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Aseem Z. Ansari 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 Aseem Z. Ansari sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 103 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Aseem Z. Ansari 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 Aseem Z. Ansari sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Aseem Z. Ansari is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology as a subfield. Additional areas of study include Hematology, Genetics, Virology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The main scientific topics covered in their body of work include:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Aseem Z. Ansari has contributed to multiple scientific publications across several venues. Frequent venues of publication are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Cell
  • Nature Communications
  • PLoS ONE
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - RNA

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Ansari include:

  • "S1-END-seq reveals DNA secondary structures in human cells," 2022, Molecular Cell
  • "Hidden modes of DNA binding by human nuclear receptors," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Fusion proteins form onco-condensates," 2021, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • "Single position substitution of hairpin pyrrole-imidazole polyamides imparts distinct DNA-binding profiles across the human genome," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "The Phantom Mark: Enigmatic roles of phospho-Threonine 4 modification of the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II," 2023, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - RNA

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Ashraf Mohammed
  • Adithi Danda
  • Steven J. Philips
  • Walter H. Lang
  • Ryan P. Kempen

Best Publications

  • A library of yeast transcription factor motifs reveals a widespread function for Rsc3 in targeting nucleosome exclusion at promoters.

    Gwenael Badis;Esther T. Chan;Harm van Bakel;Lourdes Pena-Castillo

  • Genome-wide distribution of yeast RNA polymerase II and its control by Sen1 helicase.

    Eric J. Steinmetz;Christopher L. Warren;Jason N. Kuehner;Bahman Panbehi

  • TFIIH kinase places bivalent marks on the carboxy-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II.

    Md. Sohail Akhtar;Martin Heidemann;Joshua R. Tietjen;David W. Zhang

  • A unified nomenclature for protein subunits of mediator complexes linking transcriptional regulators to RNA polymerase II.

    Henri Marc Bourbon;Andres Aguilera;Aseem Z. Ansari;Francisco J. Asturias

  • Activation of gene expression by small molecule transcription factors

    Anna K. Mapp;Aseem Z. Ansari;Mark Ptashne;Peter B. Dervan

  • Defining the sequence-recognition profile of DNA-binding molecules.

    Christopher L. Warren;Natasha C. S. Kratochvil;Karl E. Hauschild;Shane Foister

  • Gene Loops Enhance Transcriptional Directionality

    Sue Mei Tan-Wong;Judith B. Zaugg;Jurgi Camblong;Zhenyu Xu

  • DNA-bend modulation in a repressor-to-activator switching mechanism.

    Aseem Z. Ansari;James E. Bradner;Thomas V. O'Halloran

  • An Activator Target in the RNA Polymerase II Holoenzyme

    Sang Seok Koh;Aseem Z Ansari;Mark Ptashne;Richard A Young

  • Regulator Trafficking on Bacterial Transcription Units In Vivo

    Rachel A. Mooney;Sarah E. Davis;Jason M. Peters;Jennifer L. Rowland

  • Allosteric underwinding of DNA is a critical step in positive control of transcription by Hg-MerR.

    Aseem Z. Ansari;Mark L. Chael;Thomas V. O'Halloran

  • Two cyclin-dependent kinases promote RNA polymerase II transcription and formation of the scaffold complex.

    Ying Liu;Charles Kung;James Fishburn;Aseem Z. Ansari

  • Chemical-genomic dissection of the CTD code.

    Joshua R Tietjen;David W Zhang;Juan B Rodríguez-Molina;Brent E White

  • Design of artificial transcriptional activators with rigid poly-L-proline linkers.

    Paramjit S. Arora;Aseem Z. Ansari;Timothy P. Best;Mark Ptashne

  • Ssu72 phosphatase-dependent erasure of phospho-Ser7 marks on the RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain is essential for viability and transcription termination.

    David W. Zhang;Amber L. Mosley;Amber L. Mosley;Sreenivasa R. Ramisetty;Juan B. Rodríguez-Molina

  • The Bacterial Response Regulator ArcA Uses a Diverse Binding Site Architecture to Regulate Carbon Oxidation Globally

    Dan M. Park;Md. Sohail Akhtar;Aseem Z. Ansari;Robert Landick;Robert Landick

  • Immobilization of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase and Location of Binding Sites by Use of Chromatin Immunoprecipitation and Microarrays

    Christopher D. Herring;Marni Raffaelle;Timothy E. Allen;Elenita I. Kanin

  • Towards a minimal motif for artificial transcriptional activators

    Aseem Z Ansari;Anna K Mapp;Doan H Nguyen;Peter B Dervan

  • Combinatorial bZIP dimers display complex DNA-binding specificity landscapes.

    José A Rodríguez-Martínez;Aaron W Reinke;Devesh Bhimsaria;Amy E Keating

  • Modular design of artificial transcription factors.

    Aseem Z Ansari;Anna K Mapp

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Ptashne
Mark Ptashne Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peter B. Dervan
Peter B. Dervan California Institute of Technology
Robert Landick
Robert Landick University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thomas V. O'Halloran
Thomas V. O'Halloran Northwestern University
James A. Thomson
James A. Thomson University of California, Santa Barbara
Parameswaran Ramanathan
Parameswaran Ramanathan University of Wisconsin–Madison
Audrey P. Gasch
Audrey P. Gasch University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kevan M. Shokat
Kevan M. Shokat University of California, San Francisco
Nicholas M. Luscombe
Nicholas M. Luscombe The Francis Crick Institute

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