Jonathan Widom

19.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
104 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Widom is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Widom has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Plant Science and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Widom's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (76 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (48 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (41 papers). Jonathan Widom is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (76 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (48 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (41 papers). Jonathan Widom collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and United Kingdom. Jonathan Widom's co-authors include Peggy T. Lowary, Eran Segal, Kevin J. Polach, Yvonne Fondufe‐Mittendorf, Robert L. Baldwin, Yair Field, Irene K. Moore, Gu Li, J. D. Anderson and Lingyi Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Widom

104 papers receiving 14.6k citations

Hit Papers

New DNA sequence rules for high affinity binding to ... 1980 2026 1995 2010 1998 2006 2008 1995 2004 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. New DNA sequence rules for high affinity binding to histone octamer and sequence-directed nucleosome positioning
    1998 1.4k citations Peggy T. Lowary, Jonathan Widom Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  2. A genomic code for nucleosome positioning
    2006 1.1k citations Eran Segal, Yvonne Fondufe‐Mittendorf et al. Nature profile →
  3. The DNA-encoded nucleosome organization of a eukaryotic genome
    2008 908 citations N. Kaplan, Irene K. Moore et al. Nature profile →
  4. Mechanism of Protein Access to Specific DNA Sequences in Chromatin: A Dynamic Equilibrium Model for Gene Regulation
    1995 545 citations Kevin J. Polach, Jonathan Widom Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  5. Rapid spontaneous accessibility of nucleosomal DNA
    2004 512 citations Marcia Levitus, Jonathan Widom et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →
  6. Cation-induced toroidal condensation of DNA
    1980 487 citations Jonathan Widom et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonathan Widom United States 59 13.8k 1.9k 1.2k 643 512 104 14.8k
Timothy J. Richmond Switzerland 47 17.3k 1.2× 2.3k 1.2× 1.4k 1.2× 475 0.7× 277 0.5× 76 18.7k
Daniela Rhodes United Kingdom 57 13.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 710 1.1× 213 0.4× 118 14.7k
David F. Sargent Switzerland 24 9.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 720 0.6× 225 0.3× 283 0.6× 56 10.8k
Peter R. Cook United Kingdom 65 13.0k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 1.9k 1.6× 412 0.6× 554 1.1× 210 14.9k
David M.J. Lilley United Kingdom 74 18.1k 1.3× 862 0.5× 3.1k 2.6× 2.0k 3.1× 658 1.3× 350 19.8k
Karsten Rippe Germany 56 9.7k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 310 0.5× 246 0.5× 167 11.3k
Rodolfo Ghirlando United States 68 9.9k 0.7× 1.0k 0.5× 1.5k 1.3× 542 0.8× 223 0.4× 213 12.4k
Jörg Langowski Germany 53 7.0k 0.5× 552 0.3× 792 0.7× 614 1.0× 730 1.4× 192 8.7k
Karolin Luger United States 69 21.2k 1.5× 3.4k 1.8× 1.5k 1.3× 447 0.7× 241 0.5× 172 23.2k
Michael P. Rout United States 68 13.7k 1.0× 866 0.5× 704 0.6× 223 0.3× 484 0.9× 195 15.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xi, Liqun, Quanwei Zhang, Audrey M. Sigmund, et al.. (2015). Differential Nucleosome Occupancies across Oct4-Sox2 Binding Sites in Murine Embryonic Stem Cells. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0127214–e0127214. 5 indexed citations
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Battistini, Federica, Christopher A. Hunter, Irene K. Moore, & Jonathan Widom. (2012). Structure-Based Identification of New High-Affinity Nucleosome Binding Sequences. Journal of Molecular Biology. 420(1-2). 8–16. 14 indexed citations
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Tims, Hannah S., Kaushik Gurunathan, Marcia Levitus, & Jonathan Widom. (2011). Dynamics of Nucleosome Invasion by DNA Binding Proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 411(2). 430–448. 112 indexed citations
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Field, Yair, et al.. (2010). p53 binds preferentially to genomic regions with high DNA-encoded nucleosome occupancy. Genome Research. 20(10). 1361–1368. 75 indexed citations
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Kaplan, N., Timothy R. Hughes, Jason D. Lieb, Jonathan Widom, & Eran Segal. (2010). Contribution of histone sequence preferences to nucleosome organization: proposed definitions and methodology. Genome biology. 11(11). 140–140. 45 indexed citations
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Poirier, Michael G., Eugene Oh, Hannah S. Tims, & Jonathan Widom. (2009). Dynamics and function of compact nucleosome arrays. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 16(9). 938–944. 112 indexed citations
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Segal, Eran & Jonathan Widom. (2009). Poly(dA:dT) tracts: major determinants of nucleosome organization. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 19(1). 65–71. 329 indexed citations
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Morozov, Alexandre V., et al.. (2009). Using DNA mechanics to predict in vitro nucleosome positions and formation energies. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(14). 4707–4722. 150 indexed citations
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Schwab, David J., Robijn Bruinsma, Joseph Rudnick, & Jonathan Widom. (2008). Nucleosome Switches. Physical Review Letters. 100(22). 228105–228105. 24 indexed citations
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Field, Yair, N. Kaplan, Yvonne Fondufe‐Mittendorf, et al.. (2008). Distinct Modes of Regulation by Chromatin Encoded through Nucleosome Positioning Signals. PLoS Computational Biology. 4(11). e1000216–e1000216. 339 indexed citations
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Kaplan, N., Irene K. Moore, Yvonne Fondufe‐Mittendorf, et al.. (2008). The DNA-encoded nucleosome organization of a eukaryotic genome. Nature. 458(7236). 362–366. 908 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tims, Hannah S. & Jonathan Widom. (2007). Stopped-flow fluorescence resonance energy transfer for analysis of nucleosome dynamics. Methods. 41(3). 296–303. 24 indexed citations
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Widom, Jonathan, et al.. (2004). Spontaneous Sharp Bending of Double-Stranded DNA. Molecular Cell. 14(3). 355–362. 281 indexed citations
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Protacio, Reine U, et al.. (2000). Effects of Histone Tail Domains on the Rate of Transcriptional Elongation through a Nucleosome. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(23). 8866–8878. 59 indexed citations
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Bailey, Kathryn A., Suzette L Pereira, Jonathan Widom, & John N. Reeve. (2000). Archaeal histone selection of nucleosome positioning sequences and the procaryotic origin of histone-dependent genome evolution. Journal of Molecular Biology. 303(1). 25–34. 52 indexed citations
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Gross, Jeferson, et al.. (2000). Rhizobium etli CE3 Carries vir Gene Homologs on a Self-Transmissible Plasmid. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 13(9). 1019–1021. 13 indexed citations
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Polach, Kevin J. & Jonathan Widom. (1999). Restriction enzymes as probes of nucleosome stability and dynamics. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 304. 278–298. 52 indexed citations
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Widom, Jonathan. (1997). Chromatin: The nucleosome unwrapped. Current Biology. 7(10). R653–R655. 16 indexed citations
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Polach, Kevin J. & Jonathan Widom. (1996). A Model for the Cooperative Binding of Eukaryotic Regulatory Proteins to Nucleosomal Target Sites. Journal of Molecular Biology. 258(5). 800–812. 207 indexed citations
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Lowary, Peggy T., et al.. (1992). Co-operative binding of the globular domain of histone H5 to DNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 225(4). 1105–1121. 47 indexed citations

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