| Can ENCODE tell us how much junk DNA we carry in our genome? DK Niu, L Jiang Biochemical and biophysical research communications 430 (4), 1340-1343, 2013 | 121 | 2013 |
| Relationship between mRNA stability and intron presence HF Wang, L Feng, DK Niu Biochemical and biophysical research communications 354 (1), 203-208, 2007 | 92 | 2007 |
| Counting citations in texts rather than reference lists to improve the accuracy of assessing scientific contribution WR Hou, M Li, DK Niu BioEssays, 2011 | 77 | 2011 |
| Why eukaryotic cells use introns to enhance gene expression: Splicing reduces transcription-associated mutagenesis by inhibiting topoisomerase I cutting activity DK Niu, YF Yang Biology direct 6 (1), 24, 2011 | 72 | 2011 |
| Relationship between mRNA stability and length: an old question with a new twist L Feng, DK Niu Biochemical genetics 45 (1), 131-137, 2007 | 57 | 2007 |
| Selection for the miniaturization of highly expressed genes SW Li, L Feng, DK Niu Biochemical and biophysical research communications 360 (3), 586-592, 2007 | 55 | 2007 |
| mRNA-mediated intron losses: evidence from extraordinarily large exons DK Niu, WR Hou, SW Li Molecular biology and evolution 22 (6), 1475-1481, 2005 | 51 | 2005 |
| A positive correlation between GC content and growth temperature in prokaryotes EZ Hu, XR Lan, ZL Liu, J Gao, DK Niu BMC genomics 23 (1), 110, 2022 | 50 | 2022 |
| Association of Intron Loss with High Mutation Rate in Arabidopsis: Implications for Genome Size Evolution YF Yang, T Zhu, DK Niu Genome biology and evolution 5 (4), 723-733, 2013 | 49 | 2013 |
| Evaluation of models of the mechanisms underlying intron loss and gain in Aspergillus fungi LY Zhang, YF Yang, DK Niu Journal of molecular evolution, 1-10, 2010 | 39 | 2010 |
| Mechanisms of intron loss and gain in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces T Zhu, DK Niu PLoS ONE 8, e61683, 2013 | 35 | 2013 |
| Strand compositional asymmetries of nuclear DNA in eukaryotes DK Niu, K Lin, DY Zhang Journal of molecular evolution 57 (3), 325-334, 2003 | 34 | 2003 |
| Frequency of intron loss correlates with processed pseudogene abundance: a novel strategy to test the reverse transcriptase model of intron loss T Zhu, DK Niu BMC biology 11 (1), 23, 2013 | 29 | 2013 |
| Protecting exons from deleterious R-loops: a potential advantage of having introns DK Niu Biol Direct 2 (11), 2007 | 28 | 2007 |
| Association between the availability of environmental resources and the atomic composition of organismal proteomes: evidence from Prochlorococcus strains living at different depths J Lv, N Li, DK Niu Biochemical and biophysical research communications 375 (2), 241-246, 2008 | 25 | 2008 |
| Aerobic prokaryotes do not have higher GC contents than anaerobic prokaryotes, but obligate aerobic prokaryotes have S Aslam, XR Lan, BW Zhang, ZL Chen, L Wang, DK Niu BMC evolutionary biology 19 (1), 35, 2019 | 24 | 2019 |
| Low contents of carbon and nitrogen in highly abundant proteins: evidence of selection for the economy of atomic composition N Li, J Lv, DK Niu Journal of molecular evolution 68, 248-255, 2009 | 22 | 2009 |
| Plant cellular osmotica DK Niu, MG Wang, YF Wang Acta Biotheoretica 45, 161-169, 1997 | 22 | 1997 |
| Evidence against the energetic cost hypothesis for the short introns in highly expressed genes YF Huang, DK Niu BMC Evolutionary Biology 8 (1), 154, 2008 | 20 | 2008 |
| Evaluation of the mechanisms of intron loss and gain in the social amoebae Dictyostelium MY Ma, XR Che, A Porceddu, DK Niu BMC evolutionary biology 15 (1), 286, 2015 | 18 | 2015 |
Liang FengUniversity of GeorgiaVerified email at uga.edu
