Standout Papers

DNA methylation patterns and epigenetic memory 1986 2026 1999 2012 5.2k
  1. DNA methylation patterns and epigenetic memory (2002)
    Adrian Bird Genes & Development
  2. Epigenetic regulation of gene expression: how the genome integrates intrinsic and environmental signals (2003)
    Rudolf Jaenisch, Adrian Bird Nature Genetics
  3. CpG-rich islands and the function of DNA methylation (1986)
    Adrian Bird Nature
  4. Transcriptional repression by the methyl-CpG-binding protein MeCP2 involves a histone deacetylase complex (1998)
    Xinsheng Nan, Huck‐Hui Ng et al. Nature
  5. DNA methylation landscapes: provocative insights from epigenomics (2008)
    Miho Suzuki, Adrian Bird Nature Reviews Genetics
  6. CpG islands and the regulation of transcription (2011)
    Aimée M. Deaton, Adrian Bird Genes & Development
  7. Perceptions of epigenetics (2007)
    Adrian Bird Nature
  8. Genomic DNA methylation: the mark and its mediators (2006)
    Robert J. Klose, Adrian Bird Trends in Biochemical Sciences
  9. Methylation-Induced Repression— Belts, Braces, and Chromatin (1999)
    Adrian Bird, Alan P. Wolffe Cell
  10. A mouse Mecp2-null mutation causes neurological symptoms that mimic Rett syndrome (2001)
    Jacky Guy, Brian Hendrich et al. Nature Genetics
  11. Purification, sequence, and cellular localization of a novel chromosomal protein that binds to Methylated DNA (1992)
    Joe Lewis, Richard R. Meehan et al. Cell
  12. Identification and Characterization of a Family of Mammalian Methyl-CpG Binding Proteins (1998)
    Brian Hendrich, Adrian Bird Molecular and Cellular Biology
  13. MeCP2 Is a Transcriptional Repressor with Abundant Binding Sites in Genomic Chromatin (1997)
    Xinsheng Nan, Francisco J. Campoy et al. Cell
  14. Analysis of the NuRD subunits reveals a histone deacetylase core complex and a connection with DNA methylation (1999)
    Yi Zhang, Huck‐Hui Ng et al. Genes & Development
  15. DNA methylation and the frequency of CpG in animal DNA (1980)
    Adrian Bird Nucleic Acids Research
  16. Reversal of Neurological Defects in a Mouse Model of Rett Syndrome (2007)
    Jacky Guy, Jian Gan et al. Science
  17. The essentials of DNA methylation (1992)
    Adrian Bird Cell
  18. The Methyl-CpG-binding Protein MeCP2 Links DNA Methylation to Histone Methylation (2003)
    François Fuks, Paul J. Hurd et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry
  19. Number of CpG islands and genes in human and mouse. (1993)
    Francisco Antequera, Adrian Bird Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  20. MBD2 is a transcriptional repressor belonging to the MeCP1 histone deacetylase complex (1999)
    Huck‐Hui Ng, Yi Zhang et al. Nature Genetics
  21. Non-CpG methylation is prevalent in embryonic stem cells and may be mediated by DNA methyltransferase 3a (2000)
    Bernard Ramsahoye, Detlev Biniszkiewicz et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  22. High levels of De Novo methylation and altered chromatin structure at CpG islands in cell lines (1990)
    Francisco Antequera, Joan Boyes et al. Cell
  23. CpG islands – ‘A rough guide’ (2009)
    Robert S. Illingworth, Adrian Bird FEBS Letters
  24. DNA methylation inhibits transcription indirectly via a methyl-CpG binding protein (1991)
    Joan Boyes, Adrian Bird Cell
  25. Effects of DNA methylation on DNA-binding proteins and gene expression (1993)
    Peri Tate, Adrian Bird Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
  26. CpG islands as gene markers in the vertebrate nucleus (1987)
    Adrian Bird Trends in Genetics
  27. Identification of a mammalian protein that binds specifically to DNA containing methylated CpGs (1989)
    Richard R. Meehan, Joe Lewis et al. Cell
  28. A fraction of the mouse genome that is derived from islands of nonmethylated, CpG-rich DNA (1985)
    Adrian Bird, Mary Taggart et al. Cell
  29. Neuronal MeCP2 Is Expressed at Near Histone-Octamer Levels and Globally Alters the Chromatin State (2010)
    Peter J. Skene, Robert S. Illingworth et al. Molecular Cell
  30. The thymine glycosylase MBD4 can bind to the product of deamination at methylated CpG sites (1999)
    Brian Hendrich, Ulrike Hardeland et al. Nature
  31. Sp1 sites in the mouse aprt gene promoter are required to prevent methylation of the CpG island. (1994)
    Donald Macleod, John J. Mullins et al. Genes & Development

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DNA methylation landscapes: provocative insights from epigenomics
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Epigenetic regulation of gene expression: how the genome integrates intrinsic and environmental signals
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Stephen W. Scherer 22149 18061 3899 530 39.1k
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David Altshuler 29072 29936 1115 148 62.4k
Pak C. Sham 16074 23739 5934 688 60.3k
Evan E. Eichler 25717 23854 3310 360 41.1k
Mark J. Daly 38945 50708 2785 359 102.1k
Andrew P. Feinberg 44543 15391 603 233 61.5k
Stylianos E. Antonarakis 22035 13150 838 593 40.5k
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