David Van Vactor

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

David Van Vactor is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Van Vactor has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 50 papers in Molecular Biology and 42 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in David Van Vactor's work include Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (32 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (24 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (15 papers). David Van Vactor is often cited by papers focused on Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (32 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (24 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (15 papers). David Van Vactor collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. David Van Vactor's co-authors include Laura Anne Lowery, Karl G. Johnson, Jack R Bateman, Corey S. Goodman, Tudor A. Fulga, Zachary P. Wills, Elizabeth M. McNeill, Nancy Kaufmann, Hong Wan and Christopher A. Korey and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

David Van Vactor

91 papers receiving 6.3k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Van Vactor United States	41	4.0k	3.1k	2.4k	703	570	92	6.4k
Fumio Matsuzaki Japan	41	4.7k 1.2×	1.5k 0.5×	2.1k 0.9×	391 0.6×	335 0.6×	107	6.5k
Vivian Budnik United States	52	5.7k 1.4×	5.1k 1.7×	3.0k 1.2×	636 0.9×	604 1.1×	86	9.2k
Christian Klämbt Germany	45	5.3k 1.3×	3.9k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	208 0.3×	1.0k 1.8×	143	7.9k
John L. Bixby United States	48	4.3k 1.1×	4.5k 1.5×	1.4k 0.6×	346 0.5×	474 0.8×	134	8.5k
Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger Germany	36	4.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	577 0.8×	260 0.5×	55	6.1k
Patricia F. Maness United States	46	3.8k 1.0×	3.3k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	255 0.4×	369 0.6×	129	6.9k
Jeffery L. Twiss United States	45	4.5k 1.1×	3.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	372 0.5×	297 0.5×	98	6.9k
Takahisa Furukawa Japan	46	7.1k 1.8×	2.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	470 0.7×	489 0.9×	130	8.4k
Mike Fainzilber Israel	46	4.4k 1.1×	3.2k 1.0×	1.0k 0.4×	236 0.3×	348 0.6×	103	7.0k
Vance Lemmon United States	60	5.7k 1.4×	5.9k 1.9×	3.0k 1.3×	469 0.7×	624 1.1×	178	11.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Van Vactor

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Ho, Diana M., et al.. (2024). cAMP/PKA signaling regulates TDP-43 aggregation and mislocalization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(24). e2400732121–e2400732121. 6 indexed citations

Vactor, David Van, et al.. (2020). Synapse development and maturation at the drosophila neuromuscular junction. Neural Development. 15(1). 11–11. 35 indexed citations

Donelson, Nathan C., et al.. (2019). MicroRNAs Regulate Multiple Aspects of Locomotor Behavior inDrosophila. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(1). 43–55. 6 indexed citations

Meng, Alice, et al.. (2018). MicroRNAs Regulate Sleep and Sleep Homeostasis in Drosophila. Cell Reports. 23(13). 3776–3786. 26 indexed citations

Fulga, Tudor A., Elizabeth M. McNeill, Richard Binari, et al.. (2015). A transgenic resource for conditional competitive inhibition of conserved Drosophila microRNAs. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7279–7279. 58 indexed citations

Amaral, Andreia J., et al.. (2014). Quality assessment and control of tissue specific RNA-seq libraries of Drosophila transgenic RNAi models. Frontiers in Genetics. 5. 43–43. 10 indexed citations

Emerson, Mark M., et al.. (2013). Drosophila semaphorin2b is required for the axon guidance of a subset of embryonic neurons. Developmental Dynamics. 242(7). 861–873. 3 indexed citations

Prakash, Saurabh, Catherine Dubreuil, Aurnab Ghose, et al.. (2009). Complex interactions amongst N-cadherin, DLAR, and Liprin-α regulate Drosophila photoreceptor axon targeting. Developmental Biology. 336(1). 10–19. 35 indexed citations

Fulga, Tudor A. & David Van Vactor. (2008). Synapses and Growth Cones on Two Sides of a Highwire. Neuron. 57(3). 339–344. 24 indexed citations

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Gates, Julie, James P. Mahaffey, Stephen L. Rogers, et al.. (2007). Enabled plays key roles in embryonic epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila. Development. 134(11). 2027–2039. 105 indexed citations

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Rawson, Joel M., et al.. (2005). The Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans Dally-like and Syndecan Have Distinct Functions in Axon Guidance and Visual-System Assembly in Drosophila. Current Biology. 15(9). 833–838. 55 indexed citations

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Lee, Haeryun, et al.. (2004). The Microtubule Plus End Tracking Protein Orbit/MAST/CLASP Acts Downstream of the Tyrosine Kinase Abl in Mediating Axon Guidance. Neuron. 42(6). 913–926. 136 indexed citations

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Johnson, Karl G., Aurnab Ghose, Elizabeth E. Epstein, et al.. (2004). Axonal Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans Regulate the Distribution and Efficiency of the Repellent Slit during Midline Axon Guidance. Current Biology. 14(6). 499–504. 171 indexed citations

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Lee, Haeryun & David Van Vactor. (2003). Neurons Take Shape. Current Biology. 13(4). R152–R161. 16 indexed citations

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Bateman, Jack R, Huidy Shu, & David Van Vactor. (2000). The Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor Trio Mediates Axonal Development in the Drosophila Embryo. Neuron. 26(1). 93–106. 194 indexed citations

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Rusch, Jannette & David Van Vactor. (2000). New Roundabouts Send Axons into the Fas Lane. Neuron. 28(3). 637–640. 16 indexed citations

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Vactor, David Van & Lori J. Lorenz. (1999). Neural development: The semantics of axon guidance. Current Biology. 9(6). R201–R204. 46 indexed citations

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Vactor, David Van, Alana M. O’Reilly, & Benjamin G. Neel. (1998). Genetic analysis of protein tyrosine phosphatases. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 8(1). 112–126. 122 indexed citations

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Krueger, N., David Van Vactor, Hong Wan, et al.. (1996). The Transmembrane Tyrosine Phosphatase DLAR Controls Motor Axon Guidance in Drosophila. Cell. 84(4). 611–622. 302 indexed citations

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Nourbakhsh, Illah, et al.. (1993). The winning robots from the 1993 robot competition. AI Magazine. 14(4). 51–62. 22 indexed citations

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