Manfred Frasch

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Manfred Frasch is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Manfred Frasch has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 21 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Manfred Frasch's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (59 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (22 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (21 papers). Manfred Frasch is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (59 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (22 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (21 papers). Manfred Frasch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Manfred Frasch's co-authors include Natalia Azpiazu, Michael Levine, Hsiu‐Hsiang Lee, Stéphane Zaffran, Ingolf Reim, Zhizhang Yin, Harald Saumweber, Helen Doyle, Christine Rushlow and Thomas Lufkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Manfred Frasch

90 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

tinman and bagpipe: two homeo box genes that determine cell fates in the dorsal mesoderm of Drosophila.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Manfred Frasch United States	50	6.5k	1.6k	1.3k	1.1k	937	91	7.4k
James W. Posakony United States	47	6.2k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	958 0.9×	963 1.0×	77	7.4k
Yasushi Hiromi Japan	30	4.6k 0.7×	2.0k 1.3×	992 0.8×	962 0.9×	611 0.7×	41	5.8k
Ulrike Gaul United States	30	7.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	866 0.7×	702 0.7×	861 0.9×	60	9.0k
Susan M. Abmayr United States	40	5.0k 0.8×	700 0.4×	918 0.7×	936 0.9×	548 0.6×	72	6.0k
Stefan Thor Sweden	36	4.0k 0.6×	2.3k 1.4×	788 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	381 0.4×	82	5.4k
Christian Klämbt Germany	45	5.3k 0.8×	3.9k 2.5×	734 0.6×	2.2k 2.0×	652 0.7×	143	7.9k
Alan M. Michelson United States	35	3.9k 0.6×	846 0.5×	851 0.7×	933 0.9×	381 0.4×	55	5.2k
Howard D. Lipshitz Canada	45	5.8k 0.9×	754 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	701 0.7×	794 0.8×	92	6.9k
Yoshiki Hotta Japan	35	3.0k 0.5×	2.2k 1.4×	710 0.6×	934 0.9×	396 0.4×	63	4.6k
Juan Modolell Spain	42	5.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	983 0.9×	909 1.0×	88	6.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manfred Frasch

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Sloutskin, Anna, Georg Vogler, Diana Ideses, et al.. (2024). From promoter motif to cardiac function: a single DPE motif affects transcription regulation and organ function in vivo. Development. 151(14). 1 indexed citations

Schultheis, Dorothea, Jonas Schwirz, & Manfred Frasch. (2019). RNAi Screen in Tribolium Reveals Involvement of F-BAR Proteins in Myoblast Fusion and Visceral Muscle Morphogenesis in Insects. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 9(4). 1141–1151. 3 indexed citations

Schultheis, Dorothea, Christoph Schaub, Van‐Anh Dao, et al.. (2019). A Large Scale Systemic RNAi Screen in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum Identifies Novel Genes Involved in Insect Muscle Development. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 9(4). 1009–1026. 14 indexed citations

Frasch, Manfred. (2016). Dedifferentiation, Redifferentiation, and Transdifferentiation of Striated Muscles During Regeneration and Development. Current topics in developmental biology. 116. 331–355. 17 indexed citations

Reim, Ingolf, et al.. (2012). The FGF8-related signals Pyramus and Thisbe promote pathfinding, substrate adhesion, and survival of migrating longitudinal gut muscle founder cells. Developmental Biology. 368(1). 28–43. 33 indexed citations

Schaub, Christoph, et al.. (2010). HLH54Fis required for the specification and migration of longitudinal gut muscle founders from the caudal mesoderm ofDrosophila. Development. 137(18). 3107–3117. 32 indexed citations

Goltsev, Yury, Naoyuki Fuse, Manfred Frasch, et al.. (2007). Evolution of the dorsal-ventral patterning network in the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Development. 134(13). 2415–2424. 66 indexed citations

Lo, Patrick C.H., Stéphane Zaffran, Sébastien Senatore, & Manfred Frasch. (2007). The Drosophila Hand gene is required for remodeling of the developing adult heart and midgut during metamorphosis. Developmental Biology. 311(2). 287–296. 27 indexed citations

Reim, Ingolf, et al.. (2005). Tbx20-related genes, mid and H15, are required for tinman expression, proper patterning, and normal differentiation of cardioblasts in Drosophila. Mechanisms of Development. 122(9). 1056–1069. 60 indexed citations

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Lee, Hsiu‐Hsiang, et al.. (2003). Jelly belly protein activates the receptor tyrosine kinase Alk to specify visceral muscle pioneers. Nature. 425(6957). 507–512. 141 indexed citations

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Zaffran, Stéphane & Manfred Frasch. (2002). The β3 tubulin gene is a direct target of bagpipe and biniou in the visceral mesoderm of Drosophila. Mechanisms of Development. 114(1-2). 85–93. 13 indexed citations

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Lo, Patrick C.H., James B. Skeath, Kathleen Gajewski, Robert A. Schulz, & Manfred Frasch. (2002). Homeotic Genes Autonomously Specify the Anteroposterior Subdivision of the Drosophila Dorsal Vessel into Aorta and Heart. Developmental Biology. 251(2). 307–319. 68 indexed citations

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Frasch, Manfred, et al.. (2001). Molecular Integration of Inductive and Mesoderm-Intrinsic Inputs Governs even-skipped Enhancer Activity in a Subset of Pericardial and Dorsal Muscle Progenitors. Developmental Biology. 238(1). 13–26. 84 indexed citations

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Zaffran, Stéphane, et al.. (2000). The NK-2 homeobox gene scarecrow (scro) is expressed in pharynx, ventral nerve cord and brain of Drosophila embryos. Mechanisms of Development. 94(1-2). 237–241. 30 indexed citations

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Lo, Patrick C.H. & Manfred Frasch. (1999). Sequence and expression of myoglianin, a novel Drosophila gene of the TGF-β superfamily. Mechanisms of Development. 86(1-2). 171–175. 76 indexed citations

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Frasch, Manfred. (1999). Intersecting signalling and transcriptional pathways inDrosophilaheart specification. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10(1). 61–71. 41 indexed citations

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Lo, Patrick C.H. & Manfred Frasch. (1997). A Novel KH-Domain Protein Mediates Cell Adhesion Processes inDrosophila. Developmental Biology. 190(2). 241–256. 33 indexed citations

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Tribioli, Carla, Manfred Frasch, & Thomas Lufkin. (1997). Bapxl: an evolutionary conserved homologue of the Drosophila bagpipe homeobox gene is expressed in splanchnic mesoderm and the embryonic skeleton. Mechanisms of Development. 65(1-2). 145–162. 93 indexed citations

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D’Alessio, Marina & Manfred Frasch. (1996). msh may play a conserved role in dorsoventral patterning of the neuroectoderm and mesoderm. Mechanisms of Development. 58(1-2). 217–231. 111 indexed citations

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Frasch, Manfred, et al.. (1989). The nucleotide sequences of nuclear 5S rRNA genes and spacer regions ofPetunia hybrida. Nucleic Acids Research. 17(7). 2857–2857. 15 indexed citations

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