Alexander Brehm

8.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
56 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Alexander Brehm is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Brehm has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Oncology and 10 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Alexander Brehm's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (29 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (16 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (12 papers). Alexander Brehm is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (29 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (16 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (12 papers). Alexander Brehm collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Alexander Brehm's co-authors include Tony Kouzarides, Andrew J. Bannister, Eric A. Miska, Juliet Reid, Dennis J. McCance, Luke Hughes‐Davies, Wendy A. Burgers, François Fuks, Søren Jensby Nielsen and Hans R. Schöler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Brehm

55 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Retinoblastoma protein recruits histone deacetylase to repress transcription

1998 1.0k citations Alexander Brehm, Eric A. Miska et al. Nature profile →
DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 associates with histone deacetylase activity

2000 771 citations Alexander Brehm, Tony Kouzarides et al. profile →
Germline regulatory element of Oct-4 specific for the totipotent cycle of embryonal cells

1996 699 citations Catherine E. Ovitt, Alexander Brehm et al. profile →
Regulation of E2F1 activity by acetylation

2000 559 citations Alexander Brehm, Tony Kouzarides et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Brehm Germany	31	5.1k	1.2k	911	480	356	56	5.9k
C Wirbelauer Germany	27	4.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	843 0.9×	320 0.7×	235 0.7×	69	5.7k
H. T. Marc Timmers Netherlands	48	6.3k 1.2×	865 0.7×	785 0.9×	354 0.7×	468 1.3×	129	7.2k
Edwin R. Smith United States	43	6.9k 1.3×	557 0.5×	839 0.9×	555 1.2×	444 1.2×	57	7.6k
Didier Trouche France	36	5.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.5×	613 0.7×	408 0.8×	331 0.9×	75	5.8k
Dirk Heckl Germany	21	5.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	761 0.8×	233 0.5×	872 2.4×	48	7.0k
Roderick J. O’Sullivan United States	28	5.5k 1.1×	565 0.5×	665 0.7×	762 1.6×	336 0.9×	42	6.5k
Xi Shi China	14	4.4k 0.9×	678 0.5×	685 0.8×	186 0.4×	495 1.4×	30	5.3k
Kosuke Yusa United Kingdom	35	4.4k 0.9×	442 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	502 1.0×	330 0.9×	66	5.1k
Beverly M. Emerson United States	32	4.6k 0.9×	915 0.7×	664 0.7×	232 0.5×	403 1.1×	44	5.4k
Anja Groth Denmark	36	5.4k 1.1×	854 0.7×	490 0.5×	537 1.1×	189 0.5×	66	6.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Brehm, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Conserved mechanisms of NuRD function in hematopoetic gene expression. The Enzymes. 53. 7–32.

Liefke, Robert, Andrea Nist, Thorsten Stiewe, et al.. (2021). Ush regulates hemocyte-specific gene expression, fatty acid metabolism and cell cycle progression and cooperates with dNuRD to orchestrate hematopoiesis. PLoS Genetics. 17(2). e1009318–e1009318. 6 indexed citations

Mačinković, Igor, Stephan Awe, Florian Finkernagel, et al.. (2018). Tumour-associated missense mutations in the dMi-2 ATPase alters nucleosome remodelling properties in a mutation-specific manner. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2112–2112. 28 indexed citations

Kim, Jongmin, Chenggang Lu, Shrividhya Srinivasan, et al.. (2017). Blocking promiscuous activation at cryptic promoters directs cell type–specific gene expression. Science. 356(6339). 717–721. 26 indexed citations

Mačinković, Igor, et al.. (2017). Drosophila CP190- and dCTCF-mediated enhancer blocking is augmented by SUMOylation. Epigenetics & Chromatin. 10(1). 32–32. 1 indexed citations

Bouazoune, Karim, Igor Mačinković, Erik Engelen, et al.. (2017). EcR recruits dMi-2 and increases efficiency of dMi-2-mediated remodelling to constrain transcription of hormone-regulated genes. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14806–14806. 25 indexed citations

Mernberger, Marco, et al.. (2016). Galectin-3 interacts with components of the nuclear ribonucleoprotein complex. BMC Cancer. 16(1). 502–502. 40 indexed citations

Fasulo, Barbara, Renate Deuring, Magdalena Murawska, et al.. (2012). The Drosophila Mi-2 Chromatin-Remodeling Factor Regulates Higher-Order Chromatin Structure and Cohesin Dynamics In Vivo. PLoS Genetics. 8(8). e1002878–e1002878. 30 indexed citations

Meier, Karin, Ève-Lyne Mathieu, Florian Finkernagel, et al.. (2012). LINT, a Novel dL(3)mbt-Containing Complex, Represses Malignant Brain Tumour Signature Genes. PLoS Genetics. 8(5). e1002676–e1002676. 24 indexed citations

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Merkl, Rainer, et al.. (2010). DNA sequence encoded repression of rRNA gene transcription in chromatin. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(16). 5304–5314. 16 indexed citations

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Brehm, Alexander, et al.. (2009). Novel Mi-2 related ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers. Epigenetics. 4(4). 209–211. 26 indexed citations

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Schmit, Fabienne, Michael Korenjak, Claudia Franke, et al.. (2007). LINC, a Human Complex That is Related to pRB-Containing Complexes in Invertebrates Regulates the Expression of G₂/M Genes. Cell Cycle. 6(15). 1903–1913. 157 indexed citations

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Koopmans, Wiepke J. A., Alexander Brehm, Colin Logie, Thomas Schmidt, & John van Noort. (2007). Single-Pair FRET Microscopy Reveals Mononucleosome Dynamics. Journal of Fluorescence. 17(6). 785–795. 87 indexed citations

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Brehm, Alexander, et al.. (2004). The many colours of chromodomains. BioEssays. 26(2). 133–140. 136 indexed citations

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Murawsky, Christopher M., Alexander Brehm, Paul Badenhorst, et al.. (2001). Tramtrack69 interacts with the dMi‐2 subunit of the Drosophila NuRD chromatin remodelling complex. EMBO Reports. 2(12). 1089–1094. 56 indexed citations

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Brehm, Alexander. (2000). dMi-2 and ISWI chromatin remodelling factors have distinct nucleosome binding and mobilization properties. The EMBO Journal. 19(16). 4332–4341. 156 indexed citations

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Brehm, Alexander, et al.. (1999). Synergism with Germ Line Transcription Factor Oct-4: Viral Oncoproteins Share the Ability To Mimic a Stem Cell-Specific Activity. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19(4). 2635–2643. 43 indexed citations

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Brehm, Alexander & Tony Kouzarides. (1999). Retinoblastoma protein meets chromatin. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 24(4). 142–145. 114 indexed citations

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Brehm, Alexander, Eric A. Miska, Dennis J. McCance, et al.. (1998). Retinoblastoma protein recruits histone deacetylase to repress transcription. Nature. 391(6667). 597–601. 1021 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brehm, Alexander, Catherine E. Ovitt, & Hans R. Schöler. (1998). Oct‐4: more than just a POUerful marker of the mammalian germline?. Apmis. 106(1-6). 114–126. 33 indexed citations

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