2026 Colyn Crane-Robinson: 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	60	1947	1753	157	141	167	14520

Overview

Colyn Crane-Robinson is affiliated with the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. Their research predominantly spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on molecular biology as evidenced by a substantial portion of their publications.

Their work covers a variety of specialized topics, including:

DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Protein Structure and Dynamics
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
RNA regulation and disease

Colyn Crane-Robinson has contributed to several recent scientific papers, which include:

"Forces maintaining the DNA double helix," published in 2020 in the European Biophysics Journal
"Thermodynamic basis of the α-helix and DNA duplex," published in 2021 in the European Biophysics Journal
"HMG-boxes, ribosomopathies and neurodegenerative disease," published in 2023 in Frontiers in Genetics
"Energetic basis of hydrogen bond formation in aqueous solution," published in 2022 in the European Biophysics Journal
"Formation and recycling of an active epigenetic mark mediated by cell cycle-specific RNAs," published in 2021 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

European Biophysics Journal
Frontiers in Genetics
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Crystals
Acta Naturae

Their collaborations include working alongside frequent co-authors such as:

Peter L. Privalov
Tom Moss
Mark S. LeDoux
Anatoly I. Dragan
Alexander K. Ebralidze

Best Publications

A direct link between core histone acetylation and transcriptionally active chromatin.

T R Hebbes;A W Thorne;C Crane-Robinson

1269
Citations
Histone H3 lysine 4 methylation patterns in higher eukaryotic genes.

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

962
Citations
The structure of histone H1 and its location in chromatin.

J. Allan;P. G. Hartman;C. Crane-Robinson;F. X. Aviles

929
Citations
Core histone hyperacetylation co-maps with generalized DNase I sensitivity in the chicken beta-globin chromosomal domain.

T R Hebbes;A L Clayton;A W Thorne;C Crane-Robinson

766
Citations
Acetylation of histone H4 plays a primary role in enhancing transcription factor binding to nucleosomal DNA in vitro.

M Vettese-Dadey;P A Grant;T R Hebbes;C Crane Robinson

665
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
Roles of H1 domains in determining higher order chromatin structure and H1 location

James Allan;Tanya Mitchell;Nerina Harborne;Lothar Bohm

435
Citations
Solution structure of a DNA-binding domain from HMG1.

Christopher M. Read;Peter D. Cary;Colyn Crane-Robinson;Paul C. Driscoll

365
Citations
H2A.Z Facilitates Access of Active and Repressive Complexes to Chromatin in Embryonic Stem Cell Self-renewal and Differentiation

Gangqing Hu;Kairong Cui;Daniel Northrup;Chengyu Liu

338
Citations
What drives proteins into the major or minor grooves of DNA

Peter L. Privalov;Anatoly I. Dragan;Colyn Crane-Robinson;Kenneth J. Breslauer

250
Citations
Elevated levels of a specific class of nuclear phosphoproteins in cells transformed with v-ras and v-mos oncogenes and by cotransfection with c-myc and polyoma middle T genes.

V. Giancotti;B. Pani;P. D'Andrea;M. T. Berlingieri

225
Citations
cDNA cloning of the HMGI-C phosphoprotein, a nuclear protein associated with neoplastic and undifferentiated phenotypes.

G Manfioletti;V Giancotti;A Bandiera;E Buratti

218
Citations
The replacement histone H2A.Z in a hyperacetylated form is a feature of active genes in the chicken

Kimberley Bruce;Fiona A. Myers;Evangelia Mantouvalou;Pascal Lefevre

215
Citations
Interpreting protein/DNA interactions: distinguishing specific from non-specific and electrostatic from non-electrostatic components

Peter L. Privalov;Anatoly I. Dragan;Colyn Crane-Robinson

212
Citations
DNA binding and bending properties of the post-meiotically expressed Sry-related protein Sox-5.

Frances Connor;Peter D. Cary;Christopher M. Read;Nicola S. Preston

189
Citations
Targeted and extended acetylation of histones H4 and H3 at active and inactive genes in chicken embryo erythrocytes

Fiona A. Myers;Dain R. Evans;Alison L. Clayton;Alan W. Thorne

182
Citations
Changes in nuclear proteins on transformation of rat epithelial thyroid cells by a murine sarcoma retrovirus.

Vincenzo Giancotti;Maria Teresa Berlingieri;Pier Paolo DiFiore;Alfredo Fusco

151
Citations
Enthalpy-entropy compensation: the role of solvation.

Anatoliy I. Dragan;Christopher M. Read;Colyn Crane-Robinson

150
Citations
Histone acetylation and globin gene switching

Tim R. Hebbes;Alan W. Thorne;Alison L. Clayton;Colyn Crane-Robinson

150
Citations
Studies on the role and mode of operation of the very-lysine-rich histones in eukaryote chromatin. Nuclear-magnetic-resonance studies on nucleoprotein and histone phi 1-DNA complexes from marine invertebrate sperm.

Puigdoménech P;Martínez P;Palau J;Bradbury Em

25
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul C. Driscoll University College London

Andrew J. Bannister University of Cambridge

Tony Kouzarides University of Cambridge

Francesc X. Avilés Autonomous University of Barcelona

Constanze Bonifer University of Birmingham

Guidalberto Manfioletti University of Trieste

Graham H. Goodwin Institute of Cancer Research

Mair E. A. Churchill University of Colorado Denver

Robert J. Schneider New York University

Emanuele Buratti International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

External Links

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