Heather Coker

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Heather Coker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Coker has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Immunology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Heather Coker's work include RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers). Heather Coker is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers). Heather Coker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Heather Coker's co-authors include Hannah J. Gould, Neil Brockdorff, Svend K. Petersen‐Mahrt, Lyn Smurthwaite, David J. Fear, Hugh D. Morgan, Wendy Dean, Wolf Reik, Brian J. Sutton and Stephen R. Durham and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Heather Coker

20 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

The Biology of IgE and the Basis of Allergic Disease

2003 512 citations Hannah J. Gould, Brian J. Sutton et al. Annual Review of Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Coker United Kingdom	16	1.2k	532	449	438	376	21	2.2k
Angelika Daser Germany	24	743 0.6×	417 0.8×	296 0.7×	179 0.4×	200 0.5×	39	1.6k
Fujiko Kitamura Japan	25	770 0.6×	1.0k 2.0×	177 0.4×	258 0.6×	136 0.4×	49	2.1k
Andrew J. McKnight United Kingdom	20	765 0.6×	1.1k 2.1×	133 0.3×	234 0.5×	145 0.4×	25	2.0k
Gaël Ménasché France	24	900 0.7×	1.7k 3.2×	373 0.8×	229 0.5×	177 0.5×	37	3.2k
Mauro Biffi Italy	15	694 0.6×	1.1k 2.1×	225 0.5×	94 0.2×	283 0.8×	27	2.1k
Viktor Wixler Germany	26	1.2k 1.0×	612 1.2×	72 0.2×	180 0.4×	174 0.5×	55	2.0k
Dimitris Skokos United States	18	700 0.6×	1.5k 2.8×	137 0.3×	136 0.3×	59 0.2×	28	2.2k
Patricia Barral United Kingdom	19	813 0.7×	1.2k 2.3×	119 0.3×	213 0.5×	82 0.2×	37	2.1k
Susan Ross United Kingdom	23	1.1k 0.9×	793 1.5×	64 0.1×	130 0.3×	129 0.3×	50	1.8k
Louise M. C. Webb United Kingdom	21	467 0.4×	1.1k 2.0×	83 0.2×	283 0.6×	143 0.4×	28	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Coker

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wei, Guifeng, et al.. (2025). m6A and the NEXT complex direct Xist RNA turnover and X-inactivation dynamics. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(11). 2242–2251. 1 indexed citations

Bowness, Joseph S., Tatyana B. Nesterova, Guifeng Wei, et al.. (2022). Xist-mediated silencing requires additive functions of SPEN and Polycomb together with differentiation-dependent recruitment of SmcHD1. Cell Reports. 39(7). 110830–110830. 19 indexed citations

Wei, Guifeng, Mafalda Almeida, Greta Pintacuda, et al.. (2021). Acute depletion of METTL3 implicates N ⁶ -methyladenosine in alternative intron/exon inclusion in the nascent transcriptome. Genome Research. 31(8). 1395–1408. 47 indexed citations

Coker, Heather, Roel Oldenkamp, Guifeng Wei, et al.. (2021). Time-resolved structured illumination microscopy reveals key principles of Xist RNA spreading. Science. 372(6547). 51 indexed citations

Nesterova, Tatyana B., Guifeng Wei, Heather Coker, et al.. (2019). Systematic allelic analysis defines the interplay of key pathways in X chromosome inactivation. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3129–3129. 100 indexed citations

Coker, Heather, Guifeng Wei, & Neil Brockdorff. (2018). m6A modification of non-coding RNA and the control of mammalian gene expression. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1862(3). 310–318. 124 indexed citations

Stewart, Emma, Tatyana B. Nesterova, Heather Coker, et al.. (2017). The nuclear matrix protein CIZ1 facilitates localization of Xist RNA to the inactive X-chromosome territory. Genes & Development. 31(9). 876–888. 90 indexed citations

Moindrot, Benoît, Andrea Cerase, Heather Coker, et al.. (2015). A Pooled shRNA Screen Identifies Rbm15, Spen, and Wtap as Factors Required for Xist RNA-Mediated Silencing. Cell Reports. 12(4). 562–572. 206 indexed citations

Brideau, Nicholas J., Heather Coker, Anne-Valérie Gendrel, et al.. (2015). Independent Mechanisms Target SMCHD1 to Trimethylated Histone H3 Lysine 9-Modified Chromatin and the Inactive X Chromosome. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 35(23). 4053–4068. 51 indexed citations

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Franchini, Don‐Marc, et al.. (2013). Simultaneous In Vitro Characterisation of DNA Deaminase Function and Associated DNA Repair Pathways. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e82097–e82097. 1 indexed citations

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Gendrel, Anne-Valérie, Anwyn Apedaile, Heather Coker, et al.. (2012). Smchd1-Dependent and -Independent Pathways Determine Developmental Dynamics of CpG Island Methylation on the Inactive X Chromosome. Developmental Cell. 23(2). 265–279. 148 indexed citations

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Petersen‐Mahrt, Svend K., Heather Coker, & Siim Pauklin. (2009). DNA deaminases: AIDing hormones in immunity and cancer. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 87(9). 893–897. 13 indexed citations

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Coker, Heather & Svend K. Petersen‐Mahrt. (2007). AID's distributive mode of action: A definition. DNA repair. 6(6). 693–694. 1 indexed citations

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Coker, Heather, Hugh D. Morgan, & Svend K. Petersen‐Mahrt. (2006). Genetic and In Vitro Assays of DNA Deamination. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 408. 156–170. 15 indexed citations

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Coker, Heather & Svend K. Petersen‐Mahrt. (2006). The nuclear DNA deaminase AID functions distributively whereas cytoplasmic APOBEC3G has a processive mode of action. DNA repair. 6(2). 235–243. 24 indexed citations

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Takhar, Pooja, Lyn Smurthwaite, Heather Coker, et al.. (2005). Allergen Drives Class Switching to IgE in the Nasal Mucosa in Allergic Rhinitis. The Journal of Immunology. 174(8). 5024–5032. 173 indexed citations

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Coker, Heather, G. Banfield, V. A. Carr, et al.. (2005). Biased use of VH5 IgE-positive B cells in the nasal mucosa in allergic rhinitis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 116(2). 445–452. 44 indexed citations

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Morgan, Hugh D., Wendy Dean, Heather Coker, Wolf Reik, & Svend K. Petersen‐Mahrt. (2004). Activation-induced Cytidine Deaminase Deaminates 5-Methylcytosine in DNA and Is Expressed in Pluripotent Tissues. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(50). 52353–52360. 393 indexed citations

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Coker, Heather, Stephen R. Durham, & Hannah J. Gould. (2003). Local Somatic Hypermutation and Class Switch Recombination in the Nasal Mucosa of Allergic Rhinitis Patients. The Journal of Immunology. 171(10). 5602–5610. 125 indexed citations

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Gould, Hannah J., Brian J. Sutton, Andrew J. Beavil, et al.. (2003). The Biology of IgE and the Basis of Allergic Disease. Annual Review of Immunology. 21(1). 579–628. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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