Gary Felsenfeld

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

About

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

Methylation of a CTCF-dependent... 1957 2026 1980 2003 2000 1999 2003 1980 1981 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Methylation of a CTCF-dependent boundary controls imprinted expression of the Igf2 gene
    2000 1.4k citations Gary Felsenfeld et al. profile →
  2. 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 →
  3. Controlling the double helix
    2003 806 citations Gary Felsenfeld et al. profile →
  4. Nucleosome Structure
    1980 791 citations Gary Felsenfeld et al. profile →
  5. 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 →
  6. Chromatin as an essential part of the transcriptional mechanim
    1992 759 citations Gary Felsenfeld profile →
  7. FORMATION OF A THREE-STRANDED POLYNUCLEOTIDE MOLECULE
    1957 757 citations Gary Felsenfeld et al. profile →
  8. 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 →
  9. 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 →
  10. The erythroid-specific transcription factor eryf1: A new finger protein
    1989 548 citations Gary Felsenfeld et al. Cell profile →
  11. Chromatin
    1978 475 citations Gary Felsenfeld profile →
  12. The Physical and Chemical Properties of Nucleic Acids
    1967 348 citations Gary Felsenfeld et al. profile →

Peers

Gary Felsenfeld
Arthur D. Riggs United States
David C. Ward United States
Alan P. Wolffe United States
Ronald A. Laskey United Kingdom
David R. Liu United States
Günter Blobel United States
Patrick H. O’Farrell United States
Roger D. Kornberg United States
Xiaodong Cheng United States
James T. Kadonaga United States
Arthur D. Riggs United States
Gary Felsenfeld
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xiao, Tiaojiang, Xin Li, & Gary Felsenfeld. (2024). The Myc-associated zinc finger protein epigenetically controls expression of interferon-γ-stimulated genes by recruiting STAT1 to chromatin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(17). e2320938121–e2320938121. 5 indexed citations
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Jiang, Xueying, Sevilla D. Detera‐Wadleigh, Nirmala Akula, et al.. (2018). Sodium valproate rescues expression of TRANK1 in iPSC-derived neural cells that carry a genetic variant associated with serious mental illness. Molecular Psychiatry. 24(4). 613–624. 25 indexed citations
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Wongtrakoongate, Patompon, Gregory Riddick, Suthat Fucharoen, & Gary Felsenfeld. (2015). Association of the Long Non-coding RNA Steroid Receptor RNA Activator (SRA) with TrxG and PRC2 Complexes. PLoS Genetics. 11(10). e1005615–e1005615. 35 indexed citations
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Felsenfeld, Gary. (2014). A Brief History of Epigenetics. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 6(1). a018200–a018200. 207 indexed citations
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Ghirlando, Rodolfo, Keith E. Giles, Humaira Gowher, et al.. (2012). Chromatin domains, insulators, and the regulation of gene expression. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1819(7). 644–651. 80 indexed citations
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X, Li, Shaohua Wang, Ying Li, et al.. (2011). Chromatin boundaries require functional collaboration between the hSET1 and NURF complexes. Blood. 118(5). 1386–1394. 30 indexed citations
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Hobson, Philip, Alison M. Cooper, Hannah J. Gould, et al.. (2011). High Resolution Analysis of the Chromatin Landscape of the IgE Switch Region in Human B Cells. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24571–e24571. 9 indexed citations
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Gowher, Humaira, Heidi Stuhlmann, & Gary Felsenfeld. (2008). Vezf1 regulates genomic DNA methylation through its effects on expression of DNA methyltransferase Dnmt3b. Genes & Development. 22(15). 2075–2084. 39 indexed citations
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Huang, Suming, Li X, Timur Yusufzai, Yi Qiu, & Gary Felsenfeld. (2007). USF1 Recruits Histone Modification Complexes and Is Critical for Maintenance of a Chromatin Barrier. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 27(22). 7991–8002. 104 indexed citations
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Renda, Mario, Ilaria Baglivo, Bonnie Burgess-Beusse, et al.. (2007). Critical DNA Binding Interactions of the Insulator Protein CTCF. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(46). 33336–33345. 123 indexed citations
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Ghirlando, Rodolfo, Michael D. Litt, Marie‐Noëlle Prioleau, Félix Recillas‐Targa, & Gary Felsenfeld. (2004). Physical Properties of a Genomic Condensed Chromatin Fragment. Journal of Molecular Biology. 336(3). 597–605. 30 indexed citations
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Tanimoto, Keiji, et al.. (2003). Human β-Globin Locus Control Region HS5Contains CTCF- and Developmental Stage-Dependent Enhancer-BlockingActivity in ErythroidCells. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 23(24). 8946–8952. 47 indexed citations
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Farrell, Catherine M., Adam G. West, & Gary Felsenfeld. (2002). Conserved CTCF Insulator Elements Flank the Mouse and Human β-Globin Loci. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22(11). 3820–3831. 147 indexed citations
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Prioleau, Marie‐Noëlle, Pascale Nony, Melanie A. Simpson, & Gary Felsenfeld. (1999). An insulator element and condensed chromatin region separate the chicken β-globin locus from an independently regulated erythroid-specific folate receptor gene. The EMBO Journal. 18(14). 4035–4048. 132 indexed citations
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Trainor, Cecelia D., James G. Omichinski, Thomas L. Vandergon, et al.. (1996). A Palindromic Regulatory Site within Vertebrate GATA-1 Promoters Requires Both Zinc Fingers of the GATA-1 DNA-Binding Domain for High-Affinity Interaction. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16(5). 2238–2247. 193 indexed citations
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Felsenfeld, Gary. (1996). Chromatin Unfolds. Cell. 86(1). 13–19. 236 indexed citations
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Knezetic, Joseph A. & Gary Felsenfeld. (1989). Identification and Characterization of a Chicken α-Globin Enhancer. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 9(3). 893–901. 21 indexed citations
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Felsenfeld, Gary, et al.. (1976). Organization of proteins in chromatin.. PubMed. 3–13. 1 indexed citations
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Felsenfeld, Gary. (1956). The structure of the chlorocuprate anion. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 236(1207). 506–514. 27 indexed citations

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