Peter Cherbas

11.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
55 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Peter Cherbas is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Cherbas has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Peter Cherbas's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (32 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (10 papers) and Insect Utilization and Effects (9 papers). Peter Cherbas is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (32 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (10 papers) and Insect Utilization and Effects (9 papers). Peter Cherbas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Peter Cherbas's co-authors include Lucy Cherbas, James W. Truman, Lynn M. Riddiford, Michael Bender, William A. Segraves, David S. Hogness, William S. Talbot, Michael R. Koelle, Ilaria Rebay and R.J. Fleming and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Peter Cherbas

54 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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 drosophila EcR gene encodes an ecdysone receptor, a new member of the steroid receptor superfamily

1991 802 citations Michael R. Koelle, William S. Talbot et al. Cell profile →
Functional ecdysone receptor is the product of EcR and Ultraspiracle genes

1993 766 citations Lucy Cherbas, Peter Cherbas et al. profile →
Specific EGF repeats of Notch mediate interactions with Delta and serrate: Implications for notch as a multifunctional receptor

1991 640 citations Ilaria Rebay, R.J. Fleming et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Cherbas United States	31	3.0k	2.9k	1.3k	1.3k	894	55	5.5k
Lucy Cherbas United States	27	1.9k 0.6×	2.1k 0.7×	868 0.7×	818 0.6×	660 0.7×	41	3.8k
James W. Fristrom United States	39	2.5k 0.8×	2.9k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	843 0.9×	89	5.1k
Marek Jindra Czechia	31	2.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	467 0.5×	59	4.1k
G.R. Wyatt Canada	43	2.6k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	2.2k 1.7×	530 0.6×	105	6.3k
Mary Bownes United Kingdom	41	2.7k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.7×	1.4k 1.1×	819 0.9×	136	5.9k
Chantal Dauphin‐Villemant France	26	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	796 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	497 0.6×	44	3.2k
Ryusuke Niwa Japan	37	2.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	583 0.7×	87	4.7k
Dick J. Van der Horst Netherlands	28	1.4k 0.5×	925 0.3×	526 0.4×	792 0.6×	400 0.4×	61	2.6k
Michael Bender United States	16	1.6k 0.5×	948 0.3×	660 0.5×	580 0.4×	439 0.5×	28	2.3k
Dean P. Smith United States	33	3.3k 1.1×	1.9k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.5×	635 0.7×	70	5.2k

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Cherbas, Lucy, et al.. (2015). Tools for Targeted Genome Engineering of Established Drosophila Cell Lines. Genetics. 201(4). 1307–1318. 10 indexed citations

Wen, Jiayu, Jaaved Mohammed, Diane Bortolamiol-Bécet, et al.. (2014). Diversity of miRNAs, siRNAs, and piRNAs across 25 Drosophila cell lines. Genome Research. 24(7). 1236–1250. 55 indexed citations

Lee, Hangnoh, C. Joel McManus, Dong-Yeon Cho, et al.. (2014). DNA copy number evolution in Drosophila cell lines. Genome biology. 15(8). R70–R70. 76 indexed citations

Smibert, Peter, Pedro Miura, Jakub Orzechowski Westholm, et al.. (2012). Global Patterns of Tissue-Specific Alternative Polyadenylation in Drosophila. Cell Reports. 1(3). 277–289. 187 indexed citations

Cherbas, Lucy & Peter Cherbas. (2007). Transformation of Drosophila Cell Lines. Methods in molecular biology. 388. 317–340. 14 indexed citations

Badenhorst, Paul, Hua Xiao, Lucy Cherbas, et al.. (2005). The Drosophila nucleosome remodeling factor NURF is required for Ecdysteroid signaling and metamorphosis. Genes & Development. 19(21). 2540–2545. 118 indexed citations

Riddiford, Lynn M., Peter Cherbas, & James W. Truman. (2000). Ecdysone receptors and their biological actions. Vitamins and hormones. 60. 1–73. 476 indexed citations

Cherbas, Lucy & Peter Cherbas. (1997). “Parahomologous” Gene Targeting in Drosophila Cells: An Efficient, Homology-Dependent Pathway of Illegitimate Recombination Near a Target Site. Genetics. 145(2). 349–358. 35 indexed citations

Swevers, Luc, Lucy Cherbas, Peter Cherbas, & Kostas Iatrou. (1996). Bombyx EcR (BmEcR) and Bombyx USP (BmCF1) combine to form a functional ecdysone receptor. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 26(3). 217–221. 104 indexed citations

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D’Avino, Pier Paolo, Stefania Crispi, Lucy Cherbas, Peter Cherbas, & Maria Furia. (1995). The moulting hormone ecdysone is able to recognize target elements composed of direct repeats. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 113(1). 1–9. 40 indexed citations

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Cherbas, Lucy, Robert F. Moss, & Peter Cherbas. (1994). Chapter 9 Transformation Techniques for Drosophila Cell Lines. Methods in cell biology. 44. 161–179. 62 indexed citations

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Andres, Andrew J. & Peter Cherbas. (1994). Tissue‐specific regulation by ecdysone: Distinct patterns of Eip28/29 expression are controlled by different ecdysone response elements. Developmental Genetics. 15(4). 320–331. 18 indexed citations

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Koelle, Michael R., William S. Talbot, William A. Segraves, et al.. (1991). The drosophila EcR gene encodes an ecdysone receptor, a new member of the steroid receptor superfamily. Cell. 67(1). 59–77. 802 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rebay, Ilaria, et al.. (1991). Specific EGF repeats of Notch mediate interactions with Delta and serrate: Implications for notch as a multifunctional receptor. Cell. 67(4). 687–699. 640 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cherbas, Lucy, et al.. (1991). Identification of ecdysone response elements by analysis of the Drosophila Eip28/29 gene.. Genes & Development. 5(1). 120–131. 189 indexed citations

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Spray, David C., et al.. (1989). Ionic coupling and mitotic synchrony of siblings in a Drosophila cell line. Experimental Cell Research. 184(2). 509–517. 9 indexed citations

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Cherbas, Peter, Lucy Cherbas, Shoei‐Sheng Lee, & K Nakanishi. (1988). 26-[125I]iodoponasterone A is a potent ecdysone and a sensitive radioligand for ecdysone receptors.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 85(7). 2096–2100. 64 indexed citations

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Savakis, Charalambos, M. Koehler, & Peter Cherbas. (1984). cDNA clones for the ecdysone-inducible polypeptide (EIP) mRNAs of Drosophila Kc cells. The EMBO Journal. 3(1). 235–243. 42 indexed citations

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Beltz, Gerald A., Kenneth Jacobs, Thomas H. Eickbush, Peter Cherbas, & Fotis C. Kafatos. (1983). [19] Isolation of multigene families and determination of homologies by filter hybridization methods. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 100. 266–285. 115 indexed citations

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Cherbas, Lucy, et al.. (1980). The morphological response of Kc-H cells to ecdysteroids: Hormonal specificity. Development Genes and Evolution. 189(1). 1–15. 88 indexed citations

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