Ching Kung

10.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
140 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Ching Kung is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ching Kung has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Plant Science and 47 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ching Kung's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (53 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (45 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (40 papers). Ching Kung is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (53 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (45 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (40 papers). Ching Kung collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Ching Kung's co-authors include Yoshiro Saimi, Boris Martinac, Stephen H. Loukin, Sergei Sukharev, Paul Blount, Xinliang Zhou, Youko Satow, Julius Adler, Andriy Anishkin and Jinfeng Teng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ching Kung

140 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

A large-conductance mechanosensitive channel in E. coli e... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. A large-conductance mechanosensitive channel in E. coli encoded by mscL alone
    1994 588 citations Paul Blount, Boris Martinac et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ching Kung United States 47 6.6k 2.2k 1.9k 1.7k 971 140 8.5k
Norton B. Gilula United States 68 12.2k 1.9× 2.8k 1.3× 1.5k 0.8× 647 0.4× 1.4k 1.4× 109 17.5k
Richard A. Steinhardt United States 50 6.4k 1.0× 2.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 614 0.4× 2.4k 2.4× 88 10.7k
Boris Martinac Australia 55 10.0k 1.5× 1.8k 0.8× 5.3k 2.9× 1.2k 0.7× 1.9k 2.0× 228 13.5k
Jerry B. Lingrel United States 73 13.5k 2.1× 1.5k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 819 0.5× 1.3k 1.4× 254 17.4k
John Orlowski Canada 52 7.6k 1.2× 1.3k 0.6× 944 0.5× 712 0.4× 1.1k 1.2× 116 10.4k
J. Kevin Foskett United States 65 8.8k 1.3× 2.8k 1.2× 2.1k 1.1× 302 0.2× 2.1k 2.1× 166 13.4k
Else K. Hoffmann Denmark 54 6.5k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 1.9k 1.0× 268 0.2× 2.0k 2.0× 168 9.6k
Monica Driscoll United States 56 5.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.6× 2.3k 1.2× 606 0.4× 895 0.9× 140 10.8k
Stine F. Pedersen Denmark 54 6.1k 0.9× 1.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 325 0.2× 1.3k 1.3× 187 9.6k
Tadaaki Hirose Japan 40 10.5k 1.6× 5.5k 2.5× 835 0.5× 571 0.3× 623 0.6× 58 13.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ching Kung

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ching Kung

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ching Kung. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ching Kung 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 Ching Kung. Ching Kung 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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Teng, Jinfeng, et al.. (2014). Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Cardiovascular Physiology.. PubMed Central. 20(10). 6550–6560. 8 indexed citations
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Teng, Jinfeng, Stephen H. Loukin, Andriy Anishkin, & Ching Kung. (2014). The force-from-lipid (FFL) principle of mechanosensitivity, at large and in elements. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 467(1). 27–37. 135 indexed citations
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Su, Zhenwei, Andriy Anishkin, Ching Kung, & Yoshiro Saimi. (2011). The core domain as the force sensor of the yeast mechanosensitive TRP channel. The Journal of General Physiology. 138(6). 627–640. 15 indexed citations
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Su, Zhenwei, Ching Kung, & Yoshiro Saimi. (2010). Dissecting the Molecular Mechanism of How Force Activates Yeast TRP Channel TRPY1. Biophysical Journal. 98(3). 324a–324a. 1 indexed citations
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Beisson, Janine, Mireille Bétermier, Marie‐Hélène Bré, et al.. (2010). Maintaining Clonal Paramecium tetraurelia Cell Lines of Controlled Age through Daily Reisolation. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2010(1). pdb.prot5361–pdb.prot5361. 25 indexed citations
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Beisson, Janine, Mireille Bétermier, Marie‐Hélène Bré, et al.. (2010). Silencing Specific Paramecium tetraurelia Genes by Feeding Double-Stranded RNA. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2010(1). pdb.prot5363–pdb.prot5363. 22 indexed citations
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Su, Zhenwei, Xinliang Zhou, Stephen H. Loukin, et al.. (2009). The use of yeast to understand TRP-channel mechanosensitivity. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 458(5). 861–867. 24 indexed citations
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Kuo, Mario Meng-Chiang, W. John Haynes, Stephen H. Loukin, Ching Kung, & Yoshiro Saimi. (2005). Prokaryotic K+channels: From crystal structures to diversity. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 29(5). 961–985. 98 indexed citations
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Anishkin, Andriy & Ching Kung. (2005). Microbial mechanosensation. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 15(4). 397–405. 28 indexed citations
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Yoshimura, Kenjiro, Ann Batiza, & Ching Kung. (2001). Chemically Charging the Pore Constriction Opens the Mechanosensitive Channel MscL. Biophysical Journal. 80(5). 2198–2206. 85 indexed citations
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Kung, Ching, Yoshiro Saimi, W. John Haynes, Kit‐Yin Ling, & Roland Kissmehl. (2000). Recent Advances in the Molecular Genetics of Paramecium1. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 47(1). 11–14. 10 indexed citations
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Yoshimura, Kenjiro, et al.. (1999). Hydrophilicity of a Single Residue within MscL Correlates with Increased Channel Mechanosensitivity. Biophysical Journal. 77(4). 1960–1972. 166 indexed citations
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Vaillant, Brian, et al.. (1995). YKC1 encodes the depolarization‐activated K+ channel in the plasma membrane of yeast. FEBS Letters. 373(2). 170–176. 83 indexed citations
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Saimi, Yoshiro & Ching Kung. (1994). Ion channel regulation by calmodulin binding. FEBS Letters. 350(2-3). 155–158. 62 indexed citations
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Kubalski, Andrzej, et al.. (1993). Activities of a Mechanosensitive Ion Channel in anE. Coli Mutant Lacking the Major Lipoprotein. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 131(3). 151–160. 12 indexed citations
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Conklin, Douglas S., et al.. (1992). COT1, a Gene Involved in Cobalt Accumulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12(9). 3678–3688. 170 indexed citations
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Ling, Kit‐Yin, Robin R. Preston, Robert Burns, et al.. (1992). Primary mutations in calmodulin prevent activation of the Ca+ +‐dependent Na+ channel in Paramecium. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 12(4). 365–371. 6 indexed citations
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Delcour, Anne H., Julius Adler, & Ching Kung. (1991). A single amino acid substitution alters conductance and gating of OmpC porin ofEscherichia coli. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 119(3). 267–275. 35 indexed citations
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Kink, John A., et al.. (1990). Mutations in paramecium calmodulin indicate functional differences between the C-terminal and N-terminal lobes in vivo. Cell. 62(1). 165–174. 120 indexed citations
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Martinac, Boris, Julius Adler, & Ching Kung. (1990). Mechanosensitive ion channels of E. coli activated by amphipaths. Nature. 348(6298). 261–263. 410 indexed citations

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