Mike E. O’Donnell

24.2k citations

271 papers · 19.5k · 2 hit papers · h-index 79

Impact in

Genetics top 0.1%
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Molecular Biology top 0.1%
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Papers in

Genetics 115
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 110
Molecular Biology 242
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 185
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 112
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 41
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 30
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery 18
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 14

Co-authors: John Kuriyan (36 shared papers)Zvi Kelman (20 shared papers)René Onrust (12 shared papers)Myron F. Goodman (23 shared papers)Roxana E. Georgescu (33 shared papers)Jennifer Turner (15 shared papers)Aaron M. Johnson (9 shared papers)Nina Y. Yao (33 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry (77 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (30 papers)Cell (14 papers)Current Biology (12 papers)Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (9 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Australia

In The Last Decade

Mike E. O’Donnell

266 papers receiving 19.1k citations

Mike E. O’Donnell's Hit Papers

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Structure of the C-Terminal Region of p21WAF1/CIP1 Complexed with Human PCNA 1996 · 693 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

1996 Cell
1992 Cell

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1	Structure of the C-Terminal Region of p21WAF1/CIP1 Complexed with Human PCNA Cell ·Jacqueline M. Gulbis, Zvi Kelman, Jerard Hurwitz, Mike E. O’Donnell, John Kuriyan Hit paper breakdown →	1996	693
2	Three-dimensional structure of the β subunit of E. coli DNA polymerase III holoenzyme: A sliding DNA clamp Cell ·Xiang‐Peng Kong, René Onrust, Mike E. O’Donnell, John Kuriyan Hit paper breakdown →	1992	675
3	UmuD′ 2 C is an error-prone DNA polymerase, Escherichia coli pol V Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mengjia Tang, Xuan Shen, Ekaterina G. Frank, Mike E. O’Donnell, Roger Woodgate, Myron F. Goodman	1999	468
4	CELLULAR DNA REPLICASES: Components and Dynamics at the Replication Fork Annual Review of Biochemistry ·Aaron M. Johnson, Mike E. O’Donnell	2005	443
5	Roles of E. coli DNA polymerases IV and V in lesion-targeted and untargeted SOS mutagenesis Nature ·Mengjia Tang, Phuong Pham, Xuan Shen, John‐Stephen Taylor, Mike E. O’Donnell, Roger Woodgate, Myron F. Goodman	2000	374
6	Cdk-interacting protein 1 directly binds with proliferating cell nuclear antigen and inhibits DNA replication catalyzed by the DNA polymerase delta holoenzyme. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hernan Flores‐Rozas, Zvi Kelman, Frank B. Dean, Zheng Pan, J. Wade Harper, Stephen J. Elledge, Mike E. O’Donnell, J Hurwitz	1994	373
7	Structural analysis of a eukaryotic sliding DNA clamp–clamp loader complex Nature ·Gregory D. Bowman, Mike E. O’Donnell, John Kuriyan	2004	370
8	DNA POLYMERASE III HOLOENZYME: Structure and Function of a Chromosomal Replicating Machine Annual Review of Biochemistry ·Zvi Kelman, Mike E. O’Donnell	1995	366
9	Mechanism of the sliding beta-clamp of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme Journal of Biological Chemistry ·P. Todd Stukenberg, P.S. Studwell-Vaughan, Mike E. O’Donnell	1991	361
10	Crystal Structure of the Processivity Clamp Loader Gamma (γ) Complex of E. coli DNA Polymerase III Cell ·David Jeruzalmi, Mike E. O’Donnell, John Kuriyan	2001	259
11	Sliding Clamps of DNA Polymerases Journal of Molecular Biology ·John Kuriyan, Mike E. O’Donnell	1993	223
12	Crystal Structure of the δ′ Subunit of the Clamp-Loader Complex of E. coli DNA Polymerase III Cell ·Brian D. Guenther, René Onrust, Andrej Šali, Mike E. O’Donnell, John Kuriyan	1997	221
13	Mechanism of Processivity Clamp Opening by the Delta Subunit Wrench of the Clamp Loader Complex of E. coli DNA Polymerase III Cell ·David Jeruzalmi, Olga Yurieva, Yanxiang Zhao, Matthew A. Young, Jelena Stewart, Manju Hingorani, Mike E. O’Donnell, John Kuriyan	2001	220
14	Saccharomyces cerevisiae MutLα Is a Mismatch Repair Endonuclease Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Farid A. Kadyrov, Shannon F. Holmes, Mercedes E. Arana, Olga A. Lukianova, Mike E. O’Donnell, Thomas A. Kunkel, Paul L. Modrich	2007	210
15	Trading Places on DNA—A Three-Point Switch Underlies Primer Handoff from Primase to the Replicative DNA Polymerase Cell ·Alexander Alexandrovich Yuzhakov, Zvi Kelman, Mike E. O’Donnell	1999	195
16	Clamp loading, unloading and intrinsic stability of the PCNA, β and gp45 sliding clamps of human, E. coli and T4 replicases Genes to Cells ·Nina Y. Yao, Jennifer Turner, Zvi Kelman, P. Todd Stukenberg, Frank B. Dean, David Shechter, Zhen‐Qiang Pan, Jerard Hurwitz	1996	192
17	Interaction of the β sliding clamp with MutS, ligase, and DNA polymerase I Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Francisco J. López de Saro, Mike E. O’Donnell	2001	189
18	Structure of a Sliding Clamp on DNA Cell ·Roxana E. Georgescu, Seung-Sup Kim, Olga Yurieva, John Kuriyan, Xiang‐Peng Kong, Mike E. O’Donnell	2008	185
19	Multiple competition reactions for RPA order the assembly of the DNA polymerase δ holoenzyme The EMBO Journal ·Alexander Alexandrovich Yuzhakov, Zvi Kelman, Jerard Hurwitz, Mike E. O’Donnell	1999	174
20	Activity of the purified mutagenesis proteins UmuC, UmuD', and RecA in replicative bypass of an abasic DNA lesion by DNA polymerase III. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Malini R. Rajagopalan, Charles Lu, Roger Woodgate, Mike E. O’Donnell, Myron F. Goodman, Harrison Echols	1992	171

About Mike E. O’Donnell

Mike E. O’Donnell is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Oncology and Physiology, having authored 271 papers that have together received 19.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (185 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (112 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (110 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (41 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (18 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (14 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (8.0k citations), Molecular Biology (17.1k citations), Molecular Medicine (515 citations), Cancer Research (1.0k citations) and Oncology (1.7k citations). Mike E. O’Donnell has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent co-authors include John Kuriyan, Zvi Kelman, René Onrust, Myron F. Goodman, Roxana E. Georgescu, Jennifer Turner, Aaron M. Johnson, Nina Y. Yao, Manju Hingorani and Megan J. Davey. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cell, Current Biology and Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.

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