Daniel Durocher

29.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
105 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Daniel Durocher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Durocher has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Oncology and 12 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Daniel Durocher's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (71 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (30 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (23 papers). Daniel Durocher is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (71 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (30 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (23 papers). Daniel Durocher collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Daniel Durocher's co-authors include Stephen P. Jackson, Stephanie Panier, Nicole Hustedt, Amélie Fradet‐Turcotte, Shinichiro Nakada, Cristina Escribano‐Diaz, Alexandre Orthwein, Marella D. Canny, Frank Sicheri and Michal Zimmermann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Durocher

103 papers receiving 14.1k citations

Hit Papers

High-Resolution CRISPR Screens R... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2015 2009 2007 2013 2009 250 500 750 1000
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  1. High-Resolution CRISPR Screens Reveal Fitness Genes and Genotype-Specific Cancer Liabilities
    2015 1000 citations Amélie Fradet‐Turcotte, Daniel Durocher et al. Cell profile →
  2. RNF168 Binds and Amplifies Ubiquitin Conjugates on Damaged Chromosomes to Allow Accumulation of Repair Proteins
    2009 740 citations Daniel Durocher et al. Cell profile →
  3. Orchestration of the DNA-Damage Response by the RNF8 Ubiquitin Ligase
    2007 719 citations Laurence Pelletier, Stephen P. Jackson et al. profile →
  4. A Cell Cycle-Dependent Regulatory Circuit Composed of 53BP1-RIF1 and BRCA1-CtIP Controls DNA Repair Pathway Choice
    2013 677 citations Cristina Escribano‐Diaz, Alexandre Orthwein et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  5. The RIDDLE Syndrome Protein Mediates a Ubiquitin-Dependent Signaling Cascade at Sites of DNA Damage
    2009 599 citations Abdallah Al-Hakim, Laurence Pelletier et al. Cell profile →
  6. The cardiac transcription factors Nkx2-5 and GATA-4 are mutual cofactors
    1997 543 citations Daniel Durocher profile →
  7. 53BP1 is a reader of the DNA-damage-induced H2A Lys 15 ubiquitin mark
    2013 538 citations Amélie Fradet‐Turcotte, Marella D. Canny et al. profile →
  8. The control of DNA repair by the cell cycle
    2016 512 citations Daniel Durocher et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
  9. Regulation of DNA Damage Responses by Ubiquitin and SUMO
    2013 481 citations Stephen P. Jackson, Daniel Durocher Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel Durocher Canada 58 13.1k 4.1k 1.6k 1.5k 1.4k 105 14.3k
Tanya T. Paull United States 61 13.3k 1.0× 4.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 2.9k 2.1× 111 14.7k
Karlene A. Cimprich United States 46 11.9k 0.9× 4.2k 1.0× 2.0k 1.2× 1.3k 0.9× 2.1k 1.6× 66 13.1k
Simon Bekker‐Jensen Denmark 49 10.1k 0.8× 3.4k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 80 11.0k
Niels Mailand Denmark 57 11.5k 0.9× 4.4k 1.1× 2.6k 1.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 92 12.5k
Óscar Fernández-Capetillo Spain 52 10.7k 0.8× 3.9k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 1.9k 1.4× 108 12.7k
Claudia Lukas Denmark 46 13.3k 1.0× 5.9k 1.4× 2.6k 1.6× 1.1k 0.8× 2.3k 1.7× 54 14.7k
David Cortez United States 63 15.0k 1.1× 6.0k 1.5× 2.6k 1.6× 2.0k 1.3× 2.8k 2.1× 114 16.6k
Phang‐Lang Chen United States 53 9.2k 0.7× 4.5k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 3.0k 2.0× 1.4k 1.1× 100 11.9k
Susan P. Lees‐Miller Canada 78 14.2k 1.1× 6.5k 1.6× 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 2.8k 2.1× 181 16.6k
Simon J. Boulton United Kingdom 66 13.8k 1.1× 4.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 1.5k 1.0× 1.7k 1.2× 152 15.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Feng, Sumin, Kaiwen Liu, William Yang, et al.. (2024). Profound synthetic lethality between SMARCAL1 and FANCM. Molecular Cell. 84(23). 4522–4537.e7. 6 indexed citations
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Cho, Tiffany, et al.. (2024). NFATC2IP is a mediator of SUMO-dependent genome integrity. Genes & Development. 38(5-6). 233–252. 5 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Iván, Thomas Carroll, Meagan Munro, et al.. (2023). Functional characterization of C21ORF2 association with the NEK1 kinase mutated in human in diseases. Life Science Alliance. 6(7). e202201740–e202201740. 11 indexed citations
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Durocher, Daniel, et al.. (2023). An AlphaFold2 map of the 53BP1 pathway identifies a direct SHLD3–RIF1 interaction critical for shieldin activity. EMBO Reports. 24(8). e56834–e56834. 15 indexed citations
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Tkach, Johnny M., et al.. (2022). Global cellular response to chemical perturbation of PLK4 activity and abnormal centrosome number. eLife. 11. 5 indexed citations
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Zompit, Mara De Marco, Salomé Adam, Silvia Emma Rossi, et al.. (2022). The CIP2A-TOPBP1 complex safeguards chromosomal stability during mitosis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4143–4143. 33 indexed citations
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Ling, Alexanda K., Meagan Munro, Natasha Chaudhary, et al.. (2020). SHLD 2 promotes class switch recombination by preventing inactivating deletions within the Igh locus. EMBO Reports. 21(8). e49823–e49823. 15 indexed citations
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Walker, John R., et al.. (2017). ATM and CDK2 control chromatin remodeler CSB to inhibit RIF1 in DSB repair pathway choice. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1921–1921. 58 indexed citations
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Rugy, Théo Goullet de, Mikhail Bashkurov, Alessandro Datti, et al.. (2016). Excess Polθ functions in response to replicative stress in homologous recombination-proficient cancer cells. Biology Open. 5(10). 1485–1492. 26 indexed citations
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Wan, Leo C. K., Pierre Maisonneuve, Rachel K. Szilard, et al.. (2016). Proteomic analysis of the human KEOPS complex identifies C14ORF142 as a core subunit homologous to yeast Gon7. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(2). 805–817. 47 indexed citations
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Strecker, Jonathan, Gagan D. Gupta, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2016). DNA damage signalling targets the kinetochore to promote chromatin mobility. Nature Cell Biology. 18(3). 281–290. 63 indexed citations
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Tkáč, Jan, Guotai Xu, Jordan T.F. Young, et al.. (2016). HELB Is a Feedback Inhibitor of DNA End Resection. Molecular Cell. 61(3). 405–418. 115 indexed citations
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Beucken, Twan van den, et al.. (2014). RNF8-Independent Lys63 Poly-Ubiquitylation Prevents Genomic Instability in Response to Replication-Associated DNA Damage. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e89997–e89997. 1 indexed citations
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Escribano‐Diaz, Cristina, Alexandre Orthwein, Amélie Fradet‐Turcotte, et al.. (2013). A Cell Cycle-Dependent Regulatory Circuit Composed of 53BP1-RIF1 and BRCA1-CtIP Controls DNA Repair Pathway Choice. Molecular Cell. 49(5). 872–883. 677 indexed citations breakdown →
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Al-Hakim, Abdallah, Mikhail Bashkurov, Anne‐Claude Gingras, Daniel Durocher, & Laurence Pelletier. (2012). Interaction Proteomics Identify NEURL4 and the HECT E3 Ligase HERC2 as Novel Modulators of Centrosome Architecture. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 11(6). M111.014233–M111.014233. 55 indexed citations
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Yang, Jay, Lara O’Donnell, Daniel Durocher, & Grant W. Brown. (2012). RMI1 Promotes DNA Replication Fork Progression and Recovery from Replication Fork Stress. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 32(15). 3054–3064. 27 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei & Daniel Durocher. (2010). De novo telomere formation is suppressed by the Mec1-dependent inhibition of Cdc13 accumulation at DNA breaks. Genes & Development. 24(5). 502–515. 67 indexed citations
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Fu, Yu, Yu Zhu, Ke Zhang, et al.. (2008). Rad6-Rad18 Mediates a Eukaryotic SOS Response by Ubiquitinating the 9-1-1 Checkpoint Clamp. Cell. 133(4). 601–611. 66 indexed citations
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Yeung, ManTek & Daniel Durocher. (2008). Engineering a DNA damage response without DNA damage. Genome Biology. 9(7). 227–227. 2 indexed citations
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Durocher, Daniel, Ian A. Taylor, L.F. Haire, et al.. (2000). The Molecular Basis of FHA Domain:Phosphopeptide Binding Specificity and Implications for Phospho-Dependent Signaling Mechanisms. Molecular Cell. 6(5). 1169–1182. 358 indexed citations

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