EMBO Journal

Papers
(The median citation count of EMBO Journal is 11. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Unbiased assessment of genome integrity and purging of adverse outcomes at the target locus upon editing of CD4+ T‐cells for the treatment of Hyper IgM1885
Regulation of membrane fluidity by RNF145‐triggered degradation of the lipid hydrolase ADIPOR2426
PABP prevents the untimely decay of select mRNA populations in human cells256
A mitochondrial EglN1‐AMPKα axis drives breast cancer progression by enhancing metabolic adaptation to hypoxic stress239
The ASC‐1 complex promotes translation initiation by scanning ribosomes151
Binary organization of epidermal basal domains highlights robustness to environmental exposure151
NDST3 deacetylates α‐tubulin and suppresses V‐ATPase assembly and lysosomal acidification141
“Be sustainable”: EOSC‐Life recommendations for implementation of FAIR principles in life science data handling140
Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells integrate microbial signals to promote post‐inflammation gut tissue repair131
Cryo‐EM structures of perforin‐2 in isolation and assembled on a membrane suggest a mechanism for pore formation129
Systematic identification and characterization of repressive domains in Drosophila transcription factors116
m6A is required for resolving progenitor identity during planarian stem cell differentiation107
The goodies of chelated fat: iron‐regulated lipid droplet biogenesis precedes and preserves mitophagy99
Phospholipid scramblase Xkr8 is required for developmental axon pruning via phosphatidylserine exposure94
The phagosomal solute transporter SLC15A4 promotes inflammasome activity via mTORC1 signaling and autophagy restraint in dendritic cells92
The plant noncoding transcriptome: a versatile environmental sensor92
Role of PCIF1‐mediated 5′‐cap N6‐methyladeonsine mRNA methylation in colorectal cancer and anti‐PD‐1 immunotherapy89
The Ras GTPase‐activating‐like protein IQGAP1 bridges Gasdermin D to the ESCRT system to promote IL‐1β release via exosomes89
A tale of two inhibitors: diarylquinolines and squaramides83
Transport unplugged: KCCs are regulated through an N‐terminal plug of the ion pathway83
Richard Jackson (1940–2020) ‐ A towering presence in translation83
The adaptive strategies of cells in the face of CIN80
Lipid metabolism: new twists to the Yin and Yang of PKM2 in cancer79
Making liver cancer cells go ARGh!76
Stem cells “aclymatise” to regenerate the blood system76
ARFs get the BioID treatment: what have we been missing?76
APP substrate ectodomain defines amyloid‐β peptide length by restraining γ‐secretase processivity and facilitating product release75
What (H)IF isoform matters? A deubiquitinase can tune the hypoxic response75
Kinetochore individualization in meiosis I is required for centromeric cohesin removal in meiosis II73
Acquired stress resilience through bacteria‐to‐nematode interdomain horizontal gene transfer72
Suppressing toxic aggregates: let MIA do it!71
Wnt and Src signals converge on YAP‐TEAD to drive intestinal regeneration70
ER‐anchored CRTH2 antagonizes collagen biosynthesis and organ fibrosis via binding LARP669
Microglial TNFα orchestrates protein phosphorylation in the cortex during the sleep period and controls homeostatic sleep68
Immune synaptopathies: how maternal immune activation impacts synaptic function during development67
Synergistic prostaglandin E synthesis by myeloid and endothelial cells promotes fetal hematopoietic stem cell expansion in vertebrates65
Characterization of naked mole‐rat hematopoiesis reveals unique stem and progenitor cell patterns and neotenic traits64
The SAGA complex regulates early steps in transcription via its deubiquitylase module subunit USP2263
Tubulin polyglutamylation differentially regulates microtubule‐interacting proteins63
Widespread use of unconventional targeting signals in mitochondrial ribosome proteins62
AMPK CA(R)Sts a new light on amino acid sensing61
NME6: ribonucleotide salvage sustains mitochondrial transcription60
Metabolic remodeling maintains a reducing environment for rapid activation of the yeast DNA replication checkpoint60
SPICE‐Met: profiling and imaging energy metabolism at the single‐cell level using a fluorescent reporter mouse60
The eukaryotic replisome tolerates leading‐strand base damage by replicase switching59
A systematic proximity ligation approach to studying protein‐substrate specificity identifies the substrate spectrum of the Ssh1 translocon59
Nucleic acid–protein condensates in innate immune signaling58
Queuosine‐tRNA promotes sex‐dependent learning and memory formation by maintaining codon‐biased translation elongation speed57
PHGDH and cancer: new job for an old enzyme!56
ADPGK‐AS1 long noncoding RNA switches macrophage metabolic and phenotypic state to promote lung cancer growth56
Cadherin‐mediated adhesion takes control56
Nascent polypeptide within the exit tunnel stabilizes the ribosome to counteract risky translation55
Cancer‐associated mutations in VAV1 trigger variegated signaling outputs and T‐cell lymphomagenesis54
Mammalian UPF3A and UPF3B can activate nonsense‐mediated mRNA decay independently of their exon junction complex binding54
Changes in adenoviral chromatin organization precede early gene activation upon infection54
Macrophage‐derived insulin antagonist ImpL2 induces lipoprotein mobilization upon bacterial infection54
A small peptide inhibits siRNA amplification in plants by mediating autophagic degradation of SGS3/RDR6 bodies53
Employing core regulatory circuits to define cell identity52
Infection and inflammation stimulate expansion of a CD74+ Paneth cell subset to regulate disease progression49
Mammalian ATG8 proteins maintain autophagosomal membrane integrity through ESCRTs48
An engineered multicellular stem cell niche for the 3D derivation of human myogenic progenitors from iPSCs48
Convergent dopamine and ALK4 signaling to PCBP1 controls FosB alternative splicing and cocaine behavioral sensitization48
Adaptive pathfinding by nucleokinesis during amoeboid migration47
Genetic control of the pluripotency epigenome determines differentiation bias in mouse embryonic stem cells46
The nucleoporin Nup50 activates the Ran guanine nucleotide exchange factor RCC1 to promote NPC assembly at the end of mitosis46
High‐resolution mapping of function and protein binding in an RNA nuclear enrichment sequence46
Tau: a phase in the crowd46
PGE2‐EP3 axis promotes brown adipose tissue formation through stabilization of WTAP RNA methyltransferase46
DNA polymerase zeta contributes to heterochromatin replication to prevent genome instability45
PKM2‐TMEM33 axis regulates lipid homeostasis in cancer cells by controlling SCAP stability45
Cryo‐EM structure of the chain‐elongating E3 ubiquitin ligase UBR544
HASTY , the Arabidopsis EXPORTIN5 ortholog, regulates cell‐to‐cell and vascular microRNA movement44
miR‐124‐dependent tagging of synapses by synaptopodin enables input‐specific homeostatic plasticity44
A CRMP4‐dependent retrograde axon‐to‐soma death signal in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis44
Ubiquitin‐targeted bacterial effectors: rule breakers of the ubiquitin system44
Oxidative stress‐induced phosphorylation of JIP4 regulates lysosomal positioning in coordination with TRPML1 and ALG243
Blood endothelial ALK1‐BMP4 signaling axis regulates adult hair follicle stem cell activation43
Mutation in protein disulfide isomerase A3 causes neurodevelopmental defects by disturbing endoplasmic reticulum proteostasis43
Promoter‐pervasive transcription causes RNA polymerase II pausing to boost DOG1 expression in response to salt43
Transcriptional and chromatin profiling of human blood innate lymphoid cell subsets sheds light on HIV‐1 pathogenesis42
PECAM‐1 supports leukocyte diapedesis by tension‐dependent dephosphorylation of VE‐cadherin42
BRCA2 promotes DNA‐RNA hybrid resolution by DDX5 helicase at DNA breaks to facilitate their repair‡42
Cryo‐EM structures of human ABCA7 provide insights into its phospholipid translocation mechanisms41
Regulation of LRRK2 mRNA stability by ATIC and its substrate AICAR through ARE‐mediated mRNA decay in Parkinson's disease41
E‐cadherin mediates apical membrane initiation site localisation duringde novopolarisation of epithelial cavities41
Condensin pinches a short negatively supercoiled DNA loop during each round of ATP usage41
Regeneration of the human segmentation clock in somitoids in vitro40
A critical period of prehearing spontaneous Ca2+ spiking is required for hair‐bundle maintenance in inner hair cells40
Tudor staphylococcal nuclease is a docking platform for stress granule components and is essential for SnRK1 activation in Arabidopsis40
Sharpening the blades of the dentate gyrus: how adult‐born neurons differentially modulate diverse aspects of hippocampal learning and memory40
Sensor NLR immune proteins activate oligomerization of their NRC helpers in response to plant pathogens40
Multi‐modal adaptor‐clathrin contacts drive coated vesicle assembly40
Topoisomerase II poisons inhibit vertebrate DNA replication through distinct mechanisms40
SOX9 maintains human foetal lung tip progenitor state by enhancing WNT and RTK signalling40
Cooperative amyloid fibre binding and disassembly by the Hsp70 disaggregase39
PIP2 depletion and altered endocytosis caused by expression of Alzheimer's disease‐protective variant PLCγ2 R52238
SARS‐CoV‐2 sensing by RIG‐I and MDA5 links epithelial infection to macrophage inflammation38
Viral recognition and the antiviral interferon response38
Proteostatic imbalance and protein spreading in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis38
Astrogenesis in the murine dentate gyrus is a life‐long and dynamic process37
Antitumor T‐cell function requires CPEB4‐mediated adaptation to chronic endoplasmic reticulum stress37
Photoreceptor nanotubes mediate the in vivo exchange of intracellular material37
Tunnelling nanotube formation is driven by Eps8/IRSp53‐dependent linear actin polymerization37
The mitochondrial ATP synthase as an ATP consumer—a surprising therapeutic target37
Arabidopsis HEAT SHOCK FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN is required to limit meiotic crossovers and HEI10 transcription36
Sealing holes in cellular membranes36
A multifunctional locus controls motor neuron differentiation through short and long noncoding RNAs36
Diversity matters — extending sound intensity coding by inner hair cells via heterogeneous synapses36
MICa/b‐dependent activation of natural killer cells by CD64+ inflammatory type 2 dendritic cells contributes to autoimmunity35
Calcium signals regulate the functional differentiation of thymic iNKT cells35
Paternal USP26 mutations raise Klinefelter syndrome risk in the offspring of mice and humans35
Single‐cell dissection of cervical cancer reveals key subsets of the tumor immune microenvironment35
Too much death can kill you: inhibiting intrinsic apoptosis to treat disease34
On the role of phase separation in the biogenesis of membraneless compartments34
Loss of TDP‐43 oligomerization or RNA binding elicits distinct aggregation patterns33
DNA‐PKcs and ATM modulate mitochondrial ADP‐ATP exchange as an oxidative stress checkpoint mechanism33
A single‐cell RNA expression atlas of normal, preneoplastic and tumorigenic states in the human breast32
Two Hippo signaling modules orchestrate liver size and tumorigenesis32
E2/E3‐independent ubiquitin‐like protein conjugation by Urm1 is directly coupled to cysteine persulfidation32
Molecular basis of cross‐species ACE2 interactions with SARS‐CoV‐2‐like viruses of pangolin origin32
Neutrophils induce paracrine telomere dysfunction and senescence in ROS‐dependent manner32
BH3‐only proteins are part of a regulatory network that control the sustained signalling of the unfolded protein response sensor IRE1α32
Syncytia formation by SARS‐CoV‐2‐infected cells31
Do we still need animals? Surveying the role of animal‐free models in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease research31
A heterotypic assembly mechanism regulates CHIP E3 ligase activity31
In vivo reduction of RAD51‐mediated homologous recombination triggers aging but impairs oncogenesis31
Brassinosteroid signals cooperate with katanin‐mediated microtubule severing to control stamen filament elongation31
Unraveling the features of somatic transposition in the Drosophila intestine31
Programmable C‐to‐U RNA editing using the human APOBEC3A deaminase31
IFN‐β rescues neurodegeneration by regulating mitochondrial fission via STAT5, PGAM5, and Drp130
Helical ordering of envelope‐associated proteins and glycoproteins in respiratory syncytial virus30
N4BP1 mediates RAM domain‐dependent notch signaling turnover during neocortical development30
Mitochondria and peroxisomes are NIXed for clearance30
Cell envelope growth of Gram‐negative bacteria proceeds independently of cell wall synthesis30
High‐resolution analysis of the conformational transition of pro‐apoptotic Bak at the lipid membrane30
Suppression of Ca2+ signaling enhances melanoma progression30
TRIM27 cooperates with STK38L to inhibit ULK1‐mediated autophagy and promote tumorigenesis29
NALCN‐mediated sodium influx confers metastatic prostate cancer cell invasiveness29
ER exit sites take the strain29
A Golgi oxygen sensor controls intestinal mucin glycosylation29
Histone chaperone CAF‐1 promotes HIV‐1 latency by leading the formation of phase‐separated suppressive nuclear bodies29
Dieter Wolf (1941–2023): a life dedicated to understanding protein quality control and the ubiquitin‐proteasome system29
A lipid hydrolase and a ubiquitin ligase play hide‐and‐seek in the ER membrane29
Mechanism of transcription initiation and primer generation at the mitochondrial replication origin OriL29
The cell cycle and cell size influence the rates of global cellular translation and transcription in fission yeast29
The fifth decade29
Disulfiram's journey from rubber vulcanization to T‐cell activation29
Classics never get old: neurotransmitters shape human cortical interneuron migration28
Spt5 histone binding activity preserves chromatin during transcription by RNA polymerase II28
AATF/Che‐1 localizes to paraspeckles and suppresses R‐loops accumulation and interferon activation in Multiple Myeloma28
Novel transient cytoplasmic rings stabilize assembling bacterial flagellar motors28
The Ebola virus VP40 matrix layer undergoes endosomal disassembly essential for membrane fusion28
Actin network architecture can ensure robust centering or sensitive decentering of the centrosome28
Keep the fate: how chromatin regulators safeguard embryonic stem cell identity28
Torsin and NEP1R1‐CTDNEP1 phosphatase affect interphase nuclear pore complex insertion by lipid‐dependent and lipid‐independent mechanisms28
Microglia‐synapse engulfment via PtdSer‐TREM2 ameliorates neuronal hyperactivity in Alzheimer's disease models28
Oligomerization‐driven MLKL ubiquitylation antagonizes necroptosis27
Reciprocal priming between receptor tyrosine kinases at recycling endosomes orchestrates cellular signalling outputs27
PERK signaling promotes mitochondrial elongation by remodeling membrane phosphatidic acid27
The eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E reprograms alternative splicing27
The lysosomal Ragulator complex activates NLRP3 inflammasome in vivo via HDAC627
Evidence for low nanocompaction of heterochromatin in living embryonic stem cells27
Host succinate inhibits influenza virus infection through succinylation and nuclear retention of the viral nucleoprotein27
ECM dimensionality tunes actin tension to modulate endoplasmic reticulum function and spheroid phenotypes of mammary epithelial cells27
SHP‐1 dephosphorylates histone H2B to facilitate its ubiquitination during transcription27
Msps governs acentrosomal microtubule assembly and reactivation of quiescent neural stem cells27
Selective autophagy regulates chloroplast protein import and promotes plant stress tolerance27
The sun, cholesterol and Orai1 conspire in melanoma27
The CUL4B‐based E3 ubiquitin ligase regulates mitosis and brain development by recruiting phospho‐specific DCAFs27
Structural and biochemical basis of interdependent FANCI‐FANCD2 ubiquitination26
Discrete RNADNA hybrid cleavage by the EXD2 exonuclease pinpoints two rate‐limiting steps26
A rare human centenarian variant of SIRT6 enhances genome stability and interaction with Lamin A26
Cryo‐EM reveals the complex architecture of dynactin's shoulder region and pointed end26
Enzyme–substrate interface targeting by imidazole‐based γ‐secretase modulators activates γ‐secretase and stabilizes its interaction withAPP26
The Hda1 histone deacetylase limits divergent non‐coding transcription and restricts transcription initiation frequency26
Distinct roles of α‐ and β‐tubulin polyglutamylation in controlling axonal transport and in neurodegeneration26
m 6 A modification of HSATIII lncRNAs regulates temperature‐dependent splicing26
TDAG51 promotes transcription factor FoxO1 activity during LPS‐induced inflammatory responses26
The multi‐scale architecture of mammalian sperm flagella and implications for ciliary motility26
Structural mechanism of CRL4‐instructed STAT2 degradation via a novel cytomegaloviral DCAF receptor26
The MASTL/PP2A cell cycle kinase‐phosphatase module restrains PI3K‐Akt activity in an mTORC1‐dependent manner25
Nucleome programming is required for the foundation of totipotency in mammalian germline development25
Biogenesis of secretory immunoglobulin M requires intermediate non‐native disulfide bonds and engagement of the protein disulfide isomerase ERp4425
An ERAD‐independent role for rhomboid pseudoprotease Dfm1 in mediating sphingolipid homeostasis25
Structure and functional mapping of the KRAB‐KAP1 repressor complex25
Cell line authentication: a necessity for reproducible biomedical research25
CROP: a retromer‐PROPPIN complex mediating membrane fission in the endo‐lysosomal system25
The SMC5/6 complex recruits the PAF1 complex to facilitate DNA double‐strand break repair in Arabidopsis25
Hematopoietic stem cells undergo a lymphoid to myeloid switch in early stages of emergency granulopoiesis25
ORP2 couples LDL‐cholesterol transport to FAK activation by endosomal cholesterol/PI(4,5)P2 exchange25
Bidirectional interplay between metabolism and epigenetics in hematopoietic stem cells and leukemia25
TOC1 clock protein phosphorylation controls complex formation with NF‐YB/C to repress hypocotyl growth24
A weakened interface in the P182L variant of HSP27 associated with severe Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth neuropathy causes aberrant binding to interacting proteins24
USP33 deubiquitinates and stabilizes HIF‐2alpha to promote hypoxia response in glioma stem cells24
A sterol‐PI(4)P exchanger modulates the Tel1/ATM axis of the DNA damage response24
Pioneer activity distinguishes activating from non‐activating SOX2 binding sites24
Macrophage mitochondrial bioenergetics and tissue invasion are boosted by an Atossa‐Porthos axis in Drosophila24
A regulatory phosphorylation site on Mec1 controls chromatin occupancy of RNA polymerases during replication stress24
Order through destruction: how ER‐associated protein degradation contributes to organelle homeostasis24
Cryo‐EM structure of metazoan TRAPPIII, the multi‐subunit complex that activates the GTPase Rab124
Mammalian antiviral RNAi is on the move24
Molecular basis of accessible plasma membrane cholesterol recognition by the GRAM domain of GRAMD1b24
Varicella‐Zoster virus ORF9 is an antagonist of the DNA sensor cGAS23
Presynaptic targeting of botulinum neurotoxin type A requires a tripartitePSG‐Syt1SV2plasma membrane nanocluster for synaptic vesicle entry23
A non‐proteolytic release mechanism for HMCES‐DNA‐protein crosslinks23
SARS‐CoV‐2 Alpha, Beta, and Delta variants display enhanced Spike‐mediated syncytia formation23
A non‐canonical scaffold‐type E3 ligase complex mediates protein UFMylation23
DASH/Dam1 complex mutants stabilize ploidy in histone‐humanized yeast by weakening kinetochore‐microtubule attachments23
CircPVT1 promotes ER‐positive breast tumorigenesis and drug resistance by targeting ESR1 and MAVS23
Pathogenic ACVR1R206H activation by Activin A‐induced receptor clustering and autophosphorylation22
Barley GRIK1‐SnRK1 kinases subvert a viral virulence protein to upregulate antiviral RNAi and inhibit infection22
Schwann cell precursors represent a neural crest‐like state with biased multipotency22
The TBC1D31/praja2 complex controls primary ciliogenesis through PKA‐directed OFD1 ubiquitylation22
HNRNPH1 regulates the neuroprotective cold‐shock protein RBM3 expression through poison exon exclusion22
Single‐cell transcriptomics of LepR‐positive skeletal cells reveals heterogeneous stress‐dependent stem and progenitor pools22
Extracellular vesicles and co‐isolated endogenous retroviruses from murine cancer cells differentially affect dendritic cells22
STIM1 and ORAI1 form a novel cold transduction mechanism in sensory and sympathetic neurons21
Intramembrane client recognition potentiates the chaperone functions of calnexin21
Ketogenic HMG‐CoA lyase and its product β‐hydroxybutyrate promote pancreatic cancer progression21
Jacob‐induced transcriptional inactivation of CREB promotes Aβ‐induced synapse loss in Alzheimer's disease21
Splicing factor YBX1 regulates bone marrow stromal cell fate during aging21
N‐glycan processing selects ERAD‐resistant misfolded proteins for ER‐to‐lysosome‐associated degradation21
Dephospho‐CoA kinase, a nuclear‐encoded apicoplast protein, remains active and essential after Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast disruption21
ATAD3B is a mitophagy receptor mediating clearance of oxidative stress‐induced damaged mitochondrial DNA21
Cancer‐associated POT1 mutations lead to telomere elongation without induction of a DNA damage response21
Secretion of mitochondrial DNA via exosomes promotes inflammation in Behçet's syndrome21
Functionally distinct promoter classes initiate transcription via different mechanisms reflected in focused versus dispersed initiation patterns21
Spatial and temporal control of mitochondrial H 2 O 2 release in intact human cells20
CDK11 requires a critical activator SAP30BP to regulate pre‐mRNA splicing20
Complete suppression of Htt fibrillization and disaggregation of Htt fibrils by a trimeric chaperone complex20
Cardiolipin remodeling enables protein crowding in the inner mitochondrial membrane20
Gastric stem cells promote inflammation and gland remodeling in response to Helicobacter pylori via Rspo3‐Lgr4 axis20
A tale of two Hippo pathway modules20
The CRL4 DCAF1 cullin‐RING ubiquitin ligase is activated following a switch in oligomerization state20
Glycolysis regulates Hedgehog signalling via the plasma membrane potential20
IDH2 stabilizes HIF‐1α‐induced metabolic reprogramming and promotes chemoresistance in urothelial cancer20
Herpes simplex virus ICP27 protein provides viral mRNAs with access to the cellular mRNA export pathway20
PrimPol‐mediated repriming facilitates replication traverse of DNA interstrand crosslinks20
Autophagy‐linked plasma and lysosomal membrane protein PLAC8 is a key host factor for SARS‐CoV‐2 entry into human cells20
BNIP3 promotes HIF‐1α‐driven melanoma growth by curbing intracellular iron homeostasis20
Caspase‐12 and endoplasmic reticulum stress mediate neurotoxicity of pathological prion protein20
Deciphering functional tumor states at single‐cell resolution20
Acetate is a beneficial nutrient for E. coli at low glycolytic flux19
Molecular basis of cross‐species ACE2 interactions with SARS‐CoV‐2‐like viruses of pangolin origin19
Chromatin remodeling is required for sRNA‐guided DNA elimination in Paramecium19
Nicotinamide N‐methyltransferase sustains a core epigenetic program that promotes metastatic colonization in breast cancer19
Inactive variants of death receptor p75 NTR reduce Alzheimer’s neuropathology by interfering with APP internalization19
ZAKβ is activated by cellular compression and mediates contraction‐induced MAP kinase signaling in skeletal muscle19
Inhibition of ATP synthase reverse activity restores energy homeostasis in mitochondrial pathologies19
Phospho‐regulated Bim1/EB1 interactions trigger Dam1c ring assembly at the budding yeast outer kinetochore19
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