2026 Louise Prakash: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	114	749	715	456	432	318	39916
Molecular Biology	115	313	287	189	171	310	40168

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Louise Prakash is affiliated with The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant body of work in Molecular Biology. Additional fields of study include Cancer Research, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Plant Science, and Epidemiology.

The central topics of their research include:

DNA Repair Mechanisms
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
RNA Research and Splicing

Louise Prakash has contributed to numerous scientific publications, appearing in a variety of journals. Frequent venues for their research outputs include:

Journal of Biological Chemistry
Genes & Development
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Nature Communications
eLife

Selected recent papers by Prakash demonstrate a focus on DNA polymerases and translesion DNA synthesis, such as:

Structure and mechanism of B-family DNA polymerase ζ specialized for translesion DNA synthesis, 2020, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Structural basis of DNA synthesis opposite 8-oxoguanine by human PrimPol primase-polymerase, 2021, Nature Communications
Cryo-EM structure of translesion DNA synthesis polymerase ζ with a base pair mismatch, 2022, Nature Communications
A novel role of DNA polymerase λ in translesion synthesis in conjunction with DNA polymerase ζ, 2021, Life Science Alliance
Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAD5-encoded DNA repair protein contains DNA helicase and zinc-binding sequence motifs and affects the stability of simple repetitive sequences in the genome., 2020, UNC Libraries

Louise Prakash has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Satya Prakash
Robert E. Johnson
Aneel K. Aggarwal
Sellamuthu Karthi
Jung-Hoon Yoon

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005. This distinction reflects their standing within the scientific community.

Best Publications

Eukaryotic translesion synthesis DNA polymerases: Specificity of structure and function

Satya Prakash;Robert E. Johnson;Louise Prakash

1389
Citations
Efficient Bypass of a Thymine-Thymine Dimer by Yeast DNA Polymerase, Polη

Robert E. Johnson;Satya Prakash;Louise Prakash

1086
Citations
hRAD30 mutations in the variant form of xeroderma pigmentosum.

Robert E. Johnson;Christine M. Kondratick;Satya Prakash;Louise Prakash

1077
Citations
The Y-Family of DNA Polymerases

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

1045
Citations
Eukaryotic polymerases ι and ζ act sequentially to bypass DNA lesions

Robert E. Johnson;M. Todd Washington;Lajos Haracska;Satya Prakash

802
Citations
Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae selectable markers in pUC18 polylinkers.

Jeffery S. Jones;Louise Prakash

541
Citations
Fidelity of Human DNA Polymerase η

Robert E. Johnson;M. Todd Washington;Satya Prakash;Louise Prakash

531
Citations
Nucleotide excision repair in yeast.

Satya Prakash;Louise Prakash

527
Citations
Roles of yeast DNA polymerases delta and zeta and of Rev1 in the bypass of abasic sites.

Lajos Haracska;Ildiko Unk;Robert E. Johnson;Erik Johansson

488
Citations
Translesion DNA synthesis in eukaryotes: A one- or two-polymerase affair

Satya Prakash;Louise Prakash

458
Citations
Structure of the Catalytic Core of S. cerevisiae DNA Polymerase η: Implications for Translesion DNA Synthesis

Jose Trincao;Robert E. Johnson;Carlos R. Escalante;Satya Prakash

451
Citations
Efficient and accurate replication in the presence of 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine by DNA polymerase η

Lajos Haracska;Sung-Lim Yu;Robert E. Johnson;Louise Prakash

440
Citations
Eukaryotic DNA polymerases: proposal for a revised nomenclature.

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

426
Citations
Yeast DNA repair proteins Rad6 and Rad18 form a heterodimer that has ubiquitin conjugating, DNA binding, and ATP hydrolytic activities

Veronique Bailly;Veronique Bailly;Scott Lauder;Satya Prakash;Louise Prakash

403
Citations
DNA repair genes and proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Satya Prakash;Patrick Sung;Louise Prakash

399
Citations
Human xeroderma pigmentosum group D gene encodes a DNA helicase.

Patrick Sung;Patrick Sung;Véronique Bailly;Véronique Bailly;Christine Weber;Larry H. Thompson

393
Citations
Specific complex formation between yeast RAD6 and RAD18 proteins: A potential mechanism for targeting RAD6 ubiquitin-conjugating activity to DNA damage sites

Véronique Bailly;Véronique Bailly;John Lamb;John Lamb;Patrick Sung;Patrick Sung;Satya Prakash

391
Citations
Characterization of postreplication repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and effects of rad6, rad18, rev3 and rad52 mutations.

Louise Prakash

389
Citations
Replication by human DNA polymerase-ι occurs by Hoogsteen base-pairing

Deepak T. Nair;Robert E. Johnson;Satya Prakash;Louise Prakash

375
Citations
Structural and functional conservation of two human homologs of the yeast DNA repair gene RAD6.

Marcel H M Koken;Paul Reynolds;Iris Jaspers-Dekker;Louise Prakash

356
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Satya Prakash The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Robert E. Johnson The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Patrick Sung The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Lajos Haracska Biological Research Centre

Aneel K. Aggarwal Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Jerard Hurwitz Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

R. Stephen Lloyd Oregon Health & Science University

Peter M. J. Burgers Washington University in St. Louis

Fumio Hanaoka National Institute of Genetics

Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers Erasmus University Rotterdam

External Links

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