Kurt G. Beam

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
126 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Kurt G. Beam is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kurt G. Beam has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Molecular Biology, 75 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 64 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kurt G. Beam's work include Ion channel regulation and function (113 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (57 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (35 papers). Kurt G. Beam is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (113 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (57 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (35 papers). Kurt G. Beam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Kurt G. Beam's co-authors include Tsutomu Tanabe, Brett Adams, Jeanne A. Powell, Shosaku Numa, Robert T. Dirksen, C. Michael Knudson, Junichi Nakai, Paul D. Allen, Roger A. Bannister and Shosaku Numa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kurt G. Beam

126 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Restoration of excitation—contraction coupling and slow calcium current in dysgenic muscle by dihydropyridine receptor complementary DNA

1988 672 citations Tsutomu Tanabe, Kurt G. Beam et al. profile →
Regions of the skeletal muscle dihydropyridine receptor critical for excitation–contraction coupling

1990 512 citations Tsutomu Tanabe, Kurt G. Beam et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kurt G. Beam United States	51	7.3k	4.5k	3.1k	762	602	126	8.1k
Michael Pusch Spain	52	8.8k 1.2×	4.5k 1.0×	3.0k 1.0×	804 1.1×	554 0.9×	167	10.6k
Eduardo Rı́os United States	54	7.7k 1.1×	5.0k 1.1×	4.2k 1.3×	592 0.8×	466 0.8×	141	8.8k
H. Criss Hartzell United States	57	7.6k 1.0×	4.0k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	791 1.0×	892 1.5×	133	9.6k
Angela F. Dulhunty Australia	46	5.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.5×	2.5k 0.8×	438 0.6×	618 1.0×	193	6.9k
James Maylie United States	45	6.1k 0.8×	4.5k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	613 0.8×	247 0.4×	88	8.1k
Florian Lesage France	58	10.0k 1.4×	5.2k 1.2×	4.4k 1.4×	1.5k 2.0×	514 0.9×	129	12.2k
Pompeo Volpe Italy	42	5.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	586 0.8×	1.3k 2.1×	132	6.8k
Bernd Fakler Germany	46	4.9k 0.7×	3.7k 0.8×	1.0k 0.3×	1.5k 2.0×	675 1.1×	97	7.4k
Emilio Carbone Italy	46	5.3k 0.7×	4.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.3×	382 0.5×	425 0.7×	162	7.2k
Georges Romey France	51	8.1k 1.1×	4.4k 1.0×	3.6k 1.2×	756 1.0×	255 0.4×	116	9.6k

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Perni, Stefano & Kurt G. Beam. (2022). Junctophilins 1, 2, and 3 all support voltage-induced Ca2+ release despite considerable divergence. The Journal of General Physiology. 154(9). 13 indexed citations

Peters, Colin H., Christian Rickert, Stefano Morotti, et al.. (2022). The funny current If is essential for the fight-or-flight response in cardiac pacemaker cells. The Journal of General Physiology. 154(12). 5 indexed citations

Perni, Stefano & Kurt G. Beam. (2021). Neuronal junctophilins recruit specific CaV and RyR isoforms to ER-PM junctions and functionally alter CaV2.1 and CaV2.2. eLife. 10. 15 indexed citations

Dittmer, Philip J., et al.. (2018). Stac Proteins Suppress Ca²⁺-Dependent Inactivation of Neuronal l-type Ca²⁺Channels. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(43). 9215–9227. 24 indexed citations

Nelson, Benjamin R., et al.. (2018). Stac proteins associate with the critical domain for excitation–contraction coupling in the II–III loop of CaV1.1. The Journal of General Physiology. 150(4). 613–624. 30 indexed citations

Perni, Stefano, Manuela Lavorato, & Kurt G. Beam. (2017). De novo reconstitution reveals the proteins required for skeletal muscle voltage-induced Ca ²⁺ release. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(52). 13822–13827. 61 indexed citations

Nelson, Benjamin R., et al.. (2016). Stac3 has a direct role in skeletal muscle-type excitation–contraction coupling that is disrupted by a myopathy-causing mutation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(39). 10986–10991. 63 indexed citations

Eltit, José M., Roger A. Bannister, Ong Moua, et al.. (2012). Malignant hyperthermia susceptibility arising from altered resting coupling between the skeletal muscle L-type Ca ²⁺ channel and the type 1 ryanodine receptor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(20). 7923–7928. 71 indexed citations

Cherednichenko, Gennady, Rui Zhang, Roger A. Bannister, et al.. (2012). Triclosan impairs excitation–contraction coupling and Ca ²⁺ dynamics in striated muscle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(35). 14158–14163. 138 indexed citations

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Bannister, Roger A. & Kurt G. Beam. (2012). CaV1.1: The atypical prototypical voltage-gated Ca2+ channel. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1828(7). 1587–1597. 72 indexed citations

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Bannister, Roger A., Isaac N. Pessah, & Kurt G. Beam. (2008). The Skeletal L-type Ca2+ Current Is a Major Contributor to Excitation-coupled Ca2+ entry. The Journal of General Physiology. 133(1). 79–91. 92 indexed citations

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Lorenzon, Nancy M. & Kurt G. Beam. (2008). Disease-causing mutations of calcium channels. Channels. 2(3). 163–179. 26 indexed citations

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Lorenzon, Nancy M. & Kurt G. Beam. (2000). Calcium channelopathies. Kidney International. 57(3). 794–802. 28 indexed citations

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Proenza, Catherine, Christina M. Wilkens, & Kurt G. Beam. (2000). Excitation-Contraction Coupling Is Not Affected by Scrambled Sequence in Residues 681–690 of the Dihydropyridine Receptor II-III Loop. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(39). 29935–29937. 46 indexed citations

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Adams, Brett, Tsutomu Tanabe, & Kurt G. Beam. (1996). Ca2+ current activation rate correlates with alpha 1 subunit density. Biophysical Journal. 71(1). 156–162. 14 indexed citations

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VÁZQUEZ-GARCÍA, J. ANTONIO & Kurt G. Beam. (1994). Measurement of calcium transients and slow calcium current in myotubes.. The Journal of General Physiology. 103(1). 107–123. 67 indexed citations

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Adams, Brett & Kurt G. Beam. (1989). A novel calcium current in dysgenic skeletal muscle.. The Journal of General Physiology. 94(3). 429–444. 72 indexed citations

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Beam, Kurt G. & C. Michael Knudson. (1988). Effect of postnatal development on calcium currents and slow charge movement in mammalian skeletal muscle.. The Journal of General Physiology. 91(6). 799–815. 123 indexed citations

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Simon, Bruce J. & Kurt G. Beam. (1985). Slow charge movement in mammalian skeletal muscle.. The Journal of General Physiology. 85(1). 1–19. 32 indexed citations

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Beam, Kurt G., et al.. (1983). Slow components of potassium tail currents in rat skeletal muscle.. The Journal of General Physiology. 81(4). 513–530. 14 indexed citations

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