Standout Papers

Mechanics of Motor Proteins and the Cytoskeleton 1989 2026 2001 2013 2.1k
  1. Mechanics of Motor Proteins and the Cytoskeleton (2002)
    Jonathon Howard et al. Applied Mechanics Reviews
  2. Flexural rigidity of microtubules and actin filaments measured from thermal fluctuations in shape. (1993)
    F. Gittes, Jennifer A. Nettleton et al. The Journal of Cell Biology
  3. Movement of microtubules by single kinesin molecules (1989)
    Jonathon Howard, A. J. Hudspeth et al. Nature
  4. Correction: Corrigendum: A doublecortin containing microtubule-associated protein is implicated in mechanotransduction in Drosophila sensory cilia (2014)
    Susanne Bechstedt, Joerg T. Albert et al. Nature Communications
  5. Dynamics and mechanics of the microtubule plus end (2003)
    Jonathon Howard, Anthony A. Hyman Nature

Immediate Impact

17 by Nobel laureates 169 from Science/Nature 123 standout
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Works of Jonathon Howard being referenced

Structures of outer-arm dynein array on microtubule doublet reveal a motor coordination mechanism
2021
Kinesin’s processivity results from mechanical and chemical coordination between the ATP hydrolysis cycles of the two motor domains
1999
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Author Peers

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Jonathon Howard 12239 10363 3319 214 22.1k
Frank Jülicher 10059 12286 5137 304 26.6k
Ronald D. Vale 18380 22647 1195 215 34.6k
Jacques Prost 6508 6299 6798 232 25.6k
Michael P. Sheetz 26421 20626 821 364 44.9k
George Oster 4641 6977 847 183 16.9k
Gary G. Borisy 22446 18127 724 235 33.8k
James A. Spudich 12927 15190 758 269 29.2k
Sherwin J. Singer 6278 14161 377 244 25.1k
Herbert Levine 3533 7377 3492 455 23.3k
Howard C. Berg 2618 13968 8453 207 26.4k

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