D-Index & Metrics Best Publications

Kira S. Makarova

National Institutes of Health
United States

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Genetics D-index 104 Citations 55,054 225 World Ranking 398 National Ranking 208

Best female scientists D-index 104 Citations 55,084 228 World Ranking 738 National Ranking 456

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award

2022 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study Kira S. Makarova is best known for:

Gene
DNA
Bacteria

Her DNA study is within the categories of Nuclease and Endonuclease. Kira S. Makarova performs integrative Endonuclease and DNA research in her work. She integrates many fields in her works, including Gene and Mobile genetic elements. Kira S. Makarova integrates many fields, such as Genetics and Computational biology, in her works. While working in this field, she studies both Computational biology and Genomics. Kira S. Makarova integrates Genomics with Comparative genomics in her research. Kira S. Makarova incorporates CRISPR and Trans-activating crRNA in her studies. Her Genome editing research extends to the thematically linked field of Trans-activating crRNA. Her studies link CRISPR interference with Genome editing.

Her most cited work include:

Cpf1 Is a Single RNA-Guided Endonuclease of a Class 2 CRISPR-Cas System (3038 citations)
In vivo genome editing using Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 (2010 citations)
Small CRISPR RNAs Guide Antiviral Defense in Prokaryotes (1974 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date

As part of her inquiry into Horizontal gene transfer and Genomics, Kira S. Makarova is doing Genome research. Kira S. Makarova connects Gene with Evolutionary biology in her research. In her study, Kira S. Makarova carries out multidisciplinary Evolutionary biology and Gene research. Genetics is closely attributed to Archaea in her work. Kira S. Makarova incorporates Computational biology and DNA in her studies. Kira S. Makarova integrates many fields, such as DNA and Computational biology, in her works. She integrates CRISPR with Trans-activating crRNA in her study. She integrates RNA with Cas9 in her study. She brings together Cas9 and Trans-activating crRNA to produce work in her papers.

Kira S. Makarova most often published in these fields:

Gene (93.88%)
Genetics (92.35%)
Computational biology (57.14%)

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Best Publications

Cpf1 is a single RNA-guided endonuclease of a class 2 CRISPR-Cas system.

Bernd Zetsche;Jonathan S. Gootenberg;Omar O. Abudayyeh;Ian M. Slaymaker.
Cell (2015)

3438 Citations

Small CRISPR RNAs guide antiviral defense in prokaryotes

Stan J. J. Brouns;Matthijs M. Jore;Magnus Lundgren;Edze R. Westra.
Science (2008)

2788 Citations

Evolution and classification of the CRISPR-Cas systems

Kira S. Makarova;Daniel H. Haft;Rodolphe Barrangou;Stan J. J. Brouns.
Nature Reviews Microbiology (2011)

2699 Citations

In vivo genome editing using Staphylococcus aureus Cas9

F. Ann Ran;Le Cong;Winston X. Yan;David A. Scott.
Nature (2015)

2412 Citations

An updated evolutionary classification of CRISPR–Cas systems

Kira S. Makarova;Yuri I. Wolf;Omer S. Alkhnbashi;Fabrizio Costa.
Nature Reviews Microbiology (2015)

2136 Citations

Crystal structure of Cas9 in complex with guide RNA and target DNA

Takashi Yamano;Hiroshi Nishimasu;Hiroshi Nishimasu;Bernd Zetsche;Hisato Hirano.
Cell (2014)

1854 Citations

Comparative genomics of the lactic acid bacteria

K. Makarova;A. Slesarev;Y. Wolf;A. Sorokin.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2006)

1582 Citations

A putative RNA-interference-based immune system in prokaryotes: computational analysis of the predicted enzymatic machinery, functional analogies with eukaryotic RNAi, and hypothetical mechanisms of action

Kira S Makarova;Nick V Grishin;Svetlana A Shabalina;Yuri I Wolf.
Biology Direct (2006)

1495 Citations

C2c2 is a single-component programmable RNA-guided RNA-targeting CRISPR effector

Omar O. Abudayyeh;Jonathan S. Gootenberg;Silvana Konermann;Silvana Konermann;Silvana Konermann;Julia Joung;Julia Joung;Julia Joung.
Science (2016)

1471 Citations

Horizontal gene transfer in prokaryotes: quantification and classification.

Eugene V. Koonin;Kira S. Makarova;L. Aravind.
Annual Review of Microbiology (2001)

1350 Citations

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