Ulrich Tepaß

11.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
72 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Ulrich Tepaß is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulrich Tepaß has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Molecular Biology, 52 papers in Cell Biology and 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ulrich Tepaß's work include Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (33 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (32 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (24 papers). Ulrich Tepaß is often cited by papers focused on Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (33 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (32 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (24 papers). Ulrich Tepaß collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Ulrich Tepaß's co-authors include Volker Hartenstein, Elisabeth Knust, Tony Harris, Guy Tanentzapf, Dorothea Godt, Kathryn P. Harris, Milena Pellikka, C. Jane McGlade, Patrick Laprise and Christian A. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ulrich Tepaß

72 papers receiving 8.9k 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.

Adherens junctions: from molecules to morphogenesis

2010 715 citations Ulrich Tepaß et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
crumbs encodes an EGF-like protein expressed on apical membranes of Drosophila epithelial cells and required for organization of epithelia

1990 570 citations Ulrich Tepaß, Elisabeth Knust et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ulrich Tepaß Canada	50	6.3k	4.9k	1.8k	1.2k	650	72	9.0k
Richard G. Fehon United States	35	5.2k 0.8×	3.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	887 0.7×	522 0.8×	62	8.0k
David Bilder United States	41	4.8k 0.8×	4.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	427 0.7×	71	7.3k
Elisabeth Knust Germany	47	6.2k 1.0×	4.1k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	779 0.6×	821 1.3×	123	8.2k
Tadashi Uemura Japan	53	7.5k 1.2×	4.2k 0.9×	3.0k 1.7×	747 0.6×	922 1.4×	142	10.7k
Peter J. Bryant United States	49	7.3k 1.2×	4.0k 0.8×	2.5k 1.4×	916 0.7×	1.3k 2.0×	135	10.2k
Mark Peifer United States	67	12.2k 1.9×	5.5k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	711 0.6×	1.5k 2.3×	168	15.0k
Markus Affolter Switzerland	67	11.0k 1.7×	3.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.9k 2.9×	186	14.0k
Nathan D. Lawson United States	55	10.2k 1.6×	5.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	1.5k 2.3×	95	13.7k
Fumio Matsuzaki Japan	41	4.7k 0.7×	2.1k 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	335 0.3×	689 1.1×	107	6.5k
Gregg G. Gundersen United States	63	8.3k 1.3×	8.3k 1.7×	989 0.6×	548 0.4×	575 0.9×	116	12.9k

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Simões, Sérgio, et al.. (2022). Crumbs complex–directed apical membrane dynamics in epithelial cell ingression. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(7). 7 indexed citations

Green, David, et al.. (2022). The α-Catenin mechanosensing M region is required for cell adhesion during tissue morphogenesis. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(2). 11 indexed citations

Sarpal, Ritu, et al.. (2019). Role of α-Catenin and its mechanosensing properties in regulating Hippo/YAP-dependent tissue growth. PLoS Genetics. 15(11). e1008454–e1008454. 28 indexed citations

Ishiyama, Noboru, Ritu Sarpal, Tadateru Nishikawa, et al.. (2018). Force-dependent allostery of the α-catenin actin-binding domain controls adherens junction dynamics and functions. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5121–5121. 69 indexed citations

Simões, Sérgio, et al.. (2017). Myosin II promotes the anisotropic loss of the apical domain during Drosophila neuroblast ingression. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(5). 1387–1404. 49 indexed citations

Pellikka, Milena & Ulrich Tepaß. (2017). Unique cell biological profiles of retinal disease-causing missense mutations in the polarity protein Crumbs. Journal of Cell Science. 130(13). 2147–2158. 11 indexed citations

Sarpal, Ritu, et al.. (2012). Mutational analysis supports a core role for Drosophila α-Catenin in adherens junction function. Journal of Cell Science. 125(1). 233–245. 67 indexed citations

Laprise, Patrick, et al.. (2009). Drosophila convoluted/dALS Is an Essential Gene Required for Tracheal Tube Morphogenesis and Apical Matrix Organization. Genetics. 181(4). 1281–1290. 18 indexed citations

D’Alterio, Cecilia, et al.. (2005). Drosophila melanogaster Cad99C, the orthologue of human Usher cadherin PCDH15, regulates the length of microvilli. The Journal of Cell Biology. 171(3). 549–558. 59 indexed citations

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Beronja, Slobodan, Patrick Laprise, Ophelia Papoulas, et al.. (2005). Essential function of Drosophila Sec6 in apical exocytosis of epithelial photoreceptor cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 169(4). 635–646. 99 indexed citations

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Wu, Victoria, Joost Schulte, Alexander Hirschi, Ulrich Tepaß, & Greg J. Beitel. (2004). Sinuous is a Drosophila claudin required for septate junction organization and epithelial tube size control. The Journal of Cell Biology. 164(2). 313–323. 167 indexed citations

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Tepaß, Ulrich, Guy Tanentzapf, & Milena Pellikka. (2002). Functional interactions between Crumbs, lethal giant larvae, and Bazooka complexes in epithelial polarity and zonula adherens formation. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13. 387. 1 indexed citations

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Pellikka, Milena, Guy Tanentzapf, Madalena C. Pinto, et al.. (2002). Crumbs, the Drosophila homologue of human CRB1/RP12, is essential for photoreceptor morphogenesis. Nature. 416(6877). 143–149. 352 indexed citations

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Tepaß, Ulrich. (2002). Adherens junctions: new insight into assembly, modulation and function. BioEssays. 24(8). 690–695. 71 indexed citations

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Tepaß, Ulrich. (2002). Cell sorting in animal development: signalling and adhesive mechanisms in the formation of tissue boundaries. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 12(5). 572–582. 117 indexed citations

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Tepaß, Ulrich, Kevin Truong, Dorothea Godt, Mitsuhiko Ikura, & Mark Peifer. (2000). Cadherins in embryonic and neural morphogenesis. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 1(2). 91–100. 387 indexed citations

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Tepaß, Ulrich. (1997). Epithelial differentiation in Drosophila. BioEssays. 19(8). 673–682. 62 indexed citations

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Tepaß, Ulrich. (1996). Crumbs, a Component of the Apical Membrane, Is Required for Zonula Adherens Formation in Primary Epithelia ofDrosophila. Developmental Biology. 177(1). 217–225. 205 indexed citations

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Hartenstein, Volker, et al.. (1994). Embryonic development of the stomatogastric nervous system in Drosophila. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 350(3). 367–381. 50 indexed citations

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Tepaß, Ulrich, et al.. (1990). crumbs encodes an EGF-like protein expressed on apical membranes of Drosophila epithelial cells and required for organization of epithelia. Cell. 61(5). 787–799. 570 indexed citations breakdown →

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