Mark Ptashne

36.5k citations
206 papers · 30.9k · 15 hit papers · h-index 91

Impact in

    • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
    • Fungal and yeast genetics research
    • RNA Research and Splicing
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
    • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Genetics top 0.02%
    • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Papers in

    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 77
    • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 67
    • Fungal and yeast genetics research 34
    • RNA Research and Splicing 33
    • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 24
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 17
    • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 61

Mark Ptashne

204 papers receiving 29.5k citations

Mark Ptashne's Hit Papers

Transcriptional activation by recruitment 1997 · 953 citations
9530+15+30Years since publication50010001.5k

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Mark Ptashne
Comparison fields: 5 of 176
  • Molecular Biology 26.4k
  • Genetics 9.3k
  • Ecology 3.6k
  • Aging 208
  • Biotechnology 918
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All Works

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How eukaryotic transcriptional activators work
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19881674
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GAL4-VP16 is an unusually potent transcriptional activator
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19881201
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Transcriptional activation by recruitment
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1997953
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Deletion analysis of GAL4 defines two transcriptional activating segments
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1987813
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Gene regulation by proteins acting nearby and at a distance
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1986761
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Vectors bearing a hybrid trp-lac promoter useful for regulated expression of cloned genes in Escherichia coli
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1983725
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Specific DNA binding of GAL4, a positive regulatory protein of yeast
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1985672
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A new class of yeast transcriptional activators
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1987620
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Negative effect of the transcriptional activator GAL4
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1988601
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A eukaryotic transcriptional activator bearing the DNA specificity of a prokaryotic repressor
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1985576
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DNA recognition by GAL4: structure of a protein-DNA complex
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1992561
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A vector for expressing GAL4(1–147) fusions tn mammalian cells
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1989534
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Activators and targets
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1990515
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Separation of DNA Binding from the Transcription-Activating Function of a Eukaryotic Regulatory Protein
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1986511
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Fusion of Escherichia coli lacZ to the cytochrome c gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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1981500
16 1988455
17 1986404
18 1988396
19 1980387
20 1976382

About Mark Ptashne

Mark Ptashne is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Plant Science and Biotechnology, having authored 206 papers that have together received 30.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (77 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (67 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (61 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (52 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (34 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (33 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (24 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (26.4k citations), Genetics (9.3k citations), Ecology (3.6k citations), Aging (208 citations) and Biotechnology (918 citations). Mark Ptashne has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Jun Ma, Alexander Gann, Roger Brent, Grace Gill, Ivan Sadowski, Stephen C. Harrison, Edward Giniger, Michael Carey, Barbara J Meyer 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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