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John Sulston

Active 1966–2005

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 7,293 citing papers, 36.9% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,942 citing papers, 9.8% of this breakdownGermany: 1,132 citing papers, 5.7% of this breakdownFrance: 932 citing papers, 4.7% of this breakdownChina: 852 citing papers, 4.3% of this breakdownCanada: 793 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownJapan: 650 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownItaly: 501 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownAustralia: 473 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownSpain: 457 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 406 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownIndia: 377 citing papers, 1.9% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology60.7%
  • Medicine17.8%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences10%
  • Neuroscience2.2%
  • Computer Science1.9%
  • Immunology and Microbiology1.9%
  • Other5.5%

Topics

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies5.7%
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms5.4%
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations5.1%
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms4.6%
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology3.8%
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering3%
  • Other72.4%

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  1. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    Authors: Eric S. Lander, Lauren Linton, Bruce W. Birren, Chad Nusbaum, Michael C. Zody, Jennifer Baldwin, Keri Devon, Ken Dewar, Michael P. Doyle, William W. Fitzhugh, Roel Funke, Diane Gage, Katrina L. Harris, Andrew Heaford, John G. Howland, Lisa Kann, Jessica A. Lehoczky, R Paul Levine, Paul McEwan, Kevin McKernan, James C. Meldrim, Jill P. Mesirov, Cher Miranda, William Morris, Jerome W. Naylor, Christina Raymond, Mark Rosetti, Ralph Santos, Andrew Sheridan, Carrie Sougnez, Nicole Stange-Thomann, Nikola M. Stojanović, Aravind Subramanian, Dudley Wyman, Jane Rogers, John Sulston, R. Ainscough, Stephan Beck, David Bentley, John H. Burton, Christopher Clee, Nigel Carter, Alan Coulson, Rebecca Deadman, Panos Deloukas, Andrew Dunham, Ian Dunham, Richard Durbin, Lisa French, Darren Grafham, Simon G. Gregory, Tim Hubbard, Sean Humphray, Adrienne Hunt, Matthew C. Jones, Christine Lloyd, Amanda A. McMurray, Lucy Matthews, Simon Mercer, Sarah Milne, James C. Mullikin, Andrew J. Mungall, R. W. Plumb, Mark T. Ross, R. Shownkeen, Sarah Sims, R Waterston, Richard K. Wilson, LaDeana W. Hillier, John D. McPherson, Marco A. Marra, Elaine R. Mardis, Lucinda A. Fulton, Asif Chinwalla, Kymberlie Pepin, Warren Gish, Stephanie L. Chissoe, Michael C. Wendl, Kim D. Delehaunty, Tracie L. Miner, Andrew Delehaunty, Jason Kramer, Lisa L. Cook, Robert S. Fulton, D. Johnson, Patrick Minx, Sandra W. Clifton, Trevor Hawkins, Elbert Branscomb, Paul Predki, Paul Richardson, Sarah Wenning, Tom Slezak, Norman A. Doggett, Jan‐Fang Cheng, Anne S. Olsen, Susan Lucas, Christopher J. Elkin, Edward C. Uberbacher, M.E. Frazier and 152 more - Nature 2001 cited by 24,710

  2. The embryonic cell lineage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

    Authors: John Sulston, Einhard Schierenberg, John G. White, J. Nichol Thomson - Developmental Biology 1983 cited by 4,320

  3. Deciphering the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the complete genome sequence

    Authors: Stewart T. Cole, Roland Brosch, Julian Parkhill, T. Garnier, Carol Churcher, David Harris, Stephen V. Gordon, Karin Eiglmeier, Shahinaz Gas, Clifton E. Barry, Fredj Tekaia, K. Badcock, D. Basham, Daniel R. Brown, Tracey Chillingworth, R. Connor, Robert M. Davies, K. Devlin, Theresa Feltwell, S. Gentles, N. Hamlin, S. Holroyd, T. Hornsby, Kay Jagels, Anders Krogh, Jaime McLean, Sharon Moule, Lee Murphy, Karen Oliver, Jason W. Osborne, Michael A. Quail, M.-A. Rajandream, Jane Rogers, Simon Rutter, Kathy Seeger, Jason Skelton, Rob Squares, S. Squares, John Sulston, K. Taylor, Sally Whitehead, B. G. Barrell - Nature 1998 cited by 7,897

  4. Developmental genetics of the mechanosensory neurons of Caenorhabditis elegans

    Authors: Martin Chalfie, John Sulston - Developmental Biology 1981 cited by 804

  5. THE DNA OF CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS

    Authors: John Sulston, Sydney Brenner - Genetics 1974 cited by 597

  6. ISOLATION AND GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF CELL-LINEAGE MUTANTS OF THE NEMATODE CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS

    Authors: H. Robert Horvitz, John Sulston - Genetics 1980 cited by 420

  7. Serotonin and Octopamine in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

    Authors: H. Robert Horvitz, Martin Chalfie, Carol Trent, John Sulston, Peter D. Evans - Science 1982 cited by 596

  8. The DNA sequence and comparative analysis of human chromosome 20

    Authors: J.H. Burton, N. Corby, Melissa J. Moore, Siobhan Whitehead, Adam P. Butler, Sarah Hunt, Richard Durbin, Matt Jones, S. M. Clegg, R. E. Collier, Andrew Knights, T Nickerson, Christine Bird, G. J. Coville, R. Shownkeen, M. T. Ross, Mark D. Vaudin, John Sulston, Rajni V. Patel, Philip Howden, Michelle Smith, Helen Ramsay, Alan Coulson, Christine Lloyd, Louise Clark, Sancha Martin, L M Beard, A. Tromans, Minna Lehväslaiho, Pamela Whittaker, Christopher M. Johnson, S. Y. Clark, David Beare, David Buck, Stephanie Lawlor, Charles A. Steward, Cari Soderlund, C. Clee, R. Connor, J. Lovell, Pawandeep Dhami, M. Leversha, K. F. Barlow, C. D. Skuce, Stephan Beck, D. R. Bentley, Stephen Ho, Catherine M. Rice, Darren Grafham, Benjamin Phillimore, P. W. Wray, Neil Sycamore, David Lloyd, George Stavrides, S. Austin Hammond, Jane Rogers, Alan Tracey, P. D. Heath, Julie Frankland, L J McConnachie, R. W. Plumb, Andrew Brown, John Wallis, Devesh Mistry, Anne Bridgeman, Kerstin Jekosch, O. Beasley, Carol Scott, James C. Mullikin, Audrey Fraser, Andrew King, J. P. Almeida, Amanda A. McMurray, Terri Pearce, S. Blakey, N P Carter, Rhian Gwilliam, K. Bates, Sarah Sims, M. M. Swann, Rebecca Deadman, S. R. Prathalingam, Duncan W. Thomas, C. Carder, Matt Dunn, V. Cobley, Karen Oliver, G.M.G. Clark, James Gilbert, Joanna Harley, Lucy Matthews, K. E. McLay, Jeffrey A. Bailey, M. Wall, Sarah Milne, Shirley Williams, Louise Tee, Ruth Taylor, Harminder Sehra, David J. Johnson and 27 more - Nature 2001 cited by 374

  9. Dopaminergic neurons in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

    Authors: John Sulston, Michael Dew, Sydney Brenner - The Journal of Comparative Neurology 1975 cited by 490

  10. Mutations Affecting Programmed Cell Deaths in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans s

    Authors: Edward M. Hedgecock, John Sulston, J. Nichol Thomson - Science 1983 cited by 396

  11. Abnormal cell lineages in mutants of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

    Authors: John Sulston, H. Robert Horvitz - Developmental Biology 1981 cited by 274

  12. Genomics in C. elegans: So many genes, such a little worm: Table 1.

    Authors: LaDeana Hillier, Alan Coulson, John I. Murray, Zhirong Bao, John Sulston, R Waterston - Genome Research 2005 cited by 201

  13. The DNA sequence of human chromosome 22

    Authors: Ian Dunham, Adrienne Hunt, John Collins, Richard Bruskiewich, David Beare, M. Clamp, Luc J Smink, R. Ainscough, J. P. Almeida, Anne Babbage, C. L. Bagguley, J. Bailey, K. F. Barlow, K. Bates, O. Beasley, Christine Bird, S. Blakey, Anne Bridgeman, David Buck, Joanne C. Burgess, W. Burrill, J.H. Burton, C. Carder, N. P. Carter, Y. Chen, G.M.G. Clark, S. M. Clegg, V. Cobley, Charlotte G. Cole, R. E. Collier, R. Connor, D. Conroy, N. Corby, G. J. Coville, Amelia Cox, John Davis, Elisabeth Dawson, Pawandeep Dhami, Cat Dockree, Steve Dodsworth, Richard Durbin, Andrew Ellington, Kathryn L. Evans, Jim Fey, Keiran Fleming, Lisa French, A. A. Garner, James Gilbert, Melanie E. Goward, Darren Grafham, Mark Griffiths, Carol Hall, R. E. Hall, G. Hall-Tamlyn, Rosemary Heathcott, Sarah K Ho, S. Holmes, Sarah Hunt, Matthew C. Jones, J. K. Kershaw, A. M. Kimberley, Andrew King, Gavin K. Laird, Cordelia F. Langford, M. Leversha, Christine Lloyd, David Lloyd, I. D. Martyn, M. Mashreghi-Mohammadi, L. Matthews, O. T. McCann, Joseph L. McClay, Stuart McLaren, Amanda A. McMurray, Stuart A. Milne, Beverley Mortimore, C. Odell, Rebecca Pavitt, A. V. Pearce, D. Pearson, Benjamin Phillimore, Stephen Phillips, R. W. Plumb, H. P. Ramsay, Y. Ramsey, Layne Rogers, M. T. Ross, Carol Scott, Harminder Sehra, C. D. Skuce, Susan L. Smalley, M. L. Smith, Cari Soderlund, L. Spragon, Charles A. Steward, John Sulston, R. Mark Swann, Mark D. Vaudin, M. Wall, J. M. Wallis and 117 more - Nature 1999 cited by 1,168

  14. Post-embryonic development in the ventral cord of Caenorhabditis elegans

    Authors: John Sulston - Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 1976 cited by 316

  15. The C. elegans genome sequencing project: a beginning

    Authors: John Sulston, Z. Du, Karen Thomas, Richard K. Wilson, L. Hillier, Rodger Staden, N. Halloran, P. Green, Jean Thierry‐Mieg, Lisa Q.Q. Qiu, Steven P. Dear, Alan Coulson, Molly Craxton, Richard Durbin, Mary Berks, Mark M. Metzstein, Trevor Hawkins, R. Ainscough, R Waterston - Nature 1992 cited by 490

  16. Caenorhabditis elegansLevamisole Resistance Geneslev-1,unc-29, andunc-38Encode Functional Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunits

    Authors: John T. Fleming, Michael D. Squire, Thomas M. Barnes, C. Tornøe, Kazuhiko Matsuda, Joohong Ahnn, Andrew Fire, John Sulston, Eric A. Barnard, David B. Sattelle, James A. Lewis - Journal of Neuroscience 1997 cited by 333

  17. Template-Directed Synthesis with Adenosine-5′-phosphorimidazolide

    Authors: B. J. Weimann, R. Lohrmann, Leslie E. Orgel, H. Schneider-Bernloehr, John Sulston - Science 1968 cited by 173

  18. Posterior pattern formation in C. elegans involves position-specific expression of a gene containing a homeobox

    Authors: Michael A. Costa, Michael P. Weir, Alan Coulson, John Sulston, Cynthia Kenyon - Cell 1988 cited by 120

  19. Some Observations Relating to Acyl Mobility in Aminoacyl Soluble Ribonucleic Acids*

    Authors: Beverly E. Griffin, Michael Jarman, Colin B. Reese, John Sulston, David R. Trentham - Biochemistry 1966 cited by 116

  20. Toward a physical map of the genome of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

    Authors: Alan Coulson, John Sulston, Sydney Brenner, Jonathan Karn - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1986 cited by 630

  21. The complete nucleotide sequence of chromosome 3 of Plasmodium falciparum

    Authors: Sharen Bowman, Daniel Lawson, D. Basham, Daniel R. Brown, Tracey Chillingworth, Carol Churcher, Alister Craig, Robert M. Davies, K. Devlin, Theresa Feltwell, S. Gentles, Rhian Gwilliam, N. Hamlin, David Harris, S. Holroyd, T. Hornsby, Paul Horrocks, Kay Jagels, Bijay Jassal, Sue Kyes, Jaime McLean, Sharon Moule, Karen Mungall, Lee Murphy, Karen Oliver, Michael A. Quail, Maire-Ad�le Rajandream, Simon Rutter, Jason Skelton, Rob Squares, S. Squares, John Sulston, Siobhan Whitehead, John R. Woodward, Chris Newbold, B. G. Barrell - Nature 1999 cited by 318

  22. The rDNA ofC. elegans: sequence and structure

    Authors: Ronald Ellis, John Sulston, Alan Coulson - Nucleic Acids Research 1986 cited by 248

  23. Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3–9 and 13

    Authors: Neil Hall, Arnab Pain, Matthew Berriman, Carol Churcher, Barbara Harris, David Harris, Karen Mungall, Sharen Bowman, Rebecca Atkin, Stephen Baker, A. Barron, Karen Brooks, Caroline O. Buckee, Christine Burrows, Inna Cherevach, C. Chillingworth, T. Chillingworth, Zóe Christodoulou, Louise Clark, Richard Clark, Craig Corton, Ann Cronin, Robert M. Davies, Paul A. Davis, Paul H. Dear, Frances L. Dearden, J. Doggett, Theresa Feltwell, Arlette Goble, Ian Goodhead, Rhian Gwilliam, N. Hamlin, Zahra Hance, D. Harper, H. Häuser, T. Hornsby, S. Holroyd, Paul Horrocks, Sean Humphray, Kay Jagels, Keith James, D R Johnson, Arnaud Kerhornou, Andrew Knights, B. A. Konfortov, Sue Kyes, Natasha Larke, Daniel Lawson, Nicola Lennard, Alexandra Line, Mark Maddison, Jaime McLean, Paul Mooney, Sharon Moule, Lee Murphy, Karen Oliver, Doug Ormond, Claire Price, Michael A. Quail, Ester Rabbinowitsch, M. A. Rajandream, Simon Rutter, Kim Rutherford, Mandy Sanders, Mark Simmonds, Kathy Seeger, Sarah Sharp, Roger K. Smith, Robert Squares, S. Squares, Kim Stevens, K. Taylor, Adrian R. Tivey, Louise Unwin, Sally Whitehead, John R. Woodward, John Sulston, Alister Craig, Chris Newbold, B. G. Barrell - Nature 2002 cited by 203

  24. On the sequencing of the human genome

    Authors: R Waterston, Eric S. Lander, John Sulston - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2002 cited by 176