Colin Fletcher

10.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Colin Fletcher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Fletcher has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Colin Fletcher's work include Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (9 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers). Colin Fletcher is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (9 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers). Colin Fletcher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Switzerland. Colin Fletcher's co-authors include Neal G. Copeland, Nancy A. Jenkins, Nathaniel Heintz, Robert G. Roeder, T. Norene O’Sullivan, John D. Shaughnessy, Wayne N. Frankel, Cathleen Lutz, Richard Hawkes and David A. Largaespada and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Colin Fletcher

50 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

  1. Absence Epilepsy in Tottering Mutant Mice Is Associated with Calcium Channel Defects
    1996 596 citations Colin Fletcher, Cathleen Lutz et al. Cell profile →

Peers

Colin Fletcher
Mark A. Marchionni United States
Kiyoshi Hayasaka Japan
Matthew R. Sarkisian United States
Nila Patil United States
Mary E. Stevens United States
Michael Brenner United States
Evelyne Souil France
Anthony T. Campagnoni United States
Paul R. Dobner United States
Christopher P. Austin United States
Mark A. Marchionni United States
Colin Fletcher
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Countries citing papers authored by Colin Fletcher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Fletcher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Fletcher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colin Fletcher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colin Fletcher 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 Colin Fletcher. Colin Fletcher 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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Fletcher, Colin. (2023). Beneath the Surface.
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Miki, Takafumi, Theresa A. Zwingman, Minoru Wakamori, et al.. (2008). Two novel alleles of tottering with distinct Ca(v)2.1 calcium channel neuropathologies. Neuroscience. 155(1). 31–44. 40 indexed citations
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Gustincich, Stefano, Serge Batalov, Kirk W. Beisel, et al.. (2003). Analysis of the Mouse Transcriptome for Genes Involved in the Function of the Nervous System. Genome Research. 13(6b). 1395–1401. 27 indexed citations
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Tottene, Angelita, Tommaso Fellin, Siro Luvisetto, et al.. (2002). Familial hemiplegic migraine mutations increase Ca 2+ influx through single human Ca V 2.1 channels and decrease maximal Ca V 2.1 current density in neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(20). 13284–13289. 204 indexed citations
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Wilson, Scott M., Bula J. Bhattacharyya, Rivka A. Rachel, et al.. (2002). Synaptic defects in ataxia mice result from a mutation in Usp14, encoding a ubiquitin-specific protease. Nature Genetics. 32(3). 420–425. 220 indexed citations
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Audesirk, Gerald, David G. Armstrong, Arn M. J. M. van den Maagdenberg, et al.. (2000). Calcium channels: critical targets of toxicants and diseases.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 108(12). 1215–1218. 5 indexed citations
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Fletcher, Colin. (1999). Ataxic mouse mutantsand molecular mechanisms of absence epilepsy. Human Molecular Genetics. 8(10). 1907–1912. 40 indexed citations
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Shaughnessy, John D., David A. Largaespada, Erming Tian, et al.. (1999). Mrvil, a common MRV integration site in BXH2 myeloid leukemias, encodes a protein with homology to a lymphoid-restricted membrane protein Jaw1. Oncogene. 18(12). 2069–2084. 39 indexed citations
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Han, Ping, et al.. (1998). Assignment of the MousePde7AGene to the Proximal Region of Chromosome 3 and of the HumanPDE7AGene to Chromosome 8q13. Genomics. 48(2). 275–276. 10 indexed citations
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Rausa, Francisco M., Uzma Samadani, Honggang Ye, et al.. (1997). The Cut-Homeodomain Transcriptional Activator HNF-6 Is Coexpressed with Its Target Gene HNF-3β in the Developing Murine Liver and Pancreas. Developmental Biology. 192(2). 228–246. 143 indexed citations
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Fletcher, Colin, Hirotaka James Okano, Debra J. Gilbert, et al.. (1997). Mouse Chromosomal Locations of Nine Genes Encoding Homologs of Human Paraneoplastic Neurologic Disorder Antigens. Genomics. 45(2). 313–319. 18 indexed citations
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Geusz, Michael E., Colin Fletcher, Gene D. Block, et al.. (1997). Long-term monitoring of circadian rhythms in c-fos gene expression from suprachiasmatic nucleus cultures. Current Biology. 7(10). 758–766. 39 indexed citations
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Fletcher, Colin, Cathleen Lutz, T. Norene O’Sullivan, et al.. (1996). Absence Epilepsy in Tottering Mutant Mice Is Associated with Calcium Channel Defects. Cell. 87(4). 607–617. 596 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fan, Chen‐Ming, Alessandro Bulfone, Colin Fletcher, et al.. (1996). Expression Patterns of Two Murine Homologs ofDrosophila Single-MindedSuggest Possible Roles in Embryonic Patterning and in the Pathogenesis of Down Syndrome. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 7(1). 1–16. 146 indexed citations
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Avraham, Karen B., Colin Fletcher, David G. Overdier, et al.. (1995). Murine chromosomal location of eight members of the hepatocyte nuclear factor 3/fork head winged helix family of transcription factors. Genomics. 25(2). 388–393. 23 indexed citations
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Jenkins, Nancy A., et al.. (1994). Genomic structure and mapping of precerebellin and a precerebellin-related gene. Molecular Brain Research. 27(1). 152–156. 22 indexed citations
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Fletcher, Colin, Deborah J. Norman, & Nathaniel Heintz. (1991). Genetic mapping of meander tail, a mouse mutation affecting cerebellar development. Genomics. 9(4). 647–655. 18 indexed citations
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Fletcher, Colin, Nathaniel Heintz, & Robert G. Roeder. (1987). Purification and characterization of OTF-1, a transcription factor regulating cell cycle expression of a human histone H2b gene. Cell. 51(5). 773–781. 486 indexed citations

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