James M. Ervasti

12.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
117 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

James M. Ervasti is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, James M. Ervasti has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Cell Biology and 33 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in James M. Ervasti's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (90 papers), Exercise and Physiological Responses (30 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (27 papers). James M. Ervasti is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (90 papers), Exercise and Physiological Responses (30 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (27 papers). James M. Ervasti collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. James M. Ervasti's co-authors include Kevin P. Campbell, Kay Ohlendieck, Steven D. Kahl, Inna N. Rybakova, Benjamin J. Perrin, Suzanne W. Sernett, Clive A. Slaughter, Oxana Ibraghimov‐Beskrovnaya, Kiichiro Matsumura and Kevin J. Sonnemann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James M. Ervasti

116 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

Primary structure of dystrophin-associated glycoproteins ... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1992 1991 1990 250 500 750 1000
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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. Primary structure of dystrophin-associated glycoproteins linking dystrophin to the extracellular matrix
    1992 1.2k citations James M. Ervasti, Kevin P. Campbell et al. Nature profile →
  2. Membrane organization of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex
    1991 1.1k citations James M. Ervasti, Kevin P. Campbell Cell profile →
  3. Deficiency of a glycoprotein component of the dystrophin complex in dystrophic muscle
    1990 846 citations James M. Ervasti, Kevin P. Campbell et al. Nature profile →

Peers

James M. Ervasti
Caroline A. Sewry United Kingdom
Kiichiro Matsumura Japan
David Yaffe Israel
John McAnally United States
Steven J. Burden United States
Bradley B. Olwin United States
Nicholas W. Gale United States
Jacques P. Tremblay Canada
Christiana Ruhrberg United Kingdom
Bernd K. Fleischmann Germany
Caroline A. Sewry United Kingdom
James M. Ervasti
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Southern, William M., et al.. (2022). Nucleotide- and Protein-Dependent Functions of Actg1. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 33(9). ar77–ar77. 8 indexed citations
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Ryan, Terence E., Cameron A. Schmidt, Michael D. Tarpey, et al.. (2020). PFKFB3-mediated glycolysis rescues myopathic outcomes in the ischemic limb. JCI Insight. 5(18). 25 indexed citations
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Lindsay, Angus, Reem Abo‐Zahrah, Kristen A. Baltgalvis, et al.. (2018). Loss of peroxiredoxin-2 exacerbates eccentric contraction-induced force loss in dystrophin-deficient muscle. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5104–5104. 30 indexed citations
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Lindsay, Angus, et al.. (2018). Xanthine oxidase is hyper-active in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 129. 364–371. 24 indexed citations
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Chamberlain, Christopher M., et al.. (2017). Relative importance of βcyto- and γcyto-actin in primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 28(6). 771–782. 26 indexed citations
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Cheever, Thomas R., Bin Li, & James M. Ervasti. (2012). Restricted Morphological and Behavioral Abnormalities following Ablation of β-Actin in the Brain. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e32970–e32970. 35 indexed citations
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Piazza, Valeria, Benjamin J. Perrin, Agnieszka Rzadzinska, et al.. (2012). Multi-isotope imaging mass spectrometry reveals slow protein turnover in hair-cell stereocilia. Nature. 481(7382). 520–524. 174 indexed citations
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Henderson, Davin M., Joseph J. Belanto, Bin Li, Hanke Heun‐Johnson, & James M. Ervasti. (2011). Internal deletion compromises the stability of dystrophin. Human Molecular Genetics. 20(15). 2955–2963. 32 indexed citations
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Henderson, Davin M., et al.. (2011). The Carboxy-Terminal Third of Dystrophin Enhances Actin Binding Activity. Journal of Molecular Biology. 416(3). 414–424. 15 indexed citations
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Ervasti, James M., et al.. (2010). Delayed embryonic development and impaired cell growth and survival in Actg1 null mice. Cytoskeleton. 67(9). 564–572. 77 indexed citations
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Prins, Kurt W., et al.. (2009). Dystrophin is a microtubule-associated protein. The Journal of Cell Biology. 186(3). 363–369. 153 indexed citations
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Ervasti, James M.. (2006). Dystrophin, its interactions with other proteins, and implications for muscular dystrophy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1772(2). 108–117. 241 indexed citations
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Ervasti, James M.. (2003). Costameres: the Achilles' Heel of Herculean Muscle. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(16). 13591–13594. 333 indexed citations
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Rybakova, Inna N., Jitandrakumar R. Patel, Kay E. Davies, Peter D. Yurchenco, & James M. Ervasti. (2002). Utrophin Binds Laterally along Actin Filaments and Can Couple Costameric Actin with Sarcolemma When Overexpressed in Dystrophin-deficient Muscle. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13(5). 1512–1521. 84 indexed citations
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Rybakova, Inna N., et al.. (2001). Dystrophin and utrophin are functionally homologous actin binding proteins but act through distinct modes of filament association. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 12. 1 indexed citations
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Amann, Kurt J., Athena Guo, & James M. Ervasti. (1999). Utrophin Lacks the Rod Domain Actin Binding Activity of Dystrophin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(50). 35375–35380. 55 indexed citations
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Ervasti, James M., Steven L. Roberds, Richard D. Anderson, et al.. (1994). α‐Dystroglycan deficiency correlates with elevated serum creatine kinase and decreased muscle contraction tension in golden retriever muscular dystrophy. FEBS Letters. 350(2-3). 173–176. 12 indexed citations
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Matsumura, Kiichiro, F.M.S. Tomé, Victor Ionâşescu, et al.. (1993). Deficiency of dystrophin-associated proteins in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients lacking COOH-terminal domains of dystrophin.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 92(2). 866–871. 60 indexed citations
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Ervasti, James M. & Kevin P. Campbell. (1991). Membrane organization of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex. Cell. 66(6). 1121–1131. 1107 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ervasti, James M., James R. Mickelson, Scott M. Lewis, David D. Thomas, & Charles F. Louis. (1989). An electron paramagnetic resonance study of skeletal muscle membrane fluidity in malignant hyperthermia. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 986(1). 70–74. 6 indexed citations

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