David Finnegan

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

David Finnegan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Finnegan has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Plant Science and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in David Finnegan's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (36 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (19 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers). David Finnegan is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (36 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (19 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers). David Finnegan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. David Finnegan's co-authors include Alain Bucheton, Neil Willetts, David S. Hogness, Alain Pélisson, Gerald M. Rubin, Michael W. Young, Angela Dawson, H. M. Sang, Elaine Kellett and Clare Lister and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Finnegan

66 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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Eukaryotic transposable elements and genome evolution

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Structural Basis for the Inverted Repeat Preferences of mariner Transposases 2015 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Douglas R. Houston, David Finnegan, J. Richardson	8
2	RNA:RNA interaction can enhance RNA localization in Drosophila oocytes 2012 ·RNA ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ilan Davis, David Finnegan	7
3	A Conserved SREBP-1/Phosphatidylcholine Feedback Circuit Regulates Lipogenesis in Metazoans 2011 ·Cell ·Amy K. Walker, René L. Jacobs, Jennifer L. Watts, Veerle Rottiers, (unknown), David Finnegan, Toshi Shioda, Malene Hansen, Fajun Yang, (unknown), Dennis E. Vance, (unknown), Anne C. Hart, Anders M. Näär	341
4	Molecular Architecture of the Mos1 Paired-End Complex: The Structural Basis of DNA Transposition in a Eukaryote 2009 ·Cell ·J. Richardson, Sean D. Colloms, David Finnegan, Malcolm D. Walkinshaw	108
5	Genome Dynamics: Transposition and the Single Cell 2009 ·Current Biology ·David Finnegan	1
6	Live imaging of Drosophilagonad formation reveals roles for Six4 in regulating germline and somatic cell migration 2007 ·BMC Developmental Biology ·Ivan Clark, Andrew P. Jarman, David Finnegan	21
7	Crystallization of a Mos1 transposase–inverted-repeat DNA complex: biochemical and preliminary crystallographic analyses 2007 ·Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications ·J. Richardson, David Finnegan, Malcolm D. Walkinshaw	7
8	D-six4 plays a key role in patterning cell identities deriving from the Drosophila mesoderm 2006 ·Developmental Biology ·Ivan Clark, (unknown), Graham Hamilton, David Finnegan, Andrew P. Jarman	40
9	Expression, purification and preliminary crystallographic studies of a single-point mutant of Mos1 mariner transposase 2004 ·Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography ·J. Richardson, Lei Zhang, Séverine Marcos, David Finnegan, Marjorie M. Harding, Paul Taylor, Malcolm D. Walkinshaw	17
10	Excision of the Drosophila Mariner Transposon Mos1 2003 ·Molecular Cell ·Angela Dawson, David Finnegan	68
11	Genome evolution: Sex and the transposable element 2001 ·Current Biology ·Stephen Wright, David Finnegan	73
12	Retrotransposition of the I factor, a non-long terminal repeat retrotransposon of Drosophila, generates tandem repeats at the 3' end 2000 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Marie‐Christine Chaboissier, David Finnegan, Alain Bucheton	29
13	Transposable elements: How non-LTR retrotransposons do it 1997 ·Current Biology ·David Finnegan	50
14	New primers for an old enzyme 1993 ·Current Biology ·David Finnegan	1
15	Polypeptide components ofDrosophilasmall nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles 1991 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Trevor Paterson, Jean D. Beggs, David Finnegan, Reinhard Lührmann	27
16	Transposable elements and DNA transposition in eukaryotes 1990 ·Current Opinion in Cell Biology ·David Finnegan	37
17	The I factor and I-R hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila melanogaster 1989 ·Mobile DNA ·David Finnegan	72
18	A cloned I-factor is fully functional in Drosophila melanogaster 1988 ·Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·(unknown), (unknown), Alain Pélisson, Alain Bucheton, David Finnegan	49
19	Behavior of a Drosophila melanogaster Transposable Element in Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1985 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Deborah K. Hoshizaki, David Finnegan	2
20	EXCISION OF A 412 TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT OF DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER IN YEAST 1982 ·Heredity ·Deborah K. Hoshizaki, David Finnegan	1

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