Sean Munro

28.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
107 papers, 21.0k citations indexed

About

Sean Munro is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean Munro has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 21.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Cell Biology, 79 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Sean Munro's work include Cellular transport and secretion (78 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (34 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (18 papers). Sean Munro is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (78 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (34 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (18 papers). Sean Munro collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Sean Munro's co-authors include Hugh R.B. Pelham, Muna Abu-Shaar, Kerrie L. Thomas, Alison K. Gillingham, Tim P. Levine, Mark S. Bretscher, Rudy Behnia, Tim J. Stevens, Hayley J. Sharpe and B. Panić and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Sean Munro

105 papers receiving 20.6k 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.

Molecular characterization of a peripheral receptor for cannabinoids

1993 4.1k citations Sean Munro et al. profile →
A C-terminal signal prevents secretion of luminal ER proteins

1987 1.9k citations Sean Munro et al. profile →
Lipid Rafts

2003 1.3k citations Sean Munro profile →
An hsp70-like protein in the ER: Identity with the 78 kd glucose-regulated protein and immunoglobulin heavy chain binding protein

1986 1.3k citations Sean Munro et al. profile →
Essentials of Glycobiology

2000 779 citations Sean Munro profile →
Cholesterol and the Golgi Apparatus

1993 683 citations Sean Munro et al. Science profile →
Furin cleavage of SARS-CoV-2 Spike promotes but is not essential for infection and cell-cell fusion

2021 215 citations Guido Papa, Donna L. Mallery et al. PLoS Pathogens profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean Munro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sean Munro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sean Munro based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sean Munro. Sean Munro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The FAM114A proteins are adaptors for the recycling of Golgi enzymes 2024 ·Journal of Cell Science ·Lawrence G. Welch, Nadine Muschalik, Sean Munro	2
2	GOLPH3 and GOLPH3L are broad-spectrum COPI adaptors for sorting into intra-Golgi transport vesicles 2021 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Lawrence G. Welch, Sew‐Yeu Peak‐Chew, Farida Begum, Tim J. Stevens, Sean Munro	42
3	Furin cleavage of SARS-CoV-2 Spike promotes but is not essential for infection and cell-cell fusion breakdown → 2021 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Guido Papa, Donna L. Mallery, Anna Albecka, Lawrence G. Welch, Jérôme Cattin‐Ortolá, Jakub Lupták, David Paul, Harvey T. McMahon, Ian Goodfellow, Andrew P. Carter, Sean Munro, Leo C. James	215
4	Cryo‐EM structure of metazoan TRAPPIII, the multi‐subunit complex that activates the GTPase Rab1 2021 ·The EMBO Journal ·Antonio Galindo, Vicente J. Planelles-Herrero, Gianluca Degliesposti, Sean Munro	30
5	Structural basis for VPS34 kinase activation by Rab1 and Rab5 on membranes 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Shirley Tremel, Yohei Ohashi, Dustin R. Morado, (unknown), Olga Perišić, (unknown), (unknown), Zhuo A. Chen, Sarah Maslen, Oleksiy Kovtun, Mark Skehel, Juri Rappsilber, Kathrin Lang, Sean Munro, John A. G. Briggs, Roger Williams	76
6	Toolbox: Creating a systematic database of secretory pathway proteins uncovers new cargo for COPI 2018 ·Traffic ·Uri Weill, Eric Clement Arakel, (unknown), Matan Golan, Silvia Chuartzman, Sean Munro, Blanche Schwappach, Maya Schuldiner	13
7	The two TRAPP complexes of metazoans have distinct roles and act on different Rab GTPases 2017 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·(unknown), Antonio Galindo, Nadine Muschalik, Sean Munro	50
8	The specificity of vesicle traffic to the Golgi is encoded in the golgin coiled-coil proteins 2014 ·Science ·Mie Wong, Sean Munro	192
9	γ-Tubulin controls neuronal microtubule polarity independently of Golgi outposts 2014 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Michelle M. Nguyen, (unknown), (unknown), Daniel J. Goetschius, Alexis T. Weiner, Melissa Long, (unknown), Sean Munro, Melissa M. Rolls	88
10	The small G protein Arl1 directs the trans-Golgi–specific targeting of the Arf1 exchange factors BIG1 and BIG2 2012 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Chantal Christis, Sean Munro	51
11	Arl8 and SKIP Act Together to Link Lysosomes to Kinesin-1 2011 ·Developmental Cell ·(unknown), Sean Munro	245
12	The Golgin Coiled-Coil Proteins of the Golgi Apparatus 2011 ·Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology ·Sean Munro	174
13	Membrane Delivery to the Yeast Autophagosome from the Golgi–Endosomal System 2010 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Yohei Ohashi, Sean Munro	147
14	The exocyst component Sec5 is present on endocytic vesicles in the oocyte of Drosophila melanogaster 2005 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Cathérine Rabouille, Sean Munro	54
15	Structural Basis for Arl1-Dependent Targeting of Homodimeric GRIP Domains to the Golgi Apparatus 2003 ·Molecular Cell ·B. Panić, Olga Perišić, Dmitry B. Veprintsev, Roger Williams, Sean Munro	117
16	The Sec34/35 Golgi Transport Complex Is Related to the Exocyst, Defining a Family of Complexes Involved in Multiple Steps of Membrane Traffic 2001 ·Developmental Cell ·(unknown), Sean Munro	209
17	A yeast homolog of the mammalian mannose 6-phosphate receptors contributes to the sorting of vacuolar hydrolases 2001 ·Current Biology ·(unknown), Sean Munro	34
18	Dual Targeting of Osh1p, a Yeast Homologue of Oxysterol-binding Protein, to both the Golgi and the Nucleus-Vacuole Junction 2001 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Tim P. Levine, Sean Munro	170
19	The GRIP domain – a novel Golgi-targeting domain found in several coiled-coil proteins 1999 ·Current Biology ·Sean Munro, Ben Nichols	159
20	The pleckstrin homology domain of oxysterol-binding protein recognises a determinant specific to Golgi membranes 1998 ·Current Biology ·Tim P. Levine, Sean Munro	218

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