Albert Jeltsch

21.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
295 papers, 15.6k citations indexed

About

Albert Jeltsch is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Albert Jeltsch has authored 295 papers receiving a total of 15.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 289 papers in Molecular Biology, 54 papers in Genetics and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Albert Jeltsch's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (221 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (128 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (114 papers). Albert Jeltsch is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (221 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (128 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (114 papers). Albert Jeltsch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Albert Jeltsch's co-authors include Renata Z. Jurkowska, Humaira Gowher, Andrea Hermann, Tomasz P. Jurkowski, Alfred Pingoud, Philipp Rathert, Xiaodong Cheng, Richard Reinhardt, Srikanth Kudithipudi and Arunkumar Dhayalan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Albert Jeltsch

288 papers receiving 15.4k citations

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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.

Cyclical DNA methylation of a transcriptionally active promoter

2008 682 citations Renata Z. Jurkowska, Albert Jeltsch et al. profile →
Structure of Dnmt3a bound to Dnmt3L suggests a model for de novo DNA methylation

2007 614 citations Renata Z. Jurkowska, Albert Jeltsch et al. profile →
Beyond Watson and Crick: DNA Methylation and Molecular Enzymology of DNA Methyltransferases

2002 508 citations Albert Jeltsch ChemBioChem profile →
Structure and Function of Mammalian DNA Methyltransferases

2010 508 citations Renata Z. Jurkowska, Tomasz P. Jurkowski et al. ChemBioChem profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Albert Jeltsch Germany	67	14.3k	3.3k	925	790	658	295	15.6k
Xiaodong Cheng United States	77	19.1k 1.3×	3.2k 1.0×	939 1.0×	1.3k 1.7×	686 1.0×	302	22.1k
Robert Schneider Germany	53	12.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	931 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	358 0.5×	91	14.5k
Melanie Ehrlich United States	52	10.3k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	1.6k 1.7×	891 1.1×	605 0.9×	176	12.2k
Frank Lyko Germany	67	13.3k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	2.7k 2.9×	904 1.1×	740 1.1×	161	16.4k
Stephen F. Kingsmore United States	54	9.2k 0.6×	3.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.7×	537 0.7×	892 1.4×	193	14.9k
Marta Gut Spain	62	8.0k 0.6×	3.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.6×	1.1k 1.4×	703 1.1×	233	14.5k
Sriharsa Pradhan United States	50	9.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	978 1.1×	2.4k 3.1×	480 0.7×	112	11.8k
Pui–Yan Kwok United States	56	5.6k 0.4×	3.0k 0.9×	795 0.9×	891 1.1×	447 0.7×	237	11.9k
Manuel Buchwald Canada	54	7.3k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.7×	903 1.1×	564 0.9×	141	13.8k
Aharon Razin Israel	53	10.4k 0.7×	4.2k 1.3×	506 0.5×	1.4k 1.7×	1.5k 2.2×	117	12.4k

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Mayran, Alexandre, Samir Merabet, Michael Dukatz, et al.. (2025). Dual DNA demethylation mechanisms implement epigenetic memory driven by the pioneer factor PAX7. Science Advances. 11(20). eadu6632–eadu6632.

Meyer, Florian, Haiqian Yang, Anja Köhler, et al.. (2024). Repeat DNA methylation is modulated by adherens junction signaling. Communications Biology. 7(1). 286–286. 2 indexed citations

Weirich, Sara, et al.. (2024). SETDB1 activity is globally directed by H3K14 acetylation via its Triple Tudor Domain. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(22). 13690–13705.

Bashtrykov, Pavel, et al.. (2024). Allele-specific DNA demethylation editing leads to stable upregulation of allele-specific gene expression. iScience. 27(10). 111007–111007. 2 indexed citations

Radde, Nicole, et al.. (2022). Reversible switching and stability of the epigenetic memory system in bacteria. FEBS Journal. 290(8). 2115–2126. 7 indexed citations

Zhao, Yueling, Xiaojie Yan, Chen Ye, et al.. (2022). CRL2ZER1/ZYG11B recognizes small N-terminal residues for degradation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7636–7636. 18 indexed citations

Adam, Sabrina, et al.. (2022). Flanking sequences influence the activity of TET1 and TET2 methylcytosine dioxygenases and affect genomic 5hmC patterns. Communications Biology. 5(1). 92–92. 19 indexed citations

Dukatz, Michael, et al.. (2022). Methylation of recombinant mononucleosomes by DNMT3A demonstrates efficient linker DNA methylation and a role of H3K36me3. Communications Biology. 5(1). 192–192. 10 indexed citations

Fuchs, Marina, Sara Weirich, Mareike Roth, et al.. (2021). A functional LSD1 coregulator screen reveals a novel transcriptional regulatory cascade connecting R-loop homeostasis with epigenetic regulation. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(8). 4350–4370. 17 indexed citations

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Gao, Linfeng, Max Emperle, Yiran Guo, et al.. (2020). Comprehensive structure-function characterization of DNMT3B and DNMT3A reveals distinctive de novo DNA methylation mechanisms. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3355–3355. 124 indexed citations

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Emperle, Max, Sabrina Adam, Michael Dukatz, et al.. (2019). Mutations of R882 change flanking sequence preferences of the DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A and cellular methylation patterns. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(21). 11355–11367. 46 indexed citations

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Jurkowska, Renata Z., Qin Su, Goran Kungulovski, et al.. (2017). H3K14ac is linked to methylation of H3K9 by the triple Tudor domain of SETDB1. Nature Communications. 8(1). 2057–2057. 62 indexed citations

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Bolbach, Gérard, et al.. (2014). Label-free measurement of histone lysine methyltransferases activity by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Analytical Biochemistry. 456. 25–31. 17 indexed citations

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Müller, Sandra, Tomasz P. Jurkowski, Albert Jeltsch, et al.. (2013). Target recognition, RNA methylation activity and transcriptional regulation of the Dictyostelium discoideum Dnmt2-homologue (DnmA). Nucleic Acids Research. 41(18). 8615–8627. 45 indexed citations

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Dhayalan, Arunkumar, Raluca Tamas, Anna Tattermusch, et al.. (2011). The ATRX-ADD domain binds to H3 tail peptides and reads the combined methylation state of K4 and K9. Human Molecular Genetics. 20(11). 2195–2203. 118 indexed citations

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Dhayalan, Arunkumar, Arumugam Rajavelu, Philipp Rathert, et al.. (2010). The Dnmt3a PWWP Domain Reads Histone 3 Lysine 36 Trimethylation and Guides DNA Methylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(34). 26114–26120. 405 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yingying, Christian Rohde, Sascha Tierling, et al.. (2009). DNA Methylation Analysis of Chromosome 21 Gene Promoters at Single Base Pair and Single Allele Resolution. PLoS Genetics. 5(3). e1000438–e1000438. 128 indexed citations

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Stolzenburg, Sabine, et al.. (2008). Modulation of epigenetic marks controlling the expression of the pancarcinoma antigen epithelial cell adhesion molecule. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS).

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Jeltsch, Albert. (2002). Beyond Watson and Crick: DNA Methylation and Molecular Enzymology of DNA Methyltransferases. ChemBioChem. 3(5). 382–382. 41 indexed citations

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Reither, Sabine & Albert Jeltsch. (2002). Specificity of DNA triple helix formation analyzed by a FRET assay. BMC Biochemistry. 3(1). 27–27. 22 indexed citations

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