Guy Tear

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Guy Tear is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Guy Tear has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 17 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Guy Tear's work include Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (23 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (15 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (12 papers). Guy Tear is often cited by papers focused on Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (23 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (15 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (12 papers). Guy Tear collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Guy Tear's co-authors include Corey S. Goodman, Richard D. Fetter, Mark A. Seeger, Thomas Kidd, Corey S. Goodman, Dolors Ferrés-Marcó, Kevin J. Mitchell, Marc Tessier‐Lavigne, Katja Brose and Bradley W. Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Guy Tear

43 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Roundabout Controls Axon Crossing of the CNS Midline and Defines a Novel Subfamily of Evolutionarily Conserved Guidance Receptors

1998 734 citations Corey S. Goodman, Guy Tear et al. profile →
Mutations affecting growth cone guidance in drosophila: Genes necessary for guidance toward or away from the midline

1993 586 citations Mark A. Seeger, Guy Tear et al. Neuron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guy Tear United Kingdom	27	2.6k	2.6k	1.1k	829	397	43	4.0k
John Y. Kuwada United States	36	2.1k 0.8×	2.8k 1.1×	2.0k 1.8×	915 1.1×	311 0.8×	77	4.5k
Stefan Thor Sweden	36	2.3k 0.9×	4.0k 1.6×	1.2k 1.0×	687 0.8×	788 2.0×	82	5.4k
Michael J. Bastiani United States	29	2.1k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	746 0.7×	430 0.5×	376 0.9×	43	4.0k
Greg J. Bashaw United States	31	2.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	641 0.8×	344 0.9×	57	3.1k
J. Roger Jacobs Canada	25	1.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	793 0.7×	530 0.6×	206 0.5×	50	3.1k
Yoshiki Hotta Japan	35	2.2k 0.8×	3.0k 1.2×	934 0.8×	336 0.4×	710 1.8×	63	4.6k
Krystyna Keleman Austria	20	2.4k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	274 0.3×	725 1.8×	24	4.3k
Mark A. Seeger United States	22	1.5k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	807 0.7×	439 0.5×	286 0.7×	37	2.9k
Torsten Bossing United Kingdom	17	1.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	560 0.5×	266 0.3×	188 0.5×	24	2.4k
Domna Karagogeos Greece	34	2.0k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	354 0.9×	94	4.6k

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Brink, Daan M. van den, et al.. (2013). Commissureless Regulation of Axon Outgrowth across the Midline Is Independent of Rab Function. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e64427–e64427. 3 indexed citations

Holthaus, Sophia-Martha kleine, et al.. (2013). Use of model organisms for the study of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1832(11). 1842–1865. 67 indexed citations

Tuxworth, Richard I., et al.. (2011). The Batten disease gene CLN3 is required for the response to oxidative stress. Human Molecular Genetics. 20(10). 2037–2047. 48 indexed citations

Tuxworth, Richard I., et al.. (2008). Interactions between the juvenile Batten disease gene, CLN3, and the Notch and JNK signalling pathways. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(4). 667–678. 42 indexed citations

Buescher, Marita, Murni Tio, Guy Tear, et al.. (2006). Functions of the segment polarity genes midline and H15 in Drosophila melanogaster neurogenesis. Developmental Biology. 292(2). 418–429. 17 indexed citations

Araújo, Sofia J., et al.. (2005). mummy/cystic encodes an enzyme required for chitin and glycan synthesis, involved in trachea, embryonic cuticle and CNS development—Analysis of its role in Drosophila tracheal morphogenesis. Developmental Biology. 288(1). 179–193. 104 indexed citations

Dunlop, John, Xavier Morin, Montserrat Corominas, Florenci Serras, & Guy Tear. (2004). glaikit Is Essential for the Formation of Epithelial Polarity and Neuronal Development. Current Biology. 14(22). 2039–2045. 20 indexed citations

Romani, Susana, et al.. (2004). Neuroglian and FasciclinII can promote neurite outgrowth via the FGF receptor Heartless. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 26(2). 282–291. 38 indexed citations

Sundaresan, Vasi, et al.. (2003). Dynamic expression patterns of Robo (Robo1 and Robo2) in the developing murine central nervous system. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 468(4). 467–481. 42 indexed citations

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Γεωργίου, Μάριος & Guy Tear. (2003). The N-terminal and transmembrane domains of Commissureless are necessary for its function and trafficking within neurons. Mechanisms of Development. 120(9). 1009–1019. 14 indexed citations

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Araújo, Sofia J. & Guy Tear. (2003). Axon guidance mechanisms and molecules: lessons from invertebrates. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 4(11). 910–922. 91 indexed citations

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Γεωργίου, Μάριος & Guy Tear. (2002). Commissureless is required both in commissural neurones and midline cells for axon guidance across the midline. Development. 129(12). 2947–2956. 57 indexed citations

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Tear, Guy, et al.. (2001). The dystrophin-associated complex in Drosophila and Lamprey.. Research Portal (King's College London). 69(4). 637–637. 1 indexed citations

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Hidalgo, Alicia, et al.. (2000). Longitudinal axon-glia interactions override Robo mediated repulsion from the midline. European Journal of Neuroscience. 12. 267–267. 1 indexed citations

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Tear, Guy. (1999). Neuronal guidance: a genetic perspective. Trends in Genetics. 15(3). 113–118. 26 indexed citations

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Buescher, Marita, Su Ling Yeo, Gerald Udolph, et al.. (1998). Binary sibling neuronal cell fate decisions in the Drosophila embryonic central nervous system are nonstochastic and require inscuteable-mediated asymmetry of ganglion mother cells. Genes & Development. 12(12). 1858–1870. 90 indexed citations

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Tear, Guy, et al.. (1996). commissureless Controls Growth Cone Guidance across the CNS Midline in Drosophila and Encodes a Novel Membrane Protein. Neuron. 16(3). 501–514. 217 indexed citations

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Tear, Guy, Mark A. Seeger, & Corey S. Goodman. (1993). To cross or not to cross: a genetic analysis of guidance at the midline.. PubMed. 1(4). 183–94. 26 indexed citations

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Akam, Michael, Iain Dawson, & Guy Tear. (1988). Homeotic genes and the control of segment diversity. Development. 104(Supplement). 123–133. 114 indexed citations

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Nalbantoglu, Joséphine, David A. Hartley, Geraldine Phear, Guy Tear, & M Meuth. (1986). Spontaneous deletion formation at the aprt locus of hamster cells: the presence of short sequence homologies and dyad symmetries at deletion termini.. The EMBO Journal. 5(6). 1199–1204. 147 indexed citations

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