Standout Papers

Translating the Histone Code 2000 2026 2008 2017 7.3k
  1. Translating the Histone Code (2001)
    Thomas Jenuwein, C. David Allis Science
  2. The language of covalent histone modifications (2000)
    Brian D. Strahl, C. David Allis Nature
  3. Regulation of chromatin structure by site-specific histone H3 methyltransferases (2000)
    Stephen Rea, Frank Eisenhaber et al. Nature
  4. The molecular hallmarks of epigenetic control (2016)
    C. David Allis, Thomas Jenuwein Nature Reviews Genetics
  5. Epigenetics: A Landscape Takes Shape (2007)
    Aaron D. Goldberg, C. David Allis et al. Cell
  6. Histone Acetyltransferases (2001)
    Sharon Y. Roth, John M. Denu et al. Annual Review of Biochemistry
  7. Role of Histone H3 Lysine 9 Methylation in Epigenetic Control of Heterochromatin Assembly (2001)
    Jun‐ichi Nakayama, Judd C. Rice et al. Science
  8. Histone hypercitrullination mediates chromatin decondensation and neutrophil extracellular trap formation (2009)
    Yanming Wang, Ming Li et al. The Journal of Cell Biology
  9. DNMT3L connects unmethylated lysine 4 of histone H3 to de novo methylation of DNA (2007)
    Steen K.T. Ooi, Chen Qiu et al. Nature
  10. How chromatin-binding modules interpret histone modifications: lessons from professional pocket pickers (2007)
    Sean D. Taverna, Haitao Li et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  11. Roles of histone acetyltransferases and deacetylases in gene regulation (1998)
    Min‐Hao Kuo, C. David Allis BioEssays
  12. Histone and chromatin cross-talk (2003)
    Wolfgang Fischle, Yanming Wang et al. Current Opinion in Cell Biology
  13. Yeast Gcn5 functions in two multisubunit complexes to acetylate nucleosomal histones: characterization of an Ada complex and the SAGA (Spt/Ada) complex. (1997)
    Patrick A. Grant, Laura J. Duggan et al. Genes & Development
  14. Methylation of Lysine 4 on Histone H3: Intricacy of Writing and Reading a Single Epigenetic Mark (2007)
    Alexander J. Ruthenburg, C. David Allis et al. Molecular Cell
  15. Inhibition of PRC2 Activity by a Gain-of-Function H3 Mutation Found in Pediatric Glioblastoma (2013)
    Peter W. Lewis, Manuel M. Müller et al. Science
  16. A PHD finger of NURF couples histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation with chromatin remodelling (2006)
    Joanna Wysocka, Tomek Swigut et al. Nature
  17. Ubiquitination of histone H2B regulates H3 methylation and gene silencing in yeast (2002)
    Zu‐Wen Sun, C. David Allis Nature
  18. Covalent histone modifications — miswritten, misinterpreted and mis-erased in human cancers (2010)
    Ping Chi, C. David Allis et al. Nature reviews. Cancer
  19. MLL Targets SET Domain Methyltransferase Activity to Hox Gene Promoters (2002)
    Thomas A. Milne, Scott Briggs et al. Molecular Cell
  20. Multivalent engagement of chromatin modifications by linked binding modules (2007)
    Alexander J. Ruthenburg, Haitao Li et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  21. Extraction, purification and analysis of histones (2007)
    David Shechter, C. David Allis et al. Nature Protocols
  22. Molecular basis for the discrimination of repressive methyl-lysine marks in histone H3 by Polycomb and HP1 chromodomains (2003)
    Wolfgang Fischle, Yanming Wang et al. Genes & Development
  23. Human PAD4 Regulates Histone Arginine Methylation Levels via Demethylimination (2004)
    Yanming Wang, Joanna Wysocka et al. Science
  24. Signaling to Chromatin through Histone Modifications (2000)
    Peter Cheung, C. David Allis et al. Cell
  25. Metabolic regulation of gene expression through histone acylations (2016)
    Benjamin R. Sabari, Di Zhang et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  26. Regulation of HP1–chromatin binding by histone H3 methylation and phosphorylation (2005)
    Wolfgang Fischle, Boo Shan Tseng et al. Nature
  27. Intracellular α-ketoglutarate maintains the pluripotency of embryonic stem cells (2014)
    Bryce W. Carey, Lydia W.S. Finley et al. Nature
  28. Mitotic Phosphorylation of Histone H3 Is Governed by Ipl1/aurora Kinase and Glc7/PP1 Phosphatase in Budding Yeast and Nematodes (2000)
    Zu-Wen Sun, Xiu-Min Li et al. Cell
  29. Transcriptional silencing in yeast is associated with reduced nucleosome acetylation. (1993)
    Miriam Braunstein, Alan B. Rose et al. Genes & Development
  30. Synergistic Coupling of Histone H3 Phosphorylation and Acetylation in Response to Epidermal Growth Factor Stimulation (2000)
    Peter Cheung, Kirk Tanner et al. Molecular Cell
  31. WDR5 Associates with Histone H3 Methylated at K4 and Is Essential for H3 K4 Methylation and Vertebrate Development (2005)
    Joanna Wysocka, Tomek Swigut et al. Cell
  32. Histone Methyltransferases Direct Different Degrees of Methylation to Define Distinct Chromatin Domains (2003)
    Judd C. Rice, Scott Briggs et al. Molecular Cell
  33. Molecular basis for site-specific read-out of histone H3K4me3 by the BPTF PHD finger of NURF (2006)
    Haitao Li, Serge Ilin et al. Nature
  34. Methylation of Histone H4 at Arginine 3 Facilitating Transcriptional Activation by Nuclear Hormone Receptor (2001)
    Hengbin Wang, Zhiqing Huang et al. Science
  35. Daxx is an H3.3-specific histone chaperone and cooperates with ATRX in replication-independent chromatin assembly at telomeres (2010)
    Peter W. Lewis, Simon J. Elsaesser et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  36. Epigenetic Dynamics of Imprinted X Inactivation During Early Mouse Development (2003)
    Ikuhiro Okamoto, Arie P. Otte et al. Science
  37. The TAFII250 Subunit of TFIID Has Histone Acetyltransferase Activity (1996)
    Craig A. Mizzen, Xiang‐Jiao Yang et al. Cell
  38. Regulation of MLL1 H3K4 methyltransferase activity by its core components (2006)
    Yali Dou, Thomas A. Milne et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  39. Transitions in Distinct Histone H3 Methylation Patterns at the Heterochromatin Domain Boundaries (2001)
    Ken-ichi Noma, C. David Allis et al. Science
  40. Phosphorylation of Histone H3 Is Required for Proper Chromosome Condensation and Segregation (1999)
    Wei Yi, Lanlan Yu et al. Cell
  41. Histone methylation versus histone acetylation: new insights into epigenetic regulation (2001)
    Judd C. Rice, C. David Allis Current Opinion in Cell Biology
  42. Physical Association and Coordinate Function of the H3 K4 Methyltransferase MLL1 and the H4 K16 Acetyltransferase MOF (2005)
    Yali Dou, Thomas A. Milne et al. Cell
  43. Mitotic Phosphorylation of Histone H3: Spatio-Temporal Regulation by Mammalian Aurora Kinases (2002)
    Claudia Crosio, Gian María Fimia et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology
  44. The language of chromatin modification in human cancers (2021)
    Shuai Zhao, C. David Allis et al. Nature reviews. Cancer

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C. David Allis 76506 9541 8737 343 86.7k
Richard A. Young 58343 7510 4695 279 69.2k
Robert Tjian 55642 13805 5474 336 69.0k
Andrew P. Feinberg 44543 15391 4991 233 61.5k
Robert G. Roeder 50838 10263 3530 530 61.4k
Feng Zhang 74434 14566 7552 177 82.9k
J. Michael Bishop 32788 11396 4242 356 48.3k
Danny Reinberg 51069 9439 4217 302 58.8k
L. Aravind 38903 8906 6429 377 51.6k
Phillip A. Sharp 75784 17227 5702 428 91.6k
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