Brian Pope

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Brian Pope is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Pope has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cell Biology, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Brian Pope's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (24 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (15 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (9 papers). Brian Pope is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (24 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (15 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (9 papers). Brian Pope collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Brian Pope's co-authors include Alan G. Weeds, Michael Way, Amy McGough, Wah Chiu, John Gooch, Sutherland K. Maciver, Joseph F. Y. Hoh, Sharon Yeoh, Hans Georg Mannherz and Paul D. Wagner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Brian Pope

48 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Cofilin Changes the Twist of F-Actin: Implications for Actin Filament Dynamics and Cellular Function

1997 618 citations Amy McGough, Brian Pope et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Studies on the chymotryptic digestion of myosin. Effects of divalent cations on proteolytic susceptibility

1977 606 citations Alan G. Weeds, Brian Pope Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Pope United Kingdom	35	2.4k	2.3k	1.5k	586	529	48	4.7k
Peter A. Rubenstein United States	37	2.4k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	363 0.6×	334 0.6×	118	4.0k
Yuichiro Maéda Japan	35	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	397 0.7×	675 1.3×	126	4.3k
Dominique Didry France	36	1.7k 0.7×	3.2k 1.4×	710 0.5×	797 1.4×	490 0.9×	48	4.7k
David R. Kovar United States	42	2.6k 1.1×	3.7k 1.6×	956 0.6×	704 1.2×	564 1.1×	90	5.5k
Susan W. Craig United States	42	2.6k 1.1×	3.0k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	338 0.6×	488 0.9×	68	6.5k
Shoichiro Ono United States	45	2.9k 1.2×	2.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	445 0.8×	287 0.5×	125	6.4k
Dorothy A. Schafer United States	28	2.5k 1.0×	3.3k 1.4×	537 0.4×	495 0.8×	292 0.6×	44	5.0k
Dorit Hanein United States	42	3.1k 1.3×	3.1k 1.4×	809 0.5×	442 0.8×	768 1.5×	86	6.3k
H L Yin United States	29	2.2k 0.9×	2.9k 1.3×	438 0.3×	469 0.8×	233 0.4×	37	4.7k
Sutherland K. Maciver United Kingdom	31	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	511 0.3×	406 0.7×	252 0.5×	101	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Pope

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Pope

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Pope

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pope, Brian, et al.. (2008). Tools to speed your heel pain diagnosis.. PubMed. 57(11). 714–23. 4 indexed citations

Mannherz, Hans Georg, Sabine M. Gonsior, Xueqing Wu, et al.. (2006). Dual effects of staurosporine on A431 and NRK cells: Microfilament disassembly and uncoordinated lamellipodial activity followed by cell death. European Journal of Cell Biology. 85(8). 785–802. 22 indexed citations

Mannherz, Hans Georg, Sylvie Villard, Claude Granier, et al.. (2006). Mapping the ADF/Cofilin Binding Site on Monomeric Actin by Competitive Cross-linking and Peptide Array: Evidence for a Second Binding Site on Monomeric Actin. Journal of Molecular Biology. 366(3). 745–755. 31 indexed citations

Pope, Brian, et al.. (2003). Latrunculin B or ATP Depletion Induces Cofilin-dependent Translocation of Actin into Nuclei of Mast Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(16). 14394–14400. 136 indexed citations

Ono, Shoichiro, Amy McGough, Brian Pope, et al.. (2001). The C-terminal Tail of UNC-60B (Actin Depolymerizing Factor/Cofilin) Is Critical for Maintaining Its Stable Association with F-actin and Is Implicated in the Second Actin-binding Site. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(8). 5952–5958. 56 indexed citations

Percipalle, Piergiorgio, Jian Zhao, Brian Pope, et al.. (2001). Actin Bound to the Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Hrp36 Is Associated with Balbiani Ring mRNA from the Gene to Polysomes. The Journal of Cell Biology. 153(1). 229–236. 127 indexed citations

Pope, Brian, et al.. (2000). Uncoupling actin filament fragmentation by cofilin from increased subunit turnover. Journal of Molecular Biology. 298(4). 649–661. 102 indexed citations

Digard, Paul, et al.. (1999). Modulation of Nuclear Localization of the Influenza Virus Nucleoprotein through Interaction with Actin Filaments. Journal of Virology. 73(3). 2222–2231. 104 indexed citations

Schlüter, Kathrin, et al.. (1998). An alpha-actinin-profilin chimaera with two alternatively operating actin-binding sites. European Journal of Cell Biology. 76(1). 1–8. 2 indexed citations

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Maciver, Sutherland K., et al.. (1998). The effect of two actin depolymerizing factors (ADF/cofilins) on actin filament turnover : pH sensitivity of F‐actin binding by human ADF, but not of Acanthamoeba actophorin. European Journal of Biochemistry. 256(2). 388–397. 118 indexed citations

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Pope, Brian, John Gooch, & Alan G. Weeds. (1997). Probing the Effects of Calcium on Gelsolin. Biochemistry. 36(50). 15848–15855. 56 indexed citations

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McGough, Amy, Brian Pope, Wah Chiu, & Alan G. Weeds. (1997). Cofilin Changes the Twist of F-Actin: Implications for Actin Filament Dynamics and Cellular Function. The Journal of Cell Biology. 138(4). 771–781. 618 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pope, Brian & Helen M. Kent. (1996). High Efficiency 5 Min Transformation of Escherichia Coli. Nucleic Acids Research. 24(3). 536–537. 76 indexed citations

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Gooch, John, et al.. (1995). Identification of the trapped calcium in the gelsolin segment 1—actincomplex: Implications for the role of calcium in the control of gelsolin activity. FEBS Letters. 360(3). 227–230. 25 indexed citations

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Pope, Brian, Michael Way, Paul Matsudaira, & Alan G. Weeds. (1994). Characterisation of the F‐actin binding domains of villin: classification of F‐actin binding proteins into two groups according to their binding sites on actin. FEBS Letters. 338(1). 58–62. 58 indexed citations

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Way, Michael, Brian Pope, Robert A. Cross, John Kendrick‐Jones, & Alan G. Weeds. (1992). Expression of the N‐terminal domain of dystrophin in E. coli and demonstration of binding to F‐actin. FEBS Letters. 301(3). 243–245. 134 indexed citations

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Pope, Brian, John Gooch, Horst Hinssen, & Alan G. Weeds. (1989). Loss of calcium sensitivity of plasma gelsolin is associated with the presence of calcium ions during preparation. FEBS Letters. 259(1). 185–188. 9 indexed citations

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Hitchcock, Edward, et al.. (1989). Stereotactic LINAC Radiosurgery. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 3(3). 305–312. 43 indexed citations

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Weeds, Alan G., John Gooch, Brian Pope, & Harriet E. Harris. (1986). Preparation and characterization of pig plasma and platelet gelsolins. European Journal of Biochemistry. 161(1). 69–76. 43 indexed citations

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Pope, Brian, Alan G. Weeds, & Paul D. Wagner. (1981). Studies on the Actomyosin ATPase and the Role of the Alkali Light Chains. European Journal of Biochemistry. 117(1). 201–206. 37 indexed citations

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