Taulant Bacaj

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Taulant Bacaj is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Taulant Bacaj has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Taulant Bacaj's work include Cellular transport and secretion (13 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (6 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (5 papers). Taulant Bacaj is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (13 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (6 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (5 papers). Taulant Bacaj collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Taulant Bacaj's co-authors include Thomas C. Südhof, Peng Zhou, Shai Shaham, Xiaofei Yang, Wei Xu, Robert C. Malenka, Zhiping P. Pang, Dick Wu, Yun Lu and Wade Morishita and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Taulant Bacaj

18 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Synaptotagmin-1 and Synaptotagmin-7 Trigger Synchronous and Asynchronous Phases of Neurotransmitter Release

2013 218 citations Taulant Bacaj, Dick Wu et al. Neuron profile →

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Iris Augustin Germany

Iain M. Robinson United Kingdom

Shingo Yoshikawa Japan

Jeong-Seop Rhee Germany

Margaret E. Graham United Kingdom

Alexander M. Walter Germany

Joseph K. Angleson United States

Albrecht Sigler Germany

Marcial Camacho Spain

Thomas Dresbach Germany

Iris Augustin Germany

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18 of 18 papers shown

Wu, Dick, Taulant Bacaj, Wade Morishita, et al.. (2017). Postsynaptic synaptotagmins mediate AMPA receptor exocytosis during LTP. Nature. 544(7650). 316–321. 137 indexed citations

Sclip, Alessandra, Taulant Bacaj, Louise R. Giam, & Thomas C. Südhof. (2016). Extended Synaptotagmin (ESyt) Triple Knock-Out Mice Are Viable and Fertile without Obvious Endoplasmic Reticulum Dysfunction. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0158295–e0158295. 47 indexed citations

Bacaj, Taulant, Mohiuddin Ahmad, Sandra Jurado, Robert C. Malenka, & Thomas C. Südhof. (2015). Synaptic Function of Rab11Fip5: Selective Requirement for Hippocampal Long-Term Depression. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(19). 7460–7474. 19 indexed citations

Yang, Xiaofei, Jimin Pei, Yea Jin Kaeser‐Woo, et al.. (2015). Evolutionary conservation of complexins: from choanoflagellates to mice. EMBO Reports. 16(10). 1308–1317. 20 indexed citations

Zhou, Qiangjun, Ying Lai, Taulant Bacaj, et al.. (2015). Architecture of the synaptotagmin–SNARE machinery for neuronal exocytosis. Nature. 525(7567). 62–67. 250 indexed citations

Bacaj, Taulant, Dick Wu, Jacqueline Burré, et al.. (2015). Synaptotagmin-1 and -7 Are Redundantly Essential for Maintaining the Capacity of the Readily-Releasable Pool of Synaptic Vesicles. PLoS Biology. 13(10). e1002267–e1002267. 62 indexed citations

Luo, Fujun, Taulant Bacaj, & Thomas C. Südhof. (2015). Synaptotagmin-7 Is Essential for Ca2+-Triggered Delayed Asynchronous Release But Not for Ca2+-Dependent Vesicle Priming in Retinal Ribbon Synapses. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(31). 11024–11033. 39 indexed citations

Brewer, Kyle D., Taulant Bacaj, Andrea Cavalli, et al.. (2015). Dynamic binding mode of a Synaptotagmin-1–SNARE complex in solution. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 22(7). 555–564. 114 indexed citations

Wu, Bingbing, Shunhui Wei, Natalia Petersen, et al.. (2015). Synaptotagmin-7 phosphorylation mediates GLP-1–dependent potentiation of insulin secretion from β-cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(32). 9996–10001. 62 indexed citations

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Xu, Junjie, Taulant Bacaj, Amy Zhou, et al.. (2014). Structure and Ca2+-Binding Properties of the Tandem C2 Domains of E-Syt2. Structure. 22(2). 269–280. 34 indexed citations

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Bacaj, Taulant, Dick Wu, Xiaofei Yang, et al.. (2013). Synaptotagmin-1 and Synaptotagmin-7 Trigger Synchronous and Asynchronous Phases of Neurotransmitter Release. Neuron. 80(4). 947–959. 218 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Peng, Taulant Bacaj, Xiaofei Yang, Zhiping P. Pang, & Thomas C. Südhof. (2013). Lipid-Anchored SNAREs Lacking Transmembrane Regions Fully Support Membrane Fusion during Neurotransmitter Release. Neuron. 80(2). 470–483. 96 indexed citations

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Zhou, Peng, Zhiping P. Pang, Xiaofei Yang, et al.. (2012). Syntaxin‐1 N‐peptide and Habc‐domain perform distinct essential functions in synaptic vesicle fusion. The EMBO Journal. 32(1). 159–171. 100 indexed citations

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Yang, Shao-Nian, Yue Shi, Guang Yang, et al.. (2012). Inositol hexakisphosphate suppresses excitatory neurotransmission via synaptotagmin-1 C2B domain in the hippocampal neuron. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(30). 12183–12188. 18 indexed citations

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Pang, Zhiping P., Taulant Bacaj, Xiaofei Yang, et al.. (2011). Doc2 Supports Spontaneous Synaptic Transmission by a Ca2+-Independent Mechanism. Neuron. 70(2). 244–251. 123 indexed citations

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Bacaj, Taulant, et al.. (2008). Glia Are Essential for Sensory Organ Function in C. elegans. Science. 322(5902). 744–747. 146 indexed citations

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Bacaj, Taulant, Yun Lu, & Shai Shaham. (2008). The Conserved Proteins CHE-12 and DYF-11 Are Required for Sensory Cilium Function in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 178(2). 989–1002. 36 indexed citations

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Bacaj, Taulant & Shai Shaham. (2007). Temporal Control of Cell-Specific Transgene Expression in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 176(4). 2651–2655. 45 indexed citations

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