Sinan Kilic

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 922 citations indexed

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Sinan Kilic is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Sinan Kilic has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 922 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 1 paper in Oncology and 1 paper in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Sinan Kilic's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (13 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (6 papers) and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (5 papers). Sinan Kilic is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (13 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (6 papers) and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (5 papers). Sinan Kilic collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Denmark and United States. Sinan Kilic's co-authors include Beat Fierz, Matthias Altmeyer, Ralph Imhof, Jone Michelena, Aleksandra Lezaja, Marco Gatti, Louise C. Bryan, Andreas Bachmann, Tom W. Muir and Aaron R. Hieb and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Sinan Kilic

15 papers receiving 921 citations

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Phase separation of 53 BP 1 determines liquid‐like behavior of DNA repair compartments

2019 321 citations Sinan Kilic, Aleksandra Lezaja et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sinan Kilic Switzerland	13	857	80	62	45	38	15	922
Marc Boehning Germany	6	909 1.1×	30 0.4×	57 0.9×	18 0.4×	42 1.1×	7	991
Laura Orellana Sweden	13	502 0.6×	54 0.7×	29 0.5×	15 0.3×	33 0.9×	20	612
J. Eugene Lee South Korea	9	479 0.6×	96 1.2×	30 0.5×	12 0.3×	84 2.2×	14	590
Laura R. Ganser United States	13	791 0.9×	43 0.5×	18 0.3×	18 0.4×	36 0.9×	22	881
Colin M. Hammond United Kingdom	8	664 0.8×	58 0.7×	68 1.1×	29 0.6×	36 0.9×	10	752
Chan-I Chung United States	13	444 0.5×	99 1.2×	16 0.3×	22 0.5×	45 1.2×	18	516
Marco Faini Switzerland	10	850 1.0×	28 0.3×	34 0.5×	12 0.3×	150 3.9×	13	1.0k
Nathan Gamarra United States	8	1.0k 1.2×	33 0.4×	132 2.1×	10 0.2×	53 1.4×	9	1.1k
Junji Otani Japan	14	655 0.8×	49 0.6×	38 0.6×	8 0.2×	91 2.4×	22	739
Roopa Thapar United States	21	777 0.9×	79 1.0×	26 0.4×	10 0.2×	66 1.7×	31	865

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Narita, Takeo, Sinan Kilic, Yoshiki Higashijima, et al.. (2025). Disentangling the architectural and non-architectural functions of CTCF and cohesin in gene regulation. Nature Genetics. 57(12). 3137–3151. 1 indexed citations

Παναγόπουλος, Ανδρέας, Sinan Kilic, Peter Leary, et al.. (2025). Multigenerational cell tracking of DNA replication and heritable DNA damage. Nature. 642(8068). 785–795. 2 indexed citations

Kilic, Sinan, et al.. (2024). Acetylation of histones and non-histone proteins is not a mere consequence of ongoing transcription. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4962–4962. 15 indexed citations

Narita, Takeo, et al.. (2023). Acetylation of histone H2B marks active enhancers and predicts CBP/p300 target genes. Nature Genetics. 55(4). 679–692. 34 indexed citations

Heidarsson, Pétur O., Davide Mercadante, Andrea Sottini, et al.. (2022). Release of linker histone from the nucleosome driven by polyelectrolyte competition with a disordered protein. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 46 indexed citations

Furst, Audrey, Sinan Kilic, Bernardo Reina‐San‐Martin, et al.. (2021). AHNAK controls 53BP1-mediated p53 response by restraining 53BP1 oligomerization and phase separation. Molecular Cell. 81(12). 2596–2610.e7. 59 indexed citations

Kilic, Sinan, et al.. (2021). SUV39 SET domains mediate crosstalk of heterochromatic histone marks. eLife. 10. 24 indexed citations

Kilic, Sinan, Aleksandra Lezaja, Marco Gatti, et al.. (2019). Phase separation of 53 BP 1 determines liquid‐like behavior of DNA repair compartments. The EMBO Journal. 38(16). e101379–e101379. 321 indexed citations breakdown →

Teloni, Federico, Jone Michelena, Aleksandra Lezaja, et al.. (2019). Efficient Pre-mRNA Cleavage Prevents Replication-Stress-Associated Genome Instability. Molecular Cell. 73(4). 670–683.e12. 65 indexed citations

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Kilic, Sinan, Suren Felekyan, Olga Doroshenko, et al.. (2018). Single-molecule FRET reveals multiscale chromatin dynamics modulated by HP1α. Nature Communications. 9(1). 235–235. 110 indexed citations

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Kilic, Sinan, Iuliia Boichenko, Carolin C. Lechner, & Beat Fierz. (2018). A bi-terminal protein ligation strategy to probe chromatin structure during DNA damage. Chemical Science. 9(15). 3704–3709. 21 indexed citations

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Bryan, Louise C., Daniel Weilandt, Andreas Bachmann, et al.. (2017). Single-molecule kinetic analysis of HP1-chromatin binding reveals a dynamic network of histone modification and DNA interactions. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(18). 10504–10517. 43 indexed citations

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Kilic, Sinan, Andreas Bachmann, Louise C. Bryan, & Beat Fierz. (2015). Multivalency governs HP1α association dynamics with the silent chromatin state. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7313–7313. 85 indexed citations

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Pick, Horst, Sinan Kilic, & Beat Fierz. (2014). Engineering chromatin states: Chemical and synthetic biology approaches to investigate histone modification function. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1839(8). 644–656. 17 indexed citations

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Fierz, Beat, Sinan Kilic, Aaron R. Hieb, Karolin Luger, & Tom W. Muir. (2012). Stability of Nucleosomes Containing Homogenously Ubiquitylated H2A and H2B Prepared Using Semisynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(48). 19548–19551. 79 indexed citations

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