Michael Danciger

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Danciger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Danciger has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Ophthalmology and 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael Danciger's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (35 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (13 papers) and Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (12 papers). Michael Danciger is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (35 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (13 papers) and Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (12 papers). Michael Danciger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Ireland. Michael Danciger's co-authors include Debora B. Farber, Cathy Bowes, Tiansen Li, Meredithe Applebury, Leslie C. Baxter, Christine A. Kozak, Samuel G. Jacobson, Natik Piri, N. B. Akhmedov and John R. Heckenlively and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Ophthalmology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Danciger

51 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Retinal degeneration in the rd mouse is caused by a defect in the β subunit of rod cGMP-phosphodiesterase

1990 684 citations Cathy Bowes, Tiansen Li et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Danciger United States	24	1.9k	728	667	268	204	51	2.3k
Dana K. Vaughan United States	17	998 0.5×	403 0.6×	387 0.6×	47 0.2×	193 0.9×	28	1.3k
Kristina Narfström United States	29	2.2k 1.2×	819 1.1×	1.1k 1.7×	599 2.2×	314 1.5×	115	3.0k
John M. Nickerson United States	26	1.3k 0.7×	274 0.4×	812 1.2×	215 0.8×	132 0.6×	101	2.1k
Alexander V. Kolesnikov United States	21	1.2k 0.6×	551 0.8×	448 0.7×	41 0.2×	173 0.8×	53	1.5k
Lijuan Zhou China	19	928 0.5×	275 0.4×	129 0.2×	105 0.4×	154 0.8×	79	1.5k
David Ng Canada	16	994 0.5×	539 0.7×	178 0.3×	154 0.6×	110 0.5×	27	1.4k
Eriko Sugano Japan	19	839 0.4×	851 1.2×	179 0.3×	96 0.4×	58 0.3×	74	1.5k
M. Dominik Fischer Germany	30	2.2k 1.1×	378 0.5×	1.0k 1.5×	513 1.9×	166 0.8×	99	2.8k
Ross G. Johnson United States	31	2.9k 1.5×	278 0.4×	73 0.1×	385 1.4×	216 1.1×	61	3.2k
Caterina Sellitto United States	24	1.5k 0.8×	415 0.6×	78 0.1×	214 0.8×	359 1.8×	40	2.0k

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Danciger, Michael, et al.. (2007). Discovery of QTL That Modify rd3-Induced Retinal Degeneration in the Mouse Model; Several Are in Common With QTL Affecting Age-Related Retinal Degeneration. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 48(13). 4633–4633. 1 indexed citations

Danciger, Michael, et al.. (2007). Association of the Asn306Ser variant of the SP4 transcription factor and an intronic variant in the beta-subunit of transducin with digenic disease.. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 13. 287–92. 6 indexed citations

Danciger, Michael, et al.. (2005). Constant light-induced retinal damage and the RPE65-MET450 variant: assessment of the NZW/LacJ mouse.. PubMed. 11. 374–9. 5 indexed citations

Piri, Natik, et al.. (2004). A substitution of G to C in the cone cGMP-phosphodiesterase ? subunit gene found in a distinctive form of cone dystrophy. Ophthalmology. 112(1). 159–166. 26 indexed citations

Danciger, Michael, Sara Hoffman, Janis Lem, et al.. (2004). New retinal light damage QTL in mice with the light-sensitive RPE65 LEU variant. Mammalian Genome. 15(4). 277–283. 23 indexed citations

Nusinowitz, Steven, et al.. (2003). Electroretinographic evidence for altered phototransduction gain and slowed recovery from photobleaches in albino mice with a MET450 variant in RPE65. Experimental Eye Research. 77(5). 627–638. 39 indexed citations

Fossarello, Maurizio, et al.. (2000). A homozygous deletion in RPE65 in a small Sardinian family with autosomal recessive retinal dystrophy.. PubMed. 6. 192–8. 23 indexed citations

Danciger, Michael, Michael T. Matthes, N. B. Akhmedov, et al.. (2000). A QTL on distal Chromosome 3 that influences the severity of light-induced damage to mouse photoreceptors. Mammalian Genome. 11(6). 422–427. 106 indexed citations

Danciger, Michael, et al.. (1999). Genetic and physical maps of the mouse rd3 locus; exclusion of the ortholog of USH2A. Mammalian Genome. 10(7). 657–661. 11 indexed citations

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Farber, Debora B. & Michael Danciger. (1997). Identification of genes causing photoreceptor degenerations leading to blindness. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 7(5). 666–673. 38 indexed citations

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Sakuma, Hitoshi, George Inana, Akira Murakami, et al.. (1995). A Heterozygous Putative Null Mutation in ROM1 without a Mutation in Peripherin/RDS in a Family with Retinitis Pigmentosa. Genomics. 27(2). 384–386. 23 indexed citations

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Kozak, Christine A., Michael Danciger, Cathy Bowes, et al.. (1995). Localization of three genes expressed in retina on mouse Chromosome 11. Mammalian Genome. 6(2). 142–144. 5 indexed citations

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Danciger, Michael, et al.. (1993). Transcription factor IID probes localize a single gene to the proximal region of mouse chromosome 17. Gene. 130(2). 283–286. 1 indexed citations

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Danciger, Michael, Debora B. Farber, & Christine A. Kozak. (1993). Genetic Mapping of Three GABAA Receptor-Subunit Genes in the Mouse. Genomics. 16(2). 361–365. 18 indexed citations

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Danciger, Michael, Anuradha Chakraborti, Debora B. Farber, & Christine A. Kozak. (1992). Localization of the gene for a third G protein β-subunit to mouse chromosome 6 near Raf-1. Genomics. 12(4). 688–692. 8 indexed citations

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Danciger, Michael, et al.. (1991). The gene for retinal rod 33-kDa protein is on mouse chromosome 1, near <i>Lamb2</i>. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 56(3-4). 202–205. 26 indexed citations

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Tuteja, Narendra, Michael Danciger, Ivana Klisak, et al.. (1990). Isolation and characterization of cDNA encoding the gamma-subunit of cGMP phosphodiesterase in human retina. Gene. 88(2). 227–232. 26 indexed citations

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Bowes, Cathy, Tiansen Li, Michael Danciger, et al.. (1990). Retinal degeneration in the rd mouse is caused by a defect in the β subunit of rod cGMP-phosphodiesterase. Nature. 347(6294). 677–680. 684 indexed citations breakdown →

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Danciger, Michael, Narendra Tuteja, Christine A. Kozak, & Debora B. Farber. (1989). The gene for the γ-subunit of retinal cGMP-phosphodiesterase is on mouse chromosome 11. Experimental Eye Research. 48(2). 303–308. 23 indexed citations

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Danciger, Michael, Christine A. Kozak, & Debora B. Farber. (1989). The gene for the α-subunit of retinal rod transducin is on mouse chromosome 9. Genomics. 4(2). 215–217. 32 indexed citations

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