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Molecular Biology
USA
2026

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
132
Citations
67041
World Ranking
171
National Ranking
108

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Richard R. Behringer is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a significant focus on molecular biology and genetics.

Their recent scholarly output includes publications in well-regarded scientific journals across various topics. Notable papers include:

  • 3D genomics across the tree of life reveals condensin II as a determinant of architecture type (2021, Science)
  • Genome-wide bidirectional CRISPR screens identify mucins as host factors modulating SARS-CoV-2 infection (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Mammary-specific expression of Trim24 establishes a mouse model of human metaplastic breast cancer (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Chromosome size affects sequence divergence between species through the interplay of recombination and selection (2022, Evolution)
  • In vivo modeling of metastatic human high-grade serous ovarian cancer in mice (2020, PLoS Genetics)

The research addresses diverse themes including genomics, CRISPR genetic screens, cancer modeling, evolutionary genetics, and metastatic disease modeling.

Frequent co-authors provide a pattern of collaborative work in related fields. These collaborators include:

  • Virginia E. Papaioannou
  • Bonnie K. Kircher
  • Rachel D. Mullen
  • John J. Rasweiler
  • Olga Dudchenko

Behringer's publications frequently appear in specific venues known for research protocols and biological sciences. These publication venues include:

  • Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Differentiation
  • Science
  • Developmental Dynamics

Their primary research fields are focused on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with over 80 publications in these areas. Subfields of expertise evidenced by their work are molecular biology, genetics, public health, environmental and occupational health, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and immunology.

The major topics covered by their research include:

  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Best Publications

  • The Novel Zinc Finger-Containing Transcription Factor Osterix Is Required for Osteoblast Differentiation and Bone Formation

    Kazuhisa Nakashima;Xin Zhou;Gary Kunkel;Zhaoping Zhang

  • Spontaneous calcification of arteries and cartilage in mice lacking matrix GLA protein

    Guangbin Luo;Patricia Ducy;Marc D. McKee;Gerald J. Pinero

  • Manipulating the Mouse Embryo: A Laboratory Manual

    Richard Behringer;Marina Gertsenstein;Kristina Vintersten Nagy;Andras Nagy

  • Cardiac progenitor cells from adult myocardium: Homing, differentiation, and fusion after infarction

    Hidemasa Oh;Steven B. Bradfute;Teresa D. Gallardo;Teruya Nakamura

  • Sox9 is required for cartilage formation.

    Weimin Bi;Jian Min Deng;Zhaoping Zhang;Richard R. Behringer

  • Requirement for Wnt3 in vertebrate axis formation

    Pentao Liu;Maki Wakamiya;Martin J. Shea;Urs Albrecht

  • Introns increase transcriptional efficiency in transgenic mice.

    Ralph L. Brinster;James M. Allen;Richard R. Behringer;Richard E. Gelinas

  • Continuous cell supply from a Sox9-expressing progenitor zone in adult liver, exocrine pancreas and intestine

    Kenichiro Furuyama;Yoshiya Kawaguchi;Haruhiko Akiyama;Masashi Horiguchi

  • Requirement for LIml in head-organizer function

    William Shawlot;Richard R. Behringer

  • Bmpr encodes a type I bone morphogenetic protein receptor that is essential for gastrulation during mouse embryogenesis.

    Yuji Mishina;Atsushi Suzuki;Naoto Ueno;Richard R. Behringer

  • Interactions between Sox9 and β-catenin control chondrocyte differentiation

    Haruhiko Akiyama;Jon P. Lyons;Yuko Mori-Akiyama;Xiaohong Yang

  • Müllerian-inhibiting substance function during mammalian sexual development

    Richard R. Behringer;Milton J. Finegold;Richard L. Cate

  • Mouse gastrulation: the formation of a mammalian body plan

    Patrick P.L Tam;Richard R Behringer

  • The transcription factors L-Sox5 and Sox6 are essential for cartilage formation

    Patrick Smits;Ping Li;Jennifer Mandel;Zhaoping Zhang

  • Functional analysis of Sox8 and Sox9 during sex determination in the mouse.

    Marie Christine Chaboissier;Akio Kobayashi;Akio Kobayashi;Valerie I.P. Vidal;Susanne Lützkendorf

  • Osteo-chondroprogenitor cells are derived from Sox9 expressing precursors

    Haruhiko Akiyama;Jung Eun Kim;Jung Eun Kim;Kazuhisa Nakashima;Gener Balmes

  • Targeted Mutagenesis of the Endogenous Mouse Mis Gene Promoter: In Vivo Definition of Genetic Pathways of Vertebrate Sexual Development

    Nelson A Arango;Robin Lovell-Badge;Richard R Behringer

  • Fgf9 and Wnt4 act as antagonistic signals to regulate mammalian sex determination

    Yuna Kim;Akio Kobayashi;Ryohei Sekido;Leo DiNapoli

  • Insulin-like growth factor I increases brain growth and central nervous system myelination in tTransgenic mice

    Monica J. Carson;Richard R. Behringer;Ralph L. Brinster;F.Arthur McMorris

  • twist is required in head mesenchyme for cranial neural tube morphogenesis.

    Zhou Feng Chen;Richard R. Behringer

Frequent Co-Authors

Andras Nagy
Andras Nagy Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Ralph L. Brinster
Ralph L. Brinster University of Pennsylvania
Richard D. Palmiter
Richard D. Palmiter University of Washington
Benoit de Crombrugghe
Benoit de Crombrugghe The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Yuji Mishina
Yuji Mishina University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Patrick P.L. Tam
Patrick P.L. Tam University of Sydney
Haruhiko Akiyama
Haruhiko Akiyama Gifu University
James F. Martin
James F. Martin Baylor College of Medicine
Tim M. Townes
Tim M. Townes University of Alabama at Birmingham
Allan Bradley
Allan Bradley University of Cambridge

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