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Sidney R. Kushner 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 Sidney R. Kushner sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 140 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sidney R. Kushner 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 Sidney R. Kushner sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Sidney R. Kushner is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to molecular biology and genetics and a smaller scope in ecology.

Their work covers a range of topics, including:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Bacterial genetics and biotechnology
  • RNA research and splicing
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Kushner has published extensively on RNA metabolism and bacterial genetics in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Molecular Microbiology
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Some of the recent papers authored by Kushner are:

  • "Generation of pre-tRNAs from polycistronic operons is the essential function of RNase P in Escherichia coli," published in 2020 in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Inactivation of RNase P in Escherichia coli significantly changes post-transcriptional RNA metabolism," published in 2021 in Molecular Microbiology
  • "Regulation of mRNA decay inE. coli," published in 2021 in Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • "Processing of the alaW alaX operon encoding the Ala2 tRNAs in Escherichia coli requires both RNase E and RNase P," published in 2022 in Molecular Microbiology
  • "The C nucleotide at the mature 5' end of the Escherichia coli proline tRNAs is required for the RNase E cleavage specificity at the 3' terminus as well as functionality," published in 2021 in Nucleic Acids Research

Kushner has collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Bijoy K. Mohanty
  • Ankit Agrawal
  • Valerie F. Maples
  • Keri Nichols

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Kushner was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Construction of versatile low-copy-number vectors for cloning, sequencing and gene expression in Escherichia coli.

    Rong Fu Wang;Sidney R. Kushner

  • New method for generating deletions and gene replacements in Escherichia coli.

    Carol Hamilton;M Aldea;BK Washburn;P Babitzke

  • Polynucleotide phosphorylase and ribonuclease II are required for cell viability and mRNA turnover in Escherichia coli K-12

    William P. Donovan;Sidney R. Kushner

  • Efficient transformation of Neurospora crassa by utilizing hybrid plasmid DNA

    Mary E. Case;Michael Schweizer;Sidney R. Kushner;Norman H. Giles

  • Genetic recombination in Escherichia coli: the role of exonuclease I.

    Sidney R. Kushner;Haruko Nagaishi;Ann Templin;Alvin J. Clark

  • Escherichia coli peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase gene: regulation of expression and role in protecting against oxidative damage.

    J Moskovitz;M A Rahman;J Strassman;S O Yancey

  • Identification of a novel regulatory protein (CsrD) that targets the global regulatory RNAs CsrB and CsrC for degradation by RNase E

    Kazushi Suzuki;Paul Babitzke;Sidney R. Kushner;Tony Romeo

  • Polyadenylylation helps regulate mRNA decay in Escherichia coli.

    Eileen B. O'Hara;Julia A. Chekanova;Caroline A. Ingle;Ze'eva R. Kushner

  • Polynucleotide phosphorylase functions both as a 3′ → 5′ exonuclease and a poly(A) polymerase in Escherichia coli

    Bijoy K. Mohanty;Sidney R. Kushner

  • RNA methylation under heat shock control

    Hans Bügl;Eric B. Fauman;Bart L. Staker;Fuzhong Zheng

  • mRNA Decay in Escherichia coli Comes of Age

    Sidney Ralf Kushner

  • Involvement of helicase II (uvrD gene product) and DNA polymerase I in excision mediated by the uvrABC protein complex.

    Paul R. Caron;Sidney R. Kushner;Lawrence Grossman

  • The Sm‐like protein Hfq regulates polyadenylation dependent mRNA decay in Escherichia coli

    Bijoy K. Mohanty;Valerie F. Maples;Sidney R. Kushner

  • Stabilization of discrete mRNA breakdown products in ams pnp rnb multiple mutants of Escherichia coli K-12.

    C M Arraiano;S D Yancey;S R Kushner

  • The Ams (altered mRNA stability) protein and ribonuclease E are encoded by the same structural gene of Escherichia coli

    Paul Babitzke;Sidney R. Kushner

  • Initiation of tRNA maturation by RNase E is essential for cell viability in E. coli.

    Maria C. Ow;Sidney R. Kushner

  • Induction of a growth-phase-dependent promoter triggers transcription of bolA, an Escherichia coli morphogene.

    M Aldea;T Garrido;C Hernández-Chico;M Vicente

  • Enzymatic repair of DNA. 3. Properties of the UV-endonuclease and UV-exonuclease.

    Joan C. Kaplan;Sidney R. Kushner;Lawrence Grossman

  • Indirect Suppression of recB and recC Mutations by Exonuclease I Deficiency

    Sidney R. Kushner;Haruko Nagaishi;Alvin J. Clark

  • RNAsnap™: a rapid, quantitative and inexpensive, method for isolating total RNA from bacteria

    Mark B. Stead;Ankit Agrawal;Katherine E. Bowden;Rakia Nasir

Frequent Co-Authors

Norman H. Giles
Norman H. Giles University of Georgia
Paul Babitzke
Paul Babitzke Pennsylvania State University
Lawrence Grossman
Lawrence Grossman University of Chicago
Rongfu Wang
Rongfu Wang University of Southern California
Alvin J. Clark
Alvin J. Clark University of Arizona
Cecília M. Arraiano
Cecília M. Arraiano Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Richard B. Meagher
Richard B. Meagher University of Georgia
Arne Holmgren
Arne Holmgren Karolinska Institute
Miguel Vicente
Miguel Vicente Spanish National Research Council
Ying Xu
Ying Xu University of Georgia

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