Mark Peifer

20.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
168 papers, 15.0k citations indexed

About

Mark Peifer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Peifer has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 15.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Molecular Biology, 84 papers in Cell Biology and 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Mark Peifer's work include Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (68 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (48 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (41 papers). Mark Peifer is often cited by papers focused on Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (68 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (48 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (41 papers). Mark Peifer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Mark Peifer's co-authors include Paul Polakis, Eric Wieschaus, Tony Harris, Amy Bejsovec, Sandra Oršulić, Welcome Bender, Rachel T. Cox, Nasser M. Rusan, Rossana Cavallo and Donald G. McEwen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Mark Peifer

146 papers receiving 14.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Wnt Signaling in Oncogenesis and Embryogenesis--a Look Outside the Nucleus

2000 1.1k citations Mark Peifer et al. profile →
Armadillo Coactivates Transcription Driven by the Product of the Drosophila Segment Polarity Gene dTCF

1997 1.0k citations Rossana Cavallo, Mark Peifer et al. profile →
Drosophila Tcf and Groucho interact to repress Wingless signalling activity

1998 587 citations Rossana Cavallo, Mark Peifer et al. profile →
Molecular Genetics of the Bithorax Complex in Drosophila melanogaster

1983 523 citations Mark Peifer et al. profile →
wingless signal and Zeste-white 3 kinase trigger opposing changes in the intracellular distribution of Armadillo

1994 382 citations Mark Peifer et al. Development profile →
The vertebrate adhesive junction proteins beta-catenin and plakoglobin and the Drosophila segment polarity gene armadillo form a multigene family with similar properties.

1992 339 citations Mark Peifer et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Noninvasive Imaging beyond the Diffraction Limit of 3D Dynamics in Thickly Fluorescent Specimens

2012 245 citations Joanna Poulton, Mark Peifer et al. profile →

Peers

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Peifer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Peifer

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Proximity proteomics provides a new resource for exploring the function of Afadin and the complexity of cell-cell adherens junctions 2025 ·Biology Open ·Wangsun Choi, Dennis Goldfarb, (unknown), Michael B. Major, Alan S. Fanning, Mark Peifer	2
2	The Dilute domain in Canoe is not essential for linking cell junctions to the cytoskeleton but supports morphogenesis robustness 2024 ·Journal of Cell Science ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ruth I. Johnson, Kevin C. Slep, Mark Peifer	2
3	Bill Weis (1959–2023): Pioneering structural biologist and biochemist who revolutionized our understanding of cell adhesion and Wnt signaling 2024 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Mark Peifer, Alexander R. Dunn	1
4	Polychaetoid/ZO-1 strengthens cell junctions under tension while localizing differently than core adherens junction proteins 2023 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Mark Peifer, (unknown), Tara M. Finegan, (unknown), (unknown), Alexander G. Fletcher, (unknown), Jörg Großhans, Fred Wolf	5
5	Centrosome Loss Triggers a Transcriptional Program To Counter Apoptosis-Induced Oxidative Stress 2019 ·Genetics ·Joanna Poulton, Daniel J. McKay, Mark Peifer	9
6	The Drosophila Afadin and ZO-1 homologues Canoe and Polychaetoid act in parallel to maintain epithelial integrity when challenged by adherens junction remodeling 2019 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·(unknown), Kia Z. Perez-Vale, Kristina N. Schaefer, (unknown), Mark Peifer	38
7	The Crk adapter protein is essential for Drosophila embryogenesis, where it regulates multiple actin-dependent morphogenic events 2019 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rodrigo Fernández‐González, Mark Peifer	4
8	LITE microscopy: Tilted light-sheet excitation of model organisms offers high resolution and low photobleaching 2018 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·(unknown), Therese M. Gerbich, (unknown), Aussie Suzuki, Matthew DiSalvo, Kristina N. Schaefer, Jennifer K. Heppert, Thomas E. Boothby, Bob Goldstein, Mark Peifer, Nancy L. Allbritton, Amy S. Gladfelter, Amy Shaub Maddox, Paul S. Maddox	56
9	Rap1 acts via multiple mechanisms to position Canoe and adherens junctions and mediate apical-basal polarity establishment 2017 ·Development ·Teresa Bonello, Kia Z. Perez-Vale, Kaelyn Sumigray, Mark Peifer	48
10	The Miraprep: A Protocol that Uses a Miniprep Kit and Provides Maxiprep Yields 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Mira I. Pronobis, Natalie Deuitch, Mark Peifer	38
11	Ena/VASP Enabled is a highly processive actin polymerase tailored to self-assemble parallel-bundled F-actin networks with Fascin 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jonathan D. Winkelman, Colleen G. Bilancia, Mark Peifer, David R. Kovar	113
12	A contractile actomyosin network linked to adherens junctions by Canoe/afadin helps drive convergent extension 2011 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Jessica K. Sawyer, Wangsun Choi, (unknown), Li He, Nathan Harris, Mark Peifer	132
13	The Drosophila afadin homologue Canoe regulates linkage of the actin cytoskeleton to adherens junctions during apical constriction 2009 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Jessica K. Sawyer, Nathan Harris, Kevin C. Slep, Ulrike Gaul, Mark Peifer	184
14	Diaphanous regulates myosin and adherens junctions to control cell contractility and protrusive behavior during morphogenesis 2008 ·Development ·Catarina C. F. Homem, Mark Peifer	111
15	Enabled plays key roles in embryonic epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila 2007 ·Development ·Julie Gates, James P. Mahaffey, Stephen L. Rogers, Mark M. Emerson, Edward M. Rogers, (unknown), David Van Vactor, Frank B. Gertler, Mark Peifer	105
16	A role for a novel centrosome cycle in asymmetric cell division 2007 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Nasser M. Rusan, Mark Peifer	194
17	Abelson kinase (Abl) and RhoGEF2 regulate actin organization during cell constriction in Drosophila 2007 ·Development ·Donald T. Fox, Mark Peifer	114
18	Cytoskeletal dynamics and cell signaling during planar polarity establishment in the Drosophila embryonic denticle 2006 ·Journal of Cell Science ·(unknown), David M. Roberts, Brooke M. McCartney, (unknown), Mark Peifer	62
19	Adherens junction-dependent and -independent steps in the establishment of epithelial cell polarity in Drosophila 2004 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Tony Harris, Mark Peifer	208
20	Drosophila p120catenin plays a supporting role in cell adhesion but is not an essential adherens junction component 2003 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Steven H. Myster, Rossana Cavallo, Charles T. Anderson, Donald T. Fox, Mark Peifer	112

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