Ilan Spector

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
28 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Ilan Spector is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ilan Spector has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ilan Spector's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (6 papers), Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (6 papers) and Marine Toxins and Detection Methods (5 papers). Ilan Spector is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (6 papers), Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (6 papers) and Marine Toxins and Detection Methods (5 papers). Ilan Spector collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Japan. Ilan Spector's co-authors include Nava R. Shochet, Yoel Kashman, M Bubb, Edward D. Korn, Stephen L. Brenner, Martine Coué, Amiram Groweiss, D. BLASBERGER, Ann Marie Craig and Daniel W. Allison and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ilan Spector

28 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Inhibition of actin polymerization by latrunculin A

1987 692 citations Ilan Spector, Edward D. Korn et al. profile →
Latrunculins: Novel Marine Toxins That Disrupt Microfilament Organization in Cultured Cells

1983 628 citations Ilan Spector, Nava R. Shochet et al. profile →
Latrunculins—novel marine macrolides that disrupt microfilament organization and affect cell growth: I. Comparison with cytochalasin D

1989 512 citations Ilan Spector, Nava R. Shochet et al. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ilan Spector United States	20	2.0k	1.6k	844	305	284	28	4.0k
M Bubb United States	31	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	321 0.4×	216 0.7×	207 0.7×	68	4.3k
A.A. Moscona United States	51	4.9k 2.4×	1.4k 0.9×	1.7k 2.0×	143 0.5×	277 1.0×	135	7.2k
Senyon Choe United States	48	5.5k 2.8×	855 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	130 0.4×	162 0.6×	115	7.3k
Julio M. Fernández United States	40	3.6k 1.8×	1.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	111 0.4×	70 0.2×	73	5.1k
Matilda Katan United Kingdom	45	4.0k 2.0×	1.5k 0.9×	387 0.5×	124 0.4×	75 0.3×	102	5.8k
Odile Filhol France	35	3.2k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	328 0.4×	169 0.6×	98 0.3×	98	4.5k
J. Chloë Bulinski United States	42	4.1k 2.0×	3.6k 2.3×	492 0.6×	104 0.3×	48 0.2×	83	6.2k
John H. Carson United States	39	4.8k 2.4×	785 0.5×	796 0.9×	64 0.2×	87 0.3×	79	6.3k
David A. Zacharias United States	25	6.2k 3.1×	1.6k 1.0×	1.5k 1.7×	304 1.0×	249 0.9×	33	8.3k
Franck Perez France	43	4.8k 2.4×	3.4k 2.2×	660 0.8×	84 0.3×	109 0.4×	145	7.4k

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Braet, Filip, Ilan Spector, Nava R. Shochet, et al.. (2002). The new anti-actin agent dihydrohalichondramide reveals fenestrae-forming centers in hepatic endothelial cells. BMC Cell Biology. 3(1). 7–7. 33 indexed citations

Braet, Filip, Ronald De Zanger, Ilan Spector, & Eddie Wisse. (2000). Structure and dynamics of hepatic endothelial fenestrae. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 6. 1–1. 4 indexed citations

Yarmola, Elena G., et al.. (2000). Actin-Latrunculin A Structure and Function. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(36). 28120–28127. 222 indexed citations

Bubb, M, et al.. (2000). Effects of Jasplakinolide on the Kinetics of Actin Polymerization. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(7). 5163–5170. 442 indexed citations

Spector, Ilan, Filip Braet, Nava R. Shochet, & M Bubb. (1999). New anti-actin drugs in the study of the organization and function of the actin cytoskeleton. Microscopy Research and Technique. 47(1). 18–37. 277 indexed citations

Poulsen, Nicole, Ilan Spector, Timothy P. Spurck, Thomas F. Schultz, & Richard Wetherbee. (1999). Diatom gliding is the result of an actin‐myosin motility system. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 44(1). 23–33. 4 indexed citations

Bubb, M & Ilan Spector. (1998). [3] Use of the F-actin-binding drugs, misakinolide A and swinholide A. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 298. 26–32. 13 indexed citations

Allison, Daniel W., Vladimir I. Gelfand, Ilan Spector, & Ann Marie Craig. (1998). Role of Actin in Anchoring Postsynaptic Receptors in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons: Differential Attachment of NMDA versus AMPA Receptors. Journal of Neuroscience. 18(7). 2423–2436. 475 indexed citations

Braet, Filip, Ilan Spector, Ronald De Zanger, & Eddie Wisse. (1998). A novel structure involved in the formation of liver endothelial cell fenestrae revealed by using the actin inhibitor misakinolide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(23). 13635–13640. 72 indexed citations

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Spector, Ilan, et al.. (1997). Misakinolide A Is a Marine Macrolide That Caps but Does Not Sever Filamentous Actin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(12). 7841–7845. 41 indexed citations

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Bubb, M, Ilan Spector, Alexander D. Bershadsky, & Edward D. Korn. (1995). Swinholide A Is a Microfilament Disrupting Marine Toxin That Stabilizes Actin Dimers and Severs Actin Filaments. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(8). 3463–3466. 154 indexed citations

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Bershadsky, Alexander D., et al.. (1995). The state of actin assembly regulates actin and vinculin expression by a feedback loop. Journal of Cell Science. 108(3). 1183–1193. 71 indexed citations

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Shochet, Nava R., Amira Rudi, Yoel Kashman, et al.. (1993). Novel marine alkaloids from the tunicate Eudistoma sp. are potent regulators of cellular growth and differentiation and affect cAMP‐mediated processes. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 157(3). 481–492. 20 indexed citations

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Jacobsen, Chris, S. Lindaas, Shawn P. Williams, et al.. (1993). <title>Experiments in scanning luminescence x-ray microscopy</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1741. 223–231. 3 indexed citations

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Bolsover, Stephen R., Susan H. Gilbert, & Ilan Spector. (1992). Intracellular cyclic AMP produces effects opposite to those of cyclic GMP and calcium on shape and motility of neuroblastoma cells. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 22(2). 99–116. 29 indexed citations

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Spector, Ilan, Nava R. Shochet, D. BLASBERGER, & Yoel Kashman. (1989). Latrunculins—novel marine macrolides that disrupt microfilament organization and affect cell growth: I. Comparison with cytochalasin D. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 13(3). 127–144. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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Baumgold, Jesse & Ilan Spector. (1987). Development of Sodium Channel Protein During Chemically Induced Differentiation of Neuroblastoma Cells. Journal of Neurochemistry. 48(4). 1264–1269. 14 indexed citations

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Schatten, Gerald, Heide Schatten, Ilan Spector, et al.. (1986). Latrunculin inhibits the microfilament-mediated processes during fertilization, cleavage and early development in sea urchins and mice. Experimental Cell Research. 166(1). 191–208. 93 indexed citations

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Spector, Ilan, Clive Palfrey, & Uriel Z. Littauer. (1975). Enhancement of the electrical excitability of neuroblastoma cells by valinomycin. Nature. 254(5496). 121–124. 18 indexed citations

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Spector, Ilan, et al.. (1970). A macrophysiological study of functional organization of the claustrum. Experimental Neurology. 29(1). 31–51. 34 indexed citations

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