John W. Tamkun

11.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
54 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

John W. Tamkun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John W. Tamkun has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in John W. Tamkun's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (35 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (15 papers) and Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer (9 papers). John W. Tamkun is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (35 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (15 papers) and Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer (9 papers). John W. Tamkun collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. John W. Tamkun's co-authors include Richard O. Hynes, James A. Kennison, Matthew P. Scott, George Hartzell, Jean E. Schwarzbauer, Renate Deuring, Davide Corona, Christine B. Peterson, Ihor R. Lemischka and Craig L. Peterson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John W. Tamkun

53 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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 structure and function of the homeodomain

1989 896 citations Matthew P. Scott, John W. Tamkun et al. profile →
brahma: A regulator of Drosophila homeotic genes structurally related to the yeast transcriptional activator SNF2SWI2

1992 809 citations John W. Tamkun, Renate Deuring et al. Cell profile →
Structure of integrin, a glycoprotein involved in the transmembrane linkage between fibronectin and actin

1986 687 citations John W. Tamkun, Richard O. Hynes et al. Cell profile →
Three different fibronectin mRNAs arise by alternative splicing within the coding region

1983 660 citations John W. Tamkun, Richard O. Hynes et al. Cell profile →
BRG1 contains a conserved domain of the SWI2/SNF2 family necessary for normal mitotic growth and transcription

1993 561 citations Paul A. Khavari, Craig L. Peterson et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John W. Tamkun United States	39	7.9k	1.3k	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	54	9.6k
Alberto R. Kornblihtt Argentina	50	9.1k 1.2×	765 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	911 0.8×	663 0.6×	133	11.1k
D. Stéhelin France	54	7.0k 0.9×	3.1k 2.4×	494 0.4×	773 0.7×	708 0.6×	185	10.9k
Marion Cremer Germany	41	5.4k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	743 0.6×	1.7k 1.5×	394 0.4×	104	7.6k
Bohdan Wasylyk France	61	9.1k 1.2×	2.1k 1.6×	520 0.4×	613 0.5×	828 0.7×	151	12.5k
Malcolm Whitman United States	44	8.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	265 0.2×	268 0.2×	1.4k 1.2×	82	10.3k
Keith C. Robbins United States	48	5.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	818 0.6×	214 0.2×	896 0.8×	94	8.1k
John Groffen United States	55	6.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	604 0.5×	197 0.2×	944 0.8×	195	13.0k
Michael D. Henry United States	41	5.5k 0.7×	656 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	233 0.2×	1.5k 1.4×	105	8.4k
David A. Largaespada United States	57	7.8k 1.0×	2.6k 2.1×	354 0.3×	954 0.8×	559 0.5×	213	11.8k
Yoshitake Nishimune Japan	48	6.1k 0.8×	3.2k 2.5×	247 0.2×	384 0.3×	1.0k 0.9×	215	11.0k

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Siriaco, Giorgia, et al.. (2015). A Novel Approach for Studying Histone H1 Function in Vivo. Genetics. 200(1). 29–33. 1 indexed citations

Fasulo, Barbara, Renate Deuring, Magdalena Murawska, et al.. (2012). The Drosophila Mi-2 Chromatin-Remodeling Factor Regulates Higher-Order Chromatin Structure and Cohesin Dynamics In Vivo. PLoS Genetics. 8(8). e1002878–e1002878. 30 indexed citations

Burgio, Giosalba, Gaspare La Rocca, Anna Sala, et al.. (2008). Genetic Identification of a Network of Factors that Functionally Interact with the Nucleosome Remodeling ATPase ISWI. PLoS Genetics. 4(6). e1000089–e1000089. 29 indexed citations

Srinivasan, Shrividhya, Kristel M. Dorighi, & John W. Tamkun. (2008). Drosophila Kismet Regulates Histone H3 Lysine 27 Methylation and Early Elongation by RNA Polymerase II. PLoS Genetics. 4(10). e1000217–e1000217. 107 indexed citations

Corona, Davide, et al.. (2007). ISWI Regulates Higher-Order Chromatin Structure and Histone H1 Assembly In Vivo. PLoS Biology. 5(9). e232–e232. 124 indexed citations

Srinivasan, Shrividhya, Jennifer A. Armstrong, Renate Deuring, et al.. (2005). The Drosophila trithorax group protein Kismet facilitates an early step in transcriptional elongation by RNA Polymerase II. Development. 132(7). 1623–1635. 106 indexed citations

Armstrong, Jennifer A., Adam S. Sperling, Renate Deuring, et al.. (2005). Genetic Screens for Enhancers of brahma Reveal Functional Interactions Between the BRM Chromatin-Remodeling Complex and the Delta-Notch Signal Transduction Pathway in Drosophila. Genetics. 170(4). 1761–1774. 35 indexed citations

Corona, Davide, Jennifer A. Armstrong, & John W. Tamkun. (2003). Genetic and Cytological Analysis of Drosophila Chromatin-Remodeling Factors. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 377. 70–85. 26 indexed citations

Stillman, David J. & John W. Tamkun. (2003). Chromosomes and expression mechanisms. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 13(2). 105–107. 2 indexed citations

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Corona, Davide & John W. Tamkun. (2003). Multiple roles for ISWI in transcription, chromosome organization and DNA replication. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1677(1-3). 113–119. 151 indexed citations

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Moshkin, Yuri M., Jennifer A. Armstrong, Robert K. Maeda, et al.. (2002). Histone chaperone ASF1 cooperates with the Brahma chromatin-remodelling machinery. Genes & Development. 16(20). 2621–2626. 94 indexed citations

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Deuring, Renate, Laura Fanti, Jennifer A. Armstrong, et al.. (2000). The ISWI Chromatin-Remodeling Protein Is Required for Gene Expression and the Maintenance of Higher Order Chromatin Structure In Vivo. Molecular Cell. 5(2). 355–365. 320 indexed citations

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Tamkun, John W.. (1995). The role of brahma and related proteins in transcription and development. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 5(4). 473–477. 61 indexed citations

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Dingwall, Andrew K., Claire M. McCallum, John W. Tamkun, et al.. (1995). The Drosophila snr1 and brm proteins are related to yeast SWI/SNF proteins and are components of a large protein complex.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 6(7). 777–791. 198 indexed citations

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Randazzo, Filippo, et al.. (1994). brg1: A Putative Murine Homologue of the Drosophila brahma Gene, a Homeotic Gene Regulator. Developmental Biology. 161(1). 229–242. 83 indexed citations

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Brizuela, Brenda J., Lisa Elfring, J. William O. Ballard, John W. Tamkun, & James A. Kennison. (1994). Genetic analysis of the brahma gene of Drosophila melanogaster and polytene chromosome subdivisions 72AB.. Genetics. 137(3). 803–813. 104 indexed citations

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Khavari, Paul A., Craig L. Peterson, John W. Tamkun, Dirk B. Mendel, & Gerald R. Crabtree. (1993). BRG1 contains a conserved domain of the SWI2/SNF2 family necessary for normal mitotic growth and transcription. Nature. 366(6451). 170–174. 561 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tamkun, John W., Renate Deuring, Matthew P. Scott, et al.. (1992). brahma: A regulator of Drosophila homeotic genes structurally related to the yeast transcriptional activator SNF2SWI2. Cell. 68(3). 561–572. 809 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tamkun, John W., et al.. (1991). The arflike gene encodes an essential GTP-binding protein in Drosophila.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 88(8). 3120–3124. 126 indexed citations

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Tamkun, John W. & Richard O. Hynes. (1983). Plasma fibronectin is synthesized and secreted by hepatocytes.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 258(7). 4641–4647. 273 indexed citations

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