Dax Fu

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Dax Fu is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dax Fu has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Dax Fu's work include Trace Elements in Health (18 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (8 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (8 papers). Dax Fu is often cited by papers focused on Trace Elements in Health (18 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (8 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (8 papers). Dax Fu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Israel. Dax Fu's co-authors include Min Lu, Jin Chai, Larry J. W. Miercke, Peter Nollert, Cindy Weitzman, R. M. Stroud, J. Krucinski, Yinan Wei, Taiho Kambe and KM Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dax Fu

39 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Structure of a Glycerol-Conducting Channel and the Basis ... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Structure of a Glycerol-Conducting Channel and the Basis for Its Selectivity
    2000 805 citations Dax Fu et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dax Fu United States 24 1.4k 1.2k 554 520 320 39 2.8k
Julian C. Rutherford United Kingdom 21 1.6k 1.1× 871 0.7× 685 1.2× 264 0.5× 209 0.7× 25 3.2k
Daniel Yuan United States 24 2.5k 1.8× 1.9k 1.7× 1.1k 2.1× 744 1.4× 142 0.4× 47 4.5k
Martina Ralle United States 35 971 0.7× 1.5k 1.3× 232 0.4× 658 1.3× 79 0.2× 81 3.2k
Simone Ciofi‐Baffoni Italy 43 2.6k 1.8× 2.3k 2.0× 571 1.0× 610 1.2× 186 0.6× 95 5.1k
Sharon La Fontaine Australia 30 983 0.7× 2.2k 1.9× 388 0.7× 1.1k 2.0× 112 0.3× 52 3.7k
Ulrich Mühlenhoff Germany 53 6.1k 4.2× 2.1k 1.8× 659 1.2× 151 0.3× 248 0.8× 96 8.8k
Harry A. Dailey United States 48 5.1k 3.5× 308 0.3× 389 0.7× 168 0.3× 250 0.8× 142 6.5k
Stephen G. Aller United States 17 1.3k 0.9× 702 0.6× 225 0.4× 203 0.4× 71 0.2× 40 3.1k
Debkumar Pain United States 37 3.5k 2.4× 457 0.4× 244 0.4× 77 0.1× 181 0.6× 75 5.1k
George W. Bates United States 28 1.0k 0.7× 652 0.6× 776 1.4× 112 0.2× 109 0.3× 67 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dax Fu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dax Fu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kambe, Taiho, KM Taylor, & Dax Fu. (2021). Zinc transporters and their functional integration in mammalian cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100320–100320. 153 indexed citations
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Gu, Yong, Zheng Guo, Janet M. Wenzlau, et al.. (2021). Novel autoantibodies to the β-cell surface epitopes of ZnT8 in patients progressing to type-1 diabetes. Journal of Autoimmunity. 122. 102677–102677. 14 indexed citations
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Melia, Joanna, Ruxian Lin, Ramnik J. Xavier, et al.. (2019). Induction of the metal transporter ZIP8 by interferon gamma in intestinal epithelial cells: Potential role of metal dyshomeostasis in Crohn's disease. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 515(2). 325–331. 21 indexed citations
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Li, Hua, et al.. (2018). Highly specific monoclonal antibodies for allosteric inhibition and immunodetection of the human pancreatic zinc transporter ZnT8. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(42). 16206–16216. 9 indexed citations
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Fu, Dax & Lydia Finney. (2014). Metalloproteomics: challenges and prospective for clinical research applications. Expert Review of Proteomics. 11(1). 13–19. 15 indexed citations
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Fu, Dax. (2010). Zinc Transporter YiiP Escherichia coli. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Wei, Jin Chai, J. Love, & Dax Fu. (2010). Selective Electrodiffusion of Zinc Ions in a Zrt-, Irt-like Protein, ZIPB*. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(50). 39013–39020. 86 indexed citations
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Lu, Min, Jin Chai, & Dax Fu. (2009). Structural basis for autoregulation of the zinc transporter YiiP. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 16(10). 1063–1067. 204 indexed citations
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Lu, Min & Dax Fu. (2007). Structure of the Zinc Transporter YiiP. Science. 317(5845). 1746–1748. 303 indexed citations
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Fu, Dax & Min Lu. (2007). The structural basis of water permeation and proton exclusion in aquaporins (Review). Molecular Membrane Biology. 24(5-6). 366–374. 73 indexed citations
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Wei, Yinan & Dax Fu. (2006). Binding and Transport of Metal Ions at the Dimer Interface of the Escherichia coli Metal Transporter YiiP. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(33). 23492–23502. 73 indexed citations
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Wei, Yinan & Dax Fu. (2005). Selective Metal Binding to a Membrane-embedded Aspartate in the Escherichia coli Metal Transporter YiiP (FieF). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(40). 33716–33724. 88 indexed citations
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Jiang, Jiansheng, et al.. (2004). Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of theEscherichia coliwater channel AqpZ. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 60(3). 561–563. 7 indexed citations
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Fu, Dax, et al.. (2004). Kinetic Study of the Antiport Mechanism of an Escherichia coli Zinc Transporter, ZitB. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(13). 12043–12050. 117 indexed citations
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Fu, Dax, et al.. (2002). The Structure of G1pF, A Glycerol Conducting Channel. Novartis Foundation symposium. 245. 51–65. 17 indexed citations
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Fu, Dax, et al.. (2001). Structure/Function Relationships in OxlT, the Oxalate-Formate Transporter of Oxalobacter formigenes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(12). 8753–8760. 29 indexed citations
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Fu, Dax & Peter C. Maloney. (1998). Structure-Function Relationships in OxlT, the Oxalate/Formate Transporter of Oxalobacter formigenes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(28). 17962–17967. 35 indexed citations
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Fu, Dax & Peter C. Maloney. (1997). Evaluation of Secondary Structure of OxlT, the Oxalate Transporter of Oxalobacter formigenes, by Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(4). 2129–2135. 30 indexed citations
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Javitch, Jonathan A., Dax Fu, & J. Chen. (1996). Differentiating dopamine D2 ligands by their sensitivities to modification of the cysteine exposed in the binding-site crevice.. Molecular Pharmacology. 49(4). 692–698. 23 indexed citations

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