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Andrew J. Bannister publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew J. Bannister sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 106 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Andrew J. Bannister D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew J. Bannister sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Andrew J. Bannister is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a specific emphasis on Molecular Biology. Their work extends into Cancer Research, Genetics, Epidemiology, and Immunology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Tony Kouzarides
  • Byron Andrews
  • Luca Pandolfini
  • Isaia Barbieri
  • Marie Klimontova

Bannister has published in several notable scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Cell
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature
  • Nature Reviews Genetics

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Bannister include:

  • "Small-molecule inhibition of METTL3 as a strategy against myeloid leukaemia" (2021), Nature
  • "Histone post-translational modifications - cause and consequence of genome function" (2022), Nature Reviews Genetics
  • "Two genomes, one cell: Mitochondrial-nuclear coordination via epigenetic pathways" (2020), Molecular Metabolism
  • "Molecular mimicry of NF-κB by vaccinia virus protein enables selective inhibition of antiviral responses" (2021), Nature Microbiology
  • "Further Evidence Supporting N7-Methylation of Guanosine (m7G) in Human MicroRNAs" (2020), Molecular Cell

Best Publications

  • Regulation of chromatin by histone modifications

    Andrew J Bannister;Tony Kouzarides

  • Selective recognition of methylated lysine 9 on histone H3 by the HP1 chromo domain.

    Andrew J. Bannister;Philip Zegerman;Janet F. Partridge;Eric A. Miska

  • Active genes are tri-methylated at K4 of histone H3

    Helena Santos-Rosa;Robert Schneider;Andrew J. Bannister;Julia Sherriff

  • The CBP co-activator is a histone acetyltransferase

    Andrew J. Bannister;Tony Kouzarides

  • Retinoblastoma protein recruits histone deacetylase to repress transcription

    Alexander Brehm;Eric A. Miska;Dennis J. McCance;Dennis J. McCance;Juliet L. Reid

  • Rb targets histone H3 methylation and HP1 to promoters

    Soren J. Nielsen;Robert Schneider;Uta-Maria Bauer;Andrew J. Bannister

  • Histone deimination antagonizes arginine methylation

    Graeme L. Cuthbert;Sylvain Daujat;Andrew W. Snowden;Hediye Erdjument-Bromage

  • The TAFII250 Subunit of TFIID Has Histone Acetyltransferase Activity

    Craig A. Mizzen;Xiang Jiao Yang;Tetsuro Kokubo;James E. Brownell

  • Histone H3 lysine 4 methylation patterns in higher eukaryotic genes.

    Robert Schneider;Andrew J. Bannister;Fiona A. Myers;Alan W. Thorne

  • Promoter-bound METTL3 maintains myeloid leukaemia by m 6 A-dependent translation control

    Isaia Barbieri;Konstantinos Tzelepis;Luca Pandolfini;Junwei Shi

  • Small-molecule inhibition of METTL3 as a strategy against myeloid leukaemia.

    Eliza Yankova;Eliza Yankova;Wesley Blackaby;Mark Albertella;Justyna Rak;Justyna Rak

  • Structure of the HP1 chromodomain bound to histone H3 methylated at lysine 9.

    Peter R. Nielsen;Daniel Nietlispach;Helen R. Mott;Juliana Callaghan

  • Histone methylation: dynamic or static?

    Andrew J. Bannister;Robert Schneider;Tony Kouzarides

  • JAK2 phosphorylates histone H3Y41 and excludes HP1α from chromatin

    Mark A. Dawson;Andrew J. Bannister;Berthold Göttgens;Samuel D. Foster

  • Reversing histone methylation

    Andrew J. Bannister;Tony Kouzarides

  • Blimp1 associates with Prmt5 and directs histone arginine methylation in mouse germ cells.

    Katia Ancelin;Ulrike C. Lange;Petra Hajkova;Robert Schneider

  • Spatial distribution of di- and tri-methyl lysine 36 of histone H3 at active genes.

    Andrew J. Bannister;Robert Schneider;Robert Schneider;Fiona A. Myers;Alan W. Thorne

  • CBP-induced stimulation of c-Fos activity is abrogated by E1A.

    A. J. Bannister;T. Kouzarides

  • The E7 oncoprotein associates with Mi2 and histone deacetylase activity to promote cell growth.

    Alexander Brehm;Alexander Brehm;Søren J. Nielsen;Eric A. Miska;Dennis J. McCance;Dennis J. McCance

  • Stimulation of c-Jun activity by CBP: c-Jun residues Ser63/73 are required for CBP induced stimulation in vivo and CBP binding in vitro.

    Andrew J. Bannister;Thomas Oehler;Thomas Oehler;Dagmar Wilhelm;Peter Angel

Frequent Co-Authors

Tony Kouzarides
Tony Kouzarides University of Cambridge
Mark A. Dawson
Mark A. Dawson Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
George S. Vassiliou
George S. Vassiliou University of Cambridge
Rab K. Prinjha
Rab K. Prinjha GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Berthold Göttgens
Berthold Göttgens University of Cambridge
Robert Schneider
Robert Schneider Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Eric A. Miska
Eric A. Miska University of Cambridge
Colyn Crane-Robinson
Colyn Crane-Robinson University of Portsmouth
Tom Owen-Hughes
Tom Owen-Hughes University of Dundee
M. Azim Surani
M. Azim Surani University of Cambridge

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