Alexander Varshavsky

Alexander Varshavsky publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Varshavsky sits on this spectrum.

Alexander Varshavsky D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Varshavsky sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2005 - Member of Academia Europaea
• 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1995 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 1987 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Best Publications

• In Vivo Half-Life of a Protein is a Function of its Amino-Terminal Residue

  Andreas Bachmair;Daniel Finley;Alexander Varshavsky

  2506
  Citations

• A multiubiquitin chain is confined to specific lysine in a targeted short-lived protein.

  Vincent Chau;John W. Tobias;Andreas Bachmair;Andreas Bachmair;David Marriott

  1972
  Citations

• The N-end rule: functions, mysteries, uses

  Alexander Varshavsky

  1290
  Citations

• A proteolytic pathway that recognizes ubiquitin as a degradation signal.

  Erica S. Johnson;Philip C.M. Ma;Irene M. Ota;Alexander Varshavsky

  1180
  Citations

• The yeast polyubiquitin gene is essential for resistance to high temperatures, starvation, and other stresses

  Daniel Finley;Engin Özkaynak;Alexander Varshavsky

  1151
  Citations

• Split ubiquitin as a sensor of protein interactions in vivo

  Nils Johnsson;Alexander Varshavsky

  1134
  Citations

• The yeast DNA repair gene RAD6 encodes a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme

  Stefan Jentsch;John P. McGrath;Alexander Varshavsky

  999
  Citations

• The tails of ubiquitin precursors are ribosomal proteins whose fusion to ubiquitin facilitates ribosome biogenesis.

  Daniel Finley;Bonnie Bartel;Alexander Varshavsky

  908
  Citations

• The N-end rule pathway and regulation by proteolysis

  Alexander Varshavsky

  890
  Citations

• N-Terminal Acetylation of Cellular Proteins Creates Specific Degradation Signals

  Cheol-Sang Hwang;Anna Shemorry;Alexander Varshavsky

  882
  Citations

• Basic Medical Research Award. The ubiquitin system.

  Avram Hershko;Aaron Ciechanover;Alexander Varshavsky

  880
  Citations

• The yeast STE6 gene encodes a homologue of the mammalian multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein.

  John P. McGrath;Alexander Varshavsky

  832
  Citations

• The ubiquitin system

  Alexander Varshavsky

  830
  Citations

• A protein binds to a satellite DNA repeat at three specific sites that would be brought into mutual proximity by DNA folding in the nucleosome

  François Strauss;Alexander Varshavsky

  816
  Citations

• Mapping proteinDNA interactions in vivo with formaldehyde: Evidence that histone H4 is retained on a highly transcribed gene

  Mark J. Solomon;Pamela L. Larsen;Alexander Varshavsky

  772
  Citations

• Ubiquitin dependence of selective protein degradation demonstrated in the mammalian cell cycle mutant ts85

  Aaron Ciechanover;Daniel Finley;Alexander Varshavsky

  745
  Citations

• The N-end rule in bacteria.

  John W. Tobias;Thomas E. Shrader;Gabrielle Rocap;Alexander Varshavsky

  730
  Citations

• Thermolability of ubiquitin-activating enzyme from the mammalian cell cycle mutant ts85

  Daniel Finley;Aaron Ciechanover;Alexander Varshavsky

  726
  Citations

• The N-end Rule

  A Varshavsky

  721
  Citations

• Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation: The early days The ubiquitin system

  Avram Hershko;Aaron Ciechanover;Alexander Varshavsky

  0
  Citations