Lu Rao

845 total citations
24 papers, 471 citations indexed

About

Lu Rao is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Lu Rao has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 471 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cell Biology, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Lu Rao's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (21 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (9 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (8 papers). Lu Rao is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (21 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (9 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (8 papers). Lu Rao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Lu Rao's co-authors include Arne Gennerich, Matthew P. Nicholas, Florian Berger, Sibylle Brenner, Carol Cho, Kristen J. Verhey, David Sept, Shashank Jariwala, Yang Yue and Breane Budaitis and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Lu Rao

22 papers receiving 468 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lu Rao United States 12 342 240 50 37 36 24 471
Shiori Toba Japan 12 617 1.8× 519 2.2× 118 2.4× 37 1.0× 80 2.2× 19 842
Beat Ludin Switzerland 9 324 0.9× 299 1.2× 93 1.9× 16 0.4× 42 1.2× 9 573
Philippe Bun France 10 167 0.5× 237 1.0× 36 0.7× 48 1.3× 14 0.4× 22 425
Andrea M. Dickey United States 9 239 0.7× 277 1.2× 27 0.5× 39 1.1× 9 0.3× 11 483
A A C Nascimento United States 5 383 1.1× 468 1.9× 96 1.9× 30 0.8× 35 1.0× 5 663
Ashim Rai India 9 424 1.2× 328 1.4× 31 0.6× 36 1.0× 20 0.6× 15 600
Micha Kornreich Israel 10 97 0.3× 141 0.6× 33 0.7× 22 0.6× 14 0.4× 12 329
Keisuke Ishihara United States 13 624 1.8× 617 2.6× 23 0.5× 14 0.4× 30 0.8× 28 888
Gregory J. Hoeprich United States 10 209 0.6× 129 0.5× 21 0.4× 11 0.3× 18 0.5× 14 298
Gregor Mönke Germany 8 158 0.5× 231 1.0× 24 0.5× 10 0.3× 18 0.5× 11 396

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lu Rao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lu Rao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lu Rao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lu Rao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lu Rao. Lu Rao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rao, Lu, et al.. (2026). Adaptor-mediated recruitment of three dyneins to dynactin enhances force generation. Nature Cell Biology. 28(3). 480–491.
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Liu, Xinglei, Lu Rao, Weihong Qiu, Florian Berger, & Arne Gennerich. (2024). Kinesin-14 HSET and KlpA are non-processive microtubule motors with load-dependent power strokes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6564–6564. 3 indexed citations
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Rao, Lu & Arne Gennerich. (2024). Structure and Function of Dynein’s Non-Catalytic Subunits. Cells. 13(4). 330–330. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Xinglei, Lu Rao, & Arne Gennerich. (2023). Measurements of the Force-Dependent Detachment Rates of Cytoplasmic Dynein from Microtubules. Methods in molecular biology. 2623. 221–238. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xiuwen, Xiaojie Wang, Lan Guo, et al.. (2023). Association between lipocalin-2 and mild cognitive impairment or dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based evidence. Ageing Research Reviews. 89. 101984–101984. 8 indexed citations
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Parameswaran, Janani, Lu Rao, Rosanna Parlato, et al.. (2022). ALS ‐linked KIF5A ΔExon27 mutant causes neuronal toxicity through gain‐of‐function. EMBO Reports. 23(8). e54234–e54234. 37 indexed citations
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Rao, Lu & Arne Gennerich. (2022). Single-Molecule Studies on the Motion and Force Generation of the Kinesin-3 Motor KIF1A. Methods in molecular biology. 2478. 585–608. 4 indexed citations
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Fu, Xiaoqin, Lu Rao, Peijun Li, et al.. (2022). Doublecortin and JIP3 are neural-specific counteracting regulators of dynein-mediated retrograde trafficking. eLife. 11. 9 indexed citations
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Rao, Lu, Kyoko Okada, Kyoko Chiba, et al.. (2021). A highly conserved 3 10 helix within the kinesin motor domain is critical for kinesin function and human health. Science Advances. 7(18). 24 indexed citations
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Saper, Gadiel, et al.. (2021). Optical Control of Mitosis with a Photoswitchable Eg5 Inhibitor. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(9). e202115846–e202115846. 13 indexed citations
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Boyle, Lia, Lu Rao, Simranpreet Kaur, et al.. (2021). Genotype and defects in microtubule-based motility correlate with clinical severity in KIF1A-associated neurological disorder. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 100026–100026. 44 indexed citations
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Budaitis, Breane, Shashank Jariwala, Lu Rao, et al.. (2020). Pathogenic mutations in the kinesin-3 motor KIF1A diminish force generation and movement through allosteric mechanisms. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(4). 53 indexed citations
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Brenner, Sibylle, Florian Berger, Lu Rao, Matthew P. Nicholas, & Arne Gennerich. (2020). Force production of human cytoplasmic dynein is limited by its processivity. Science Advances. 6(15). eaaz4295–eaaz4295. 25 indexed citations
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Liu, Xinglei, Lu Rao, & Arne Gennerich. (2020). The regulatory function of the AAA4 ATPase domain of cytoplasmic dynein. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5952–5952. 14 indexed citations
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Rao, Lu, Florian Berger, Matthew P. Nicholas, & Arne Gennerich. (2019). Molecular mechanism of cytoplasmic dynein tension sensing. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3332–3332. 43 indexed citations
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Rao, Lu, et al.. (2017). Combining Structure–Function and Single-Molecule Studies on Cytoplasmic Dynein. Methods in molecular biology. 1665. 53–89. 11 indexed citations
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Rao, Lu, Florian Berger, Matthew P. Nicholas, & Arne Gennerich. (2017). Dynein's Direction-Dependent Microtubule-Binding Strength is Controlled via a Tension-Induced Sliding of Dynein's Stalk Helices Mediated by the Coiled-Coil Strut. Biophysical Journal. 112(3). 5a–5a. 1 indexed citations
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Nicholas, Matthew P., Lu Rao, & Arne Gennerich. (2014). Covalent Immobilization of Microtubules on Glass Surfaces for Molecular Motor Force Measurements and Other Single-Molecule Assays. Methods in molecular biology. 1136. 137–169. 33 indexed citations
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Rao, Lu, Matthew P. Nicholas, Sibylle Brenner, et al.. (2013). The yeast dynein Dyn2-Pac11 complex is a dynein dimerization/processivity factor: structural and single-molecule characterization. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 24(15). 2362–2377. 21 indexed citations

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