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Cynthia L. Pon

Cynthia L. Pon

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
52
Citations
8574
World Ranking
2448
National Ranking
59

Overview

Cynthia L. Pon is affiliated with the University of Camerino in Italy. Their research contributions focus primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with an emphasis on molecular biology and genetics subfields.

The scientist has published work in the domain of RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, as well as RNA research and splicing.

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • RNA Research and Splicing

The publication record includes papers in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Two notable papers authored with frequent coauthors include:

  • Disparate Phenotypes Resulting from Mutations of a Single Histidine in Switch II of Geobacillus stearothermophilus Translation Initiation Factor IF2 (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Weakening the IF2-fMet-tRNA Interaction Suppresses the Lethal Phenotype Caused by GTPase Inactivation (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)

Key collaborators appearing frequently in Cynthia L. Pon's body of work comprise:

  • Jerneja Tomšič
  • Enrico Caserta
  • Claudio O. Gualerzi
  • Arianna Smorlesi
  • Anna Maria Giuliodori

Cynthia L. Pon's scientific output mainly centers on understanding fundamental processes involving RNA and protein synthesis as well as the molecular mechanisms related to RNA modifications in disease contexts such as cancer. Their research integrates aspects of bacterial genetics and RNA splicing to contribute to the broader biochemical and molecular biology fields.

Best Publications

  • Initiation of mRNA translation in prokaryotes.

    Claudio O. Gualerzi;Cynthia L. Pon

  • Identification of a cold shock transcriptional enhancer of the Escherichia coli gene encoding nucleoid protein H-NS

    A. La Teana;Anna Brandi;Maurizio Falconi;Roberto Spurio

  • Transcriptional and post-transcriptional control of cold-shock genes

    Claudio O Gualerzi;Anna Maria Giuliodori;Cynthia L Pon

  • High-affinity DNA binding sites for H-NS provide a molecular basis for selective silencing within proteobacterial genomes

    Benjamin Lang;Nicolas Blot;Emeline Bouffartigues;Malcolm Buckle

  • The cspA mRNA Is a Thermosensor that Modulates Translation of the Cold-Shock Protein CspA

    Anna Maria Giuliodori;Fabio Di Pietro;Stefano Marzi;Benoit Masquida

  • POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF CSPA EXPRESSION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

    Anna Brandi;Paola Pietroni;Claudio O. Gualerzi;Cynthia L. Pon

  • The oligomeric structure of nucleoid protein H-NS is necessary for recognition of intrinsically curved DNA and for DNA bending

    Roberto Spurio;Maurizio Falconi;Anna Brandi;Cynthia L. Pon

  • Selection of the mRNA translation initiation region by Escherichia coli ribosomes.

    Raffaele A. Calogero;Cynthia L. Pon;Maria A. Canonaco;Claudio O. Gualerzi

  • Lethal overproduction of the Escherichia coli nucleoid protein H-NS: ultramicroscopic and molecular autopsy.

    Roberto Spurio;M. Dürrenberger;Maurizio Falconi;A. La Teana

  • The nucleotide-binding site of bacterial translation initiation factor 2 (IF2) as a metabolic sensor.

    P Milon;E Tischenko;Jerneja Tomsic;E Caserta

  • Massive presence of the Escherichia coli 'major cold-shock protein' CspA under non-stress conditions.

    Anna Brandi;Roberto Spurio;Claudio O. Gualerzi;Cynthia L. Pon

  • Initiation of mRNA translation in bacteria: structural and dynamic aspects

    Claudio O. Gualerzi;Cynthia L. Pon

  • Proteins from the prokaryotic nucleoid: primary and quaternary structure of the 15‐kD Escherichia coli DNA binding protein H‐NS

    M. Falconl;M. T. Gualtierl;A. Teana;A. Teana;M. A. Losso

  • Translation initiation factor IF3: two domains, five functions, one mechanism?

    Dezemona Petrelli;Anna La Teana;Cristiana Garofalo;Roberto Spurio

  • Preferential translation of cold-shock mRNAs during cold adaptation

    Anna Maria Giuliodori;Anna Brandi;Claudio O. Gualerzi;Cynthia L. Pon

  • Expression of the gene encoding the major bacterial nucleoid protein H‐NS is subject to transcriptional auto‐repression

    Maurizio Falconi;N. Patrick Higgins;Roberto Spurio;Cynthia L. Pon

  • Initial rate kinetic analysis of the mechanism of initiation complex formation and the role of initiation factor IF-3

    Claudio Gualerzi;Gianfranco Risuleo;Cynthia L. Pon

  • Initiation factors in the early events of mRNA translation in bacteria.

    C.O. Gualerzi;L. Brandi;E. Caserta;C. Garofalo

  • Antagonistic involvement of FIS and H-NS proteins in the transcriptional control of hns expression.

    Maurizio Falconi;Anna Brandi;Anna La Teana;Claudio O. Gualerzi

  • Mapping the fMet‐tRNAfMet binding site of initiation factor IF2

    Marc Guenneugues;Enrico Caserta;Letizia Brandi;Roberto Spurio

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio O. Gualerzi
Claudio O. Gualerzi University of Camerino
Raffaele A. Calogero
Raffaele A. Calogero University of Turin
Rolf Boelens
Rolf Boelens Utrecht University
Albert E. Dahlberg
Albert E. Dahlberg Brown University
Richard Brimacombe
Richard Brimacombe Max Planck Society
Helmut Ponta
Helmut Ponta Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Brigitte Wittmann-Liebold
Brigitte Wittmann-Liebold Max Planck Society
M. Madan Babu
M. Madan Babu St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Andrew Travers
Andrew Travers MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Knud H. Nierhaus
Knud H. Nierhaus Max Planck Society

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