David Van Vactor

8.0k citations

92 papers · 6.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 41

Impact in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
Aging top 1%

Papers in ⓘ

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 54
- Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling 32
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research 24
Cell Biology 42
- Cellular Mechanics and Interactions 15
- Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ 15
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics 11
- Cellular transport and secretion 10

Co-authors: Laura Anne Lowery (2 shared papers)Karl G. Johnson (7 shared papers)Jack R Bateman (5 shared papers)Corey S. Goodman (4 shared papers)Tudor A. Fulga (16 shared papers)Elizabeth M. McNeill (6 shared papers)Zachary P. Wills (4 shared papers)Nancy Kaufmann (4 shared papers)
Journals: Neuron (11 papers)Current Biology (8 papers)Cell (5 papers)Genetics (5 papers)Development (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Japan

In The Last Decade

David Van Vactor

91 papers receiving 6.3k citations

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The trip of the tip: understanding the growth cone machinery 2009 · 569 citations

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1	The trip of the tip: understanding the growth cone machinery Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology ·Laura Anne Lowery, David Van Vactor Hit paper breakdown →	2009	569
2	Genes that control neuromuscular specificity in Drosophila Cell ·David Van Vactor, Helen Sink, Douglas M. Fambrough, Rosalie Tsoo, Corey S. Goodman	1993	379
3	The Transmembrane Tyrosine Phosphatase DLAR Controls Motor Axon Guidance in Drosophila Cell ·N. Krueger, David Van Vactor, Hong Wan, William M Gelbart, Corey S. Goodman, Haruo Saito	1996	302
4	The Tyrosine Kinase Abl and Its Substrate Enabled Collaborate with the Receptor Phosphatase Dlar to Control Motor Axon Guidance Neuron ·Zachary P. Wills, Jack R Bateman, Christopher A. Korey, Allen R. Comer, David Van Vactor	1999	258
5	Drosophila Liprin-α and the Receptor Phosphatase Dlar Control Synapse Morphogenesis Neuron ·Nancy Kaufmann, Jamin DeProto, Ravi Ranjan, Hong Wan, David Van Vactor	2002	233
6	MicroRNAs Shape the Neuronal Landscape Neuron ·Elizabeth M. McNeill, David Van Vactor	2012	221
7	The HSPGs Syndecan and Dallylike Bind the Receptor Phosphatase LAR and Exert Distinct Effects on Synaptic Development Neuron ·Karl G. Johnson, Alan P. Tenney, Aurnab Ghose, April Duckworth, Misao Higashi, Karen D. Parfitt, Oana Marcu, Timothy R. Heslip, Joan Marsh, Thomas L. Schwarz, John G. Flanagan, David Van Vactor	2006	199
8	The Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor Trio Mediates Axonal Development in the Drosophila Embryo Neuron ·Jack R Bateman, Huidy Shu, David Van Vactor	2000	194
9	Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases in Nervous System Development Physiological Reviews ·Karl G. Johnson, David Van Vactor	2003	187
10	Axonal Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans Regulate the Distribution and Efficiency of the Repellent Slit during Midline Axon Guidance Current Biology ·Karl G. Johnson, Aurnab Ghose, Elizabeth E. Epstein, John Lincecum, Michael B. O’Connor, David Van Vactor	2004	171
11	Profilin and the Abl Tyrosine Kinase Are Required for Motor Axon Outgrowth in the Drosophila Embryo Neuron ·Zachary P. Wills, Linsey C. Marr, Kai Zinn, Corey S. Goodman, David Van Vactor	1999	170
12	Dysregulation of microRNA-219 promotes neurodegeneration through post-transcriptional regulation of tau Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Ismael Santa‐María, Maria Eugenia Alaniz, Neil Renwick, Carolina Cela, Tudor A. Fulga, David Van Vactor, Thomas Tuschl, Lorraine N. Clark, Michael L. Shelanski, Brian D. McCabe, John F. Crary	2015	167
13	Analysis of mutants in chaoptin, a photoreceptor cell-specific glycoprotein in Drosophila, reveals its role in cellular morphogenesis Cell ·David Van Vactor, David E. Krantz, Rosemary Reinke, S Lawrence Zipursky	1988	150
14	Transgenic microRNA inhibition with spatiotemporal specificity in intact organisms Nature Methods ·Carlos M. Loya, Cecilia S. Lu, David Van Vactor, Tudor A. Fulga	2009	150
15	Modeling Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Drosophila PLoS ONE ·Howard C. Chang, Douglas N. Dimlich, Takakazu Yokokura, Ashim Mukherjee, Mark W. Kankel, Anindya Sen, Vasanthi Sridhar, Tudor A. Fulga, Anne C. Hart, David Van Vactor, Spyros Artavanis‐Tsakonas	2008	139
16	The Microtubule Plus End Tracking Protein Orbit/MAST/CLASP Acts Downstream of the Tyrosine Kinase Abl in Mediating Axon Guidance Neuron ·Haeryun Lee, Ulrike Engel, Jannette Rusch, Simone Scherrer, Katherine Sheard, David Van Vactor	2004	136
17	QIL1 is a novel mitochondrial protein required for MICOS complex stability and cristae morphology eLife ·Virgínia Guarani, Elizabeth M. McNeill, João A. Paulo, Edward L. Huttlin, Florian Fröhlich, Steven P. Gygi, David Van Vactor, J. Wade Harper	2015	133
18	Drosophila Rac1 controls motor axon guidance Development ·Nancy Kaufmann, Zachary P. Wills, David Van Vactor	1998	132
19	Genetic analysis of protein tyrosine phosphatases Current Opinion in Genetics & Development ·David Van Vactor, Alana M. O’Reilly, Benjamin G. Neel	1998	122
20	Direct Observation Demonstrates that Liprin-α Is Required for Trafficking of Synaptic Vesicles Current Biology ·Kyle E. Miller, Jamin DeProto, Nancy Kaufmann, Bharatkumar N. Patel, April Duckworth, David Van Vactor	2005	117

About David Van Vactor

David Van Vactor is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Aging, Developmental Neuroscience and Cancer Research, having authored 92 papers that have together received 6.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (32 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (24 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (15 papers), Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (15 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (13 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (12 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (11 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (3.1k citations), Aging (258 citations), Cell Biology (2.4k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (562 citations) and Molecular Biology (4.0k citations). David Van Vactor has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Laura Anne Lowery, Karl G. Johnson, Jack R Bateman, Corey S. Goodman, Tudor A. Fulga, Elizabeth M. McNeill, Zachary P. Wills, Nancy Kaufmann, Hong Wan and Christopher A. Korey. Their work appears in journals such as Neuron, Current Biology, Cell, Genetics and Development.

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