John W. Newport

13.6k citations

68 papers · 11.7k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 50

Molecular Biology top 0.2%
Cell Biology top 0.1%
Oncology top 2%
Genetics top 1%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health top 1%

Co-authors: Marc W. Kirschner William G. Dunphy Johannes C. Walter Fang Fang Mary Dasso Carl Smythe Douglass J. Forbes Peter H. von Hippel
Topics: DNA Repair Mechanisms (30 papers)Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (30 papers)Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (16 papers)
Cited by: Cell Biology Aging Molecular Biology
Journals: Science Cell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States Japan United Kingdom

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John W. Newport

68 papers receiving 11.4k citations

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A major developmental transition in early xenopus embryos: I. characterization and timing of cellular changes at the midblastula stage

1982 1.4k citations John W. Newport et al. Cell profile →
A major developmental transition in early xenopus embryos: II. control of the onset of transcription

1982 903 citations John W. Newport et al. Cell profile →
The Xenopus cdc2 protein is a component of MPF, a cytoplasmic regulator of mitosis

1988 725 citations William G. Dunphy, Leonardo Brizuela et al. Cell profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Activation of EGFR and ERK by rhomboid signaling regulates the consolidation and maintenance of sleep in Drosophila 2007 ·Nature Neuroscience ·(unknown),Ralph J. Greenspan,John W. Newport	184
2	DNA Replication and Progression Through the Cell Cycle 2007 ·Novartis Foundation symposium ·Mary Dasso,Carl Smythe,Kim Milarski,Sally Kornbluth,John W. Newport	2
3	The Role of Single-stranded DNA and Polymerase α in Establishing the ATR, Hus1 DNA Replication Checkpoint 2002 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Zhongsheng You,(unknown),John W. Newport	94
4	Xic1 degradation in Xenopus egg extracts is coupled to initiation of DNA replication 2002 ·Genes & Development ·Zhongsheng You,Kevin J. Harvey,(unknown),John W. Newport	35
5	Xenopus ATR is a replication-dependent chromatin-binding protein required for the DNA replication checkpoint 2000 ·Current Biology ·Mohammad Hekmat-Nejad,Zhongsheng You,Muh‐Ching Yee,John W. Newport,Karlene A. Cimprich	168
6	Initiation of Eukaryotic DNA Replication 2000 ·Molecular Cell ·Johannes C. Walter,John W. Newport	339
7	Regulated Chromosomal DNA Replication in the Absence of a Nucleus 1998 ·Molecular Cell ·Johannes C. Walter,(unknown),John W. Newport	247
8	Replication focus-forming activity 1 and the Werner syndrome gene product 1998 ·Nature Genetics ·Hong Yan,Chin‐Yi Chen,Ryûji Kobayashi,John W. Newport	120
9	Organization of DNA into foci during replication 1996 ·Current Opinion in Cell Biology ·John W. Newport,Hong Yan	56
10	Assembly/Disassembly of the Nuclear Envelope Membrane 1995 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Rupert Pfaller,John W. Newport	23
11	Membrane localization of the kinase which phosphorylates p34cdc2 on threonine 14. 1994 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Sally Kornbluth,(unknown),Tony Hunter,John W. Newport	110
12	RCC1, a Regulator of Mitosis, Is Essential for DNA Replication 1992 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Mary Dasso,Hideo Nishitani,Sally Kornbluth,Takeharu Nishimoto,John W. Newport	91
13	[8] Nuclear envelope assembly following mitosis 1992 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Rupert Pfaller,John W. Newport	2
14	Coupling of mitosis to the completion of S phase in Xenopus occurs via modulation of the tyrosine kinase that phosphorylates p34cdc2 1992 ·Cell ·Carl Smythe,John W. Newport	199
15	Chapter 17 Systems for the Study of Nuclear Assembly, DNA Replication, and Nuclear Breakdown in Xenopus laevis Egg Extracts 1991 ·Methods in cell biology ·Carl Smythe,John W. Newport	163
16	The cell cycle dependence of protein synthesis during Xenopus laevis deveopment 1991 ·Developmental Biology ·John P. Kanki,John W. Newport	22
17	Evidence that the G1-S and G2-M transitions are controlled by different cdc2 proteins in higher eukaryotes 1991 ·Cell ·Fang Fang,John W. Newport	440
18	Cloning and Characterization of Xenopus cdc2, a Component of MPF 1991 ·Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·Kim Milarski,William G. Dunphy,Pamela J. Russell,S. J. GOULD,John W. Newport	21
19	Fission yeast p13 blocks mitotic activation and tyrosine dephosphorylation of the Xenopus cdc2 protein kinase 1989 ·Cell ·William G. Dunphy,John W. Newport	301
20	The Xenopus cdc2 protein is a component of MPF, a cytoplasmic regulator of mitosisbreakdown → 1988 ·Cell ·William G. Dunphy,Leonardo Brizuela,(unknown),John W. Newport	725

About John W. Newport

John W. Newport is a scholar working on Aging, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology, having authored 68 papers that have together received 11.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (30 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (30 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (4.1k citations), Aging (394 citations) and Molecular Biology (10.2k citations). John W. Newport has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Marc W. Kirschner, William G. Dunphy, Johannes C. Walter, Fang Fang, Mary Dasso, Carl Smythe, Douglass J. Forbes, Peter H. von Hippel, Leonardo Brizuela and Katherine L. Wilson. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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