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80
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20864
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1008
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532

Nicholas C. Popescu publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicholas C. Popescu sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 228 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Nicholas C. Popescu D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicholas C. Popescu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nicholas C. Popescu is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their career encompasses work within a prominent government medical research institution, contributing to the broader scientific and medical research community.

There are no recent publications or specific papers listed for Nicholas C. Popescu, and no frequent co-authors or publication venues are documented. Similarly, detailed information about specific books, main fields of study, subfields, or main research topics is not provided in the data.

The absence of listed awards or honors suggests that there are no publicly recorded recognitions associated with Nicholas C. Popescu at this time.

Given the limited data available, the profile reflects a researcher currently active or affiliated with a major national research organization, though further information on their research focus, contributions, and academic outputs is not included in this record.

Best Publications

  • Isolation and characterization of ERBB3, a third member of the ERBB/epidermal growth factor receptor family: evidence for overexpression in a subset of human mammary tumors.

    Matthias H. Kraus;Wolfgang Issing;Toru Miki;Nicholas C. Popescu

  • Human breast cancer cells generated by oncogenic transformation of primary mammary epithelial cells

    Brian Elenbaas;Lisa Spirio;Frederick Koerner;Mark D. Fleming

  • Senescing human cells and ageing mice accumulate DNA lesions with unrepairable double-strand breaks

    Olga A. Sedelnikova;Izumi Horikawa;Drazen B. Zimonjic;Nicholas C. Popescu

  • Isolation of a novel receptor cDNA establishes the existence of two PDGF receptor genes.

    Toshimitsu Matsui;M Heidaran;T Miki;N Popescu

  • Telomerase contributes to tumorigenesis by a telomere length-independent mechanism

    Sheila A. Stewart;William C. Hahn;Benjamin F. O'Connor;Elisa N. Banner

  • Purification and Molecular Cloning of a Secreted, Frizzled-Related Antagonist of Wnt Action

    Finch Pw;He X;Kelley Mj;Uren A

  • Cloning, Characterization, and Chromosomal Localization of a Gene Frequently Deleted in Human Liver Cancer (DLC-1) Homologous to Rat RhoGAP

    Bao-Zhu Yuan;Mark J. Miller;Catherine L. Keck;Drazen B. Zimonjic

  • TrnR2, a novel receptor that mediates neurturin and GDNF signaling through Ret.

    Robert H. Baloh;Malú G. Tansey;Judith P. Golden;Douglas J. Creedon

  • NAB2, a corepressor of NGFI-A (Egr-1) and Krox20, is induced by proliferative and differentiative stimuli.

    J Svaren;B R Sevetson;E D Apel;D B Zimonjic

  • Antiproliferative activity of ecteinascidin 743 is dependent upon transcription-coupled nucleotide-excision repair.

    Yuji Takebayashi;Philippe Pourquier;Drazen B. Zimonjic;Kentaro Nakayama

  • Comprehensive and Definitive Molecular Cytogenetic Characterization of HeLa Cells by Spectral Karyotyping

    M.V.E. Macville;E. Schrock;H.M. Padilla-Nash;C. Keck

  • Natural melatonin `knockdown' in C57BL/6J mice: rare mechanism truncates serotonin N-acetyltransferase

    Patrick H Roseboom;M.A.Aryan Namboodiri;Drazen B Zimonjic;Nicholas C Popescu

  • Localization of the human erbB-2 gene on normal and rearranged chromosomes 17 to bands q12-21.32.

    Nicholas C. Popescu;C.Richter King;Matthias H. Kraus

  • claudin-18, a Novel Downstream Target Gene for the T/EBP/NKX2.1 Homeodomain Transcription Factor, Encodes Lung- and Stomach-Specific Isoforms through Alternative Splicing

    Tomoaki Niimi;Kunio Nagashima;Jerrold M. Ward;Parviz Minoo

  • Induction of human cervical squamous cell carcinoma by sequential transfection with human papillomavirus 16 DNA and viral Harvey ras.

    DiPaolo Ja;Woodworth Cd;Popescu Nc;Notario

  • Human mitochondrial topoisomerase I.

    Hongliang Zhang;Juana M. Barceló;Benson Lee;Glenda Kohlhagen

  • GTF2IRD1 in Craniofacial Development of Humans and Mice

    May Tassabehji;Peter Hammond;Annette Karmiloff-Smith;Pamela Thompson

  • Delayed kinetics of DNA double-strand break processing in normal and pathological aging.

    Olga A. Sedelnikova;Izumi Horikawa;Christophe Redon;Asako Nakamura

  • DLC-1:a Rho GTPase-activating protein and tumour suppressor

    Marian E. Durkin;Bao-Zhu Yuan;Xiaoling Zhou;Drazen B. Zimonjic

  • Integration sites of human papillomavirus 18 DNA sequences on HeLa cell chromosomes

    N.C. Popescu;J.A. DiPaolo;S.C. Amsbaugh

Frequent Co-Authors

Drazen B. Zimonjic
Drazen B. Zimonjic National Institutes of Health
Joseph A. DiPaolo
Joseph A. DiPaolo National Institutes of Health
Snorri S. Thorgeirsson
Snorri S. Thorgeirsson National Institutes of Health
Stuart A. Aaronson
Stuart A. Aaronson Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Timothy J. Ley
Timothy J. Ley Washington University in St. Louis
Douglas R. Lowy
Douglas R. Lowy National Institutes of Health
Toru Miki
Toru Miki National Institutes of Health
Yves Pommier
Yves Pommier National Institutes of Health
William M. Bonner
William M. Bonner National Institutes of Health
Shioko Kimura
Shioko Kimura National Institutes of Health

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