Dean Clift

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Dean Clift is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dean Clift has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Dean Clift's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (6 papers), Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (6 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (6 papers). Dean Clift is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (6 papers), Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (6 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (6 papers). Dean Clift collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Dean Clift's co-authors include Melina Schuh, Leo C. James, William A. McEwan, Larisa I. Labzin, Vera Konieczny, Binyam Mogessie, Adèle L. Marston, Chun So, Marina Vaysburd and Adrian L. Oblak and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dean Clift

20 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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. A Method for the Acute and Rapid Degradation of Endogenous Proteins
    2017 372 citations Dean Clift, William A. McEwan et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dean Clift United Kingdom 17 1.1k 481 330 290 202 21 1.7k
Daniel Cimbora United States 21 1.4k 1.2× 421 0.9× 78 0.2× 307 1.1× 267 1.3× 36 2.2k
Tracy Keller United States 9 1.3k 1.2× 360 0.7× 78 0.2× 322 1.1× 126 0.6× 11 2.0k
Xavier Cayla France 26 1.1k 1.0× 322 0.7× 204 0.6× 163 0.6× 116 0.6× 48 1.5k
Michael A. Hadders Netherlands 16 736 0.6× 384 0.8× 93 0.3× 188 0.6× 74 0.4× 20 1.1k
Christopher J. Thorpe United Kingdom 21 1.3k 1.1× 185 0.4× 187 0.6× 501 1.7× 198 1.0× 38 2.2k
Peter I. Duncan Switzerland 16 1.5k 1.3× 521 1.1× 97 0.3× 142 0.5× 197 1.0× 19 1.8k
Heimo Riedel United States 22 1.2k 1.1× 182 0.4× 130 0.4× 125 0.4× 230 1.1× 55 1.8k
Blandine Geny France 24 1.4k 1.2× 609 1.3× 133 0.4× 427 1.5× 165 0.8× 55 2.1k
Edyta Marcon Canada 22 1.2k 1.0× 175 0.4× 102 0.3× 103 0.4× 228 1.1× 41 1.5k
Minoru Tada Japan 19 757 0.7× 169 0.4× 238 0.7× 295 1.0× 61 0.3× 78 1.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dean Clift

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lupták, Jakub, Dean Clift, Aamir S. Mukadam, et al.. (2025). State-selective small molecule degraders that preferentially remove aggregates and oligomers. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10486–10486.
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Leventhal, Shanna, Dean Clift, Kimberly Meade‐White, et al.. (2024). Antibodies targeting the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus nucleoprotein protect via TRIM21. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9236–9236. 6 indexed citations
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Kiss, L., Jakub Lupták, Claire F. Dickson, et al.. (2023). Trim-Away ubiquitinates and degrades lysine-less and N-terminally acetylated substrates. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2160–2160. 20 indexed citations
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Fletcher, Alice, Dean Clift, Sergio Martínez Cuesta, et al.. (2023). A TRIM21-based bioPROTAC highlights the therapeutic benefit of HuR degradation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7093–7093. 23 indexed citations
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Lupták, Jakub, Donna L. Mallery, Aminu S. Jahun, et al.. (2022). TRIM7 Restricts Coxsackievirus and Norovirus Infection by Detecting the C-Terminal Glutamine Generated by 3C Protease Processing. Viruses. 14(8). 1610–1610. 15 indexed citations
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Su, Xue Bessie, Menglu Wang, Olga O. Nerusheva, et al.. (2021). SUMOylation stabilizes sister kinetochore biorientation to allow timely anaphase. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(7). 11 indexed citations
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Kiss, L., Dean Clift, Nadine Renner, David Neuhaus, & Leo C. James. (2021). RING domains act as both substrate and enzyme in a catalytic arrangement to drive self-anchored ubiquitination. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1220–1220. 40 indexed citations
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Zeng, Jingwei, Aamir S. Mukadam, Mariana Osswald, et al.. (2021). Target-induced clustering activates Trim-Away of pathogens and proteins. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 28(3). 278–289. 68 indexed citations
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Albecka, Anna, Dean Clift, Marina Vaysburd, et al.. (2021). A functional assay for serum detection of antibodies against SARS‐CoV‐2 nucleoprotein. The EMBO Journal. 40(17). e108588–e108588. 18 indexed citations
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So, Chun, et al.. (2019). A liquid-like spindle domain promotes acentrosomal spindle assembly in mammalian oocytes. Science. 364(6447). 123 indexed citations
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Castro‐Dopico, Tomas, Thomas W. Dennison, John R. Ferdinand, et al.. (2019). Anti-commensal IgG Drives Intestinal Inflammation and Type 17 Immunity in Ulcerative Colitis. Immunity. 50(4). 1099–1114.e10. 146 indexed citations
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Bottermann, Maria, Stian Foss, Sarah Caddy, et al.. (2019). Complement C4 Prevents Viral Infection through Capsid Inactivation. Cell Host & Microbe. 25(4). 617–629.e7. 52 indexed citations
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Labzin, Larisa I., Maria Bottermann, Stian Foss, et al.. (2019). Antibody and DNA sensing pathways converge to activate the inflammasome during primary human macrophage infection. The EMBO Journal. 38(21). e101365–e101365. 33 indexed citations
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Clift, Dean, Chun So, William A. McEwan, Leo C. James, & Melina Schuh. (2018). Acute and rapid degradation of endogenous proteins by Trim-Away. Nature Protocols. 13(10). 2149–2175. 117 indexed citations
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Clift, Dean, William A. McEwan, Larisa I. Labzin, et al.. (2017). A Method for the Acute and Rapid Degradation of Endogenous Proteins. Cell. 171(7). 1692–1706.e18. 372 indexed citations breakdown →
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McEwan, William A., Benjamin Falcon, Marina Vaysburd, et al.. (2017). Cytosolic Fc receptor TRIM21 inhibits seeded tau aggregation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(3). 574–579. 134 indexed citations
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Clift, Dean & Melina Schuh. (2015). A three-step MTOC fragmentation mechanism facilitates bipolar spindle assembly in mouse oocytes. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7217–7217. 136 indexed citations
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Clift, Dean & Melina Schuh. (2013). Restarting life: fertilization and the transition from meiosis to mitosis. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 14(9). 549–562. 204 indexed citations
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Clift, Dean & Adèle L. Marston. (2011). The Role of Shugoshin in Meiotic Chromosome Segregation. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 133(2-4). 234–242. 44 indexed citations
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Clift, Dean, et al.. (2009). Shugoshin prevents cohesin cleavage by PP2ACdc55-dependent inhibition of separase. Genes & Development. 23(6). 766–780. 52 indexed citations

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