Scott Briggs

8.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
50 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Scott Briggs is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott Briggs has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Scott Briggs's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (22 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (19 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (19 papers). Scott Briggs is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (22 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (19 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (19 papers). Scott Briggs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. Scott Briggs's co-authors include C. David Allis, Brian D. Strahl, Jeffrey Shabanowitz, Donald F. Hunt, Ian M. Fingerman, Wang L. Cheung, Thomas E. Smithgall, Jennifer Caldwell, Hugh W. Brock and Mary Ellen Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Scott Briggs

49 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

MLL Targets SET Domain Methyltransferase Activity to Hox Gene Promoters

2002 833 citations Thomas A. Milne, Scott Briggs et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Histone Methyltransferases Direct Different Degrees of Methylation to Define Distinct Chromatin Domains

2003 637 citations Judd C. Rice, Scott Briggs et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Methylation of Histone H4 at Arginine 3 Facilitating Transcriptional Activation by Nuclear Hormone Receptor

2001 627 citations Brian D. Strahl, Scott Briggs et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott Briggs United States	32	6.1k	875	489	456	374	50	6.9k
Robert J. Sims United States	27	5.6k 0.9×	325 0.4×	438 0.9×	736 1.6×	311 0.8×	50	6.1k
Masami Horikoshi Japan	43	5.8k 1.0×	535 0.6×	997 2.0×	428 0.9×	477 1.3×	119	6.4k
Patrick Trojer United States	33	4.7k 0.8×	378 0.4×	483 1.0×	454 1.0×	311 0.8×	58	5.3k
Susanne Opravil Austria	15	6.9k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	860 1.8×	466 1.0×	242 0.6×	15	7.4k
Siavash K. Kurdistani United States	38	6.1k 1.0×	627 0.7×	708 1.4×	798 1.8×	424 1.1×	62	7.2k
Michael J. Pazin United States	25	4.0k 0.7×	402 0.5×	530 1.1×	441 1.0×	447 1.2×	35	4.7k
James E. Brownell United States	21	5.1k 0.8×	547 0.6×	436 0.9×	875 1.9×	291 0.8×	34	5.7k
Alexander J. Ruthenburg United States	23	4.9k 0.8×	335 0.4×	375 0.8×	329 0.7×	225 0.6×	36	5.3k
Karl‐Heinz Klempnauer Germany	30	3.1k 0.5×	343 0.4×	483 1.0×	832 1.8×	541 1.4×	91	4.0k
Ivan Sadowski Canada	35	3.7k 0.6×	421 0.5×	736 1.5×	577 1.3×	670 1.8×	74	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Scott Briggs

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott Briggs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott Briggs

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Scott Briggs. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Scott Briggs based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Scott Briggs. Scott Briggs is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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AbdelKhalek, Ahmed, et al.. (2023). Cdc14 phosphatase contributes to cell wall integrity and pathogenesis in Candida albicans. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1129155–1129155. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Yueping, et al.. (2022). The Set1 Histone H3K4 Methyltransferase Contributes to Azole Susceptibility in a Species-Specific Manner by Differentially Altering the Expression of Drug Efflux Pumps and the Ergosterol Gene Pathway. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 66(5). e0225021–e0225021. 17 indexed citations

Strahl, Brian D. & Scott Briggs. (2020). The SAGA continues: The rise of cis- and trans-histone crosstalk pathways. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1864(2). 194600–194600. 15 indexed citations

Li, Feng, et al.. (2017). Gcn5-mediated Rph1 acetylation regulates its autophagic degradation under DNA damage stress. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(9). 5183–5197. 27 indexed citations

Du, Hai‐Ning, et al.. (2011). Charge-based Interaction Conserved within Histone H3 Lysine 4 (H3K4) Methyltransferase Complexes Is Needed for Protein Stability, Histone Methylation, and Gene Expression. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(4). 2652–2665. 37 indexed citations

Du, Hai‐Ning & Scott Briggs. (2010). A Nucleosome Surface Formed by Histone H4, H2A, and H3 Residues Is Needed for Proper Histone H3 Lys36 Methylation, Histone Acetylation, and Repression of Cryptic Transcription. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(15). 11704–11713. 33 indexed citations

South, Paul F., et al.. (2009). A Conserved Interaction between the SDI Domain of Bre2 and the Dpy-30 Domain of Sdc1 Is Required for Histone Methylation and Gene Expression. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(1). 595–607. 39 indexed citations

Fingerman, Ian M., Hai‐Ning Du, & Scott Briggs. (2008). In Vitro Histone Methyltransferase Assay. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2008(2). pdb.prot4939–pdb.prot4939. 19 indexed citations

Altaf, Mohammad, Rhea T. Utley, Nicolas Lacoste, et al.. (2007). Interplay of Chromatin Modifiers on a Short Basic Patch of Histone H4 Tail Defines the Boundary of Telomeric Heterochromatin. Molecular Cell. 28(6). 1002–1014. 158 indexed citations

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Fingerman, Ian M., Hui‐Chun Li, & Scott Briggs. (2007). A charge-based interaction between histone H4 and Dot1 is required for H3K79 methylation and telomere silencing: identification of a new trans-histone pathway. Genes & Development. 21(16). 2018–2029. 104 indexed citations

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Shi, Xiaobing, Ioulia Kachirskaia, Kay L. Walter, et al.. (2006). Proteome-wide Analysis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Identifies Several PHD Fingers as Novel Direct and Selective Binding Modules of Histone H3 Methylated at Either Lysine 4 or Lysine 36. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(4). 2450–2455. 207 indexed citations

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Burgner, John W., et al.. (2005). Enterococcus faecalis phosphomevalonate kinase. Protein Science. 14(5). 1134–1139. 22 indexed citations

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Fingerman, Ian M., et al.. (2005). Global Loss of Set1-mediated H3 Lys4 Trimethylation Is Associated with Silencing Defects in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(31). 28761–28765. 87 indexed citations

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Rice, Judd C., Scott Briggs, Beatrix Ueberheide, et al.. (2003). Histone Methyltransferases Direct Different Degrees of Methylation to Define Distinct Chromatin Domains. Molecular Cell. 12(6). 1591–1598. 637 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bryk, Mary, Scott Briggs, Brian D. Strahl, et al.. (2002). Evidence that Set1, a Factor Required for Methylation of Histone H3, Regulates rDNA Silencing in S. cerevisiae by a Sir2-Independent Mechanism. Current Biology. 12(2). 165–170. 178 indexed citations

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Milne, Thomas A., Scott Briggs, Hugh W. Brock, et al.. (2002). MLL Targets SET Domain Methyltransferase Activity to Hox Gene Promoters. Molecular Cell. 10(5). 1107–1117. 833 indexed citations breakdown →

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Briggs, Scott, Tiaojiang Xiao, Zu-Wen Sun, et al.. (2002). Trans-histone regulatory pathway in chromatin. Nature. 418(6897). 498–498. 402 indexed citations

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Briggs, Scott, Beáta Scholtz, Jean-Marc Jacqué, et al.. (2001). HIV-1 Nef Promotes Survival of Myeloid Cells by a Stat3-dependent Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(27). 25605–25611. 70 indexed citations

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Briggs, Scott, Mary Bryk, Brian D. Strahl, et al.. (2001). Histone H3 lysine 4 methylation is mediated by Set1 and required for cell growth and rDNA silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genes & Development. 15(24). 3286–3295. 494 indexed citations

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Briggs, Scott, Mark Sharkey, Mario Stevenson, & Thomas E. Smithgall. (1997). SH3-mediated Hck Tyrosine Kinase Activation and Fibroblast Transformation by the Nef Protein of HIV-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(29). 17899–17902. 187 indexed citations

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