Edwin R. Smith

10.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Edwin R. Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Edwin R. Smith has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Edwin R. Smith's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (39 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (25 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (19 papers). Edwin R. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (39 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (25 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (19 papers). Edwin R. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Canada. Edwin R. Smith's co-authors include Ali Shilatifard, Chengqi Lin, John C. Lucchesi, C. David Allis, Sukesh R. Bhaumik, Jung‐Shin Lee, Fei Chen, Laurence Florens, Michael P. Washburn and Xin Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Edwin R. Smith

57 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

Physical Association and Coordinate Function of the H3 K4 Methyltransferase MLL1 and the H4 K16 Acetyltransferase MOF

2005 532 citations Edwin R. Smith et al. Cell profile →
Covalent modifications of histones during development and disease pathogenesis

2007 511 citations Edwin R. Smith, Ali Shilatifard et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Edwin R. Smith United States	43	6.9k	839	557	555	545	57	7.6k
Gary LeRoy United States	37	5.4k 0.8×	569 0.7×	431 0.8×	395 0.7×	378 0.7×	47	5.9k
Ru Cao United States	23	8.2k 1.2×	1.7k 2.0×	523 0.9×	660 1.2×	1.1k 2.0×	28	9.0k
Sharon Dent United States	49	7.3k 1.1×	745 0.9×	877 1.6×	622 1.1×	607 1.1×	100	8.2k
Alla A. Sigova United States	14	5.6k 0.8×	591 0.7×	382 0.7×	1.2k 2.1×	1.4k 2.5×	20	6.4k
Jens Vilstrup Johansen Denmark	31	4.4k 0.6×	690 0.8×	679 1.2×	174 0.3×	672 1.2×	54	5.6k
Roderick J. O’Sullivan United States	28	5.5k 0.8×	665 0.8×	565 1.0×	762 1.4×	422 0.8×	42	6.5k
Terumi Kohwi-shigematsu United States	42	5.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	773 1.4×	516 0.9×	527 1.0×	78	7.1k
Arttu Jolma Sweden	19	5.4k 0.8×	823 1.0×	374 0.7×	524 0.9×	669 1.2×	25	6.3k
Frédéric Chédin United States	41	5.5k 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	424 0.8×	563 1.0×	426 0.8×	58	6.0k
Beverly M. Emerson United States	32	4.6k 0.7×	664 0.8×	915 1.6×	232 0.4×	697 1.3×	44	5.4k

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Cao, Kaixiang, Patrick A. Ozark, Juan Wang, et al.. (2020). DOT1L-controlled cell-fate determination and transcription elongation are independent of H3K79 methylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(44). 27365–27373. 42 indexed citations

Rickels, Ryan, Marta Iwanaszko, Patrick A. Ozark, et al.. (2020). A small UTX stabilization domain of Trr is conserved within mammalian MLL3-4/COMPASS and is sufficient to rescue loss of viability in null animals. Genes & Development. 34(21-22). 1493–1502. 18 indexed citations

Aoi, Yuki, Edwin R. Smith, Avani P. Shah, et al.. (2020). NELF Regulates a Promoter-Proximal Step Distinct from RNA Pol II Pause-Release. Molecular Cell. 78(2). 261–274.e5. 112 indexed citations

Cao, Kaixiang, Clayton K. Collings, Marc A. Morgan, et al.. (2018). An Mll4/COMPASS-Lsd1 epigenetic axis governs enhancer function and pluripotency transition in embryonic stem cells. Science Advances. 4(1). eaap8747–eaap8747. 48 indexed citations

Chen, Fei, Edwin R. Smith, & Ali Shilatifard. (2018). Born to run: control of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 19(7). 464–478. 286 indexed citations

Liang, Kaiwei, Andrew Volk, Jeffrey S. Haug, et al.. (2017). Therapeutic Targeting of MLL Degradation Pathways in MLL-Rearranged Leukemia. Cell. 168(1-2). 59–72.e13. 89 indexed citations

Rickels, Ryan, Hans-Martin Herz, Christie C. Sze, et al.. (2017). Histone H3K4 monomethylation catalyzed by Trr and mammalian COMPASS-like proteins at enhancers is dispensable for development and viability. Nature Genetics. 49(11). 1647–1653. 143 indexed citations

Kumar, Bony De, Mark E. Parrish, Brian D. Slaughter, et al.. (2015). Analysis of dynamic changes in retinoid-induced transcription and epigenetic profiles of murine Hox clusters in ES cells. Genome Research. 25(8). 1229–1243. 49 indexed citations

Luo, Zhuojuan, Xin Gao, Chengqi Lin, et al.. (2015). Zic2 Is an Enhancer-Binding Factor Required for Embryonic Stem Cell Specification. Molecular Cell. 57(4). 685–694. 80 indexed citations

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Smith, Edwin R. & Ali Shilatifard. (2014). Enhancer biology and enhanceropathies. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 21(3). 210–219. 220 indexed citations

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Thornton, Janet L., Gerwin Westfield, Yoh-hei Takahashi, et al.. (2014). Context dependency of Set1/COMPASS-mediated histone H3 Lys4 trimethylation. Genes & Development. 28(2). 115–120. 42 indexed citations

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Hu, Deqing, Edwin R. Smith, Alexander S. Garruss, et al.. (2013). The Little Elongation Complex Functions at Initiation and Elongation Phases of snRNA Gene Transcription. Molecular Cell. 51(4). 493–505. 53 indexed citations

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Smith, Edwin R. & Ali Shilatifard. (2013). Transcriptional elongation checkpoint control in development and disease. Genes & Development. 27(10). 1079–1088. 52 indexed citations

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Hu, Deqing, Alexander S. Garruss, Xin Gao, et al.. (2013). The Mll2 branch of the COMPASS family regulates bivalent promoters in mouse embryonic stem cells. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 20(9). 1093–1097. 142 indexed citations

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Lin, Chengqi, Alexander S. Garrett, Bony De Kumar, et al.. (2011). Dynamic transcriptional events in embryonic stem cells mediated by the super elongation complex (SEC). Genes & Development. 25(14). 1486–1498. 149 indexed citations

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Smith, Edwin R., Chengqi Lin, & Ali Shilatifard. (2011). The super elongation complex (SEC) and MLL in development and disease. Genes & Development. 25(7). 661–672. 256 indexed citations

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Smith, Edwin R. & Ali Shilatifard. (2010). The Chromatin Signaling Pathway: Diverse Mechanisms of Recruitment of Histone-Modifying Enzymes and Varied Biological Outcomes. Molecular Cell. 40(5). 689–701. 181 indexed citations

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Morra, Rosa, Edwin R. Smith, Ruth Yokoyama, & John C. Lucchesi. (2007). The MLE Subunit of the Drosophila MSL Complex Uses Its ATPase Activity for Dosage Compensation and Its Helicase Activity for Targeting. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 28(3). 958–966. 33 indexed citations

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Yokoyama, Ruth, et al.. (2007). A Plasmid Model System Shows that Drosophila Dosage Compensation Depends on the Global Acetylation of Histone H4 at Lysine 16 and Is Not Affected by Depletion of Common Transcription Elongation Chromatin Marks. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 27(22). 7865–7870. 16 indexed citations

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Taylor, Thomas H., et al.. (1994). Linear IgA disease autoantigen is a 120 KD Anchoring filament protein. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 103(3). 442. 3 indexed citations

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