OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Cell is 88. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
mRNA export factors store nascent transcripts within nuclear speckles as an adaptive response to transient global inhibition of transcription	636
Deciphering the fate of replication-induced DNA double-strand breaks	600
Microbial metabolites in cancer: An interview with Wendy S. Garrett and Eran Elinav	457
Interchromosomal contacts between regulatory regions trigger stable transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in Drosophila	378
Convergence of orphan quality control pathways at a ubiquitin chain-elongating ligase	348
RIOK3 mediates the degradation of 40S ribosomes	274
Free introns of tRNAs as complementarity-dependent regulators of gene expression	267
Combinatorial mapping of E3 ubiquitin ligases to their target substrates	262
Black in Cancer: An interview with founders Sigourney Bell and Henry J. Henderson	251
Formation of toxic oligomers of polyQ-expanded Huntingtin by prion-mediated cross-seeding	245
mTORC1-CTLH E3 ligase regulates the degradation of HMG-CoA synthase 1 through the Pro/N-degron pathway	244
STING channels its proton power	230
Polymerization of ZBTB transcription factors regulates chromatin occupancy	228
Dynamic BTB-domain filaments promote clustering of ZBTB proteins	223
An IDR-dependent mechanism for nuclear receptor control of Mediator interaction with RNA polymerase II	217
Nucleic-acid-induced ZCCHC3 condensation promotes broad innate immune responses	196
A ligation-independent sequencing method reveals tRNA-derived RNAs with blocked 3′ termini	196
Feeding two birds with one scone: The dual roles of SMARCAL1 in antitumor immunity	195
Meet the authors: Shouqiao Hou and Daichao Xu	193
The RNA helicase HrpA rescues collided ribosomes in E. coli	190
Enhanced SARS-CoV-2 entry via UPR-dependent AMPK-related kinase NUAK2	186
Elucidation of E3 ubiquitin ligase specificity through proteome-wide internal degron mapping	185
Mitotic chromosomes are self-entangled and disentangle through a topoisomerase-II-dependent two-stage exit from mitosis	177
Interplay between CTCF boundaries and a super enhancer controls cohesin extrusion trajectories and gene expression	174
Compartmentalization of the SUMO/RNF4 pathway by SLX4 drives DNA repair	173

Loss of LUC7L2 and U1 snRNP subunits shifts energy metabolism from glycolysis to OXPHOS	165
DNA damage promotes HLA class I presentation by stimulating a pioneer round of translation-associated antigen production	161
Epigenetic pioneering by SWI/SNF family remodelers	158
Meet the author: Vaidotas Stankevičius, Giedrius Vilkaitis, and Saulius Klimašauskas	157
AKT constitutes a signal-promoted alternative exon-junction complex that regulates nonsense-mediated mRNA decay	152
Structural insight into H4K20 methylation on H2A.Z-nucleosome by SUV420H1	151
CTCF and R-loops are boundaries of cohesin-mediated DNA looping	151
Dormant bacterial spores encrypt a long-lasting transcriptional program to be executed during revival	151
H3K4me1 facilitates promoter-enhancer interactions and gene activation during embryonic stem cell differentiation	148
INTAC endonuclease and phosphatase modules differentially regulate transcription by RNA polymerase II	146
RNA:DNA hybrids from Okazaki fragments contribute to establish the Ku-mediated barrier to replication-fork degradation	144
Noncanonical processing by animal Microprocessor	144
A unified model for cohesin function in sisterchromatid cohesion and chromatin loop formation	143
STK19 drives transcription-coupled repair by stimulating repair complex stability, RNA Pol II ubiquitylation, and TFIIH recruitment	142
Codon optimality-mediated mRNA degradation: Linking translational elongation to mRNA stability	141
Stochastic initiation of DNA replication across the human genome	140
RAD51AP1 regulates ALT-HDR through chromatin-directed homeostasis of TERRA	140
BREACHing new grounds in fragile X syndrome: Trinucleotide expansion linked to genome-wide heterochromatin domains and genome misfolding	138
USP4 Auto-Deubiquitylation Promotes Homologous Recombination	135
Transcriptional regulation and exploring uncharted waters: An interview with Dr. James T. Kadonaga	134
25 years of molecular mechanisms	130
Diving into chromatin organization and DNA repair: An interview with Dr. Susan M. Gasser	127
Meet the authors: Grazia Pellicanò and Rodrigo Bermejo	126
Rising to the challenge of COVID-19: Working on SARS-CoV-2 during the pandemic	125
A new way of D/Ealing with protein misfolding	125
m6A RNA methylation regulates promoter- proximal pausing of RNA polymerase II	124
SUMOylation of linker histone H1 drives chromatin condensation and restriction of embryonic cell fate identity	124
Stress, epigenetics, and aging: Unraveling the intricate crosstalk	122
Mapping subcellular localizations of unannotated microproteins and alternative proteins with MicroID	121
SPT6 functions in transcriptional pause/release via PAF1C recruitment	118
Phage anti-CBASS protein simultaneously sequesters cyclic trinucleotides and dinucleotides	117
Lactate activates the mitochondrial electron transport chain independently of its metabolism	117
Viperin triggers ribosome collision-dependent translation inhibition to restrict viral replication	116
The molecular basis of tRNA selectivity by human pseudouridine synthase 3	116
eIF4G as a switch for heat shock mRNA translation	116
Meet the authors: The Ji lab	115
D-2HG comes out of its shell: Metabolic effects on the immune environment	115
Terms and conditions	112
Transposon-taming piRNAs in the germline: Where do they come from?	111
A DNA helicase remodeling proteins: How DNA-protein crosslink repair unfolds via FANCJ	110
Introducing new group leaders: Peiguo Yang	109
Mitochondria: A “pacemaker” for species-specific development	107
SPOTting stress at the mitochondrial outer membrane	104
In this issue	104
Inhibiting U1 telescripting: A means to an end for transcription	104
Thymine DNA glycosylase regulates cell-cycle-driven p53 transcriptional control in pluripotent cells	103
Getting membrane proteins into shape	102
The challenges of investigating RNA function	102
Discovery of chemical probes that perturb protein complexes using size exclusion chromatography and chemical proteomics	101
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Laboratory: Strategies to Enhance Inclusive Laboratory Culture	101

Interrogation of the dynamic properties of higher-order heterochromatin using CRISPR-dCas9	100
Meet the authors: Mei-Sheng Xiao, Arun Prasath Damodaran, and Thomas Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis	99
Altered nucleocytoplasmic export of adenosine-rich circRNAs by PABPC1 contributes to neuronal function	99
Cryo-EM in molecular and cellular biology	98
S1-END-seq reveals DNA secondary structures in human cells	96
The GATOR2 complex maintains lysosomal-autophagic function by inhibiting the protein degradation of MiT/TFEs	95
Ring domains are essential for GATOR2-dependent mTORC1 activation	94
Transitions in the framework of condensate biology	94
Reversing the Central Dogma: RNA-guided control of DNA in epigenetics and genome editing	92
PAX3-FOXO1 coordinates enhancer architecture, eRNA transcription, and RNA polymerase pause release at select gene targets	90
CDT1, a licensing factor that limits rereplication	90
Condensates, the place to hide self-immunostimulatory RNA	88
SLC4A7 and mTORC1 raise nucleotide synthesis with bicarbonate	88