4). 913–929. 12 indexed citations

Cooper, Sarah, et al.. (2019). Solution Conformation of Bovine Leukemia Virus Gag Suggests an Elongated Structure. Journal of Molecular Biology. 431(6). 1203–1216. 4 indexed citations

Väre, Ville Y. P., Zachary A. Kloos, William A. Cantara, et al.. (2019). Discovery of Small‐Molecule Antibiotics against a Unique tRNA‐Mediated Regulation of Transcription in Gram‐Positive Bacteria. ChemMedChem. 14(7). 758–769. 21 indexed citations

Zhang, Cheng, et al.. (2018). Analysis of discrete local variability and structural covariance in macromolecular assemblies using Cryo-EM and focused classification. Ultramicroscopy. 203. 170–180. 30 indexed citations

Wu, Weixin, et al.. (2018). Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 Gag domains have distinct RNA-binding specificities with implications for RNA packaging and dimerization. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(42). 16261–16276. 10 indexed citations

Cantara, William A., et al.. (2018). Argonaute-based programmable RNase as a tool for cleavage of highly-structured RNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(16). e98–e98. 25 indexed citations

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Bakhtina, Marina, William A. Cantara, Oscar Vargas‐Rodriguez, et al.. (2017). Conformational and chemical selection by atrans-acting editing domain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(33). E6774–E6783. 20 indexed citations

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Cantara, William A., et al.. (2016). RiboCAT: a new capillary electrophoresis data analysis tool for nucleic acid probing. RNA. 23(2). 240–249. 22 indexed citations

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Cantara, William A., Erik D. Olson, & Karin Musier‐Forsyth. (2016). Analysis of RNA structure using small-angle X-ray scattering. Methods. 113. 46–55. 18 indexed citations

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Olson, Erik D., William A. Cantara, & Karin Musier‐Forsyth. (2015). New Structure Sheds Light on Selective HIV-1 Genomic RNA Packaging. Viruses. 7(8). 4826–4835. 5 indexed citations

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Cantara, William A., Erik D. Olson, & Karin Musier‐Forsyth. (2014). Progress and outlook in structural biology of large viral RNAs. Virus Research. 193. 24–38. 14 indexed citations

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Jones, Christopher P., William A. Cantara, Erik D. Olson, & Karin Musier‐Forsyth. (2014). Small-angle X-ray scattering-derived structure of the HIV-1 5′ UTR reveals 3D tRNA mimicry. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(9). 3395–3400. 56 indexed citations

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Cantara, William A., F.V. Murphy, Hasan DeMi̇rci̇, & Paul F. Agris. (2013). Expanded use of sense codons is regulated by modified cytidines in tRNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(27). 10964–10969. 65 indexed citations

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Cantara, William A., et al.. (2012). Modifications Modulate Anticodon Loop Dynamics and Codon Recognition of E. coli tRNAArg1,2. Journal of Molecular Biology. 416(4). 579–597. 32 indexed citations

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Vendeix, Franck A. P., F.V. Murphy, William A. Cantara, et al.. (2011). Human tRNALys3UUU Is Pre-Structured by Natural Modifications for Cognate and Wobble Codon Binding through Keto–Enol Tautomerism. Journal of Molecular Biology. 416(4). 467–485. 96 indexed citations

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Cantara, William A., P. F. Crain, Jef Rozenski, et al.. (2010). The RNA modification database, RNAMDB: 2011 update. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(Database). D195–D201. 666 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lusic, Hrvoje, Estella M. Gustilo, Franck A. P. Vendeix, et al.. (2008). Synthesis and investigation of the 5-formylcytidine modified, anticodon stem and loop of the human mitochondrial tRNAMet. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(20). 6548–6557. 48 indexed citations

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