Denis Duboule

29.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
233 papers, 22.1k citations indexed

About

Denis Duboule is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Denis Duboule has authored 233 papers receiving a total of 22.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 214 papers in Molecular Biology, 100 papers in Genetics and 32 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Denis Duboule's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (155 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (89 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (52 papers). Denis Duboule is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (155 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (89 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (52 papers). Denis Duboule collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, France and Germany. Denis Duboule's co-authors include Pascal Dollé, József Zákány, Marie Kmita, François Spitz, Francesca Damiola, Ueli Schibler, Wouter de Laat, Urs Albrecht, Nicolas Preitner and Luis Lopez‐Molina and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Denis Duboule

227 papers receiving 21.6k 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.

The Orphan Nuclear Receptor REV-ERBα Controls Circadian Transcription within the Positive Limb of the Mammalian Circadian Oscillator

2002 1.8k citations Denis Duboule et al. profile →
The structural and functional organization of the murine HOX gene family resembles that of Drosophila homeotic genes.

1989 768 citations Denis Duboule, Pascal Dollé profile →
Coordinate expression of the murine Hox-5 complex homoeobox-containing genes during limb pattern formation

1989 521 citations Pascal Dollé, Denis Duboule et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Fine-tuning mechanical constraints reveals uncoupled patterning and gene expression programs in murine gastruloids 2025 ·Development ·(unknown), Jérôme Wong-Ng, Alexandre Mayran, Lucille Lopez‐Delisle, Pierre Osteil, (unknown), Denis Duboule, Samy Gobaa, Thomas Gregor	1
2	Size-dependent temporal decoupling of morphogenesis and transcriptional programs in pseudoembryos 2025 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lucille Lopez‐Delisle, (unknown), Denis Duboule, Alexandre Mayran, Thomas Gregor	4
3	CTCF-dependent insulation of Hoxb13 and the heterochronic control of tail length 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lucille Lopez‐Delisle, József Zákány, (unknown), Pierre Osteil, Alexandre Mayran, Fabrice Darbellay, Bénédicte Mascrez, (unknown), Denis Duboule	2
4	Sequential and directional insulation by conserved CTCF sites underlies the Hox timer in stembryos 2023 ·Nature Genetics ·(unknown), Lucille Lopez‐Delisle, (unknown), Bénédicte Mascrez, (unknown), Alexandre Mayran, Denis Duboule	27
5	Induction of a chromatin boundary in vivo upon insertion of a TAD border 2021 ·PLoS Genetics ·(unknown), Lucille Lopez‐Delisle, (unknown), (unknown), Denis Duboule, Eddie Rodríguez-Carballo	11
6	Chromatin topology and the timing of enhancer function at the HoxD locus 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Eddie Rodríguez-Carballo, Lucille Lopez‐Delisle, (unknown), Leonardo Beccari, (unknown), Bénédicte Mascrez, Denis Duboule	36
7	Fryns type mesomelic dysplasia of the upper limbs caused by inverted duplications of the HOXD gene cluster 2019 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·Cédric Le Caignec, Olivier Pichon, (unknown), (unknown), C. Bonnard, Pierre Lindenbaum, Richard Redon, Caroline Schluth‐Bolard, (unknown), Pierre‐Antoine Rollat‐Farnier, (unknown), Marie‐Laure Vuillaume, Damien Sanlaville, Denis Duboule, André Mégarbané, Annick Toutain	10
8	Visualizing theHoxDGene Cluster at the Nanoscale Level 2015 ·Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·Pierre J. Fabre, Alexander Benke, Suliana Manley, Denis Duboule	17
9	A Switch Between Topological Domains Underlies HoxD Genes Collinearity in Mouse Limbs 2013 ·Science ·Guillaume Andrey, Thomas Montavon, Bénédicte Mascrez, Federico Gonzãlez, Daan Noordermeer, Marion Leleu, Didier Trono, François Spitz, Denis Duboule	318
10	The Dynamic Architecture of Hox Gene Clusters 2011 ·Science ·Daan Noordermeer, Marion Leleu, Erik Splinter, Jacques Rougemont, Wouter de Laat, Denis Duboule	291
11	Structural and Functional Differences in the Long Non-Coding RNA Hotair in Mouse and Human 2011 ·PLoS Genetics ·Patrick Schorderet, Denis Duboule	201
12	Homeobox genes d11–d13 and a13 control mouse autopod cortical bone and joint formation 2010 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Pablo Villavicencio‐Lorini, Pia Kuss, Julia Friedrich, Julia Haupt, Muhammad Farooq, Seval Türkmen, Denis Duboule, Jochen Hecht, Stefan Mundlos	66
13	A Systematic Enhancer Screen Using Lentivector Transgenesis Identifies Conserved and Non-Conserved Functional Elements at the Olig1 and Olig2 Locus 2010 ·PLoS ONE ·Marc Friedli, Isabelle Barde, (unknown), Sonia Verp, (unknown), József Zákány, Nathalie Lin-Marq, Daniel Robyr, Catia Attanasio, François Spitz, Denis Duboule, Didier Trono, Stylianos E. Antonarakis	23
14	Epigenetic Temporal Control of Mouse Hox Genes in Vivo 2009 ·Science ·Natalia V. Soshnikova, Denis Duboule	204
15	Ectopic nuclear reorganisation driven by a Hoxb1 transgene transposed into Hoxd 2008 ·Journal of Cell Science ·Céline Morey, (unknown), Marie Kmita, Denis Duboule, Wendy A. Bickmore	35
16	Un STRING lève le voile sur les mécanismes contrôlant l'expression des gènes Hox 2006 ·médecine/sciences ·François Spitz, (unknown), Christine Hinard, Denis Duboule	0
17	Developmental biology in Geneva: a three century-long tradition 2002 ·The International Journal of Developmental Biology ·Marino Buscaglia, Denis Duboule	6
18	Le contrôle génétique du développement des membres 1996 ·Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) ·Yann Hérault, Denis Duboule	1
19	後脳におけるKrox‐20およびHox遺伝子発現の局所的変更は同型配偶子ヌルHoxa‐1(Hox‐1.6)突然変異はいの菱脳の神経小片4および5の欠損を示唆する 1993 ·Proc Natl Acad Sci USA ·Pascal Dollé, Thomas Lufkin, Robb Krumlauf, (unknown), Denis Duboule, Pierre Chambon	59
20	Hox genes and the molecular bases of vertebrate limb pattern formation 1992 ·Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) ·Juan Carlos Izpisúa‐Belmonte, Pascal Dollé, Denis Duboule	3

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