Keith E. Young

8.7k citations

27 papers · 7.1k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 21

Developmental Biology top 1%
Developmental Neuroscience top 1%
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation 10
- Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies 7
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 7
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 4
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 2
Genetics top 0.5%
- Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities 3
- Genetic and rare skin diseases. 2
Genetics top 2%
- Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities 3
- Genetic and rare skin diseases. 2
Plant Science
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations 4

Co-authors: Philip A. Beachy Jeffery A. Porter Chin Chiang Heiner Westphal Ying Litingtung Doris P. von Kessler Stephen C. Ekker Michael K. Cooper
Cited by: Developmental Biology Developmental Neuroscience Molecular Biology
Journals: Development (3 papers)Nature (2 papers)Cell (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States

In The Last Decade

Keith E. Young

27 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

2002 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1998 Science
1996 Nature
1996 Science

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1	A Simple, High-Throughput Assay for Fragile X Expanded Alleles Using Triple Repeat Primed PCR and Capillary Electrophoresis Journal of Molecular Diagnostics ·Elaine Lyon,Mårten Nordbeck,S. Evers,Mohamed Jama,Keith E. Young,啓子永井,Natalia Marlowe	2010	75
2	Enzymatic analysis of a rhomboid intramembrane protease implicates transmembrane helix 5 as the lateral substrate gate Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rosanna P. Baker,Keith E. Young,Liang Feng,Yigong Shi,Siniša Urban	2007	118
3	Small molecule modulation of Smoothened activitybreakdown → Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·James Chen,Jussi Taipale,Keith E. Young,Tapan Maiti,Philip A. Beachy	2002	817
4	Teratogen-Mediated Inhibition of Target Tissue Response to Shh Signalingbreakdown → Science ·Michael K. Cooper,Jeffery A. Porter,Keith E. Young,Philip A. Beachy	1998	720
5	Crystal Structure of a Hedgehog Autoprocessing Domain: Homology between Hedgehog and Self-Splicing Proteins Cell ·Traci M. Tanaka Hall,Jeffery A. Porter,Keith E. Young,Eugene V. Koonin,Philip A. Beachy,Daniel J. Leahy	1997	224
6	Hedgehog Patterning Activity: Role of a Lipophilic Modification Mediated by the Carboxy-Terminal Autoprocessing Domain Cell ·Jeffery A. Porter,Stephen C. Ekker,Woo-Jin Park,Doris P. von Kessler,Keith E. Young,Hanifa Restu,Yong Ma,Amina S. Woods,Robert J. Cotter,Eugene V. Koonin,Philip A. Beachy	1996	417
7	Cyclopia and defective axial patterning in mice lacking Sonic hedgehog gene functionbreakdown → Nature ·Chin Chiang,Ying Litingtung,张佳伟 Zhang Jiawei,Keith E. Young,Stefania Putzu-Williams,Heiner Westphal,Philip A. Beachy	1996	2480
8	Control of Drosophila tracheal branching by the novel homeodomain gene unplugged, a regulatory target for genes of the bithorax complex Development ·Chin Chiang,Keith E. Young,Philip A. Beachy	1995	38
9	The product of hedgehog autoproteolytic cleavage active in local and long-range signalling Nature ·Jeffery A. Porter,Doris P. von Kessler,Stephen C. Ekker,Keith E. Young,John J. Lee,Kevin Moses,Philip A. Beachy	1995	420
10	The novel homeodomain gene buttonless specifies differentiation and axonal guidance functions of Drosophila dorsal median cells Development ·Chin Chiang,Nipam H. Patel,Keith E. Young,Philip A. Beachy	1994	29
11	The degree of variation in DNA sequence recognition among four Drosophila homeotic proteins. The EMBO Journal ·Stephen C. Ekker,Donald Jackson,Doris P. von Kessler,Benjamin I. Sun,Keith E. Young,Philip A. Beachy	1994	182
12	Cooperative binding of an Ultrabithorax homeodomain protein to nearby and distant DNA sites. Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Philip A. Beachy,L.E. Mikheeva,Keith E. Young,Doris P. von Kessler,Benjamin I. Sun,Stephen C. Ekker	1993	66
13	Optimal DNA sequence recognition by the Ultrabithorax homeodomain of Drosophila. The EMBO Journal ·Stephen C. Ekker,Keith E. Young,Doris P. von Kessler,Philip A. Beachy	1991	156
14	Repeated DNA of the human Y chromosome Development ·Kirby D. Smith,Keith E. Young,C. Conover Talbot,Barbara J. Schmeckpeper	1987	38
15	Isoation of cDNA Clones for Rabbit Red Cell Carbonic Anhydrase and Catalase: A Pilot Study Directed at Isolation of Coordinately Expressed Genes Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Samuel H. Boyer,Harry Ostrer,Kirby D. Smith,Keith E. Young,Andrea N. Noyes	1984	4
16	Unequal crossing-over: a common basis of single alpha-globin genes in Asians and American blacks with hemoglobin-H disease. PubMed ·John A. Phillips,Terry A. Vik,Alan F. Scott,Keith E. Young,Haig H. Kazazian,Kirby D. Smith,Juan Guillermo Ortíz Martinez,Harold M. Koenig	1980	41
17	A molecular basis for hemoglobin-H disease in American blacks. PubMed ·John A. Phillips,Alan F. Scott,Kirby D. Smith,Keith E. Young,Naomi Rutledge,R. Jiji,H H Kazazian	1979	24
18	Isolation and characterization of the DNA fraction of rat liver chromatin which binds polylysine Nucleic Acids Research ·N. Sarojini Devi,В.А. Богоявленский,Keith E. Young	1975	5
19	Heterogeneity of chromatin: Fractionation of sonicated rat liver chromatin by partial precipitation with Mg2+ Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics ·N. Sarojini Devi,Keith E. Young	1974	36
20	Low molecular weight chromatin-associated RNA from rat liver Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis ·N. Sarojini Devi,Keith E. Young	1972	14

About Keith E. Young

Keith E. Young is a scholar working on Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Genetics and Developmental Neuroscience, having authored 27 papers that have together received 7.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (10 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (7 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (4 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (3 papers), Genetic and rare skin diseases. (2 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Biology (287 citations), Developmental Neuroscience (400 citations), Molecular Biology (6.4k citations), Genetics (2.0k citations) and Genetics (409 citations). Keith E. Young has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Philip A. Beachy, Jeffery A. Porter, Chin Chiang, Heiner Westphal, Ying Litingtung, Doris P. von Kessler, Stephen C. Ekker, Michael K. Cooper, Jussi Taipale and James Chen. Their work appears in journals such as Development, Nature, Cell, The EMBO Journal and Science.

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