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Genetics and Molecular Biology
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2024

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Molecular Biology

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88
Citations
25447
World Ranking
784
National Ranking
65

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  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Peter B. Becker is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a concentrated focus on Molecular Biology alongside additional interests in Plant Science, Cancer Research, Genetics, and Cell Biology.

The main topics covered in their body of work include:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms
  • RNA Modifications and Cancer
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cancer-Related Molecular Mechanisms Research

Recent publications of Peter B. Becker showcase a range of topics and publication venues. Some notable papers include:

  • "Beads on a string-nucleosome array arrangements and folding of the chromatin fiber," 2020, published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • "Cooperation between bHLH transcription factors and histones for DNA access," 2023, published in Nature
  • "Variation on a theme: Evolutionary strategies for H2A.Z exchange by SWR1-type remodelers," 2020, published in Current Opinion in Cell Biology
  • "Two-step mechanism for selective incorporation of lncRNA into a chromatin modifier," 2020, published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Drosophila SWR1 and NuA4 complexes are defined by DOMINO isoforms," 2020, published in eLife

Frequent collaborators in Becker's research include:

  • Alessandro Scacchetti
  • Marisa Müller
  • Silke Krause
  • Zivkos Apostolou
  • Tamás Schauer

The scientist's publications appear repeatedly in specific journals and platforms, indicating common venues for disseminating their findings. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • PubMed
  • Nature

Best Publications

  • Histone acetylation: a switch between repressive and permissive chromatin. Second in review series on chromatin dynamics.

    Anton Eberharter;Peter B Becker

  • Self-organization of microtubules into bipolar spindles around artificial chromosomes in Xenopus egg extracts

    Rebecca Heald;Régis Tournebize;Thiemo Blank;Raphael Sandaltzopoulos

  • ATP-Dependent Nucleosome Remodeling

    Peter B Becker;Wolfram Hörz

  • ATP-dependent nucleosome disruption at a heat-shock promoter mediated by binding of GAGA transcription factor

    Toshio Tsukiyama;Peter B. Becker;Peter B. Becker;Carl Wu

  • Chromatin-remodelling factor CHRAC contains the ATPases ISWI and topoisomerase II

    Patrick D. Varga-Weisz;Matthias Wilm;Edgar Bonte;Katia Dumas

  • Activation of Transcription through Histone H4 Acetylation by MOF, an Acetyltransferase Essential for Dosage Compensation in Drosophila

    Asifa Akhtar;Peter B Becker

  • Room-Temperature Quantum Bit Storage Exceeding 39 Minutes Using Ionized Donors in Silicon-28

    Kamyar Saeedi;Stephanie Simmons;Jeff Z. Salvail;Phillip Dluhy

  • Chromodomains are protein–RNA interaction modules

    Asifa Akhtar;Daniele Zink;Peter B. Becker

  • Nucleosome Movement by CHRAC and ISWI without Disruption or trans-Displacement of the Histone Octamer

    Gernot Längst;Edgar J Bonte;Davide F.V Corona;Peter B Becker

  • Molecular cloning and expression of a hexameric Drosophila heat shock factor subject to negative regulation

    Joachim Clos;J.Timothy Westwood;Peter B. Becker;Susan Wilson

  • Genomic footprinting reveals cell type-specific DNA binding of ubiquitous factors

    Peter B. Becker;Siegfried Ruppert;Günther Schütz

  • A CAF-1–PCNA-Mediated Chromatin Assembly Pathway Triggered by Sensing DNA Damage

    Jonathan G. Moggs;Paola Grandi;Jean-Pierre Quivy;Zophonías O. Jónsson

  • In vivo protein-DNA interactions in a glucocorticoid response element require the presence of the hormone

    Peter B. Becker;Bernd Gloss;Wolfgang Schmid;Uwe Strähle

  • Nucleosome Remodeling and Epigenetics

    Peter B. Becker;Jerry L. Workman

  • Crystal Structure and Functional Analysis of a Nucleosome Recognition Module of the Remodeling Factor Iswi

    Tim Grüne;Jan Brzeski;Anton Eberharter;Cedric R Clapier

  • ISWI Is an ATP-Dependent Nucleosome Remodeling Factor

    Davide F.V Corona;Gernot Längst;Cedric R Clapier;Edgar J Bonte

  • The DNA chaperone HMGB1 facilitates ACF/CHRAC‐dependent nucleosome sliding

    Tiziana Bonaldi;Gernot Längst;Ralf Strohner;Peter B. Becker

  • Critical role for the histone H4 N terminus in nucleosome remodeling by ISWI.

    Cedric R. Clapier;Gernot Längst;Davide F. V. Corona;Peter B. Becker

  • Cell-free system for assembly of transcriptionally repressed chromatin from Drosophila embryos.

    Peter B. Becker;Chun-Guey Wu

  • Modulation of ISWI function by site‐specific histone acetylation

    Davide F V Corona;Cedric R Clapier;Peter B Becker;John W Tamkun

Frequent Co-Authors

Tobias Straub
Tobias Straub Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Gernot Längst
Gernot Längst University of Regensburg
Axel Imhof
Axel Imhof Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Kohei M. Itoh
Kohei M. Itoh Keio University
Carl Wu
Carl Wu Johns Hopkins University
Asifa Akhtar
Asifa Akhtar Max Planck Society
Matthias Wilm
Matthias Wilm University College Dublin
Roland Schüle
Roland Schüle University of Freiburg
Mitzi I. Kuroda
Mitzi I. Kuroda Brigham and Women's Hospital
Bas van Steensel
Bas van Steensel Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital

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