Young-Sun Lin

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Young-Sun Lin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Young-Sun Lin has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Young-Sun Lin's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (3 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers). Young-Sun Lin is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (3 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers). Young-Sun Lin collaborates with scholars based in United States and Taiwan. Young-Sun Lin's co-authors include Michael R. Green, Michael Carey, Mark Ptashne, Michael R. Green, Robert G. Roeder, Tsonwin Hai, Masami Horikoshi, Yuh‐Jin Liang, Joseph Pearlberg and Jing‐Yuan Chuang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Young-Sun Lin

12 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Mechanism of action of an acidic transcriptional activator in vitro

1991 516 citations Young-Sun Lin, Michael R. Green Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Young-Sun Lin United States	9	1.6k	497	240	147	133	12	1.9k
Robert Tjian United States	7	1.4k 0.9×	395 0.8×	205 0.9×	178 1.2×	101 0.8×	8	1.7k
Edio Maldonado Chile	13	1.4k 0.8×	416 0.8×	173 0.7×	158 1.1×	77 0.6×	24	1.6k
Masami Horikoshi Japan	11	1.7k 1.1×	292 0.6×	123 0.5×	201 1.4×	101 0.8×	14	1.9k
T Patschinsky Germany	18	843 0.5×	310 0.6×	199 0.8×	270 1.8×	104 0.8×	27	1.2k
Stéphanie Pébernard Switzerland	17	1.7k 1.0×	362 0.7×	231 1.0×	272 1.9×	111 0.8×	25	2.0k
Michael Gregory Peterson United States	9	1.2k 0.7×	262 0.5×	148 0.6×	125 0.9×	70 0.5×	10	1.4k
J A Wyke United Kingdom	22	858 0.5×	370 0.7×	115 0.5×	198 1.3×	134 1.0×	51	1.3k
H Ariga Japan	18	905 0.6×	286 0.6×	190 0.8×	198 1.3×	162 1.2×	39	1.3k
Claude Kédinger France	24	1.3k 0.8×	468 0.9×	196 0.8×	278 1.9×	120 0.9×	38	1.6k
Erica Pascal United States	8	1.0k 0.6×	162 0.3×	202 0.8×	165 1.1×	378 2.8×	10	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Young-Sun Lin

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All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Lin, Young-Sun, et al.. (2008). Repression of Nrf1-Mediated Transactivation by MCRS2. 9. 391–394. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Chen‐Yu, Yuh‐Jin Liang, Young-Sun Lin, et al.. (2004). YY1AP, A Novel Co-activator of YY1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(17). 17750–17755. 37 indexed citations

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Huang, Chien-Fu, et al.. (2000). Competition with TATA Box-Binding Protein for Binding to the TATA Box Implicated in Human Cytomegalovirus IE2-Mediated Transcriptional Repression of Cellular Promoters. DNA and Cell Biology. 19(10). 613–619. 9 indexed citations

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Chuang, Jing‐Yuan, et al.. (1999). Inhibition of hTAFII32-binding Implicated in the Transcriptional Repression by Central Regions of Mutant p53 Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(12). 7748–7755. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Weili, et al.. (1995). Transcriptional Regulation by p53. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(12). 6966–6974. 26 indexed citations

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Chuang, Jing‐Yuan, et al.. (1995). A Movable and Regulable Inactivation Function within the Central Region of a Temperature-sensitive p53 Mutant. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(41). 23899–23902. 6 indexed citations

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Lin, Young-Sun & Michael R. Green. (1991). Mechanism of action of an acidic transcriptional activator in vitro. Cell. 64(5). 971–981. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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Carey, Michael, Young-Sun Lin, Michael R. Green, & Mark Ptashne. (1990). A mechanism for synergistic activation of a mammalian gene by GAL4 derivatives. Nature. 345(6273). 361–364. 351 indexed citations

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Lin, Young-Sun, Michael Carey, Mark Ptashne, & Michael R. Green. (1990). How different eukaryotic transcriptional activators can cooperate promiscuously. Nature. 345(6273). 359–361. 235 indexed citations

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Hyman, Steven E., Michael J. Comb, Young-Sun Lin, et al.. (1988). A Common trans -Acting Factor Is Involved in Transcriptional Regulation of Neurotransmitter Genes by Cyclic AMP. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 8(10). 4225–4233. 35 indexed citations

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Lin, Young-Sun, Michael Carey, Mark Ptashne, & Michael R. Green. (1988). GAL4 derivatives function alone and synergistically with mammalian activators in vitro. Cell. 54(5). 659–664. 265 indexed citations

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Horikoshi, Masami, Tsonwin Hai, Young-Sun Lin, Michael R. Green, & Robert G. Roeder. (1988). Transcription factor ATF interacts with the TATA factor to facilitate establishment of a preinitiation complex. Cell. 54(7). 1033–1042. 427 indexed citations

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