Nurit Ballas

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Nurit Ballas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nurit Ballas has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Plant Science and 10 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Nurit Ballas's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (9 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (6 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (6 papers). Nurit Ballas is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (9 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (6 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (6 papers). Nurit Ballas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and France. Nurit Ballas's co-authors include Gail Mandel, Christopher Grunseich, Joan C. Speh, Daniel T. Lioy, Athanasios Theologis, Vitaly Citovsky, Mary E. Anderson, Marı́a Estela Andrés, Corinna Bürger and Elena Battaglioli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nurit Ballas

24 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

REST and Its Corepressors Mediate Plasticity of Neuronal Gene Chromatin throughout Neurogenesis

2005 735 citations Nurit Ballas, Christopher Grunseich et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nurit Ballas United States	22	2.8k	1.3k	565	522	483	24	3.5k
Johan Jakobsson Sweden	34	3.8k 1.4×	940 0.7×	672 1.2×	1.1k 2.1×	105 0.2×	72	5.3k
Matthias Heidenreich United States	12	2.5k 0.9×	498 0.4×	291 0.5×	548 1.0×	143 0.3×	18	3.0k
Jim Selfridge United Kingdom	30	3.9k 1.4×	2.4k 1.9×	140 0.2×	195 0.4×	1.1k 2.2×	42	4.8k
Jacky Guy United Kingdom	27	4.3k 1.6×	3.9k 3.0×	181 0.3×	362 0.7×	1.9k 3.9×	33	5.7k
Zhaolan Zhou United States	31	3.6k 1.3×	1.9k 1.4×	153 0.3×	431 0.8×	858 1.8×	53	4.6k
Nissim Ben‐Arie Israel	20	1.7k 0.6×	348 0.3×	161 0.3×	624 1.2×	322 0.7×	29	3.0k
Lorraine Potocki United States	35	2.1k 0.8×	2.6k 2.0×	521 0.9×	392 0.8×	309 0.6×	87	4.3k
Tilmann Achsel Italy	32	3.7k 1.4×	901 0.7×	144 0.3×	363 0.7×	348 0.7×	54	4.5k
Mark C. Hirst United Kingdom	25	2.4k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	144 0.3×	751 1.4×	607 1.3×	48	3.3k
Harrison W. Gabel United States	23	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	200 0.4×	397 0.8×	416 0.9×	36	2.9k

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Sun, Jialin, Sivan Osenberg, Lihua Ma, et al.. (2023). Mutations in the transcriptional regulator MeCP2 severely impact key cellular and molecular signatures of human astrocytes during maturation. Cell Reports. 42(1). 111942–111942. 24 indexed citations

Osenberg, Sivan, Jialin Sun, Jin Li, et al.. (2018). Activity-dependent aberrations in gene expression and alternative splicing in a mouse model of Rett syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(23). E5363–E5372. 31 indexed citations

Du, Fang, et al.. (2016). Acute and crucial requirement for MeCP2 function upon transition from early to late adult stages of brain maturation. Human Molecular Genetics. 25(9). 1690–1702. 23 indexed citations

Cargnin, Francesca, Tamilla Nechiporuk, Karin Müllendorff, et al.. (2014). An RNA Binding Protein Promotes Axonal Integrity in Peripheral Neurons by Destabilizing REST. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(50). 16650–16661. 13 indexed citations

Nguyen, Minh Vu Chuong, Fang Du, Matthew Covey, et al.. (2013). Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells Contribute Unique Features to Rett Syndrome Neuropathology. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(48). 18764–18774. 69 indexed citations

Nguyen, Minh Vu Chuong, Fang Du, Xiu Shan, et al.. (2012). MeCP2 Is Critical for Maintaining Mature Neuronal Networks and Global Brain Anatomy during Late Stages of Postnatal Brain Development and in the Mature Adult Brain. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(29). 10021–10034. 152 indexed citations

Covey, Matthew, Jeffrey W. Streb, Roman Spektor, & Nurit Ballas. (2012). REST regulates the pool size of the different neural lineages by restricting the generation of neurons and oligodendrocytes from neural stem/progenitor cells. Development. 139(16). 2878–2890. 31 indexed citations

Lioy, Daniel T., Saurabh Garg, Jacob Raber, et al.. (2011). A role for glia in the progression of Rett’s syndrome. Nature. 475(7357). 497–500. 374 indexed citations

Ballas, Nurit, Daniel T. Lioy, Christopher Grunseich, & Gail Mandel. (2009). Non–cell autonomous influence of MeCP2-deficient glia on neuronal dendritic morphology. Nature Neuroscience. 12(3). 311–317. 362 indexed citations

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Ballas, Nurit & Gail Mandel. (2005). The many faces of REST oversee epigenetic programming of neuronal genes. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 15(5). 500–506. 337 indexed citations

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Ballas, Nurit, et al.. (2005). REST and Its Corepressors Mediate Plasticity of Neuronal Gene Chromatin throughout Neurogenesis. Cell. 121(4). 645–657. 735 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ballas, Nurit, Elena Battaglioli, Fouad Atouf, et al.. (2001). Regulation of Neuronal Traits by a Novel Transcriptional Complex. Neuron. 31(3). 353–365. 354 indexed citations

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Ballas, Nurit & Vitaly Citovsky. (1997). Nuclear localization signal binding protein from Arabidopsis mediates nuclear import of Agrobacterium VirD2 protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(20). 10723–10728. 143 indexed citations

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Abel, Steffen, et al.. (1996). DNA elements responsive to auxin. BioEssays. 18(8). 647–654. 40 indexed citations

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Koshiba, Tomokazu, et al.. (1995). Transcriptional Regulation ofPS-IAA4/5andPS-IAA6Early Gene Expression by Indoleacetic Acid and Protein Synthesis Inhibitors in Pea(Pisum sativum). Journal of Molecular Biology. 253(3). 396–413. 65 indexed citations

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Zakai, Nehama, et al.. (1993). Transient gene expression of foreign genes in preheated protoplasts: stimulation of expression of transfected genes lacking heat shock elements. Plant Molecular Biology. 21(5). 823–834. 5 indexed citations

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Ballas, Nurit, et al.. (1993). Identification of the Auxin-responsive Element, AuxRE, in the Primary indoleacetic Acid-inducible Gene, PS-IAA4/5, of Pea (Pisum sativum). Journal of Molecular Biology. 233(4). 580–596. 143 indexed citations

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Ballas, Nurit, et al.. (1989). Efficient functioning of plant promoters and poly(A) sites inXenopusoocytes. Nucleic Acids Research. 17(19). 7891–7903. 24 indexed citations

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Ballas, Nurit, Nehama Zakai, Devorah Friedberg, & Abraham Loyter. (1988). Linear forms of plasmid DNA are superior to supercoiled structures as active templates for gene expression in plant protoplasts. Plant Molecular Biology. 11(4). 517–527. 22 indexed citations

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Ballas, Nurit, Nehama Zakai, Ilan Sela, & Abraham Loyter. (1988). Liposomes bearing a quaternary ammonium detergent as an efficient vehicle for functional transfer of TMV-RNA into plant protoplasts. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 939(1). 8–18. 32 indexed citations

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