Virginijus Šikšnys

ORCID: 0000-0003-1983-2096

Publishes on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology. 168 papers and 14.7k citations.

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168Publications

14.7kTotal Citations

First publication: 1993First senior author: 1997

CRISPR and Genetic Engineering RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Top publicationsby citations

Cas9–crRNA ribonucleoprotein complex mediates specific DNA cleavage for adaptive immunity in bacteria

Giedrius Gasiūnas, Virginijus Šikšnys, Rodolphe Barrangou et al.|Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2012

Cited by 2.8k

Evolutionary classification of CRISPR–Cas systems: a burst of class 2 and derived variants

Kira S. Makarova, Eugene V. Koonin, Alexander F. Yakunin et al.|Nature Reviews Microbiology|2019

Cited by 2.5k

The Streptococcus thermophilus CRISPR/Cas system provides immunity in Escherichia coli

Rimantas Sapranauskas, Virginijus Šikšnys, Giedrius Gasiūnas et al.|Nucleic Acids Research|2011

Cited by 841

Cas3 is a single‐stranded DNA nuclease and ATP‐dependent helicase in the CRISPR/Cas immune system

Tomas Šinkūnas, Virginijus Šikšnys, Giedrius Gasiūnas et al.|The EMBO Journal|2011

Cited by 452

Programmable RNA Shredding by the Type III-A CRISPR-Cas System of Streptococcus thermophilus

Gintautas Tamulaitis, Virginijus Šikšnys, Migle Kazlauskiene et al.|Molecular Cell|2014

Cited by 306