Edward Giniger

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Edward Giniger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward Giniger has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 22 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Edward Giniger's work include Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (25 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (25 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (16 papers). Edward Giniger is often cited by papers focused on Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (25 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (25 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (16 papers). Edward Giniger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and South Africa. Edward Giniger's co-authors include Mark Ptashne, Susan M. Varnum, Yuh Nung Jan, Lily Yeh Jan, Paul D. Wagner, Janice A. Fischer, Tom Maniatis, Hannele Ruohola‐Baker, Maude Le Gall and Ira E. Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Edward Giniger

66 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Specific DNA binding of GAL4, a positive regulatory protein of yeast

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Edward Giniger United States	32	3.0k	1.0k	792	587	390	68	4.0k
Xiaowei Lu United States	33	3.3k 1.1×	831 0.8×	881 1.1×	532 0.9×	237 0.6×	76	4.9k
Georg Dietzl Austria	6	2.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.5×	979 1.2×	440 0.7×	279 0.7×	6	3.4k
Michael Caudy United States	20	4.8k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	540 0.7×	1.0k 1.8×	608 1.6×	32	5.9k
Frank Schnorrer Germany	31	3.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.5×	1.2k 1.6×	546 0.9×	338 0.9×	56	4.5k
Ryusuke Niwa Japan	37	2.0k 0.7×	2.3k 2.2×	822 1.0×	1.0k 1.7×	316 0.8×	87	4.7k
James A. Gagnon United States	23	3.6k 1.2×	361 0.3×	682 0.9×	605 1.0×	258 0.7×	43	4.7k
Takahiro Nagase Japan	42	4.4k 1.5×	519 0.5×	971 1.2×	716 1.2×	526 1.3×	105	6.2k
Carolyn A. Worby United States	31	3.7k 1.2×	828 0.8×	931 1.2×	853 1.5×	287 0.7×	56	5.7k
Cheng‐Ting Chien Taiwan	30	3.0k 1.0×	617 0.6×	672 0.8×	420 0.7×	449 1.2×	70	3.9k
Melissa M. Rolls United States	34	2.2k 0.7×	960 0.9×	1.9k 2.4×	329 0.6×	329 0.8×	72	3.8k

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Harris, Brent T., et al.. (2024). Manipulating mitochondrial reactive oxygen species alters survival in unexpected ways in a Drosophila Cdk5 model of neurodegeneration. Biology Open. 13(10).

Papoian, Garegin A., et al.. (2023). A new view of axon growth and guidance grounded in the stochastic dynamics of actin networks. Open Biology. 13(6). 220359–220359. 3 indexed citations

McQueen, Philip G., et al.. (2022). Computational simulations reveal that Abl activity controls cohesiveness of actin networks in growth cones. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 33(11). ar92–ar92. 5 indexed citations

Shukla, Arvind Kumar, et al.. (2022). The Unfolded Protein Responses in Health, Aging, and Neurodegeneration: Recent Advances and Future Considerations. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 15. 831116–831116. 41 indexed citations

Giniger, Edward, et al.. (2022). Nucleation causes an actin network to fragment into multiple high-density domains. Biophysical Journal. 121(17). 3200–3212. 4 indexed citations

Busto, Germain U., Ana Boulanger, Edward Giniger, et al.. (2021). Htt is a repressor of Abl activity required for APP-induced axonal growth. PLoS Genetics. 17(1). e1009287–e1009287. 10 indexed citations

McQueen, Philip G., Hsiao Yu Fang, R. Kannan, et al.. (2020). Abl signaling directs growth of a pioneer axon in Drosophila by shaping the intrinsic fluctuations of actin. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 31(6). 466–477. 14 indexed citations

McQueen, Philip G., Hsiao Yu Fang, R. Kannan, et al.. (2020). Dynamic morphogenesis of a pioneer axon in Drosophila and its regulation by Abl tyrosine kinase. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 31(6). 452–465. 13 indexed citations

Spurrier, Joshua, et al.. (2019). Expression of a Fragment of Ankyrin 2 Disrupts the Structure of the Axon Initial Segment and Causes Axonal Degeneration in Drosophila. Molecular Neurobiology. 56(8). 5689–5700. 4 indexed citations

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Kannan, R., et al.. (2017). The Abl pathway bifurcates to balance Enabled and Rac signaling in axon patterning in Drosophila. Development. 144(3). 487–498. 29 indexed citations

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Kannan, R. & Edward Giniger. (2017). New perspectives on the roles of Abl tyrosine kinase in axon patterning. Fly. 11(4). 260–270. 9 indexed citations

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Giniger, Edward, et al.. (2011). How Notch establishes longitudinal axon connections between successive segments of the Drosophila CNS. Development. 138(9). 1839–1849. 32 indexed citations

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Gates, Michael A., R. Kannan, & Edward Giniger. (2011). A genome-wide analysis reveals that the Drosophila transcription factor Lola promotes axon growth in part by suppressing expression of the actin nucleation factor Spire. Neural Development. 6(1). 37–37. 15 indexed citations

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Connell‐Crowley, Lisa, et al.. (2007). Drosophila lacking the Cdk5 activator, p35, display defective axon guidance, age-dependent behavioral deficits and reduced lifespan. Mechanisms of Development. 124(5). 341–349. 20 indexed citations

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Giniger, Edward, et al.. (2007). The receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase PTP69D antagonizes Abl tyrosine kinase to guide axons in Drosophila. Mechanisms of Development. 125(3-4). 247–256. 7 indexed citations

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Horiuchi, Takayuki, Edward Giniger, & Toshiro Aigaki. (2003). Alternative trans -splicing of constant and variable exons of a Drosophila axon guidance gene, lola. Genes & Development. 17(20). 2496–2501. 69 indexed citations

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Madden, Knut, et al.. (1999). lola Has the Properties of a Master Regulator of Axon–Target Interaction for SNb Motor Axons of Drosophila. Developmental Biology. 213(2). 301–313. 28 indexed citations

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Giniger, Edward. (1998). A Role for Abl in Notch Signaling. Neuron. 20(4). 667–681. 144 indexed citations

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Clark, Ira E., Edward Giniger, Hannele Ruohola‐Baker, Lily Yeh Jan, & Yuh Nung Jan. (1994). Transient posterior localization of a kinesin fusion protein reflects anteroposterior polarity of the Drosophila oocyte. Current Biology. 4(4). 289–300. 257 indexed citations

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Giniger, Edward, William A. Wells, Lily Yeh Jan, & Yuh Nung Jan. (1993). Tracing neurons with a kinesin-?-galactosidase fusion protein. Development Genes and Evolution. 202(2). 112–122. 48 indexed citations

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