2026 Albert Jeltsch: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	85	1305	1236	99	94	393	28378

Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Albert Jeltsch is a researcher affiliated with the University of Stuttgart in Germany. Their primary field of study is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology. They have contributed extensively to several subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Oncology, and Physiology.

The main topics addressed in Jeltsch's work include:

Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
RNA modifications and cancer
Cancer-related gene regulation
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting

Their publication record features multiple papers across various respected scientific journals. Notable recent papers are:

Comprehensive structure-function characterization of DNMT3B and DNMT3A reveals distinctive de novo DNA methylation mechanisms (2020) in Nature Communications
The methyltransferase METTL9 mediates pervasive 1-methylhistidine modification in mammalian proteomes (2021) in Nature Communications
DNA sequence-dependent activity and base flipping mechanisms of DNMT1 regulate genome-wide DNA methylation (2020) in Nature Communications
Engineering of Effector Domains for Targeted DNA Methylation with Reduced Off-Target Effects (2020) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Recognition of nonproline N-terminal residues by the Pro/N-degron pathway (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent publication venues for Jeltsch's work include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Communications Biology
Nature Communications
Nucleic Acids Research
Universitätsbibliothek Stuttgart

Collaboration has been a significant part of their research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

Pavel Bashtrykov
Sara Weirich
Sabrina Adam
Michael Dukatz
Michel Choudalakis

Best Publications

Cyclical DNA methylation of a transcriptionally active promoter

Raphaël Métivier;Rozenn Gallais;Christophe Tiffoche;Christine Le Péron

1092
Citations
Structure of Dnmt3a bound to Dnmt3L suggests a model for de novo DNA methylation

Da Jia;Renata Z. Jurkowska;Xing Zhang;Albert Jeltsch

974
Citations
A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes

Richard J. Roberts;Marlene Belfort;Timothy Bestor;Ashok S. Bhagwat

934
Citations
Structure and function of type II restriction endonucleases

Alfred Pingoud;Albert Jeltsch

837
Citations
Structure and function of mammalian DNA methyltransferases

Renata Zofia Jurkowska;Tomasz Piotr Jurkowski;Albert Jeltsch

826
Citations
Beyond Watson and Crick: DNA methylation and molecular enzymology of DNA methyltransferases.

Albert Jeltsch

804
Citations
Biochemistry and biology of mammalian DNA methyltransferases

A Hermann;H Gowher;A Jeltsch;A Jeltsch

764
Citations
The Dnmt1 DNA-(cytosine-C5)-methyltransferase methylates DNA processively with high preference for hemimethylated target sites.

Andrea Hermann;Rachna Goyal;Albert Jeltsch;Albert Jeltsch

670
Citations
THE DNMT3A PWWP domain reads histone 3 lysine 36 trimethylation and guides DNA methylation

Arunkumar Dhayalan;Arumugam Rajavelu;Philipp Rathert;Raluca Tamas

595
Citations
New concepts in DNA methylation

Albert Jeltsch;Renata Z. Jurkowska

472
Citations
Chromatin methylation activity of Dnmt3a and Dnmt3a/3L is guided by interaction of the ADD domain with the histone H3 tail.

Yingying Zhang;Renata Jurkowska;Szabolcs Soeroes;Arumugam Rajavelu

439
Citations
Recognition and cleavage of DNA by type-II restriction endonucleases.

Alfred Pingoud;Albert Jeltsch

428
Citations
Mechanism of stimulation of catalytic activity of Dnmt3A and Dnmt3B DNA-(cytosine-C5)-methyltransferases by Dnmt3L.

Humaira Gowher;Kirsten Liebert;Andrea Hermann;Guoliang Xu

401
Citations
Protein lysine methyltransferase G9a acts on non-histone targets

Philipp Rathert;Arunkumar Dhayalan;Marie Murakami;Xing Zhang

389
Citations
The activity of the murine DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 is controlled by interaction of the catalytic domain with the N-terminal part of the enzyme leading to an allosteric activation of the enzyme after binding to methylated DNA.

Mehrnaz Fatemi;Andrea Hermann;Shriharsa Pradhan;Albert Jeltsch

366
Citations
BISMA - Fast and accurate bisulfite sequencing data analysis of individual clones from unique and repetitive sequences

Christian Rohde;Yingying Zhang;Richard Reinhardt;Albert Jeltsch

345
Citations
The Human Dnmt2 Has Residual DNA-(Cytosine-C5) Methyltransferase Activity

Andrea Hermann;Sigrid Schmitt;Albert Jeltsch

335
Citations
Dnmt3a and Dnmt1 functionally cooperate during de novo methylation of DNA

Mehrnaz Fatemi;Andrea Hermann;Humaira Gowher;Albert Jeltsch

325
Citations
Enzymatic properties of recombinant Dnmt3a DNA methyltransferase from mouse: the enzyme modifies DNA in a non-processive manner and also methylates non-CpA sites

Humaira Gowher;Albert Jeltsch

294
Citations
A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyl transferases, homing endonucleases and their genes

RJ Roberts;M Belford;T Bester;AS Bhagwat

9
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred Pingoud University of Giessen

Richard Reinhardt Max Planck Society

Xiaodong Cheng The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Claus Urbanke Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Xing Zhang The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Jinrong Min Structural Genomics Consortium

Mark Helm Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

John R. Horton The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Guoliang Xu Fudan University

Frank Gannon QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

External Links

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