2026 Brian D. Strahl: 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	78	1057	938	553	481	218	40517

Overview

Brian D. Strahl is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research predominantly lies within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, focusing on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cell Biology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases.

The research topics covered by Brian D. Strahl include:

Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
RNA modifications and cancer
Cancer-related gene regulation
Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
RNA Research and Splicing
Protein Degradation and Inhibitors

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Brian D. Strahl are:

DNMT1 reads heterochromatic H4K20me3 to reinforce LINE-1 DNA methylation, 2021, Nature Communications
Characterization of the plant homeodomain (PHD) reader family for their histone tail interactions, 2020, Epigenetics & Chromatin
HDAC inhibition results in widespread alteration of the histone acetylation landscape and BRD4 targeting to gene bodies, 2021, Cell Reports
Direct readout of heterochromatic H3K9me3 regulates DNMT1-mediated maintenance DNA methylation, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
BAHCC1 binds H3K27me3 via a conserved BAH module to mediate gene silencing and oncogenesis, 2020, Nature Genetics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brian D. Strahl include:

Krzysztof Krajewski
Scott B. Rothbart
Tatiana G. Kutateladze
Kanishk Jain
Gang Greg Wang

Brian D. Strahl's publications have appeared in various scientific venues. The most frequent venues include:

UNC Libraries
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Nature Communications
eLife

Best Publications

The language of covalent histone modifications.

B D Strahl;C D Allis

10900
Citations
Regulation of chromatin structure by site-specific histone H3 methyltransferases

S Rea;F Eisenhaber;D O'Carroll;B D Strahl

3514
Citations
Role of Histone H3 Lysine 9 Methylation in Epigenetic Control of Heterochromatin Assembly

Jun-ichi Nakayama;Judd C. Rice;Brian D. Strahl;C. David Allis

2136
Citations
Methylation of histone H4 at arginine 3 facilitating transcriptional activation by nuclear hormone receptor

Hengbin Wang;Zhi-Qing Huang;Li Xia;Qin Feng

981
Citations
Cotranscriptional set2 methylation of histone H3 lysine 36 recruits a repressive Rpd3 complex.

Michael Christopher Keogh;Siavash K. Kurdistani;Stephanie A. Morris;Seong Hoon Ahn

950
Citations
Evidence for nucleosome depletion at active regulatory regions genome-wide.

Cheol Koo Lee;Yoichiro Shibata;Bhargavi Rao;Brian D. Strahl

923
Citations
Interpreting the language of histone and DNA modifications

Scott B. Rothbart;Brian D. Strahl

807
Citations
Histone H3 lysine 4 methylation is mediated by Set1 and required for cell growth and rDNA silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Scott D. Briggs;Mary Bryk;Brian D. Strahl;Wang L. Cheung

762
Citations
Set2 Is a Nucleosomal Histone H3-Selective Methyltransferase That Mediates Transcriptional Repression

Brian D Strahl;Patrick A. Grant;Scott D. Briggs;Zu Wen Sun

725
Citations
A nucleosomal function for IκB kinase-α in NF-κB-dependent gene expression

Vasiliki Anest;Julie L. Hanson;Patricia C. Cogswell;Kris A. Steinbrecher

693
Citations
Methylation of histone H3 at lysine 4 is highly conserved and correlates with transcriptionally active nuclei in Tetrahymena

Brian D. Strahl;Reiko Ohba;Richard G. Cook;C. David Allis

670
Citations
Gene silencing: Trans -histone regulatory pathway in chromatin

Scott D. Briggs;Tiaojiang Xiao;Zu Wen Sun;Jennifer A. Caldwell

614
Citations
A Novel Domain in Set2 Mediates RNA Polymerase II Interaction and Couples Histone H3 K36 Methylation with Transcript Elongation

Kelby O. Kizer;Hemali P. Phatnani;Yoichiro Shibata;Hana Hall

589
Citations
Role of protein methylation in regulation of transcription.

David Y. Lee;Catherine Teyssier;Brian D. Strahl;Michael R. Stallcup

570
Citations
Methylation of histone H4 at arginine 3 occurs in vivo and is mediated by the nuclear receptor coactivator PRMT1

Brian D. Strahl;Scott D. Briggs;Cynthia J. Brame;Jennifer A. Caldwell

556
Citations
Phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II CTD regulates H3 methylation in yeast

Tiaojiang Xiao;Hana Hall;Kelby O. Kizer;Yoichiro Shibata

510
Citations
Long noncoding RNAs are rarely translated in two human cell lines

Balázs Bánfai;Hui Jia;Jainab Khatun;Emily Wood

456
Citations
Histone H2B Ubiquitylation Is Associated with Elongating RNA Polymerase II

Tiaojiang Xiao;Cheng Fu Kao;Nevan J. Krogan;Zu Wen Sun

415
Citations
OPERating ON chromatin, a colorful language where context matters

Kathryn E. Gardner;C. David Allis;Brian D. Strahl

409
Citations
Polymerase IV occupancy at RNA-directed DNA methylation sites requires SHH1

Julie A. Law;Jiamu Du;Christopher J. Hale;Suhua Feng

406
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatiana G. Kutateladze University of Colorado Denver

C. David Allis Rockefeller University

Robert J. Duronio University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A. Gregory Matera University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco

Mark T. Bedford The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Cheryl H. Arrowsmith Structural Genomics Consortium

Xiaobing Shi Van Andel Institute

Dinshaw J. Patel Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Benjamin A. Garcia Washington University in St. Louis

External Links

Personal website of Brian D. Strahl

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