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  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John L. Woolford is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology with a specialization in Molecular Biology and Oncology. Their work extensively covers topics related to RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, RNA research and splicing, peptidase inhibition and analysis, as well as genomics and chromatin dynamics.

They have contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Unraveling the influences of sequence and position on yeast uORF activity using massively parallel reporter systems and machine learning (2023, eLife)
  • Coupling of 5S RNP rotation with maturation of functional centers during large ribosomal subunit assembly (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Structural insights into assembly of the ribosomal nascent polypeptide exit tunnel (2020, Nature Communications)
  • The nucleolus as a polarized coaxial cable in which the rDNA axis is surrounded by dynamic subunit-specific phases (2021, Current Biology)
  • Ribosomal protein eL39 is important for maturation of the nascent polypeptide exit tunnel and proper protein folding during translation (2022, Nucleic Acids Research)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John L. Woolford include:

  • Jelena Micic
  • Ning Gao
  • Amber J. LaPeruta
  • Fiona Fitzgerald
  • Gemma E. May

The most common publication venues for their research are:

  • Nature Communications
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • eLife
  • Current Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

John L. Woolford has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2008.

Best Publications

  • Ribosome Biogenesis in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    John L. Woolford;Susan J. Baserga

  • Ribosome assembly coming into focus.

    Sebastian Klinge;John L. Woolford

  • Composition and Functional Characterization of Yeast 66S Ribosome Assembly Intermediates

    Piyanun Harnpicharnchai;Jelena Jakovljevic;Edward Horsey;Tiffany Miles

  • Functions of Ribosomal Proteins in Assembly of Eukaryotic Ribosomes In Vivo

    Jesús de la Cruz;Katrin Karbstein;John L. Woolford

  • Isolation of yeast histone genes H2A and H2B

    Lynna Hereford;Karen Fahrner;John Woolford;Michael Rosbash

  • A comparison of yeast ribosomal protein gene DNA sequences

    John L. Teem;Nadja Abovich;Norbert F. Kaufer;Willam F. Schwindinger

  • TIF4631 and TIF4632: two yeast genes encoding the high-molecular-weight subunits of the cap-binding protein complex (eukaryotic initiation factor 4F) contain an RNA recognition motif-like sequence and carry out an essential function.

    C. Goyer;M. Altmann;H. S. Lee;A. Blanc

  • Assembly factors Rpf2 and Rrs1 recruit 5S rRNA and ribosomal proteins rpL5 and rpL11 into nascent ribosomes

    Jingyu Zhang;Piyanun Harnpicharnchai;Jelena Jakovljevic;Lan Tang

  • Diverse roles of assembly factors revealed by structures of late nuclear pre-60S ribosomes

    Shan Wu;Beril Tutuncuoglu;Kaige Yan;Hailey Brown

  • The effect of temperature-sensitive RNA mutants on the transcription products from cloned ribosomal protein genes of yeast

    Michael Rosbash;Peter K.W. Harris;John L. Woolford;John L. Teem

  • Depletion of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ribosomal protein L16 causes a decrease in 60S ribosomal subunits and formation of half-mer polyribosomes.

    Mitch O. Rotenberg;Michelle Moritz;John L. Woolford

  • Mod-seq: high-throughput sequencing for chemical probing of RNA structure.

    Jason Talkish;Gemma May;Yizhu Lin;John L. Woolford

  • A New nomenclature for the Cytoplasmic Ribosomal Proteins of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

    W. H. Mager;R. J. Planta;J. P G Ballesta;John C Lee

  • Ribosomal Protein S14 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Regulates Its Expression by Binding to RPS14B Pre-mRNA and to 18S rRNA

    Sheara W. Fewell;John L. Woolford

  • Yeast ribosomal protein L1 is required for the stability of newly synthesized 5S rRNA and the assembly of 60S ribosomal subunits

    Mohanish Deshmukh;Yi Fang Tsay;Amanda G. Paulovich;John L. Woolford

  • Nuclear pre-mRNA splicing in yeast.

    John L. Woolford

  • Assembly of ribosomes and spliceosomes: complex ribonucleoprotein machines.

    Jonathan P Staley;John L Woolford

  • Tripartite upstream promoter element essential for expression of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ribosomal protein genes.

    M O Rotenberg;J L Woolford

  • A hierarchical model for assembly of eukaryotic 60S ribosomal subunit domains

    Michael Gamalinda;Uli Ohmayer;Jelena Jakovljevic;Beril Kumcuoglu

  • Corrigendum: Mod-seq: high-throughput sequencing for chemical probing of RNA structure

    Jason Talkish;Gemma May;Yizhu Lin;John L. Woolford

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash Brandeis University
Mohanish Deshmukh
Mohanish Deshmukh University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John C. Lee
John C. Lee The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Willem H. Mager
Willem H. Mager Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
James D. Friesen
James D. Friesen University of Toronto
Jonathan R. Warner
Jonathan R. Warner Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Michael P. Rout
Michael P. Rout Rockefeller University
Philip C. Andrews
Philip C. Andrews University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Rudi J. Planta
Rudi J. Planta Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Meng-Qiu Dong
Meng-Qiu Dong Tsinghua University

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