Daniel Safer

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Daniel Safer is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Safer has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cell Biology, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Daniel Safer's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (23 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (14 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Daniel Safer is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (23 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (14 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Daniel Safer collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Daniel Safer's co-authors include Ronald A. Milligan, V T Nachmias, Michael Whittaker, Marshall Elzinga, H. Lee Sweeney, Bridget Carragher, Rajasree Golla, Tama Hasson, Amber L. Wells and Liqiong Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Safer

42 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

A structural change in the kinesin motor protein that drives motility

1999 650 citations Sarah E. Rice, Daniel Safer et al. Nature profile →
Myosin VI is an actin-based motor that moves backwards

1999 531 citations Amber L. Wells, Liqiong Chen et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel Safer United States	26	2.5k	2.0k	1.0k	399	320	42	3.8k
Yuichiro Maéda Japan	35	1.6k 0.6×	2.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.8×	675 1.7×	397 1.2×	126	4.3k
Kazuo Sutoh Japan	40	2.8k 1.1×	3.1k 1.5×	1.6k 1.6×	397 1.0×	287 0.9×	97	4.9k
Peter A. Rubenstein United States	37	1.8k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	334 0.8×	363 1.1×	118	4.0k
Steven S. Rosenfeld United States	45	2.5k 1.0×	3.1k 1.5×	1.6k 1.6×	591 1.5×	153 0.5×	118	6.4k
Robert A. Cross United Kingdom	42	3.7k 1.5×	3.4k 1.7×	689 0.7×	275 0.7×	202 0.6×	121	5.4k
Albina Orlova United States	35	2.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	877 2.2×	564 1.8×	59	3.4k
Xufeng Wu United States	39	3.0k 1.2×	2.9k 1.4×	454 0.5×	183 0.5×	432 1.4×	70	5.3k
G. Isenberg Germany	34	2.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	422 0.4×	518 1.3×	424 1.3×	81	3.5k
Dorothy A. Schafer United States	28	3.3k 1.3×	2.5k 1.2×	537 0.5×	292 0.7×	495 1.5×	44	5.0k
Dietmar J. Manstein Germany	46	2.8k 1.1×	4.1k 2.0×	3.0k 3.0×	812 2.0×	358 1.1×	134	6.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Safer

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20 of 20 papers shown

Safer, Daniel, Anita Marchfelder, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, et al.. (2024). Identification of structural and regulatory cell-shape determinants in Haloferax volcanii. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1414–1414. 22 indexed citations

Pyrpassopoulos, Serapion, et al.. (2023). Endocytic myosin-1 is a force-insensitive, power-generating motor. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(10). 10 indexed citations

Ali, M. Yusuf, Carlos Kikuti, Daniel Safer, et al.. (2014). Myosin VI Must Dimerize and Deploy Its Unusual Lever Arm in Order to Perform Its Cellular Roles. Cell Reports. 8(5). 1522–1532. 20 indexed citations

Ali, M. Yusuf, Guy G. Kennedy, Daniel Safer, et al.. (2011). Myosin Va and myosin VI coordinate their steps while engaged in an in vitro tug of war during cargo transport. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(34). E535–41. 50 indexed citations

Krieger, Christine C., Manorama Tewari, André EX Brown, et al.. (2010). Exon‐skipped dystrophins for treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Mass spectrometry mapping of most exons and cooperative domain designs based on single molecule mechanics. Cytoskeleton. 67(12). 796–807. 16 indexed citations

Llinas, P., HyeongJun Kim, Mirko Travaglia, et al.. (2009). Myosin VI Dimerization Triggers an Unfolding of a Three-Helix Bundle in Order to Extend Its Reach. Molecular Cell. 35(3). 305–315. 75 indexed citations

Brown, André EX, Alina Hategan, Daniel Safer, Yale E. Goldman, & Dennis E. Discher. (2009). Cross-Correlated TIRF/AFM Reveals Asymmetric Distribution of Force-Generating Heads along Self-Assembled, “Synthetic” Myosin Filaments. Biophysical Journal. 96(5). 1952–1960. 24 indexed citations

Cruz, Enrique M. De La, et al.. (2007). Contributions from All Over. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1112(1). 38–44. 1 indexed citations

Law, Richard, George P. Liao, Daniel Safer, et al.. (2005). Molecular Extensibility of Mini-dystrophins and a Dystrophin Rod Construct. Journal of Molecular Biology. 352(4). 795–806. 44 indexed citations

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Li, Quanyi, et al.. (2002). Thymosin beta4 regulation, expression and function in aortic valve interstitial cells.. PubMed. 11(5). 726–35. 12 indexed citations

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Al‐Bassam, Jawdat, Rachel S. Ozer, Daniel Safer, Shelley Halpain, & Ronald A. Milligan. (2002). MAP2 and tau bind longitudinally along the outer ridges of microtubule protofilaments. The Journal of Cell Biology. 157(7). 1187–1196. 263 indexed citations

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Rice, Sarah E., Daniel Safer, Nariman Naber, et al.. (1999). A structural change in the kinesin motor protein that drives motility. Nature. 402(6763). 778–784. 650 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wells, Amber L., Liqiong Chen, Daniel Safer, et al.. (1999). Myosin VI is an actin-based motor that moves backwards. Nature. 401(6752). 505–508. 531 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sanger, Jean M., et al.. (1995). Increasing intracellular concentrations of thymosin β4 in PtK2 cells: Effects on stress fibers, cytokinesis, and cell spreading. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 31(4). 307–322. 35 indexed citations

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Tardif, Marianne, Sherry C. Huang, Tim Redmond, et al.. (1995). Actin Polymerization Induced by GTPγS in Permeabilized Neutrophils Is Induced and Maintained by Free Barbed Ends. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(47). 28075–28083. 27 indexed citations

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Safer, Daniel & Vivianne T. Nachmias. (1994). Beta thymosins as actin binding peptides. BioEssays. 16(7). 473–479. 91 indexed citations

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Nachmias, V T, Lynne Cassimeris, Rajasree Golla, & Daniel Safer. (1993). Thymosin beta 4 (T beta 4) in activated platelets.. PubMed. 61(2). 314–20. 38 indexed citations

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Goldschmidt‐Clermont, Pascal J., M.I. Furman, D.H. Wachsstock, et al.. (1992). The control of actin nucleotide exchange by thymosin beta 4 and profilin. A potential regulatory mechanism for actin polymerization in cells.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 3(9). 1015–1024. 243 indexed citations

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Milligan, Ronald A., Michael Whittaker, & Daniel Safer. (1990). Molecular structure of F-actin and location of surface binding sites. Nature. 348(6298). 217–221. 337 indexed citations

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Safer, Daniel. (1989). An electrophoretic procedure for detecting proteins that bind actin monomers. Analytical Biochemistry. 178(1). 32–37. 79 indexed citations

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