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

Wnt Signaling in Oncogene... 1983 2026 1997 2011 2000 1997 1998 1983 1994 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Wnt Signaling in Oncogenesis and Embryogenesis--a Look Outside the Nucleus
    2000 1.1k citations Mark Peifer et al. profile →
  2. Armadillo Coactivates Transcription Driven by the Product of the Drosophila Segment Polarity Gene dTCF
    1997 1.0k citations Rossana Cavallo, Amy Bejsovec et al. profile →
  3. Drosophila Tcf and Groucho interact to repress Wingless signalling activity
    1998 587 citations Rossana Cavallo, Rachel T. Cox et al. Nature profile →
  4. Molecular Genetics of the Bithorax Complex in Drosophila melanogaster
    1983 523 citations Mark Peifer et al. profile →
  5. 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 →
  6. 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 →
  7. Noninvasive Imaging beyond the Diffraction Limit of 3D Dynamics in Thickly Fluorescent Specimens
    2012 245 citations Joanna Poulton, Mark Peifer et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Mark Peifer 12.2k 5.5k 1.5k 1.5k 1.0k 168 15.0k
Tian Xu 12.8k 1.0× 5.6k 1.0× 2.4k 1.6× 1.9k 1.3× 935 0.9× 155 17.1k
Markus Affolter 11.0k 0.9× 3.8k 0.7× 1.8k 1.2× 1.9k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 186 14.0k
W. James Nelson 10.6k 0.9× 7.6k 1.4× 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 473 0.5× 127 15.7k
Georg Halder 10.3k 0.8× 9.9k 1.8× 1.5k 1.0× 1.8k 1.2× 958 0.9× 84 16.4k
Marek Mlodzik 11.8k 1.0× 4.7k 0.9× 2.6k 1.7× 2.4k 1.6× 662 0.6× 155 13.7k
Enrique Rodríguez-Boulan 10.1k 0.8× 6.8k 1.2× 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 380 0.4× 161 14.9k
Derek L. Stemple 10.6k 0.9× 5.3k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 2.1k 1.4× 691 0.7× 116 14.6k
Stephen C. Ekker 11.2k 0.9× 4.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 3.1k 2.1× 565 0.6× 185 14.1k
Daniel St Johnston 12.7k 1.0× 4.7k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 2.4k 1.6× 2.1k 2.0× 167 16.7k
Shigenobu Yonemura 13.6k 1.1× 7.3k 1.3× 2.2k 1.4× 1.4k 0.9× 484 0.5× 149 21.0k

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All Works

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Clark, Sarah E., et al.. (2025). A large reverse-genetic screen identifies numerous regulators of testis nascent myotube collective cell migration and collective organ sculpting. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 36(2). ar21–ar21. 2 indexed citations
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Johnson, Ruth I., et al.. (2024). The Dilute domain in Canoe is not essential for linking cell junctions to the cytoskeleton but supports morphogenesis robustness. Journal of Cell Science. 137(6). 2 indexed citations
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Peifer, Mark, et al.. (2023). Polychaetoid/ZO-1 strengthens cell junctions under tension while localizing differently than core adherens junction proteins. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 34(8). ar81–ar81. 5 indexed citations
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Poulton, Joanna, Daniel J. McKay, & Mark Peifer. (2019). Centrosome Loss Triggers a Transcriptional Program To Counter Apoptosis-Induced Oxidative Stress. Genetics. 212(1). 187–211. 9 indexed citations
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Perez-Vale, Kia Z., et al.. (2019). The Drosophila Afadin and ZO-1 homologues Canoe and Polychaetoid act in parallel to maintain epithelial integrity when challenged by adherens junction remodeling. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 30(16). 1938–1960. 38 indexed citations
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Fernández‐González, Rodrigo, et al.. (2019). The Crk adapter protein is essential for Drosophila embryogenesis, where it regulates multiple actin-dependent morphogenic events. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 30(18). 2399–2421. 4 indexed citations
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Gerbich, Therese M., Aussie Suzuki, Matthew DiSalvo, et al.. (2018). LITE microscopy: Tilted light-sheet excitation of model organisms offers high resolution and low photobleaching. The Journal of Cell Biology. 217(5). 1869–1882. 56 indexed citations
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Bonello, Teresa, Kia Z. Perez-Vale, Kaelyn Sumigray, & Mark Peifer. (2017). Rap1 acts via multiple mechanisms to position Canoe and adherens junctions and mediate apical-basal polarity establishment. Development. 145(2). 48 indexed citations
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Winkelman, Jonathan D., Colleen G. Bilancia, Mark Peifer, & David R. Kovar. (2014). Ena/VASP Enabled is a highly processive actin polymerase tailored to self-assemble parallel-bundled F-actin networks with Fascin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(11). 4121–4126. 113 indexed citations
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Sawyer, Jessica K., et al.. (2011). A contractile actomyosin network linked to adherens junctions by Canoe/afadin helps drive convergent extension. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22(14). 2491–2508. 132 indexed citations
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Sawyer, Jessica K., Nathan Harris, Kevin C. Slep, Ulrike Gaul, & Mark Peifer. (2009). The Drosophila afadin homologue Canoe regulates linkage of the actin cytoskeleton to adherens junctions during apical constriction. The Journal of Cell Biology. 186(1). 57–73. 184 indexed citations
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Homem, Catarina C. F. & Mark Peifer. (2008). Diaphanous regulates myosin and adherens junctions to control cell contractility and protrusive behavior during morphogenesis. Development. 135(6). 1005–1018. 111 indexed citations
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Gates, Julie, James P. Mahaffey, Stephen L. Rogers, et al.. (2007). Enabled plays key roles in embryonic epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila. Development. 134(11). 2027–2039. 105 indexed citations
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Rusan, Nasser M. & Mark Peifer. (2007). A role for a novel centrosome cycle in asymmetric cell division. The Journal of Cell Biology. 177(1). 13–20. 194 indexed citations
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Fox, Donald T. & Mark Peifer. (2007). Abelson kinase (Abl) and RhoGEF2 regulate actin organization during cell constriction in Drosophila. Development. 134(3). 567–578. 114 indexed citations
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Roberts, David M., et al.. (2006). Cytoskeletal dynamics and cell signaling during planar polarity establishment in the Drosophila embryonic denticle. Journal of Cell Science. 119(3). 403–415. 62 indexed citations
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Harris, Tony & Mark Peifer. (2004). Adherens junction-dependent and -independent steps in the establishment of epithelial cell polarity in Drosophila. The Journal of Cell Biology. 167(1). 135–147. 208 indexed citations
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Myster, Steven H., Rossana Cavallo, Charles T. Anderson, Donald T. Fox, & Mark Peifer. (2003). Drosophila p120catenin plays a supporting role in cell adhesion but is not an essential adherens junction component. The Journal of Cell Biology. 160(3). 433–449. 112 indexed citations
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Cavallo, Rossana, Rachel T. Cox, Jeroen P. Roose, et al.. (1998). Drosophila Tcf and Groucho interact to repress Wingless signalling activity. Nature. 395(6702). 604–608. 587 indexed citations breakdown →
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Oršulić, Sandra & Mark Peifer. (1994). A method to stain nuclei of Drosophila for confocal microscopy.. PubMed. 16(3). 441–7. 24 indexed citations

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