D Kaiser

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

D Kaiser is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, D Kaiser has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Genetics and 18 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in D Kaiser's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (36 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (17 papers). D Kaiser is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (36 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (17 papers). D Kaiser collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. D Kaiser's co-authors include Lee Kroos, Adam Kuspa, Seung K. Kim, Samuel Wu, B Sager, L Plamann, Mitchell Singer, Patricia L. Hartzell, Anthony Bretscher and Lawrence J. Shimkets and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

D Kaiser

52 papers receiving 4.0k 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. Social gliding is correlated with the presence of pili in Myxococcus xanthus.
    1979 477 citations D Kaiser Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D Kaiser United States 39 3.5k 2.6k 1.0k 448 299 52 4.1k
David R. Zusman United States 46 5.3k 1.5× 3.7k 1.4× 1.9k 1.9× 732 1.6× 567 1.9× 131 6.5k
Lee Kroos United States 35 3.2k 0.9× 3.0k 1.2× 1.5k 1.5× 155 0.3× 208 0.7× 98 4.4k
Tâm Mignot France 33 2.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 810 0.8× 302 0.7× 455 1.5× 79 2.9k
George B. Spiegelman Canada 35 2.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 209 0.5× 127 0.4× 110 4.2k
A.D. Kaiser United States 34 4.2k 1.2× 2.0k 0.8× 2.6k 2.5× 166 0.4× 174 0.6× 40 5.1k
Jack Merrin Austria 16 1.8k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 356 0.3× 502 1.1× 279 0.9× 26 3.4k
Avigdor Eldar Israel 25 2.4k 0.7× 838 0.3× 324 0.3× 244 0.5× 119 0.4× 43 3.1k
Patrick Eichenberger United States 29 2.7k 0.8× 2.2k 0.8× 1.8k 1.7× 145 0.3× 136 0.5× 47 3.8k
Janine R. Maddock United States 35 2.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 837 0.8× 104 0.2× 352 1.2× 56 3.6k
Mark L. Urbanowski United States 26 1.9k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 509 0.5× 86 0.2× 713 2.4× 48 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by D Kaiser

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D Kaiser

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of D Kaiser. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of D Kaiser 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 D Kaiser. D Kaiser 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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Kaiser, D, et al.. (2010). Myxobacteria, Polarity, and Multicellular Morphogenesis. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 2(8). a000380–a000380. 76 indexed citations
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Kaiser, D, et al.. (1998). The guanosine nucleotide (p)ppGpp initiates development and A-factor production in Myxococcus xanthus. Genes & Development. 12(7). 1022–1035. 137 indexed citations
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Rodriguez–Soto, Jorge & D Kaiser. (1997). Identification and localization of the Tgl protein, which is required for Myxococcus xanthus social motility. Journal of Bacteriology. 179(13). 4372–4381. 37 indexed citations
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Søgaard‐Andersen, Lotte, Frank J. Slack, Harvey H. Kimsey, & D Kaiser. (1996). Intercellular C-signaling in Myxococcus xanthus involves a branched signal transduction pathway.. Genes & Development. 10(6). 740–754. 90 indexed citations
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Wu, Samuel & D Kaiser. (1996). Markerless deletions of pil genes in Myxococcus xanthus generated by counterselection with the Bacillus subtilis sacB gene. Journal of Bacteriology. 178(19). 5817–5821. 95 indexed citations
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Singer, Mitchell & D Kaiser. (1995). Ectopic production of guanosine penta- and tetraphosphate can initiate early developmental gene expression in Myxococcus xanthus.. Genes & Development. 9(13). 1633–1644. 112 indexed citations
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Sager, B & D Kaiser. (1994). Intercellular C-signaling and the traveling waves of Myxococcus.. Genes & Development. 8(23). 2793–2804. 99 indexed citations
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Kaiser, D. (1993). Roland Thaxter's legacy and the origins of multicellular development.. Genetics. 135(2). 249–254. 17 indexed citations
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Sager, B & D Kaiser. (1993). Spatial restriction of cellular differentiation.. Genes & Development. 7(9). 1645–1653. 29 indexed citations
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Russo-Marie, F., Mario Roederer, B Sager, L A Herzenberg, & D Kaiser. (1993). Beta-galactosidase activity in single differentiating bacterial cells.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(17). 8194–8198. 69 indexed citations
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Kimsey, Harvey H. & D Kaiser. (1992). The orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxylase gene of Myxococcus xanthus. Comparison to the OMP decarboxylase gene family.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267(2). 819–824. 24 indexed citations
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Plamann, L, Adam Kuspa, & D Kaiser. (1992). Proteins that rescue A-signal-defective mutants of Myxococcus xanthus. Journal of Bacteriology. 174(10). 3311–3318. 92 indexed citations
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Kim, Seung K. & D Kaiser. (1991). C-factor has distinct aggregation and sporulation thresholds during Myxococcus development. Journal of Bacteriology. 173(5). 1722–1728. 99 indexed citations
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Kim, Seung K. & D Kaiser. (1990). Purification and properties of Myxococcus xanthus C-factor, an intercellular signaling protein.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 87(10). 3635–3639. 73 indexed citations
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Kaiser, D, et al.. (1989). dsg, a gene required for cell-cell interaction early in Myxococcus development. Journal of Bacteriology. 171(7). 3719–3726. 44 indexed citations
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Kuspa, Adam, et al.. (1989). Physical mapping of the Myxococcus xanthus genome by random cloning in yeast artificial chromosomes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 86(22). 8917–8921. 38 indexed citations
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Kuspa, Adam & D Kaiser. (1989). Genes required for developmental signalling in Myxococcus xanthus: three asg loci. Journal of Bacteriology. 171(5). 2762–2772. 82 indexed citations
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Kroos, Lee & D Kaiser. (1987). Expression of many developmentally regulated genes in Myxococcus depends on a sequence of cell interactions.. Genes & Development. 1(8). 840–854. 177 indexed citations
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Kaiser, D, Lee Kroos, & Adam Kuspa. (1985). Cell Interactions Govern the Temporal Pattern of Myxococcus Development. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 50(0). 823–830. 13 indexed citations
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Kuner, Jerry M. & D Kaiser. (1982). Fruiting body morphogenesis in submerged cultures of Myxococcus xanthus. Journal of Bacteriology. 151(1). 458–461. 141 indexed citations

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