David Q. Matus

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

David Q. Matus is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Q. Matus has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Aging and 12 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in David Q. Matus's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (20 papers), Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology (11 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (10 papers). David Q. Matus is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (20 papers), Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology (11 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (10 papers). David Q. Matus collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. David Q. Matus's co-authors include Mark Q. Martindale, Kevin Pang, Casey W. Dunn, Gerald H. Thomsen, Martin V. Sørensen, Andreas Schmidt‐Rhaesa, Steven H. D. Haddock, Greg W. Rouse, Matthias Obst and Andreas Hejnol and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

David Q. Matus

47 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life

2008 1.4k citations Casey W. Dunn, David Q. Matus et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Q. Matus United States	25	1.9k	1.5k	996	464	449	49	3.6k
Christopher J. Lowe United States	36	2.4k 1.3×	803 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	435 0.9×	395 0.9×	74	4.3k
Iñaki Ruiz‐Trillo Spain	44	4.0k 2.1×	1.0k 0.7×	792 0.8×	343 0.7×	1.3k 2.9×	102	5.4k
Gáspár Jékely Germany	40	2.5k 1.3×	632 0.4×	426 0.4×	755 1.6×	588 1.3×	99	5.0k
John R. Finnerty United States	38	4.1k 2.1×	2.2k 1.5×	1.6k 1.6×	306 0.7×	1.3k 3.0×	79	7.0k
Andreas Hejnol Norway	34	2.9k 1.5×	2.2k 1.5×	1.7k 1.7×	1.1k 2.4×	1.1k 2.4×	83	5.6k
David C. Hayward Australia	37	2.6k 1.3×	811 0.6×	796 0.8×	263 0.6×	1.6k 3.5×	65	5.3k
Detlev Arendt Germany	51	4.9k 2.5×	1.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.5×	1.2k 2.6×	1.0k 2.3×	109	8.5k
Guillaume Balavoine France	25	1.9k 1.0×	617 0.4×	880 0.9×	406 0.9×	449 1.0×	38	2.9k
Michel Vervoort France	29	3.1k 1.6×	482 0.3×	591 0.6×	213 0.5×	243 0.5×	58	4.1k
Nicole King United States	38	4.4k 2.3×	1.3k 0.9×	706 0.7×	565 1.2×	1.3k 2.8×	72	6.6k

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Yee, Callista, Hongwen Chen, Bing Xu, et al.. (2024). An activity-regulated transcriptional program directly drives synaptogenesis. Nature Neuroscience. 27(9). 1695–1707. 3 indexed citations

Martinez, Michael A. Q., Callista Yee, Wan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Cell cycle perturbation uncouples mitotic progression and invasive behavior in a post-mitotic cell. Differentiation. 137. 100765–100765. 1 indexed citations

Chi, Qiuyi, Laura C. Kelley, David Q. Matus, et al.. (2023). The Caenorhabditis elegans anchor cell transcriptome: ribosome biogenesis drives cell invasion through basement membrane. Development. 150(9). 10 indexed citations

Medwig-Kinney, Taylor N., Michael A. Q. Martinez, Callista Yee, et al.. (2023). Dynamic compartmentalization of the pro-invasive transcription factor NHR-67 reveals a role for Groucho in regulating a proliferative-invasive cellular switch in C. elegans. eLife. 12.

Lampersberger, Lisa, Francesca Conte, Jonathan Price, et al.. (2023). Loss of the E3 ubiquitin ligases UBR-5 or HECD-1 restores Caenorhabditis elegans development in the absence of SWI/SNF function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(5). e2217992120–e2217992120. 4 indexed citations

Medwig-Kinney, Taylor N., et al.. (2023). A simple method to dramatically increase C. elegans germline microinjection efficiency. Developmental Biology. 502. 63–67. 2 indexed citations

Yee, Callista, Michael A. Q. Martinez, Wan Zhang, et al.. (2023). An expandable FLP-ON::TIR1 system for precise spatiotemporal protein degradation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 223(4). 5 indexed citations

Mondal, Chandrani, Rebecca C. Adikes, Julie S. Di Martino, et al.. (2022). A proliferative to invasive switch is mediated by srGAP1 downregulation through the activation of TGF-β2 signaling. Cell Reports. 40(12). 111358–111358. 11 indexed citations

Wolff, Carsten, et al.. (2022). A light sheet fluorescence microscopy protocol for Caenorhabditis elegans larvae and adults. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 1012820–1012820. 4 indexed citations

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Adikes, Rebecca C., et al.. (2021). Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Sensor Transgenic Zebrafish Lines for Improved Cell Cycle State Visualization in Live Animals. Zebrafish. 18(6). 374–375. 4 indexed citations

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Martinez, Michael A. Q., Natalia Stec, Taylor N. Medwig-Kinney, et al.. (2021). An engineered, orthogonal auxin analog/ At TIR1(F79G) pairing improves both specificity and efficacy of the auxin degradation system in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 220(2). 36 indexed citations

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Duong, Tam, Michael A. Q. Martinez, Jonathan D. Hibshman, et al.. (2021). An expanded auxin-inducible degron toolkit for Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 217(3). 82 indexed citations

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Martinez, Michael A. Q., Taylor N. Medwig-Kinney, James Matthew Ragle, et al.. (2019). Rapid Degradation ofCaenorhabditis elegansProteins at Single-Cell Resolution with a Synthetic Auxin. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(1). 267–280. 47 indexed citations

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Matus, David Q., Lauren L. Lohmer, Laura C. Kelley, et al.. (2015). Invasive Cell Fate Requires G1 Cell-Cycle Arrest and Histone Deacetylase-Mediated Changes in Gene Expression. Developmental Cell. 35(2). 162–174. 92 indexed citations

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Matus, David Q., et al.. (2014). Cell division and targeted cell cycle arrest opens and stabilizes basement membrane gaps. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4184–4184. 25 indexed citations

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Ryan, Joseph F., Kevin Pang, David Q. Matus, et al.. (2007). Pre-Bilaterian Origins of the Hox Cluster and the Hox Code: Evidence from the Sea Anemone, Nematostella vectensis. PLoS ONE. 2(1). e153–e153. 175 indexed citations

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Matus, David Q., et al.. (2007). Expression of Pax gene family members in the anthozoan cnidarian, Nematostella vectensis. Evolution & Development. 9(1). 25–38. 73 indexed citations

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Matus, David Q., Kevin Pang, Heather Marlow, et al.. (2006). Molecular evidence for deep evolutionary roots of bilaterality in animal development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(30). 11195–11200. 150 indexed citations

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Matus, David Q., Gerald H. Thomsen, & Mark Q. Martindale. (2006). Dorso/Ventral Genes Are Asymmetrically Expressed and Involved in Germ-Layer Demarcation during Cnidarian Gastrulation. Current Biology. 16(5). 499–505. 101 indexed citations

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Pang, Kevin, David Q. Matus, & Mark Q. Martindale. (2004). The ancestral role of COE genes may have been in chemoreception: evidence from the development of the sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis (Phylum Cnidaria; Class Anthozoa). Development Genes and Evolution. 214(3). 134–138. 34 indexed citations

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