R. Dyche Mullins

20.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
86 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

R. Dyche Mullins is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Dyche Mullins has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Cell Biology, 44 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in R. Dyche Mullins's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (52 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (19 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (17 papers). R. Dyche Mullins is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (52 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (19 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (17 papers). R. Dyche Mullins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Argentina. R. Dyche Mullins's co-authors include Daniel A. Fletcher, Thomas D. Pollard, Laurent Blanchoin, Thomas D. Pollard, Matthew D. Welch, Scott D. Hansen, Jonathan Zalevsky, Brittany J. Belin, Christopher S. Campbell and Samuel J. Lord and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

R. Dyche Mullins

85 papers receiving 12.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Cell mechanics and the cytoskeleton

2010 2.2k citations Daniel A. Fletcher, R. Dyche Mullins profile →
Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Actin Filament Dynamics in Nonmuscle Cells

2000 1.2k citations R. Dyche Mullins et al. profile →
The interaction of Arp2/3 complex with actin: Nucleation, high affinity pointed end capping, and formation of branching networks of filaments

1998 1.0k citations R. Dyche Mullins et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
β-Arrestin–Dependent Endocytosis of Proteinase-Activated Receptor 2 Is Required for Intracellular Targeting of Activated Erk1/2

2000 679 citations R. Dyche Mullins et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Scar, a WASp-related protein, activates nucleation of actin filaments by the Arp2/3 complex

1999 613 citations R. Dyche Mullins, Henry N. Higgs et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
SuperPlots: Communicating reproducibility and variability in cell biology

2020 392 citations Samuel J. Lord, Katrina Velle et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Dyche Mullins United States	47	7.5k	5.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.2k	86	12.3k
Tatyana Svitkina United States	59	8.8k 1.2×	5.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	114	13.1k
Pekka Lappalainen Finland	64	7.9k 1.1×	6.5k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	146	13.6k
Laurent Blanchoin France	56	7.4k 1.0×	4.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	818 0.7×	124	10.7k
Henry N. Higgs United States	52	6.3k 0.8×	6.3k 1.2×	952 0.6×	595 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	104	11.6k
Klemens Rottner Germany	56	6.3k 0.8×	4.3k 0.8×	848 0.6×	892 0.6×	1.9k 1.5×	151	10.2k
J. Victor Small Austria	78	10.0k 1.3×	6.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	2.5k 2.0×	171	15.6k
Alan Rick Horwitz United States	38	6.8k 0.9×	5.5k 1.0×	975 0.6×	2.2k 1.5×	2.9k 2.4×	56	12.3k
Dominique Pantaloni France	58	8.1k 1.1×	5.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	868 0.7×	117	11.6k
Laura M. Machesky United Kingdom	68	8.8k 1.2×	7.9k 1.5×	926 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	2.9k 2.3×	199	15.9k
Timothy J. Mitchison United States	35	5.6k 0.7×	4.0k 0.7×	812 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	942 0.8×	39	8.5k

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Gouirand, Victoire, Sean Clancy, J. W. F. Valle, et al.. (2025). Layilin regulates Treg motility and suppressive capacity in skin. eLife. 14.

Derman, Alan I., et al.. (2024). Polymer dynamics of Alp7A reveals how two critical concentrations govern assembly of dynamically unstable actin-like proteins. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 35(11). ar145–ar145. 1 indexed citations

Charles‐Orszag, Arthur, et al.. (2024). Archaeal actins and the origin of a multi-functional cytoskeleton. Journal of Bacteriology. 206(3). e0034823–e0034823. 10 indexed citations

Charles‐Orszag, Arthur, Marleen van Wolferen, Samuel J. Lord, Sonja‐Verena Albers, & R. Dyche Mullins. (2024). Adhesion pilus retraction powers twitching motility in the thermoacidophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5051–5051. 4 indexed citations

Li, Weihan, Diego Garrido Ruiz, Mark Voorhies, et al.. (2021). Protomer alignment modulates specificity of RNA substrate recognition by Ire1. eLife. 10. 8 indexed citations

Lord, Samuel J., Katrina Velle, R. Dyche Mullins, & Lillian K. Fritz‐Laylin. (2020). SuperPlots: Communicating reproducibility and variability in cell biology. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(6). 392 indexed citations breakdown →

Mullins, R. Dyche, et al.. (2020). Initiation and disassembly of filopodia tip complexes containing VASP and lamellipodin. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 31(18). 2021–2034. 23 indexed citations

Yang, Bin, Yina Wang, Siyu Feng, et al.. (2019). Epi-illumination SPIM for volumetric imaging with high spatial-temporal resolution. Nature Methods. 16(6). 501–504. 98 indexed citations

DiMaio, Frank, Shun Kai Yang, Jesse M. Hansen, et al.. (2018). Cryo-EM structure of the bacterial actin AlfA reveals unique assembly and ATP-binding interactions and the absence of a conserved subdomain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(13). 3356–3361. 8 indexed citations

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Bieling, Peter, Scott D. Hansen, Orkun Akin, et al.. (2017). WH2 and proline‐rich domains of WASP‐family proteins collaborate to accelerate actin filament elongation. The EMBO Journal. 37(1). 102–121. 62 indexed citations

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Risca, Viviana I., Felipe K. Hurtado, Jessica Polka, et al.. (2017). Bacterial Tubulins A and B Exhibit Polarized Growth, Mixed-Polarity Bundling, and Destabilization by GTP Hydrolysis. Journal of Bacteriology. 199(19). 10 indexed citations

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Fritz‐Laylin, Lillian K., Samuel J. Lord, & R. Dyche Mullins. (2017). WASP and SCAR are evolutionarily conserved in actin-filled pseudopod-based motility. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(6). 1673–1688. 69 indexed citations

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Fritz‐Laylin, Lillian K., Megan Riel‐Mehan, Bi‐Chang Chen, et al.. (2017). Actin-based protrusions of migrating neutrophils are intrinsically lamellar and facilitate direction changes. eLife. 6. 94 indexed citations

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Köster, D, Kabir Husain, Peter Bieling, et al.. (2016). Actomyosin dynamics drive local membrane component organization in an in vitro active composite layer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(12). E1645–54. 108 indexed citations

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Polka, Jessica, Justin M. Kollman, & R. Dyche Mullins. (2014). Accessory factors promote AlfA-dependent plasmid segregation by regulating filament nucleation, disassembly, and bundling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(6). 2176–2181. 24 indexed citations

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Mullins, R. Dyche, et al.. (2014). Bacterial Actin-Like Proteins. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 540. 19–34. 5 indexed citations

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Ingerman, Elena, et al.. (2013). Arp2/3 complex ATP hydrolysis promotes lamellipodial actin network disassembly but is dispensable for assembly. The Journal of Cell Biology. 200(5). 619–633. 32 indexed citations

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Akin, Orkun & R. Dyche Mullins. (2008). Capping Protein Increases the Rate of Actin-Based Motility by Promoting Filament Nucleation by the Arp2/3 Complex. Cell. 133(5). 841–851. 198 indexed citations

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Garner, Ethan C., Christopher S. Campbell, Douglas B. Weibel, & R. Dyche Mullins. (2007). Reconstitution of DNA Segregation Driven by Assembly of a Prokaryotic Actin Homolog. Science. 315(5816). 1270–1274. 167 indexed citations

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Dayel, Mark J. & R. Dyche Mullins. (2004). Activation of Arp2/3 Complex: Addition of the First Subunit of the New Filament by a WASP Protein Triggers Rapid ATP Hydrolysis on Arp2. PLoS Biology. 2(4). e91–e91. 70 indexed citations

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