Adam Burton

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Adam Burton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Adam Burton has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Cell Biology and 3 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Adam Burton's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (9 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (8 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers). Adam Burton is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (9 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (8 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers). Adam Burton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Adam Burton's co-authors include Maria‐Elena Torres‐Padilla, Robert Schneider, Gonzalo Millán-Zambrano, Andrew J. Bannister, Adolfo Saiardi, Cristina Azevedo, Xiaowen Hu, Ezequiel Ruíz-Mateos, Mark Marsh and Pablo Padilla-Longoria and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Adam Burton

18 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Histone post-translational modifications — cause and consequence of genome function

2022 600 citations Gonzalo Millán-Zambrano, Adam Burton et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →

Peers

Adam Burton

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Tomoki Yokochi Japan

M. Mitchell Smith United States

Tamaki Suganuma United States

Chanchao Lorthongpanich Thailand

Naoki Horikoshi Japan

Neysan Donnelly Germany

Douglas L. Pittman United States

Suresh Shenoy United States

Nicolas Lacoste France

Jason Piotrowski United States

Tomoki Yokochi Japan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adam Burton

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18 of 18 papers shown

Pal, Mrinmoy, Tamás Schauer, Adam Burton, et al.. (2025). The establishment of nuclear organization in mouse embryos is orchestrated by multiple epigenetic pathways. Cell. 188(13). 3583–3602.e21. 3 indexed citations

Burton, Adam & Maria‐Elena Torres‐Padilla. (2025). Epigenome dynamics in early mammalian embryogenesis. Nature Reviews Genetics. 26(9). 587–603. 3 indexed citations

Nakatani, Tsunetoshi, Andreas Ettinger, Tamás Schauer, et al.. (2023). A change in biophysical properties accompanies heterochromatin formation in mouse embryos. Genes & Development. 37(7-8). 336–350. 10 indexed citations

Bell, Oliver, Adam Burton, Caroline Dean, Susan M. Gasser, & Maria‐Elena Torres‐Padilla. (2023). Heterochromatin definition and function. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 24(10). 691–694. 21 indexed citations

Millán-Zambrano, Gonzalo, Adam Burton, Andrew J. Bannister, & Robert Schneider. (2022). Histone post-translational modifications — cause and consequence of genome function. Nature Reviews Genetics. 23(9). 563–580. 600 indexed citations breakdown →

Monteagudo, Ana, José Ramón Hernández Mora, Carlos Simón, et al.. (2020). The role of ZFP57 and additional KRAB-zinc finger proteins in the maintenance of human imprinted methylation and multi-locus imprinting disturbances. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(20). 11394–11407. 33 indexed citations

Burton, Adam, Vincent Brochard, Carmen del Arco, et al.. (2020). Heterochromatin establishment during early mammalian development is regulated by pericentromeric RNA and characterized by non-repressive H3K9me3. Nature Cell Biology. 22(7). 767–778. 93 indexed citations

Harris, Adam J. L., et al.. (2019). Failures to replicate a key result of the selective accessibility theory of anchoring.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 148(9). e30–e50. 5 indexed citations

Burton, Adam, et al.. (2019). Expression and phase separation potential of heterochromatin proteins during early mouse development. EMBO Reports. 20(12). e47952–e47952. 16 indexed citations

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Eid, André, Diego Rodriguez‐Terrones, Adam Burton, & Maria‐Elena Torres‐Padilla. (2016). SUV4-20 activity in the preimplantation mouse embryo controls timely replication. Genes & Development. 30(22). 2513–2526. 23 indexed citations

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Burton, Adam & Maria‐Elena Torres‐Padilla. (2014). Chromatin dynamics in the regulation of cell fate allocation during early embryogenesis. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 15(11). 723–735. 189 indexed citations

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Burton, Adam, et al.. (2013). Inositol pyrophosphates regulate JMJD2C-dependent histone demethylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(47). 18970–18975. 58 indexed citations

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Burton, Adam, Julius Müller, Shengjiang Tu, et al.. (2013). Single-Cell Profiling of Epigenetic Modifiers Identifies PRDM14 as an Inducer of Cell Fate in the Mammalian Embryo. Cell Reports. 5(3). 687–701. 119 indexed citations

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Beck, David B., Adam Burton, Hisanobu Oda, et al.. (2012). The role of PR-Set7 in replication licensing depends on Suv4-20h. Genes & Development. 26(23). 2580–2589. 92 indexed citations

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Azevedo, Cristina, et al.. (2010). Synthesis of InsP 7 by the Inositol Hexakisphosphate Kinase 1 (IP6K1). Methods in molecular biology. 645. 73–85. 17 indexed citations

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Burton, Adam, Xiaowen Hu, & Adolfo Saiardi. (2009). Are inositol pyrophosphates signalling molecules?. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 220(1). 8–15. 71 indexed citations

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Azevedo, Cristina, Adam Burton, Ezequiel Ruíz-Mateos, Mark Marsh, & Adolfo Saiardi. (2009). Inositol pyrophosphate mediated pyrophosphorylation of AP3B1 regulates HIV-1 Gag release. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(50). 21161–21166. 110 indexed citations

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Saiardi, Adolfo, Rashna Bhandari, Adam Burton, et al.. (2008). Inositol Hexakisphosphate Kinase Products Contain Diphosphate and Triphosphate Groups. Chemistry & Biology. 15(3). 274–286. 96 indexed citations

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