OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is 7. 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.)

Article	Citations
Miro proteins connect mitochondrial function and intercellular transport	94
A local regulatory network in the testis mediated by laminin and collagen fragments that supports spermatogenesis	72
The biogenesis of potassium transporters: implications of disease-associated mutations	69
Methanogens and what they tell us about how life might survive on Mars	47
Cholesterol efflux pathways, inflammation, and atherosclerosis	37
Emerging biological functions of ribonuclease 1 and angiogenin	33
Instrumental analysis of RNA modifications	32
Evolution, classification, and mechanisms of transport, activity regulation, and substrate specificity of ZIP metal transporters	31
The amyloid proteome: a systematic review and proposal of a protein classification system	30
Regulation of protein function and degradation by heme, heme responsive motifs, and CO	26
Energetics, kinetics, and pathways of SNARE assembly in membrane fusion	25
Mechanisms of hexameric helicases	25
Mitochondrial acute oxygen sensing and signaling	23
Regulation of loop extrusion on the interphase genome	23
Coordinated roles of SLX4 and MutSβ in DNA repair and the maintenance of genome stability	22
Exercise training and changes in skeletal muscle mitochondrial proteins: from blots to “omics”	22
Molecular insights into the prototypical single-stranded DNA-binding protein from E. coli	22
The role of non-genetic information in evolutionary frameworks	21
Reversible and bidirectional signaling of notch ligands	20
2-5A-Mediated decay (2-5AMD): from antiviral defense to control of host RNA	20
The AAA+ superfamily: a review of the structural and mechanistic principles of these molecular machines	19
Modular optimization in metabolic engineering	19
The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle: a malleable metabolic network to counter cellular stress	17
ETF dehydrogenase advances in molecular genetics and impact on treatment	16
SMART approaches for genome-wide analyses of skeletal muscle stem and niche cells	13

Translation complex stabilization on messenger RNA and footprint profiling to study the RNA responses and dynamics of protein biosynthesis in the cells	12
Unraveling the complex regulatory networks in biofilm formation in bacteria and relevance of biofilms in environmental remediation	12
Milk glycan metabolism by intestinal bifidobacteria: insights from comparative genomics	11
G-quadruplexes in bacteria: insights into the regulatory roles and interacting proteins of non-canonical nucleic acid structures	10
Structures, mechanisms, and kinetic advantages of the SgrAI filament forming mechanism	10
The general transcription factors (GTFs) of RNA polymerase II and their roles in plant development and stress responses	10
The common chemical logic of ‘bridged’ peroxo species in mononuclear non-heme iron systems	9
What makes functional amyloids work?	8
Novel insights into the mechanism of cell cycle kinases Mec1(ATR) and Tel1(ATM)	8
Cancer cells dysregulate PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway activation to ensure their survival and proliferation: mimicking them is a smart strategy of gammaherpesviruses	8
Distinct enzymatic strategies forde novogeneration of disulfide bonds in membranes	7
Sulfur incorporation into biomolecules: recent advances	7
Creation and resolution of non-B-DNA structural impediments during replication	7
Structure and function of ClpXP, a AAA+ proteolytic machine powered by probabilistic ATP hydrolysis	7
Mitochondrial sirtuin 3 and role of natural compounds: the effect of post-translational modifications on cellular metabolism	7