David E. Levin

12.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
75 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

David E. Levin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David E. Levin has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Cell Biology and 23 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in David E. Levin's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (53 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (15 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (14 papers). David E. Levin is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (53 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (15 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (14 papers). David E. Levin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Austria. David E. Levin's co-authors include Kyung S. Lee, Beverly Errede, Bruce N. Ames, Yoshiaki Kamada, Monica Hollstein, B N Ames, M F Christman, J. Michael Bishop, Ki‐Young Kim and Kunihiro Matsumoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

David E. Levin

73 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

Cell Wall Integrity Signaling inSaccharomyces cerevisiae

2005 925 citations David E. Levin profile →
A new Salmonella tester strain (TA102) with A X T base pairs at the site of mutation detects oxidative mutagens.

1982 659 citations David E. Levin et al. profile →
Regulation of Cell Wall Biogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: The Cell Wall Integrity Signaling Pathway

2011 649 citations David E. Levin Genetics profile →
Naturally occurring carbonyl compounds are mutagens Salmonella tester strain TA104

1985 443 citations David E. Levin, Bruce N. Ames et al. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David E. Levin United States	46	8.4k	3.1k	2.5k	1.1k	901	75	10.5k
R. Daniel Gietz Canada	29	12.3k 1.5×	2.9k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	406 0.4×	524 0.6×	44	14.5k
Ian W. Dawes Australia	57	7.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	250 0.2×	331 0.4×	187	9.8k
Kousaku Murata Japan	49	11.5k 1.4×	3.1k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	137 0.1×	293 0.3×	355	15.4k
Martin Bard United States	46	4.7k 0.6×	823 0.3×	827 0.3×	350 0.3×	913 1.0×	112	6.8k
Gakuzo Tamura Japan	46	5.4k 0.6×	999 0.3×	927 0.4×	292 0.3×	914 1.0×	345	8.7k
André Goffeau Belgium	45	5.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	757 0.3×	210 0.2×	382 0.4×	131	7.5k
Chris M. Grant United Kingdom	57	6.9k 0.8×	949 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	170 0.2×	199 0.2×	136	8.8k
Peter W. Piper United Kingdom	51	9.9k 1.2×	944 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	126 0.1×	343 0.4×	157	11.2k
Susan Kenney United States	15	4.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	469 0.2×	691 0.6×	1.3k 1.5×	25	9.5k
Teruhiko Beppu Japan	54	7.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	471 0.2×	223 0.2×	2.4k 2.7×	394	10.4k

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Tatebayashi, Kazuo, et al.. (2025). Acetic acid–induced stress granules function as scaffolding complexes for Hog1 activation by Pbs2. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(5).

Levin, David E., et al.. (2021). Differential metabolism of arsenicals regulates Fps1-mediated arsenite transport. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(3). 5 indexed citations

Levin, David E., et al.. (2018). Intracellular mechanism by which arsenite activates the yeast stress MAPK Hog1. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 29(15). 1904–1915. 31 indexed citations

Liu, Li & David E. Levin. (2018). Intracellular mechanism by which genotoxic stress activates yeast SAPK Mpk1. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 29(23). 2898–2909. 19 indexed citations

Liu, Li, et al.. (2018). Stressing out or stressing in: intracellular pathways for SAPK activation. Current Genetics. 65(2). 417–421. 20 indexed citations

Kim, Ki‐Young & David E. Levin. (2010). Transcriptional reporters for genes activated by cell wall stress through a non‐catalytic mechanism involving Mpk1 and SBF. Yeast. 27(8). 541–548. 22 indexed citations

Truman, Andrew W., Ki‐Young Kim, & David E. Levin. (2009). Mechanism of Mpk1 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Binding to the Swi4 Transcription Factor and Its Regulation by a Novel Caffeine-Induced Phosphorylation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 29(24). 6449–6461. 46 indexed citations

Kim, Ki‐Young, et al.. (2007). Dissecting the transcriptional activation function of the cell wall integrity MAP kinase. Yeast. 24(4). 335–342. 16 indexed citations

Sobering, Andrew K., et al.. (2003). A Novel Ras Inhibitor, Eri1, Engages Yeast Ras at the Endoplasmic Reticulum. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 23(14). 4983–4990. 30 indexed citations

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Sobering, Andrew K., et al.. (2002). Regulation of the yeast Rlm1 transcription factor by the Mpk1 cell wall integrity MAP kinase. Molecular Microbiology. 46(3). 781–789. 199 indexed citations

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Levin, David E., et al.. (2001). Wsc1 and Mid2 Are Cell Surface Sensors for Cell Wall Integrity Signaling That Act through Rom2, a Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor for Rho1. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 21(1). 271–280. 258 indexed citations

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Levin, David E., et al.. (1999). Genome‐wide analysis of gene expression regulated by the yeast cell wall integrity signalling pathway. Molecular Microbiology. 34(5). 1049–1057. 362 indexed citations

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Sohaskey, Michael L., et al.. (1995). A Second Osmosensing Signal Transduction Pathway in Yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(50). 30157–30161. 243 indexed citations

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Simchen, Giora, Karen Chapman, Emilia Caputo, et al.. (1994). Mapping of DBR1 and YPK1 suggests a major revision of the genetic map of the left arm of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Chromosome XI.. Genetics. 138(2). 283–287. 3 indexed citations

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Johnson, D R, Laura J. Knoll, David E. Levin, & Jeffrey I. Gordon. (1994). Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains four fatty acid activation (FAA) genes: an assessment of their role in regulating protein N-myristoylation and cellular lipid metabolism.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 127(3). 751–762. 146 indexed citations

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Irie, Kenji, Kyung S. Lee, David E. Levin, et al.. (1993). MKK1 and MKK2 , Which Encode Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase-Kinase Homologs, Function in the Pathway Mediated by Protein Kinase C. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 13(5). 3076–3083. 272 indexed citations

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Errede, Beverly & David E. Levin. (1993). A conserved kinase cascade for MAP kinase activation in yeast. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 5(2). 254–260. 227 indexed citations

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Lee, Kyung S. & David E. Levin. (1992). Dominant Mutations in a Gene Encoding a Putative Protein Kinase (BCKT) Bypass the Requirement for a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Protein Kinase C Homolog. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12(1). 172–182. 288 indexed citations

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Levin, David E., Edith F. Yamasaki, & Bruce N. Ames. (1982). A new Salmonella tester strain, TA97, for the detection of frameshift mutagens. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 94(2). 315–330. 171 indexed citations

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Levin, David E., et al.. (1979). Mutagenicity of fluorene derivatives: A proposed mechanism. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 63(1). 1–10. 27 indexed citations

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