Elisabeth Knust

10.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
123 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Elisabeth Knust is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Elisabeth Knust has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Molecular Biology, 77 papers in Cell Biology and 35 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Elisabeth Knust's work include Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (60 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (48 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (31 papers). Elisabeth Knust is often cited by papers focused on Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (60 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (48 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (31 papers). Elisabeth Knust collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Elisabeth Knust's co-authors include Andreas Wodarz, Ulrich Tepaß, José A. Campos‐Ortega, Ferdi Grawe, Olaf Bossinger, Uwe Hinz, Ulrich Thomas, Natalia A. Bulgakova, André S. Bachmann and Stephan Speicher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Elisabeth Knust

123 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

Expression of crumbs confers apical character on plasma m... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1995 1990 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Expression of crumbs confers apical character on plasma membrane domains of ectodermal epithelia of drosophila
    1995 580 citations Elisabeth Knust et al. profile →
  2. crumbs encodes an EGF-like protein expressed on apical membranes of Drosophila epithelial cells and required for organization of epithelia
    1990 570 citations Elisabeth Knust et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elisabeth Knust Germany 47 6.2k 4.1k 1.8k 842 821 123 8.2k
Lynn Cooley United States 44 5.1k 0.8× 2.6k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 853 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 84 7.5k
Peter J. Bryant United States 49 7.3k 1.2× 4.0k 1.0× 2.5k 1.4× 728 0.9× 1.3k 1.6× 135 10.2k
Ulrich Tepaß Canada 50 6.3k 1.0× 4.9k 1.2× 1.8k 1.0× 467 0.6× 650 0.8× 72 9.0k
Richard G. Fehon United States 35 5.2k 0.8× 3.7k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 308 0.4× 522 0.6× 62 8.0k
David Bilder United States 41 4.8k 0.8× 4.0k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 373 0.4× 427 0.5× 71 7.3k
Ginés Morata Spain 58 8.8k 1.4× 3.0k 0.7× 2.3k 1.3× 1.4k 1.7× 2.6k 3.2× 116 10.7k
Pernille Rørth Germany 35 4.0k 0.6× 3.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 447 0.5× 479 0.6× 46 6.2k
Iswar K. Hariharan United States 41 4.7k 0.8× 3.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 406 0.5× 499 0.6× 75 7.1k
Bruce A. Hay United States 46 7.5k 1.2× 1.6k 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 751 0.9× 1.1k 1.3× 87 9.5k
Cecilia B. Moens United States 54 6.9k 1.1× 2.7k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 671 0.8× 1.7k 2.1× 118 9.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hartenstein, Volker, et al.. (2019). Serial electron microscopic reconstruction of the drosophila larval eye: Photoreceptors with a rudimentary rhabdomere of microvillar-like processes. Developmental Biology. 453(1). 56–67. 1 indexed citations
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Skouloudaki, Kassiani, Dimitrios K. Papadopoulos, Pavel Tomančák, & Elisabeth Knust. (2019). The apical protein Apnoia interacts with Crumbs to regulate tracheal growth and inflation. PLoS Genetics. 15(1). e1007852–e1007852. 10 indexed citations
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Pocha, Shirin, et al.. (2015). AP-2-complex-mediated endocytosis of Drosophila Crumbs regulates polarity by antagonizing Stardust. Journal of Cell Science. 128(24). 4538–4549. 34 indexed citations
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Soukup, Sandra‐Fausia, et al.. (2013). DLin-7 Is Required in Postsynaptic Lamina Neurons to Prevent Light-Induced Photoreceptor Degeneration in Drosophila. Current Biology. 23(14). 1349–1354. 10 indexed citations
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Bulgakova, Natalia A., et al.. (2010). Antagonistic Functions of Two Stardust Isoforms inDrosophilaPhotoreceptor Cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 21(22). 3915–3925. 18 indexed citations
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Campbell, Kyra, Elisabeth Knust, & Helen Skaer. (2009). Crumbs stabilises epithelial polarity during tissue remodelling. Journal of Cell Science. 122(15). 2604–2612. 62 indexed citations
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Richard, Mélisande, et al.. (2009). A role for the extracellular domain of Crumbs in morphogenesis of Drosophila photoreceptor cells. European Journal of Cell Biology. 88(12). 765–777. 34 indexed citations
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Knust, Elisabeth & Wieland Β. Huttner. (2007). Cell Polarity from Cell Division. Developmental Cell. 12(5). 664–666. 2 indexed citations
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Simões, Sérgio, Sol Sotillos, Kevin M. Johnson, et al.. (2006). Coordinated Control of Cell Adhesion, Polarity, and Cytoskeleton Underlies Hox-Induced Organogenesis in Drosophila. Current Biology. 16(22). 2206–2216. 79 indexed citations
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Richard, Mélisande, Ronald Roepman, Wendy M. Aartsen, et al.. (2006). Towards understanding CRUMBS function in retinal dystrophies. Human Molecular Genetics. 15(suppl_2). R235–R243. 107 indexed citations
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Sánchez‐Soriano, Natalia, et al.. (2005). Are dendrites in Drosophila homologous to vertebrate dendrites?. Developmental Biology. 288(1). 126–138. 73 indexed citations
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Bossinger, Olaf, et al.. (2001). Zonula Adherens Formation in Caenorhabditis elegans Requires dlg-1, the Homologue of the Drosophila Gene discs large. Developmental Biology. 230(1). 29–42. 138 indexed citations
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Martı́n-Blanco, Enrique & Elisabeth Knust. (2001). Epithelial morphogenesis: Filopodia at work. Current Biology. 11(1). R28–R31. 25 indexed citations
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Klebes, Ansgar & Elisabeth Knust. (2000). A conserved motif in Crumbs is required for E-cadherin localisation and zonula adherens formation in Drosophila. Current Biology. 10(2). 76–85. 173 indexed citations
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Knust, Elisabeth. (2000). Control of epithelial cell shape and polarity. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 10(5). 471–475. 47 indexed citations
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Bachmann, André S. & Elisabeth Knust. (1998). Dissection of cis-regulatory elements of the Drosophila gene Serrate. Development Genes and Evolution. 208(6). 346–351. 46 indexed citations
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Knust, Elisabeth. (1997). Drosophila morphogenesis: Movements behind the edge. Current Biology. 7(9). R558–R561. 34 indexed citations
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Couso, Juan Pablo, Elisabeth Knust, & Alfonso Martínez Arias. (1995). Serrate and wingless cooperate to induce vestigial gene expression and wing formation in Drosophila. Current Biology. 5(12). 1437–1448. 181 indexed citations
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Knust, Elisabeth, et al.. (1982). 有機化合物の 18 F標識のための水をターゲットとした 18 Fの高収率製造法 6-( 18 F)-ニコチン酸ジエチルアミドの合成. Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals. 19. 1643–1644. 4 indexed citations

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