Steven A. Wasserman

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Steven A. Wasserman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven A. Wasserman has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Immunology and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Steven A. Wasserman's work include Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (19 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (10 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (10 papers). Steven A. Wasserman is often cited by papers focused on Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (19 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (10 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (10 papers). Steven A. Wasserman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Switzerland. Steven A. Wasserman's co-authors include Nicholas R. Cozzarelli, Diego H. Castrillón, Jean Z. Maines, Charles G. Eberhart, Par Towb, Scott A. Lindsay, Leon Avery, Christopher A. Shelton, Huaiyu Sun and Rene L. Galindo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Steven A. Wasserman

70 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Control of Male Sexual Behavior and Sexual Orientation in Drosophila by the fruitless Gene

1996 394 citations Lisa Ryner, Stephen F. Goodwin et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven A. Wasserman United States	45	3.5k	1.8k	1.4k	1.0k	894	70	6.4k
Ichiro Yahara Japan	62	7.0k 2.0×	1.6k 0.9×	622 0.4×	711 0.7×	256 0.3×	133	10.5k
Matthew D. Welch United States	43	3.8k 1.1×	762 0.4×	764 0.6×	386 0.4×	459 0.5×	88	8.5k
R Waterston United States	74	11.9k 3.4×	515 0.3×	3.3k 2.4×	872 0.8×	423 0.5×	155	17.3k
Mary K. Montgomery United States	15	10.3k 3.0×	891 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	578 0.6×	746 0.8×	28	13.0k
Titia K. Sixma Netherlands	61	13.1k 3.8×	991 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	913 1.0×	126	15.0k
Steven Lin United States	37	7.1k 2.0×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	393 0.4×	64	9.8k
Roberto Bonasio United States	41	5.7k 1.6×	2.1k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	527 0.5×	708 0.8×	70	9.6k
Christophe Ampè Belgium	44	4.3k 1.3×	589 0.3×	699 0.5×	380 0.4×	653 0.7×	119	7.0k
Siqun Xu China	12	10.6k 3.1×	835 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	576 0.6×	694 0.8×	21	13.0k
Susumu Hirose Japan	47	4.6k 1.3×	433 0.2×	1.2k 0.9×	745 0.7×	290 0.3×	128	5.7k

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Hanson, Mark A., et al.. (2021). Cecropins contribute to Drosophila host defense against a subset of fungal and Gram-negative bacterial infection. Genetics. 220(1). 43 indexed citations

Hanson, Mark A., Lianne B. Cohen, Alice Marra, et al.. (2021). The Drosophila Baramicin polypeptide gene protects against fungal infection. PLoS Pathogens. 17(8). e1009846–e1009846. 40 indexed citations

Cohen, Lianne B., et al.. (2020). The Daisho Peptides Mediate Drosophila Defense Against a Subset of Filamentous Fungi. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 9–9. 37 indexed citations

Zhou, Bo, Scott A. Lindsay, & Steven A. Wasserman. (2015). Alternative NF-κB Isoforms in the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction and Brain. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0132793–e0132793. 9 indexed citations

Lindsay, Scott A., et al.. (2015). An Effector Peptide Family Required for Drosophila Toll-Mediated Immunity. PLoS Pathogens. 11(4). e1004876–e1004876. 101 indexed citations

Gendron, Joshua M., Raymond Mak, Kristofor J. Webb, et al.. (2015). The Unfolded Protein Response Triggers Site-Specific Regulatory Ubiquitylation of 40S Ribosomal Proteins. Molecular Cell. 59(1). 35–49. 124 indexed citations

Lindsay, Scott A. & Steven A. Wasserman. (2013). Conventional and non-conventional Drosophila Toll signaling. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 42(1). 16–24. 121 indexed citations

Campbell, James D., et al.. (2007). Safety, Reactogenicity, and Immunogenicity of a Recombinant Protective Antigen Anthrax Vaccine Given to Healthy Adults. Human Vaccines. 3(5). 205–211. 58 indexed citations

Park, Jin Mo, Helen Brady, Maria Grazia Ruocco, et al.. (2004). Targeting of TAK1 by the NF-κB protein Relish regulates the JNK-mediated immune response in Drosophila. Genes & Development. 18(5). 584–594. 149 indexed citations

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Sun, Huaiyu, et al.. (2002). A heterotrimeric death domain complex in Toll signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(20). 12871–12876. 109 indexed citations

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Wasserman, Steven A.. (2000). Toll signaling: the enigma variations. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 10(5). 497–502. 48 indexed citations

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Maines, Jean Z. & Steven A. Wasserman. (1999). Post-transcriptional regulation of the meiotic Cdc25 protein Twine by the Dazl orthologue Boule. Nature Cell Biology. 1(3). 171–174. 132 indexed citations

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Xiao, Tsan Sam, Par Towb, Steven A. Wasserman, & Stephen R. Sprang. (1999). Three-Dimensional Structure of a Complex between the Death Domains of Pelle and Tube. Cell. 99(5). 545–555. 150 indexed citations

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Cheng, Mickie, Jean Z. Maines, & Steven A. Wasserman. (1998). Biphasic Subcellular Localization of the DAZL-Related Protein Boule inDrosophilaSpermatogenesis. Developmental Biology. 204(2). 567–576. 68 indexed citations

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Galindo, Rene L., et al.. (1996). A Gradient of Cactus Protein Degradation Establishes Dorsoventral Polarity in theDrosophilaEmbryo. Developmental Biology. 180(1). 353–364. 103 indexed citations

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Ryner, Lisa, Stephen F. Goodwin, Diego H. Castrillón, et al.. (1996). Control of Male Sexual Behavior and Sexual Orientation in Drosophila by the fruitless Gene. Cell. 87(6). 1079–1089. 394 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wasserman, Steven A.. (1993). A conserved signal transduction pathway regulating the activity of the rel-like proteins dorsal and NF-kappa B.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4(8). 767–771. 75 indexed citations

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Shelton, Christopher A. & Steven A. Wasserman. (1993). pelle encodes a protein kinase required to establish dorsoventral polarity in the Drosophila embryo. Cell. 72(4). 515–525. 175 indexed citations

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Avery, Leon & Steven A. Wasserman. (1992). Ordering gene function: the interpretation of epistasis in regulatory hierarchies. Trends in Genetics. 8(9). 312–316. 185 indexed citations

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Wasserman, Steven A., James H. White, & Nicholas R. Cozzarelli. (1988). The helical repeat of double-stranded DNA varies as a function of catenation and supercoiling. Nature. 334(6181). 448–450. 46 indexed citations

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