Robert K. McGinty

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Robert K. McGinty is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert K. McGinty has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Organic Chemistry and 2 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Robert K. McGinty's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (23 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (20 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (18 papers). Robert K. McGinty is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (23 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (20 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (18 papers). Robert K. McGinty collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Robert K. McGinty's co-authors include Tom W. Muir, Song Tan, Champak Chatterjee, Jaehoon Kim, Robert G. Roeder, Beat Fierz, Ryan C. Henrici, Thomas A. Milne, Katarzyna Oktaba and Nga Ly‐Hartig and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Robert K. McGinty

35 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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Histone H2A deubiquitinase activity of the Polycomb repressive complex PR-DUB

2010 590 citations Johanna C. Scheuermann, Katarzyna Oktaba et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	APC/C-mediated ubiquitylation of extranucleosomal histone complexes lacking canonical degrons 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Tatyana Bodrug, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kyle M. LaPak, Anh Nguyen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), David S. Lawrence, Dennis Goldfarb, Nicholas G. Brown, Robert K. McGinty	0
2	An Intrinsically Disordered Region of Histone Demethylase KDM5A Activates Catalysis Through Interactions With the Nucleosomal Acidic Patch and DNA 2025 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Ali Palla, Chien-Chu Lin, Michael J. Trnka, (unknown), (unknown), Alma L. Burlingame, Robert K. McGinty, Danica Galonić Fujimori	0
3	PELP1 coordinates the modular assembly and enzymatic activity of the rixosome complex 2025 ·Science Advances ·Jacob Gordon, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert M. Petrovich, Lars C. Pedersen, Robert K. McGinty, Alan J. Warren, Robin E. Stanley	0
4	Drosophila melanogaster Set8 and L(3)mbt function in gene expression independently of histone H4 lysine 20 methylation. 2024 ·UNC Libraries ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert J. Duronio, (unknown), Robert K. McGinty	1
5	Drosophila melanogaster Set8 and L(3)mbt function in gene expression independently of histone H4 lysine 20 methylation 2024 ·Genes & Development ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert K. McGinty, Robert J. Duronio	3
6	Structural basis of paralog-specific KDM2A/B nucleosome recognition 2023 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·Cathy J. Spangler, (unknown), (unknown), Anh Nguyen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), C. B. Smith, (unknown), Emily Wilkerson, (unknown), Dmitri Kireev, Lindsey I. James, Stephen V. Frye, Dennis Goldfarb, Robert K. McGinty	13
7	Determination of Histone Methyltransferase Structures in Complex with the Nucleosome by Cryogenic Electron Microscopy 2022 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Cathy J. Spangler, Robert K. McGinty	2
8	Principles of nucleosome recognition by chromatin factors and enzymes 2021 ·Current Opinion in Structural Biology ·Robert K. McGinty, Song Tan	93
9	Cryo-EM Structure of cGAS-Nucleosome Complex Reveals Mechanism of Nucleosome-Dependent cGAS Inhibition 2021 ·Biophysical Journal ·Cathy J. Spangler, Joshua A. Boyer, Joshua D. Strauss, Andrew P. Cesmat, Pengda Liu, Robert K. McGinty, Qi Zhang	2
10	Structural basis of nucleosome-dependent cGAS inhibition 2020 ·Science ·Joshua A. Boyer, Cathy J. Spangler, Joshua D. Strauss, Andrew P. Cesmat, Pengda Liu, Robert K. McGinty, Qi Zhang	164
11	Recognition of the nucleosome by chromatin factors and enzymes 2016 ·Current Opinion in Structural Biology ·Robert K. McGinty, Song Tan	97
12	Preparation, Crystallization, and Structure Determination of Chromatin Enzyme/Nucleosome Complexes 2016 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Robert K. McGinty, Ravindra D. Makde, Song Tan	9
13	Crystal structure of the PRC1 ubiquitylation module bound to the nucleosome 2014 ·Nature ·Robert K. McGinty, Ryan C. Henrici, Song Tan	248
14	SET1 and p300 Act Synergistically, through Coupled Histone Modifications, in Transcriptional Activation by p53 2013 ·Cell ·Zhanyun Tang, Wei‐Yi Chen, Miho Shimada, Uyen Nguyen, Jaehoon Kim, Xiao‐Jian Sun, Toru Sengoku, Robert K. McGinty, Joseph Fernandez, Tom W. Muir, Robert G. Roeder	135
15	Recognition of a Mononucleosomal Histone Modification Pattern by BPTF via Multivalent Interactions 2011 ·Cell ·Alexander J. Ruthenburg, Haitao Li, Thomas A. Milne, Scott Dewell, Robert K. McGinty, (unknown), Beatrix Ueberheide, Yali Dou, Tom W. Muir, Dinshaw J. Patel, (unknown)	264
16	Histone H2A deubiquitinase activity of the Polycomb repressive complex PR-DUB breakdown → 2010 ·Nature ·Johanna C. Scheuermann, (unknown), Katarzyna Oktaba, Nga Ly‐Hartig, Robert K. McGinty, Sven Fraterman, Matthias Wilm, Tom W. Muir, Jürg Müller	590
17	Chapter 11 Semisynthesis of Ubiquitylated Proteins 2009 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Robert K. McGinty, Champak Chatterjee, Tom W. Muir	19
18	A Semisynthetic Strategy to Generate Phosphorylated and Acetylated Histone H2B 2009 ·ChemBioChem ·Kyle P. Chiang, Mette S. Jensen, Robert K. McGinty, Tom W. Muir	55
19	Chemically ubiquitylated histone H2B stimulates hDot1L-mediated intranucleosomal methylation 2008 ·Nature ·Robert K. McGinty, Jaehoon Kim, Champak Chatterjee, Robert G. Roeder, Tom W. Muir	444
20	Auxiliary‐Mediated Site‐Specific Peptide Ubiquitylation 2007 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Champak Chatterjee, Robert K. McGinty, Jean‐Philippe Pellois, Tom W. Muir	161

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