Jacek Gaertig

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Jacek Gaertig is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacek Gaertig has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Molecular Biology, 51 papers in Cell Biology and 33 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Jacek Gaertig's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (70 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (50 papers) and Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (33 papers). Jacek Gaertig is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (70 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (50 papers) and Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (33 papers). Jacek Gaertig collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and France. Jacek Gaertig's co-authors include Dorota Włoga, Kristen J. Verhey, Martin A. Gorovsky, T. Lynne Blasius, Gloria Jih, Dawen Cai, Edgar Meyhöfer, Nathan Reed, Maria Jerka‐Dziadosz and Krzysztof Rogowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jacek Gaertig

86 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Microtubule Acetylation Promotes Kinesin-1 Binding and Transport

2006 722 citations Nathan Reed, Dawen Cai et al. Current Biology profile →

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Ronald Ellis United States

Ken Sato Japan

G Piperno United States

Géraldine Seydoux United States

Tim Schedl United States

Robert Barstead United States

Janine Beisson France

C. David Allis United States

Donald G. Moerman Canada

Shu Jin Chan United States

Ronald Ellis United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jacek Gaertig

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cole, Eric S., et al.. (2026). Tetrahymena JanusA gene encodes a polo kinase whose loss triggers a dorsal/ventral intracellular homeosis. Current Biology. 36(3). 817–825.e4.

Gaertig, Jacek, et al.. (2024). DomainFit: Identification of protein domains in cryo-EM maps at intermediate resolution using AlphaFold2-predicted models. Structure. 32(8). 1248–1259.e5. 11 indexed citations

Parra, Mireya, Corbin Black, Ewa Joachimiak, et al.. (2023). CEP104/FAP256 and associated cap complex maintain stability of the ciliary tip. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(11). 13 indexed citations

Jiang, Yu‐Yang, Wolfgang Maier, Ewa Joachimiak, et al.. (2020). Mutual antagonism between Hippo signaling and cyclin E drives intracellular pattern formation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(9). 7 indexed citations

O’Toole, Eileen, Janet B. Meehl, Mark Winey, et al.. (2019). Microtubule glycylation promotes attachment of basal bodies to the cell cortex. Journal of Cell Science. 132(15). 22 indexed citations

Jiang, Yu‐Yang, Wolfgang Maier, Ralf Baumeister, et al.. (2019). LF4/MOK and a CDK-related kinase regulate the number and length of cilia in Tetrahymena. PLoS Genetics. 15(7). e1008099–e1008099. 24 indexed citations

Joachimiak, Ewa, Maria Jerka‐Dziadosz, Wojciech Brutkowski, et al.. (2018). Multiple phosphorylation sites on γ‐tubulin are essential and contribute to the biogenesis of basal bodies in Tetrahymena. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 233(11). 8648–8665. 4 indexed citations

Louka, Panagiota, Ewa Joachimiak, Dorota Włoga, et al.. (2018). Proteins that control the geometry of microtubules at the ends of cilia. The Journal of Cell Biology. 217(12). 4298–4313. 37 indexed citations

Zhao, Ying, Brian A. Bayless, Long Gui, et al.. (2018). Tetrahymena RIB72A and RIB72B are microtubule inner proteins in the ciliary doublet microtubules. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 29(21). 2566–2577. 39 indexed citations

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Song, Kangkang, Ewa Joachimiak, Piotr Koprowski, et al.. (2015). The CSC proteins FAP61 and FAP251 build the basal substructures of radial spoke 3 in cilia. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26(8). 1463–1475. 48 indexed citations

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Eddé, Bernard, Laura A. Fox, R Hard, et al.. (2010). Tubulin Glutamylation Regulates Ciliary Motility by Altering Inner Dynein Arm Activity. Current Biology. 20(5). 435–440. 126 indexed citations

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Włoga, Dorota, Krzysztof Rogowski, Marie‐Hélène Bré, et al.. (2009). TTLL3 Is a Tubulin Glycine Ligase that Regulates the Assembly of Cilia. Developmental Cell. 16(6). 867–876. 133 indexed citations

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Reed, Nathan, Dawen Cai, T. Lynne Blasius, et al.. (2006). Microtubule Acetylation Promotes Kinesin-1 Binding and Transport. Current Biology. 16(21). 2166–2172. 722 indexed citations breakdown →

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Janke, Carsten, Krzysztof Rogowski, Dorota Włoga, et al.. (2005). Tubulin Polyglutamylase Enzymes Are Members of the TTL Domain Protein Family. Science. 308(5729). 1758–1762. 276 indexed citations

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Peterson, David S., et al.. (2002). The circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium falciparum is expressed and localized to the cell surface in the free-living ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 122(2). 119–126. 23 indexed citations

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Thazhath, Rupal, Chengbao Liu, & Jacek Gaertig. (2002). Polyglycylation domain of β-tubulin maintains axonemal architecture and affects cytokinesis in Tetrahymena. Nature Cell Biology. 4(3). 256–259. 98 indexed citations

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Gaertig, Jacek. (2000). Molecular Mechanisms of Microtubular Organelle Assembly in Tetrahymena. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 47(3). 185–190. 34 indexed citations

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Brown, Jason, et al.. (1999). Kinesin-II Is Preferentially Targeted to Assembling Cilia and Is Required for Ciliogenesis and Normal Cytokinesis inTetrahymena. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 10(10). 3081–3096. 102 indexed citations

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Gu, Long, Jacek Gaertig, Laurie A. Stargell, & Martin A. Gorovsky. (1995). Gene-Specific Signal Transduction between Microtubules and Tubulin Genes in Tetrahymena thermophila. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(9). 5173–5179. 14 indexed citations

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Stargell, Laurie A., Daniel P. Heruth, Jacek Gaertig, & Martin A. Gorovsky. (1992). Drugs Affecting Microtubule Dynamics Increase α-Tubulin mRNA Accumulation via Transcription in Tetrahymena thermophila. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12(4). 1443–1450. 11 indexed citations

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