Cyril Esnault

1.3k total citations
16 papers, 910 citations indexed

About

Cyril Esnault is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cyril Esnault has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 910 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 2 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Cyril Esnault's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (3 papers). Cyril Esnault is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (3 papers). Cyril Esnault collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Cyril Esnault's co-authors include Richard Treisman, Francesco Gualdrini, Aengus Stewart, Stuart Horswell, Nik Matthews, Philip East, Michel Werner, Julie Soutourina, Alan Gerber and Ueli Schibler and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Cyril Esnault

16 papers receiving 907 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cyril Esnault France	11	658	159	113	90	83	16	910
Jacqueline L. Avila United States	6	449 0.7×	159 1.0×	108 1.0×	190 2.1×	90 1.1×	9	769
Linda Clijsters Netherlands	11	572 0.9×	229 1.4×	81 0.7×	151 1.7×	32 0.4×	12	737
Naoko Kamimura Japan	9	521 0.8×	44 0.3×	110 1.0×	198 2.2×	71 0.9×	12	795
Andy Watt United States	7	678 1.0×	30 0.2×	95 0.8×	38 0.4×	115 1.4×	12	1.0k
Zoi Diamantopoulou Greece	12	281 0.4×	135 0.8×	49 0.4×	188 2.1×	45 0.5×	15	534
Francesco Gualdrini Italy	11	475 0.7×	242 1.5×	20 0.2×	152 1.7×	40 0.5×	17	731
Go Shioi Japan	8	475 0.7×	63 0.4×	14 0.1×	68 0.8×	48 0.6×	9	637
Maorong Chen China	13	419 0.6×	129 0.8×	15 0.1×	108 1.2×	44 0.5×	22	630
Annette M. Gonzalez United States	12	337 0.5×	173 1.1×	27 0.2×	50 0.6×	94 1.1×	13	621
Cecilia Zuliani Germany	11	506 0.8×	133 0.8×	12 0.1×	77 0.9×	78 0.9×	11	797

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16 of 16 papers shown

Esnault, Cyril, Amal Zine El Aabidine, Marie-Cécile Robert, et al.. (2025). G-quadruplexes are promoter elements controlling nucleosome exclusion and RNA polymerase II pausing. Nature Genetics. 57(8). 1981–1993. 1 indexed citations

Esnault, Cyril, et al.. (2024). G-quadruplex forming motifs in the promoter region of the B-MYB proto-oncogene. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 270(Pt 1). 132244–132244. 3 indexed citations

Borensztein, Maud, Albertina De Sario, Cyril Esnault, et al.. (2024). The long non-coding RNA Meg3 mediates imprinted gene expression during stem cell differentiation. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(11). 6183–6200. 8 indexed citations

Aabidine, Amal Zine El, Nilay Shah, Ignasi Forné, et al.. (2023). RNA polymerase II CTD is dispensable for transcription and required for termination in human cells. EMBO Reports. 24(9). e56150–e56150. 6 indexed citations

Esnault, Cyril, Amal Zine El Aabidine, David Llères, et al.. (2023). G4access identifies G-quadruplexes and their associations with open chromatin and imprinting control regions. Nature Genetics. 55(8). 1359–1369. 40 indexed citations

Esnault, Cyril, et al.. (2021). Analyses of Promoter, Enhancer, and Nucleosome Organization in Mammalian Cells by MNase-Seq. Methods in molecular biology. 2351. 93–104. 4 indexed citations

Shah, Nilay, Muhammad Ahmad Maqbool, Amal Zine El Aabidine, et al.. (2018). Tyrosine-1 of RNA Polymerase II CTD Controls Global Termination of Gene Transcription in Mammals. Molecular Cell. 69(1). 48–61.e6. 62 indexed citations

Rahman, Nur-Taz, Vincent Schulz, Lin Wang, et al.. (2018). MRTFA augments megakaryocyte maturation by enhancing the SRF regulatory axis. Blood Advances. 2(20). 2691–2703. 19 indexed citations

Esnault, Cyril, Francesco Gualdrini, Stuart Horswell, et al.. (2017). ERK-Induced Activation of TCF Family of SRF Cofactors Initiates a Chromatin Modification Cascade Associated with Transcription. Molecular Cell. 65(6). 1081–1095.e5. 39 indexed citations

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Gualdrini, Francesco, Cyril Esnault, Stuart Horswell, et al.. (2016). SRF Co-factors Control the Balance between Cell Proliferation and Contractility. Molecular Cell. 64(6). 1048–1061. 118 indexed citations

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Wiese, Katrin E., Heidi M. Haikala, Björn von Eyß, et al.. (2015). Repression of SRF target genes is critical for M yc‐dependent apoptosis of epithelial cells. The EMBO Journal. 34(11). 1554–1571. 28 indexed citations

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Costello, Patrick, Diane Maurice, Cyril Esnault, et al.. (2015). MRTF-SRF signaling is required for seeding of HSC/Ps in bone marrow during development. Blood. 125(8). 1244–1255. 24 indexed citations

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Esnault, Cyril, Aengus Stewart, Francesco Gualdrini, et al.. (2014). Rho-actin signaling to the MRTF coactivators dominates the immediate transcriptional response to serum in fibroblasts. Genes & Development. 28(9). 943–958. 262 indexed citations

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Gerber, Alan, Cyril Esnault, Grégory Aubert, et al.. (2013). Blood-Borne Circadian Signal Stimulates Daily Oscillations in Actin Dynamics and SRF Activity. Cell. 152(3). 492–503. 117 indexed citations

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Esnault, Cyril, Yad Ghavi-Helm, Sylvain Brun, et al.. (2008). Mediator-Dependent Recruitment of TFIIH Modules in Preinitiation Complex. Molecular Cell. 31(3). 337–346. 122 indexed citations

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Guglielmi, Benjamin, Julie Soutourina, Cyril Esnault, & Michel Werner. (2007). TFIIS elongation factor and Mediator act in conjunction during transcription initiation in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(41). 16062–16067. 57 indexed citations

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