Mark Ptashne
Impact in
- Molecular Biology top 0.05%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- RNA Research and Splicing
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Genetics top 0.1%
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Papers in
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- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 70
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 69
- Fungal and yeast genetics research 37
- RNA Research and Splicing 34
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 21
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 18
- Genetics 63
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 54
- Co-authors
- Jun Ma (10 shared papers)Alexander A. F. Gann (9 shared papers)Roger Brent (7 shared papers)Grace Gill (4 shared papers)Stephen C. Harrison (12 shared papers)Ivan Sadowski (4 shared papers)Edward Giniger (4 shared papers)Barbara J Meyer (9 shared papers)
- Journals
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (48 papers)Nature (38 papers)Cell (23 papers)Current Biology (17 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (10 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomGermany
In The Last Decade
Mark Ptashne
206 papers receiving 29.4k citations
Mark Ptashne's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 179
- Molecular Biology 26.6k
- Genetics 9.4k
- Ecology 3.6k
- Aging 224
- Biotechnology 926
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 208 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How eukaryotic transcriptional activators work Hit paper breakdown → | 1988 | 1681 |
| 2 | GAL4-VP16 is an unusually potent transcriptional activator Hit paper breakdown → | 1988 | 1193 |
| 3 | Transcriptional activation by recruitment Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 943 |
| 4 | Deletion analysis of GAL4 defines two transcriptional activating segments Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 795 |
| 5 | Gene regulation by proteins acting nearby and at a distance Hit paper breakdown → | 1986 | 772 |
| 6 | Vectors bearing a hybrid trp-lac promoter useful for regulated expression of cloned genes in Escherichia coli Hit paper breakdown → | 1983 | 727 |
| 7 | Specific DNA binding of GAL4, a positive regulatory protein of yeast Hit paper breakdown → | 1985 | 663 |
| 8 | A new class of yeast transcriptional activators Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 619 |
| 9 | Negative effect of the transcriptional activator GAL4 Hit paper breakdown → | 1988 | 594 |
| 10 | A eukaryotic transcriptional activator bearing the DNA specificity of a prokaryotic repressor Hit paper breakdown → | 1985 | 578 |
| 11 | 1992 | 572 | |
| 12 | 1986 | 515 | |
| 13 | 1989 | 510 | |
| 14 | Fusion of Escherichia coli lacZ to the cytochrome c gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Hit paper breakdown → | 1981 | 505 |
| 15 | 1990 | 503 | |
| 16 | 1988 | 468 | |
| 17 | 1986 | 416 | |
| 18 | 1988 | 408 | |
| 19 | 1980 | 405 | |
| 20 | 1976 | 393 |
About Mark Ptashne
Mark Ptashne is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Biotechnology and Immunology, having authored 208 papers that have together received 31.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (70 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (69 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (54 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (46 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (37 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (34 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (21 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (26.6k citations), Genetics (9.4k citations), Ecology (3.6k citations), Aging (224 citations) and Biotechnology (926 citations). Mark Ptashne has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Jun Ma, Alexander A. F. Gann, Roger Brent, Grace Gill, Stephen C. Harrison, Ivan Sadowski, Edward Giniger, Barbara J Meyer, Michael Fionn Carey and Ann Hochschild. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature, Cell, Current Biology and Journal of Molecular Biology.
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