Christopher L. Frank

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Christopher L. Frank is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher L. Frank has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Christopher L. Frank's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (6 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (3 papers). Christopher L. Frank is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (6 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (3 papers). Christopher L. Frank collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Christopher L. Frank's co-authors include Li‐Huei Tsai, Xuecai Ge, Stephen J. Haggarty, Bryce L. Sopher, Wei Yan, Marcus J. Korth, Michael G. Katze, Isabel Novoa, David Ron and Gregory E. Crawford and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher L. Frank

22 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Disrupted in Schizophrenia 1 Regulates Neuronal Progenitor Proliferation via Modulation of GSK3β/β-Catenin Signaling

2009 635 citations Yingwei Mao, Xuecai Ge et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher L. Frank United States	18	1.7k	544	452	385	270	22	2.5k
Linda M. Parsons Australia	17	1.7k 1.0×	493 0.9×	297 0.7×	593 1.5×	75 0.3×	33	2.6k
Yoshinobu Sugitani Japan	18	1.9k 1.1×	368 0.7×	382 0.8×	259 0.7×	238 0.9×	26	3.1k
Hsiao‐Huei Chen Canada	31	1.9k 1.1×	289 0.5×	981 2.2×	364 0.9×	240 0.9×	73	3.2k
Yang Zhou China	32	2.6k 1.5×	153 0.3×	285 0.6×	609 1.6×	275 1.0×	111	3.6k
Bruce A. Hamilton United States	29	2.0k 1.2×	434 0.8×	794 1.8×	622 1.6×	124 0.5×	69	3.5k
Gunnar P.H. Dietz Germany	27	1.6k 0.9×	202 0.4×	291 0.6×	536 1.4×	147 0.5×	48	2.3k
Elizabeth A. Pollina United States	13	1.7k 1.0×	216 0.4×	259 0.6×	196 0.5×	334 1.2×	15	2.7k
Takayuki Manabe Japan	24	1.3k 0.8×	821 1.5×	188 0.4×	323 0.8×	190 0.7×	76	2.5k
Lydia Teboul United Kingdom	25	3.0k 1.8×	367 0.7×	793 1.8×	207 0.5×	374 1.4×	54	4.2k
Michael D. Conkright United States	15	2.2k 1.3×	192 0.4×	489 1.1×	553 1.4×	462 1.7×	21	3.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Frank, Christopher L., et al.. (2024). Scalable protein design using optimization in a relaxed sequence space. Science. 386(6720). 439–445. 20 indexed citations

Frank, Christopher L., et al.. (2021). Integrated Omic Analyses Identify Pathways and Transcriptomic Regulators Associated With Chemical Alterations ofIn VitroNeural Network Formation. Toxicological Sciences. 186(1). 118–133. 4 indexed citations

Kabadi, Ami M., Eoin McDonnell, Christopher L. Frank, & Lauren Drowley. (2020). Applications of Functional Genomics for Drug Discovery. SLAS DISCOVERY. 25(8). 823–842. 6 indexed citations

Frank, Christopher L., et al.. (2018). Defining toxicological tipping points in neuronal network development. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 354. 81–93. 23 indexed citations

Frank, Christopher L., et al.. (2017). From the Cover: Developmental Neurotoxicants Disrupt Activity in Cortical Networks on Microelectrode Arrays: Results of Screening 86 Compounds During Neural Network Formation. Toxicological Sciences. 160(1). 121–135. 63 indexed citations

Frank, Christopher L., et al.. (2016). HDAC inhibitors cause site-specific chromatin remodeling at PU.1-bound enhancers in K562 cells. Epigenetics & Chromatin. 9(1). 15–15. 18 indexed citations

Hall, Diana, et al.. (2016). Editor’s Highlight: Evaluation of a Microelectrode Array-Based Assay for Neural Network Ontogeny Using Training Set Chemicals. Toxicological Sciences. 154(1). 126–139. 55 indexed citations

Frank, Christopher L., Fang Liu, Lingyun Song, et al.. (2015). Regulation of chromatin accessibility and Zic binding at enhancers in the developing cerebellum. Nature Neuroscience. 18(5). 647–656. 114 indexed citations

Hsiung, Chris C.‐S., Christapher S. Morrissey, Maheshi Udugama, et al.. (2014). Genome accessibility is widely preserved and locally modulated during mitosis. Genome Research. 25(2). 213–225. 94 indexed citations

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Camp, J. Gray, Christopher L. Frank, Colin R. Lickwar, et al.. (2014). Microbiota modulate transcription in the intestinal epithelium without remodeling the accessible chromatin landscape. Genome Research. 24(9). 1504–1516. 102 indexed citations

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Chen, Liangfu, et al.. (2014). The histone lysine demethylase Kdm6b is required for activity-dependent preconditioning of hippocampal neuronal survival. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 61. 187–200. 27 indexed citations

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Yardımcı, Galip Gürkan, Christopher L. Frank, Gregory E. Crawford, & Uwe Ohler. (2014). Explicit DNase sequence bias modeling enables high-resolution transcription factor footprint detection. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(19). 11865–11878. 44 indexed citations

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Skalsky, Rebecca L., David L. Corcoran, Eva Gottwein, et al.. (2012). The Viral and Cellular MicroRNA Targetome in Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines. PLoS Pathogens. 8(1). e1002484–e1002484. 289 indexed citations

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Skalsky, Rebecca L., David L. Corcoran, Eva Gottwein, et al.. (2012). Analysis of the miRNA targetome in EBV-infected B cells. Infectious Agents and Cancer. 7(S1). 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ying, et al.. (2010). Cdk5rap2 Interacts with Pericentrin to Maintain the Neural Progenitor Pool in the Developing Neocortex. Neuron. 66(3). 386–402. 136 indexed citations

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Frank, Christopher L., et al.. (2010). Control of Activating Transcription Factor 4 (ATF4) Persistence by Multisite Phosphorylation Impacts Cell Cycle Progression and Neurogenesis*. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(43). 33324–33337. 70 indexed citations

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Ge, Xuecai, Christopher L. Frank, Froylán Calderón de Anda, & Li‐Huei Tsai. (2010). Hook3 Interacts with PCM1 to Regulate Pericentriolar Material Assembly and the Timing of Neurogenesis. Neuron. 65(2). 191–203. 101 indexed citations

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Frank, Christopher L. & Li‐Huei Tsai. (2009). Alternative Functions of Core Cell Cycle Regulators in Neuronal Migration, Neuronal Maturation, and Synaptic Plasticity. Neuron. 62(3). 312–326. 95 indexed citations

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Mao, Yingwei, Xuecai Ge, Christopher L. Frank, et al.. (2009). Disrupted in Schizophrenia 1 Regulates Neuronal Progenitor Proliferation via Modulation of GSK3β/β-Catenin Signaling. Cell. 136(6). 1017–1031. 635 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kim, Dohoon, Christopher L. Frank, Matthew M. Dobbin, et al.. (2008). Deregulation of HDAC1 by p25/Cdk5 in Neurotoxicity. Neuron. 60(5). 803–817. 243 indexed citations

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