Sam Kunes

2.4k citations

27 papers · 2.0k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 20

Impact in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 5%
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
Aging top 5%

Papers in ⓘ

Molecular Biology 20
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation 7
- Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies 4
- Fungal and yeast genetics research 4
- Retinal Development and Disorders 3
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 3
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 12
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research 11
- Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling 6

Co-authors: Hong Ma (2 shared papers)David Botstein (1 shared paper)Peter J. Schatz (1 shared paper)Shovon I. Ashraf (3 shared papers)Anna L. McLoon (2 shared papers)Kathleen L. Triman (1 shared paper)Dennis W. Schultz (1 shared paper)Gerald R. Smith (1 shared paper)
Journals: Cell (4 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (2 papers)Current Opinion in Neurobiology (2 papers)Genetics (2 papers)Developmental Cell (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan Taiwan

In The Last Decade

Sam Kunes

27 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Plasmid construction by homologous recombination in yeast 1987 · 493 citations

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1	Plasmid construction by homologous recombination in yeast Gene ·Hong Ma, Sam Kunes, Peter J. Schatz, David Botstein Hit paper breakdown →	1987	493
2	Synaptic Protein Synthesis Associated with Memory Is Regulated by the RISC Pathway in Drosophila Cell ·Shovon I. Ashraf, Anna L. McLoon, Sarah M. Sclarsic, Sam Kunes	2006	350
3	Structure of chi hotspots of generalized recombination Cell ·Gerald R. Smith, Sam Kunes, Dennis W. Schultz, Andrew F. Taylor, Kathleen L. Triman	1981	260
4	A Retinal Axon Fascicle Uses Spitz, an EGF Receptor Ligand, to Construct a Synaptic Cartridge in the Brain of Drosophila Cell ·Zhen Huang, Ben‐Zion Shilo, Sam Kunes	1998	98
5	Endocytic pathway is required for Drosophila Toll innate immune signaling Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hon-Ren Huang, Zhijian J. Chen, Sam Kunes, Geen-Dong Chang, Tom Maniatis	2010	71
6	Independent guidance of retinal axons in the developing visual system of Drosophila Journal of Neuroscience ·Sam Kunes, C. M. Wilson, Hermann Steller	1993	69
7	Transformation of yeast with linearized plasmid DNA Journal of Molecular Biology ·Sam Kunes, David Botstein, Mark A. Fox	1985	65
8	A trace of silence: memory and microRNA at the synapse Current Opinion in Neurobiology ·Shovon I. Ashraf, Sam Kunes	2006	60
9	An axon scaffold induced by retinal axons directs glia to destinations in the Drosophila optic lobe Development ·Richard E. Dearborn, Sam Kunes	2004	58
10	Eph Receptor Tyrosine Kinase-Mediated Formation of a Topographic Map in theDrosophilaVisual System Journal of Neuroscience ·Richard E. Dearborn, Qi He, Sam Kunes, Yong Dai	2002	52
11	Ablation of Drosophila photoreceptor cells by conditional expression of a toxin gene. Genes & Development ·Sam Kunes, Hermann Steller	1991	52
12	A bidirectional network for appetite control in larval zebrafish eLife ·Caroline Lei Wee, Erin Song, Robert E. Johnson, Deepak Ailani, Owen Randlett, Ji-Yoon Kim, Maxim Nikitchenko, Armin Bahl, Chao-Tsung Yang, Misha B. Ahrens, Koichi Kawakami, Florian Engert, Sam Kunes	2019	45
13	Fine Structure Recombinational Analysis of Cloned Genes Using Yeast Transformation Genetics ·Sam Kunes, Hong Ma, Karen Overbye, Mark A. Fox, David Botstein	1987	43
14	The Full-length Unprocessed Hedgehog Protein Is an Active Signaling Molecule Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Robert Tokhunts, Samer Singh, T. Ming Chu, Gisela D’Angelo, Valérie Baubet, John A. Goetz, Zhen Huang, Ziqiang Yuan, Manuel Ascano, Yana Zavros, Pascal P. Thérond, Sam Kunes, Nadia Dahmane, David Robbins	2009	38
15	A C-Terminal Motif Targets Hedgehog to Axons, Coordinating Assembly of the Drosophila Eye and Brain Developmental Cell ·T. Ming Chu, Michael T.-K. Chiu, Elisa Zhang, Sam Kunes	2006	34
16	Synapsis-mediated fusion of free DNA ends forms inverted dimer plasmids in yeast. Genetics ·Sam Kunes, David Botstein, Mark A. Fox	1990	33
17	Mitochondrial chaperone TRAP1 activates the mitochondrial UPR and extends healthspan in Drosophila Mechanisms of Ageing and Development ·Rehan M. Baqri, Arielle V. Pietron, Rewatee H. Gokhale, Brittany A. Turner, Laurie S. Kaguni, Alexander W. Shingleton, Sam Kunes, Kyle E. Miller	2014	29
18	Determinants of the Drosophila Odorant Receptor Pattern Developmental Cell ·Erin Song, Benjamin de Bivort, Chuntao Dan, Sam Kunes	2012	23
19	Nonvesicular release of acetylcholine is required for axon targeting in theDrosophilavisual system Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hong Yang, Sam Kunes	2004	22
20	Axonal signals in the assembly of neural circuitry Current Opinion in Neurobiology ·Sam Kunes	2000	19

About Sam Kunes

Sam Kunes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Genetics and Ecology, having authored 27 papers that have together received 2.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (11 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (7 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (6 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (4 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (4 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (3 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (497 citations), Aging (47 citations), Molecular Biology (1.6k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (69 citations) and Cell Biology (251 citations). Sam Kunes has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Taiwan. Frequent co-authors include Hong Ma, David Botstein, Peter J. Schatz, Shovon I. Ashraf, Anna L. McLoon, Kathleen L. Triman, Dennis W. Schultz, Gerald R. Smith, Andrew F. Taylor and Hermann Steller. Their work appears in journals such as Cell, Journal of Neuroscience, Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Genetics and Developmental Cell.

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