Stephen M. King

10.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
154 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen M. King is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen M. King has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Molecular Biology, 97 papers in Cell Biology and 48 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Stephen M. King's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (96 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (49 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (47 papers). Stephen M. King is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (96 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (49 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (47 papers). Stephen M. King collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Stephen M. King's co-authors include Ramila S. Patel‐King, George B. Witman, Sharon E. Benashski, Hamsa Puthalakath, Andreas Strasser, David C.S. Huang, K. Kevin Pfister, Alistair Harrison, Curtis G. Wilkerson and Miho Sakato and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Stephen M. King

149 papers receiving 6.9k citations

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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 Proapoptotic Activity of the Bcl-2 Family Member Bim Is Regulated by Interaction with the Dynein Motor Complex

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen M. King United States	45	5.1k	3.7k	1.9k	490	458	154	7.1k
G Piperno United States	37	4.6k 0.9×	3.4k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	730 1.5×	484 1.1×	46	6.0k
Wallace F. Marshall United States	52	8.2k 1.6×	3.6k 1.0×	4.0k 2.1×	656 1.3×	542 1.2×	184	10.5k
Maxence V. Nachury United States	41	7.0k 1.4×	3.5k 0.9×	4.8k 2.6×	126 0.3×	441 1.0×	62	8.8k
Pierre Gönczy Switzerland	60	8.1k 1.6×	6.9k 1.9×	1.9k 1.0×	149 0.3×	480 1.0×	141	11.0k
Jonathan M. Scholey United States	63	9.1k 1.8×	9.1k 2.4×	3.2k 1.7×	466 1.0×	421 0.9×	136	12.1k
Tim Mitchison United States	21	5.7k 1.1×	6.3k 1.7×	557 0.3×	207 0.4×	641 1.4×	26	8.2k
Tim Stearns United States	59	9.6k 1.9×	7.7k 2.1×	2.6k 1.4×	75 0.2×	228 0.5×	124	11.9k
Ursula Goodenough United States	56	5.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.4×	785 0.4×	673 1.4×	717 1.6×	135	7.7k
Erez Raz Germany	50	6.3k 1.2×	2.3k 0.6×	2.8k 1.5×	74 0.2×	843 1.8×	110	10.4k
Richard E. Cheney United States	43	4.8k 0.9×	3.6k 1.0×	376 0.2×	94 0.2×	658 1.4×	77	8.1k

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Yamamoto, Ryosuke, Rieko Shimo‐Kon, Mamoru Suzuki, et al.. (2025). Chlamydomonas FBB18 is a ubiquitin-like protein essential for the cytoplasmic preassembly of various ciliary dyneins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(12). e2423948122–e2423948122. 2 indexed citations

King, Stephen M., et al.. (2024). Cilia Provide a Platform for the Generation, Regulated Secretion, and Reception of Peptidergic Signals. Cells. 13(4). 303–303. 2 indexed citations

Patel‐King, Ramila S., et al.. (2024). Methylation of ciliary dynein motors involves the essential cytosolic assembly factor DNAAF3/PF22. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(5). e2318522121–e2318522121. 6 indexed citations

Xie, Haibo, Ramila S. Patel‐King, Bing Wang, et al.. (2021). Heme-binding protein CYB5D1 is a radial spoke component required for coordinated ciliary beating. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(17). 13 indexed citations

Kumar, Dhivya, Richard E. Mains, Betty Eipper, & Stephen M. King. (2019). Ciliary and cytoskeletal functions of an ancient monooxygenase essential for bioactive amidated peptide synthesis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 76(12). 2329–2348. 16 indexed citations

Kumar, Dhivya, et al.. (2019). Cilia-based peptidergic signaling. PLoS Biology. 17(12). e3000566–e3000566. 34 indexed citations

King, Stephen M., et al.. (2019). ASPA code of ethics as a framework for teaching ethics in public affairs and administration: a conceptual content analysis of MPA ethics course syllabi. Journal of Public Affairs Education. 27(2). 176–197. 8 indexed citations

Kumar, Dhivya, Rebecca T. Thomason, Maya Yankova, et al.. (2018). Microvillar and ciliary defects in zebrafish lacking an actin-binding bioactive peptide amidating enzyme. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4547–4547. 18 indexed citations

Kumar, Dhivya, Daniela Strenkert, Ramila S. Patel‐King, et al.. (2017). A bioactive peptide amidating enzyme is required for ciliogenesis. eLife. 6. 23 indexed citations

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King, Stephen M. & Ramila S. Patel‐King. (2016). Planaria as a Model System for the Analysis of Ciliary Assembly and Motility. Methods in molecular biology. 1454. 245–254. 10 indexed citations

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Rompolas, Panteleimon, Juliette Azimzadeh, Wallace F. Marshall, & Stephen M. King. (2013). Analysis of Ciliary Assembly and Function in Planaria. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 525. 245–264. 33 indexed citations

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King, Stephen M.. (2012). Dyneins : structure, biology and disease. Academic Press eBooks. 68 indexed citations

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Rompolas, Panteleimon, Ramila S. Patel‐King, & Stephen M. King. (2012). Association of Lis1 with outer arm dynein is modulated in response to alterations in flagellar motility. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(18). 3554–3565. 21 indexed citations

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Rompolas, Panteleimon, Lotte B. Pedersen, Ramila S. Patel‐King, & Stephen M. King. (2007). Chlamydomonas FAP133 is a dynein intermediate chain associated with the retrograde intraflagellar transport motor. Journal of Cell Science. 120(20). 3653–3665. 77 indexed citations

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Wanschers, Bas F.J., et al.. (2007). Rab6 family proteins interact with the dynein light chain protein DYNLRB1. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 65(3). 183–196. 62 indexed citations

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Wakabayashi, Ken‐ichi & Stephen M. King. (2006). Modulation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii flagellar motility by redox poise. The Journal of Cell Biology. 173(5). 743–754. 69 indexed citations

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DiBella, Linda M., Miho Sakato, Ken‐ichi Wakabayashi, et al.. (2005). Differential Light Chain Assembly Influences Outer Arm Dynein Motor Function. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(12). 5661–5674. 30 indexed citations

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Wit, Nicole de, Guido Kappé, Stephen M. King, et al.. (2004). Testis-specific human small heat shock protein HSPB9 is a cancer/testis antigen, and potentially interacts with the dynein subunit TCTEL1. European Journal of Cell Biology. 83(7). 337–345. 27 indexed citations

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Patel‐King, Ramila S., Sharon E. Benashski, & Stephen M. King. (2002). A Bipartite Ca2+-regulated Nucleoside-diphosphate Kinase System within theChlamydomonas Flagellum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(37). 34271–34279. 40 indexed citations

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Paschal, Bryce M., Stephen M. King, Anthony G. Moss, et al.. (1987). Isolated flagellar outer arm dynein translocates brain microtubules in vitro. Nature. 330(6149). 672–674. 96 indexed citations

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