Bruce Derfler

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Bruce Derfler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Derfler has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Bruce Derfler's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (3 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Bruce Derfler is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (3 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Bruce Derfler collaborates with scholars based in United States. Bruce Derfler's co-authors include David P. Corey, Katia Georgopoulos, David D. Moore, Leona D. Samson, Jaime Garcı́a-Añoveros, Jin Chen, L Samson, J Neville-Golden, Bradley T. Hyman and Jeffrey R. Holt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Derfler

11 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

TRPA1 is a candidate for the mechanosensitive transduction channel of vertebrate hair cells

2004 550 citations David P. Corey, Jaime Garcı́a-Añoveros et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bruce Derfler United States	11	1.4k	668	311	251	230	11	2.2k
Sarah B. Pierce United States	25	2.8k 2.0×	397 0.6×	318 1.0×	218 0.9×	455 2.0×	32	4.0k
J. Fielding Hejtmancik United States	32	1.9k 1.4×	312 0.5×	279 0.9×	316 1.3×	274 1.2×	63	2.8k
Shinji Komazaki Japan	30	2.2k 1.6×	360 0.5×	654 2.1×	344 1.4×	543 2.4×	90	3.1k
Elisabeth Kremmer Germany	22	1.3k 1.0×	258 0.4×	727 2.3×	622 2.5×	258 1.1×	32	2.9k
Thomas Ott Germany	29	1.9k 1.4×	394 0.6×	543 1.7×	141 0.6×	106 0.5×	61	2.7k
Fred A. Pereira United States	31	2.3k 1.7×	724 1.1×	558 1.8×	270 1.1×	370 1.6×	65	3.9k
Robert S. Lasher United States	23	2.0k 1.5×	156 0.2×	992 3.2×	212 0.8×	386 1.7×	44	3.2k
Jacqueline Gabrion France	23	909 0.7×	174 0.3×	561 1.8×	265 1.1×	324 1.4×	76	1.9k
Adelaida G. Filoteo United States	26	1.5k 1.1×	403 0.6×	385 1.2×	171 0.7×	354 1.5×	40	2.0k
Tamar Ben‐Yosef Israel	30	2.2k 1.6×	463 0.7×	285 0.9×	139 0.6×	325 1.4×	82	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Bruce Derfler

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce Derfler

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Derfler

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

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Pan, Bifeng, Nurunisa Akyuz, Xiaoping Liu, et al.. (2018). TMC1 Forms the Pore of Mechanosensory Transduction Channels in Vertebrate Inner Ear Hair Cells. Neuron. 99(4). 736–753.e6. 226 indexed citations

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Corey, David P., Jaime Garcı́a-Añoveros, Jeffrey R. Holt, et al.. (2004). TRPA1 is a candidate for the mechanosensitive transduction channel of vertebrate hair cells. Nature. 432(7018). 723–730. 550 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Zheng‐Yi, et al.. (2001). Myosin-VIIb, a Novel Unconventional Myosin, Is a Constituent of Microvilli in Transporting Epithelia. Genomics. 72(3). 285–296. 49 indexed citations

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Berg, Jonathan S., et al.. (2000). Myosin-X, a novel myosin with pleckstrin homology domains, associates with regions of dynamic actin. Journal of Cell Science. 113(19). 3439–3451. 181 indexed citations

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Garcı́a-Añoveros, Jaime, Bruce Derfler, J Neville-Golden, Bradley T. Hyman, & David P. Corey. (1997). BNaC1 and BNaC2 constitute a new family of human neuronal sodium channels related to degenerins and epithelial sodium channels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(4). 1459–1464. 280 indexed citations

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Georgopoulos, Katia, David D. Moore, & Bruce Derfler. (1992). Ikaros, an Early Lymphoid-Specific Transcription Factor and a Putative Mediator for T Cell Commitment. Science. 258(5083). 808–812. 388 indexed citations

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Samson, L, Bruce Derfler, Michael S. Boosalis, & Kathy Call. (1991). Cloning and characterization of a 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase cDNA from human cells whose gene maps to chromosome 16.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 88(20). 9127–9131. 119 indexed citations

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Xiao, Wei, Bruce Derfler, Jin Chen, & Leona D. Samson. (1991). Primary sequence and biological functions of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae O6-methylguanine/O4-methylthymine DNA repair methyltransferase gene.. The EMBO Journal. 10(8). 2179–2186. 78 indexed citations

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Chen, Jin, Bruce Derfler, & Leona D. Samson. (1990). Saccharomyces cerevisiae 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase has homology to the AlkA glycosylase of E. coli and is induced in response to DNA alkylation damage.. The EMBO Journal. 9(13). 4569–4575. 120 indexed citations

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Chen, Jin, et al.. (1989). Cloning a eukaryotic DNA glycosylase repair gene by the suppression of a DNA repair defect in Escherichia coli.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 86(20). 7961–7965. 111 indexed citations

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Samson, Leona D., Bruce Derfler, & Evelyn A. Waldstein. (1986). Suppression of human DNA alkylation-repair defects by Escherichia coli DNA-repair genes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(15). 5607–5610. 94 indexed citations

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