Nicolas L. Young

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Nicolas L. Young is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas L. Young has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Spectroscopy and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Nicolas L. Young's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (25 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (16 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (15 papers). Nicolas L. Young is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (25 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (16 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (15 papers). Nicolas L. Young collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Nicolas L. Young's co-authors include Benjamin A. García, Mariana D. Plazas-Mayorca, Peter A. DiMaggio, Gary LeRoy, Barry M. Zee, Christodoulos A. Floudas, Richard C. Baliban, Michael A. Freitas, Matthew V. Holt and Sean W. Harshman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas L. Young

58 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

SIRT7 links H3K18 deacetylation to maintenance of oncogen... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400
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  1. SIRT7 links H3K18 deacetylation to maintenance of oncogenic transformation
    2012 479 citations Nicolas L. Young, Benjamin A. García et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicolas L. Young United States 28 2.2k 490 339 287 240 59 2.9k
Michael Rehman Italy 14 3.4k 1.5× 243 0.5× 471 1.4× 380 1.3× 886 3.7× 16 4.1k
Dorte B. Bekker‐Jensen Denmark 20 2.3k 1.0× 1.2k 2.4× 110 0.3× 149 0.5× 360 1.5× 24 3.0k
Yoonjung Kho United States 11 1.4k 0.6× 219 0.4× 418 1.2× 252 0.9× 373 1.6× 16 1.9k
Kristie L. Rose United States 21 867 0.4× 298 0.6× 101 0.3× 297 1.0× 86 0.4× 46 1.5k
Fulai Jin United States 20 3.3k 1.5× 112 0.2× 135 0.4× 152 0.5× 254 1.1× 30 3.8k
Damian Fermin United States 13 889 0.4× 153 0.3× 125 0.4× 114 0.4× 142 0.6× 28 1.3k
Tzuling Cheng United States 10 3.1k 1.4× 137 0.3× 437 1.3× 526 1.8× 603 2.5× 15 4.3k
Heiko Horn Denmark 14 1.2k 0.5× 147 0.3× 63 0.2× 94 0.3× 226 0.9× 20 1.5k
Taras Stasyk Austria 25 1.5k 0.7× 520 1.1× 20 0.1× 300 1.0× 226 0.9× 44 2.3k
Laura Pontano Vaites United States 14 1.4k 0.6× 204 0.4× 23 0.1× 357 1.2× 222 0.9× 17 2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas L. Young

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All Works

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Phillips, Margaret, Brian Boyle, Cameron Montgomery, et al.. (2024). Impact of Combinatorial Histone Modifications on Acetyllysine Recognition by the ATAD2 and ATAD2B Bromodomains. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67(10). 8186–8200. 3 indexed citations
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Young, Nicolas L., et al.. (2024). Histone H3K18 & H3K23 acetylation directs establishment of MLL-mediated H3K4 methylation. UNC Libraries. 1 indexed citations
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Young, Nicolas L. & Ruhee Dere. (2021). Mechanistic insights into KDM4A driven genomic instability. Biochemical Society Transactions. 49(1). 93–105. 18 indexed citations
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Park, Kyung‐Won, et al.. (2021). Gene therapy using Aβ variants for amyloid reduction. Molecular Therapy. 29(7). 2294–2307. 5 indexed citations
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Hu, Tianyuan, Xiangguo Shi, Ayumi Kitano, et al.. (2019). AMP-activated protein kinase links acetyl-CoA homeostasis to BRD4 recruitment in acute myeloid leukemia. Blood. 134(24). 2183–2194. 34 indexed citations
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Holt, Matthew V., et al.. (2018). The histone H4 proteoform dynamics in response to SUV4-20 inhibition reveals single molecule mechanisms of inhibitor resistance. Epigenetics & Chromatin. 11(1). 29–29. 28 indexed citations
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Fang, Pengfei, et al.. (2017). Mapping the contact surfaces in the Lamin A:AIMP3 complex by hydrogen/deuterium exchange FT-ICR mass spectrometry. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0181869–e0181869. 4 indexed citations
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Guo, Yusong R., Yuan Wang, Ying Zhou, et al.. (2017). Structure of a pentameric virion-associated fiber with a potential role in Orsay virus entry to host cells. PLoS Pathogens. 13(2). e1006231–e1006231. 13 indexed citations
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Guan, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2015). Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Reveals that Intact Histone H1 Phosphorylations are Variant Specific and Exhibit Single Molecule Hierarchical Dependence. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 15(3). 818–833. 27 indexed citations
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Voigt, Philipp, Gary LeRoy, William J. Drury, et al.. (2012). Asymmetrically Modified Nucleosomes. Cell. 151(1). 181–193. 317 indexed citations
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Zee, Barry M., Nicolas L. Young, & Benjamin A. García. (2011). Quantitative Proteomic Approaches to Studying Histone Modifications. PubMed. 5(Suppl 1). 106–114. 12 indexed citations
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Yan, Kai‐Lin, Qiang Cao, Christopher M. Reilly, et al.. (2011). Histone Deacetylase 9 Deficiency Protects against Effector T Cell-mediated Systemic Autoimmunity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(33). 28833–28843. 81 indexed citations
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Plazas-Mayorca, Mariana D., Joshua S. Bloom, Ulrike Zeißler, et al.. (2010). Quantitative proteomics reveals direct and indirect alterations in the histone code following methyltransferase knockdown. Molecular BioSystems. 6(9). 1719–1729. 29 indexed citations
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Baliban, Richard C., Peter A. DiMaggio, Mariana D. Plazas-Mayorca, et al.. (2010). A Novel Approach for Untargeted Post-translational Modification Identification Using Integer Linear Optimization and Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 9(5). 764–779. 39 indexed citations
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Young, Nicolas L., Peter A. DiMaggio, & Benjamin A. García. (2010). The significance, development and progress of high-throughput combinatorial histone code analysis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 67(23). 3983–4000. 83 indexed citations
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Xie, Wei, Chunying Song, Nicolas L. Young, et al.. (2009). Histone H3 Lysine 56 Acetylation Is Linked to the Core Transcriptional Network in Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Molecular Cell. 33(4). 417–427. 160 indexed citations
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Young, Nicolas L., Peter A. DiMaggio, Mariana D. Plazas-Mayorca, et al.. (2009). High Throughput Characterization of Combinatorial Histone Codes. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 8(10). 2266–2284. 248 indexed citations

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