Janet Heasman

10.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
119 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Janet Heasman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Janet Heasman has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Janet Heasman's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (55 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (30 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (25 papers). Janet Heasman is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (55 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (30 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (25 papers). Janet Heasman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Janet Heasman's co-authors include Christopher Wylie, Chris Wylie, Matthew Kofron, Robert Anderson, Qinghua Tao, Douglas W. Houston, James C. Smith, Kyle Schaible, Christopher J. Payne and Matthew Kofron and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Janet Heasman

117 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

Overexpression of cadherins and underexpression of ?-catenin inhibit dorsal mesoderm induction in early Xenopus embryos

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Janet Heasman United States	52	7.6k	2.0k	1.8k	913	432	119	8.8k
Christopher Wylie United States	46	4.9k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	614 1.4×	120	6.8k
Karl Illmensee Switzerland	30	3.1k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	834 0.9×	266 0.6×	85	4.8k
Yasuhide Furuta Japan	37	5.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	423 0.5×	211 0.5×	85	8.2k
Beatrice Mintz United States	48	4.9k 0.6×	3.0k 1.5×	1.1k 0.6×	974 1.1×	425 1.0×	125	7.8k
Chris Wylie United States	34	3.4k 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	828 0.5×	548 0.6×	343 0.8×	58	4.3k
Konstantinos Anastassiadis Germany	41	7.1k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	568 0.3×	829 0.9×	194 0.4×	91	8.6k
Olivier Destrée Netherlands	34	5.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	556 0.3×	423 0.5×	225 0.5×	80	6.1k
Shinji Takada Japan	56	11.1k 1.5×	2.4k 1.2×	2.1k 1.2×	320 0.4×	204 0.5×	135	13.0k
Satoru Kobayashi Japan	40	4.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	492 0.3×	483 0.5×	352 0.8×	142	6.1k
Achim Gossler Germany	47	7.6k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	260 0.3×	154 0.4×	102	9.3k

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Jimenez-Dalmaroni, Maximiliano, et al.. (2011). Control of cortical actin assembly and cadherin-catenin localization by RhoGTPases. Developmental Biology. 356(1). 137–137. 1 indexed citations

Blythe, Shelby A., Sang‐Wook Cha, Emmanuel Tadjuidje, Janet Heasman, & Peter S. Klein. (2010). Beta-catenin primes organizer gene expression by recruiting a histone H3 arginine 8 methyltransferase, Prmt2. Developmental Biology. 344(1). 418–418. 2 indexed citations

Nandadasa, Sumeda, et al.. (2009). N- and E-cadherins in Xenopus are specifically required in the neural and non-neural ectoderm, respectively, for F-actin assembly and morphogenetic movements. Development. 136(8). 1327–1338. 98 indexed citations

Nandadasa, Sumeda, Qinghua Tao, N. R. Menon, Janet Heasman, & Chris Wylie. (2009). N- and E-cadherins in Xenopus are specifically required in the neural and non-neural ectoderm, respectively, for F-actin assembly and morphogenetic movements. Journal of Cell Science. 122(8). 5 indexed citations

Nandadasa, Sumeda, et al.. (2009). Cadherin function: Right place, right time. Developmental Biology. 331(2). 452–452. 1 indexed citations

Souopgui, Jacob, Jessica Vanhomwegen, Janet Heasman, et al.. (2008). The RNA-binding protein XSeb4R: a positive regulator of VegT mRNA stability and translation that is required for germ layer formation in Xenopus. Genes & Development. 22(17). 2347–2352. 12 indexed citations

Sinner, Débora, Scott A. Rankin, Qian Wei, et al.. (2006). Global analysis of the transcriptional network controlling Xenopus endoderm formation. Development. 133(10). 1955–1966. 62 indexed citations

Birsoy, Bilge, Linnea Berg, Phoebe Williams, et al.. (2005). XPACE4 is a localized pro-protein convertase required for mesoderm induction and the cleavage of specific TGFβ proteins in Xenopus development. Development. 132(3). 591–602. 44 indexed citations

Birsoy, Bilge, Matthew Kofron, Kyle Schaible, Chris Wylie, & Janet Heasman. (2005). Vg1 is an essential signaling molecule in Xenopus development. Development. 133(1). 15–20. 93 indexed citations

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Standley, Henrietta J., Olivier Destrée, Matthew Kofron, Chris Wylie, & Janet Heasman. (2005). Maternal XTcf1 and XTcf4 have distinct roles in regulating Wnt target genes. Developmental Biology. 289(2). 318–328. 42 indexed citations

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Taverner, Nicola V., Matthew Kofron, Yongchol Shin, et al.. (2005). Microarray-based identification of VegT targets in Xenopus. Mechanisms of Development. 122(3). 333–354. 35 indexed citations

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Kofron, Matthew, Janet Heasman, Stephanie Tanadini‐Lang, & Christopher Wylie. (2002). Plakoglobin is required for maintenance of the cortical actin skeleton in early Xenopus embryos and for cdc42-mediated wound healing. The Journal of Cell Biology. 158(4). 695–708. 35 indexed citations

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Heasman, Janet. (2002). Morpholino Oligos: Making Sense of Antisense?. Developmental Biology. 243(2). 209–214. 435 indexed citations

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Anderson, Robert, Janet Heasman, & Christopher Wylie. (2001). Early events in the mammalian germ line. International review of cytology. 203. 215–230. 10 indexed citations

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Heasman, Janet, Matthew Kofron, & Chris Wylie. (2000). βCatenin Signaling Activity Dissected in the Early Xenopus Embryo: A Novel Antisense Approach. Developmental Biology. 222(1). 124–134. 457 indexed citations

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Anderson, Robert, et al.. (2000). The onset of germ cell migration in the mouse embryo. Mechanisms of Development. 91(1-2). 61–68. 232 indexed citations

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Krufka, Alison, Ross G. Johnson, Chris Wylie, & Janet Heasman. (1998). Evidence That Dorsal–Ventral Differences in Gap Junctional Communication in the EarlyXenopusEmbryo Are Generated by β-Catenin Independent of Cell Adhesion Effects. Developmental Biology. 200(1). 92–102. 18 indexed citations

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Cooke, Julie E., Janet Heasman, & Chris Wylie. (1996). The Role of Interleukin-4 in the Regulation of Mouse Primordial Germ Cell Numbers. Developmental Biology. 174(1). 14–21. 46 indexed citations

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Baker, Clare V. H., Colin Sharpe, Nicholas Torpey, Janet Heasman, & Christopher Wylie. (1995). A Xenopus c-kit-related receptor tyrosine kinase expressed in migrating stem cells of the lateral line system. Mechanisms of Development. 50(2-3). 217–228. 29 indexed citations

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Heasman, Janet & Christopher Wylie. (1981). Contact relations and guidance of primordial germ cells on their migratory route in embryos of Xenopus laevis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 213(1190). 41–58. 27 indexed citations

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