Lucy Cherbas

9.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Lucy Cherbas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucy Cherbas has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Lucy Cherbas's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (20 papers), Insect Resistance and Genetics (7 papers) and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (6 papers). Lucy Cherbas is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (20 papers), Insect Resistance and Genetics (7 papers) and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (6 papers). Lucy Cherbas collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Lucy Cherbas's co-authors include Peter Cherbas, Ilaria Rebay, Richard G. Fehon, R.J. Fleming, Xiao Hu, Mick McKeown, Barry M. Forman, Zeyu Jiang, Tso‐Pang Yao and Ronald M. Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Lucy Cherbas

41 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

Functional ecdysone receptor is the product of EcR and Ultraspiracle genes

1993 766 citations Lucy Cherbas, Peter Cherbas et al. profile →
Specific EGF repeats of Notch mediate interactions with Delta and serrate: Implications for notch as a multifunctional receptor

1991 640 citations Ilaria Rebay, R.J. Fleming et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lucy Cherbas United States	27	2.1k	1.9k	868	818	660	41	3.8k
Peter Cherbas United States	31	2.9k 1.4×	3.0k 1.6×	1.3k 1.5×	1.3k 1.6×	894 1.4×	55	5.5k
Michael Bender United States	16	948 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	660 0.8×	580 0.7×	439 0.7×	28	2.3k
Dick J. Van der Horst Netherlands	28	925 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	526 0.6×	792 1.0×	400 0.6×	61	2.6k
Jean‐Antoine Lepesant France	25	1.3k 0.6×	822 0.4×	611 0.7×	435 0.5×	323 0.5×	50	2.2k
Felix Karim United States	19	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	491 0.6×	399 0.5×	579 0.9×	22	3.1k
James W. Fristrom United States	39	2.9k 1.4×	2.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.6×	1.2k 1.5×	843 1.3×	89	5.1k
Marek Jindra Czechia	31	1.5k 0.7×	2.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.7×	1.6k 2.0×	467 0.7×	59	4.1k
Guillermo Marqués United States	26	2.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	684 0.8×	632 0.8×	524 0.8×	39	3.8k
Kostas Iatrou Greece	37	2.3k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.6×	403 0.6×	103	3.7k
Ryusuke Niwa Japan	37	2.0k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.6×	583 0.9×	87	4.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cherbas, Lucy, et al.. (2015). Tools for Targeted Genome Engineering of Established Drosophila Cell Lines. Genetics. 201(4). 1307–1318. 10 indexed citations

Wen, Jiayu, Jaaved Mohammed, Diane Bortolamiol-Bécet, et al.. (2014). Diversity of miRNAs, siRNAs, and piRNAs across 25 Drosophila cell lines. Genome Research. 24(7). 1236–1250. 55 indexed citations

Cherbas, Lucy & Lei Gong. (2014). Cell lines. Methods. 68(1). 74–81. 31 indexed citations

Lee, Hangnoh, C. Joel McManus, Dong-Yeon Cho, et al.. (2014). DNA copy number evolution in Drosophila cell lines. Genome biology. 15(8). R70–R70. 76 indexed citations

Gauthier, Sébastien A., et al.. (2012). Cryptocephal, the Drosophila melanogaster ATF4, Is a Specific Coactivator for Ecdysone Receptor Isoform B2. PLoS Genetics. 8(8). e1002883–e1002883. 17 indexed citations

Baum, Buzz & Lucy Cherbas. (2008). Drosophila Cell Lines as Model Systems and as an Experimental Tool. Methods in molecular biology. 420. 391–424. 38 indexed citations

Cherbas, Lucy & Peter Cherbas. (2007). Transformation of Drosophila Cell Lines. Methods in molecular biology. 388. 317–340. 14 indexed citations

Badenhorst, Paul, Hua Xiao, Lucy Cherbas, et al.. (2005). The Drosophila nucleosome remodeling factor NURF is required for Ecdysteroid signaling and metamorphosis. Genes & Development. 19(21). 2540–2545. 118 indexed citations

Cherbas, Lucy & Peter Cherbas. (1997). “Parahomologous” Gene Targeting in Drosophila Cells: An Efficient, Homology-Dependent Pathway of Illegitimate Recombination Near a Target Site. Genetics. 145(2). 349–358. 35 indexed citations

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Swevers, Luc, Lucy Cherbas, Peter Cherbas, & Kostas Iatrou. (1996). Bombyx EcR (BmEcR) and Bombyx USP (BmCF1) combine to form a functional ecdysone receptor. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 26(3). 217–221. 104 indexed citations

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D’Avino, Pier Paolo, Stefania Crispi, Lucy Cherbas, Peter Cherbas, & Maria Furia. (1995). The moulting hormone ecdysone is able to recognize target elements composed of direct repeats. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 113(1). 1–9. 40 indexed citations

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Cherbas, Lucy, Robert F. Moss, & Peter Cherbas. (1994). Chapter 9 Transformation Techniques for Drosophila Cell Lines. Methods in cell biology. 44. 161–179. 62 indexed citations

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Cherbas, Lucy & Peter Cherbas. (1993). The arthropod initiator: The capsite consensus plays an important role in transcription. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 23(1). 81–90. 190 indexed citations

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Rebay, Ilaria, et al.. (1991). Specific EGF repeats of Notch mediate interactions with Delta and serrate: Implications for notch as a multifunctional receptor. Cell. 67(4). 687–699. 640 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cherbas, Lucy, et al.. (1991). Identification of ecdysone response elements by analysis of the Drosophila Eip28/29 gene.. Genes & Development. 5(1). 120–131. 189 indexed citations

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Cherbas, Peter, et al.. (1990). Ecdysone response elements of a Drosophila gene.. PubMed. 342. 112–5. 2 indexed citations

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Spray, David C., et al.. (1989). Ionic coupling and mitotic synchrony of siblings in a Drosophila cell line. Experimental Cell Research. 184(2). 509–517. 9 indexed citations

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Schulz, Robert A., Warren D. Shlomchik, Lucy Cherbas, & Peter Cherbas. (1989). Diverse expression of overlapping genes: The Drosophila Eip28/29 gene and its upstream neighbors. Developmental Biology. 131(2). 515–523. 17 indexed citations

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Cherbas, Peter, Lucy Cherbas, Shoei‐Sheng Lee, & K Nakanishi. (1988). 26-[125I]iodoponasterone A is a potent ecdysone and a sensitive radioligand for ecdysone receptors.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 85(7). 2096–2100. 64 indexed citations

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Cherbas, Lucy, et al.. (1980). The morphological response of Kc-H cells to ecdysteroids: Hormonal specificity. Development Genes and Evolution. 189(1). 1–15. 88 indexed citations

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