Alex Nechiporuk

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Alex Nechiporuk is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Nechiporuk has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Cell Biology and 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alex Nechiporuk's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (14 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (11 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers). Alex Nechiporuk is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (14 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (11 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers). Alex Nechiporuk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Alex Nechiporuk's co-authors include Mark T. Keating, Kenneth D. Poss, Catherine M. Drerup, David W. Raible, Stefan-M. Pulst, Tamilla Nechiporuk, Julie R. Korenberg, Íscia Lopes‐Cendes, Sidney Starkman and Xiao–Ning Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alex Nechiporuk

44 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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Moderate expansion of a normally biallelic trinucleotide repeat in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2

1996 901 citations Alex Nechiporuk, Tamilla Nechiporuk et al. profile →

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Domna Karagogeos Greece

Stanislav I. Tomarev United States

Igor Adameyko Sweden

Xavier Morin France

Sarah Guthrie United Kingdom

Lyle B. Zimmerman United Kingdom

Kathleen J. Millen United States

Kazuhide Asakawa Japan

Piotr Topilko France

Jeremy S. Dasen United States

Domna Karagogeos Greece

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Nechiporuk

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Miller, Lauren N., et al.. (2025). Axon targeting of transcriptionally distinct pioneer neurons is regulated by retinoic acid signaling. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5747–5747.

Nechiporuk, Alex & Holger Knaut. (2025). Collective Cell Migration Strategies: Patterning, Motility, and Directionality of the Posterior Lateral Line Primordium in Zebrafish. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. a041751–a041751.

Calistri, Nicholas L., et al.. (2024). RhoA GEF Mcf2lb regulates rosette integrity during collective cell migration. Development. 151(1). 2 indexed citations

Wright, Kevin M., et al.. (2022). c-Kit Receptor Maintains Sensory Axon Innervation of the Skin through Src Family Kinases. Journal of Neuroscience. 42(36). 6835–6847. 2 indexed citations

Rydeen, Ariel B., et al.. (2019). HDAC1-mediated repression of the retinoic acid-responsive gene ripply3 promotes second heart field development. PLoS Genetics. 15(5). e1008165–e1008165. 16 indexed citations

Jurynec, Michael J., Xiaoying Bai, Brent W. Bisgrove, et al.. (2019). The Paf1 complex and P-TEFb have reciprocal and antagonist roles in maintaining multipotent neural crest progenitors. Development. 146(24). 8 indexed citations

Nechiporuk, Alex, et al.. (2018). Using Zebrafish to Study Collective Cell Migration in Development and Disease. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 6. 83–83. 27 indexed citations

Erickson, Timothy, Clive P. Morgan, Jennifer Olt, et al.. (2017). Integration of Tmc1/2 into the mechanotransduction complex in zebrafish hair cells is regulated by Transmembrane O-methyltransferase (Tomt). eLife. 6. 45 indexed citations

Drerup, Catherine M., et al.. (2016). Kif1B Interacts with KBP to Promote Axon Elongation by Localizing a Microtubule Regulator to Growth Cones. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(26). 7014–7026. 24 indexed citations

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Nechiporuk, Alex, et al.. (2012). Fgfr-Ras-MAPK signaling is required for apical constriction via apical positioning of Rho-associated kinase during mechanosensory organ formation. Development. 139(17). 3130–3135. 65 indexed citations

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Mo, Weike, Fangyi Chen, Alex Nechiporuk, & Teresa Nicolson. (2010). Quantification of vestibular-induced eye movements in zebrafish larvae. BMC Neuroscience. 11(1). 110–110. 67 indexed citations

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Nechiporuk, Alex & David W. Raible. (2008). FGF-Dependent Mechanosensory Organ Patterning in Zebrafish. Science. 320(5884). 1774–1777. 149 indexed citations

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Obholzer, Nikolaus D., Josef G. Trapani, Weike Mo, et al.. (2008). Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 3 Is Required for Synaptic Transmission in Zebrafish Hair Cells. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(9). 2110–2118. 240 indexed citations

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Nechiporuk, Alex, Kenneth D. Poss, Stephen L. Johnson, & Mark T. Keating. (2003). Positional cloning of a temperature-sensitive mutant emmental reveals a role for sly1 during cell proliferation in zebrafish fin regeneration. Developmental Biology. 258(2). 291–306. 52 indexed citations

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Poss, Kenneth D., Jiaxiang Shen, Alex Nechiporuk, et al.. (2000). Roles for Fgf Signaling during Zebrafish Fin Regeneration. Developmental Biology. 222(2). 347–358. 268 indexed citations

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Nechiporuk, Alex, et al.. (1999). Assessment of Polymorphism in Zebrafish Mapping Strains. Genome Research. 9(12). 1231–1238. 47 indexed citations

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Nechiporuk, Tamilla, Alex Nechiporuk, Karla P. Figueroa, et al.. (1997). A High-Resolution PAC and BAC Map of the SCA2 Region. Genomics. 44(3). 321–329. 12 indexed citations

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Nechiporuk, Alex, Íscia Lopes‐Cendes, Tamilla Nechiporuk, et al.. (1996). Genetic mapping of the spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 gene on human chromosome 12. Neurology. 46(6). 1731–1735. 20 indexed citations

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Ragge, Nicola, Michael E. Baser, Alex Nechiporuk, et al.. (1995). Ocular Abnormalities in Neurofibromatosis 2. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 120(5). 634–641. 67 indexed citations

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Nechiporuk, Alex, Pamela R. Fain, Edward N. Kort, et al.. (1993). Linkage of familial alzheimer disease to chromosome 14 in two large early‐onset pedigrees: Effects of marker allele frequencies on lod scores. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 48(1). 63–66. 22 indexed citations

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