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Christian Tschudi

Christian Tschudi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
9708
World Ranking
19071
National Ranking
7784

Overview

Christian Tschudi is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Parasitology. The scientist's work covers diverse topics such as RNA modifications and cancer, Trypanosoma species research and implications, cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, biochemical and molecular research, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA research and splicing, as well as viral infections and immunology research.

Their research has been published in several scientific venues, with a notable presence in:

  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Microbiology
  • RNA Biology
  • iScience

Recent papers by Christian Tschudi include the following:

  • An assembly of nuclear bodies associates with the active VSG expression site in African trypanosomes, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Identification of positive and negative regulators in the stepwise developmental progression towards infectivity in Trypanosoma brucei, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • The large repertoire of 2'-O-methylation guided by C/D snoRNAs on Trypanosoma brucei rRNA, 2020, RNA Biology
  • Pseudouridines on Trypanosoma brucei mRNAs are developmentally regulated: Implications to mRNA stability and protein binding, 2021, Molecular Microbiology
  • Developmentally Regulated Novel Non-coding Anti-sense Regulators of mRNA Translation in Trypanosoma brucei, 2020, iScience

Christian Tschudi has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • K. Shanmugha Rajan
  • Smadar Cohen-Chalamish
  • Tirza Doniger
  • Ron Unger
  • Shulamit Michaeli

Best Publications

  • Double-stranded RNA induces mRNA degradation in Trypanosoma brucei

    Huân Ngô;Christian Tschudi;Keith Gull;Elisabetta Ullu

  • Alu sequences are processed 7SL RNA genes

    Elisabetta Ullu;Christian Tschudi

  • RNA interference in protozoan parasites.

    Elisabetta Ullu;Christian Tschudi;Tirtha Chakraborty

  • A common pyrimidine-rich motif governs trans-splicing and polyadenylation of tubulin polycistronic pre-mRNA in trypanosomes.

    Keith R. Matthews;Christian Tschudi;Elisabetta Ullu

  • The transcriptome of the human pathogen Trypanosoma brucei at single-nucleotide resolution.

    Nikolay G. Kolev;Joseph B. Franklin;Shai Carmi;Huafang Shi

  • Retention and loss of RNA interference pathways in trypanosomatid protozoans.

    Lon-Fye Lye;Katherine Owens;Huafang Shi;Silvane M. F. Murta

  • Genetic interference in Trypanosoma brucei by heritable and inducible double-stranded RNA.

    Huafang Shi;Appolinaire Djikeng;Tomer Mark;Elizabeth Wirtz

  • RNA interference in Trypanosoma brucei: cloning of small interfering RNAs provides evidence for retroposon-derived 24-26-nucleotide RNAs.

    Appolinaire Djikeng;Huafang Shi;Christian Tschudi;Elisabetta Ullu

  • Temporal order of RNA-processing reactions in trypanosomes: rapid trans splicing precedes polyadenylation of newly synthesized tubulin transcripts.

    E Ullu;K R Matthews;C Tschudi

  • Developmental Progression to Infectivity in Trypanosoma brucei Triggered by an RNA-Binding Protein

    Nikolay G. Kolev;Kiantra Ramey-Butler;George A. M. Cross;Elisabetta Ullu

  • A new twist in trypanosome RNA metabolism: cis-splicing of pre-mRNA.

    Gunnar Mair;Huafang Shi;Hongjie Li;Appolinaire Djikeng

  • Calmodulin genes in trypanosomes are tandemly repeated and produce multiple mRNAs with a common 5' leader sequence.

    Christian Tschudi;Alexander S. Young;Larry Ruben;Curtis L. Patton

  • RNA Interference in Protozoan Parasites: Achievements and Challenges

    Nikolay G. Kolev;Christian Tschudi;Elisabetta Ullu

  • Polygene transcripts are precursors to calmodulin mRNAs in trypanosomes.

    C. Tschudi;E. Ullu

  • B104, a new dispersed repeated gene family in Drosophila melanogaster and its analogies with retroviruses.

    Gerd Scherer;Christian Tschudi;Julian Perera;Hajo Delius

  • Disruption of Ixodes scapularis anticoagulation by using RNA interference

    Sukanya Narasimhan;Ruth R. Montgomery;Kathleen DePonte;Christian Tschudi

  • Destruction of U2, U4, or U6 small nuclear RNA blocks trans splicing in trypanosome cells.

    Christian Tschudi;Elisabetta Ullu

  • Argonaute protein in the early divergent eukaryote Trypanosoma brucei: control of small interfering RNA accumulation and retroposon transcript abundance.

    Huafang Shi;Appolinaire Djikeng;Christian Tschudi;Elisabetta Ullu

  • Permeable trypanosome cells as a model system for transcription and trans-splicing.

    Elisabette Ullu;Christian Tschudi

  • In vivo epitope tagging of Trypanosoma brucei genes using a one step PCR-based strategy.

    Shuiyuan Shen;George K. Arhin;Elisabetta Ullu;Christian Tschudi

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith R. Matthews
Keith R. Matthews University of Edinburgh
Stephen M. Beverley
Stephen M. Beverley Washington University in St. Louis
Tobias C. Walther
Tobias C. Walther Harvard University
Jan Tachezy
Jan Tachezy Charles University
Jessica C. Kissinger
Jessica C. Kissinger University of Georgia
Gary D. Stormo
Gary D. Stormo Washington University in St. Louis
Stephen G. Oliver
Stephen G. Oliver University of Cambridge
David S. Roos
David S. Roos University of Pennsylvania
Adrian R. Krainer
Adrian R. Krainer Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Jenefer M. Blackwell
Jenefer M. Blackwell Telethon Kids Institute

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