Molecular Cell

Papers
(The TQCC of Molecular Cell is 33. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Redox metabolism: ROS as specific molecular regulators of cell signaling and function379
Ferroptosis at the intersection of lipid metabolism and cellular signaling327
Membrane Damage during Ferroptosis Is Caused by Oxidation of Phospholipids Catalyzed by the Oxidoreductases POR and CYB5R1303
A conceptual framework for understanding phase separation and addressing open questions and challenges289
Coronavirus RNA Proofreading: Molecular Basis and Therapeutic Targeting289
Increased demand for NAD+ relative to ATP drives aerobic glycolysis260
Genomic RNA Elements Drive Phase Separation of the SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid257
Phosphoregulation of Phase Separation by the SARS-CoV-2 N Protein Suggests a Biophysical Basis for its Dual Functions257
Lactylation-driven METTL3-mediated RNA m6A modification promotes immunosuppression of tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells228
Intrinsically Disordered Regions Direct Transcription Factor In Vivo Binding Specificity215
Molecular mechanisms of early plant pattern-triggered immune signaling202
Growth Factor Receptor Signaling Inhibition Prevents SARS-CoV-2 Replication201
Comprehensive in vivo secondary structure of the SARS-CoV-2 genome reveals novel regulatory motifs and mechanisms197
Engineered miniature CRISPR-Cas system for mammalian genome regulation and editing196
METTL3 and N6-Methyladenosine Promote Homologous Recombination-Mediated Repair of DSBs by Modulating DNA-RNA Hybrid Accumulation189
Integrated lncRNA function upon genomic and epigenomic regulation183
DNA Damage and Cancer Immunotherapy: A STING in the Tale179
The CRISPR-Cas toolbox and gene editing technologies175
AMPK: restoring metabolic homeostasis over space and time174
R-2-hydroxyglutarate attenuates aerobic glycolysis in leukemia by targeting the FTO/m6A/PFKP/LDHB axis172
METTL1-mediated m7G modification of Arg-TCT tRNA drives oncogenic transformation167
Spatiotemporal Proteomic Analysis of Stress Granule Disassembly Using APEX Reveals Regulation by SUMOylation and Links to ALS Pathogenesis164
Cuproptosis: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying copper-induced cell death161
Life of RISC: Formation, action, and degradation of RNA-induced silencing complex160
Integrating Old and New Paradigms of G1/S Control158
Nonstructural Protein 1 of SARS-CoV-2 Is a Potent Pathogenicity Factor Redirecting Host Protein Synthesis Machinery toward Viral RNA158
N7-Methylguanosine tRNA modification enhances oncogenic mRNA translation and promotes intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression154
The Short- and Long-Range RNA-RNA Interactome of SARS-CoV-2153
Enhancer RNA m6A methylation facilitates transcriptional condensate formation and gene activation150
Replication gaps are a key determinant of PARP inhibitor synthetic lethality with BRCA deficiency149
Lipid metabolism in sickness and in health: Emerging regulators of lipotoxicity146
Molecular mechanisms and functions of pyroptosis in inflammation and antitumor immunity146
Amino Acids and Their Transporters in T Cell Immunity and Cancer Therapy144
Human Condensin I and II Drive Extensive ATP-Dependent Compaction of Nucleosome-Bound DNA138
High-resolution structure and strain comparison of infectious mammalian prions136
Stress Induces Dynamic, Cytotoxicity-Antagonizing TDP-43 Nuclear Bodies via Paraspeckle LncRNA NEAT1-Mediated Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation133
Functional landscape of SARS-CoV-2 cellular restriction133
Reshaping endoplasmic reticulum quality control through the unfolded protein response131
Structured elements drive extensive circular RNA translation130
Hidden codes in mRNA: Control of gene expression by m6A128
Disome and Trisome Profiling Reveal Genome-wide Targets of Ribosome Quality Control127
Nanopore Sequencing Enables Comprehensive Transposable Element Epigenomic Profiling126
Phosphorylation of PDHA by AMPK Drives TCA Cycle to Promote Cancer Metastasis125
Hallmarks of DNA replication stress124
Interferon-γ induces tumor resistance to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy by promoting YAP phase separation123
Differential GLP-1R Binding and Activation by Peptide and Non-peptide Agonists122
High-resolution quantitative profiling of tRNA abundance and modification status in eukaryotes by mim-tRNAseq122
The ASC-1 Complex Disassembles Collided Ribosomes121
Impact of chromatin context on Cas9-induced DNA double-strand break repair pathway balance121
Structural diversity of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike121
Robust Hi-C Maps of Enhancer-Promoter Interactions Reveal the Function of Non-coding Genome in Neural Development and Diseases120
ATP-Driven Separation of Liquid Phase Condensates in Bacteria119
A Structure-Based Mechanism for DNA Entry into the Cohesin Ring119
Primary Role of the Nucleosome119
Acetyl-CoA Derived from Hepatic Peroxisomal β-Oxidation Inhibits Autophagy and Promotes Steatosis via mTORC1 Activation118
GIGYF2 and 4EHP Inhibit Translation Initiation of Defective Messenger RNAs to Assist Ribosome-Associated Quality Control118
Deubiquitinases: From mechanisms to their inhibition by small molecules118
Persister cancer cells: Iron addiction and vulnerability to ferroptosis116
3D Culture Models with CRISPR Screens Reveal Hyperactive NRF2 as a Prerequisite for Spheroid Formation via Regulation of Proliferation and Ferroptosis115
The SARS-CoV-2 RNA interactome112
Integrator Recruits Protein Phosphatase 2A to Prevent Pause Release and Facilitate Transcription Termination112
Structure of the miniature type V-F CRISPR-Cas effector enzyme112
Co-transcriptional splicing regulates 3′ end cleavage during mammalian erythropoiesis112
Non-canonical autophagy drives alternative ATG8 conjugation to phosphatidylserine111
Energy status dictates PD-L1 protein abundance and anti-tumor immunity to enable checkpoint blockade109
Tuning levels of low-complexity domain interactions to modulate endogenous oncogenic transcription107
The interplay between BAX and BAK tunes apoptotic pore growth to control mitochondrial-DNA-mediated inflammation107
ER-directed TREX1 limits cGAS activation at micronuclei107
Two Aldehyde Clearance Systems Are Essential to Prevent Lethal Formaldehyde Accumulation in Mice and Humans107
Rationally Designed APOBEC3B Cytosine Base Editors with Improved Specificity106
Global analysis of protein-RNA interactions in SARS-CoV-2-infected cells reveals key regulators of infection105
Enhancers are activated by p300/CBP activity-dependent PIC assembly, RNAPII recruitment, and pause release104
Inhibition of Glutamine Utilization Synergizes with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor to Promote Antitumor Immunity104
Selective Translation Complex Profiling Reveals Staged Initiation and Co-translational Assembly of Initiation Factor Complexes103
Selective 40S Footprinting Reveals Cap-Tethered Ribosome Scanning in Human Cells103
Temporally distinct post-replicative repair mechanisms fill PRIMPOL-dependent ssDNA gaps in human cells103
The Configuration of RPA, RAD51, and DMC1 Binding in Meiosis Reveals the Nature of Critical Recombination Intermediates102
LRRC8A:C/E Heteromeric Channels Are Ubiquitous Transporters of cGAMP102
Walking a tightrope: The complex balancing act of R-loops in genome stability102
Transcription activation is enhanced by multivalent interactions independent of phase separation101
XRCC1 prevents toxic PARP1 trapping during DNA base excision repair100
cGAS phase separation inhibits TREX1-mediated DNA degradation and enhances cytosolic DNA sensing100
The expanding universe of PARP1-mediated molecular and therapeutic mechanisms100
CRISPR-based genome editing through the lens of DNA repair100
Structural Insights of Transcriptionally Active, Full-Length Androgen Receptor Coactivator Complexes100
Gene Architecture and Sequence Composition Underpin Selective Dependency of Nuclear Export of Long RNAs on NXF1 and the TREX Complex99
Unbiased spatial proteomics with single-cell resolution in tissues99
ISRIB Blunts the Integrated Stress Response by Allosterically Antagonising the Inhibitory Effect of Phosphorylated eIF2 on eIF2B99
Ribosome quality control antagonizes the activation of the integrated stress response on colliding ribosomes98
Structures of a Complete Human V-ATPase Reveal Mechanisms of Its Assembly98
REV1-Polζ maintains the viability of homologous recombination-deficient cancer cells through mutagenic repair of PRIMPOL-dependent ssDNA gaps96
Remdesivir is a delayed translocation inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 replication94
Inhibition of YTHDF2 triggers proteotoxic cell death in MYC-driven breast cancer94
Integrator is a genome-wide attenuator of non-productive transcription94
Stabilization of ERK-Phosphorylated METTL3 by USP5 Increases m6A Methylation93
RNA m6A methylation across the transcriptome93
Two-Parameter Mobility Assessments Discriminate Diverse Regulatory Factor Behaviors in Chromatin93
SUCLA2-coupled regulation of GLS succinylation and activity counteracts oxidative stress in tumor cells92
Stress Can Induce Transcription of Toxin-Antitoxin Systems without Activating Toxin92
Deciphering the multi-scale, quantitative cis-regulatory code92
Loss of TAX1BP1-Directed Autophagy Results in Protein Aggregate Accumulation in the Brain92
Liquid-liquid phase separation: Orchestrating cell signaling through time and space91
Molecular Co-occupancy Identifies Transcription Factor Binding Cooperativity In Vivo90
An intrinsically disordered region-mediated confinement state contributes to the dynamics and function of transcription factors89
Co-condensation between transcription factor and coactivator p300 modulates transcriptional bursting kinetics89
Multivalent Proteins Rapidly and Reversibly Phase-Separate upon Osmotic Cell Volume Change89
Interaction of tau with HNRNPA2B1 and N6-methyladenosine RNA mediates the progression of tauopathy88
A Selective Autophagy Pathway for Phase-Separated Endocytic Protein Deposits88
A phage-encoded anti-activator inhibits quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa87
Structure of an activated DNA-PK and its implications for NHEJ85
Actionable Cytopathogenic Host Responses of Human Alveolar Type 2 Cells to SARS-CoV-285
H3 K27M and EZHIP Impede H3K27-Methylation Spreading by Inhibiting Allosterically Stimulated PRC285
Pseudouridine synthases modify human pre-mRNA co-transcriptionally and affect pre-mRNA processing85
Ribosome states signal RNA quality control84
Exclusion of m6A from splice-site proximal regions by the exon junction complex dictates m6A topologies and mRNA stability83
scDART-seq reveals distinct m6A signatures and mRNA methylation heterogeneity in single cells83
Poison Exon Splicing Regulates a Coordinated Network of SR Protein Expression during Differentiation and Tumorigenesis82
mTORC1 stimulates cell growth through SAM synthesis and m6A mRNA-dependent control of protein synthesis82
Stress-induced nuclear condensation of NELF drives transcriptional downregulation82
Cellular pathways influenced by protein arginine methylation: Implications for cancer81
Characterization of Metabolic Patterns in Mouse Oocytes during Meiotic Maturation81
Dynamic control of chromatin-associated m6A methylation regulates nascent RNA synthesis81
Distinct Structures and Dynamics of Chromatosomes with Different Human Linker Histone Isoforms81
Defective ALC1 nucleosome remodeling confers PARPi sensitization and synthetic lethality with HRD81
The SARS-CoV-2 subgenome landscape and its novel regulatory features80
Shutoff of host transcription triggers a toxin-antitoxin system to cleave phage RNA and abort infection79
Saturation of the mitochondrial NADH shuttles drives aerobic glycolysis in proliferating cells79
Kinase Interaction Network Expands Functional and Disease Roles of Human Kinases79
The Nuclear SUMO-Targeted Ubiquitin Quality Control Network Regulates the Dynamics of Cytoplasmic Stress Granules79
An Insulin-Sensitive Circular RNA that Regulates Lifespan in Drosophila79
Systematically defining selective autophagy receptor-specific cargo using autophagosome content profiling78
Integration of light and temperature sensing by liquid-liquid phase separation of phytochrome B78
Increasing cell size remodels the proteome and promotes senescence78
Stress-Induced Translation Inhibition through Rapid Displacement of Scanning Initiation Factors76
Physiological hypoxia restrains the senescence-associated secretory phenotype via AMPK-mediated mTOR suppression76
Maintenance of organellar protein homeostasis by ER-associated degradation and related mechanisms73
Nascent RNA scaffolds contribute to chromosome territory architecture and counter chromatin compaction73
Proteome-wide mapping of short-lived proteins in human cells73
Human NLRP1 is a sensor of pathogenic coronavirus 3CL proteases in lung epithelial cells73
Intrinsic bias at non-canonical, β-arrestin-coupled seven transmembrane receptors72
Vesicle Tethering on the Surface of Phase-Separated Active Zone Condensates72
In Vivo Evidence for Serine Biosynthesis-Defined Sensitivity of Lung Metastasis, but Not of Primary Breast Tumors, to mTORC1 Inhibition71
Ribosome-associated quality-control mechanisms from bacteria to humans71
Structural Basis of Tail-Anchored Membrane Protein Biogenesis by the GET Insertase Complex71
Hyperosmotic stress alters the RNA polymerase II interactome and induces readthrough transcription despite widespread transcriptional repression70
The Oncogenic Helicase ALC1 Regulates PARP Inhibitor Potency by Trapping PARP2 at DNA Breaks70
Identification and functional characterization of transcriptional activators in human cells70
Structural basis of SARM1 activation, substrate recognition, and inhibition by small molecules70
A unified atlas of CD8 T cell dysfunctional states in cancer and infection69
Moonlighting functions of metabolic enzymes and metabolites in cancer69
Pre-termination Transcription Complex: Structure and Function69
Targeting histone acetylation dynamics and oncogenic transcription by catalytic P300/CBP inhibition68
Single-strand DNA breaks cause replisome disassembly68
BUB1 and CENP-U, Primed by CDK1, Are the Main PLK1 Kinetochore Receptors in Mitosis68
TopBP1 assembles nuclear condensates to switch on ATR signaling68
Stressful steps: Progress and challenges in understanding stress-induced mRNA condensation and accumulation in stress granules68
Ferroptosis: A flexible constellation of related biochemical mechanisms67
Transcription-mediated supercoiling regulates genome folding and loop formation67
Chaperones directly and efficiently disperse stress-triggered biomolecular condensates66
Viral tegument proteins restrict cGAS-DNA phase separation to mediate immune evasion66
Itaconate is a lysosomal inducer that promotes antibacterial innate immunity66
Determinants and outcomes of mitochondrial dynamics66
H3K27ac bookmarking promotes rapid post-mitotic activation of the pluripotent stem cell program without impacting 3D chromatin reorganization65
Simultaneous profiling of multiple chromatin proteins in the same cells65
Proteome dynamics at broken replication forks reveal a distinct ATM-directed repair response suppressing DNA double-strand break ubiquitination65
Structural Insights into Pseudokinase Domains of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases64
Cryo-EM of NHEJ supercomplexes provides insights into DNA repair64
Spatiotemporal coordination of transcription preinitiation complex assembly in live cells63
Alternative lengthening of telomeres is a self-perpetuating process in ALT-associated PML bodies63
Structural Basis of the Activation of Heterotrimeric Gs-Protein by Isoproterenol-Bound β1-Adrenergic Receptor63
CARM1 regulates replication fork speed and stress response by stimulating PARP163
Unrestrained poly-ADP-ribosylation provides insights into chromatin regulation and human disease63
A UPR-Induced Soluble ER-Phagy Receptor Acts with VAPs to Confer ER Stress Resistance63
Impact of Lineage Plasticity to and from a Neuroendocrine Phenotype on Progression and Response in Prostate and Lung Cancers63
Regulation of PTEN translation by PI3K signaling maintains pathway homeostasis63
Transcription factors interact with RNA to regulate genes62
Heterotrimeric G Protein Subunit Gαq Is a Master Switch for Gβγ-Mediated Calcium Mobilization by Gi-Coupled GPCRs62
Effector-mediated membrane disruption controls cell death in CBASS antiphage defense62
Negative regulation of AMPK signaling by high glucose via E3 ubiquitin ligase MG5361
The phosphorylation switch that regulates ticking of the circadian clock61
ALS/FTLD-Linked Mutations in FUS Glycine Residues Cause Accelerated Gelation and Reduced Interactions with Wild-Type FUS60
Tethered agonist exposure in intact adhesion/class B2 GPCRs through intrinsic structural flexibility of the GAIN domain60
POINT technology illuminates the processing of polymerase-associated intact nascent transcripts60
Replication gaps are a key determinant of PARP inhibitor synthetic lethality with BRCA deficiency60
GPCRs steer Gi and Gs selectivity via TM5-TM6 switches as revealed by structures of serotonin receptors59
Immune-regulated IDO1-dependent tryptophan metabolism is source of one-carbon units for pancreatic cancer and stellate cells59
Coronavirus RNA Proofreading: Molecular Basis and Therapeutic Targeting59
Transient non-specific DNA binding dominates the target search of bacterial DNA-binding proteins59
The SMC-family Wadjet complex protects bacteria from plasmid transformation by recognition and cleavage of closed-circular DNA59
Genome-wide mapping of human DNA replication by optical replication mapping supports a stochastic model of eukaryotic replication59
SPT5 stabilizes RNA polymerase II, orchestrates transcription cycles, and maintains the enhancer landscape59
Two distinct mechanisms of RNA polymerase II elongation stimulation in vivo59
DNA hypomethylating agents increase activation and cytolytic activity of CD8+ T cells58
Large Drosophila germline piRNA clusters are evolutionarily labile and dispensable for transposon regulation58
Acetylation-Dependent Deubiquitinase OTUD3 Controls MAVS Activation in Innate Antiviral Immunity58
PRMT6 methylation of RCC1 regulates mitosis, tumorigenicity, and radiation response of glioblastoma stem cells58
Structural Basis for the Modulation of Human KCNQ4 by Small-Molecule Drugs58
Phase Separation in Cell Division57
Choline kinase alpha 2 acts as a protein kinase to promote lipolysis of lipid droplets57
Induced phase separation of mutant NF2 imprisons the cGAS-STING machinery to abrogate antitumor immunity57
To skip or not to skip: choosing repriming to tolerate DNA damage57
Purified Smc5/6 Complex Exhibits DNA Substrate Recognition and Compaction57
Systematic analysis of intrinsic enhancer-promoter compatibility in the mouse genome57
RNA circles with minimized immunogenicity as potent PKR inhibitors57
Origins of DNA replication in eukaryotes57
Structure of the human signal peptidase complex reveals the determinants for signal peptide cleavage57
Histone Deacetylase 3 Couples Mitochondria to Drive IL-1β-Dependent Inflammation by Configuring Fatty Acid Oxidation57
tRNA modification dynamics from individual organisms to metaepitranscriptomics of microbiomes57
Compendium of human transcription factor effector domains57
ATG9A and ATG2A form a heteromeric complex essential for autophagosome formation57
eIF3 Associates with 80S Ribosomes to Promote Translation Elongation, Mitochondrial Homeostasis, and Muscle Health57
mTORC1 promotes cell growth via m6A-dependent mRNA degradation56
Cryo-EM in molecular and cellular biology56
Integrator endonuclease drives promoter-proximal termination at all RNA polymerase II-transcribed loci56
Structural Insights into the Mechanism of Mitoribosomal Large Subunit Biogenesis56
Translation stress and collided ribosomes are co-activators of cGAS56
SENP3 senses oxidative stress to facilitate STING-dependent dendritic cell antitumor function55
Mechanisms underlying ubiquitin-driven selective mitochondrial and bacterial autophagy55
Comprehensive interactome profiling of the human Hsp70 network highlights functional differentiation of J domains55
HOTTIP-dependent R-loop formation regulates CTCF boundary activity and TAD integrity in leukemia55
“Structure”-function relationships in eukaryotic transcription factors: The role of intrinsically disordered regions in gene regulation54
Palmitoylation prevents sustained inflammation by limiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation through chaperone-mediated autophagy54
Temporal proteomics during neurogenesis reveals large-scale proteome and organelle remodeling via selective autophagy54
ATG4 family proteins drive phagophore growth independently of the LC3/GABARAP lipidation system54
The BRCT domain of PARP1 binds intact DNA and mediates intrastrand transfer54
Cryo-EM structure of MukBEF reveals DNA loop entrapment at chromosomal unloading sites53
Active Genetic Neutralizing Elements for Halting or Deleting Gene Drives53
Alternative RNA structures formed during transcription depend on elongation rate and modify RNA processing53
Dysregulation of BRD4 Function Underlies the Functional Abnormalities of MeCP2 Mutant Neurons53
Direct epitranscriptomic regulation of mammalian translation initiation through N4-acetylcytidine53
ppGpp Coordinates Nucleotide and Amino-Acid Synthesis in E. coli During Starvation53
Liquid phase separation of NEMO induced by polyubiquitin chains activates NF-κB53
The molecular basis of heterochromatin assembly and epigenetic inheritance53
A scoutRNA Is Required for Some Type V CRISPR-Cas Systems53
Technological advances in super-resolution microscopy to study cellular processes52
p53 mediates target gene association with nuclear speckles for amplified RNA expression52
BAP1 enhances Polycomb repression by counteracting widespread H2AK119ub1 deposition and chromatin condensation52
GID E3 ligase supramolecular chelate assembly configures multipronged ubiquitin targeting of an oligomeric metabolic enzyme52
Computationally reconstructing cotranscriptional RNA folding from experimental data reveals rearrangement of non-native folding intermediates52
Efficient RNA polymerase II pause release requires U2 snRNP function52
Quantitative subcellular acyl-CoA analysis reveals distinct nuclear metabolism and isoleucine-dependent histone propionylation52
Structural analysis of RIG-I-like receptors reveals ancient rules of engagement between diverse RNA helicases and TRIM ubiquitin ligases52
Structures of the human dopamine D3 receptor-Gi complexes52
NSD2 dimethylation at H3K36 promotes lung adenocarcinoma pathogenesis51
Metabolic channeling: predictions, deductions, and evidence51
Gating movements and ion permeation in HCN4 pacemaker channels51
Fast-acting chemical tools to delineate causality in transcriptional control51
Kynurenine importation by SLC7A11 propagates anti-ferroptotic signaling51
Parp1 promotes sleep, which enhances DNA repair in neurons51
Balancing of mitochondrial translation through METTL8-mediated m3C modification of mitochondrial tRNAs51
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