Georges Mer

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Georges Mer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Georges Mer has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Oncology and 10 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Georges Mer's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (29 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (23 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (16 papers). Georges Mer is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (29 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (23 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (16 papers). Georges Mer collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Georges Mer's co-authors include Maria Victoria Botuyan, Junjie Chen, Gaofeng Cui, James R. Thompson, Joseph Lee, Xiaochun Yu, Claudia C.S. Chini, Irene M. Ward, Ja‐Eun Kim and Jean‐François Lefèvre and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Georges Mer

72 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Structural Basis for the Methylation State-Specific Recognition of Histone H4-K20 by 53BP1 and Crb2 in DNA Repair

2006 765 citations Maria Victoria Botuyan, Joseph Lee et al. profile →
The BRCT Domain Is a Phospho-Protein Binding Domain

2003 678 citations Xiaochun Yu, Claudia C.S. Chini et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Georges Mer United States	32	4.4k	1.1k	537	403	396	73	4.8k
Haijuan Yang United States	13	4.5k 1.0×	692 0.6×	674 1.3×	444 1.1×	451 1.1×	20	5.1k
Nicolas H. Thomä Switzerland	40	5.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	614 1.1×	397 1.0×	622 1.6×	74	6.0k
Doug W. Chan United States	28	4.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	375 0.7×	898 2.2×	539 1.4×	39	4.8k
Primo Schär Switzerland	35	4.5k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	579 1.1×	791 2.0×	182 0.5×	70	5.2k
Xiang-Jiao Yang Canada	24	3.8k 0.9×	621 0.6×	710 1.3×	244 0.6×	165 0.4×	32	4.2k
Roy M. Pollock United States	29	5.4k 1.2×	636 0.6×	748 1.4×	368 0.9×	217 0.5×	55	6.4k
Haico van Attikum Netherlands	44	5.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	506 0.9×	482 1.2×	349 0.9×	85	5.6k
William P. Tansey United States	39	5.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	677 1.3×	567 1.4×	699 1.8×	98	6.4k
Christian A. Hassig United States	19	5.2k 1.2×	977 0.9×	919 1.7×	298 0.7×	162 0.4×	40	5.9k
Xingzhi Xu China	40	3.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	351 0.7×	492 1.2×	784 2.0×	137	4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Georges Mer

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Machida, Yuka, Gaofeng Cui, Maria Victoria Botuyan, et al.. (2024). Dimerization-dependent serine protease activity of FAM111A prevents replication fork stalling at topoisomerase 1 cleavage complexes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2064–2064. 6 indexed citations

Hu, Qi, Maria Victoria Botuyan, & Georges Mer. (2024). Identification of a conserved α-helical domain at the N terminus of human DNA methyltransferase 1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(3). 105775–105775. 1 indexed citations

Cui, Gaofeng, Maria Victoria Botuyan, Pascal Drané, et al.. (2023). An autoinhibited state of 53BP1 revealed by small molecule antagonists and protein engineering. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6091–6091. 1 indexed citations

McCauley, Micah J., Michael Morse, Nicole A. Becker, et al.. (2022). Human FACT subunits coordinate to catalyze both disassembly and reassembly of nucleosomes. Cell Reports. 41(13). 111858–111858. 14 indexed citations

Craig, Theodore A., Gaofeng Cui, Maria Victoria Botuyan, et al.. (2021). Cryo-EM reveals conformational flexibility in apo DNA polymerase ζ. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 297(2). 100912–100912. 8 indexed citations

Mulder, Monique P. C., Sibylle Bürger, Marco Gatti, et al.. (2020). Ubiquitin Phosphorylation at Thr12 Modulates the DNA Damage Response. Molecular Cell. 80(3). 423–436.e9. 48 indexed citations

Drané, Pascal, Gaofeng Cui, Khyati Meghani, et al.. (2017). TIRR regulates 53BP1 by masking its histone methyl-lysine binding function. Nature. 543(7644). 211–216. 100 indexed citations

Kanakkanthara, Arun, Karthik B. Jeganathan, Darren J. Baker, et al.. (2016). Cyclin A2 is an RNA binding protein that controls Mre11 mRNA translation. Science. 353(6307). 1549–1552. 59 indexed citations

Tong, Qiong, Gaofeng Cui, Maria Victoria Botuyan, et al.. (2015). Structural Plasticity of Methyllysine Recognition by the Tandem Tudor Domain of 53BP1. Structure. 23(2). 312–321. 28 indexed citations

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Tang, Jiang-bo, Nam Woo Cho, Gaofeng Cui, et al.. (2013). Acetylation limits 53BP1 association with damaged chromatin to promote homologous recombination. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 20(3). 317–325. 399 indexed citations

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Su, Dan, Qi Hu, Qing Li, et al.. (2012). Structural basis for recognition of H3K56-acetylated histone H3–H4 by the chaperone Rtt106. Nature. 483(7387). 104–107. 91 indexed citations

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Cui, Gaofeng, Maria Victoria Botuyan, & Georges Mer. (2012). 1H, 15N and 13C resonance assignments for the three LOTUS RNA binding domains of Tudor domain-containing protein TDRD7. Biomolecular NMR Assignments. 7(1). 79–83. 4 indexed citations

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Cui, Gaofeng, Sungman Park, Aimee I. Badeaux, et al.. (2012). PHF20 is an effector protein of p53 double lysine methylation that stabilizes and activates p53. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 19(9). 916–924. 75 indexed citations

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Benirschke, Robert C., James R. Thompson, Yves Nominé, et al.. (2010). Molecular Basis for the Association of Human E4B U Box Ubiquitin Ligase with E2-Conjugating Enzymes UbcH5c and Ubc4. Structure. 18(8). 955–965. 40 indexed citations

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Chadli, Ahmed, Sara J. Felts, Qin Wang, et al.. (2009). Celastrol Inhibits Hsp90 Chaperoning of Steroid Receptors by Inducing Fibrillization of the Co-chaperone p23. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(6). 4224–4231. 79 indexed citations

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Xu, Chao, Liming Wu, Gaofeng Cui, et al.. (2008). Structure of a Second BRCT Domain Identified in the Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome Protein Nbs1 and its Function in an MDC1-Dependent Localization of Nbs1 to DNA Damage Sites. Journal of Molecular Biology. 381(2). 361–372. 22 indexed citations

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Yu, Xiaochun, et al.. (2003). The BRCT Domain Is a Phospho-Protein Binding Domain. Science. 302(5645). 639–642. 678 indexed citations breakdown →

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Botuyan, Maria Victoria, Georges Mer, Christopher M. Koth, et al.. (2001). Solution structure and dynamics of yeast elongin C in complex with a von hippel-lindau peptide 1 1Edited by M. F. Summers. Journal of Molecular Biology. 312(1). 177–186. 27 indexed citations

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Kellenberger, Esther, Georges Mer, Christine Kellenberger, Gérard Marguerie, & Jean‐François Lefèvre. (1999). Solution structure of a conformationally constrained Arg‐Gly‐Asp‐like motif inserted into the α/β scaffold of leiurotoxin I. European Journal of Biochemistry. 260(3). 810–817. 5 indexed citations

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Kieffer, Bruno, Georges Mer, André Mann, & Jean‐François Lefèvre. (1994). Structural studies of two antiaggregant RGDW peptides by ^lH and ¹³C NMR. International journal of peptide & protein research. 44(1). 70–79. 17 indexed citations

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