André Verdel

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

André Verdel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, André Verdel has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in André Verdel's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (18 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (15 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (9 papers). André Verdel is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (18 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (15 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (9 papers). André Verdel collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Japan. André Verdel's co-authors include Danesh Moazed, Saadi Khochbin, Tomoyasu Sugiyama, Shiv I. S. Grewal, Steven P. Gygi, Scott A. Gerber, Songtao Jia, Daphné Seigneurin‐Berny, Marc Bühler and Claudie Lemercier and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

André Verdel

38 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

RNAi-Mediated Targeting of Heterochromatin by the RITS Complex

2004 937 citations André Verdel, Songtao Jia et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
André Verdel France	24	4.1k	1.3k	425	341	302	38	4.5k
Marcel Tijsterman Netherlands	36	3.8k 0.9×	804 0.6×	370 0.9×	291 0.9×	669 2.2×	77	4.6k
Marc Bühler Switzerland	33	3.8k 0.9×	857 0.7×	725 1.7×	84 0.2×	213 0.7×	60	4.2k
Oliver Weichenrieder Germany	36	3.4k 0.8×	703 0.5×	356 0.8×	125 0.4×	530 1.8×	49	3.8k
Toshio Tsukiyama United States	39	4.9k 1.2×	937 0.7×	179 0.4×	136 0.4×	771 2.6×	74	5.2k
Ken-ichi Noma United States	27	4.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	223 0.5×	151 0.4×	330 1.1×	55	4.7k
Hideaki Tagami Japan	25	3.4k 0.8×	721 0.6×	177 0.4×	393 1.2×	670 2.2×	31	3.8k
Domenico Libri France	40	5.0k 1.2×	267 0.2×	328 0.8×	172 0.5×	272 0.9×	94	5.3k
David M. MacAlpine United States	34	4.6k 1.1×	932 0.7×	269 0.6×	230 0.7×	776 2.6×	62	5.0k
Tomoyasu Sugiyama United States	18	3.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	247 0.6×	64 0.2×	181 0.6×	23	3.3k
Jacqueline E. Villalta United States	13	4.2k 1.0×	350 0.3×	707 1.7×	270 0.8×	635 2.1×	16	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by André Verdel

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of André Verdel

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Roche, Benjamin, Leila Touat‐Todeschini, Karine Fréon, et al.. (2025). Transcription-replication conflict resolution by nuclear RNA interference. Molecular Cell. 85(21). 3930–3946.e5. 1 indexed citations

Seigneurin‐Berny, Daphné, Elise Delaforge, Jean-Jacques Favory, et al.. (2024). ECT2 peptide sequences outside the YTH domain regulate its m ⁶ A-RNA binding. RNA Biology. 21(1). 946–958. 2 indexed citations

Touat‐Todeschini, Leila, Marie‐Christine Carpentier, Florent Chuffart, et al.. (2022). Chromatin-associated YTHDC1 coordinates heat-induced reprogramming of gene expression. Cell Reports. 41(11). 111784–111784. 11 indexed citations

Wang, Tao, Daniel Perazza, Fayçal Boussouar, et al.. (2021). ATAD2 controls chromatin-bound HIRA turnover. Life Science Alliance. 4(12). e202101151–e202101151. 8 indexed citations

Fritah, Sabrina, et al.. (2021). Chromosome Y pericentric heterochromatin is a primary target of HSF1 in male cells. Chromosoma. 130(1). 53–60. 6 indexed citations

Decottignies, Anabelle, et al.. (2017). Heat shock factor 1 promotes TERRA transcription and telomere protection upon heat stress. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(11). 6321–6333. 28 indexed citations

Morozumi, Yuichi, Daniel Perazza, Fayçal Boussouar, et al.. (2014). Lessons from Yeast on Emerging Roles of the ATAD2 Protein Family in Gene Regulation and Genome Organization. Molecules and Cells. 37(12). 851–856. 34 indexed citations

Hiriart, Edwige & André Verdel. (2013). Long noncoding RNA-based chromatin control of germ cell differentiation: a yeast perspective. Chromosome Research. 21(6-7). 653–663. 23 indexed citations

Hiriart, Edwige, Leila Touat‐Todeschini, Akira Yamashita, et al.. (2012). Mmi1 RNA surveillance machinery directs RNAi complex RITS to specific meiotic genes in fission yeast. The EMBO Journal. 31(10). 2296–2308. 71 indexed citations

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Bühler, Marc, André Verdel, & Danesh Moazed. (2006). Tethering RITS to a Nascent Transcript Initiates RNAi- and Heterochromatin-Dependent Gene Silencing. Cell. 125(5). 873–886. 300 indexed citations

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Verdel, André. (2006). Destabilizing Heterochromatin: Does Swi6/HP1 Make the Choice?. Molecular Cell. 22(6). 709–710. 5 indexed citations

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Verdel, André & Danesh Moazed. (2005). RNAi‐directed assembly of heterochromatin in fission yeast. FEBS Letters. 579(26). 5872–5878. 113 indexed citations

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Verdel, André & Danesh Moazed. (2005). Labeling and Characterization of Small RNAs Associated with the RNA Interference Effector Complex RITS. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 392. 297–307. 5 indexed citations

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Verdel, André, Songtao Jia, Scott A. Gerber, et al.. (2004). RNAi-Mediated Targeting of Heterochromatin by the RITS Complex. Science. 303(5658). 672–676. 937 indexed citations breakdown →

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Angelov, Dimitar, André Verdel, Woojin An, et al.. (2004). SWI/SNF remodeling and p300‐dependent transcription of histone variant H2ABbd nucleosomal arrays. The EMBO Journal. 23(19). 3815–3824. 59 indexed citations

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Khochbin, Saadi, et al.. (2001). Functional significance of histone deacetylase diversity. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 11(2). 162–166. 291 indexed citations

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Kao, Hung‐Ying, André Verdel, Chih-Cheng Tsai, et al.. (2001). Mechanism for Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of Histone Deacetylase 7. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(50). 47496–47507. 205 indexed citations

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Lemercier, Claudie, et al.. (2000). Involvement of Retinoblastoma Protein and HBP1 in Histone H1 ⁰ Gene Expression. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(18). 6627–6637. 40 indexed citations

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Verdel, André, Sandrine Curtet, Sophie Rousseaux, et al.. (2000). Active maintenance of mHDA2/mHDAC6 histone-deacetylase in the cytoplasm. Current Biology. 10(12). 747–749. 180 indexed citations

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Verdel, André & Saadi Khochbin. (1999). Identification of a New Family of Higher Eukaryotic Histone Deacetylases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(4). 2440–2445. 202 indexed citations

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