Nikolai Kirov

2.4k citations

15 papers · 1.8k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 12

Aging top 5%
Cell Biology top 5%
- Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ 2
Molecular Biology top 5%
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation 12
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 6
- RNA Research and Splicing 4
- TGF-β signaling in diseases 2
- RNA modifications and cancer 1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 5%
Immunology top 10%
Genetics
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction 4
Plant Science
- Plant Molecular Biology Research 2

Co-authors: Christine Rushlow Chung-Yi Nien Julia Ring Enrique Martı́n-Blanco Alfonso Martínez-Arias Kanwar Virdee Alexandra Gampel Aviva M. Tolkovsky
Cited by: Aging Cell Biology Molecular Biology
Partner nations: United States Sweden Germany

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Nikolai Kirov

15 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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1998 puckered encodes a phosphatase that mediates a feedback loop regulating JNK activity during dorsal closure in Drosophila

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1	Zelda Potentiates Morphogen Activity by Increasing Chromatin Accessibility Sun Melody Foo,Yujia Sun,Bomyi Lim,Ruta Ziukaite,Kevin O’Brien,Chung-Yi Nien,Nikolai Kirov,Stanislav Y. Shvartsman,Christine Rushlow	2014	94
2	Temporal Coordination of Gene Networks by Zelda in the Early Drosophila Embryo Chung-Yi Nien,Hsiao-Lan Liang,Stephen Butcher,Yujia Sun,Shengbo Fu,Tenzin Gocha,Nikolai Kirov,J. Robert Manak,Christine Rushlow	2011	177
3	The zinc-finger protein Zelda is a key activator of the early zygotic genome in Drosophila Hsiao-Lan Liang,Chung-Yi Nien,Hsiao-Yun Liu,Mark M. Metzstein,Nikolai Kirov,Christine Rushlow	2008	368
4	Threshold response ofC15to the Dpp gradient inDrosophilais established by the cumulative effect of Smad and Zen activators and negative cues Meng-chi Lin,Jeongsook Park,Nikolai Kirov,Christine Rushlow	2006	26
5	Peak levels of BMP in theDrosophilaembryo control target genes by a feed-forward mechanism Mu Xu,Nikolai Kirov,Christine Rushlow	2005	39
6	Transcriptional regulation of the Drosophila gene zen by competing Smad and Brinker inputs Christine Rushlow,Pamela F. Colosimo,Meng-chi Lin,Mu Xu,Nikolai Kirov	2001	111
7	The Drosophila Gene brinker Reveals a Novel Mechanism of Dpp Target Gene Regulation Anna Jaźwińska,Nikolai Kirov,Eric Wieschaus,Siegfried Roth,Christine Rushlow	1999	232
8	puckered encodes a phosphatase that mediates a feedback loop regulating JNK activity during dorsal closure in Drosophilabreakdown → Enrique Martı́n-Blanco,Alexandra Gampel,Julia Ring,Kanwar Virdee,Nikolai Kirov,Aviva M. Tolkovsky,Alfonso Martínez-Arias	1998	557
9	Isolation and characterization of a new gene encoding a member of the HIRA family of proteins from Drosophila melanogaster Nikolai Kirov,Alexander Shtilbans,Christine Rushlow	1998	36
10	The transcriptional corepressor DSP1 inhibits activated transcription by disrupting TFIIA-TBP complex formation. Nikolai Kirov,Paul M. Lieberman,Christine Rushlow	1996	32
11	The Drosophila dorsal morphogen represses the tolloid gene by interacting with a silencer element. Nikolai Kirov,Sarah J. Childs,Michael B. O’Connor,Christine Rushlow	1994	35
12	TheDrosophila dorsalmorphogen represses thetolloidgene by interacting with a silencer element Nikolai Kirov,Steve Childs,Michael B. O’Connor,Christine Rushlow	1994	8
13	Conversion of a silencer into an enhancer: evidence for a co-repressor in dorsal-mediated repression in Drosophila. Nikolai Kirov,Leonid Zhelnin,J. Shah,Christine Rushlow	1993	92
14	Conversion of a silencer into an enhancer: evidence for a co-repressor in dorsal-mediated repression in Drosophila Nikolai Kirov,Leonid Zhelnin,J. Shah,Christine Rushlow	1993	6
15	The complexity of 75S premessenger RNA in Balbiani ring granules studied by a new RNA band retardation assay Nikolai Kirov,Tilmann Wurtz,Bertil Daneholt	1991	1

About Nikolai Kirov

Nikolai Kirov is a scholar working on Aging, Molecular Biology and Genetics, having authored 15 papers that have together received 1.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (12 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (6 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (4 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers), Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (2 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (2 papers), TGF-β signaling in diseases (2 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (87 citations), Cell Biology (403 citations) and Molecular Biology (1.6k citations). Nikolai Kirov has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Christine Rushlow, Chung-Yi Nien, Julia Ring, Enrique Martı́n-Blanco, Alfonso Martínez-Arias, Kanwar Virdee, Alexandra Gampel, Aviva M. Tolkovsky, Mark M. Metzstein and Anna Jaźwińska.

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