2026 Andrew J. Bannister: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	65	1637	1463	128	113	106	39857

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

6384
Citations
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

3542
Citations
Active genes are tri-methylated at K4 of histone H3

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

2602
Citations
The CBP co-activator is a histone acetyltransferase

Andrew J. Bannister;Tony Kouzarides

2380
Citations
Retinoblastoma protein recruits histone deacetylase to repress transcription

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

1719
Citations
Rb targets histone H3 methylation and HP1 to promoters

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

1145
Citations
Histone deimination antagonizes arginine methylation

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

1051
Citations
The TAFII250 Subunit of TFIID Has Histone Acetyltransferase Activity

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

1014
Citations
Histone H3 lysine 4 methylation patterns in higher eukaryotic genes.

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

962
Citations
Promoter-bound METTL3 maintains myeloid leukaemia by m 6 A-dependent translation control

Isaia Barbieri;Konstantinos Tzelepis;Luca Pandolfini;Junwei Shi

925
Citations
Small-molecule inhibition of METTL3 as a strategy against myeloid leukaemia.

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

829
Citations
Structure of the HP1 chromodomain bound to histone H3 methylated at lysine 9.

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

810
Citations
Histone methylation: dynamic or static?

Andrew J. Bannister;Robert Schneider;Tony Kouzarides

764
Citations
JAK2 phosphorylates histone H3Y41 and excludes HP1α from chromatin

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

704
Citations
Reversing histone methylation

Andrew J. Bannister;Tony Kouzarides

656
Citations
Blimp1 associates with Prmt5 and directs histone arginine methylation in mouse germ cells.

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

569
Citations
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

547
Citations
CBP-induced stimulation of c-Fos activity is abrogated by E1A.

A. J. Bannister;T. Kouzarides

451
Citations
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

442
Citations
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

438
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Tony Kouzarides University of Cambridge

Mark A. Dawson Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

George S. Vassiliou University of Cambridge

Rab K. Prinjha GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)

Berthold Göttgens University of Cambridge

Robert Schneider Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Eric A. Miska University of Cambridge

Colyn Crane-Robinson University of Portsmouth

Tom Owen-Hughes University of Dundee

M. Azim Surani University of Cambridge

External Links

Personal website of Andrew J. Bannister

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