2026 Myron F. Goodman: 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	99	556	497	304	268	330	33608

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Myron F. Goodman is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant emphasis on molecular biology, genetics, infectious diseases, immunology, and molecular medicine within these broader fields.

Their scientific work covers various topics including:

DNA Repair Mechanisms
Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Goodman has authored numerous publications, with frequent contributions to journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, where they have published seven papers. Other notable venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biochemistry, and Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews.

Selected recent papers include:

"Genomic landscape of single-stranded DNA gapped intermediates in Escherichia coli" (2021), Nucleic Acids Research
"Single-molecule live-cell imaging reveals RecB-dependent function of DNA polymerase IV in double strand break repair" (2020), Nucleic Acids Research
"Generation and Repair of Postreplication Gaps in Escherichia coli" (2023), Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
"RecA and SSB genome-wide distribution in ssDNA gaps and ends in Escherichia coli" (2023), Nucleic Acids Research
"The mRNA tether model for activation-induced deaminase and its relevance for Ig somatic hypermutation and class switch recombination" (2021), DNA Repair

Frequent coauthors with whom Goodman has collaborated multiple times include Phuong Pham, Michael M. Cox, Roger Woodgate, Antoine M. van Oijen, and Andrew Robinson. These collaborations have contributed to expanding research in molecular biology and DNA repair mechanisms.

Goodman was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008.

Best Publications

The importance of repairing stalled replication forks

Michael M. Cox;Myron F. Goodman;Kenneth N. Kreuzer;David J. Sherratt

1289
Citations
Error-prone repair DNA polymerases in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

Myron F. Goodman

1059
Citations
The Y-Family of DNA Polymerases

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

1045
Citations
Fidelity mechanisms in DNA replication.

Harrison Echols;Myron F. Goodman

1012
Citations
Activation-induced cytidine deaminase deaminates deoxycytidine on single-stranded DNA but requires the action of RNase

Ronda Bransteitter;Phuong Pham;Matthew D. Scharff;Myron F. Goodman

1001
Citations
Processive AID-catalysed cytosine deamination on single-stranded DNA simulates somatic hypermutation.

Phuong Pham;Ronda Bransteitter;John Petruska;Myron F. Goodman

942
Citations
UmuD′2C is an error-prone DNA polymerase, Escherichia coli pol V

Mengjia Tang;Xuan Shen;Ekaterina G. Frank;Mike O’Donnell

765
Citations
The Biochemistry of Somatic Hypermutation

Jonathan U. Peled;Fei Li Kuang;Maria D. Iglesias-Ussel;Sergio Roa

609
Citations
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

567
Citations
Extension of base mispairs by Taq DNA polymerase: implications for single nucleotide discrimination in PCR

Mei mei Huang;Norman Arnheim;Myron F. Goodman

483
Citations
DNA polymerase insertion fidelity. Gel assay for site-specific kinetics.

M S Boosalis;J Petruska;M F Goodman

469
Citations
Comparison between DNA melting thermodynamics and DNA polymerase fidelity.

John Petruska;Myron F. Goodman;Michael S. Boosalis;Lawrence C. Sowers

451
Citations
A Biochemically Defined System for Mammalian Nonhomologous DNA End Joining

Yunmei Ma;Haihui Lu;Brigette Tippin;Myron F. Goodman

446
Citations
Base mispair extension kinetics. Comparison of DNA polymerase alpha and reverse transcriptase.

L V Mendelman;J Petruska;M F Goodman

411
Citations
APOBEC3G DNA deaminase acts processively 3' --> 5' on single-stranded DNA.

Linda Chelico;Phuong Pham;Peter Calabrese;Myron F Goodman

358
Citations
Translesion DNA Polymerases

Myron F. Goodman;Roger Woodgate

339
Citations
Nearest neighbor influences on DNA polymerase insertion fidelity.

L V Mendelman;M S Boosalis;J Petruska;M F Goodman

333
Citations
Gel fidelity assay measuring nucleotide misinsertion, exonucleolytic proofreading, and lesion bypass efficiencies.

Steven Creighton;Linda B. Bloom;Myron F. Goodman

325
Citations
The APOBEC-2 crystal structure and functional implications for the deaminase AID

Courtney Prochnow;Ronda Bransteitter;Michael G. Klein;Myron F. Goodman

300
Citations
Hydrogen bonding revisited: Geometric selection as a principal determinant of DNA replication fidelity

Myron F. Goodman

296
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Woodgate National Institutes of Health

Mike O'Donnell Rockefeller University

Ramon Eritja Spanish National Research Council

Michael M. Cox University of Wisconsin–Madison

Samuel H. Wilson National Institutes of Health

Lawrence C. Sowers The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Jan Florián Loyola University Chicago

Antoine M. van Oijen Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute

William A. Beard National Institutes of Health

Arieh Warshel University of Southern California

External Links

Personal website of Myron F. Goodman

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