Beiyan Nan

1.6k total citations
29 papers, 935 citations indexed

About

Beiyan Nan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Beiyan Nan has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 935 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Beiyan Nan's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (7 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers). Beiyan Nan is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (7 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers). Beiyan Nan collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. Beiyan Nan's co-authors include David R. Zusman, Emilia M. F. Mauriello, Jing Chen, George Oster, Im‐Hong Sun, Tâm Mignot, Ahmet Yıldız, Jigar N. Bandaria, Richard M. Berry and John C. Neu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Beiyan Nan

29 papers receiving 928 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Beiyan Nan United States 16 649 414 235 164 125 29 935
Fadel A. Samatey Japan 16 831 1.3× 485 1.2× 302 1.3× 135 0.8× 111 0.9× 41 1.5k
Fabai Wu China 14 610 0.9× 424 1.0× 359 1.5× 136 0.8× 30 0.2× 22 999
Hannes Mutschler Germany 22 1.5k 2.4× 354 0.9× 217 0.9× 210 1.3× 65 0.5× 46 2.1k
Chien‐Jung Lo Taiwan 19 698 1.1× 350 0.8× 140 0.6× 288 1.8× 260 2.1× 35 1.2k
Peter M. Wolanin United States 13 744 1.1× 344 0.8× 160 0.7× 235 1.4× 101 0.8× 16 1.2k
Hajime Fukuoka Japan 16 672 1.0× 275 0.7× 121 0.5× 160 1.0× 206 1.6× 26 966
Hiroyuki Terashima Japan 19 907 1.4× 436 1.1× 208 0.9× 104 0.6× 205 1.6× 33 1.3k
Pushkar P. Lele United States 16 507 0.8× 229 0.6× 99 0.4× 287 1.8× 256 2.0× 34 994
Kristin Wuichet United States 13 1.0k 1.6× 633 1.5× 250 1.1× 71 0.4× 39 0.3× 20 1.3k
Benjamin P. Bratton United States 17 830 1.3× 537 1.3× 310 1.3× 95 0.6× 28 0.2× 30 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Beiyan Nan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Beiyan Nan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Beiyan Nan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Beiyan Nan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Beiyan Nan 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 Beiyan Nan. Beiyan Nan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kroos, Lee, Daniel Wall, Salim T. Islam, et al.. (2025). Milestones in the development of Myxococcus xanthus as a model multicellular bacterium. Journal of Bacteriology. 207(7). e0007125–e0007125. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Yirui, et al.. (2024). Mathematical modeling of mechanosensitive reversal control in Myxococcus xanthus. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1294631–1294631. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Huan, et al.. (2023). Coordinated peptidoglycan synthases and hydrolases stabilize the bacterial cell wall. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5357–5357. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Jing & Beiyan Nan. (2022). Flagellar Motor Transformed: Biophysical Perspectives of the Myxococcus xanthus Gliding Mechanism. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 891694–891694. 8 indexed citations
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Nan, Beiyan, et al.. (2021). Myxococcus xanthus as a Model Organism for Peptidoglycan Assembly and Bacterial Morphogenesis. Microorganisms. 9(5). 916–916. 6 indexed citations
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Zhu, Shiwei, et al.. (2020). Establishing rod shape from spherical, peptidoglycan-deficient bacterial spores. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(25). 14444–14452. 8 indexed citations
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Ball, Writoban Basu, et al.. (2020). Vps39 is required for ethanolamine-stimulated elevation in mitochondrial phosphatidylethanolamine. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1865(6). 158655–158655. 13 indexed citations
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Park, Namje, et al.. (2019). Second messengers and divergent HD‐GYP phosphodiesterases regulate 3′,3′‐cGAMP signaling. Molecular Microbiology. 113(1). 222–236. 25 indexed citations
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Fu, Guo, Jigar N. Bandaria, Xue Fan, et al.. (2018). MotAB-like machinery drives the movement of MreB filaments during bacterial gliding motility. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(10). 2484–2489. 32 indexed citations
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Jiang, Xue, et al.. (2017). IFT57 stabilizes the assembled intraflagellar transport complex and mediates transport of motility-related flagellar cargo. Journal of Cell Science. 130(5). 879–891. 10 indexed citations
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Hallberg, Zachary F., et al.. (2016). Hybrid promiscuous (Hypr) GGDEF enzymes produce cyclic AMP-GMP (3′, 3′-cGAMP). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(7). 1790–1795. 57 indexed citations
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Zhou, Tianyi & Beiyan Nan. (2016). Exopolysaccharides promote Myxococcus xanthus social motility by inhibiting cellular reversals. Molecular Microbiology. 103(4). 729–743. 28 indexed citations
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Nan, Beiyan, Mark J. McBride, Jing Chen, David R. Zusman, & George Oster. (2014). Bacteria that Glide with Helical Tracks. Current Biology. 24(4). R169–R173. 62 indexed citations
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Nan, Beiyan, Jing Chen, John C. Neu, et al.. (2011). Myxobacteria gliding motility requires cytoskeleton rotation powered by proton motive force. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(6). 2498–2503. 105 indexed citations
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Nan, Beiyan & David R. Zusman. (2011). Uncovering the Mystery of Gliding Motility in the Myxobacteria. Annual Review of Genetics. 45(1). 21–39. 78 indexed citations
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Mauriello, Emilia M. F., et al.. (2009). Bacterial motility complexes require the actin‐like protein, MreB and the Ras homologue, MglA. The EMBO Journal. 29(2). 315–326. 110 indexed citations
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Mauriello, Emilia M. F., Beiyan Nan, & David R. Zusman. (2009). AglZ regulates adventurous (A‐) motility in Myxococcus xanthus through its interaction with the cytoplasmic receptor, FrzCD. Molecular Microbiology. 72(4). 964–977. 31 indexed citations
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Cui, Gaofeng, Beiyan Nan, Jicheng Hu, et al.. (2006). Identification and Solution Structures of a Single Domain Biotin/Lipoyl Attachment Protein from Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(29). 20598–20607. 10 indexed citations
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Huo, Yi‐Xin, Beiyan Nan, Conghui You, et al.. (2006). FIS activatesglnAp2 inEscherichia coli: role of a DNA bend centered at â55, upstream of the transcription start site. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 257(1). 99–105. 6 indexed citations

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