Edwin L. Ferguson

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
31 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

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Edwin L. Ferguson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Edwin L. Ferguson has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Aging and 8 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Edwin L. Ferguson's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (21 papers), TGF-β signaling in diseases (12 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (9 papers). Edwin L. Ferguson is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (21 papers), TGF-β signaling in diseases (12 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (9 papers). Edwin L. Ferguson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Edwin L. Ferguson's co-authors include H. Robert Horvitz, Kathryn V. Anderson, Yu‐Chiun Wang, Scott A. Holley, Paul W. Sternberg, Steven D. Podos, Michael B. O’Connor, Yoshiki Sasai, Edward M. De Robertis and Jeffrey L. Neul and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Edwin L. Ferguson

31 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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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.

IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 22 GENES THAT AFFECT THE VULVAL CELL LINEAGES OF THE NEMATODE CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS

1985 465 citations Edwin L. Ferguson, H. Robert Horvitz Genetics profile →
A genetic pathway for the specification of the vulval cell lineages of Caenorhabditis elegans

1987 289 citations Edwin L. Ferguson, Paul W. Sternberg et al. Nature profile →
The multivulva phenotype of certain Caenorhabditis elegans mutants results from defects in two functionally redundant pathways.

1989 227 citations Edwin L. Ferguson, H. Robert Horvitz Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Edwin L. Ferguson United States	25	3.2k	1.0k	610	451	408	31	4.1k
Jeff Hardin United States	39	3.3k 1.0×	1.9k 1.8×	1.9k 3.2×	293 0.6×	397 1.0×	104	5.9k
Bruce W. Draper United States	35	3.7k 1.2×	952 0.9×	799 1.3×	1.8k 3.9×	177 0.4×	49	5.4k
Daniela Drummond‐Barbosa United States	26	1.9k 0.6×	609 0.6×	410 0.7×	623 1.4×	126 0.3×	44	3.6k
Mary K. Baylies United States	37	4.0k 1.3×	352 0.3×	1.2k 1.9×	521 1.2×	237 0.6×	78	5.0k
Rebecca D. Burdine United States	34	2.7k 0.9×	278 0.3×	771 1.3×	1.0k 2.3×	145 0.4×	53	3.7k
Stephen T. Crews United States	36	3.5k 1.1×	194 0.2×	471 0.8×	803 1.8×	253 0.6×	85	5.1k
J. Gage Crump United States	40	3.1k 1.0×	401 0.4×	1.0k 1.6×	955 2.1×	235 0.6×	81	4.5k
Peter W. Reddien United States	44	7.2k 2.3×	629 0.6×	472 0.8×	241 0.5×	92 0.2×	72	8.4k
Howard D. Lipshitz Canada	45	5.8k 1.9×	309 0.3×	701 1.1×	1.1k 2.4×	70 0.2×	92	6.9k
Ilaria Rebay United States	33	5.1k 1.6×	264 0.3×	1.1k 1.8×	662 1.5×	87 0.2×	74	5.9k

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Gavin‐Smyth, Jackie & Edwin L. Ferguson. (2014). zenand the art of phenotypic maintenance: Canalization of embryonic dorsal-ventral patterning inDrosophila. Fly. 8(3). 170–175. 4 indexed citations

Gavin‐Smyth, Jackie, Yu‐Chiun Wang, Ian Butler, & Edwin L. Ferguson. (2013). A Genetic Network Conferring Canalization to a Bistable Patterning System in Drosophila. Current Biology. 23(22). 2296–2302. 48 indexed citations

Lü, Wen, et al.. (2012). Niche-Associated Activation of Rac Promotes the Asymmetric Division of Drosophila Female Germline Stem Cells. PLoS Biology. 10(7). e1001357–e1001357. 37 indexed citations

Goldstein, Jeffrey A., Sean M. Kelly, Ahlke Heydemann, et al.. (2010). SMAD signaling drives heart and muscle dysfunction in a Drosophila model of muscular dystrophy. Human Molecular Genetics. 20(5). 894–904. 30 indexed citations

Yu, Hui, Adeline Seah, Michael A. Herman, et al.. (2008). Wnt and EGF pathways act together to induce C. elegans male hook development. Developmental Biology. 327(2). 419–432. 15 indexed citations

Page, Barbara D., Scott J. Diede, Jennifer R. Tenlen, & Edwin L. Ferguson. (2007). EEL-1, a Hect E3 ubiquitin ligase, controls asymmetry and persistence of the SKN-1 transcription factor in the early C. elegans embryo. Development. 134(12). 2303–2314. 23 indexed citations

Wang, Yu‐Chiun & Edwin L. Ferguson. (2005). Spatial bistability of Dpp–receptor interactions during Drosophila dorsal–ventral patterning. Nature. 434(7030). 229–234. 173 indexed citations

Ferguson, Edwin L., et al.. (2001). A positive role for Short gastrulation in modulating BMP signaling during dorsoventral patterning in theDrosophilaembryo. Development. 128(19). 3831–3841. 57 indexed citations

Podos, Steven D., Kirsten K. Hanson, Yu‐Chiun Wang, & Edwin L. Ferguson. (2001). The DSmurf Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Restricts BMP Signaling Spatially and Temporally during Drosophila Embryogenesis. Developmental Cell. 1(4). 567–578. 93 indexed citations

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Podos, Steven D. & Edwin L. Ferguson. (1999). Morphogen gradients: new insights from DPP. Trends in Genetics. 15(10). 396–402. 101 indexed citations

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Neul, Jeffrey L. & Edwin L. Ferguson. (1998). Spatially Restricted Activation of the SAX Receptor by SCW Modulates DPP/TKV Signaling in Drosophila Dorsal–Ventral Patterning. Cell. 95(4). 483–494. 89 indexed citations

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Xu, Xiaolei, Zhizhang Yin, John B. Hudson, Edwin L. Ferguson, & Manfred Frasch. (1998). Smad proteins act in combination with synergistic and antagonistic regulators to target Dpp responses to theDrosophila mesoderm. Genes & Development. 12(15). 2354–2370. 216 indexed citations

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Holley, Scott A. & Edwin L. Ferguson. (1997). Fish are like flies are like frogs: Conservation of dorsal‐ventral patterning mechanisms. BioEssays. 19(4). 281–284. 79 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Edwin L.. (1996). Conservation of dorsal-ventral patterning in arthropods and chordates. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 6(4). 424–431. 93 indexed citations

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Holley, Scott A., Yoshiki Sasai, Bin Lü, et al.. (1995). A conserved system for dorsal-ventral patterning in insects and vertebrates involving sog and chordin. Nature. 376(6537). 249–253. 360 indexed citations

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Anderson, Kathryn V., et al.. (1992). Extracellular Morphogens in Drosophila Embryonic Dorsal-Ventral Patterning. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 57(0). 409–417. 17 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Edwin L. & Kathryn V. Anderson. (1992). decapentaplegic acts as a morphogen to organize dorsal-ventral pattern in the Drosophila embryo. Cell. 71(3). 451–461. 420 indexed citations

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Shimell, Mary Jane, et al.. (1991). The Drosophila dorsal-ventral patterning gene tolloid is related to human bone morphogenetic protein 1. Cell. 67(3). 469–481. 258 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Edwin L. & Kathryn V. Anderson. (1991). 2 Dorsal—Ventral Pattern Formation in the Drosophila Embryo: The Role of Zygotically Active Genes. Current topics in developmental biology. 25. 17–43. 34 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Edwin L. & H. Robert Horvitz. (1989). The multivulva phenotype of certain Caenorhabditis elegans mutants results from defects in two functionally redundant pathways.. Genetics. 123(1). 109–121. 227 indexed citations breakdown →

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