Gary Felsenfeld

38.3k total citations · 12 hit papers
232 papers, 31.6k citations indexed

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Gary Felsenfeld is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary Felsenfeld has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 31.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 206 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Gary Felsenfeld's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (119 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (78 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (71 papers). Gary Felsenfeld is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (119 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (78 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (71 papers). Gary Felsenfeld collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Czechia. Gary Felsenfeld's co-authors include Adam C. Bell, James D. McGhee, Adam G. West, Todd Evans, Miklós Gaszner, Michael J. Behe, Alexander Rich, Mark Groudine, Barbara Sollner-Webb and Marc L. Reitman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Gary Felsenfeld

232 papers receiving 29.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Methylation of a CTCF-dependent boundary controls imprinted expression of the Igf2 gene

2000 1.4k citations Gary Felsenfeld et al. profile →
The Protein CTCF Is Required for the Enhancer Blocking Activity of Vertebrate Insulators

1999 865 citations Adam G. West, Gary Felsenfeld et al. Cell profile →
Controlling the double helix

2003 806 citations Gary Felsenfeld et al. profile →
Nucleosome Structure

1980 791 citations Gary Felsenfeld et al. profile →
Effects of methylation on a synthetic polynucleotide: the B--Z transition in poly(dG-m5dC).poly(dG-m5dC).

1981 761 citations Gary Felsenfeld et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Chromatin as an essential part of the transcriptional mechanim

1992 759 citations Gary Felsenfeld profile →
FORMATION OF A THREE-STRANDED POLYNUCLEOTIDE MOLECULE

1957 757 citations Gary Felsenfeld et al. profile →
A 5′ element of the chicken β-globin domain serves as an insulator in human erythroid cells and protects against position effect in Drosophila

1993 739 citations Gary Felsenfeld et al. Cell profile →
H3.3/H2A.Z double variant–containing nucleosomes mark 'nucleosome-free regions' of active promoters and other regulatory regions

2009 587 citations Gary Felsenfeld et al. profile →
The erythroid-specific transcription factor eryf1: A new finger protein

1989 548 citations Gary Felsenfeld et al. Cell profile →
Chromatin

1978 475 citations Gary Felsenfeld profile →
The Physical and Chemical Properties of Nucleic Acids

1967 348 citations Gary Felsenfeld et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Myc-associated zinc finger protein epigenetically controls expression of interferon-γ-stimulated genes by recruiting STAT1 to chromatin 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tiaojiang Xiao, Xin Li, Gary Felsenfeld	5
2	Sodium valproate rescues expression of TRANK1 in iPSC-derived neural cells that carry a genetic variant associated with serious mental illness 2018 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Xueying Jiang, Sevilla D. Detera‐Wadleigh, Nirmala Akula, Barbara S. Mallon, Liping Hou, Tiaojiang Xiao, Gary Felsenfeld, Xinglong Gu, Francis J. McMahon	25
3	Association of the Long Non-coding RNA Steroid Receptor RNA Activator (SRA) with TrxG and PRC2 Complexes 2015 ·PLoS Genetics ·Patompon Wongtrakoongate, Gregory Riddick, Suthat Fucharoen, Gary Felsenfeld	35
4	A Brief History of Epigenetics 2014 ·Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology ·Gary Felsenfeld	207
5	Chromatin domains, insulators, and the regulation of gene expression 2012 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms ·Rodolfo Ghirlando, Keith E. Giles, Humaira Gowher, Tiaojiang Xiao, Zhixiong Xu, Hongjie Yao, Gary Felsenfeld	80
6	Chromatin boundaries require functional collaboration between the hSET1 and NURF complexes 2011 ·Blood ·Li X, Shaohua Wang, Ying Li, Changwang Deng, Laurie A. Steiner, Hua Xiao, Carl Wu, Jörg Bungert, Patrick G. Gallagher, Gary Felsenfeld, Yi Qiu, Suming Huang	30
7	High Resolution Analysis of the Chromatin Landscape of the IgE Switch Region in Human B Cells 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), (unknown), Philip Hobson, Alison M. Cooper, Hannah J. Gould, Martin Gellert, Gary Felsenfeld, David J. Fear	9
8	Vezf1 regulates genomic DNA methylation through its effects on expression of DNA methyltransferase Dnmt3b 2008 ·Genes & Development ·Humaira Gowher, Heidi Stuhlmann, Gary Felsenfeld	39
9	USF1 Recruits Histone Modification Complexes and Is Critical for Maintenance of a Chromatin Barrier 2007 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Suming Huang, Li X, Timur Yusufzai, Yi Qiu, Gary Felsenfeld	104
10	Critical DNA Binding Interactions of the Insulator Protein CTCF 2007 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Mario Renda, Ilaria Baglivo, Bonnie Burgess-Beusse, Sabrina Esposito, Roberto Fattorusso, Gary Felsenfeld, Paolo V. Pedone	123
11	Physical Properties of a Genomic Condensed Chromatin Fragment 2004 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Rodolfo Ghirlando, Michael D. Litt, Marie‐Noëlle Prioleau, Félix Recillas‐Targa, Gary Felsenfeld	30
12	Variegated Expression from the Murine Band 3 (AE1) Promoter in Transgenic Mice Is Associated with mRNA Transcript Initiation at Upstream Start Sites and Can Be Suppressed by the Addition of the Chicken β-Globin 5′ HS4 Insulator Element 2003 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Stacie M. Anderson, Amanda P. Cline, Lisa Garrett, Gary Felsenfeld, Patrick G. Gallagher, David M. Bodine	20
13	Human β-Globin Locus Control Region HS5Contains CTCF- and Developmental Stage-Dependent Enhancer-BlockingActivity in ErythroidCells 2003 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Keiji Tanimoto, (unknown), (unknown), Gary Felsenfeld, James Douglas Engel, Akiyoshi Fukamizu	47
14	Conserved CTCF Insulator Elements Flank the Mouse and Human β-Globin Loci 2002 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Catherine M. Farrell, Adam G. West, Gary Felsenfeld	147
15	An insulator element and condensed chromatin region separate the chicken β-globin locus from an independently regulated erythroid-specific folate receptor gene 1999 ·The EMBO Journal ·Marie‐Noëlle Prioleau, Pascale Nony, Melanie A. Simpson, Gary Felsenfeld	132
16	A Palindromic Regulatory Site within Vertebrate GATA-1 Promoters Requires Both Zinc Fingers of the GATA-1 DNA-Binding Domain for High-Affinity Interaction 1996 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Cecelia D. Trainor, James G. Omichinski, Thomas L. Vandergon, Angela M. Gronenborn, G. Marius Clore, Gary Felsenfeld	193
17	Chromatin Unfolds 1996 ·Cell ·Gary Felsenfeld	236
18	Identification and Characterization of a Chicken α-Globin Enhancer 1989 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Joseph A. Knezetic, Gary Felsenfeld	21
19	Organization of proteins in chromatin. 1976 ·PubMed ·Gary Felsenfeld, Barbara Sollner-Webb, (unknown), William B. Melchior	1
20	The structure of the chlorocuprate anion 1956 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·Gary Felsenfeld	27

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