Nucleic Acids Research

Papers
(The TQCC of Nucleic Acids Research is 17. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
SV4GD: a comprehensive structural variation database specially for genetic diseases6454
NucleoFind: a deep-learning network for interpreting nucleic acid electron density5379
Identification of host tRNAs preferentially recognized by the Plasmodium surface protein tRip4980
Correction to ‘Cis regulation within a cluster of viral microRNAs’4832
Correction to ‘linker histone H1 modulates defense priming and immunity in plants’4280
Correction to ‘MeCP2 binds to nucleosome free (linker DNA) regions and to H3K9/H3K27 methylated nucleosomes in the brain’3589
Editor's note on ‘Depletion of TDP 43 overrides the need for exonic and intronic splicing enhancers in the human apoA-II gene’2224
Tetramerization of deoxyadenosine kinase meets the demands of a DNA replication substrate challenge in Giardia intestinalis2205
Monitoring drug–target interactions through target engagement-mediated amplification on arrays and in situ2031
Establishing an environment in which rigorous scientific inquiry is practiced: a personal journey2011
Nanopores map the acid-base properties of a single site in a single DNA molecule1696
Anti-CRISPR proteins function through thermodynamic tuning and allosteric regulation of CRISPR RNA-guided surveillance complex1693
The hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis is resistant to pervasive negative supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase1660
Impact of bound ssRNA length on allostery in the Dengue Virus NS3 helicase1604
Widespread effects of DNA methylation and intra-motif dependencies revealed by novel transcription factor binding models1603
Systematic discovery of DNA-binding tandem repeat proteins1547
Structural insights into the biosynthetic mechanism of Nα-GlyT and 5-NmdU hypermodifications of DNA1537
Human AGEs: an interactive spatio-temporal visualization and database of human archeogenomics1492
VID22counteracts G-quadruplex-induced genome instability1491
Human DNA ligases I and III have stand-alone end-joining capability, but differ in ligation efficiency and specificity1204
Immunoglobulin somatic hypermutation in a defined biochemical system recapitulates affinity maturation and permits antibody optimization1182
Correction to ‘The European Genome-phenome Archive in 2021’1134
PHF8 facilitates transcription recovery following DNA double-strand break repair1118
Flap endonuclease Rad27 cleaves the RNA of R-loop structures to suppress telomere recombination1025
GPEdit: the genetic and pharmacogenomic landscape of A-to-I RNA editing in cancers963
A mutation-sensitive, multiplexed and amplification-free detection of nucleic acids by stretching single-molecule tandem hairpin probes923
Correction to ‘EMDB—the Electron Microscopy Data Bank’892
Expression of concern on ‘Dissecting the splicing mechanism of the Drosophila editing enzyme; dADAR832
The nascent polypeptide-associated complex (NAC) controls translation initiation in cis by recruiting nucleolin to the encoding mRNA820
7′,5′-alpha-bicyclo-DNA: new chemistry for oligonucleotide exon splicing modulation therapy820
Molecular determinants for recognition of serotonylated chromatin765
Selective ablation of 3′ RNA ends and processive RTs facilitate direct cDNA sequencing of full-length host cell and viral transcripts754
Translation variation across genetic backgrounds reveals a post-transcriptional buffering signature in yeast752
A second type of N7-guanine RNA cap methyltransferase in an unusual locus of a large RNA virus genome749
Transcription factor Zfp276 drives oligodendroglial differentiation and myelination by switching off the progenitor cell program738
Gene Expression Nebulas (GEN): a comprehensive data portal integrating transcriptomic profiles across multiple species at both bulk and single-cell levels722
Phosphorylation of the auxin signaling transcriptional repressor IAA15 by MPKs is required for the suppression of root development under drought stress in Arabidopsis722
ZYP1-mediated recruitment of PCH2 to the synaptonemal complex remodels the chromosome axis leading to crossover restriction721
Thumb-domain dynamics modulate the functional repertoire of DNA-Polymerase IV (DinB)696
TheS. cerevisiaem6A-reader Pho92 promotes timely meiotic recombination by controlling key methylated transcripts666
Splitting the yeast centromere by recombination652
Structural insights into the morpholino nucleic acid/RNA duplex using the new XNA builder Ducque in a molecular modeling pipeline648
Coordination of -1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting by transcript and nascent chain features revealed by deep mutational scanning617
High-throughput determination of RNA tertiary contact thermodynamics by quantitative DMS chemical mapping608
A versatile and convenient tool for regulation of DNA strand displacement and post-modification on pre-fabricated DNA nanodevices560
Visualization of Type IV-A1 CRISPR-mediated repression of gene expression and plasmid replication559
The MksG nuclease is the executing part of the bacterial plasmid defense system MksBEFG546
A method for targeting a specified segment of DNA to a bacterial microorganelle533
Splice-modulating antisense oligonucleotides targeting a pathogenic intronic variant in adult polyglucosan body disease correct mis-splicing and restore enzyme activity in patient cells527
Spatiotemporal dynamics of protamine–DNA condensation revealed by high-speed atomic force microscopy511
A subcellular selective APEX2-based proximity labeling used for identifying mitochondrial G-quadruplex DNA binding proteins498
Selective engineering of condensation properties of single-stranded DNA binding (SSB) protein via its intrinsically disordered linker region492
The quantitative impact of 3′UTRs on gene expression490
Correction to ‘DisProt in 2024: improving function annotation of intrinsically disordered proteins’489
Investigating the origins of the mutational signatures in cancer472
Potent optogenetic regulation of gene expression in mammalian cells for bioproduction and basic research453
BioPortal: an open community resource for sharing, searching, and utilizing biomedical ontologies434
CapBuild: a cloud-native tool for adeno-associated virus capsid engineering427
The mechanism of lineage-specific tRNA recognition by bacterial tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase and its implications for inhibitor discovery407
Highly conserved ribosome biogenesis pathways between human and yeast revealed by the MDN1-NLE1 interaction and NLE1 containing pre-60S subunits382
Unlocking the serine mischarging paradox and inhibiting lactyltransferase activity of AlaRS by a single-point mutation357
A scalable CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system facilitates CRISPR screens in the malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei353
ZEB1 promotes non-homologous end joining double-strand break repair338
Correction to ‘EMPIAR: The Electron Microscopy Public Image Archive’333
EcCas6e-based antisense crRNA for gene repression and RNA editing in microorganisms330
Revealing structural peculiarities of homopurine GA repetition stuck by i-motif clip330
DNA-PK is activated by SIRT2 deacetylation to promote DNA double-strand break repair by non-homologous end joining328
Ribosomal quality control factors inhibit repeat-associated non-AUG translation from GC-rich repeats328
The monomeric archaeal primase from Nanoarchaeum equitans harbours the features of heterodimeric archaeoeukaryotic primases and primes sequence-specifically323
HybridRNAbind: prediction of RNA interacting residues across structure-annotated and disorder-annotated proteins322
Internal RNA 2′-O-methylation on the HIV-1 genome impairs reverse transcription322
Characterization and decontamination of background noise in droplet-based single-cell protein expression data with DecontPro319
Prediction of DNA i-motifs via machine learning318
Cryo-EM reconstruction of the human 40S ribosomal subunit at 2.15 Å resolution311
The human telomeric proteome during telomere replication308
NCBI Taxonomy: enhanced access via NCBI Datasets307
DescribePROT in 2023: more, higher-quality and experimental annotations and improved data download options307
Widespread translational control regulates retinal development in mouse306
Uncoupling FRUITFULL’s functions through modification of a protein motif identified by co-ortholog analysis297
G-quadruplexes on chromosomal DNA negatively regulates topoisomerase 1 activity292
NMPFamsDB: a database of novel protein families from microbial metagenomes and metatranscriptomes292
Formation and persistence of polyglutamine aggregates in mistranslating cells290
Senataxin RNA/DNA helicase promotes replication restart at co-transcriptional R-loops to prevent MUS81-dependent fork degradation287
BioSamples database: FAIRer samples metadata to accelerate research data management287
Trans-complementation by the RecB nuclease domain of RecBCD enzyme reveals new insight into RecA loading upon χ recognition284
Helical coiling of metaphase chromatids264
webTWAS: a resource for disease candidate susceptibility genes identified by transcriptome-wide association study260
H2A mono-ubiquitination differentiates FACT’s functions in nucleosome assembly and disassembly252
Yeast transcription factor Msn2 binds to G4 DNA251
Quality-controlled R-loop meta-analysis reveals the characteristics of R-loop consensus regions248
Regulatory and structural mechanisms of PvrA-mediated regulation of the PQS quorum-sensing system and PHA biosynthesis inPseudomonas aeruginosa242
DriverDBv4: a multi-omics integration database for cancer driver gene research234
CAID prediction portal: a comprehensive service for predicting intrinsic disorder and binding regions in proteins232
scGRN: a comprehensive single-cell gene regulatory network platform of human and mouse224
Widely spaced and divergent inverted repeats become a potent source of chromosomal rearrangements in long single-stranded DNA regions223
Flanking strand separation activity of RecA nucleoprotein filaments in DNA strand exchange reactions219
Identification of key residues of the DNA glycosylase OGG1 controlling efficient DNA sampling and recruitment to oxidized bases in living cells217
Genome-encoded ABCF factors implicated in intrinsic antibiotic resistance in Gram-positive bacteria: VmlR2, Ard1 and CplR216
Aggrescan4D: structure-informed analysis of pH-dependent protein aggregation209
Robust counterselection and advanced λRed recombineering enable markerless chromosomal integration of large heterologous constructs205
THUMPD3–TRMT112 is a m2G methyltransferase working on a broad range of tRNA substrates204
SigH stress response mediates killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by activating nitronaphthofuran prodrugs via induction of Mrx2 expression203
Modulation of RNA stability regulates gene expression in two opposite ways: through buffering of RNA levels upon global perturbations and by supporting adapted differential expression194
Translation regulation of specific mRNAs by RPS26 C-terminal RNA-binding tail integrates energy metabolism and AMPK-mTOR signaling193
Genome-wide direct quantification of in vivo mutagenesis using high-accuracy paired-end and complementary consensus sequencing193
The 2022Nucleic Acids Researchdatabase issue and the online molecular biology database collection192
BusyBee Web: towards comprehensive and differential composition-based metagenomic binning192
High-density resolution of the Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus transcriptome identifies novel transcript isoforms generated by long-range transcription and alternative splicing191
FRAME: flap endonuclease 1-engineered PAM module for precise and sensitive modulation of CRISPR/Cas12a trans-cleavage activity189
scQTLbase: an integrated human single-cell eQTL database188
Bgee in 2024: focus on curated single-cell RNA-seq datasets, and query tools187
Loosely-packed dynamical structures with partially-melted surface being the key for thermophilic argonaute proteins achieving high DNA-cleavage activity186
Systemic approaches using single cell transcriptome reveal that C/EBPγ regulates autophagy under amino acid starved condition185
RefMetaPlant: a reference metabolome database for plants across five major phyla185
The phage defence island of a multidrug resistant plasmid uses both BREX and type IV restriction for complementary protection from viruses184
Characterization of a MHYT domain-coupled transcriptional regulator that responds to carbon monoxide182
RepeatsDB in 2025: expanding annotations of structured tandem repeats proteins on AlphaFoldDB181
Comprehensive analysis of PNA-based antisense antibiotics targeting various essential genes in uropathogenicEscherichia coli181
Diverse targets ofSMN2-directed splicing-modulating small molecule therapeutics for spinal muscular atrophy179
The SMC5/6 complex: folding chromosomes back into shape when genomes take a break179
Rfam 15: RNA families database in 2025178
Post-replicative lesion processing limits DNA damage-induced mutagenesis176
Identification and characterization of the WYL BrxR protein and its gene as separable regulatory elements of a BREX phage restriction system176
Inhibition of histone acetyltransferase GCN5 by a transcription factor FgPacC controls fungal adaption to host-derived iron stress174
Waves of sumoylation support transcription dynamics during adipocyte differentiation173
Revisiting the model for coactivator recruitment: Med15 can select its target sites independent of promoter-bound transcription factors172
Nonequilibrium hybridization-driven CRISPR/Cas adapter with extended energetic penalty for discrimination of single-nucleotide variants172
CPLM 4.0: an updated database with rich annotations for protein lysine modifications165
MatrisomeDB 2.0: 2023 updates to the ECM-protein knowledge database165
Open Targets Platform: facilitating therapeutic hypotheses building in drug discovery161
FuzDrop on AlphaFold: visualizing the sequence-dependent propensity of liquid–liquid phase separation and aggregation of proteins158
Human Ageing Genomic Resources: updates on key databases in ageing research158
Intrinsically disordered regions of tristetraprolin and DCP2 directly interact to mediate decay of ARE-mRNA157
DoriC 12.0: an updated database of replication origins in both complete and draft prokaryotic genomes156
Quantifying the activity profile of ASO and siRNA conjugates in glioblastoma xenograft tumors in vivo153
High-Throughput-Methyl-Reading (HTMR) assay: a solution based on nucleotide methyl-binding proteins enables large-scale screening for DNA/RNA methyltransferases and demethylases151
Ensembl 2024150
The carbohydrate-active enzyme database: functions and literature148
Tree Visualization By One Table (tvBOT): a web application for visualizing, modifying and annotating phylogenetic trees147
Editor's Note on ‘Cancer-derived p53 mutants suppress p53-target gene expression—potential mechanism for gain of function of mutant p53’146
Correction to ‘TopDom: an efficient and deterministic method for identifying topological domains in genomes’145
Editor's Note to ‘Autoregulatory circuit of human rpL3 expression requires hnRNP H1, NPM and KHSRP’145
The interaction between RPAP3 and TRBP reveals a possible involvement of the HSP90/R2TP chaperone complex in the regulation of miRNA activity142
A rationalized definition of general tumor suppressor microRNAs excludes miR-34a142
Functional redundancy in tRNA dihydrouridylation141
RNA polymerase common subunit ZmRPABC5b is transcriptionally activated by Opaque2 and essential for endosperm development in maize141
SSBD: an ecosystem for enhanced sharing and reuse of bioimaging data139
Identification and characterization of RNA binding sites for (p)ppGpp using RNA-DRaCALA138
INRI-seq enables global cell-free analysis of translation initiation and off-target effects of antisense inhibitors135
DEPCOD: a tool to detect and visualize co-evolution of protein domains135
Body temperature variation controls pre-mRNA processing and transcription of antiviral genes and SARS-CoV-2 replication134
Learning to quantify uncertainty in off-target activity for CRISPR guide RNAs132
Structural basis of how MGME1 processes DNA 5′ ends to maintain mitochondrial genome integrity132
Evolutionary conservation of embryonic DNA methylome remodelling in distantly related teleost species132
HMZDupFinder: a robust computational approach for detecting intragenic homozygous duplications from exome sequencing data131
Adaptation of a eukaryote-like ProRS to a prokaryote-like tRNAPro130
DNA–protein cross-links between abasic DNA damage and mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM)130
Molecular mechanism of human ISG20L2 for the ITS1 cleavage in the processing of 18S precursor ribosomal RNA128
Constraints on error rate revealed by computational study of G•U tautomerization in translation127
A tRNA gene potential to activate interferon signaling involves selective termination and is suppressible by La protein/SSB126
Reconfiguration of DNA nanostructures induced by enzymatic ligation treatment125
The origin of mirror repeats in the human genome125
TRIP12’s role in the governance of DNA polymerase β involvement in DNA damage response and repair124
The ‘Alu-ome’ shapes the epigenetic environment of regulatory elements controlling cellular defense122
PWOs repress gene transcription by regulating chromatin structures in Arabidopsis122
Negative DNA supercoiling makes protein-mediated looping deterministic and ergodic within the bacterial doubling time121
ZNF598 co-translationally titrates poly(GR) protein implicated in the pathogenesis of C9ORF72-associated ALS/FTD121
Highly efficient CRISPR-mediated large DNA docking and multiplexed prime editing using a single baculovirus120
RMVar 2.0: an updated database of functional variants in RNA modifications120
MethBank 4.0: an updated database of DNA methylation across a variety of species120
KLF9 and KLF13 transcription factors boost myelin gene expression in oligodendrocytes as partners of SOX10 and MYRF117
Systematic genetic perturbation reveals principles underpinning robustness of the epigenetic regulatory network115
The THO complex counteracts TERRA R-loop-mediated telomere fragility in telomerase+ cells and telomeric recombination in ALT+ cells113
3D chromatin connectivity underlies replication origin efficiency in mouse embryonic stem cells113
Kingdom-wide CRISPR guide design with ALLEGRO112
Heat shock transcription factors demonstrate a distinct mode of interaction with mitotic chromosomes111
HGD: an integrated homologous gene database across multiple species111
Binding of DNA origami to lipids: maximizing yield and switching via strand displacement109
AlloMAPS 2: allosteric fingerprints of the AlphaFold and Pfam-trRosetta predicted structures for engineering and design109
FANCD2 and RAD51 recombinase directly inhibit DNA2 nuclease at stalled replication forks and FANCD2 acts as a novel RAD51 mediator in strand exchange to promote genome stability109
scTML: a pan-cancer single-cell landscape of multiple mutation types109
Nature-inspired engineering of an artificial ligase enzyme by domain fusion108
Pre-mRNA splicing factor U2AF2 recognizes distinct conformations of nucleotide variants at the center of the pre-mRNA splice site signal107
WSB1/2 target chromatin-bound lysine-methylated RelA for proteasomal degradation and NF-κB termination106
Zinc controls PML nuclear body formation through regulation of a paralog specific auto-inhibition in SUMO1106
Commonality and diversity in tRNA substrate recognition in t6A biogenesis by eukaryotic KEOPSs104
MolluscDB 2.0: a comprehensive functional and evolutionary genomics database for over 1400 molluscan species102
Ribosome Quality Control mitigates the cytotoxicity of ribosome collisions induced by 5-Fluorouracil102
Coronaviral RNA-methyltransferases: function, structure and inhibition101
Efficient 3′-pairing renders microRNA targeting less sensitive to mRNA seed accessibility100
Annotation of uORFs in the OMIM genes allows to reveal pathogenic variants in 5′UTRs100
Intein-based thermoregulated meganucleases for containment of genetic material100
HybridDBRpred: improved sequence-based prediction of DNA-binding amino acids using annotations from structured complexes and disordered proteins99
Does rapid sequence divergence preclude RNA structure conservation in vertebrates?98
SMAP design: a multiplex PCR amplicon and gRNA design tool to screen for natural and CRISPR-induced genetic variation98
Molecular basis of dual anti-CRISPR and auto-regulatory functions of AcrIF2497
KREH1 RNA helicase activity promotes utilization of initiator gRNAs across multiple mRNAs in trypanosome RNA editing96
Accurate measurement of microsatellite length by disrupting its tandem repeat structure95
Correction to ‘Cooperative Gsx2–DNA binding requires DNA bending and a novel Gsx2 homeodomain interface’95
Correction to ‘Expanded MutaT7 toolkit efficiently and simultaneously accesses all possible transition mutations in bacteria’95
EPIMUTESTR: a nearest neighbor machine learning approach to predict cancer driver genes from the evolutionary action of coding variants94
A prophage encoded ribosomal RNA methyltransferase regulates the virulence of Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)93
The cysteine-rich domain in CENP-A chaperone Scm3HJURP ensures centromere targeting and kinetochore integrity92
Dynamic and facilitated binding of topoisomerase accelerates topological relaxation91
RNA-binding protein Nocte regulates Drosophila development by promoting translation reinitiation on mRNAs with long upstream open reading frames91
Ep300 sequestration to functionally distinct glucocorticoid receptor binding loci underlie rapid gene activation and repression91
Cytosolic microRNA-inducible nuclear translocation of Cas9 protein for disease-specific genome modification91
Active in vivo translocation of the Methanosarcina mazei Gö1 Casposon90
Summarizing internal dynamics boosts differential analysis and functional interpretation of super enhancers89
Structural analysis of the Candida albicans mitochondrial DNA maintenance factor Gcf1p reveals a dynamic DNA-bridging mechanism89
Reconstructing DNA methylation maps of ancient populations89
LncRNAway: a web-based sgRNA design tool for precise and effective suppression of long noncoding RNAs88
Engineered Cas9 variants bypass Keap1-mediated degradation in human cells and enhance epigenome editing efficiency88
Hypoxia stabilizes SETDB1 to maintain genome stability88
Inhibition mechanisms of CRISPR-Cas9 by AcrIIA17 and AcrIIA1887
PRGdb 4.0: an updated database dedicated to genes involved in plant disease resistance process87
Cisplatin fastens chromatin irreversibly even at a high chloride concentration87
SCAN: Spatiotemporal Cloud Atlas for Neural cells87
Bipartite interaction sites differentially modulate RNA-binding affinity of a protein complex essential for germline stem cell self-renewal87
40S hnRNP particles are a novel class of nuclear biomolecular condensates86
Trypanosoma brucei histones are heavily modified with combinatorial post-translational modifications and mark Pol II transcription start regions with hyperacetylated H2A86
Structure of Escherichia coli heat shock protein Hsp15 in complex with the ribosomal 50S subunit bearing peptidyl-tRNA86
A common transcriptional mechanism involving R-loop and RNA abasic site regulates an enhancer RNA of APOE85
A novel Queuovirinae lineage of Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages encode dPreQ0 DNA modifications with a single GA motif that provide restriction and CRISPR Cas9 protection in vitro84
Interpretable deep residual network uncovers nucleosome positioning and associated features84
POT-3 preferentially binds the terminal DNA-repeat on the telomeric G-overhang84
Genome-wide screening and functional validation of methylation barriers near promoters84
Specificity and sensitivity of an RNA targeting type III CRISPR complex coupled with a NucC endonuclease effector83
TRMT10A dysfunction perturbs codon translation of initiator methionine and glutamine and impairs brain functions in mice83
PsrA is a novel regulator contributes to antibiotic synthesis, bacterial virulence, cell motility and extracellular polysaccharides production in Serratia marcescens83
Sequence, structure, and affinity of miR-34a binding sites determine repression efficacy82
Interrogating two extensively self-targeting Type I CRISPR-Cas systems in Xanthomonas albilineans reveals distinct anti-CRISPR proteins that block DNA degradation81
Sal-type ABC-F proteins: intrinsic and common mediators of pleuromutilin resistance by target protection in staphylococci81
SCAPE: a mixture model revealing single-cell polyadenylation diversity and cellular dynamics during cell differentiation and reprogramming81
Absence of mitochondrial SLC25A51 enhances PARP1-dependent DNA repair by increasing nuclear NAD+ levels81
Expression of Bacillus subtilis ABCF antibiotic resistance factor VmlR is regulated by RNA polymerase pausing, transcription attenuation, translation attenuation and (p)ppGpp81
Learning interpretable representations of single-cell multi-omics data with multi-output Gaussian processes81
The Ocean Gene Atlas v2.0: online exploration of the biogeography and phylogeny of plankton genes81
G-quadruplexes as potential traps for superenhancer marker BRD4: ligand-sensitive binding and co-separation in vitro81
BioKA: a curated and integrated biomarker knowledgebase for animals81
Model-based characterization of the equilibrium dynamics of transcription initiation and promoter-proximal pausing in human cells80
Editorial: the 20th annual Nucleic Acids Research Web Server Issue 202279
Phospho-Ku70 induced by DNA damage interacts with RNA Pol II and promotes the formation of phospho-53BP1 foci to ensure optimal cNHEJ79
Polycomb protein SCML2 mediates paternal epigenetic inheritance through sperm chromatin79
Motif-VI loop acts as a nucleotide valve in the West Nile Virus NS3 Helicase79
CircaKB: a comprehensive knowledgebase of circadian genes across multiple species79
GenePlexus: a web-server for gene discovery using network-based machine learning78
Structural insights into RNA cleavage by a novel family of bacterial RNases78
A global survey of small RNA interactors identifies KhpA and KhpB as major RNA-binding proteins in Fusobacterium nucleatum78
Integration of single cell data by disentangled representation learning77
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