Allen Shearn

4.8k total citations
64 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Allen Shearn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Allen Shearn has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 12 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Allen Shearn's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (23 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (13 papers) and Mechanisms of cancer metastasis (11 papers). Allen Shearn is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (23 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (13 papers) and Mechanisms of cancer metastasis (11 papers). Allen Shearn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and United Kingdom. Allen Shearn's co-authors include Evelyn Hersperger, Joseph R. Biggs, Patricia S. Steeg, Dennis LaJeunesse, Charles R. Dearolf, John J Gildea, Lisa Timmons, Clarissa M. Cheney, Amanda Simcox and L. A. Liotta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Allen Shearn

64 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Allen Shearn United States 37 3.8k 771 524 498 474 64 4.2k
Charles R. Dearolf United States 23 1.6k 0.4× 297 0.4× 246 0.5× 239 0.5× 212 0.4× 28 2.7k
Evelyn Hersperger United States 18 1.3k 0.3× 378 0.5× 267 0.5× 129 0.3× 123 0.3× 23 1.4k
Jessica E. Treisman United States 45 4.8k 1.3× 128 0.2× 1.3k 2.6× 765 1.5× 410 0.9× 90 5.6k
Shin‐ichi Aota Japan 20 2.8k 0.7× 101 0.1× 498 1.0× 321 0.6× 385 0.8× 23 3.5k
Kenneth J. Kemphues United States 42 5.6k 1.5× 166 0.2× 3.0k 5.8× 613 1.2× 804 1.7× 58 7.9k
Lisa Timmons United States 18 3.1k 0.8× 116 0.2× 266 0.5× 309 0.6× 962 2.0× 29 4.2k
Sander van den Heuvel United States 33 4.2k 1.1× 137 0.2× 1.5k 2.8× 537 1.1× 398 0.8× 59 5.9k
David Tannahill United Kingdom 38 7.4k 1.9× 69 0.1× 577 1.1× 392 0.8× 252 0.5× 70 8.2k
Allen Laughon United States 24 2.9k 0.8× 63 0.1× 485 0.9× 699 1.4× 393 0.8× 33 3.2k
Albert J. Courey United States 34 5.0k 1.3× 63 0.1× 376 0.7× 1.0k 2.1× 507 1.1× 66 5.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Allen Shearn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Allen Shearn

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All Works

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Hersperger, Evelyn, et al.. (2006). Drosophila brain tumor metastases express both neuronal and glial cell type markers. Developmental Biology. 301(1). 287–297. 38 indexed citations
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Hersperger, Evelyn, et al.. (2006). Metastatic ability of Drosophila tumors depends on MMP activity. Developmental Biology. 303(2). 625–634. 81 indexed citations
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Provost, Elayne & Allen Shearn. (2006). The Suppressor of Killer of prune, a unique glutathione S-transferase. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 38(3-4). 189–195. 3 indexed citations
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Hersperger, Evelyn, et al.. (2000). minidiscs encodes a putative amino acid transporter subunit required non-autonomously for imaginal cell proliferation. Mechanisms of Development. 92(2). 155–167. 63 indexed citations
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Gildea, John J, Rocío López, & Allen Shearn. (2000). A Screen for New Trithorax Group Genes Identified little imaginal discs, the Drosophila melanogaster Homologue of Human Retinoblastoma Binding Protein 2. Genetics. 156(2). 645–663. 168 indexed citations
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Timmons, Lisa & Allen Shearn. (2000). Role of AWD/Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase in Drosophila Development. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 32(3). 293–300. 39 indexed citations
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Rozovskaia, Tanya, С. В. Тиллиб, Sheryl T. Smith, et al.. (1999). Trithorax and ASH1 Interact Directly and Associate with the Trithorax Group-Responsive bxd Region of the Ultrabithorax Promoter. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19(9). 6441–6447. 62 indexed citations
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Adamson, Amy L. & Allen Shearn. (1996). Molecular Genetic Analysis of Drosophila ash2, a Member of the Trithorax Group Required for Imaginal Disc Pattern Formation. Genetics. 144(2). 621–633. 64 indexed citations
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Simcox, Amanda, et al.. (1996). Molecular, Phenotypic, and Expression Analysis ofvein,a Gene Required for Growth of theDrosophilaWing Disc. Developmental Biology. 177(2). 475–489. 89 indexed citations
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Timmons, Lisa & Allen Shearn. (1996). Germline Transformation Using a prune cDNA Rescues prune/Killer of prune Lethality and the prune Eye Color Phenotype in Drosophila. Genetics. 144(4). 1589–1600. 24 indexed citations
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Xu, Jing, Lisa Timmons, Evelyn Hersperger, et al.. (1996). The Enzymatic Activity ofDrosophilaAWD/NDP Kinase Is Necessary but Not Sufficient for Its Biological Function. Developmental Biology. 177(2). 544–557. 56 indexed citations
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Hersperger, Evelyn, et al.. (1994). Increased type IV collagenase in lgl-induced invasive tumors of Drosophila.. PubMed. 5(2). 151–9. 33 indexed citations
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Mansfield, Elizabeth, Evelyn Hersperger, Joseph R. Biggs, & Allen Shearn. (1994). Genetic and Molecular Analysis of hyperplastic discs, a Gene Whose Product Is Required for Regulation of Cell Proliferation in Drosophila melanogaster Imaginal Discs and Germ Cells. Developmental Biology. 165(2). 507–526. 84 indexed citations
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Timmons, Lisa, et al.. (1993). The Expression of the Drosophila awd Gene during Normal Development and in Neoplastic Brain Tumors Caused by lgl Mutations. Developmental Biology. 158(2). 364–379. 49 indexed citations
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Simcox, Amanda, Evelyn Hersperger, Allen Shearn, J. Robert S. Whittle, & Stephen M. Cohen. (1991). Establishment of imaginal discs and histoblast nests in Drosophila. Mechanisms of Development. 34(1). 11–20. 31 indexed citations
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Shearn, Allen, et al.. (1990). Mutations in polycombeotic, a Drosophila polycomb-group gene, cause a wide range of maternal and zygotic phenotypes.. Genetics. 125(1). 91–101. 101 indexed citations
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Rosengard, Ariella M., Henry C. Krutzsch, Allen Shearn, et al.. (1989). Reduced Nm23/Awd protein in tumour metastasis and aberrant Drosophila development. Nature. 342(6246). 177–180. 441 indexed citations
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Shearn, Allen, et al.. (1987). Genetic studies of mutations at two loci of Drosophila melanogaster which cause a wide variety of homeotic transformations. Development Genes and Evolution. 196(4). 231–242. 37 indexed citations

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