Bruce Bowerman

12.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
99 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Bruce Bowerman is a scholar working on Aging, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Bowerman has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Aging, 64 papers in Molecular Biology and 40 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Bruce Bowerman's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (78 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (33 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (23 papers). Bruce Bowerman is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (78 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (33 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (23 papers). Bruce Bowerman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Bruce Bowerman's co-authors include Patrick O. Brown, J. Michael Bishop, James R Priess, Aaron F. Severson, Norbert Perrimon, Randall T. Moon, Michael Boutros, Harold Varmus, Danielle R. Hamill and Christopher A. Shelton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Bowerman

97 papers receiving 9.6k 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.

The Promise and Perils of Wnt Signaling Through β-Catenin

2002 836 citations Bruce Bowerman et al. Science profile →
The TAK1–NLK–MAPK-related pathway antagonizes signalling between β-catenin and transcription factor TCF

1999 507 citations Bruce Bowerman et al. profile →
Correct integration of retroviral DNA in vitro

1987 402 citations Bruce Bowerman et al. profile →
Retroviral integration: structure of the initial covalent product and its precursor, and a role for the viral IN protein.

1989 345 citations Bruce Bowerman et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A nucleoprotein complex mediates the integration of retroviral DNA.

1989 325 citations Bruce Bowerman et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Bruce Bowerman	7.0k	3.6k	2.8k	1.1k	907	99	9.7k
Marvin Wickens	12.6k 1.8×	1.9k 0.5×	740 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	156	14.4k
Harold Weintraub	25.8k 3.7×	843 0.2×	2.0k 0.7×	522 0.5×	5.5k 6.1×	96	30.1k
Daniel St Johnston	12.7k 1.8×	910 0.3×	4.7k 1.7×	1.5k 1.4×	2.4k 2.6×	167	16.7k
Jeffry D. Sander	12.6k 1.8×	850 0.2×	926 0.3×	510 0.5×	3.1k 3.4×	41	14.2k
Robert J. Johnston	3.4k 0.5×	596 0.2×	1.1k 0.4×	184 0.2×	553 0.6×	88	9.4k
Ophir Shalem	11.6k 1.7×	815 0.2×	585 0.2×	532 0.5×	2.3k 2.5×	42	13.1k
Shengdar Q. Tsai	12.6k 1.8×	935 0.3×	663 0.2×	680 0.6×	3.1k 3.4×	65	14.1k
Bianca Habermann	8.2k 1.2×	650 0.2×	3.8k 1.4×	243 0.2×	1.2k 1.3×	133	10.7k
Richard W. Carthew	13.1k 1.9×	396 0.1×	1.5k 0.6×	502 0.5×	1.8k 2.0×	105	17.0k
Amy E. Pasquinelli	14.0k 2.0×	1.9k 0.5×	192 0.1×	341 0.3×	849 0.9×	67	17.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Bruce Bowerman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce Bowerman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Bowerman

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Aprison, Erin Z., et al.. (2025). Distinct requirements for the C. elegans Delta ligand APX-1 in embryonic viability and adult fertility. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 15(12).

Yang, Jie, et al.. (2025). Anaphase onset requires CKS-1–mediated destruction of securin in meiosis I and cyclin B1 in meiosis II. The Journal of Cell Biology. 225(2).

Smith, Amy, Peter Kropp, Yan Liu, et al.. (2022). The chromatin remodeling protein CHD-1 and the EFL-1/DPL-1 transcription factor cooperatively down regulate CDK-2 to control SAS-6 levels and centriole number. PLoS Genetics. 18(4). e1009799–e1009799. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Yuqi, Alexander Miller, Danielle R. Hamill, et al.. (2021). A genetic screen for temperature-sensitive morphogenesis-defective Caenorhabditis elegans mutants. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(4). 1 indexed citations

Yang, Jie, et al.. (2020). Microtubule assembly and pole coalescence: early steps in C. elegans oocyte meiosis I spindle assembly. Biology Open. 9(6). 9 indexed citations

Sugioka, Kenji, Kota Mizumoto, Bruce Bowerman, et al.. (2018). Tumor suppressor APC is an attenuator of spindle-pulling forces during C. elegans asymmetric cell division. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(5). E954–E963. 19 indexed citations

Au, Vinci, Owen Thompson, Mark L. Edgley, et al.. (2017). MIP-MAP: High-Throughput Mapping of Caenorhabditis elegans Temperature-Sensitive Mutants via Molecular Inversion Probes. Genetics. 207(2). 447–463. 16 indexed citations

Osterberg, Valerie R., et al.. (2014). Caenorhabditis elegansoocyte meiotic spindle pole assembly requires microtubule severing and the calponin homology domain protein ASPM-1. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 25(8). 1298–1311. 42 indexed citations

Lackford, Brad, Mohammad Reza Keikhaee, Bruce Bowerman, et al.. (2012). An Evolutionarily Conserved Innate Immunity Protein Interaction Network. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(3). 1967–1978. 27 indexed citations

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Bowerman, Bruce. (2011). The near demise and subsequent revival of classical genetics for investigatingCaenorhabditis elegansembryogenesis: RNAi meets next-generation DNA sequencing. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22(19). 3556–3558. 2 indexed citations

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Canman, Julie C., Lindsay Lewellyn, Kimberley Laband, et al.. (2008). Inhibition of Rac by the GAP Activity of Centralspindlin Is Essential for Cytokinesis. Science. 322(5907). 1543–1546. 135 indexed citations

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Labbé, Jean‐Claude, et al.. (2007). Heterotrimeric G protein signaling functions with dynein to promote spindle positioning in C. elegans. The Journal of Cell Biology. 179(1). 15–22. 98 indexed citations

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Bowerman, Bruce. (2007). C. elegans Aging: Proteolysis Cuts Both Ways. Current Biology. 17(13). R514–R516. 5 indexed citations

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Schneider, Stephan & Bruce Bowerman. (2007). β-Catenin Asymmetries after All Animal/Vegetal- Oriented Cell Divisions in Platynereis dumerilii Embryos Mediate Binary Cell-Fate Specification. Developmental Cell. 13(1). 73–86. 94 indexed citations

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Willis, John H., Edwin Munro, Rebecca Lyczak, & Bruce Bowerman. (2006). Conditional Dominant Mutations in theCaenorhabditis elegansGeneact-2Identify Cytoplasmic and Muscle Roles for a Redundant Actin Isoform. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 17(3). 1051–1064. 32 indexed citations

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Hawkins, Nancy, Gregory C. Ellis, Bruce Bowerman, & Gian Garriga. (2005). MOM-5 Frizzled regulates the distribution of DSH-2 to control C. elegans asymmetric neuroblast divisions. Developmental Biology. 284(1). 246–259. 31 indexed citations

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Pintard, Lionel, Thimo Kurz, Sarah Luke-Glaser, et al.. (2003). Neddylation and Deneddylation of CUL-3 Is Required to Target MEI-1/Katanin for Degradation at the Meiosis-to-Mitosis Transition in C. elegans. Current Biology. 13(11). 911–921. 148 indexed citations

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Encalada, Sandra E., Paula Martin, Jennifer B. Phillips, et al.. (2000). DNA Replication Defects Delay Cell Division and Disrupt Cell Polarity in Early Caenorhabditis elegans Embryos. Developmental Biology. 228(2). 225–238. 109 indexed citations

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Bowerman, Bruce & Aaron F. Severson. (1999). Cell division: Plant-like properties of animal cell cytokinesis. Current Biology. 9(17). R658–R660. 16 indexed citations

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Shelton, Christopher A. & Bruce Bowerman. (1998). Simplified embryonic growth medium for Caenorhabditis elegans. 3(1). 46–47. 1 indexed citations

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