Stephen J. King

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Stephen J. King is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen J. King has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Cell Biology, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Stephen J. King's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (30 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (21 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (16 papers). Stephen J. King is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (30 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (21 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (16 papers). Stephen J. King collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Madagascar. Stephen J. King's co-authors include Trina A. Schroer, Steven P. Gross, Roop Mallik, David Razafsky, Juliette D. Godin, Bénédicte C. Charrin, Frédéric Saudou, Sandrine Humbert, Jim Dompierre and Fabrice P. Cordelières and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Stephen J. King

67 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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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.

Histone Deacetylase 6 Inhibition Compensates for the Transport Deficit in Huntington's Disease by Increasing Tubulin Acetylation

2007 637 citations Stephen J. King et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Dynactin increases the processivity of the cytoplasmic dynein motor

1999 525 citations Stephen J. King, Trina A. Schroer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen J. King United States	31	2.3k	2.3k	479	456	351	68	4.4k
Sylvie Dufour France	48	2.4k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	612 1.3×	122 0.3×	771 2.2×	129	6.5k
Gáspár Jékely Germany	40	2.5k 1.0×	870 0.4×	1.9k 3.9×	289 0.6×	575 1.6×	99	5.0k
Stuart A. Newman United States	46	3.2k 1.4×	1.5k 0.7×	223 0.5×	61 0.1×	998 2.8×	156	6.2k
Kazuo Inaba Japan	38	2.4k 1.0×	808 0.4×	657 1.4×	49 0.1×	1.2k 3.3×	157	5.0k
Richard J. Adams United Kingdom	35	2.1k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	778 1.6×	39 0.1×	462 1.3×	65	4.2k
Richard P. Elinson Canada	39	2.8k 1.2×	974 0.4×	482 1.0×	84 0.2×	852 2.4×	108	4.5k
Mark Terasaki United States	46	4.3k 1.8×	2.9k 1.3×	964 2.0×	32 0.1×	402 1.1×	88	7.4k
Sean McKinney United States	27	4.4k 1.9×	891 0.4×	1.2k 2.5×	39 0.1×	453 1.3×	58	7.2k
Thomas Gregor United States	33	3.3k 1.4×	699 0.3×	341 0.7×	80 0.2×	567 1.6×	93	4.5k
Charles J. Brokaw United States	44	1.9k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	728 1.5×	41 0.1×	838 2.4×	106	6.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen J. King

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Li, Qiaochu, Jonathan Silver, John O. S. Wilson, et al.. (2023). Cholesterol in the cargo membrane amplifies tau inhibition of kinesin-1-based transport. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(3). e2212507120–e2212507120. 5 indexed citations

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Ledray, Aaron P., et al.. (2018). A novel mouse model carrying a human cytoplasmic dynein mutation shows motor behavior deficits consistent with Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2O disease. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1739–1739. 16 indexed citations

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Gramlich, Michael W., Leslie Conway, Joelle A. Labastide, et al.. (2017). Single Molecule Investigation of Kinesin-1 Motility Using Engineered Microtubule Defects. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 44290–44290. 24 indexed citations

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Li, Qiaochu, et al.. (2016). Microtubule Defects Influence Kinesin-Based Transport In Vitro. Biophysical Journal. 110(10). 2229–2240. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Qiaochu, Stephen J. King, Ajay Gopinathan, & Jing Xu. (2016). Quantitative Determination of the Probability of Multiple-Motor Transport in Bead-Based Assays. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 462a–462a. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Qiaochu, Stephen J. King, Ajay Gopinathan, & Jing Xu. (2016). Quantitative Determination of the Probability of Multiple-Motor Transport in Bead-Based Assays. Biophysical Journal. 110(12). 2720–2728. 19 indexed citations

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Evans, Alistair R., Kathleen S. Paul, Stephen J. King, et al.. (2016). A simple rule governs the evolution and development of hominin tooth size. Nature. 530(7591). 477–480. 77 indexed citations

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Gao, Feng, Michael P. Alexander, Jai Prakash Pandey, et al.. (2015). GSK‐3β Phosphorylation of Cytoplasmic Dynein Reduces Ndel1 Binding to Intermediate Chains and Alters Dynein Motility. Traffic. 16(9). 941–961. 44 indexed citations

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Xu, Jing, et al.. (2014). Interplay between Velocity and Travel Distance of Kinesin-Based Transport in the Presence of Tau. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 354a–355a. 1 indexed citations

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Razafsky, David, Max A. Schlager, Andrea Serra-Marques, et al.. (2012). BICD2, dynactin, and LIS1 cooperate in regulating dynein recruitment to cellular structures. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(21). 4226–4241. 181 indexed citations

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King, Stephen J., Douglas Boyer, Stacey R. Tecot, et al.. (2012). Lemur habitat and dental senescence in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 148(2). 228–237. 14 indexed citations

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Wright, Patricia C., Stacey R. Tecot, Elizabeth M. Erhart, et al.. (2011). Frugivory in four sympatric lemurs: implications for the future of Madagascar's forests. American Journal of Primatology. 73(6). 585–602. 45 indexed citations

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Wright, Patricia C., Stephen J. King, Andrea L. Baden, & Jukka Jernvall. (2008). Aging in Wild Female Lemurs: Sustained Fertility with Increased Infant Mortality. PubMed. 36. 17–28. 34 indexed citations

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Vershinin, Michael, Jing Xu, David Razafsky, Stephen J. King, & Steven P. Gross. (2008). Tuning Microtubule‐Based Transport Through Filamentous MAPs: The Problem of Dynein. Traffic. 9(6). 882–892. 56 indexed citations

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Bekker, Janine M., Andrew D. Stephens, William T. Clarke, et al.. (2007). Direct interaction of Gas11 with microtubules: Implications for the dynein regulatory complex. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 64(6). 461–473. 18 indexed citations

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Godfrey, Laurie R., William L. Jungers, David A. Burney, et al.. (2006). New discoveries of skeletal elements of Hadropithecus stenognathus from Andrahomana Cave, southeastern Madagascar. Journal of Human Evolution. 51(4). 395–410. 17 indexed citations

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Mesngon, Mariano T., Cataldo Tarricone, Estelle Schmitt, et al.. (2006). Regulation of Cytoplasmic Dynein ATPase by Lis1. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(7). 2132–2139. 67 indexed citations

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Godfrey, Laurie R., Karen E. Samonds, Patricia C. Wright, & Stephen J. King. (2005). Schultz’s Unruly Rule: Dental Developmental Sequences and Schedules in Small-Bodied, Folivorous Lemurs. Folia Primatologica. 76(2). 77–99. 38 indexed citations

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King, Stephen J., Christa L. Brown, Kerstin C. Maier, Nicholas J Quintyne, & Trina A. Schroer. (2003). Analysis of the Dynein-Dynactin Interaction In Vitro and In Vivo. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 14(12). 5089–5097. 142 indexed citations

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King, Stephen J., et al.. (1985). The Presence in Blood of Both Glycosaminoglycan and Mucosal Mast Cell Protease following Systemic Anaphylaxis in the Rat. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 76(3). 286–288. 4 indexed citations

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