Mary Osborn

54.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
315 papers, 48.2k citations indexed

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Mary Osborn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary Osborn has authored 315 papers receiving a total of 48.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Molecular Biology, 131 papers in Cell Biology and 35 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Mary Osborn's work include Skin and Cellular Biology Research (82 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (40 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (31 papers). Mary Osborn is often cited by papers focused on Skin and Cellular Biology Research (82 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (40 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (31 papers). Mary Osborn collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Poland. Mary Osborn's co-authors include K. Weber, Klaus Weber, K Weber, Werner W. Franke, John R. Pringle, Emmanuele Parisi, J.E. Gander, Erika Nardon Schmid, John H. Carson and E Schmid and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Mary Osborn

314 papers receiving 42.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Reliability of Molecular Weight Determinations by Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis

1969 19.1k citations K. Weber, Mary Osborn Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
[1] Measurement of molecular weights by electrophoresis on SDS-acrylamide gel

1972 1.6k citations K Weber, Mary Osborn et al. profile →
Mechanism of Assembly of the Outer Membrane of Salmonella typhimurium

1972 1.5k citations Mary Osborn et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Different intermediate-sized filaments distinguished by immunofluorescence microscopy.

1978 809 citations Werner W. Franke, Mary Osborn et al. profile →
Tumor diagnosis by intermediate filament typing: a novel tool for surgical pathology.

1983 741 citations Mary Osborn, K. Weber PubMed profile →
STUDIES ON THE GRAM-NEGATIVE CELL WALL, I. EVIDENCE FOR THE ROLE OF 2-KETO-3-DEOXYOCTONATE IN THE LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE OF SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM

1963 648 citations Mary Osborn profile →
Widespread occurrence of intermediate-sized filaments of the vimentin-type in cultured cells from diverse vertebrates

1979 590 citations Werner W. Franke, Mary Osborn et al. Experimental Cell Research profile →
The organization of titin filaments in the half-sarcomere revealed by monoclonal antibodies in immunoelectron microscopy: a map of ten nonrepetitive epitopes starting at the Z line extends close to the M line.

1988 535 citations Mary Osborn, K. Weber et al. profile →
Antibody to prekeratin

1978 457 citations Werner W. Franke, Klaus Weber et al. Experimental Cell Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mary Osborn Germany	90	27.5k	12.3k	5.5k	3.8k	2.9k	315	48.2k
K. Weber Germany	81	22.0k 0.8×	10.4k 0.8×	3.2k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	231	38.0k
T. Staehelin Switzerland	22	28.0k 1.0×	7.1k 0.6×	5.6k 1.0×	3.5k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	27	52.5k
J. Gordon United Kingdom	23	27.6k 1.0×	7.0k 0.6×	5.8k 1.1×	3.4k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	56	52.1k
Harry Towbin Switzerland	33	28.2k 1.0×	7.1k 0.6×	5.7k 1.0×	3.7k 1.0×	2.4k 0.8×	73	53.7k
Werner W. Franke Germany	133	32.8k 1.2×	27.4k 2.2×	5.5k 1.0×	5.4k 1.4×	4.6k 1.6×	624	59.0k
William J. Rutter United States	101	35.4k 1.3×	5.4k 0.4×	9.8k 1.8×	5.4k 1.4×	8.1k 2.8×	311	56.7k
George E. Palade United States	102	23.8k 0.9×	13.8k 1.1×	2.5k 0.5×	2.9k 0.8×	5.3k 1.8×	208	45.3k
Shigeo Ohno Japan	100	22.3k 0.8×	8.0k 0.7×	4.0k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	598	34.3k
A. John Barrett United States	104	17.7k 0.6×	4.9k 0.4×	3.4k 0.6×	9.4k 2.5×	3.3k 1.1×	539	45.9k
David Beach United States	100	34.4k 1.3×	9.2k 0.7×	3.5k 0.6×	20.2k 5.3×	1.7k 0.6×	247	47.3k

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Warren, W. G., Mary Osborn, Ana David-Pereira, et al.. (2024). ART26.12, a novel fatty acid‐binding protein 5 inhibitor, shows efficacy in multiple preclinical neuropathy models. European Journal of Pain. 29(2). e4718–e4718. 3 indexed citations

Weber, Klaus, et al.. (2010). Identification of microtubular structures in diverse plant and animal cells by immunological cross-reaction revealed in immunofluorescence microscopy using antibodies against tubulin from porcine brain. Online Publication Service of Würzburg University (Würzburg University). 1 indexed citations

Hoßbach, Markus, Jens Gruber, Mary Osborn, Klaus Weber, & Thomas Tuschl. (2006). Gene Silencing with siRNA Duplexes Composed of Target-mRNA-Complementary and Partially Palindromic or Partially Complementary Single-Stranded siRNAs. RNA Biology. 3(2). 82–89. 21 indexed citations

Harborth, Jens, Klaus Weber, & Mary Osborn. (2000). GAS41, a Highly Conserved Protein in Eukaryotic Nuclei, Binds to NuMA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(41). 31979–31985. 39 indexed citations

Gueth-Hallonet, Catherine, Jian Wang, Jens Harborth, Klaus Weber, & Mary Osborn. (1998). Induction of a Regular Nuclear Lattice by Overexpression of NuMA. Experimental Cell Research. 243(2). 434–452. 64 indexed citations

Seemann, Joachim, K Weber, Mary Osborn, Robert G. Parton, & Volker Gerke. (1996). The association of annexin I with early endosomes is regulated by Ca2+ and requires an intact N-terminal domain.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 7(9). 1359–1374. 65 indexed citations

Prelle, Katja, W. Holtz, & Mary Osborn. (1995). The intermediate filament protein vimentin as differentiation marker in preimplantation porcine embryos. Biology of Reproduction. 52. 177–177. 2 indexed citations

Kallajoki, Markku & Mary Osborn. (1994). Gel electrophoretic analysis of nuclear matrix fractions isolated from different human cell lines. Electrophoresis. 15(1). 520–528. 19 indexed citations

Marx, Alexander, Mary Osborn, Socrates J. Tzartos, et al.. (1992). A Striational Muscle Antigen and Myasthenia Gravis‐AssociatedThymomas Share an Acetylcholine‐Receptor Epitope. Journal of Immunology Research. 2(2). 77–84. 24 indexed citations

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Osborn, Mary. (1990). Ockleford, C.D.: An atlas of antigens - Fluorescence microscope localization patterns in cells and tissues. Book review. Light patches.. Nature. 343(6253). 31–31. 1 indexed citations

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Domagała, W, Jerzy Lasota, Maria Chosia, et al.. (1989). Diagnosis of major tumor categories in fine-needle aspirates is more accurate when light microscopy is combined with intermediate filament typing. A study of 403 cases. Cancer. 63(3). 504–517. 9 indexed citations

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Osborn, Mary, et al.. (1988). The submembranous location of p11 and its interaction with the p36 substrate of pp60 src kinase in situ. Experimental Cell Research. 175(1). 81–96. 94 indexed citations

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Osborn, Mary, Guido Mazzoleni, Donatella Santini, et al.. (1988). Villin, intestinal brush border hydrolases and keratin polypeptides in intestinal metaplasia and gastric cancer; an immunohistologic study emphasizing the different degrees of intestinal and gastric differentiation in signet ring cell carcinomas. Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin. 413(4). 303–312. 43 indexed citations

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Bartnik, Eckart, et al.. (1987). In gastropods intermediate filaments occur in ephithelia, glia, connective tissue cells, and neurons but not in muslcle.. European Journal of Cell Biology. 43(3). 329–338. 13 indexed citations

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Walker, John H., Catherine M. Boustead, Veit Witzemann, et al.. (1985). Cytoskeletal proteins at the cholinergic synapse: distribution of desmin, actin, fodrin, neurofilaments, and tubulin in Torpedo electric organ.. PubMed. 38(1). 123–33. 47 indexed citations

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Osborn, Mary, M. Altmannsberger, E. Sebastian Debus, & K. Weber. (1984). Intermediate filaments as markers for determining the histogenetic origin of human tumors. 16(1). 149–150. 3 indexed citations

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STEYN, P. S., et al.. (1984). Phomopsin A, the causative agent of lupinosis, interacts with microtubules in vivo and in vitro.. European Journal of Cell Biology. 35(2). 156–164. 32 indexed citations

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Osborn, Mary & Klaus Weber. (1982). Chapter 7 Immunofluorescence and Immunocytochemical Procedures with Affinity Purified Antibodies: Tubulin-Containing Structures. Methods in cell biology. 24. 97–132. 344 indexed citations

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Mathews, Michael B., Mary Osborn, Anton Berns, & H. Bloemendal. (1972). Translation of Two Messenger RNAs from Lens in a Cell Free System from Krebs II Ascites Cells. Nature New Biology. 236(61). 5–7. 83 indexed citations

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Osborn, Mary & Stanley Person. (1967). Characterization of revertants of E. coli WU36-10 and WP2 using amber mutants and an ochre mutant of bacteriophage T4. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 4(4). 504–507. 61 indexed citations

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