Michael Bulger

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Bulger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Bulger has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Michael Bulger's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (29 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (12 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (9 papers). Michael Bulger is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (29 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (12 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (9 papers). Michael Bulger collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Japan. Michael Bulger's co-authors include Mark Groudine, James T. Kadonaga, Ryûji Kobayashi, Takashi Ito, Rohinton T. Kamakaka, M. A. Bender, Michael J. Pazin, Jessica K. Tyler, Jennie Close and Catherine M. Farrell and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michael Bulger

42 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Functional and Mechanistic Diversity of Distal Transcription Enhancers

2011 625 citations Michael Bulger, Mark Groudine Cell profile →
ACF, an ISWI-Containing and ATP-Utilizing Chromatin Assembly and Remodeling Factor

1997 516 citations Takashi Ito, Michael Bulger et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Bulger United States	25	3.4k	477	448	274	245	42	3.9k
Stéphanie Le Gras France	32	2.0k 0.6×	347 0.7×	437 1.0×	443 1.6×	108 0.4×	57	2.9k
Gabriel E. Zentner United States	30	2.9k 0.9×	439 0.9×	484 1.1×	144 0.5×	334 1.4×	55	3.5k
Henriette O’Geen United States	28	2.4k 0.7×	275 0.6×	527 1.2×	139 0.5×	91 0.4×	43	2.7k
Stephan Sauer United Kingdom	14	3.8k 1.1×	544 1.1×	656 1.5×	832 3.0×	84 0.3×	18	4.7k
N. C. Tolga Emre United States	10	3.1k 0.9×	364 0.8×	273 0.6×	374 1.4×	67 0.3×	13	3.6k
Mark E. Massari United States	12	1.8k 0.5×	390 0.8×	423 0.9×	388 1.4×	54 0.2×	21	2.5k
Niels H. Gehring Germany	39	3.6k 1.1×	151 0.3×	207 0.5×	209 0.8×	234 1.0×	68	4.2k
Duncan Sproul United Kingdom	21	2.5k 0.7×	271 0.6×	450 1.0×	165 0.6×	62 0.3×	35	2.9k
Mark Samuels United States	27	2.4k 0.7×	131 0.3×	779 1.7×	226 0.8×	109 0.4×	48	3.2k
Christine Mayer Germany	23	2.6k 0.8×	183 0.4×	339 0.8×	190 0.7×	142 0.6×	44	3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Bulger

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Myers, Jacquelyn, et al.. (2020). Hyperacetylated chromatin domains mark cell type-specific genes and suggest distinct modes of enhancer function. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4544–4544. 10 indexed citations

Tucker, Christopher, Soumyaroop Bhattacharya, Hironao Wakabayashi, et al.. (2018). Transcriptional Regulation on Aneuploid Chromosomes in Diverse Candida albicans Mutants. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1630–1630. 14 indexed citations

Wakabayashi, Hironao, Christopher Tucker, Anatoliy Kravets, et al.. (2017). NuA4 histone acetyltransferase activity is required for H4 acetylation on a dosage-compensated monosomic chromosome that confers resistance to fungal toxins. Epigenetics & Chromatin. 10(1). 52–52. 5 indexed citations

Sundar, Isaac K., Sangwoon Chung, Jae‐Woong Hwang, et al.. (2012). Mitogen- and Stress-Activated Kinase 1 (MSK1) Regulates Cigarette Smoke-Induced Histone Modifications on NF-κB-dependent Genes. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e31378–e31378. 50 indexed citations

Bulger, Michael & Mark Groudine. (2011). Functional and Mechanistic Diversity of Distal Transcription Enhancers. Cell. 144(5). 825–825. 17 indexed citations

Bulger, Michael & Mark Groudine. (2011). Functional and Mechanistic Diversity of Distal Transcription Enhancers. Cell. 144(3). 327–339. 625 indexed citations breakdown →

Bulger, Michael & Mark Groudine. (2009). Enhancers: The abundance and function of regulatory sequences beyond promoters. Developmental Biology. 339(2). 250–257. 134 indexed citations

Yang, Se‐Ran, Hongwei Yao, R. Saravanan, et al.. (2008). RelB Is Differentially Regulated by IκB Kinase-α in B Cells and Mouse Lung by Cigarette Smoke. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 40(2). 147–158. 31 indexed citations

Yang, Se‐Ran, Hongwei Yao, Aruna Kode, et al.. (2008). IKKα Causes Chromatin Modification on Pro-Inflammatory Genes by Cigarette Smoke in Mouse Lung. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 38(6). 689–698. 74 indexed citations

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Palis, James, et al.. (2005). “Maturational” Globin Switching in Primary Primitive Erythroid Cells.. Blood. 106(11). 3634–3634. 8 indexed citations

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Bulger, Michael. (2005). Hyperacetylated Chromatin Domains: Lessons from Heterochromatin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(23). 21689–21692. 42 indexed citations

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Yenerel, Mustafa Nuri, et al.. (2005). Expression of adducin genes during erythropoiesis: A novel erythroid promoter for ADD2. Experimental Hematology. 33(7). 758–766. 7 indexed citations

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Bulger, Michael, Dirk Schübeler, M. A. Bender, et al.. (2003). A Complex Chromatin Landscape Revealed by Patterns of Nuclease Sensitivity and Histone Modification within the Mouse β-Globin Locus. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 23(15). 5234–5244. 142 indexed citations

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Bulger, Michael, Tomoyuki Sawado, Dirk Schübeler, & Mark Groudine. (2002). ChIPs of the β-globin locus: unraveling gene regulation within an active domain. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 12(2). 170–177. 78 indexed citations

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Bender, M. A., Michael Bulger, Jennie Close, & Mark Groudine. (2000). β-globin Gene Switching and DNase I Sensitivity of the Endogenous β-globin Locus in Mice Do Not Require the Locus Control Region. Molecular Cell. 5(2). 387–393. 196 indexed citations

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Bulger, Michael & Mark Groudine. (1999). Looping versus linking: toward a model for long-distance gene activation. Genes & Development. 13(19). 2465–2477. 359 indexed citations

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Ito, Takashi, Michael Bulger, Michael J. Pazin, Ryûji Kobayashi, & James T. Kadonaga. (1997). ACF, an ISWI-Containing and ATP-Utilizing Chromatin Assembly and Remodeling Factor. Cell. 90(1). 145–155. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tyler, Jessica K., Michael Bulger, Rohinton T. Kamakaka, Ryûji Kobayashi, & James T. Kadonaga. (1996). The p55 Subunit of Drosophila Chromatin Assembly Factor 1 Is Homologous to a Histone Deacetylase-Associated Protein. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16(11). 6149–6159. 113 indexed citations

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Ito, Takashi, Jessica K. Tyler, Michael Bulger, Ryûji Kobayashi, & James T. Kadonaga. (1996). ATP-facilitated Chromatin Assembly with a Nucleoplasmin-like Protein from Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(40). 25041–25048. 75 indexed citations

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Ito, Takashi, Michael Bulger, Ryûji Kobayashi, & James T. Kadonaga. (1996). DrosophilaNAP-1 Is a Core Histone Chaperone That Functions in ATP-Facilitated Assembly of Regularly Spaced Nucleosomal Arrays. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16(6). 3112–3124. 219 indexed citations

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