David S. Courson

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

David S. Courson is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David S. Courson has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Infectious Diseases, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in David S. Courson's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (4 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (4 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (3 papers). David S. Courson is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (4 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (4 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (3 papers). David S. Courson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. David S. Courson's co-authors include Anthony A. Hyman, Carsten Hoege, Frank Jülicher, Clifford P. Brangwynne, Christian R. Eckmann, Ronald S. Rock, Richard E. Cheney, Stanislav Nagy, Crista M. Brawley and Jonathan D. Winkelman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

David S. Courson

12 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Germline P Granules Are Liquid Droplets That Localize by Controlled Dissolution/Condensation

2009 2.3k citations Clifford P. Brangwynne, Christian R. Eckmann et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David S. Courson United States	9	2.1k	491	189	181	153	12	2.7k
Qiu‐Xing Jiang United States	18	3.7k 1.7×	471 1.0×	280 1.5×	169 0.9×	128 0.8×	39	4.7k
Shae B. Padrick United States	19	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 2.2×	69 0.4×	157 0.9×	108 0.7×	32	2.7k
Joshua A. Riback United States	13	2.8k 1.3×	334 0.7×	202 1.1×	289 1.6×	77 0.5×	23	3.1k
Shovamayee Maharana Germany	14	5.4k 2.5×	693 1.4×	408 2.2×	237 1.3×	149 1.0×	18	6.0k
Erik Martin United States	17	3.3k 1.5×	306 0.6×	300 1.6×	362 2.0×	78 0.5×	38	3.7k
Thomas Schwartz United States	42	4.9k 2.3×	1.1k 2.2×	121 0.6×	170 0.9×	117 0.8×	87	5.8k
Sua Myong United States	41	5.6k 2.6×	277 0.6×	166 0.9×	225 1.2×	278 1.8×	111	6.6k
Yongdae Shin South Korea	15	3.3k 1.6×	481 1.0×	240 1.3×	264 1.5×	227 1.5×	28	4.0k
Marcus Jahnel Germany	15	5.4k 2.5×	659 1.3×	440 2.3×	286 1.6×	169 1.1×	18	6.0k
Diana M. Mitrea United States	23	4.3k 2.0×	373 0.8×	332 1.8×	296 1.6×	151 1.0×	36	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David S. Courson

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12 of 12 papers shown

Gross, Steven P., et al.. (2024). Host-defense piscidin peptides as antibiotic adjuvants against Clostridioides difficile. PLoS ONE. 19(1). e0295627–e0295627. 4 indexed citations

Courson, David S., et al.. (2019). Single cell analysis of nutrient regulation of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile motility. Anaerobe. 59. 205–211. 9 indexed citations

Courson, David S., et al.. (2019). How Oxygen Availability Affects the Antimicrobial Efficacy of Host Defense Peptides: Lessons Learned from Studying the Copper-Binding Peptides Piscidins 1 and 3. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(21). 5289–5289. 19 indexed citations

Purcell, Erin B., Robert W. McKee, David S. Courson, et al.. (2017). A Nutrient-Regulated Cyclic Diguanylate Phosphodiesterase Controls Clostridium difficile Biofilm and Toxin Production during Stationary Phase. Infection and Immunity. 85(9). 52 indexed citations

Courson, David S. & Richard E. Cheney. (2015). Myosin-X and disease. Experimental Cell Research. 334(1). 10–15. 34 indexed citations

Skau, Colleen T., David S. Courson, Andrew J. Bestul, et al.. (2011). Actin Filament Bundling by Fimbrin Is Important for Endocytosis, Cytokinesis, and Polarization in Fission Yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(30). 26964–26977. 101 indexed citations

Samant, Sadhana, David S. Courson, Nagalingam R. Sundaresan, et al.. (2011). HDAC3-dependent Reversible Lysine Acetylation of Cardiac Myosin Heavy Chain Isoforms Modulates Their Enzymatic and. 1 indexed citations

Courson, David S. & Ronald S. Rock. (2010). Actin Cross-link Assembly and Disassembly Mechanics for α-Actinin and Fascin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(34). 26350–26357. 84 indexed citations

Brangwynne, Clifford P., Christian R. Eckmann, David S. Courson, et al.. (2009). Germline P Granules Are Liquid Droplets That Localize by Controlled Dissolution/Condensation. Science. 324(5935). 1729–1732. 2259 indexed citations breakdown →

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Courson, David S. & Ronald S. Rock. (2009). Fast Benchtop Fabrication of Laminar Flow Chambers for Advanced Microscopy Techniques. PLoS ONE. 4(8). e6479–e6479. 7 indexed citations

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Courson, David S., et al.. (2008). The dual mode of action of bistramide A entails severing of filamentous actin and covalent protein modification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(11). 4088–4092. 31 indexed citations

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Nagy, Stanislav, et al.. (2008). A myosin motor that selects bundled actin for motility. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(28). 9616–9620. 111 indexed citations

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