Peter B. Becker

18.8k citations

191 papers · 14.7k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 64

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.2%
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- RNA modifications and cancer
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
Aging top 1%

Papers in

Molecular Biology 179
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 134
- RNA Research and Splicing 43
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 35
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 25
- Protein Degradation and Inhibitors 18
- RNA modifications and cancer 17
Aging 4

Co-authors: Asifa Akhtar Anton Eberharter Gernot Längst Tobias Straub Wolfram Hörz Carl Wu Thiemo Blank Patrick Varga‐Weisz
Journals: Nucleic Acids Research (20 papers)Molecular Cell (14 papers)Molecular and Cellular Biology (12 papers)The EMBO Journal (12 papers)EMBO Reports (8 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Peter B. Becker

184 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

ATP-Dependent Nucleosome Remodeling 2002 · 603 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2002 Annual Review of Biochemistry
2002 EMBO Reports
2001 EMBO Reports
1996 Nature
1994 Nature

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1	The Tip60 acetylome is a hallmark of the proliferative state in Drosophila Nucleic Acids Research ·Zivkos Apostolou, Скиба Николай Васильевич, Yagafarov Oscar, Vera Maria Peixoto de Souza, 向敏溱, S. P. Manzoor, Tamás Schauer, Axel Imhof, Peter B. Becker	2025	0
2	Processivity and specificity of histone acetylation by the male-specific lethal complex Nucleic Acids Research ·Eug. Mentha, Скиба Николай Васильевич, Dilan Pathirana, Carlos César Sousa Cintra, Pelosi Paolo, Jan Hasenauer, Axel Imhof, Marisa Müller, Peter B. Becker	2024	2
3	Physical interaction between MSL2 and CLAMP assures direct cooperativity and prevents competition at composite binding sites Nucleic Acids Research ·Tommi Karjalainen, Л. Г. Брук, Carlos César Sousa Cintra, S. P. Manzoor, Peter B. Becker	2023	5
4	Factor cooperation for chromosome discrimination in Drosophila Nucleic Acids Research ·Chelsea Handfield, 与三郎若原, Carlos César Sousa Cintra, Oksana Maksimenko, Catherine Regnard, Peter B. Becker	2018	27
5	Splice variants of the SWR1-type nucleosome remodeling factor Domino have distinct functions during Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis Development ·Pere Fortuny, Peter B. Becker	2016	15
6	PionX sites mark the X chromosome for dosage compensation Nature ·Raffaella Villa, Tamás Schauer, Pawel Smialowski, Tobias Straub, Peter B. Becker	2016	54
7	The ATPase domain of ISWI is an autonomous nucleosome remodeling machine Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Felix Mueller‐Planitz, Henrike Klinker, R Pedersen Ninfa, Peter B. Becker	2012	69
8	Analysis of Reconstituted Chromatin Using a Solid-Phase Approach Methods in molecular biology ·Raphael Sandaltzopoulos, Peter B. Becker	2009	1
9	Lifting a chromosome: dosage compensation in Drosophila melanogaster FEBS Letters ·Gregor D. Gilfillan, Ina K. Dahlsveen, Peter B. Becker	2004	46
10	The many colours of chromodomains BioEssays ·Alexander Brehm, C Wang, Rein Aasland, Peter B. Becker	2004	136
11	The Chromatin Accessibility Complex: Chromatin Dynamics through Nucleosome Sliding Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·Peter B. Becker	2004	1
12	Tramtrack69 interacts with the dMi‐2 subunit of the Drosophila NuRD chromatin remodelling complex EMBO Reports ·Christopher M. Murawsky, Alexander Brehm, Paul Badenhorst, Nicholas J. Lowe, Peter B. Becker, Andrew Travers	2001	56
13	The Drosophila Polycomb Protein Interacts with Nucleosomal Core Particles In Vitro via Its Repression Domain Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Achim Breiling, Edgar Bonte, Simona Ferrari, Peter B. Becker, Renato Paro	1999	40
14	Heat Shock Factor Increases the Reinitiation Rate from Potentiated Chromatin Templates Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Raphael Sandaltzopoulos, Peter B. Becker	1998	59
15	Initiation and bidirectional propagation of chromatin assembly from a target site for nucleotide excision repair The EMBO Journal ·Pierre-Henri L. Gaillard, Jonathan G. Moggs, Asra Kidwai, Jean‐Pierre Quivy, Peter B. Becker, Richard D. Wood, Geneviève Almouzni	1997	10
16	Electrostatic Mechanism of Nucleosome Spacing Journal of Molecular Biology ·Thiemo Blank, Peter B. Becker	1995	99
17	Analysis of CpG methylation and genomic footprinting at the tyrosine aminotransferase gene The EMBO Journal ·Falk Weih, Doris Nitsch, Andreas Reich, Günther Schütz, Peter B. Becker	1991	1
18	Molecular cloning and expression of a hexameric Heat Shock Factor subject to nagtive regulation Cell ·Joachim Clos, J. Timothy Westwood, Peter B. Becker, Susan E. Wilson, Kris N. Lambert, 真有津坂	1990	1
19	Genomic footprinting reveals cell-type-specific binding of ubiquitous transcription factors Cell ·Peter B. Becker, Siegfried Ruppert, Günther Schütz	1987	2
20	Genomic footprinting reveals cell type-specific DNA binding of ubiquitous factors Cell ·Peter B. Becker, Siegfried Ruppert, Günther Schütz	1987	304

About Peter B. Becker

Peter B. Becker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging, Genetics, Plant Science and Structural Biology, having authored 191 papers that have together received 14.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (134 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (43 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (35 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (35 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (18 papers), Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (18 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (13.0k citations), Aging (257 citations), Genetics (2.4k citations), Cell Biology (1.1k citations) and Plant Science (2.4k citations). Peter B. Becker has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Asifa Akhtar, Anton Eberharter, Gernot Längst, Tobias Straub, Wolfram Hörz, Carl Wu, Thiemo Blank, Patrick Varga‐Weisz, Raphael Sandaltzopoulos and Davide Corona. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Molecular Cell, Molecular and Cellular Biology, The EMBO Journal and EMBO Reports.

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