Aaron F. Straight

15.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
77 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Aaron F. Straight is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron F. Straight has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Cell Biology and 35 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Aaron F. Straight's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (40 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (32 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (29 papers). Aaron F. Straight is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (40 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (32 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (29 papers). Aaron F. Straight collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Aaron F. Straight's co-authors include Andrew W. Murray, Andrew S. Belmont, Timothy J. Mitchison, John W. Sedat, James R. Sellers, Christine M. Field, Christopher W. Carroll, Timothy J. Mitchison, Wallace F. Marshall and Carmen C. Robinett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Aaron F. Straight

77 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Dissecting Temporal and Spatial Control of Cytokinesis with a Myosin II Inhibitor

2003 1.2k citations Aaron F. Straight, Amy Cheung et al. Science profile →
In vivo localization of DNA sequences and visualization of large-scale chromatin organization using lac operator/repressor recognition.

1996 576 citations Aaron F. Straight, Andrew W. Murray et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Divergent Signals and Cytoskeletal Assemblies Regulate Self-Organizing Polarity in Neutrophils

2003 552 citations Aaron F. Straight et al. profile →
Interphase chromosomes undergo constrained diffusional motion in living cells

1997 546 citations Wallace F. Marshall, Aaron F. Straight et al. Current Biology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aaron F. Straight

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aaron F. Straight. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aaron F. Straight based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Aaron F. Straight. Aaron F. Straight is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Independence of centromeric and pericentromeric chromatin stability on CCAN components 2025 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Ronald Biggs, Mingxuan Sun, Kousik Sundararajan, (unknown), Aaron F. Straight, John F. Marko	1
2	Global mapping of RNA-chromatin contacts reveals a proximity-dominated connectivity model for ncRNA-gene interactions 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Charles Limouse, Owen K. Smith, David Jukam, (unknown), William J. Greenleaf, Aaron F. Straight	10
3	Epigenetic inheritance and boundary maintenance at human centromeres 2023 ·Current Opinion in Structural Biology ·Pragya Sidhwani, Aaron F. Straight	6
4	CDK phosphorylation of Xenopus laevis M18 BP 1 promotes its metaphase centromere localization 2019 ·The EMBO Journal ·(unknown), Aaron F. Straight	20
5	Measurement of Mesoscale Conformational Dynamics of Freely Diffusing Molecules with Tracking FCS 2018 ·Biophysical Journal ·Charles Limouse, Jason C. Bell, Colin J. Fuller, Aaron F. Straight, Hideo Mabuchi	3
6	Form and function of topologically associating genomic domains in budding yeast 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Umut Eser, Devon Chandler‐Brown, Ferhat Ay, Aaron F. Straight, Zhijun Duan, William Stafford Noble, Jan M. Skotheim	54
7	Histone titration against the genome sets the DNA-to-cytoplasm threshold for the Xenopus midblastula transition 2015 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Amanda A. Amodeo, David Jukam, Aaron F. Straight, Jan M. Skotheim	123
8	A Conserved Mechanism for Centromeric Nucleosome Recognition by Centromere Protein CENP-C 2013 ·Science ·Hidenori Kato, Jiansheng Jiang, Bing‐Rui Zhou, Marieke Rozendaal, Hanqiao Feng, Rodolfo Ghirlando, Tsan Sam Xiao, Aaron F. Straight, Yawen Bai	252
9	Fluorescent Protein Applications in Microscopy 2013 ·Methods in cell biology ·Whitney L. Johnson, Aaron F. Straight	6
10	Dual recognition of CENP-A nucleosomes is required for centromere assembly 2010 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Christopher W. Carroll, (unknown), Aaron F. Straight	274
11	Local Geometry and Elasticity in Compact Chromatin Structure 2010 ·Biophysical Journal ·Elena F. Koslover, Colin J. Fuller, Aaron F. Straight, Andrew J. Spakowitz	46
12	Image analysis benchmarking methods for high‐content screen design 2009 ·Journal of Microscopy ·Colin J. Fuller, Aaron F. Straight	11
13	Dissection of CENP-C–directed Centromere and Kinetochore Assembly 2009 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·(unknown), Ben Moree, Aaron F. Straight	102
14	Polo-Like Kinase Controls Vertebrate Spindle Elongation and Cytokinesis 2007 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Ulf Peters, Tarun M. Kapoor, Aaron F. Straight	107
15	Anillin Binds Nonmuscle Myosin II and Regulates the Contractile Ring 2004 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Aaron F. Straight, Christine M. Field, Timothy J. Mitchison	219
16	Direct observation of microtubule dynamics at kinetochores in Xenopus extract spindles 2003 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Paul S. Maddox, Aaron F. Straight, (unknown), Timothy J. Mitchison, Edward D. Salmon	157
17	Blebbistatin A cell permeable inhibitor of non-muscle myosin II 2001 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Amy Cheung, Nicholas J. Westwood, Irene A. Chen, Timothy J. Mitchison, Aaron F. Straight	4
18	Interphase chromosomes undergo constrained diffusional motion in living cells breakdown → 1997 ·Current Biology ·Wallace F. Marshall, Aaron F. Straight, John F. Marko, Jason R. Swedlow, Abby F. Dernburg, Andrew S. Belmont, Andrew W. Murray, David A. Agard, John W. Sedat	546
19	Mitochondrial transmission during mating in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is determined by mitochondrial fusion and fission and the intramitochondrial segregation of mitochondrial DNA. 1997 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Jodi Nunnari, Wallace F. Marshall, Aaron F. Straight, Allan G. Murray, John W. Sedat, Peter Walter	419
20	Protein phosphatase 2A regulates MPF activity and sister chromatid cohesion in budding yeast 1996 ·Current Biology ·Jeremy Minshull, Aaron F. Straight, Adam D. Rudner, Abby F. Dernburg, Andrew S. Belmont, Andrew W. Murray	162

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