2026 Mair E. A. Churchill: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	55	2282	2052	1124	998	109	10014

Overview

Mair E. A. Churchill is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research intersects fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Their work covers subfields such as Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Cancer Research, and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics include:

Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
DNA Repair Mechanisms
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies

Mair E. A. Churchill has contributed to research published in several scholarly venues, including:

Journal of Thoracic Oncology
eLife
Journal of Molecular Biology
ACS Synthetic Biology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Selected recent publications include:

"A novel single alpha-helix DNA-binding domain in CAF-1 promotes gene silencing and DNA damage survival through tetrasome-length DNA selectivity and spacer function" (2023), published in eLife
"MA14.01 Distribution and Detectability of EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Variants in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer" (2021), published in Journal of Thoracic Oncology
"Characterization of a Primordial Major Capsid-Scaffolding Protein Complex in Icosahedral Virus Shell Assembly" (2022), published in Journal of Molecular Biology
"OA15.01 Mobocertinib in EGFR Exon 20 Insertion-Positive Metastatic NSCLC Patients With Disease Control on Prior EGFR TKI Therapy" (2021), published in Journal of Thoracic Oncology
"Reprogramming the Cleavage Specificity of Botulinum Neurotoxin Serotype B1" (2022), published in ACS Synthetic Biology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with this scientist include:

Ruben Rosas
Rhiannon R. Aguilar
Nina Arslanovic
Jessica K. Tyler
Sylvie Vincent

Best Publications

Histone acetyltransferase activity of yeast Gcn5p is required for the activation of target genes in vivo

Min Hao Kuo;Jianxin Zhou;Per Jambeck;Mair E A Churchill

595
Citations
A purified mariner transposase is sufficient to mediate transposition in vitro

David J. Lampe;Mair E.A. Churchill;Hugh M. Robertson

587
Citations
Structural Basis for the Histone Chaperone Activity of Asf1

Christine M. English;Melissa W. Adkins;Joshua J. Carson;Mair E.A. Churchill

531
Citations
Nasal chemosensory cells use bitter taste signaling to detect irritants and bacterial signals

Marco Tizzano;Brian D. Gulbransen;Aurelie Vandenbeuch;Tod R. Clapp

489
Citations
Hydroxyl radical footprinting: a high-resolution method for mapping protein-DNA contacts.

Thomas D. Tullius;Beth A. Dombroski;Mair E.A. Churchill;Laurance Kam

438
Citations
Structural Basis and Specificity of Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Signal Production in Bacterial Quorum Sensing

William T. Watson;Timothy D. Minogue;Dale L. Val;Susanne Beck von Bodman

341
Citations
A Holliday recombination intermediate is twofold symmetric.

Mair E. A. Churchill;Thomas D. Tullius;Neville R. Kallenbach;Nadrian C. Seeman

283
Citations
Structural basis of acyl-homoserine lactone-dependent signaling.

Mair E. A. Churchill;Lingling Chen

267
Citations
The structure of a chromosomal high mobility group protein-DNA complex reveals sequence-neutral mechanisms important for non-sequence-specific DNA recognition.

Frank V. Murphy;Frank V. Murphy;Robert M. Sweet;Mair E.A. Churchill

252
Citations
'SPKK' motifs prefer to bind to DNA at A/T-rich sites.

M. E. A. Churchill;M. Suzuki

238
Citations
Structure of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa acyl-homoserinelactone synthase LasI.

Ty A. Gould;Herbert P. Schweizer;Mair E. A. Churchill

235
Citations
The high mobility group box: the ultimate utility player of a cell.

Christopher S. Malarkey;Mair E.A. Churchill

230
Citations
DNA chaperones: A solution to a persistence problem?

Andrew A. Travers;Sarbjit S. Ner;Mair E.A. Churchill

217
Citations
Mapping functional regions of transcription factor TFIIIA.

K. E. Vrana;M. E. A. Churchill;T. D. Tullius;D. D. Brown

214
Citations
The histone shuffle: histone chaperones in an energetic dance

Chandrima Das;Jessica K. Tyler;Mair E.A. Churchill

214
Citations
Nonsequence-specific DNA recognition: a structural perspective

Frank V Murphy;Frank V Murphy;Mair Ea Churchill

190
Citations
Specificity of Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Synthases Examined by Mass Spectrometry

Ty A. Gould;Jake Herman;Jessica Krank;Robert C. Murphy

188
Citations
ASF1 Binds to a Heterodimer of Histones H3 and H4: A Two-Step Mechanism for the Assembly of the H3−H4 Heterotetramer on DNA†

Christine M. English;Nasib K. Maluf;Brian Tripet;Mair E. A. Churchill

169
Citations
Quorum-sensing control of antibiotic synthesis in Burkholderia thailandensis

Breck A. Duerkop;John Varga;Josephine R. Chandler;Snow Brook Peterson

158
Citations
Crystal structure of QscR, a Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing signal receptor.

Mario J. Lintz;Ken Ichi Oinuma;Christina L. Wysoczynski;Everett Peter Greenberg

150
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jessica K. Tyler Cornell University

Thomas D. Tullius Boston University

Dean P. Edwards Baylor College of Medicine

Andrew Travers MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Neville R. Kallenbach New York University

Kirk C. Hansen University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Nadrian C. Seeman New York University

Robert C. Murphy University of Colorado Denver

Herbert P. Schweizer Colorado State University

Hugh M. Robertson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

External Links

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