Xiaodong Cheng

30.0k citations
301 papers · 22.3k · 7 hit papers · h-index 77

Impact in

    • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
    • Cancer-related gene regulation
    • RNA modifications and cancer
    • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
    • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Genetics top 0.2%
    • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Papers in

    • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 144
    • Cancer-related gene regulation 90
    • RNA modifications and cancer 86
    • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 51
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 21
    • DNA Repair Mechanisms 20
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 14
    • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 16

Xiaodong Cheng

289 papers receiving 22.1k citations

Xiaodong Cheng's Hit Papers

5-hmC–mediated epigenetic dynamics during postnatal neurodevelopment and aging 2011 · 643 citations
6430+11+22Years since publication2505007501000

Peers

Xiaodong Cheng
Comparison fields: 5 of 164
  • Molecular Biology 18.7k
  • Genetics 3.0k
  • Virology 320
  • Cancer Research 869
  • Immunology 922
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Xiaodong Cheng, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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DNMT3L connects unmethylated lysine 4 of histone H3 to de novo methylation of DNA
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20071128
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Hhal methyltransferase flips its target base out of the DNA helix
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1994806
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Many paths to methyltransfer: a chronicle of convergence
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2003727
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5-hmC–mediated epigenetic dynamics during postnatal neurodevelopment and aging
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2011643
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Structure of Dnmt3a bound to Dnmt3L suggests a model for de novo DNA methylation
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2007618
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The SET-domain protein superfamily: protein lysine methyltransferases.
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2005581
7 2001392
8 2012368
9 1994361
10 2017352
11 2007345
12 2008341
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Crystal structure of the Hhal DNA methyltransferase complexed with S-adenosyl-l-methionine
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1993314
14 2003300
15 2009299
16 2008299
17 2003292
18 2008287
19 1999284
20 2008283

About Xiaodong Cheng

Xiaodong Cheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Epidemiology, Ecology and Oncology, having authored 301 papers that have together received 22.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (144 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (90 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (86 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (51 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (21 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (20 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (16 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (18.7k citations), Genetics (3.0k citations), Virology (320 citations), Cancer Research (869 citations) and Immunology (922 citations). Xiaodong Cheng has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Robert Blumenthal, J.R. Horton, Xing Zhang, Richard J. Roberts, Xing Zhang, Hideharu Hashimoto, Sanjay Kumar, Saulius Klimašauskas, R. Collins and Da Jia. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Structure.

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