David Traynor

2.8k total citations
40 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

David Traynor is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David Traynor has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Cell Biology, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in David Traynor's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (26 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (15 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (9 papers). David Traynor is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (26 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (15 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (9 papers). David Traynor collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. David Traynor's co-authors include Robert R. Kay, Colin W. Taylor, Keith A. Jermyn, Oliver Hoeller, Paul D. Langridge, Jeffrey G. Williams, Chi Chun Wong, Alan J. Warren, Peter A. Thomason and Anne Early and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

David Traynor

40 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Traynor United Kingdom 26 1.3k 1.2k 283 187 178 40 2.2k
Leslie D. Burtnick Canada 24 961 0.8× 992 0.8× 138 0.5× 125 0.7× 66 0.4× 60 2.0k
J. L. Salisbury United States 23 1.9k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 131 0.5× 96 0.5× 121 0.7× 41 2.7k
Jörg Großhans Germany 26 1.5k 1.2× 980 0.8× 248 0.9× 101 0.5× 57 0.3× 72 2.5k
Anne Early United Kingdom 20 1.7k 1.4× 1.2k 1.0× 195 0.7× 41 0.2× 205 1.2× 32 2.3k
Horst Hinssen Germany 23 1.0k 0.8× 962 0.8× 224 0.8× 122 0.7× 101 0.6× 59 2.0k
Jeffrey G. Williams United Kingdom 40 2.7k 2.1× 2.4k 2.0× 443 1.6× 230 1.2× 388 2.2× 136 4.6k
Enilza Maria Espreáfico Brazil 26 1.5k 1.2× 1.0k 0.8× 163 0.6× 147 0.8× 37 0.2× 68 2.5k
Claudette Klein United States 28 1.0k 0.8× 868 0.7× 285 1.0× 269 1.4× 174 1.0× 84 1.9k
Mark R. Adelman United States 12 991 0.8× 607 0.5× 191 0.7× 124 0.7× 75 0.4× 17 1.7k
Matthew J. Smith United States 26 1.5k 1.2× 400 0.3× 231 0.8× 90 0.5× 66 0.4× 71 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Traynor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Traynor

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Traynor. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Traynor based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Traynor. David Traynor is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Buckley, Catherine M., Henderikus Pots, Aurélie Guého, et al.. (2020). Coordinated Ras and Rac Activity Shapes Macropinocytic Cups and Enables Phagocytosis of Geometrically Diverse Bacteria. Current Biology. 30(15). 2912–2926.e5. 34 indexed citations
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Srivastava, Nishit, David Traynor, Matthieu Piel, Alexandre Kabla, & Robert R. Kay. (2020). Pressure sensing through Piezo channels controls whether cells migrate with blebs or pseudopods. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(5). 2506–2512. 64 indexed citations
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Kay, Robert R., Thomas D. Williams, James D. Manton, David Traynor, & Peggy Paschke. (2019). Living on soup: macropinocytic feeding in amoebae. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 63(8-9-10). 473–483. 12 indexed citations
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Paschke, Peggy, David A. Knecht, Augustinas Silale, et al.. (2018). Rapid and efficient genetic engineering of both wild type and axenic strains of Dictyostelium discoideum. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0196809–e0196809. 57 indexed citations
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Hirst, Jennifer, Robert R. Kay, & David Traynor. (2015). Dictyostelium Cultivation, Transfection, Microscopy and Fractionation. BIO-PROTOCOL. 5(11). 3 indexed citations
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Weis, Félix, Emmanuel Giudice, Mark J. Churcher, et al.. (2015). Mechanism of eIF6 release from the nascent 60S ribosomal subunit. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 22(11). 914–919. 143 indexed citations
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Wong, Chi Chun, David Traynor, Nicolas Basse, Robert R. Kay, & Alan J. Warren. (2011). Defective ribosome assembly in Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. Blood. 118(16). 4305–4312. 120 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoyin, et al.. (2009). Xpf and Not the Fanconi Anaemia Proteins or Rev3 Accounts for the Extreme Resistance to Cisplatin in Dictyostelium discoideum. PLoS Genetics. 5(9). e1000645–e1000645. 48 indexed citations
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Ludlow, Melanie J., David Traynor, Paul R. Fisher, & Steven J. Ennion. (2008). Extracellular ATP and ADP mediate Ca2+ influx in Dictyostelium discoideum.. Figshare. 1 indexed citations
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Kay, Robert R., Paul D. Langridge, David Traynor, & Oliver Hoeller. (2008). Changing directions in the study of chemotaxis. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 9(6). 455–463. 159 indexed citations
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Ludlow, Melanie J., David Traynor, Paul R. Fisher, & Steven J. Ennion. (2008). Purinergic-mediated Ca2+ influx in Dictyostelium discoideum. Cell Calcium. 44(6). 567–579. 24 indexed citations
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Traynor, David, et al.. (2006). On the effects of cycloheximide on cell motility and polarisation in Dictyostelium discoideum. BMC Cell Biology. 7(1). 5–5. 17 indexed citations
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Min, Junxia, David Traynor, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2005). Sphingosine Kinase Regulates the Sensitivity of Dictyostelium discoideum Cells to the Anticancer Drug Cisplatin. Eukaryotic Cell. 4(1). 178–189. 32 indexed citations
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Traynor, David. (2000). Ca2+ signalling is not required for chemotaxis in Dictyostelium. The EMBO Journal. 19(17). 4846–4854. 101 indexed citations
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Thomason, Peter A., David Traynor, & Robert R. Kay. (1999). Taking the plunge: terminal differentiation in Dictyostelium. Trends in Genetics. 15(1). 15–19. 51 indexed citations
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Thomason, Peter A., David Traynor, Jeffry B. Stock, & Robert R. Kay. (1999). The RdeA-RegA System, a Eukaryotic Phospho-relay Controlling cAMP Breakdown. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(39). 27379–27384. 67 indexed citations
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Taylor, Colin W. & David Traynor. (1995). Calcium and inositol trisphosphate receptors. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 145(2). 109–18. 85 indexed citations
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Joly, Etienne, et al.. (1993). Addition of heat-killed bacteria to the selective medium enhances transformation of Dictyostelium discoideum. Trends in Genetics. 9(5). 157–158. 9 indexed citations
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Williams, Jeffrey G., Karen T. Duffy, David P. Lane, et al.. (1989). Origins of the prestalk-prespore pattern in Dictyostelium development. Cell. 59(6). 1157–1163. 162 indexed citations
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Kay, Robert R., Mary Berks, David Traynor, et al.. (1988). Signals controlling cell differentiation and pattern formation in Dictyostelium. Developmental Genetics. 9(4-5). 579–587. 20 indexed citations

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