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Victor G. Corces

Victor G. Corces

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Genetics

D-Index
88
Citations
30062
World Ranking
1163
National Ranking
560

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Victor G. Corces is a researcher affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their work spans across the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine. Corces' research has contributed to various subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, Neurology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their main topics of research cover areas such as Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, RNA Research and Splicing, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Plant Molecular Biology Research, and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Corces has published articles in several notable scientific venues. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Reports

Some of the recent papers authored by or involving Corces are:

  • "Replication timing maintains the global epigenetic state in human cells" (2021), published in Science
  • "Chromatin alternates between A and B compartments at kilobase scale for subgenic organization" (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • "Analysis of Hi-C data using SIP effectively identifies loops in organisms from C. elegans to mammals" (2020), published in Genome Research
  • "Principles of 3D compartmentalization of the human genome" (2021), published in Cell Reports
  • "Protection from DNA re-methylation by transcription factors in primordial germ cells and pre-implantation embryos can explain trans-generational epigenetic inheritance" (2020), published in Genome Biology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Corces include:

  • Hsiao-Lin V. Wang
  • Michael H. Nichols
  • M. Jordan Rowley
  • Jian-Feng Xiang
  • Peng Jin

Victor G. Corces has been recognized with membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2020, reflecting their involvement in scientific research communities at a high level.

Best Publications

  • CTCF: Master Weaver of the Genome

    Jennifer E. Phillips;Victor G. Corces

  • Architectural Protein Subclasses Shape 3D Organization of Genomes during Lineage Commitment

    Jennifer E. Phillips-Cremins;Michael E G Sauria;Amartya Sanyal;Tatiana I. Gerasimova

  • CTCF: an architectural protein bridging genome topology and function

    Chin‑Tong Ong;Victor G. Corces

  • Enhancer function: new insights into the regulation of tissue-specific gene expression.

    Chin‑Tong Ong;Victor G. Corces

  • Organizational principles of 3D genome architecture

    M. Jordan Rowley;Victor G. Corces

  • Interaction of Wnt and a Frizzled homologue triggers G-protein-linked phosphatidylinositol signalling

    Diane C. Slusarski;Victor G. Corces;Randall T. Moon

  • Phosphorylation of histone H3: a balancing act between chromosome condensation and transcriptional activation.

    Scott J Nowak;Victor G Corces

  • Gene Density, Transcription, and Insulators Contribute to the Partition of the Drosophila Genome into Physical Domains

    Chunhui Hou;Li Li;Zhaohui S. Qin;Victor G. Corces

  • DNA position-specific repression of transcription by a Drosophila zinc finger protein.

    P K Geyer;V G Corces

  • Evolutionarily Conserved Principles Predict 3D Chromatin Organization

    M. Jordan Rowley;Michael H. Nichols;Xiaowen Lyu;Masami Ando-Kuri

  • Transcription and Reverse Transcription of Retrotransposons

    Jef D. Boeke;Victor G. Corces

  • A Chromatin Insulator Determines the Nuclear Localization of DNA

    Tatiana I. Gerasimova;Keith Byrd;Victor G. Corces

  • Widespread long-range cis-regulatory elements in the maize genome.

    William A. Ricci;Zefu Lu;Lexiang Ji;Alexandre P. Marand

  • A drosophila protein that imparts directionality on a chromatin insulator is an enhancer of position-effect variegation

    Tatlana I. Gerasimova;David A. Gdula;Denis V. Gerasimov;Olga Simonova

  • Insulator function and topological domain border strength scale with architectural protein occupancy.

    Kevin Van Bortle;Michael H Nichols;L i Li;Chin-Tong Ong

  • Widespread rearrangement of 3D chromatin organization underlies polycomb-mediated stress-induced silencing.

    Li Li;Xiaowen Lyu;Chunhui Hou;Naomi Takenaka

  • An env-like protein encoded by a Drosophila retroelement: evidence that gypsy is an infectious retrovirus.

    Sun U. Song;Tatiana Gerasimova;Maryellen Kurkulos;Jef D. Boeke

  • Separate regulatory elements are responsible for the complex pattern of tissue-specific and developmental transcription of the yellow locus in Drosophila melanogaster.

    P K Geyer;V G Corces

  • Phosphorylation of histone H3 correlates with transcriptionally active loci

    Scott J. Nowak;Victor G. Corces

  • The Centrosomal Protein CP190 Is a Component of the gypsy Chromatin Insulator

    Chi-Yun Pai;Elissa P. Lei;Dolanchanpa Ghosh;Victor G. Corces

Frequent Co-Authors

Jef D. Boeke
Jef D. Boeke New York University
Stephen Dalton
Stephen Dalton University of Georgia
Jesús Avila
Jesús Avila Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa
Zhaohui S. Qin
Zhaohui S. Qin Emory University
Angel Pellicer
Angel Pellicer New York University
Robert J. Schmitz
Robert J. Schmitz University of Georgia
Job Dekker
Job Dekker University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
David M. Gilbert
David M. Gilbert Florida State University
Sarah C. R. Elgin
Sarah C. R. Elgin Washington University in St. Louis
Matthew Meselson
Matthew Meselson Harvard University

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