Gregory E. Crawford

54.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
120 papers, 16.2k citations indexed

About

Gregory E. Crawford is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregory E. Crawford has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 16.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Genetics and 18 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Gregory E. Crawford's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (65 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (25 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (24 papers). Gregory E. Crawford is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (65 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (25 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (24 papers). Gregory E. Crawford collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Gregory E. Crawford's co-authors include Lingyun Song, Timothy E. Reddy, Charles A. Gersbach, Pratiksha I. Thakore, Terrence S. Furey, Christopher M. Vockley, Zhiping Weng, Anthony D’Ippolito, Alexias Safi and Alan P. Boyle and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Gregory E. Crawford

115 papers receiving 16.0k citations

Hit Papers

Distinct and predictive chromatin signatures of transcrip... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2015 2008 2013 2015 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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  1. Distinct and predictive chromatin signatures of transcriptional promoters and enhancers in the human genome
    2007 2.5k citations Gregory E. Crawford et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  2. Epigenome editing by a CRISPR-Cas9-based acetyltransferase activates genes from promoters and enhancers
    2015 1.3k citations Isaac B. Hilton, Anthony D’Ippolito et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
  3. High-Resolution Mapping and Characterization of Open Chromatin across the Genome
    2008 1.0k citations Alan P. Boyle, Terrence S. Furey et al. profile →
  4. RNA-guided gene activation by CRISPR-Cas9–based transcription factors
    2013 1.0k citations Christopher M. Vockley, Ami M. Kabadi et al. Nature Methods profile →
  5. Highly specific epigenome editing by CRISPR-Cas9 repressors for silencing of distal regulatory elements
    2015 690 citations Pratiksha I. Thakore, Anthony D’Ippolito et al. Nature Methods profile →
  6. Dynamic DNA methylation across diverse human cell lines and tissues
    2013 512 citations Timothy E. Reddy, Gregory E. Crawford et al. Genome Research profile →
  7. DNase I sensitivity QTLs are a major determinant of human expression variation
    2012 429 citations Jacob F. Degner, Athma A. Pai et al. Nature profile →
  8. Transcriptome-wide association study of schizophrenia and chromatin activity yields mechanistic disease insights
    2018 293 citations Alexander Gusev, Nicholas Mancuso et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gregory E. Crawford United States 56 13.8k 3.4k 1.5k 1.5k 1.2k 120 16.2k
Dirk Schübeler Switzerland 70 17.8k 1.3× 4.3k 1.3× 1.8k 1.2× 1.6k 1.1× 902 0.7× 113 19.9k
Simon Andrews United Kingdom 54 12.4k 0.9× 3.2k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 109 15.1k
Boris Lenhard United Kingdom 52 10.4k 0.8× 2.2k 0.6× 1.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 969 0.8× 132 12.7k
David S. Johnson United States 26 13.9k 1.0× 2.4k 0.7× 1.9k 1.2× 2.4k 1.6× 1.5k 1.2× 48 17.0k
Joanna Wysocka United States 51 16.6k 1.2× 2.4k 0.7× 2.7k 1.8× 2.0k 1.4× 1.4k 1.1× 112 19.5k
Terry Magnuson United States 70 12.5k 0.9× 4.2k 1.2× 1.7k 1.1× 717 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 198 18.0k
Paul A. Wade United States 61 11.8k 0.9× 3.0k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 954 0.8× 135 14.2k
Dustin E. Schones United States 34 12.3k 0.9× 1.9k 0.5× 1.9k 1.2× 1.2k 0.8× 2.3k 1.9× 62 15.1k
Krishna M. Roskin United States 22 7.4k 0.5× 2.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 48 10.5k
Sumio Sugano Japan 57 8.2k 0.6× 2.1k 0.6× 1.7k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 296 12.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Capauto, Davide, Yifan Wang, Feinan Wu, et al.. (2024). Characterization of enhancer activity in early human neurodevelopment using Massively Parallel Reporter Assay (MPRA) and forebrain organoids. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 3936–3936. 10 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiao, Ivy Aneas, Noboru J. Sakabe, et al.. (2023). Single cell profiling at the maternal–fetal interface reveals a deficiency of PD-L1+ non-immune cells in human spontaneous preterm labor. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 7903–7903. 6 indexed citations
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Balowski, Joseph, Jianhong Ou, Lingyun Song, et al.. (2022). Identification of enhancer regulatory elements that direct epicardial gene expression during zebrafish heart regeneration. Development. 149(4). 20 indexed citations
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Edsall, Lee, Alejandro Berrío, William H. Majoros, et al.. (2019). Evaluating Chromatin Accessibility Differences Across Multiple Primate Species Using a Joint Modeling Approach. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11(10). 3035–3053. 9 indexed citations
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Swain-Lenz, Devjanee, Alejandro Berrío, Alexias Safi, Gregory E. Crawford, & Gregory A. Wray. (2019). Comparative Analyses of Chromatin Landscape in White Adipose Tissue Suggest Humans May Have Less Beigeing Potential than Other Primates. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11(7). 1997–2008. 17 indexed citations
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Gusev, Alexander, Nicholas Mancuso, Hyejung Won, et al.. (2018). Transcriptome-wide association study of schizophrenia and chromatin activity yields mechanistic disease insights. Nature Genetics. 50(4). 538–548. 293 indexed citations breakdown →
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D’Ippolito, Anthony, Ian C. McDowell, Alejandro Barrera, et al.. (2018). Pre-established Chromatin Interactions Mediate the Genomic Response to Glucocorticoids. Cell Systems. 7(2). 146–160.e7. 61 indexed citations
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Montefiori, Lindsey E., Zijie Zhang, Yoav Gilad, et al.. (2017). Reducing mitochondrial reads in ATAC-seq using CRISPR/Cas9. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2451–2451. 33 indexed citations
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Klann, Tyler S., Joshua B. Black, Malathi Chellappan, et al.. (2017). CRISPR–Cas9 epigenome editing enables high-throughput screening for functional regulatory elements in the human genome. Nature Biotechnology. 35(6). 561–568. 285 indexed citations
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Thakore, Pratiksha I., Anthony D’Ippolito, Lingyun Song, et al.. (2015). Highly specific epigenome editing by CRISPR-Cas9 repressors for silencing of distal regulatory elements. Nature Methods. 12(12). 1143–1149. 690 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hilton, Isaac B., Anthony D’Ippolito, Christopher M. Vockley, et al.. (2015). Epigenome editing by a CRISPR-Cas9-based acetyltransferase activates genes from promoters and enhancers. Nature Biotechnology. 33(5). 510–517. 1343 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hsiung, Chris C.‐S., Christapher S. Morrissey, Maheshi Udugama, et al.. (2014). Genome accessibility is widely preserved and locally modulated during mitosis. Genome Research. 25(2). 213–225. 94 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bing, Daniel S. Day, Joshua W. K. Ho, et al.. (2013). A dynamic H3K27ac signature identifies VEGFA-stimulated endothelial enhancers and requires EP300 activity. Genome Research. 23(6). 917–927. 69 indexed citations
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Degner, Jacob F., Athma A. Pai, Roger Piqué-Regi, et al.. (2012). DNase I sensitivity QTLs are a major determinant of human expression variation. Nature. 482(7385). 390–394. 429 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Wenli, Yufeng Wu, James C. Schnable, et al.. (2011). High-resolution mapping of open chromatin in the rice genome. Genome Research. 22(1). 151–162. 189 indexed citations
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Bischof, Jared M., Christopher J. Ott, Shih‐Hsing Leir, et al.. (2011). A genome-wide analysis of open chromatin in human tracheal epithelial cells reveals novel candidate regulatory elements for lung function. Thorax. 67(5). 385–391. 23 indexed citations
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Lee, Bum-Kyu, Lingyun Song, Zheng Liu, et al.. (2010). Heritable Individual-Specific and Allele-Specific Chromatin Signatures in Humans. Science. 328(5975). 235–239. 233 indexed citations
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Eguchi, Jun, Dustin E. Schones, Michael Kamal, et al.. (2008). Interferon Regulatory Factors Are Transcriptional Regulators of Adipogenesis. Cell Metabolism. 7(1). 86–94. 120 indexed citations
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Nagel, Stefan, Michaela Scherr, Alexander Kel, et al.. (2007). Activation of TLX3 and NKX2-5 in t(5;14)(q35;q32) T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Remote 3′- BCL11B Enhancers and Coregulation by PU.1 and HMGA1. Cancer Research. 67(4). 1461–1471. 44 indexed citations

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