Michael D. Been

Michael D. Been publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael D. Been sits on this spectrum.

Michael D. Been D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael D. Been sits on this spectrum.

Overview

Best Publications

• Rna ribozyme polymerases, dephosphorylases, restriction endoribonucleases and methods.

  Thomas R. Cech;Arthur J. Zaug;Michael D. Been

  1074
  Citations

• A pseudoknot-like structure required for efficient self-cleavage of hepatitis delta virus RNA.

  Anne T. Perrotta;Michael D. Been

  484
  Citations

• The Tetrahymena ribozyme acts like an RNA restriction endonuclease

  Arthur J. Zaug;Michael D. Been;Thomas R. Cech

  451
  Citations

• Imidazole Rescue of a Cytosine Mutation in a Self-Cleaving Ribozyme

  Anne T. Perrotta;I-hung Shih;Michael D. Been

  374
  Citations

• One binding site determines sequence specificity of Tetrahymena pre-rRNA self-splicing, trans-splicing, and RNA enzyme activity.

  Michael D. Been;Thomas R. Cech

  309
  Citations

• Cleavage of oligoribonucleotides by a ribozyme derived from the hepatitis delta virus RNA sequence.

  Anne T. Perrotta;Michael D. Been

  288
  Citations

• Nucleotide sequence preference at rat liver and wheat germ type 1 DNA topoisomerase breakage sites in duplex SV40 DNA

  Michael D. Been;Richard R. Burgess;James J. Champoux

  272
  Citations

• Exon circularization in mammalian nuclear extracts.

  Zvi Pasman;Michael D. Been;Mariano Garcia-Blanco

  235
  Citations

• Self-cleaving ribozymes of hepatitis delta virus RNA.

  Michael D. Been;Gene S. Wickham

  217
  Citations

• Group I permuted intron-exon (PIE) sequences self-splice to produce circular exons.

  M. Puttaraju;Michael Been

  186
  Citations

• Numerous group I introns with variable distributions in the ribosomal DNA of a lichen fungus

  Paula T. DePriest;Michael D. Been

  176
  Citations

• The self-cleaving domain from the genomic RNA of hepatitis delta virus: sequence requirements and the effects of denaturant

  Anne T. Perrotta;Michael D. Been

  174
  Citations

• Catalytic Strategies of the Hepatitis Delta Virus Ribozymes

  I-hung Shih;Michael D Been

  157
  Citations

• RNA as an RNA polymerase: net elongation of an RNA primer catalyzed by the Tetrahymena ribozyme

  Michael D. Been;Thomas R. Cech

  155
  Citations

• Secondary structure of the self-cleaving RNA of hepatitis delta virus: applications to catalytic RNA design.

  Michael D. Been;Anne T. Perrotta;Sarah P. Rosenstein

  135
  Citations

• Group I intron self-splicing with adenosine: evidence for a single nucleoside-binding site.

  Michael D. Been;Anne T. Perrotta

  132
  Citations

• Involvement of a cytosine side chain in proton transfer in the rate-determining step of ribozyme self-cleavage

  I-hung Shih;Michael D. Been

  118
  Citations

• A circular trans-acting hepatitis delta virus ribozyme

  M. Puttaraju;Anne T. Perrotta;Michael D. Been

  117
  Citations

• A nested double pseudoknot is required for self-cleavage activity of both the genomic and antigenomic hepatitis delta virus ribozymes.

  Timothy S. Wadkins;Anne T. Perrotta;Adrian R. Ferré-D'amaré;Jennifer A. Doudna

  115
  Citations

• A pH-sensitive RNA tertiary interaction affects self-cleavage activity of the HDV ribozymes in the absence of added divalent metal ion

  Timothy S Wadkins;I-hung Shih;Anne T Perrotta;Michael D Been

  113
  Citations