Kevin A. Morano

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Kevin A. Morano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin A. Morano has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Cell Biology and 11 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kevin A. Morano's work include Heat shock proteins research (40 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (21 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (16 papers). Kevin A. Morano is often cited by papers focused on Heat shock proteins research (40 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (21 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (16 papers). Kevin A. Morano collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Kevin A. Morano's co-authors include Chris M. Grant, W. Scott Moye‐Rowley, Daniel J. Klionsky, Lance Shaner, Yanyu Wang, Sidney V. Scott, Jacob Verghese, Dennis J. Thiele, Amy Trott and James D. West and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Kevin A. Morano

55 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

The Response to Heat Shock and Oxidative Stress inSaccharomyces cerevisiae

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin A. Morano United States	30	2.9k	1.0k	591	340	265	55	3.7k
Michael G. Douglas United States	43	5.6k 1.9×	851 0.8×	149 0.3×	329 1.0×	221 0.8×	78	6.0k
Richard A. Singer Canada	35	3.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	145 0.2×	424 1.2×	61 0.2×	83	4.1k
Thomas L. Prince United States	28	1.8k 0.6×	462 0.5×	131 0.2×	104 0.3×	169 0.6×	67	2.3k
Hélian Boucherie France	23	2.7k 0.9×	368 0.4×	104 0.2×	442 1.3×	53 0.2×	49	3.5k
Helmut Ruis Austria	38	5.8k 2.0×	1000 1.0×	195 0.3×	1.3k 3.7×	80 0.3×	104	6.3k
Claudio De Virgilio Switzerland	52	7.6k 2.6×	2.3k 2.2×	727 1.2×	1.7k 5.0×	61 0.2×	97	8.9k
Michael C. Gustin United States	25	4.0k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	361 0.6×	1.3k 3.9×	28 0.1×	40	4.8k
Marc-Édouard Mirault Canada	30	3.1k 1.1×	261 0.3×	93 0.2×	303 0.9×	339 1.3×	48	4.0k
Gary W. Jones Ireland	31	1.9k 0.7×	301 0.3×	97 0.2×	439 1.3×	72 0.3×	70	2.5k

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Morano, Kevin A., et al.. (2024). Cytoplasmic redox imbalance in the thioredoxin system activates Hsf1 and results in hyperaccumulation of the sequestrase Hsp42 with misfolded proteins. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 35(4). ar53–ar53. 2 indexed citations

Morano, Kevin A., et al.. (2024). Quantitative proteomic analysis reveals unique Hsp90 cycle-dependent client interactions. Genetics. 227(2). 2 indexed citations

Morano, Kevin A., et al.. (2022). Oxidation of two cysteines within yeast Hsp70 impairs proteostasis while directly triggering an Hsf1-dependent cytoprotective response. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(10). 102424–102424. 8 indexed citations

Morano, Kevin A., et al.. (2021). Disrupting progression of the yeast Hsp90 folding pathway at different transition points results in client-specific maturation defects. Genetics. 217(3). 8 indexed citations

Morales, Rodrigo, et al.. (2020). Understanding and exploiting interactions between cellular proteostasis pathways and infectious prion proteins for therapeutic benefit. Open Biology. 10(11). 200282–200282. 1 indexed citations

Ford, Amy E., Catherine Denicourt, & Kevin A. Morano. (2019). Thiol stress–dependent aggregation of the glycolytic enzyme triose phosphate isomerase in yeast and human cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 30(5). 554–565. 12 indexed citations

Morano, Kevin A., et al.. (2018). Roles of the nucleotide exchange factor and chaperone Hsp110 in cellular proteostasis and diseases of protein misfolding. Biological Chemistry. 399(10). 1215–1221. 23 indexed citations

Verghese, Jacob, et al.. (2014). Hierarchical Functional Specificity of Cytosolic Heat Shock Protein 70 (Hsp70) Nucleotide Exchange Factors in Yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(19). 13155–13167. 50 indexed citations

Morano, Kevin A., et al.. (2013). Coupled Assays for Monitoring Protein Refolding in <em>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</em>. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e50432–e50432. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanyu, Patrick A. Gibney, James D. West, & Kevin A. Morano. (2012). The yeast Hsp70 Ssa1 is a sensor for activation of the heat shock response by thiol-reactive compounds. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(17). 3290–3298. 57 indexed citations

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Mandal, A., Patrick A. Gibney, Nadinath B. Nillegoda, et al.. (2010). Hsp110 Chaperones Control Client Fate Determination in the Hsp70–Hsp90 Chaperone System. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 21(9). 1439–1448. 58 indexed citations

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Tapia, Hugo & Kevin A. Morano. (2009). Hsp90 Nuclear Accumulation in Quiescence Is Linked to Chaperone Function and Spore Development in Yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 21(1). 63–72. 37 indexed citations

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Trott, Amy, James D. West, Lada Klaić, et al.. (2008). Activation of Heat Shock and Antioxidant Responses by the Natural Product Celastrol: Transcriptional Signatures of a Thiol-targeted Molecule. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 19(3). 1104–1112. 188 indexed citations

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Pelletier, Benoit, Amy Trott, Kevin A. Morano, & Simon Labbé. (2005). Functional Characterization of the Iron-regulatory Transcription Factor Fep1 from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(26). 25146–25161. 50 indexed citations

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Shaner, Lance, Harald Wegele, Johannes Büchner, & Kevin A. Morano. (2005). The Yeast Hsp110 Sse1 Functionally Interacts with the Hsp70 Chaperones Ssa and Ssb. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(50). 41262–41269. 87 indexed citations

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Morano, Kevin A., et al.. (2004). Indirect Immunofluorescence Microscopy for Direct Detection of Xylella fastidiosa in Xylem Sap. Current Microbiology. 49(5). 372–375. 19 indexed citations

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Trott, Amy & Kevin A. Morano. (2004). SYM1 Is the Stress-Induced Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ortholog of the Mammalian Kidney Disease Gene Mpv17 and Is Required for Ethanol Metabolism and Tolerance during Heat Shock. Eukaryotic Cell. 3(3). 620–631. 50 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaodong, Kevin A. Morano, & Dennis J. Thiele. (1999). The Yeast Hsp110 Family Member, Sse1, Is an Hsp90 Cochaperone. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(38). 26654–26660. 109 indexed citations

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Morano, Kevin A.. (1999). The Sch9 protein kinase regulates Hsp90 chaperone complex signal transduction activity in vivo. The EMBO Journal. 18(21). 5953–5962. 54 indexed citations

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Morano, Kevin A., Phillip C.C. Liu, & Dennis J. Thiele. (1998). Protein chaperones and the heat shock response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 1(2). 197–203. 54 indexed citations

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