Molecular Cell

Papers
(The median citation count of Molecular Cell 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Redox metabolism: ROS as specific molecular regulators of cell signaling and function503
Ferroptosis at the intersection of lipid metabolism and cellular signaling461
A conceptual framework for understanding phase separation and addressing open questions and challenges376
Membrane Damage during Ferroptosis Is Caused by Oxidation of Phospholipids Catalyzed by the Oxidoreductases POR and CYB5R1347
Increased demand for NAD+ relative to ATP drives aerobic glycolysis303
Lactylation-driven METTL3-mediated RNA m6A modification promotes immunosuppression of tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells292
Phosphoregulation of Phase Separation by the SARS-CoV-2 N Protein Suggests a Biophysical Basis for its Dual Functions287
Genomic RNA Elements Drive Phase Separation of the SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid284
Integrated lncRNA function upon genomic and epigenomic regulation263
Engineered miniature CRISPR-Cas system for mammalian genome regulation and editing237
Molecular mechanisms of early plant pattern-triggered immune signaling233
Comprehensive in vivo secondary structure of the SARS-CoV-2 genome reveals novel regulatory motifs and mechanisms217
Life of RISC: Formation, action, and degradation of RNA-induced silencing complex211
AMPK: restoring metabolic homeostasis over space and time210
The CRISPR-Cas toolbox and gene editing technologies209
METTL1-mediated m7G modification of Arg-TCT tRNA drives oncogenic transformation194
Cuproptosis: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying copper-induced cell death192
Lipid metabolism in sickness and in health: Emerging regulators of lipotoxicity191
R-2-hydroxyglutarate attenuates aerobic glycolysis in leukemia by targeting the FTO/m6A/PFKP/LDHB axis187
Replication gaps are a key determinant of PARP inhibitor synthetic lethality with BRCA deficiency178
Enhancer RNA m6A methylation facilitates transcriptional condensate formation and gene activation175
N7-Methylguanosine tRNA modification enhances oncogenic mRNA translation and promotes intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression175
Reshaping endoplasmic reticulum quality control through the unfolded protein response174
Spatiotemporal Proteomic Analysis of Stress Granule Disassembly Using APEX Reveals Regulation by SUMOylation and Links to ALS Pathogenesis172
The Short- and Long-Range RNA-RNA Interactome of SARS-CoV-2169
Hallmarks of DNA replication stress167
Nonstructural Protein 1 of SARS-CoV-2 Is a Potent Pathogenicity Factor Redirecting Host Protein Synthesis Machinery toward Viral RNA166
Structured elements drive extensive circular RNA translation164
High-resolution structure and strain comparison of infectious mammalian prions160
Molecular mechanisms and functions of pyroptosis in inflammation and antitumor immunity158
Hidden codes in mRNA: Control of gene expression by m6A157
Amino Acids and Their Transporters in T Cell Immunity and Cancer Therapy155
High-resolution quantitative profiling of tRNA abundance and modification status in eukaryotes by mim-tRNAseq153
Functional landscape of SARS-CoV-2 cellular restriction151
RNA m6A methylation across the transcriptome150
Deubiquitinases: From mechanisms to their inhibition by small molecules146
Differential GLP-1R Binding and Activation by Peptide and Non-peptide Agonists139
Persister cancer cells: Iron addiction and vulnerability to ferroptosis136
Walking a tightrope: The complex balancing act of R-loops in genome stability133
Nanopore Sequencing Enables Comprehensive Transposable Element Epigenomic Profiling133
Impact of chromatin context on Cas9-induced DNA double-strand break repair pathway balance132
ER-directed TREX1 limits cGAS activation at micronuclei131
Interferon-γ induces tumor resistance to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy by promoting YAP phase separation129
Transcription activation is enhanced by multivalent interactions independent of phase separation126
Structural diversity of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike125
Non-canonical autophagy drives alternative ATG8 conjugation to phosphatidylserine124
Enhancers are activated by p300/CBP activity-dependent PIC assembly, RNAPII recruitment, and pause release124
The SARS-CoV-2 RNA interactome124
Two Aldehyde Clearance Systems Are Essential to Prevent Lethal Formaldehyde Accumulation in Mice and Humans123
3D Culture Models with CRISPR Screens Reveal Hyperactive NRF2 as a Prerequisite for Spheroid Formation via Regulation of Proliferation and Ferroptosis123
Structure of the miniature type V-F CRISPR-Cas effector enzyme123
CRISPR-based genome editing through the lens of DNA repair122
Deciphering the multi-scale, quantitative cis-regulatory code121
Inhibition of Glutamine Utilization Synergizes with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor to Promote Antitumor Immunity121
Temporally distinct post-replicative repair mechanisms fill PRIMPOL-dependent ssDNA gaps in human cells120
The expanding universe of PARP1-mediated molecular and therapeutic mechanisms119
Tuning levels of low-complexity domain interactions to modulate endogenous oncogenic transcription118
The interplay between BAX and BAK tunes apoptotic pore growth to control mitochondrial-DNA-mediated inflammation118
Liquid-liquid phase separation: Orchestrating cell signaling through time and space118
Co-transcriptional splicing regulates 3′ end cleavage during mammalian erythropoiesis117
Unbiased spatial proteomics with single-cell resolution in tissues116
REV1-Polζ maintains the viability of homologous recombination-deficient cancer cells through mutagenic repair of PRIMPOL-dependent ssDNA gaps116
Energy status dictates PD-L1 protein abundance and anti-tumor immunity to enable checkpoint blockade113
Global analysis of protein-RNA interactions in SARS-CoV-2-infected cells reveals key regulators of infection113
cGAS phase separation inhibits TREX1-mediated DNA degradation and enhances cytosolic DNA sensing111
XRCC1 prevents toxic PARP1 trapping during DNA base excision repair110
ISRIB Blunts the Integrated Stress Response by Allosterically Antagonising the Inhibitory Effect of Phosphorylated eIF2 on eIF2B109
Ribosome quality control antagonizes the activation of the integrated stress response on colliding ribosomes109
SUCLA2-coupled regulation of GLS succinylation and activity counteracts oxidative stress in tumor cells108
Molecular Co-occupancy Identifies Transcription Factor Binding Cooperativity In Vivo107
Structures of a Complete Human V-ATPase Reveal Mechanisms of Its Assembly105
Loss of TAX1BP1-Directed Autophagy Results in Protein Aggregate Accumulation in the Brain105
Poison Exon Splicing Regulates a Coordinated Network of SR Protein Expression during Differentiation and Tumorigenesis105
Pseudouridine synthases modify human pre-mRNA co-transcriptionally and affect pre-mRNA processing105
LRRC8A:C/E Heteromeric Channels Are Ubiquitous Transporters of cGAMP105
Co-condensation between transcription factor and coactivator p300 modulates transcriptional bursting kinetics105
Determinants and outcomes of mitochondrial dynamics104
Stabilization of ERK-Phosphorylated METTL3 by USP5 Increases m6A Methylation103
scDART-seq reveals distinct m6A signatures and mRNA methylation heterogeneity in single cells103
Integrator is a genome-wide attenuator of non-productive transcription102
Interaction of tau with HNRNPA2B1 and N6-methyladenosine RNA mediates the progression of tauopathy101
Integration of light and temperature sensing by liquid-liquid phase separation of phytochrome B101
mTORC1 stimulates cell growth through SAM synthesis and m6A mRNA-dependent control of protein synthesis100
Inhibition of YTHDF2 triggers proteotoxic cell death in MYC-driven breast cancer100
Remdesivir is a delayed translocation inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 replication99
Physiological hypoxia restrains the senescence-associated secretory phenotype via AMPK-mediated mTOR suppression98
Increasing cell size remodels the proteome and promotes senescence97
Ribosome states signal RNA quality control97
Dynamic control of chromatin-associated m6A methylation regulates nascent RNA synthesis95
Characterization of Metabolic Patterns in Mouse Oocytes during Meiotic Maturation95
Stress-induced nuclear condensation of NELF drives transcriptional downregulation95
Exclusion of m6A from splice-site proximal regions by the exon junction complex dictates m6A topologies and mRNA stability95
A phage-encoded anti-activator inhibits quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa95
Structure of an activated DNA-PK and its implications for NHEJ94
An intrinsically disordered region-mediated confinement state contributes to the dynamics and function of transcription factors94
A Selective Autophagy Pathway for Phase-Separated Endocytic Protein Deposits93
H3 K27M and EZHIP Impede H3K27-Methylation Spreading by Inhibiting Allosterically Stimulated PRC292
Saturation of the mitochondrial NADH shuttles drives aerobic glycolysis in proliferating cells92
Shutoff of host transcription triggers a toxin-antitoxin system to cleave phage RNA and abort infection91
Cellular pathways influenced by protein arginine methylation: Implications for cancer91
Defective ALC1 nucleosome remodeling confers PARPi sensitization and synthetic lethality with HRD91
Transcription factors interact with RNA to regulate genes90
Identification and functional characterization of transcriptional activators in human cells89
Stress-Induced Translation Inhibition through Rapid Displacement of Scanning Initiation Factors89
Distinct Structures and Dynamics of Chromatosomes with Different Human Linker Histone Isoforms88
Ferroptosis: A flexible constellation of related biochemical mechanisms88
The SARS-CoV-2 subgenome landscape and its novel regulatory features88
Actionable Cytopathogenic Host Responses of Human Alveolar Type 2 Cells to SARS-CoV-286
Stressful steps: Progress and challenges in understanding stress-induced mRNA condensation and accumulation in stress granules85
Itaconate is a lysosomal inducer that promotes antibacterial innate immunity85
Systematically defining selective autophagy receptor-specific cargo using autophagosome content profiling81
Ribosome-associated quality-control mechanisms from bacteria to humans81
Human NLRP1 is a sensor of pathogenic coronavirus 3CL proteases in lung epithelial cells81
Vesicle Tethering on the Surface of Phase-Separated Active Zone Condensates79
Single-strand DNA breaks cause replisome disassembly79
Proteome-wide mapping of short-lived proteins in human cells78
Palmitoylation prevents sustained inflammation by limiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation through chaperone-mediated autophagy78
Nascent RNA scaffolds contribute to chromosome territory architecture and counter chromatin compaction78
Maintenance of organellar protein homeostasis by ER-associated degradation and related mechanisms78
BUB1 and CENP-U, Primed by CDK1, Are the Main PLK1 Kinetochore Receptors in Mitosis77
The Oncogenic Helicase ALC1 Regulates PARP Inhibitor Potency by Trapping PARP2 at DNA Breaks77
tRNA modification dynamics from individual organisms to metaepitranscriptomics of microbiomes77
Structural basis of SARM1 activation, substrate recognition, and inhibition by small molecules77
In Vivo Evidence for Serine Biosynthesis-Defined Sensitivity of Lung Metastasis, but Not of Primary Breast Tumors, to mTORC1 Inhibition76
Chaperones directly and efficiently disperse stress-triggered biomolecular condensates76
Moonlighting functions of metabolic enzymes and metabolites in cancer75
Unrestrained poly-ADP-ribosylation provides insights into chromatin regulation and human disease75
GPCRs steer Gi and Gs selectivity via TM5-TM6 switches as revealed by structures of serotonin receptors74
Simultaneous profiling of multiple chromatin proteins in the same cells74
Targeting histone acetylation dynamics and oncogenic transcription by catalytic P300/CBP inhibition74
Induced phase separation of mutant NF2 imprisons the cGAS-STING machinery to abrogate antitumor immunity74
A unified atlas of CD8 T cell dysfunctional states in cancer and infection73
RNA circles with minimized immunogenicity as potent PKR inhibitors73
Hyperosmotic stress alters the RNA polymerase II interactome and induces readthrough transcription despite widespread transcriptional repression73
Alternative lengthening of telomeres is a self-perpetuating process in ALT-associated PML bodies73
Intrinsic bias at non-canonical, β-arrestin-coupled seven transmembrane receptors73
Viral tegument proteins restrict cGAS-DNA phase separation to mediate immune evasion73
Origins of DNA replication in eukaryotes73
ATG9A and ATG2A form a heteromeric complex essential for autophagosome formation72
Pre-termination Transcription Complex: Structure and Function72
Effector-mediated membrane disruption controls cell death in CBASS antiphage defense71
The biochemical pathways of apoptotic, necroptotic, pyroptotic, and ferroptotic cell death71
Regulation of PTEN translation by PI3K signaling maintains pathway homeostasis71
Proteome dynamics at broken replication forks reveal a distinct ATM-directed repair response suppressing DNA double-strand break ubiquitination71
Heterotrimeric G Protein Subunit Gαq Is a Master Switch for Gβγ-Mediated Calcium Mobilization by Gi-Coupled GPCRs71
Two distinct mechanisms of RNA polymerase II elongation stimulation in vivo71
Spatiotemporal coordination of transcription preinitiation complex assembly in live cells71
Transcription-mediated supercoiling regulates genome folding and loop formation71
Hexokinase 1 cellular localization regulates the metabolic fate of glucose70
Impact of Lineage Plasticity to and from a Neuroendocrine Phenotype on Progression and Response in Prostate and Lung Cancers70
TopBP1 assembles nuclear condensates to switch on ATR signaling70
H3K27ac bookmarking promotes rapid post-mitotic activation of the pluripotent stem cell program without impacting 3D chromatin reorganization69
CARM1 regulates replication fork speed and stress response by stimulating PARP169
“Structure”-function relationships in eukaryotic transcription factors: The role of intrinsically disordered regions in gene regulation69
Cryo-EM of NHEJ supercomplexes provides insights into DNA repair69
Direct epitranscriptomic regulation of mammalian translation initiation through N4-acetylcytidine68
Kynurenine importation by SLC7A11 propagates anti-ferroptotic signaling68
Mitochondrial degradation: Mitophagy and beyond67
ER remodeling via ER-phagy67
Negative regulation of AMPK signaling by high glucose via E3 ubiquitin ligase MG5366
The SMC-family Wadjet complex protects bacteria from plasmid transformation by recognition and cleavage of closed-circular DNA66
Systematic analysis of intrinsic enhancer-promoter compatibility in the mouse genome66
PRMT6 methylation of RCC1 regulates mitosis, tumorigenicity, and radiation response of glioblastoma stem cells66
POINT technology illuminates the processing of polymerase-associated intact nascent transcripts65
Compendium of human transcription factor effector domains65
Discovering the landscape of protein modifications65
Liquid phase separation of NEMO induced by polyubiquitin chains activates NF-κB65
The phosphorylation switch that regulates ticking of the circadian clock65
Replication gaps are a key determinant of PARP inhibitor synthetic lethality with BRCA deficiency65
SPT5 stabilizes RNA polymerase II, orchestrates transcription cycles, and maintains the enhancer landscape64
Cryo-EM in molecular and cellular biology64
Riboregulation of Enolase 1 activity controls glycolysis and embryonic stem cell differentiation64
The molecular basis of heterochromatin assembly and epigenetic inheritance64
Immune-regulated IDO1-dependent tryptophan metabolism is source of one-carbon units for pancreatic cancer and stellate cells64
Genome-wide mapping of human DNA replication by optical replication mapping supports a stochastic model of eukaryotic replication64
Mechanisms underlying ubiquitin-driven selective mitochondrial and bacterial autophagy64
Integrator endonuclease drives promoter-proximal termination at all RNA polymerase II-transcribed loci64
Structure of the human signal peptidase complex reveals the determinants for signal peptide cleavage64
Purified Smc5/6 Complex Exhibits DNA Substrate Recognition and Compaction63
Choline kinase alpha 2 acts as a protein kinase to promote lipolysis of lipid droplets63
Large Drosophila germline piRNA clusters are evolutionarily labile and dispensable for transposon regulation63
Transient non-specific DNA binding dominates the target search of bacterial DNA-binding proteins63
mTORC1 promotes cell growth via m6A-dependent mRNA degradation62
A multi-omic single-cell landscape of human gynecologic malignancies62
Technological advances in super-resolution microscopy to study cellular processes62
Alternative RNA structures formed during transcription depend on elongation rate and modify RNA processing62
ALS/FTLD-Linked Mutations in FUS Glycine Residues Cause Accelerated Gelation and Reduced Interactions with Wild-Type FUS62
Coronavirus RNA Proofreading: Molecular Basis and Therapeutic Targeting62
To skip or not to skip: choosing repriming to tolerate DNA damage61
DNA hypomethylating agents increase activation and cytolytic activity of CD8+ T cells61
Tethered agonist exposure in intact adhesion/class B2 GPCRs through intrinsic structural flexibility of the GAIN domain61
HOTTIP-dependent R-loop formation regulates CTCF boundary activity and TAD integrity in leukemia61
Structural Basis for the Modulation of Human KCNQ4 by Small-Molecule Drugs61
The BRCT domain of PARP1 binds intact DNA and mediates intrastrand transfer61
Zmat3 Is a Key Splicing Regulator in the p53 Tumor Suppression Program60
A high-resolution map of human RNA translation60
POLQ seals post-replicative ssDNA gaps to maintain genome stability in BRCA-deficient cancer cells60
Single-molecule analysis reveals cooperative stimulation of Rad51 filament nucleation and growth by mediator proteins60
Balancing of mitochondrial translation through METTL8-mediated m3C modification of mitochondrial tRNAs59
ATG4 family proteins drive phagophore growth independently of the LC3/GABARAP lipidation system59
Translation stress and collided ribosomes are co-activators of cGAS59
The Smc5/6 Core Complex Is a Structure-Specific DNA Binding and Compacting Machine58
NSD2 dimethylation at H3K36 promotes lung adenocarcinoma pathogenesis58
How the ends signal the end: Regulation by E3 ubiquitin ligases recognizing protein termini58
Gating movements and ion permeation in HCN4 pacemaker channels58
Comprehensive interactome profiling of the human Hsp70 network highlights functional differentiation of J domains58
Autophosphorylation transforms DNA-PK from protecting to processing DNA ends58
Parp1 promotes sleep, which enhances DNA repair in neurons58
Sequence grammar underlying the unfolding and phase separation of globular proteins58
Cas11 enables genome engineering in human cells with compact CRISPR-Cas3 systems58
Mechanism of PINK1 activation by autophosphorylation and insights into assembly on the TOM complex58
Temporal proteomics during neurogenesis reveals large-scale proteome and organelle remodeling via selective autophagy58
p53 mediates target gene association with nuclear speckles for amplified RNA expression58
Metabolic channeling: predictions, deductions, and evidence58
SENP3 senses oxidative stress to facilitate STING-dependent dendritic cell antitumor function58
Structure of the human inner kinetochore CCAN complex and its significance for human centromere organization57
Fast-acting chemical tools to delineate causality in transcriptional control57
Mitochondrial protein transport: Versatility of translocases and mechanisms57
Structures of the human dopamine D3 receptor-Gi complexes57
SPT5 stabilization of promoter-proximal RNA polymerase II56
Structure of the catalytic core of the Integrator complex56
Condensed-phase signaling can expand kinase specificity and respond to macromolecular crowding56
Single-molecule footprinting identifies context-dependent regulation of enhancers by DNA methylation56
Computationally reconstructing cotranscriptional RNA folding from experimental data reveals rearrangement of non-native folding intermediates56
The landscape of pioneer factor activity reveals the mechanisms of chromatin reprogramming and genome activation56
Quantitative subcellular acyl-CoA analysis reveals distinct nuclear metabolism and isoleucine-dependent histone propionylation56
GID E3 ligase supramolecular chelate assembly configures multipronged ubiquitin targeting of an oligomeric metabolic enzyme55
Structural analysis of RIG-I-like receptors reveals ancient rules of engagement between diverse RNA helicases and TRIM ubiquitin ligases55
BAP1 enhances Polycomb repression by counteracting widespread H2AK119ub1 deposition and chromatin condensation55
The ubiquitin ligase RFWD3 is required for translesion DNA synthesis55
Integrator is a global promoter-proximal termination complex55
Chromatin modifier HUSH co-operates with RNA decay factor NEXT to restrict transposable element expression55
Temporal dissection of an enhancer cluster reveals distinct temporal and functional contributions of individual elements55
Glucose starvation induces a switch in the histone acetylome for activation of gluconeogenic and fat metabolism genes55
Cryo-EM structure of MukBEF reveals DNA loop entrapment at chromosomal unloading sites55
Proteasome-Bound UCH37/UCHL5 Debranches Ubiquitin Chains to Promote Degradation54
Definition of a small core transcriptional circuit regulated by AML1-ETO54
TRIP12 promotes small-molecule-induced degradation through K29/K48-branched ubiquitin chains54
Complex-dependent histone acetyltransferase activity of KAT8 determines its role in transcription and cellular homeostasis54
Co-translational assembly and localized translation of nucleoporins in nuclear pore complex biogenesis54
The oncomicropeptide APPLE promotes hematopoietic malignancy by enhancing translation initiation54
Efficient RNA polymerase II pause release requires U2 snRNP function54
Loss of nuclear DNA ligase III reverts PARP inhibitor resistance in BRCA1/53BP1 double-deficient cells by exposing ssDNA gaps53
Structural Basis for High-Affinity Trapping of the NaV1.7 Channel in Its Resting State by Tarantula Toxin53
Systematic mapping of nuclear domain-associated transcripts reveals speckles and lamina as hubs of functionally distinct retained introns53
Cholesterol inhibits TCR signaling by directly restricting TCR-CD3 core tunnel motility52
ZNF410 Uniquely Activates the NuRD Component CHD4 to Silence Fetal Hemoglobin Expression52
POLθ prevents MRE11-NBS1-CtIP-dependent fork breakage in the absence of BRCA2/RAD51 by filling lagging-strand gaps51
Discovery of a large-scale, cell-state-responsive allosteric switch in the 7SK RNA using DANCE-MaP51
Posttranscriptional regulation of de novo lipogenesis by glucose-induced O-GlcNAcylation51
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