Danesh Moazed

21.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
107 papers, 16.9k citations indexed

About

Danesh Moazed is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Geriatrics and Gerontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Danesh Moazed has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 16.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Plant Science and 11 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology. Recurrent topics in Danesh Moazed's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (49 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (30 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (27 papers). Danesh Moazed is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (49 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (30 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (27 papers). Danesh Moazed collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Danesh Moazed's co-authors include Harry F. Noller, Shiv I. S. Grewal, Steven P. Gygi, André Verdel, Daniel Holoch, Marc Bühler, Scott A. Gerber, Seth Stern, Tomoyasu Sugiyama and Jason C. Tanny and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Danesh Moazed

106 papers receiving 16.6k citations

Hit Papers

Interaction of antibiotics with functional sites in 16S r... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 2004 2003 2015 1989 250 500 750
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.

  1. Interaction of antibiotics with functional sites in 16S ribosomal RNA
    1987 945 citations Danesh Moazed, Harry F. Noller Nature profile →
  2. RNAi-Mediated Targeting of Heterochromatin by the RITS Complex
    2004 937 citations André Verdel, Songtao Jia et al. Science profile →
  3. Heterochromatin and Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression
    2003 781 citations Shiv I. S. Grewal, Danesh Moazed Science profile →
  4. RNA-mediated epigenetic regulation of gene expression
    2015 727 citations Danesh Moazed et al. profile →
  5. Intermediate states in the movement of transfer RNA in the ribosome
    1989 597 citations Danesh Moazed, Harry F. Noller Nature profile →
  6. Small RNAs in transcriptional gene silencing and genome defence
    2009 584 citations Danesh Moazed Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Danesh Moazed United States 65 14.9k 3.7k 1.9k 1.0k 954 107 16.9k
Michael Grunstein United States 39 11.3k 0.8× 2.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 449 0.4× 424 0.4× 44 13.2k
Ingrid Grummt Germany 80 15.2k 1.0× 1.3k 0.4× 1.6k 0.8× 960 1.0× 2.1k 2.2× 175 17.3k
Virginia A. Zakian United States 67 14.7k 1.0× 3.2k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 112 0.1× 554 0.6× 147 16.3k
Brian D. Strahl United States 63 22.4k 1.5× 3.0k 0.8× 2.3k 1.2× 177 0.2× 1.5k 1.6× 188 25.0k
Craig L. Peterson United States 68 17.0k 1.1× 2.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 146 0.1× 1.0k 1.1× 180 18.4k
Jimin Pei United States 37 7.5k 0.5× 597 0.2× 857 0.5× 512 0.5× 263 0.3× 96 9.4k
David Shore Switzerland 60 9.7k 0.6× 1.6k 0.4× 661 0.4× 265 0.3× 188 0.2× 111 10.7k
Yoshihiro Nakatani United States 61 15.8k 1.1× 1.4k 0.4× 3.0k 1.6× 181 0.2× 1.4k 1.5× 139 18.9k
Robin C. Allshire United Kingdom 63 13.9k 0.9× 6.3k 1.7× 1.5k 0.8× 77 0.1× 619 0.6× 142 16.5k
Shiv I. S. Grewal United States 59 15.6k 1.0× 6.2k 1.7× 1.4k 0.8× 86 0.1× 889 0.9× 106 16.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tatarakis, Antonis, et al.. (2025). Requirements for establishment and epigenetic stability of mammalian heterochromatin. Molecular Cell. 85(18). 3388–3406.e12.
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Yu, Juntao, Wenzhi Feng, Yizhe Zhang, et al.. (2024). Genomic context– and H2AK119 ubiquitination–dependent inheritance of human Polycomb silencing. Science Advances. 10(19). eadl4529–eadl4529. 5 indexed citations
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Shipkovenska, Gergana, Marian Kalocsay, João A. Paulo, et al.. (2022). Rixosomal RNA degradation contributes to silencing of Polycomb target genes. Nature. 604(7904). 167–174. 23 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoyi, João A. Paulo, Xue Li, et al.. (2021). A composite DNA element that functions as a maintainer required for epigenetic inheritance of heterochromatin. Molecular Cell. 81(19). 3979–3991.e4. 21 indexed citations
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Tatarakis, Antonis, Reza Behrouzi, & Danesh Moazed. (2017). Evolving Models of Heterochromatin: From Foci to Liquid Droplets. Molecular Cell. 67(5). 725–727. 20 indexed citations
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Jain, Ruchi, Nahid Iglesias, & Danesh Moazed. (2016). Distinct Functions of Argonaute Slicer in siRNA Maturation and Heterochromatin Formation. Molecular Cell. 63(2). 191–205. 14 indexed citations
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Moazed, Danesh, et al.. (2015). Affinity Pull-Down of Proteins Using Anti-FLAG M2 Agarose Beads. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 559. 99–110. 28 indexed citations
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Ragunathan, Kaushik, Gloria Jih, & Danesh Moazed. (2014). Epigenetic inheritance uncoupled from sequence-specific recruitment. Science. 348(6230). 1258699–1258699. 243 indexed citations
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Yu, Ruby, Gloria Jih, Nahid Iglesias, & Danesh Moazed. (2014). Determinants of Heterochromatic siRNA Biogenesis and Function. Molecular Cell. 53(2). 262–276. 49 indexed citations
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Moazed, Danesh, et al.. (2007). Centromere Assembly and Propagation. Cell. 128(4). 647–650. 57 indexed citations
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Colmenares, Serafin U., Shane M. Buker, Marc Bühler, Mensur Dlakić, & Danesh Moazed. (2007). Coupling of Double-Stranded RNA Synthesis and siRNA Generation in Fission Yeast RNAi. Molecular Cell. 27(3). 449–461. 124 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, 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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Stegmeier, Frank, et al.. (2004). The Replication Fork Block Protein Fob1 Functions as a Negative Regulator of the FEAR Network. Current Biology. 14(6). 467–480. 45 indexed citations
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Motamedi, Mohammad Reza, et al.. (2003). Sir2 Regulates Histone H3 Lysine 9 Methylation and Heterochromatin Assembly in Fission Yeast. Current Biology. 13(14). 1240–1246. 164 indexed citations
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Tanny, Jason C. & Danesh Moazed. (2002). Recognition of Acetylated Proteins. Structure. 10(10). 1290–1292. 2 indexed citations
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Shou, Wenying, Kathleen M. Sakamoto, J Keener, et al.. (2001). Net1 Stimulates RNA Polymerase I Transcription and Regulates Nucleolar Structure Independently of Controlling Mitotic Exit. Molecular Cell. 8(1). 45–55. 109 indexed citations
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Moazed, Danesh & Harry F. Noller. (1989). Intermediate states in the movement of transfer RNA in the ribosome. Nature. 342(6246). 142–148. 597 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moazed, Danesh, James Robertson, & Harry F. Noller. (1988). Interaction of elongation factors EF-G and EF-Tu with a conserved loop in 23S RNA. Nature. 334(6180). 362–364. 415 indexed citations

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