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John-Stephen Taylor 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 John-Stephen Taylor sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 157 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

John-Stephen Taylor 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 John-Stephen Taylor sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 61 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1988 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

John-Stephen Taylor is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Light effects on plants
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer

Their recent published papers include:

  • The effect of flanking bases on direct and triplet sensitized cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer formation in DNA depends on the dipyrimidine, wavelength and the photosensitizer (2021, Nucleic Acids Research)
  • The impact of inversions across 33,924 families with rare disease from a national genome sequencing project (2024, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • Ability of the Putative Decomposition Products of 2,3-dioxetanes of Indoles to Photosensitize Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimer (CPD) Formation and its Implications for the "Dark" (Chemisensitized) Pathway to CPDs in Melanocytes† (2021, Photochemistry and Photobiology)
  • Correction to: Retention of duplicated genes in evolution (2022, Trends in Genetics)
  • Reaction Mechanism of (6-4) Photolyase (2021, UNC Libraries)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated on multiple publications with John-Stephen Taylor include:

  • Natalia E. Gutierrez-Bayona
  • Hsin-Chieh Yang
  • Savannah S. Scruggs
  • Mengqi Chai
  • Michael L. Gross

Common venues for their research output incorporate:

  • Photochemistry and Photobiology
  • UNC Libraries
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Trends in Genetics

John-Stephen Taylor was awarded the title of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1988.

Best Publications

  • Roles of E. coli DNA polymerases IV and V in lesion-targeted and untargeted SOS mutagenesis

    Mengjia Tang;Phuong Pham;Xuan Shen;John-Stephen Taylor

  • Error-free and error-prone lesion bypass by human DNA polymerase κ in vitro

    Yanbin Zhang;Fenghua Yuan;Xiaohua Wu;Mu Wang;Mu Wang

  • Cytochrome c Biogenesis: Mechanisms for Covalent Modifications and Trafficking of Heme and for Heme-Iron Redox Control

    Robert G. Kranz;Cynthia Richard-Fogal;John-Stephen Taylor;Elaine R. Frawley

  • Comparative analysis of binding of human damaged DNA-binding protein (XPE) and Escherichia coli damage recognition protein (UvrA) to the major ultraviolet photoproducts: T[c,s]T, T[t,s]T, T[6-4]T, and T[Dewar]T.

    J T Reardon;A F Nichols;S Keeney;C A Smith

  • Crystal structure of a DNA decamer containing a cis-syn thymine dimer

    HaJeung Park;Kaijiang Zhang;Yingjie Ren;Sourena Nadji

  • Error-prone lesion bypass by human DNA polymerase η

    Yanbin Zhang;Fenghua Yuan;Xiaohua Wu;Olga Rechkoblit

  • Shape effects of nanoparticles conjugated with cell-penetrating peptides (HIV Tat PTD) on CHO cell uptake.

    Ke Zhang;Huafeng Fang;Zhiyun Chen;John-Stephen A. Taylor

  • DNA, light, and Dewar pyrimidinones: the structure and biological significance to TpT3

    John Stephen Taylor;Michael P. Cohrs

  • Characterization of (6-4) photoproduct DNA photolyase.

    Sang Tae Kim;Khushbeer Malhotra;Colin A. Smith;John Stephen Taylor

  • Reaction Mechanism of (6-4) Photolyase

    Xiaodong Zhao;Jianquan Liu;David S. Hsu;Shaying Zhao

  • Specificity of DNA lesion bypass by the yeast DNA polymerase η

    Fenghua Yuan;Yanbin Zhang;Deepak K. Rajpal;Xiaohua Wu

  • Response of human DNA polymerase ι to DNA lesions

    Yanbin Zhang;Fenghua Yuan;Xiaohua Wu;John Stephen Taylor

  • In vivo evidence that UV-induced C-->T mutations at dipyrimidine sites could result from the replicative bypass of cis-syn cyclobutane dimers or their deamination products.

    Nan Jiang;John Stephen Taylor

  • Preparation and characterization of a set of deoxyoligonucleotide 49-mers containing site-specific cis-syn, trans-syn-I, (6-4), and Dewar photoproducts of thymidylyl(3'-->5')-thymidine.

    C A Smith;J S Taylor

  • DNA repair by eukaryotic nucleotide excision nuclease : removal of thymine dimer and psoralen monoadduct by HeLa cell-free extract and of thymine dimer by Xenopus laevis oocytes

    Daniel L. Svoboda;John Stephen Taylor;John E. Hearst;Aziz Sancar

  • DNA, sunlight and skin cancer

    John-Stephen Taylor

  • Response of human REV1 to different DNA damage: preferential dCMP insertion opposite the lesion

    Yanbin Zhang;Xiaohua Wu;Olga Rechkoblit;Nicholas E. Geacintov

  • Nucleic acid-triggered catalytic drug release

    Zhaochun Ma;John-Stephen Taylor

  • Solution-state structure of a DNA dodecamer duplex containing a Cis-syn thymine cyclobutane dimer, the major UV photoproduct of DNA.

    Kathleen McAteer;Y Jing;J Kao;J S. Taylor

  • Nucleic acid-triggered fluorescent probe activation by the Staudinger reaction.

    Jianfeng Cai;Xiaoxu Li;Xuan Yue;John Stephen Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen L. Wooley
Karen L. Wooley Texas A&M University
Michael L. Gross
Michael L. Gross Washington University in St. Louis
Aziz Sancar
Aziz Sancar University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nicholas E. Geacintov
Nicholas E. Geacintov New York University
Mu Wang
Mu Wang Indiana University
Michael J. Welch
Michael J. Welch Washington University in St. Louis
Raj K. Pandita
Raj K. Pandita Houston Methodist
Steven L. Brody
Steven L. Brody Washington University in St. Louis
Matthew L. Becker
Matthew L. Becker Duke University
Peter M. J. Burgers
Peter M. J. Burgers Washington University in St. Louis

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