Harold Weintraub

35.0k total citations · 19 hit papers
96 papers, 30.1k citations indexed

About

Harold Weintraub is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Harold Weintraub has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 30.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Harold Weintraub's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (33 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (29 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (23 papers). Harold Weintraub is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (33 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (29 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (23 papers). Harold Weintraub collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. Harold Weintraub's co-authors include Andrew B. Lassar, Robert L. Davis, Mark Groudine, T. Keith Blackwell, David L. Turner, Robert Benezra, Daniel Lockshon, Stephen J. Tapscott, Stanley M. Hollenberg and Jonathan G. Izant and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Harold Weintraub

96 papers receiving 28.6k citations

Hit Papers

Expression of a single transfected cDNA converts fibrobla... 1976 2026 1992 2009 1987 1990 1989 1976 1991 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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 a single transfected cDNA converts fibroblasts to myoblasts
    1987 2.8k citations Robert L. Davis, Harold Weintraub et al. Cell profile →
  2. The protein Id: A negative regulator of helix-loop-helix DNA binding proteins
    1990 2.0k citations Robert Benezra, Robert L. Davis et al. Cell profile →
  3. Interactions between heterologous helix-loop-helix proteins generate complexes that bind specifically to a common DNA sequence
    1989 1.6k citations Cornelis Murre, Jean N. Buskin et al. Cell profile →
  4. Chromosomal Subunits in Active Genes Have an Altered Conformation
    1976 1.5k citations Harold Weintraub, Mark Groudine profile →
  5. The myoD Gene Family: Nodal Point During Specification of the Muscle Cell Lineage
    1991 1.4k citations Harold Weintraub, Robert L. Davis et al. profile →
  6. The MyoD family and myogenesis: Redundancy, networks, and thresholds
    1993 917 citations Harold Weintraub Cell profile →
  7. Conversion of Xenopus Ectoderm into Neurons by NeuroD, a Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Protein
    1995 892 citations Harold Weintraub et al. profile →
  8. Differences and Similarities in DNA-Binding Preferences of MyoD and E2A Protein Complexes Revealed by Binding Site Selection
    1990 870 citations T. Keith Blackwell, Harold Weintraub profile →
  9. Sequence-Specific DNA Binding by the c-Myc Protein
    1990 795 citations T. Keith Blackwell, Harold Weintraub et al. profile →
  10. MyoD is a sequence-specific DNA binding protein requiring a region of myc homology to bind to the muscle creatine kinase enhancer
    1989 784 citations Andrew B. Lassar, Jean N. Buskin et al. Cell profile →
  11. Functional activity of myogenic HLH proteins requires hetero-oligomerization with E12/E47-like proteins in vivo
    1991 781 citations Andrew B. Lassar, Robert L. Davis et al. Cell profile →
  12. MyoD1: A Nuclear Phosphoprotein Requiring a Myc Homology Region to Convert Fibroblasts to Myoblasts
    1988 728 citations Stephen J. Tapscott, Robert L. Davis et al. profile →
  13. The MyoD DNA binding domain contains a recognition code for muscle-specific gene activation
    1990 714 citations Robert L. Davis, Pei-Feng Cheng et al. Cell profile →
  14. The detection of DNA-binding proteins by protein blotting
    1980 643 citations Harold Weintraub et al. profile →
  15. Identification of a New Family of Tissue-Specific Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins with a Two-Hybrid System
    1995 588 citations Harold Weintraub et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology profile →
  16. An unwinding activity that covalently modifies its double-stranded RNA substrate
    1988 585 citations Harold Weintraub et al. Cell profile →
  17. Expression of two myogenic regulatory factors myogenin and MyoDl during mouse embryogenesis
    1989 585 citations David Sassoon, Gary E. Lyons et al. Nature profile →
  18. Assembly and propagation of repressed and derepressed chromosomal states
    1985 476 citations Harold Weintraub Cell profile →
  19. Chromatin structure of endogenous retroviral genes and activation by an inhibitor of DNA methylation
    1981 424 citations Mark Groudine, Harold Weintraub et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Harold Weintraub United States 71 25.8k 5.5k 2.3k 2.1k 2.0k 96 30.1k
Argiris Efstratiadis United States 73 20.1k 0.8× 8.5k 1.6× 2.2k 1.0× 1.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 120 29.0k
David Scott United States 34 20.7k 0.8× 4.0k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 53 24.2k
Frank Grosveld Netherlands 105 27.5k 1.1× 7.1k 1.3× 2.3k 1.0× 4.4k 2.1× 5.2k 2.6× 391 38.5k
Richard Treisman United Kingdom 70 19.1k 0.7× 3.2k 0.6× 3.8k 1.7× 2.8k 1.4× 4.2k 2.1× 116 25.1k
James L. Manley United States 111 35.1k 1.4× 3.6k 0.7× 2.5k 1.1× 2.7k 1.3× 1.3k 0.7× 348 39.1k
Larry Kedes United States 71 13.5k 0.5× 2.6k 0.5× 1.9k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 174 18.1k
Andrew B. Lassar United States 59 19.6k 0.8× 3.8k 0.7× 2.6k 1.1× 873 0.4× 1.7k 0.9× 88 22.9k
F. Ann Ran United States 19 29.0k 1.1× 6.5k 1.2× 2.0k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 25 32.3k
Philippe Soriano United States 82 18.1k 0.7× 4.6k 0.8× 3.1k 1.4× 2.4k 1.2× 4.5k 2.2× 150 26.7k
Igor B. Dawid United States 82 18.8k 0.7× 4.0k 0.7× 840 0.4× 1.0k 0.5× 3.0k 1.5× 263 22.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harold Weintraub

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhuang, Yuan, Pei-Feng Cheng, & Harold Weintraub. (1996). B-Lymphocyte Development Is Regulated by the Combined Dosage of Three Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Genes, E2A , E2-2 , and HEB†. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16(6). 2898–2905. 273 indexed citations
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George‐Weinstein, Mindy, Jacquelyn Gerhart, Rebecca G. Reed, et al.. (1996). Skeletal Myogenesis: The Preferred Pathway of Chick Embryo Epiblast Cellsin Vitro. Developmental Biology. 173(1). 279–291. 78 indexed citations
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Kraut, Norbert, et al.. (1996). I-mf, a Novel Myogenic Repressor, Interacts with Members of the MyoD Family. Cell. 86(5). 731–741. 126 indexed citations
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Weintraub, Harold. (1993). The MyoD family and myogenesis: Redundancy, networks, and thresholds. Cell. 75(7). 1241–1244. 917 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lassar, Andrew B. & Harold Weintraub. (1992). 39 The Myogenic Helix-Loop-Helix Family: Regulators of Skeletal Muscle Determination and Differentiation. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 1037–1061. 10 indexed citations
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Bengal, Eyal, Lynn J. Ransone, Raphaël Scharfmann, et al.. (1992). Functional antagonism between c-Jun and MyoD proteins: A direct physical association. Cell. 68(3). 507–519. 382 indexed citations
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Starovasnik, Melissa A., T. Keith Blackwell, Thomas M. Laue, Harold Weintraub, & Rachel E. Klevit. (1992). Folding topology of the disulfide-bonded dimeric DNA-binding domain of the myogenic determination factor MyoD. Biochemistry. 31(41). 9891–9903. 30 indexed citations
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Mello, Craig C., Bruce W. Draper, Michael Krause, Harold Weintraub, & James R. Priess. (1992). The pie-1 and mex-1 genes and maternal control of blastomere identity in early C. elegans embryos. Cell. 70(1). 163–176. 207 indexed citations
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Lassar, Andrew B., Robert L. Davis, Woodring E. Wright, et al.. (1991). Functional activity of myogenic HLH proteins requires hetero-oligomerization with E12/E47-like proteins in vivo. Cell. 66(2). 305–315. 781 indexed citations breakdown →
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Davis, Robert L., Pei-Feng Cheng, Andrew B. Lassar, & Harold Weintraub. (1990). The MyoD DNA binding domain contains a recognition code for muscle-specific gene activation. Cell. 60(5). 733–746. 714 indexed citations breakdown →
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Krause, Michael, et al.. (1990). CeMyoD accumulation defines the body wall muscle cell fate during C. elegans embryogenesis. Cell. 63(5). 907–919. 185 indexed citations
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Tapscott, Stephen J., Robert L. Davis, Andrew B. Lassar, & Harold Weintraub. (1990). MyoD: A Regulatory Gene of Skeletal Myogenesis. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 280. 3–6. 15 indexed citations
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Benezra, Robert, Robert L. Davis, Andrew B. Lassar, et al.. (1990). Id: A Negative Regulator of Helix‐Loop‐Helix DNA Binding Proteins. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 599(1). 1–11. 94 indexed citations
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Lassar, Andrew B., Mathew J. Thayer, Robert W. Overell, & Harold Weintraub. (1989). Transformation by activated ras or fos prevents myogenesis by inhibiting expression of MyoD1. Cell. 58(4). 659–667. 253 indexed citations
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Thayer, Mathew J., Stephen J. Tapscott, Robert L. Davis, et al.. (1989). Positive autoregulation of the myogenic determination gene MyoD1. Cell. 58(2). 241–248. 428 indexed citations
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Lassar, Andrew B., Jean N. Buskin, Daniel Lockshon, et al.. (1989). MyoD is a sequence-specific DNA binding protein requiring a region of myc homology to bind to the muscle creatine kinase enhancer. Cell. 58(5). 823–831. 784 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sassoon, David, Gary E. Lyons, Woodring E. Wright, et al.. (1989). Expression of two myogenic regulatory factors myogenin and MyoDl during mouse embryogenesis. Nature. 341(6240). 303–307. 585 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roberts, James M. & Harold Weintraub. (1988). Cis-acting negative control of DNA replication in eukaryotic cells. Cell. 52(3). 397–404. 46 indexed citations
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Davis, Robert L., Harold Weintraub, & Andrew B. Lassar. (1987). Expression of a single transfected cDNA converts fibroblasts to myoblasts. Cell. 51(6). 987–1000. 2822 indexed citations breakdown →

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