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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
44
Citations
9388
World Ranking
19235
National Ranking
1492

Nicola K. Gray publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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This scientist: 62 publications — 1st percentile

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Nicola K. Gray D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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Overview

Nicola K. Gray is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and specializes in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research contributions span several subfields, including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Artificial Intelligence, and Biochemistry.

Their published work has focused on topics such as Natural Language Processing Techniques, RNA Research and Splicing, Lipid Metabolism and Biosynthesis, Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Congenital Heart Defects Research, and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Nicola K. Gray's recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Translon: a single term for translated regions," 2025, published in Nature Methods
  • "DAZL regulates mRNA deadenylation independently of translation in germ cells," 2021, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "SIGNATURES OF SOMATIC GENETIC RESCUE IN SAMD9/9L SYNDROMES: DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC UTILITY," 2024, published in Leukemia Research Reports
  • "Mammalian PABPC4 is non-essential, but has roles in growth, post-natal survival and haematopoiesis," 2025, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Adaptive hydrogels with spatiotemporal stiffening using pH-modulating enzymes," 2025, published in arXiv (Cornell University)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors including:

  • Matthew Brook
  • Michał Świrski
  • Jack A. S. Tierney
  • M. Mar Albà
  • Dmitry E. Andreev

They have published multiple articles in a variety of academic venues, with the most frequent being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Methods
  • Leukemia Research Reports
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • SLC2A9 is a newly identified urate transporter influencing serum urate concentration, urate excretion and gout

    Veronique Vitart;Igor Rudan;Igor Rudan;Caroline Hayward;Nicola K Gray;Nicola K Gray

  • CONTROL OF TRANSLATION INITIATION IN ANIMALS

    Nicola K. Gray;Marvin Wickens

  • Regulation of mRNA translation by 5′- and 3′-UTR-binding factors

    Gavin S. Wilkie;Kirsten S. Dickson;Nicola K. Gray

  • A novel role for shuttling SR proteins in mRNA translation

    Jeremy R. Sanford;Nicola K. Gray;Karsten Beckmann;Javier F. Cáceres

  • Identification of a novel iron-responsive element in murine and human erythroid delta-aminolevulinic acid synthase mRNA.

    T Dandekar;R Stripecke;N K Gray;B Goossen

  • Iron regulatory protein prevents binding of the 43S translation pre-initiation complex to ferritin and eALAS mRNAs.

    N K Gray;M W Hentze

  • IRP-1 Binding to Ferritin mRNA Prevents the Recruitment of the Small Ribosomal Subunit by the Cap-Binding Complex eIF4F

    Martina Muckenthaler;Nicola K Gray;Matthias W Hentze

  • Multiple portions of poly(A)‐binding protein stimulate translation in vivo

    Nicola K. Gray;Jeffery M. Coller;Kirsten S. Dickson;Marvin Wickens

  • mRNA stabilization by poly(A) binding protein is independent of poly(A) and requires translation

    Jeffery M. Coller;Nicola K. Gray;Marvin P. Wickens

  • The DAZL family proteins are PABP‐binding proteins that regulate translation in germ cells

    Brian Collier;Barbara Gorgoni;Carolyn Loveridge;Howard J Cooke

  • Homozygous SLC2A9 Mutations Cause Severe Renal Hypouricemia

    Dganit Dinour;Nicola K. Gray;Susan Campbell;Xinhua Shu

  • Translational control of 5-aminolevulinate synthase mRNA by iron-responsive elements in erythroid cells.

    O Melefors;B Goossen;H E Johansson;R Stripecke

  • Translational regulation of mammalian and Drosophila citric acid cycle enzymes via iron-responsive elements

    Nicola K. Gray;Kostas Pantopoulos;Thomas Dandekar;Brian A. C. Ackrell

  • Dazl binds in vivo to specific transcripts and can regulate the pre-meiotic translation of Mvh in germ cells

    Nicola Reynolds;Brian Collier;Klio Maratou;Victoria Bingham

  • Recombinant iron-regulatory factor functions as an iron-responsive-element-binding protein, a translational repressor and an aconitase. A functional assay for translational repression and direct demonstration of the iron switch.

    Nicola K. Gray;Sabine Quick;Britta Goossen;Anne Constable

  • The roles of cytoplasmic poly(A)-binding proteins in regulating gene expression: a developmental perspective.

    Barbara Gorgoni;Nicola K. Gray

  • Modulation of the RNA-binding activity of a regulatory protein by iron in vitro: switching between enzymatic and genetic function?

    Anne Constable;Sabine Quick;Nicola K. Gray;Matthias W. Hentze

  • Translation of the synaptonemal complex component Sycp3 is enhanced in vivo by the germ cell specific regulator Dazl

    Nicola Reynolds;Brian Collier;Victoria Bingham;Nicola K. Gray

  • Regulation of protein synthesis by mRNA structure

    Nicola K. Gray;Mattias W. Hentze

  • The DAZL and PABP families: RNA-binding proteins with interrelated roles in translational control in oocytes.

    Matthew Brook;Joel W S Smith;Nicola K Gray

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias W. Hentze
Matthias W. Hentze European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Marvin Wickens
Marvin Wickens University of Wisconsin–Madison
Howard J. Cooke
Howard J. Cooke University of Edinburgh
Alan F. Wright
Alan F. Wright University of Edinburgh
Julian Little
Julian Little University of Ottawa
Kostas Pantopoulos
Kostas Pantopoulos McGill University
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
Thomas Dandekar
Thomas Dandekar University of Würzburg
Ozren Polasek
Ozren Polasek University of Split
James F. Wilson
James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh

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