Susan M. Gasser

31.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
280 papers, 24.4k citations indexed

About

Susan M. Gasser is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan M. Gasser has authored 280 papers receiving a total of 24.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 267 papers in Molecular Biology, 49 papers in Plant Science and 26 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Susan M. Gasser's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (157 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (120 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (61 papers). Susan M. Gasser is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (157 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (120 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (61 papers). Susan M. Gasser collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and France. Susan M. Gasser's co-authors include Thierry Laroche, Ulrich K. Laemmli, Haico van Attikum, Florence Hediger, Angela Taddei, Kenji Shimada, Véronique Kalck, Moira Cockell, Frank Neumann and Vincent Dion and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Susan M. Gasser

279 papers receiving 23.9k citations

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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.

Histone H3 and H4 N-termini interact with SIR3 and SIR4 proteins: A molecular model for the formation of heterochromatin in yeast

1995 664 citations Thierry Laroche, Susan M. Gasser et al. Cell profile →
Cohabitation of scaffold binding regions with upstream/enhancer elements of three developmentally regulated genes of D. melanogaster

1986 504 citations Susan M. Gasser et al. Cell profile →
Establishment of H3K9-methylated heterochromatin and its functions in tissue differentiation and maintenance

2022 256 citations Jan Padeken, Susan M. Gasser et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susan M. Gasser Switzerland	85	22.5k	4.1k	2.2k	2.1k	2.0k	280	24.4k
James E. Haber United States	100	30.1k 1.3×	5.8k 1.4×	3.6k 1.6×	2.4k 1.1×	3.1k 1.6×	345	32.6k
Rodney Rothstein United States	64	21.6k 1.0×	3.5k 0.9×	2.8k 1.3×	609 0.3×	2.7k 1.4×	158	22.9k
Simon J. Boulton United Kingdom	66	13.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.3×	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	152	15.7k
David Scott United States	34	20.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	736 0.4×	4.0k 2.1×	53	24.2k
Ian D. Hickson United Kingdom	85	22.1k 1.0×	3.1k 0.8×	2.8k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	289	23.8k
Geneviève Almouzni France	76	17.1k 0.8×	3.1k 0.8×	955 0.4×	615 0.3×	1.7k 0.9×	198	18.4k
James R. Broach United States	70	16.0k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	2.6k 1.2×	395 0.2×	1.7k 0.9×	224	18.2k
John T. Lis United States	94	24.2k 1.1×	2.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	421 0.2×	2.5k 1.3×	218	26.7k
Ira Herskowitz United States	90	22.5k 1.0×	4.1k 1.0×	4.7k 2.1×	467 0.2×	3.2k 1.6×	182	26.2k
Angus I. Lamond United Kingdom	93	24.9k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	2.6k 1.2×	673 0.3×	2.3k 1.2×	268	28.7k

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Shimada, Kenji, Stephanie Bregenhorn, Christian‐Benedikt Gerhold, et al.. (2024). TORC2 inhibition triggers yeast chromosome fragmentation through misregulated Base Excision Repair of clustered oxidation events. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9908–9908. 2 indexed citations

Shaban, Haitham A. & Susan M. Gasser. (2023). Dynamic 3D genome reorganization during senescence: defining cell states through chromatin. Cell Death and Differentiation. 32(1). 9–15. 29 indexed citations

Klein, Dominique, et al.. (2020). Disease-associated DNA2 nuclease–helicase protects cells from lethal chromosome under-replication. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(13). 7265–7278. 11 indexed citations

Mattout, Anna, Dimos Gaidatzis, Jan Padeken, et al.. (2020). LSM2-8 and XRN-2 contribute to the silencing of H3K27me3-marked genes through targeted RNA decay. Nature Cell Biology. 22(5). 579–590. 14 indexed citations

Deshpande, Ishan, et al.. (2019). The Sir4 H‐ BRCT domain interacts with phospho‐proteins to sequester and repress yeast heterochromatin. The EMBO Journal. 38(20). e101744–e101744. 9 indexed citations

Jeggo, Penny A., Jessica A. Downs, & Susan M. Gasser. (2017). Chromatin modifiers and remodellers in DNA repair and signalling. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 372(1731). 20160279–20160279. 12 indexed citations

Kueng, Stephanie, Monika Tsai-Pflugfelder, Mariano Oppikofer, et al.. (2012). Regulating Repression: Roles for the Sir4 N-Terminus in Linker DNA Protection and Stabilization of Epigenetic States. PLoS Genetics. 8(5). e1002727–e1002727. 16 indexed citations

Towbin, Benjamin D., Cristina González‐Aguilera, Ragna Sack, et al.. (2012). Step-Wise Methylation of Histone H3K9 Positions Heterochromatin at the Nuclear Periphery. Cell. 150(5). 934–947. 433 indexed citations

Gasser, Susan M. & En Li. (2011). Epigenetics and disease : pharmaceutical opportunities. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 7 indexed citations

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Meister, Peter, Lutz R. Gehlen, Elisa Varela, Véronique Kalck, & Susan M. Gasser. (2010). Visualizing Yeast Chromosomes and Nuclear Architecture. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 470. 535–567. 65 indexed citations

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Varela, Elisa, Kenji Shimada, Thierry Laroche, Didier Leroy, & Susan M. Gasser. (2009). Lte1, Cdc14 and MEN‐controlled Cdk inactivation in yeast coordinate rDNA decompaction with late telophase progression. The EMBO Journal. 28(11). 1562–1575. 18 indexed citations

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Attikum, Haico van & Susan M. Gasser. (2005). The histone code at DNA breaks: a guide to repair?. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 6(10). 757–765. 240 indexed citations

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Taddei, Angela & Susan M. Gasser. (2003). Multiple pathways for telomere tethering: functional implications of subnuclear position for heterochromatin formation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1677(1-3). 120–128. 55 indexed citations

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Hediger, Florence, Karine Dubrana, & Susan M. Gasser. (2002). Myosin-like proteins 1 and 2 are not required for silencing or telomere anchoring, but act in the Tel1 pathway of telomere length control. Journal of Structural Biology. 140(1-3). 79–91. 64 indexed citations

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Heun, Patrick, Thierry Laroche, Kenji Shimada, Patrick Furrer, & Susan M. Gasser. (2001). Chromosome Dynamics in the Yeast Interphase Nucleus. Science. 294(5549). 2181–2186. 367 indexed citations

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Martin, Sophie G., Thierry Laroche, Noriyuki Suka, Michael Grunstein, & Susan M. Gasser. (1999). Relocalization of Telomeric Ku and SIR Proteins in Response to DNA Strand Breaks in Yeast. Cell. 97(5). 621–633. 384 indexed citations

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Marcand, Stéphane, Susan M. Gasser, & Éric Gilson. (1996). Chromatin: A sticky silence. Current Biology. 6(10). 1222–1225. 22 indexed citations

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Palladino, Francesca, Thierry Laroche, Éric Gilson, Lorraine Pillus, & Susan M. Gasser. (1993). The Positioning of Yeast Telomeres Depends on SIR3, SIR4, and the Integrity of the Nuclear Membrane. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 58(0). 733–746. 20 indexed citations

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Amati, Bruno & Susan M. Gasser. (1990). Drosophila Scaffold-Attached Regions Bind Nuclear Scaffolds and Can Function as ARS Elements in Both Budding and Fission Yeasts. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 10(10). 5442–5454. 20 indexed citations

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Gasser, Susan M., et al.. (1990). Studies on Scaffold Attachment Sites and Their Relation to Genome Function. International review of cytology. 119. 57–96. 176 indexed citations

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