2026 Errol C. Friedberg: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	101	509	283	443	40965

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Molecular Biology

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Overview

Errol C. Friedberg was affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research contributed to areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular focus on molecular biology. Their academic work spanned fields such as oncology and infectious diseases.

The scientist's research topics encompassed DNA repair mechanisms, CRISPR and genetic engineering, cancer-related molecular pathways, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, and advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Errol C. Friedberg authored several papers, including:

Paul Berg (1926-2023), 2023, Nature
Two-polymerase mechanisms dictate error-free and error-prone translesion DNA synthesis in mammals, 2021, UNC Libraries
Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Endonuclease (APE/REF-1) Haploinsufficient Mice Display Tissue-specific Differences in DNA Polymerase β-Dependent Base Excision Repair, 2021, UNC Libraries

Frequent coauthors included:

Hani Zaher
Sigal Shachar
Omer Ziv
Sharon Avkin
Sheera Adar

Most of their publications appeared in UNC Libraries and Nature, with two papers published in the former and one in the latter.

Best Publications

DNA Repair and Mutagenesis

Errol C. Friedberg;Graham C. Walker;Wolfram Siede

7457
Citations
DNA damage and repair

Errol C. Friedberg

1614
Citations
The Y-Family of DNA Polymerases

Haruo Ohmori;Errol C. Friedberg;Robert P.P. Fuchs;Myron F. Goodman

1045
Citations
How nucleotide excision repair protects against cancer

Errol C. Friedberg

1006
Citations
p53 modulation of TFIIH-associated nucleotide excision repair activity.

Xin Wei Wang;H. Yeh;L. Schaeffer;Richard Roy

717
Citations
The SAD1/RAD53 protein kinase controls multiple checkpoints and DNA damage-induced transcription in yeast.

James B. Allen;Zheng Zhou;Wolfram Siede;Errol C. Friedberg

712
Citations
DNA repair: A laboratory manual of research procedures

Errol C. Friedberg;Philip C. Hanawalt

710
Citations
The absence of a pyrimidine dimer repair mechanism in mammalian mitochondria

David A. Clayton;Jackie N. Doda;Errol C. Friedberg

691
Citations
The Cockayne syndrome group A gene encodes a WD repeat protein that interacts with CSB protein and a subunit of RNA polymerase II TFIIH

Karla A. Henning;Lei Li;Narayan Iyer;Lisa D. McDaniel

670
Citations
Specialized DNA polymerases, cellular survival, and the genesis of mutations.

Errol C. Friedberg;Robert Wagner;Miroslav Radman

545
Citations
Trading places: how do DNA polymerases switch during translesion DNA synthesis?

Errol C. Friedberg;Alan R. Lehmann;Robert P.P. Fuchs

529
Citations
Eukaryotic DNA polymerases: proposal for a revised nomenclature.

Peter M J Burgers;Eugene V. Koonin;Elspeth Bruford;Luis Blanco

426
Citations
Dual roles of a multiprotein complex from S. cerevisiae in transcription and DNA repair

William J. Feaver;Jesper Q. Svejstrup;Lee Bardwell;A.Jane Bardwell

420
Citations
Mouse Rev1 protein interacts with multiple DNA polymerases involved in translesion DNA synthesis.

Caixia Guo;Paula L. Fischhaber;Margaret J. Luk-Paszyc;Yuji Masuda

416
Citations
Deoxyribonucleic acid repair in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

E C Friedberg

407
Citations
UV-induced ubiquitination of RNA polymerase II: a novel modification deficient in Cockayne syndrome cells

David B. Bregman;David B. Bregman;Ruth Halaban;Alain J. Van Gool;Karla A. Henning;Karla A. Henning

399
Citations
Suffering in silence: the tolerance of DNA damage

Errol C. Friedberg

377
Citations
Two-polymerase mechanisms dictate error-free and error-prone translesion DNA synthesis in mammals

Sigal Shachar;Omer Ziv;Sharon Avkin;Sheera Adar

357
Citations
Relationships between DNA repair and transcription.

Errol C. Friedberg

344
Citations
Erratum: Trading places: How do DNA polymerases switch during translesion DNA synthesis? (Molecular Cell (May 27, 2005) 18 (499-505) PII: S1097-2765(05)01276-1 and DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.03.032)

Errol C. Friedberg;Alan R. Lehmann;Robert P P Fuchs

30
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger D. Kornberg Stanford University

Jesper Q. Svejstrup University of Copenhagen

Gijsbertus T. J. van der Horst Erasmus University Rotterdam

Harry van Steeg Centre for Health Protection

Kiyoji Tanaka University of Tsukuba

Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers Erasmus University Rotterdam

Eugene V. Koonin National Institutes of Health

Fumio Hanaoka National Institute of Genetics

Vilhelm A. Bohr University of Copenhagen

Alan R. Lehmann University of Sussex

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