Jiamu Du

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Jiamu Du is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Jiamu Du has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Plant Science and 7 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Jiamu Du's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (36 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (15 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (15 papers). Jiamu Du is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (36 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (15 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (15 papers). Jiamu Du collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Jiamu Du's co-authors include Dinshaw J. Patel, Steven E. Jacobsen, Lianna M. Johnson, Suhua Feng, Xuehua Zhong, Hume Stroud, Christopher J. Hale, J. Truman, Sisi Li and Jianping Ding and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jiamu Du

67 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

DNA methylation pathways and their crosstalk with histone methylation

2015 683 citations Jiamu Du, Steven E. Jacobsen et al. profile →
Non-CG methylation patterns shape the epigenetic landscape in Arabidopsis

2013 629 citations Jiamu Du, Xuehua Zhong et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jiamu Du China	32	3.4k	3.3k	308	201	153	69	5.1k
Andrea Barta Austria	42	2.6k 0.8×	5.4k 1.6×	516 1.7×	186 0.9×	110 0.7×	84	6.5k
Hua Lu United States	34	2.2k 0.6×	2.6k 0.8×	272 0.9×	129 0.6×	39 0.3×	59	4.3k
José Antonio Márquez France	27	1.6k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	185 0.6×	142 0.7×	66 0.4×	57	3.2k
Mary B. Moyer United States	25	1.6k 0.5×	2.0k 0.6×	429 1.4×	205 1.0×	75 0.5×	37	3.5k
Masayuki Fujiwara Japan	33	2.6k 0.8×	2.1k 0.6×	134 0.4×	109 0.5×	121 0.8×	122	4.0k
Michael Hothorn Germany	38	3.4k 1.0×	3.5k 1.1×	143 0.5×	214 1.1×	28 0.2×	63	5.6k
Pascal Falter‐Braun Germany	25	937 0.3×	2.4k 0.7×	197 0.6×	158 0.8×	200 1.3×	44	3.6k
Hong Zhao China	28	1.0k 0.3×	1.5k 0.5×	466 1.5×	266 1.3×	41 0.3×	89	3.0k
Sho Tabata Japan	33	910 0.3×	1.7k 0.5×	294 1.0×	234 1.2×	25 0.2×	80	3.0k
David Gidoni Israel	23	1.1k 0.3×	1.7k 0.5×	273 0.9×	93 0.5×	79 0.5×	38	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Jiamu Du

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jiamu Du

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Liu, Yue, Jun Zhao, Yan Xue, et al.. (2025). Structural insights into plant DNA CG methylation maintenance by MET1. The Plant Cell. 37(11).

Lin, Lianyun, Wenlan Wang, Heng Jiang, et al.. (2024). Cryo-EM structures of ryanodine receptors and diamide insecticides reveal the mechanisms of selectivity and resistance. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9056–9056. 10 indexed citations

Du, Xuan, Hongmiao Hu, Sisi Li, et al.. (2023). Structure and mechanism of the plant RNA polymerase V. Science. 379(6638). 1209–1213. 17 indexed citations

Du, Xuan, Zhenlin Yang, Laixing Zhang, et al.. (2023). Molecular basis of the plant ROS1-mediated active DNA demethylation. Nature Plants. 9(2). 271–279. 24 indexed citations

Yang, Yu, Gang Yu, Peng Li, et al.. (2022). Dysfunction of histone demethylase IBM1 in Arabidopsis causes autoimmunity and reshapes the root microbiome. The ISME Journal. 16(11). 2513–2524. 17 indexed citations

Zhao, Fengli, Danling Zhu, Xi Chen, et al.. (2022). Progressive chromatin silencing of ABA biosynthesis genes permits seed germination in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 34(8). 2871–2891. 25 indexed citations

Nie, Wen‐Feng, Yue Xi, Peng Li, et al.. (2022). The H3K9me2‐binding protein AGDP3 limits DNA methylation and transcriptional gene silencing in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 64(12). 2385–2395. 5 indexed citations

Leichter, Sarah M., Jiamu Du, & Xuehua Zhong. (2022). Structure and Mechanism of Plant DNA Methyltransferases. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1389. 137–157. 17 indexed citations

Niu, Qingfeng, Kai Tang, Zhongxin Guo, et al.. (2021). A histone H3K4me1-specific binding protein is required for siRNA accumulation and DNA methylation at a subset of loci targeted by RNA-directed DNA methylation. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3367–3367. 28 indexed citations

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Xue, Yan, Laixing Zhang, Zhenhui Zhong, et al.. (2021). Mechanism of siRNA production by a plant Dicer-RNA complex in dicing-competent conformation. Science. 374(6571). 1152–1157. 67 indexed citations

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Yu, Yiming, Chun Wang, Yanping Long, et al.. (2021). Multiplex CRISPR-Cas9 editing of DNA methyltransferases in rice uncovers a class of non-CG methylation specific for GC-rich regions. The Plant Cell. 33(9). 2950–2964. 24 indexed citations

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Liu, Pan, Wen‐Feng Nie, Yuhua Wang, et al.. (2020). A novel protein complex that regulates active DNA demethylation in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 63(4). 772–786. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yizhe, Jianlong Yuan, Lingrui Zhang, et al.. (2020). Coupling of H3K27me3 recognition with transcriptional repression through the BAH-PHD-CPL2 complex in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6212–6212. 44 indexed citations

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Zheng, Shuzhi, Hongmiao Hu, Huimin Ren, et al.. (2019). The Arabidopsis H3K27me3 demethylase JUMONJI 13 is a temperature and photoperiod dependent flowering repressor. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1303–1303. 97 indexed citations

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Zhang, Cuijun, Xuan Du, Kai Tang, et al.. (2018). Arabidopsis AGDP1 links H3K9me2 to DNA methylation in heterochromatin. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4547–4547. 66 indexed citations

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Liu, Rui, Xueqin Li, Wei Chen, & Jiamu Du. (2017). Structure and mechanism of plant histone mark readers. Science China Life Sciences. 61(2). 170–177. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Sisi, Zhenlin Yang, Xuan Du, et al.. (2016). Structural Basis for the Unique Multivalent Readout of Unmodified H3 Tail by Arabidopsis ORC1b BAH-PHD Cassette. Structure. 24(3). 486–494. 19 indexed citations

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Du, Jiamu, Alexander E. Kelly, Hironori Funabiki, & Dinshaw J. Patel. (2012). Structural Basis for Recognition of H3T3ph and Smac/DIABLO N-terminal Peptides by Human Survivin. Structure. 20(1). 185–195. 57 indexed citations

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Du, Jiamu, Hui Yang, Dapeng Zhang, et al.. (2009). Structural Basis for the Blockage of IL-2 Signaling by Therapeutic Antibody Basiliximab. The Journal of Immunology. 184(3). 1361–1368. 25 indexed citations

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Wu, Dalei, Liang Zhang, Jiamu Du, et al.. (2008). Enzymatic characterization and crystal structure analysis of the D‐alanine‐D‐alanine ligase from Helicobacter pylori. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 72(4). 1148–1160. 19 indexed citations

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