OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Current Genetics is 4. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
A cellular handbook for collided ribosomes: surveillance pathways and collision types	50
Fungal effectors, the double edge sword of phytopathogens	40
Functional amyloids of eukaryotes: criteria, classification, and biological significance	26
Model systems for studying polyphosphate biology: a focus on microorganisms	24
SMC complexes organize the bacterial chromosome by lengthwise compaction	23
The adaptive potential of circular DNA accumulation in ageing cells	22
Why have aggregative multicellular organisms stayed simple?	21
N-degron-mediated degradation and regulation of mitochondrial PINK1 kinase	20
Transcriptomic analysis reveals the role of RcsB in suppressing bacterial chemotaxis, flagellar assembly and infection in Yersinia enterocolitica	19
cAMP-PKA signal transduction specificity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	18
Yeast chromatin remodeling complexes and their roles in transcription	16
The role of artificial intelligence in the battle against antimicrobial-resistant bacteria	15
The intersection between stress responses and inositol pyrophosphates in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	15
New sequencing methodologies reveal interplay between multiple RNA-binding proteins and their RNAs	15
Phase separation drives pairing of homologous chromosomes	14
Translocation of non-lytic antimicrobial peptides and bacteria penetrating peptides across the inner membrane of the bacterial envelope	14
Systemic and rapid restructuring of the genome: a new perspective on punctuated equilibrium	14
Light and shadow on the mechanisms of integration site selection in yeast Ty retrotransposon families	14
Innate immunity to prions: anti-prion systems turn a tsunami of prions into a slow drip	13
How yeast cells deal with stalled replication forks	13
Prevention of unwanted recombination at damaged replication forks	13
Machinery for fungal heme acquisition	13
Transcriptional regulation of the caspofungin-induced cell wall damage response in Candida albicans	12
Single-strand template repair: key insights to increase the efficiency of gene editing	12
Diverse roles of nucleoside diphosphate kinase in genome stability and growth fitness	12

Comparing the utility of in vivo transposon mutagenesis approaches in yeast species to infer gene essentiality	12
Establishment of conidial fusion in the asexual fungus Verticillium dahliae as a useful system for the study of non-sexual genetic interactions	11
How adaptive laboratory evolution can boost yeast tolerance to lignocellulosic hydrolyses	11
Golden Gate vectors for efficient gene fusion and gene deletion in diverse filamentous fungi	11
Negative feedback-loop mechanisms regulating HOG- and pheromone-MAPK signaling in yeast	11
‘Sugarcoating’ 2-deoxyglucose: mechanisms that suppress its toxic effects	11
Cell-cycle phospho-regulation of the kinetochore	11
Development of versatile and efficient genetic tools for the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus terreus RA2905	10
Conserved roles of chromatin remodellers in cohesin loading onto chromatin	10
Emerging non-canonical roles for the Rad51–Rad52 interaction in response to double-strand breaks in yeast	10
Quaternary structural diversity in eukaryotic DNA polymerases: monomeric to multimeric form	10
Synchronisation of glycolytic activity in yeast cells	10
Genome protection: histone H4 and beyond	10
Spatial sequestration of misfolded proteins as an active chaperone-mediated process during heat stress	10
Limiting homologous recombination at stalled replication forks is essential for cell viability: DNA2 to the rescue	10
Tumor suppressor stars in yeast G1/S transition	9
Two homologs of the Cat8 transcription factor are involved in the regulation of ethanol utilization in Komagataella phaffii	9
Off-target effects of base editors: what we know and how we can reduce it	9
RNases H1 and H2: guardians of the stability of the nuclear genome when supply of dNTPs is limiting for DNA synthesis	9
Contribution of the mitogen-activated protein kinase Hog1 to the halotolerance of the marine yeast Debaryomyces hansenii	9
Origin of translational control by eIF2α phosphorylation: insights from genome-wide translational profiling studies in fission yeast	9
Two dominant selectable markers for genetic manipulation in Neurospora crassa	9
Reversible protein aggregation as cytoprotective mechanism against heat stress	9
The past determines the future: sugar source history and transcriptional memory	9
Multilayered regulation of proteome stoichiometry	9
Genomic assessment of Stenotrophomonas indicatrix for improved sunflower plant	9
Two mating-type genes MAT1-1-1 and MAT1-1-2 with significant functions in conidiation, stress response, sexual development, and pathogenicity of rice false smut fungus Villosiclava virens	9
The regulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Snf1 protein kinase on glucose utilization is in a glucose-dependent manner	8
Physiological function of FKBP12, a primary target of rapamycin/FK506: a newly identified role in transcription of ribosomal protein genes in yeast	8
Functional analysis of Cti6 core domain responsible for recruitment of epigenetic regulators Sin3, Cyc8 and Tup1	8
Two regulators of G-protein signaling (RGS) proteins FlbA1 and FlbA2 differentially regulate fumonisin B1 biosynthesis in Fusarium verticillioides	8
ERH proteins: connecting RNA processing to tumorigenesis?	8
Asymmetric cell division and replicative aging: a new perspective from the spindle poles	8
Scaling gene expression for cell size control and senescence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	8
How do small chromosomes know they are small? Maximizing meiotic break formation on the shortest yeast chromosomes	8
A snapshot of the λ T4rII exclusion (Rex) phenotype in Escherichia coli	7
Molecular characterization of lipase from a psychrotrophic bacterium Pseudomonas sp. CRBC14	7
Lipid flippases in polarized growth	7
Getting there: understanding the chromosomal recruitment of the AAA+ ATPase Pch2/TRIP13 during meiosis	7
The Cbk1-Ace2 axis guides Candida albicans from yeast to hyphae and back again	7
Genetics animates structure: leveraging genetic interactions to study the dynamics of ribosome biogenesis	7
Increased peroxisome proliferation is associated with early yeast replicative ageing	7
Mgs1 function at G-quadruplex structures during DNA replication	7
Gene repression in S. cerevisiae—looking beyond Sir-dependent gene silencing	7
Loss of ERAD bridging factor UBX2 modulates lipid metabolism and leads to ER stress-associated apoptosis during cadmium toxicity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	7
PoMet3 and PoMet14 associated with sulfate assimilation are essential for conidiogenesis and pathogenicity in Pyricularia oryzae	7
Cac1 WHD and PIP domains have distinct roles in replisome progression and genomic stability	7
New connections between ubiquitylation and methylation in the co-transcriptional histone modification network	7
RNA polymerase II phosphorylation and gene looping: new roles for the Rpb4/7 heterodimer in regulating gene expression	7
Fluorescent protein expression in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor: a plasmid toolkit for easy use of fluorescent markers in basidiomycetes	7

MAT heterozygosity and the second sterility barrier in the reproductive isolation of Saccharomyces species	7
Contribution of SOS genes to H2O2-induced apoptosis-like death in Escherichia coli	7
Revisiting long-chain fatty acid metabolism in Escherichia coli: integration with stress responses	7
Histone 3 lysine 4 monomethylation supports activation of transcription in S. cerevisiae during nutrient stress	6
Application of recyclable CRISPR/Cas9 tools for targeted genome editing in the postharvest pathogenic fungi Penicillium digitatum and Penicillium expansum	6
Molecular and comparative genomic analyses reveal evolutionarily conserved and unique features of the Schizosaccharomyces japonicus mycelial growth and the underlying genomic changes	6
New destination vectors facilitate Modular Cloning for Chlamydomonas	6
Expression stability of internal reference gene in response to Trichoderma polysporum infection in Avena fatua L.	6
Chromosome loading of cohesin depends on conserved residues in Scc3	6
Coordinated regulation of iron metabolism in Cryptococcus neoformans by GATA and CCAAT transcription factors: connections with virulence	6
Whole genome sequencing and comparative genomic analyses of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain isolated from arable soil reveal novel insights into heavy metal resistance and codon biology	6
Beyond the canonical role of TFIIB in eukaryotic transcription	6
The Rim101 pathway mediates adaptation to external alkalization and altered lipid asymmetry: hypothesis describing the detection of distinct stresses by the Rim21 sensor protein	6
Genetic characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of Brazilian clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa harboring CRISPR/Cas systems	6
Distinct requirements for budding yeast Rev1 and Polη in translesion DNA synthesis across different types of DNA damage	6
A modified culture medium and hyphae isolation method can increase quality of the RNA extracted from mycelia of a dimorphic fungal species	5
Wake-up alarm: virtual time-lapse gene expression landscape illuminates mechanisms underlying dormancy breaking of germinating spores	5
RNA modifications as a common denominator between tRNA and mRNA	5
The challenges of predicting transposable element activity in hybrids	5
Negative control of cytokinesis by stress-activated MAPK signaling	5
Prophage-encoded gene VpaChn25_0734 amplifies ecological persistence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus CHN25	5
Dynamical analysis of the fission yeast cell cycle via Markov chain	5
Transcriptional repressor Gal80 recruits corepressor complex Cyc8–Tup1 to structural genes of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae GAL regulon	5
The challenge of staying in shape: nuclear size matters	5
Dynamic regulation of Pif1 acetylation is crucial to the maintenance of genome stability	5
Expression of Mug14 is regulated by the transcription factor Rst2 through the cAMP-dependent protein kinase pathway in Schizosaccharomyces pombe	5
DNA damage response of major fungal pathogen Candida glabrata offers clues to explain its genetic diversity	5
Origin matters: spontaneous DNA–RNA hybrids do not form in trans as a source of genome instability	5
Feruloyl esterase Fae1 is required specifically for host colonisation by the rice-blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae	5
Identification and characterization of a sulfite reductase gene and new insights regarding the sulfur-containing amino acid metabolism in the basidiomycetous yeast Cryptococcus neoformans	5
N-acetylglucosamine-mediated morphological transition in Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis	5
Morphogenic plasticity: the pathogenic attribute of Candida albicans	5
Impact of nitrogen metabolism-associated culture pH changes on regulation of Fusarium trichothecene biosynthesis: revision of roles of polyamine agmatine and transcription factor AreA	4
Roles of the PH, coiled-coil and SAM domains of the yeast polarity protein Boi2 in polarity-site localization and function in polarized growth	4
RNA-cleaving DNAzymes as a diagnostic and therapeutic agent against antimicrobial resistant bacteria	4
Dosage sensitivity of JDPs, a valuable tool for understanding their function: a case study on Caj1 overexpression-mediated filamentous growth in budding yeast	4
Diverse and conserved roles of the protein Ssu72 in eukaryotes: from yeast to higher organisms	4
Induction of protein aggregation and starvation response by tRNA modification defects	4
The specificity of H2A.Z occupancy in the yeast genome and its relationship to transcription	4
The PHO pathway regulates white–opaque switching and sexual mating in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans	4
Serine–arginine protein kinase-like protein, SrpkF, stimulates both cellobiose-responsive and d-xylose-responsive signaling pathways in Aspergillus aculeatus	4
NDK/NME proteins: a host–pathogen interface perspective towards therapeutics	4