Berl R. Oakley

18.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
143 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

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Berl R. Oakley is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Berl R. Oakley has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Molecular Biology, 59 papers in Cell Biology and 56 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Berl R. Oakley's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (63 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (54 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (51 papers). Berl R. Oakley is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (63 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (54 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (51 papers). Berl R. Oakley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Japan. Berl R. Oakley's co-authors include N. Ronald Morris, Donald R. Kirsch, C. Elizabeth Oakley, Clay C. C. Wang, Yi‐Ming Chiang, M. Katherine Jung, Edyta Szewczyk, Stephen A. Osmani, Tetsuya Horio and Tania Nayak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Berl R. Oakley

141 papers receiving 13.4k citations

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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.

A simplified ultrasensitive silver stain for detecting proteins in polyacrylamide gels

1980 3.0k citations Berl R. Oakley et al. profile →
Fusion PCR and gene targeting in Aspergillus nidulans

2006 652 citations Edyta Szewczyk, Tania Nayak et al. profile →
Identification of γ-tubulin, a new member of the tubulin superfamily encoded by mipA gene of Aspergillus nidulans

1989 520 citations C. Elizabeth Oakley, Berl R. Oakley Nature profile →
A Versatile and Efficient Gene-Targeting System for Aspergillus nidulans

2005 512 citations Tania Nayak, Edyta Szewczyk et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Berl R. Oakley United States	52	10.2k	5.4k	3.4k	2.7k	962	143	13.9k
Gerhard H. Braus Germany	55	8.3k 0.8×	1.9k 0.4×	2.1k 0.6×	4.2k 1.6×	604 0.6×	267	11.6k
David Y. Thomas Canada	78	13.2k 1.3×	6.2k 1.2×	867 0.3×	1.9k 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	260	19.2k
Mirosław Cygler Canada	59	10.2k 1.0×	2.1k 0.4×	863 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 1.1×	246	13.8k
Marten Veenhuis Netherlands	73	14.9k 1.5×	2.5k 0.5×	797 0.2×	1.9k 0.7×	424 0.4×	361	18.0k
Howard Riezman Switzerland	85	17.9k 1.8×	10.3k 1.9×	472 0.1×	2.1k 0.8×	379 0.4×	236	23.0k
Toshifumi Takao Japan	55	8.5k 0.8×	2.0k 0.4×	580 0.2×	1.1k 0.4×	358 0.4×	222	14.3k
R. Daniel Gietz Canada	29	12.3k 1.2×	2.0k 0.4×	524 0.2×	2.9k 1.1×	683 0.7×	44	14.5k
Jasper Rine United States	68	14.1k 1.4×	2.2k 0.4×	532 0.2×	2.5k 0.9×	289 0.3×	203	16.8k
Gustav Ammerer Austria	53	8.4k 0.8×	2.2k 0.4×	551 0.2×	1.7k 0.6×	395 0.4×	105	10.0k
Konstantin Arnold Switzerland	8	8.3k 0.8×	800 0.1×	621 0.2×	1.7k 0.6×	952 1.0×	11	13.0k

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Oakley, Berl R. & Miguel Á. Peñalva. (2025). The roles of the cytoskeleton in fungal tip growth: Insights from Aspergillus nidulans. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 180. 104018–104018.

Oakley, C. Elizabeth, et al.. (2024). Identification of the chaA and fwA Spore Color Genes of Aspergillus nidulans. Journal of Fungi. 10(2). 104–104. 2 indexed citations

Oakley, C. Elizabeth, et al.. (2024). Discovery of Uncommon Tryptophan-Containing Diketopiperazines from Aspergillus homomorphus CBS 101889 Using an Aspergillus nidulans Heterologous Expression System. Journal of Natural Products. 87(7). 1704–1713. 3 indexed citations

Entwistle, Ruth, Yi‐Ming Chiang, Manmeet Ahuja, et al.. (2024). Transcription Factor Engineering in Aspergillus nidulans Leads to the Discovery of an Orsellinaldehyde Derivative Produced via an Unlinked Polyketide Synthase Gene. Journal of Natural Products. 87(10). 2384–2392. 2 indexed citations

Zhong, Cuncong, et al.. (2023). Computer-aided, resistance gene-guided genome mining for proteasome and HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 50(1). 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Shuang, et al.. (2023). Fungal secondary metabolism is governed by an RNA-binding protein CsdA/RsdA complex. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7351–7351. 6 indexed citations

Oakley, C. Elizabeth, Yi‐Ming Chiang, Ching‐Kuo Lee, et al.. (2023). A heterologous expression platform in Aspergillus nidulans for the elucidation of cryptic secondary metabolism biosynthetic gene clusters: discovery of the Aspergillus fumigatus sartorypyrone biosynthetic pathway. Chemical Science. 14(40). 11022–11032. 15 indexed citations

Chiang, Yi‐Ming, et al.. (2023). Polystyrene Upcycling into Fungal Natural Products and a Biocontrol Agent. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(9). 5222–5230. 43 indexed citations

Lan, Lan, Jiajun Liu, Amber R. Smith, et al.. (2020). Identification and Validation of an Aspergillus nidulans Secondary Metabolite Derivative as an Inhibitor of the Musashi-RNA Interaction. Cancers. 12(8). 2221–2221. 15 indexed citations

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Oakley, Berl R., et al.. (2015). γ-Tubulin complexes in microtubule nucleation and beyond. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26(17). 2957–2962. 89 indexed citations

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Nayak, Tania, Tetsuya Horio, Yi Xiong, et al.. (2010). γ-Tubulin regulates the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome during interphase. The Journal of Cell Biology. 190(3). 317–330. 33 indexed citations

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Chiang, Yi‐Ming, et al.. (2010). Recent advances in awakening silent biosynthetic gene clusters and linking orphan clusters to natural products in microorganisms. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 15(1). 137–143. 153 indexed citations

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Sanchez, James F., Yi‐Ming Chiang, Edyta Szewczyk, et al.. (2009). Molecular genetic analysis of the orsellinic acid/F9775 genecluster of Aspergillus nidulans. Molecular BioSystems. 6(3). 587–593. 116 indexed citations

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Li, Shihe, C. Elizabeth Oakley, Guifang Chen, et al.. (2005). Cytoplasmic Dynein's Mitotic Spindle Pole Localization Requires a Functional Anaphase-promoting Complex, γ-Tubulin, and NUDF/LIS1 in Aspergillus nidulans. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(8). 3591–3605. 20 indexed citations

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Horio, Tetsuya & Berl R. Oakley. (2004). The Role of Microtubules in Rapid Hyphal Tip Growth of Aspergillus nidulans. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(2). 918–926. 152 indexed citations

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Osmani, Aysha H., Jonathan Davies, C. Elizabeth Oakley, Berl R. Oakley, & Stephen A. Osmani. (2003). TINA Interacts with the NIMA Kinase inAspergillus nidulansand Negatively Regulates Astral Microtubules during Metaphase Arrest. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 14(8). 3169–3179. 26 indexed citations

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Khodjakov, Alexey, Richard W. Cole, Berl R. Oakley, & Conly L. Rieder. (2000). Centrosome-independent mitotic spindle formation in vertebrates. Current Biology. 10(2). 59–67. 397 indexed citations

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Oakley, Berl R.. (1998). Chapter 18 Methods for Isolating and Analyzing Mitotic Mutants in Aspergillus nidulans. Methods in cell biology. 61. 347–368. 1 indexed citations

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Oakley, C. Elizabeth & Berl R. Oakley. (1989). Identification of γ-tubulin, a new member of the tubulin superfamily encoded by mipA gene of Aspergillus nidulans. Nature. 338(6217). 662–664. 520 indexed citations breakdown →

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Oakley, Berl R. & John D. Dodge. (1976). The ultrastructure of mitosis inChroomonas salina (Cryptophyceae). PROTOPLASMA. 88(2-4). 241–254. 36 indexed citations

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