Michael Zavortink

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Zavortink is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Zavortink has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cell Biology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Michael Zavortink's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (6 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (6 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (3 papers). Michael Zavortink is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (6 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (6 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (3 papers). Michael Zavortink collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Michael Zavortink's co-authors include William Chia, Xavier Morin, Richard Daneman, J. Richard McIntosh, Roger J. Leslie, Edward D. Salmon, William M. Saxton, Derek L. Stemple, Shigeru Sakonju and Danny L. Brower and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Genes & Development and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Zavortink

26 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

A protein trap strategy to detect GFP-tagged proteins expressed from their endogenous loci in Drosophila

2001 653 citations Xavier Morin, Richard Daneman et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Michael Zavortink

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Udo Häcker Sweden

Yi Sun Taiwan

Ursula Weber United States

Eyal D. Schejter Israel

Sharon L. Amacher United States

Tze-Bin Chou United States

Susan Cumberledge United States

Tony Harris Canada

Peter A. Kolodziej United States

Esther M. Verheyen Canada

Udo Häcker Sweden

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Zavortink

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Dong, Qian, et al.. (2021). Glial Hedgehog signalling and lipid metabolism regulate neural stem cell proliferation in Drosophila. EMBO Reports. 22(5). e52130–e52130. 20 indexed citations

Zavortink, Michael, Francesca Froldi, Shane Cheung, et al.. (2021). Tumor-derived MMPs regulate cachexia in a Drosophila cancer model. Developmental Cell. 56(18). 2664–2680.e6. 33 indexed citations

Zavortink, Michael, et al.. (2020). The E2 Marie Kondo and the CTLH E3 ligase clear deposited RNA binding proteins during the maternal-to-zygotic transition. eLife. 9. 30 indexed citations

Yao, Changfu, Yeran Li, Michael Zavortink, et al.. (2018). Evidence for a role of spindle matrix formation in cell cycle progression by antibody perturbation. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0208022–e0208022. 5 indexed citations

Li, Yeran, Weili Cai, Michael Zavortink, et al.. (2017). H2Av facilitates H3S10 phosphorylation but is not required for heat shock-induced chromatin decondensation or transcriptional elongation. Development. 144(18). 3232–3240. 1 indexed citations

Gan, Wan Jun, Michael Zavortink, Rachel Templin, et al.. (2016). Cell polarity defines three distinct domains in pancreatic beta cells. Journal of Cell Science. 130(1). 143–151. 74 indexed citations

Rath, Uttama, Changfu Yao, Michael Zavortink, et al.. (2016). Digitor/dASCIZ Has Multiple Roles in Drosophila Development. PLoS ONE. 11(11). e0166829–e0166829. 3 indexed citations

Zavortink, Michael, et al.. (2014). Insulin secretion from beta cells in intact mouse islets is targeted towards the vasculature. Diabetologia. 57(8). 1655–1663. 75 indexed citations

Zavortink, Michael, et al.. (2013). Glucose principally regulates insulin secretion in mouse islets by controlling the numbers of granule fusion events per cell. Diabetologia. 56(12). 2629–2637. 36 indexed citations

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Chircop, Megan, Boris Šarčević, Martin R. Larsen, et al.. (2010). Phosphorylation of dynamin II at serine-764 is associated with cytokinesis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1813(10). 1689–1699. 32 indexed citations

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Chircop, Megan, Chandra S. Malladi, Scott L. Page, et al.. (2010). Calcineurin activity is required for the completion of cytokinesis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 67(21). 3725–3737. 29 indexed citations

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Bunch, Thomas A., et al.. (2002). Disruption of C-Terminal Cytoplasmic Domain of βPS Integrin Subunit Has Dominant Negative Properties in DevelopingDrosophila. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13(4). 1352–1365. 30 indexed citations

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Morin, Xavier, Richard Daneman, Michael Zavortink, & William Chia. (2001). A protein trap strategy to detect GFP-tagged proteins expressed from their endogenous loci in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(26). 15050–15055. 653 indexed citations breakdown →

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Busturia, Ana, Alan Lloyd, Fernando Bejarano, et al.. (2001). The MCP silencer of theDrosophila Abd-Bgene requires both Pleiohomeotic and GAGA factor for the maintenance of repression. Development. 128(11). 2163–2173. 132 indexed citations

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Buescher, Marita, Su Ling Yeo, Gerald Udolph, et al.. (1998). Binary sibling neuronal cell fate decisions in the Drosophila embryonic central nervous system are nonstochastic and require inscuteable-mediated asymmetry of ganglion mother cells. Genes & Development. 12(12). 1858–1870. 90 indexed citations

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Blair, Seth S., Danny L. Brower, John B. Thomas, & Michael Zavortink. (1994). The role of apterous in the control of dorsoventral compartmentalization and PS integrin gene expression in the developing wing of Drosophila. Development. 120(7). 1805–1815. 151 indexed citations

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Zavortink, Michael, Thomas A. Bunch, & Danny L. Brower. (1993). Functional Properties of Alternatively Spliced Forms of theDrosophilaPS2 Integrin α Subunit. Cell adhesion and communications/Cell adhesion and communication/Cell adhesion & communication. 1(3). 251–264. 36 indexed citations

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Zavortink, Michael & Shigeru Sakonju. (1989). The morphogenetic and regulatory functions of the Drosophila Abdominal-B gene are encoded in overlapping RNAs transcribed from separate promoters.. Genes & Development. 3(12a). 1969–1981. 84 indexed citations

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Edgar, Lesley A. & Michael Zavortink. (1983). The mechanism of diatom locomotion. II. Identification of actin. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 218(1212). 345–348. 44 indexed citations

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Zavortink, Michael, et al.. (1979). Degradation of proteins microinjected into cultured mammalian cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 100(1). 175–185. 62 indexed citations

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