Dylan J. Taatjes

15.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
82 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Dylan J. Taatjes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Dylan J. Taatjes has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Oncology and 7 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Dylan J. Taatjes's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (39 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (37 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (19 papers). Dylan J. Taatjes is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (39 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (37 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (19 papers). Dylan J. Taatjes collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Dylan J. Taatjes's co-authors include Christopher C. Ebmeier, Benjamin L. Allen, Richard A. Young, Robert Tjian, Jenna K. Rimel, Eva Nogales, Tad H. Koch, Krista Meyer, Zachary C. Poss and Stuart S. Levine and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Dylan J. Taatjes

79 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Mediator and cohesin connect gene expression and chromatin architecture

2010 1.4k citations Michael H. Kagey, Jamie J. Newman et al. Nature profile →
Transcription Factors Activate Genes through the Phase-Separation Capacity of Their Activation Domains

2018 1.2k citations Jenna K. Rimel, Dylan J. Taatjes et al. Cell profile →
Activating RNAs associate with Mediator to enhance chromatin architecture and transcription

2013 665 citations Dylan J. Taatjes et al. Nature profile →
The Mediator complex: a central integrator of transcription

2015 620 citations Benjamin L. Allen, Dylan J. Taatjes Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
Pol II phosphorylation regulates a switch between transcriptional and splicing condensates

2019 455 citations Jenna K. Rimel, Dylan J. Taatjes et al. Nature profile →
The Mediator complex as a master regulator of transcription by RNA polymerase II

2022 165 citations William F. Richter, Shraddha Nayak et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Real-time visualization of reconstituted transcription reveals RNAPII activation mechanisms at single promoters 2025 ·Cell Reports ·(unknown), Dylan J. Taatjes	1
2	Regulation of RNA polymerase II transcription through re-initiation and bursting 2025 ·Molecular Cell ·(unknown), Dylan J. Taatjes	3
3	TF Profiler: a transcription factor inference method that broadly measures transcription factor activity and identifies mechanistically distinct networks 2025 ·Genome biology ·Taylor Jones, (unknown), Lynn Sanford, Dylan J. Taatjes, Mary Allen, Robin D. Dowell	1
4	Interaction between MED12 and ΔNp63 activates basal identity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma 2024 ·Nature Genetics ·Diogo Maia-Silva, (unknown), (unknown), Damianos Skopelitis, (unknown), (unknown), Yuan Gao, (unknown), Xue‐Yan He, (unknown), Ledong Wan, Aktan Alpsoy, (unknown), Adrian R. Krainer, Mikala Egeblad, David L. Spector, Douglas T. Fearon, Camila O. dos Santos, Dylan J. Taatjes, Christopher R. Vakoc	6
5	Mediator kinase inhibition impedes transcriptional plasticity and prevents resistance to ERK/MAPK-targeted therapy in KRAS-mutant cancers 2024 ·npj Precision Oncology ·(unknown), Colin A. Martz, Andrew M. Waters, Alejandro Barrera, Annie Liu, Justine C. Rutter, (unknown), (unknown), Chao Wu, Merve Çakır, Cecilia B. Levandowski, (unknown), Shannon J. McCall, Mariaelena Pierobon, Emanuel F. Petricoin, J. Joshua Smith, Timothy E. Reddy, Channing J. Der, Dylan J. Taatjes, Kris C. Wood	3
6	SnapShot: Mediator complex structure 2022 ·Cell ·Shraddha Nayak, Dylan J. Taatjes	0
7	The Mediator complex as a master regulator of transcription by RNA polymerase II breakdown → 2022 ·Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology ·William F. Richter, Shraddha Nayak, Janet Iwasa, Dylan J. Taatjes	165
8	Systematic mutagenesis of TFIIH subunit p52/Tfb2 identifies residues required for XPB/Ssl2 subunit function and genetic interactions with TFB6 2022 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Jenna K. Rimel, Shrabani Basu, (unknown), Jie Luo, Krysta L. Engel, (unknown), (unknown), Christopher C. Ebmeier, Craig D. Kaplan, Dylan J. Taatjes, Jeffrey A. Ranish	1
9	The Role of XPB/Ssl2 dsDNA Translocase Processivity in Transcription Start-site Scanning 2021 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Eric J. Tomko, (unknown), Jenna K. Rimel, Chi-Lin Tsai, Jill O. Fuss, James Fishburn, Steven Hahn, Susan E. Tsutakawa, Dylan J. Taatjes, Eric A. Galburt	6
10	TFIID Enables RNA Polymerase II Promoter-Proximal Pausing 2020 ·Molecular Cell ·(unknown), Cecilia B. Levandowski, Kapil Gupta, (unknown), (unknown), Jonathan D. Rubin, (unknown), Meagan N. Esbin, Jenna K. Rimel, (unknown), Michael T. Marr, Imre Berger, Robin D. Dowell, Dylan J. Taatjes	54
11	The nuclear interactome of DYRK1A reveals a functional role in DNA damage repair 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Steven Guard, Zachary C. Poss, Christopher C. Ebmeier, (unknown), Helen Simpson, Dylan J. Taatjes, William M. Old	40
12	Human TFIIH Kinase CDK7 Regulates Transcription-Associated Chromatin Modifications 2017 ·Cell Reports ·Christopher C. Ebmeier, Benjamin Erickson, Benjamin L. Allen, Mary A. Allen, Hyunmin Kim, Nova Fong, Jeremy Jacobsen, Kaiwei Liang, Ali Shilatifard, Robin D. Dowell, William M. Old, David L. Bentley, Dylan J. Taatjes	106
13	Backtracked and paused transcription initiation intermediate of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Eitan Lerner, Sangyoon Chung, Benjamin L. Allen, Shuang Wang, Jookyung Lee, W. Lu, (unknown), Antonino Ingargiola, Xavier Michalet, Yazan Alhadid, Sergei Borukhov, Terence R. Strick, Dylan J. Taatjes, Shimon Weiss	59
14	Architecture of the Human and Yeast General Transcription and DNA Repair Factor TFIIH 2015 ·Molecular Cell ·Jie Luo, Peter Cimermančič, Shruthi Viswanath, Christopher C. Ebmeier, Bong Keun Kim, (unknown), (unknown), Charles H. Greenberg, Riccardo Pellarin, Andrej Săli, Dylan J. Taatjes, Steven Hahn, Jeffrey A. Ranish	74
15	The Mediator complex: a central integrator of transcription breakdown → 2015 ·Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology ·Benjamin L. Allen, Dylan J. Taatjes	620
16	TRIM28 regulates RNA polymerase II promoter-proximal pausing and pause release 2014 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Heeyoun Bunch, Xiaofeng Zheng, Adam Burkholder, Simon T. Dillon, (unknown), Gabriel Birrane, Christopher C. Ebmeier, Stuart S. Levine, David C. Fargo, Guang Hu, Dylan J. Taatjes, Stuart K. Calderwood	109
17	The Mediator complex and transcription regulation 2013 ·Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ·Zachary C. Poss, Christopher C. Ebmeier, Dylan J. Taatjes	259
18	Activator-Mediator binding regulates Mediator-cofactor interactions 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Christopher C. Ebmeier, Dylan J. Taatjes	89
19	Mediator and cohesin connect gene expression and chromatin architecture breakdown → 2010 ·Nature ·Michael H. Kagey, Jamie J. Newman, Steve Bilodeau, Ye Zhan, David A. Orlando, Nynke L. van Berkum, Christopher C. Ebmeier, (unknown), Peter B. Rahl, Stuart S. Levine, Dylan J. Taatjes, Job Dekker, Richard A. Young	1430
20	Crystal structure of epidoxorubicin–formaldehyde virtual crosslink of DNA and evidence for its formation in human breast-cancer cells 1999 ·Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography ·Elaine R. Podell, Daniel J. Harrington, Dylan J. Taatjes, Tad H. Koch	16

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