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Anton Wutz

Anton Wutz

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
50
Citations
17888
World Ranking
3899
National Ranking
59

Anton Wutz publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anton Wutz sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 136 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Anton Wutz D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anton Wutz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Anton Wutz is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Plant Science. Their research spans several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Immunology.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction

Recent publications by Anton Wutz include the following:

  • "Xist ribonucleoproteins promote female sex-biased autoimmunity" (2024, Cell)
  • "Cdk8 is required for establishment of H3K27me3 and gene repression by Xist and mouse development" (2020, Development)
  • "The B-side of Xist" (2020, F1000Research)
  • "Genomic imprinting: An epigenetic regulatory system" (2020, PLoS Genetics)
  • "TMED2 binding restricts SMO to the ER and Golgi compartments" (2022, PLoS Biology)

Anton Wutz has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Charles-Étienne Dumeau, Renato Paro, Ueli Grossniklaus, Raffaella Santoro, and Giulio Di Minin. Each of these collaborators has coauthored approximately 9 to 10 publications with Wutz.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Genetics
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments

In addition to journal articles, Anton Wutz has authored books published by Springer International Publishing, including the 2021 book "Introduction to Epigenetics".

The scientist has been recognized as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), reflecting their involvement in the molecular biology research community.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for osteocyte regulation of bone homeostasis through RANKL expression

    Tomoki Nakashima;Mikihito Hayashi;Takanobu Fukunaga;Kosaku Kurata

  • 3D structures of individual mammalian genomes studied by single-cell Hi-C

    Tim J. Stevens;Tim J. Stevens;David Lando;Srinjan Basu;Liam P. Atkinson

  • Chromosomal silencing and localization are mediated by different domains of Xist RNA

    Anton Wutz;Theodore P. Rasmussen;Rudolf Jaenisch

  • A Shift from Reversible to Irreversible X Inactivation Is Triggered during ES Cell Differentiation

    Anton Wutz;Rudolf Jaenisch

  • Imprinted expression of the Igf2r gene depends on an intronic CpG island

    Anton Wutz;Oskar W. Smrzka;Norbert Schweifer;Karl Schellander

  • Efficient method to generate single-copy transgenic mice by site-specific integration in embryonic stem cells

    Caroline Beard;Konrad Hochedlinger;Kathrin Plath;Anton Wutz

  • A novel role for Xist RNA in the formation of a repressive nuclear compartment into which genes are recruited when silenced

    Julie Chaumeil;Patricia Le Baccon;Anton Wutz;Edith Heard

  • RYBP-PRC1 Complexes Mediate H2A Ubiquitylation at Polycomb Target Sites Independently of PRC2 and H3K27me3

    Lígia Tavares;Emilia Dimitrova;David Oxley;Judith Webster

  • Ring1B Compacts Chromatin Structure and Represses Gene Expression Independent of Histone Ubiquitination

    Ragnhild Eskeland;Martin Leeb;Graeme R. Grimes;Clémence Kress

  • Recruitment of PRC1 function at the initiation of X inactivation independent of PRC2 and silencing

    Stefan Schoeftner;Aditya K Sengupta;Stefan Kubicek;Karl Mechtler

  • Gene silencing in X-chromosome inactivation: advances in understanding facultative heterochromatin formation

    Anton Wutz

  • A Chromosomal Memory Triggered by Xist Regulates Histone Methylation in X Inactivation

    Alexander Kohlmaier;Fabio Savarese;Monika Lachner;Joost Martens

  • Generation of mice from wild-type and targeted ES cells by nuclear cloning

    William M. Rideout;Teruhiko Wakayama;Anton Wutz;Kevin Eggan

  • Characterization of an antagonistic switch between histone H3 lysine 27 methylation and acetylation in the transcriptional regulation of Polycomb group target genes

    Diego Pasini;Martina Malatesta;Hye Ryung Jung;Julian Walfridsson

  • Polycomb complexes act redundantly to repress genomic repeats and genes

    Martin Leeb;Diego Pasini;Maria Novatchkova;Markus Jaritz

  • LINE-1 Activity in Facultative Heterochromatin Formation during X Chromosome Inactivation

    Jennifer C. Chow;Constance Ciaudo;Melissa J. Fazzari;Nathan Mise;Nathan Mise

  • Wapl is an essential regulator of chromatin structure and chromosome segregation.

    Antonio Tedeschi;Gordana Wutz;Sébastien Huet;Sébastien Huet;Sébastien Huet;Markus Jaritz

  • Nonoverlapping Functions of the Polycomb Group Cbx Family of Proteins in Embryonic Stem Cells

    Lluis Morey;Gloria Pascual;Luca Cozzuto;Guglielmo Roma

  • Increased bone formation and osteosclerosis in mice overexpressing the transcription factor Fra-1

    Wolfram Jochum;Jean Pierre David;Candace Elliott;Anton Wutz

  • The imprinted antisense RNA at the Igf2r locus overlaps but does not imprint Mas1.

    Lyle R;Lyle R;Watanabe D;te Vruchte D;Lerchner W

Frequent Co-Authors

Edith Heard
Edith Heard Collège de France
Emmanuel Barillot
Emmanuel Barillot Institute Curie
M. Cristina Cardoso
M. Cristina Cardoso Technical University of Darmstadt
John M. Greally
John M. Greally Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Philip Avner
Philip Avner European Bioinformatics Institute
Marisa S. Bartolomei
Marisa S. Bartolomei University of Pennsylvania
Neil Brockdorff
Neil Brockdorff University of Oxford
Thomas Cremer
Thomas Cremer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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