Assaf Zemach

6.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
25 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Assaf Zemach is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Assaf Zemach has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Plant Science, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Assaf Zemach's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (22 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (8 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (8 papers). Assaf Zemach is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (22 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (8 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (8 papers). Assaf Zemach collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and United Kingdom. Assaf Zemach's co-authors include Daniel Zilberman, Leor Eshed Williams, Gideon Grafi, Tzung‐Fu Hsieh, Christian Ibarra, Robert L. Fischer, M. Yvonne Kim, Ka Thao, Stacey L. Harmer and Ping-Hung Hsieh and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Assaf Zemach

25 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Genome-Wide Evolutionary Analysis of Eukaryotic DNA Methylation

2010 1.2k citations Assaf Zemach, Daniel Zilberman et al. Science profile →
The Arabidopsis Nucleosome Remodeler DDM1 Allows DNA Methyltransferases to Access H1-Containing Heterochromatin

2013 782 citations Assaf Zemach, M. Yvonne Kim et al. Cell profile →
Genome-Wide Demethylation of Arabidopsis Endosperm

2009 506 citations Tzung‐Fu Hsieh, Christian Ibarra et al. Science profile →
Active DNA Demethylation in Plant Companion Cells Reinforces Transposon Methylation in Gametes

2012 377 citations Christian Ibarra, Tzung‐Fu Hsieh et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Assaf Zemach Israel	19	3.0k	2.5k	549	131	111	25	4.2k
Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid Austria	37	4.8k 1.6×	3.6k 1.4×	460 0.8×	57 0.4×	54 0.5×	71	5.5k
Maike Stam Netherlands	25	2.5k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	383 0.7×	62 0.5×	43 0.4×	45	3.2k
Mary Gehring United States	28	4.0k 1.3×	3.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.9×	79 0.6×	58 0.5×	40	5.2k
Damon Lisch United States	36	5.0k 1.6×	3.6k 1.4×	818 1.5×	136 1.0×	85 0.8×	64	5.7k
Claude Becker Germany	27	2.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	432 0.8×	100 0.8×	43 0.4×	53	3.0k
Christian Biémont France	29	2.5k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	802 1.5×	187 1.4×	204 1.8×	99	3.3k
Rob Martienssen United States	28	3.5k 1.2×	3.7k 1.5×	529 1.0×	136 1.0×	120 1.1×	42	5.1k
Julie A. Law United States	17	3.2k 1.1×	2.8k 1.1×	374 0.7×	53 0.4×	44 0.4×	25	4.5k
Sureshkumar Balasubramanian Australia	27	2.6k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	502 0.9×	53 0.4×	45 0.4×	51	3.4k

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Katz, Aviva, et al.. (2023). Knockout of DDM1 in Physcomitrium patens disrupts DNA methylation with a minute effect on transposon regulation and development. PLoS ONE. 18(3). e0279688–e0279688. 4 indexed citations

Katz, Aviva, et al.. (2020). DNA methylation mutants in Physcomitrella patens elucidate individual roles of CG and non-CG methylation in genome regulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(52). 33700–33710. 29 indexed citations

Zemach, Assaf, et al.. (2020). Contiguous and stochastic CHH methylation patterns of plant DRM2 and CMT2 revealed by single-read methylome analysis. Genome biology. 21(1). 194–194. 18 indexed citations

Katz, Aviva, et al.. (2019). RdDM-independent de novo and heterochromatin DNA methylation by plant CMT and DNMT3 orthologs. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1613–1613. 52 indexed citations

Lloyd, James P. B., et al.. (2019). DNA methylation is maintained with high fidelity in the honey bee germline and exhibits global non-functional fluctuations during somatic development. Epigenetics & Chromatin. 12(1). 62–62. 47 indexed citations

Yadav, Narendra Singh, et al.. (2018). CMT3 and SUVH4/KYP silence the exonic Evelknievel retroelement to allow for reconstitution of CMT1 mRNA. Epigenetics & Chromatin. 11(1). 69–69. 7 indexed citations

Tuller, Tamir, et al.. (2018). The COP9 signalosome influences the epigenetic landscape of Arabidopsis thaliana. Bioinformatics. 35(16). 2718–2723. 9 indexed citations

Khan, Asif Ali, et al.. (2016). Activation of Tag1 transposable elements in Arabidopsis dedifferentiating cells and their regulation by CHROMOMETHYLASE 3-mediated CHG methylation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1859(10). 1289–1298. 8 indexed citations

Landau, Udi, et al.. (2015). Competency for shoot regeneration from Arabidopsis root explants is regulated by DNA methylation. Plant Science. 238. 251–261. 65 indexed citations

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Zemach, Assaf, M. Yvonne Kim, Ping-Hung Hsieh, et al.. (2013). The Arabidopsis Nucleosome Remodeler DDM1 Allows DNA Methyltransferases to Access H1-Containing Heterochromatin. Cell. 153(1). 193–205. 782 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zemach, Assaf, et al.. (2010). Genome-Wide Evolutionary Analysis of Eukaryotic DNA Methylation. Science. 328(5980). 916–919. 1249 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zemach, Assaf & Daniel Zilberman. (2010). Evolution of Eukaryotic DNA Methylation and the Pursuit of Safer Sex. Current Biology. 20(17). R780–R785. 136 indexed citations

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Zemach, Assaf, Laju K. Paul, Perry Stambolsky, et al.. (2009). The C-terminal domain of the Arabidopsis AtMBD7 protein confers strong chromatin binding activity. Experimental Cell Research. 315(20). 3554–3562. 4 indexed citations

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Hsieh, Tzung‐Fu, Christian Ibarra, Assaf Zemach, et al.. (2009). Genome-Wide Demethylation of Arabidopsis Endosperm. Science. 324(5933). 1451–1454. 506 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zemach, Assaf, et al.. (2008). The Three Methyl-CpG-binding Domains of AtMBD7 Control Its Subnuclear Localization and Mobility. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(13). 8406–8411. 10 indexed citations

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Grafi, Gideon, et al.. (2007). Histone methylation controls telomerase-independent telomere lengthening in cells undergoing dedifferentiation. Developmental Biology. 306(2). 838–846. 82 indexed citations

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Zemach, Assaf & Gideon Grafi. (2007). Methyl-CpG-binding domain proteins in plants: interpreters of DNA methylation. Trends in Plant Science. 12(2). 80–85. 78 indexed citations

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Grafi, Gideon, Assaf Zemach, & Letizia Pitto. (2007). Methyl-CpG-binding domain (MBD) proteins in plants. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1769(5-6). 287–294. 38 indexed citations

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Zemach, Assaf & Gideon Grafi. (2003). Characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana methyl‐CpG‐binding domain (MBD) proteins. The Plant Journal. 34(5). 565–572. 84 indexed citations

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Fass, Ephraim, et al.. (2002). Phosphorylation of Histone H3 at Serine 10 Cannot Account Directly for the Detachment of Human Heterochromatin Protein 1γ from Mitotic Chromosomes in Plant Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(34). 30921–30927. 24 indexed citations

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