J.R. Horton

14.0k citations

154 papers · 9.2k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 45

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Cancer-related gene regulation
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
- Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
Urban Studies top 0.5%

Papers in

Molecular Biology 107
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 53
- Cancer-related gene regulation 30
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 30
- RNA modifications and cancer 28
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 17
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 12
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 11
Genetics 18
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 9

Co-authors: Xiaodong Cheng Mike Davis Wayne A. Hendrickson David M. LeMaster Xing Zhang Anup K. Upadhyay Hideharu Hashimoto Yang Shi
Journals: Nucleic Acids Research (21 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (11 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (8 papers)Infection and Immunity (6 papers)Nature Communications (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

J.R. Horton

144 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles. 1991 · 937 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1991 Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
1990 The EMBO Journal

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1	DNA sequence and chromatin differentiate sequence-specific transcription factor binding in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum Nucleic Acids Research ·Victoria A. Bonnell, Yuning Zhang, Alan S. Brown, J.R. Horton, Gabrielle A. Josling, Tsu-Pei Chiu, Remo Rohs, Shaun Mahony, Raluca Gordân, Manuel Llinás	2024	6
2	The ICF syndrome protein CDCA7 harbors a unique DNA binding domain that recognizes a CpG dyad in the context of a non-B DNA Science Advances ·Swanand Hardikar, Ren Ren, Zhengzhou Ying, Jujun Zhou, J.R. Horton, Matthew D. Bramble, Bin Liu, Yue Lu, Bigang Liu, Luis Della Coletta, Jianjun Shen, Jiameng Dan, Xing Zhang, Xiaodong Cheng, Taiping Chen	2024	11
3	Allosteric autoregulation of DNA binding via a DNA-mimicking protein domain: a biophysical study of ZNF410–DNA interaction using small angle X-ray scattering Nucleic Acids Research ·Gundeep Kaur, Ren Ren, Michal Hammel, J.R. Horton, Jie Yang, Yu Cao, Chenxi He, Fei Lan, Xianjiang Lan, Gerd A. Blobel, Robert Blumenthal, Xing Zhang, Xiaodong Cheng	2023	8
4	HIC2 controls developmental hemoglobin switching by repressing BCL11A transcription Nature Genetics ·Peng Huang, Scott A. Peslak, Ren Ren, Eugene Khandros, Kunhua Qin, Cheryl A. Keller, Belinda Giardine, Henry W. Bell, Xianjiang Lan, Malini Sharma, J.R. Horton, Osheiza Abdulmalik, Stella T. Chou, Junwei Shi, Merlin Crossley, Ross C. Hardison, Xiaodong Cheng, Gerd A. Blobel	2022	31
5	ZNF410 Uniquely Activates the NuRD Component CHD4 to Silence Fetal Hemoglobin Expression Blood ·Xianjiang Lan, Ren Ren, Ruopeng Feng, Lana C. Ly, Yemin Lan, Zhe Zhang, Nicholas Aboreden, Kunhua Qin, J.R. Horton, Jeremy D. Grevet, Thiyagaraj Mayuranathan, Osheiza Abdulmalik, Cheryl A. Keller, Belinda Giardine, Ross C. Hardison, Merlin Crossley, Mitchell J. Weiss, Xiaodong Cheng, Junwei Shi, Gerd A. Blobel	2020	2
6	ZNF410 Uniquely Activates the NuRD Component CHD4 to Silence Fetal Hemoglobin Expression Molecular Cell ·Xianjiang Lan, Ren Ren, Ruopeng Feng, Lana C. Ly, Yemin Lan, Zhe Zhang, Nicholas Aboreden, Kunhua Qin, J.R. Horton, Jeremy D. Grevet, Thiyagaraj Mayuranathan, Osheiza Abdulmalik, Cheryl A. Keller, Belinda Giardine, Ross C. Hardison, Merlin Crossley, Mitchell J. Weiss, Xiaodong Cheng, Junwei Shi, Gerd A. Blobel	2020	60
7	Genetic heterogeneity within collective invasion packs drives leader and follower cell phenotypes Journal of Cell Science ·Elizabeth L. Zoeller, Brian Pedro, Jessica Konen, Bhakti Dwivedi, Manali Rupji, Niveda Sundararaman, Lei Wang, J.R. Horton, Chaojie Zhong, Benjamin G. Barwick, Xiaodong Cheng, Elisabeth D. Martínez, Matthew P. Torres, Jeanne Kowalski, Adam I. Marcus, Paula M. Vertino	2019	27
8	Divergence in DNA Specificity among Paralogous Transcription Factors Contributes to Their Differential In Vivo Binding Cell Systems ·Ning Shen, Jingkang Zhao, J.L. Schipper, Yuning Zhang, Tristan Bepler, Dan Leehr, John Bradley, J.R. Horton, Hilmar Lapp, Raluca Gordân	2018	33
9	Quantitative modeling of transcription factor binding specificities using DNA shape Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tianyin Zhou, Ning Shen, Lin Yang, Namiko Abe, J.R. Horton, Richard S. Mann, Harmen J. Bussemaker, Raluca Gordân, Remo Rohs	2015	178
10	Structures of Escherichia coli DNA adenine methyltransferase (Dam) in complex with a non-GATC sequence: potential implications for methylation-independent transcriptional repression Nucleic Acids Research ·J.R. Horton, Xing Zhang, Robert Blumenthal, Xiaodong Cheng	2015	13
11	Modification-dependent restriction endonuclease, MspJI, flips 5-methylcytosine out of the DNA helix Nucleic Acids Research ·J.R. Horton, Hua Wang, Megumu Mabuchi, Xing Zhang, Richard J. Roberts, Yu Zheng, Geoffrey G. Wilson, Xiaodong Cheng	2014	23
12	Stability selection for regression-based models of transcription factor–DNA binding specificity Bioinformatics ·Fantine Mordelet, J.R. Horton, Alexander J. Hartemink, Barbara E. Engelhardt, Raluca Gordân	2013	42
13	Two Alternative Conformations of S-Adenosyl-L-homocysteine Bound to Escherichia coli DNA Adenine Methyltransferase and the Implication of Conformational Changes in Regulating the Catalytic Cycle Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Kirsten Liebert, J.R. Horton, Sanjay Chahar, Marcella Orwick, Xiaodong Cheng, Albert Jeltsch	2007	14
14	Recognition of unmethylated histone H3 lysine 4 links BHC80 to LSD1-mediated gene repression Nature ·Fei Lan, R. Collins, Rossella De Cegli, Roman Alpatov, J.R. Horton, Xiaobing Shi, Or Gozani, Xiaodong Cheng, Yang Shi	2007	344
15	DNA nicking by HinP1I endonuclease: bending, base flipping and minor groove expansion Nucleic Acids Research ·J.R. Horton	2006	36
16	The Ubiquitin Binding Domain ZnF UBP Recognizes the C-Terminal Diglycine Motif of Unanchored Ubiquitin Cell ·Francisca E. Reyes‐Turcu, J.R. Horton, James E. Mullally, A. Héroux, Xiaodong Cheng, Keith D. Wilkinson	2006	275
17	Transition from Nonspecific to Specific DNA Interactions along the Substrate-Recognition Pathway of Dam Methyltransferase Cell ·J.R. Horton, Kirsten Liebert, Stanley Hattman, Albert Jeltsch, Xiaodong Cheng	2005	82
18	PvuII endonuclease contains two calcium ions in active sites11Edited by A. R. Fersht Journal of Molecular Biology ·J.R. Horton, Xiaodong Cheng	2000	69
19	Experimental Salmonella typhi infection in the domestic pig, Sus scrofa domestica Microbial Pathogenesis ·Eleanor S. Metcalf, Glen W. Almond, Patricia A. Routh, J.R. Horton, R. C. Dillman, Paul E. Orndorff	2000	14
20	Structures of HhaI methyltransferase complexed with substrates containing mismatches at the target base Nature Structural Biology ·Margaret O’Gara, J.R. Horton, Richard J. Roberts, Cheng Xiaodong	1998	92

About J.R. Horton

J.R. Horton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Endocrinology, Genetics and Microbiology, having authored 154 papers that have together received 9.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (53 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (30 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (30 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (28 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (17 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (6.3k citations), Urban Studies (354 citations), Genetics (870 citations), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (613 citations) and Immunology (464 citations). J.R. Horton has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Xiaodong Cheng, Mike Davis, Wayne A. Hendrickson, David M. LeMaster, Xing Zhang, Anup K. Upadhyay, Hideharu Hashimoto, Xing Zhang, Yang Shi and R. Collins. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Biology, Infection and Immunity and Nature Communications.

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