Tim Mohun

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Tim Mohun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Mohun has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Tim Mohun's work include Congenital heart defects research (14 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (11 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (8 papers). Tim Mohun is often cited by papers focused on Congenital heart defects research (14 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (11 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (8 papers). Tim Mohun collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Tim Mohun's co-authors include J. B. Gurdon, Nigel Garrett, S. Brennan, S. Fairman, Richard Treisman, Nina Dathan, Duncan B. Sparrow, Michael V. Taylor, Wei Yan and Sylvia Μ. Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Tim Mohun

39 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Cell type-specific activation of actin genes in the early... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Cell type-specific activation of actin genes in the early amphibian embryo
    1984 340 citations Tim Mohun, S. Brennan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tim Mohun United Kingdom 25 1.9k 468 220 204 148 39 2.1k
Dierk Ingelfinger Germany 11 2.0k 1.1× 235 0.5× 224 1.0× 212 1.0× 133 0.9× 11 2.3k
Igor Kostetskii United States 19 1.3k 0.7× 554 1.2× 301 1.4× 302 1.5× 172 1.2× 25 1.9k
Esmond J. Sanders Canada 26 936 0.5× 346 0.7× 229 1.0× 109 0.5× 137 0.9× 59 1.8k
Xiushan Wu China 23 1.5k 0.8× 288 0.6× 174 0.8× 159 0.8× 124 0.8× 101 2.1k
Ralph A.W. Rupp Germany 20 3.0k 1.6× 691 1.5× 297 1.4× 183 0.9× 255 1.7× 40 3.5k
Peter J. Good United States 20 1.7k 0.9× 241 0.5× 166 0.8× 66 0.3× 115 0.8× 27 2.0k
Joel K. Yisraeli Israel 24 2.4k 1.3× 427 0.9× 306 1.4× 58 0.3× 63 0.4× 41 2.7k
Gerrit Begemann Germany 26 1.9k 1.0× 437 0.9× 490 2.2× 129 0.6× 141 1.0× 57 2.4k
Jennifer S. Fang United States 18 1.1k 0.6× 414 0.9× 273 1.2× 83 0.4× 173 1.2× 34 2.0k
M Buckingham France 18 2.0k 1.1× 341 0.7× 239 1.1× 718 3.5× 206 1.4× 24 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Mohun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Mohun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tim Mohun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tim Mohun 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 Tim Mohun. Tim Mohun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mohun, Tim, Robert Wilson, Stefan H. Geyer, et al.. (2017). Highly variable penetrance of abnormal phenotypes in embryonic lethal knockout mice. Mechanisms of Development. 145. S33–S34. 1 indexed citations
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Rochais, Francesca, Rachel Sturny, Cho‐Ming Chao, et al.. (2014). FGF10 promotes regional foetal cardiomyocyte proliferation and adult cardiomyocyte cell-cycle re-entry. Cardiovascular Research. 104(3). 432–442. 57 indexed citations
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Costa, Mauro W., Stella Lee, Milena B. Furtado, et al.. (2011). Complex SUMO-1 Regulation of Cardiac Transcription Factor Nkx2-5. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24812–e24812. 33 indexed citations
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Breckenridge, Ross, Surendra Kotecha, Norma Towers, Michael Bennett, & Tim Mohun. (2007). Pan‐myocardial expression of Cre recombinase throughout mouse development. genesis. 45(3). 135–144. 33 indexed citations
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Latinkic, Branko, Sara Mercurio, Brydon L. Bennett, et al.. (2003). Xenopus Cyr61regulates gastrulation movements and modulates Wnt signalling. Development. 130(11). 2429–2441. 68 indexed citations
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Palmer, Stephen J., Aaron Schindeler, Thomas Yeoh, et al.. (2001). The Small Muscle-Specific Protein Csl Modifies Cell Shape and Promotes Myocyte Fusion in an Insulin-like Growth Factor 1–Dependent Manner. The Journal of Cell Biology. 153(5). 985–998. 74 indexed citations
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Raffin, Michael J.M., et al.. (2000). Subdivision of the Cardiac Nkx2.5 Expression Domain into Myogenic and Nonmyogenic Compartments. Developmental Biology. 218(2). 326–340. 58 indexed citations
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Thézé, Nadine, et al.. (1999). Differential expression of two skeletal muscle beta-tropomyosin mRNAs during Xenopus laevis development.. PubMed. 43(2). 175–8. 9 indexed citations
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Mohun, Tim & Duncan B. Sparrow. (1997). Early steps in vertebrate cardiogenesis. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 7(5). 628–633. 35 indexed citations
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Thézé, Nadine, et al.. (1995). The MLC1f/3f Gene Is an Early Marker of Somitic Muscle Differentiation in Xenopus laevis Embryo. Developmental Biology. 171(2). 352–362. 20 indexed citations
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Dodou, Evdokia, Duncan B. Sparrow, Tim Mohun, & Richard Treisman. (1995). MEF2 proteins, including MEF2A, are expressed in both muscle and non-muscle cells. Nucleic Acids Research. 23(21). 4267–4274. 38 indexed citations
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Girling, Rowena, Lasantha R. Bandara, Elizabeth Ormondroyd, et al.. (1994). Molecular characterization of Xenopus laevis DP proteins.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 5(10). 1081–1092. 22 indexed citations
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Mohun, Tim, et al.. (1993). Induction of cardiac muscle differentiation in isolated animal pole explants of Xenopus laevis embryos. Development. 118(3). 865–875. 80 indexed citations
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Mohun, Tim. (1992). Muscle differentiation. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 4(6). 923–928. 18 indexed citations
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Mohun, Tim, et al.. (1988). A third striated muscle actin gene is expressed during early development in the amphibian Xenopus laevis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 202(1). 67–76. 36 indexed citations
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Mohun, Tim & Nigel Garrett. (1987). An amphibian cytoskeletal-type actin gene is expressed exclusively in muscle tissue. Development. 101(2). 393–402. 38 indexed citations
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Gurdon, J. B., Tim Mohun, S. Fairman, & S. Brennan. (1985). All components required for the eventual activation of muscle-specific actin genes are localized in the subequatorial region of an uncleaved amphibian egg.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82(1). 139–143. 82 indexed citations
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Mohun, Tim, S. Brennan, & J. B. Gurdon. (1984). Region-specific regulation of the actin multi-gene family in early amphibian embryos. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 307(1132). 337–342. 6 indexed citations
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Colman, Alan, et al.. (1981). The Influence of Topology and Glycosylation on the Fate of Heterologous Secretory Proteins Made in Xenopus Oocytes. European Journal of Biochemistry. 113(2). 339–348. 72 indexed citations

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