Michael Finney

3.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
33 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Finney is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Finney has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Aging and 7 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Michael Finney's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (8 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (4 papers). Michael Finney is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (8 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (4 papers). Michael Finney collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Norway. Michael Finney's co-authors include Gary Ruvkun, H. Robert Horvitz, Winship Herr, David Baltimore, Michael G. Rosenfeld, Phillip A. Sharp, Lynn M. Corcoran, Richard A. Sturm, Holly A. Ingraham and Roger G. Clerc and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Finney

33 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

The POU domain: a large conserved region in the mammalian pit-1, oct-1, oct-2, and Caenorhabditis elegans unc-86 gene products.

1988 659 citations Winship Herr, Richard A. Sturm et al. Genes & Development profile →
The unc-86 gene product couples cell lineage and cell identity in C. elegans

1990 540 citations Michael Finney, Gary Ruvkun Cell profile →
The C. elegans cell lineage and differentiation gene unc-86 encodes a protein with a homeodomain and extended similarity to transcription factors

1988 301 citations Michael Finney, Gary Ruvkun et al. Cell profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Finney United States	18	1.7k	768	503	292	271	33	2.7k
John Yochem United States	25	1.8k 1.1×	1.0k 1.4×	370 0.7×	113 0.4×	330 1.2×	36	2.6k
Andrew M. Spence Canada	18	1.2k 0.7×	587 0.8×	388 0.8×	203 0.7×	120 0.4×	27	1.9k
Mark M. Metzstein United States	16	1.9k 1.1×	519 0.7×	252 0.5×	235 0.8×	112 0.4×	24	2.5k
Danielle Thierry‐Mieg United States	22	2.0k 1.1×	551 0.7×	284 0.6×	377 1.3×	93 0.3×	33	2.9k
Jill C. Bettinger United States	19	3.3k 1.9×	808 1.1×	235 0.5×	230 0.8×	275 1.0×	40	4.7k
Heinke Schnabel Germany	22	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	261 0.5×	152 0.5×	286 1.1×	29	2.4k
Eric G. Moss United States	26	3.6k 2.1×	588 0.8×	322 0.6×	160 0.5×	117 0.4×	34	4.6k
Greg J. Beitel United States	29	1.6k 0.9×	615 0.8×	177 0.4×	463 1.6×	357 1.3×	51	2.9k
Trevor Hawkins United States	19	1.9k 1.1×	257 0.3×	806 1.6×	116 0.4×	120 0.4×	29	2.9k
Michael Basson United States	8	3.7k 2.2×	831 1.1×	223 0.4×	250 0.9×	203 0.7×	16	4.9k

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Isenbarger, Thomas A., Christopher E. Carr, S. S. Johnson, et al.. (2008). The Most Conserved Genome Segments for Life Detection on Earth and Other Planets. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 38(6). 517–533. 66 indexed citations

Isenbarger, Thomas A., et al.. (2007). Miniprimer PCR, a New Lens for Viewing the Microbial World. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74(3). 840–849. 83 indexed citations

Korshunova, Yulia, Jared M. Ordway, J. A. Bedell, et al.. (2007). MethylScreen: DNA Methylation Density Monitoring using Quantitative PCR. BioTechniques. 43(5). 683–693. 47 indexed citations

Gorringe, Andrew, et al.. (2005). The development of a meningococcal disease vaccine based on outer membrane vesicles. Vaccine. 23(17-18). 2210–2213. 48 indexed citations

Finney, Michael, Paul E. Nisson, & Ayoub Rashtchian. (2001). Molecular Cloning of PCR Products. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. 56(1). Unit 15.4–Unit 15.4. 11 indexed citations

Taylor, David, et al.. (2001). Using wound fluid analyses to identify trace element requirements for efficient healing. Journal of Wound Care. 10(6). 205–208. 10 indexed citations

Finney, Michael. (1998). Nonradioactive Methods for Visualization of Protein Blots. Methods in molecular biology. 80. 207–216. 4 indexed citations

Holder, Michelle J., Gillian Grafton, I. D. Macdonald, Michael Finney, & John Gordon. (1995). Engagement of CD20 suppresses apoptosis in germinal center B cells. European Journal of Immunology. 25(11). 3160–3164. 34 indexed citations

Kamal, Mohammed, Kirstine A. Knox, Michael Finney, et al.. (1993). Stimulation of tyrosine phosphorylation without inositol lipid hydrolysis in human B lymphocytes on engaging CD72. FEBS Letters. 319(3). 212–216. 4 indexed citations

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Knox, Kirstine A., Michael Finney, Anne E. Milner, et al.. (1992). Second‐messenger pathways involved in the regulation of survival in germinal‐centre B cells and in burkitt lymphoma lines. International Journal of Cancer. 52(6). 959–966. 43 indexed citations

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Ruvkun, Gary & Michael Finney. (1991). Regulation of transcription and cell identity by POU domain proteins. Cell. 64(3). 475–478. 210 indexed citations

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Yuan, Junying, et al.. (1991). Tc4, a Caenorhabditis elegans transposable element with an unusual fold-back structure.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 88(8). 3334–3338. 41 indexed citations

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Michell, Robert H., L A Conroy, Michael Finney, et al.. (1990). Inositol lipids and phosphates in the regulation of the growth and differentiation of haemopoietic and other cells. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 327(1239). 193–207. 12 indexed citations

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Finney, Michael & Gary Ruvkun. (1990). The unc-86 gene product couples cell lineage and cell identity in C. elegans. Cell. 63(5). 895–905. 540 indexed citations breakdown →

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Finney, Michael, Graeme R. Guy, Robert H. Michell, et al.. (1990). Interleukin 4 activates human B lymphocytes via transient inositol lipid hydrolysis and delayed cyclic adenosine monophosphate generation. European Journal of Immunology. 20(1). 151–156. 98 indexed citations

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Bürglin, Thomas R., Michael Finney, Alan Coulson, & Gary Ruvkun. (1989). Caenorbabditis elegans has scores of homeobox-containing genes. Trends in Genetics. 5. 393–393. 36 indexed citations

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Bürglin, Thomas R., Michael Finney, Alan Coulson, & Gary Ruvkun. (1989). Caenorhabditis elegans has scores of homoeobox-containing genes. Nature. 341(6239). 239–243. 168 indexed citations

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Finney, Michael, Gary Ruvkun, & H. Robert Horvitz. (1988). The C. elegans cell lineage and differentiation gene unc-86 encodes a protein with a homeodomain and extended similarity to transcription factors. Cell. 55(5). 757–769. 301 indexed citations breakdown →

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Herr, Winship, Richard A. Sturm, Roger G. Clerc, et al.. (1988). The POU domain: a large conserved region in the mammalian pit-1, oct-1, oct-2, and Caenorhabditis elegans unc-86 gene products.. Genes & Development. 2(12a). 1513–1516. 659 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gordon, John, M J Millsum, Michael Finney, et al.. (1988). Altered Growth Phenotype of a Burkitt’s Lymphoma Line Following the Introduction and Stable Expression of the EBNA 2A Gene. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 141. 149–156. 3 indexed citations

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