William F. Loomis

20.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
256 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

William F. Loomis is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William F. Loomis has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Cell Biology, 135 papers in Molecular Biology and 37 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in William F. Loomis's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (148 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (35 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (32 papers). William F. Loomis is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (148 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (35 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (32 papers). William F. Loomis collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. William F. Loomis's co-authors include David A. Knecht, Adam Kuspa, Gad Shaulsky, Christophe Anjard, Danny Fuller, Howard M. Lenhoff, Dale B. Bonar, Wouter‐Jan Rappel, Boris Magasanik and Kathy Fosnaugh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

William F. Loomis

255 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Antisense RNA Inactivation of Myosin Heavy Chain Gene Expression in Dictyostelium discoideum

1987 599 citations William F. Loomis et al. Science profile →
Dictyostelium discoideum: A Developmental System

1977 422 citations William F. Loomis et al. profile →
Growth and sexual differentiation of hydra in mass culture

1956 344 citations William F. Loomis, Howard M. Lenhoff profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William F. Loomis United States	65	7.9k	7.6k	2.1k	1.5k	1.1k	256	14.3k
Keith R. Porter United States	66	5.4k 0.7×	8.2k 1.1×	841 0.4×	676 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	127	16.2k
Peter N. Devreotes United States	81	12.2k 1.5×	11.8k 1.6×	3.8k 1.8×	844 0.6×	851 0.8×	248	21.0k
Richard Firtel United States	81	13.5k 1.7×	11.7k 1.5×	3.4k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	900 0.8×	265	21.0k
John R. Pringle United States	77	9.5k 1.2×	23.1k 3.0×	2.0k 1.0×	422 0.3×	3.7k 3.3×	150	27.2k
Manfred Schliwa Germany	51	5.7k 0.7×	5.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	381 0.2×	734 0.7×	134	9.9k
Günther Gerisch Germany	66	8.6k 1.1×	6.5k 0.9×	2.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	453 0.4×	200	13.7k
Robert R. Kay United Kingdom	59	5.5k 0.7×	4.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	404 0.4×	143	8.8k
Julian Lewis United Kingdom	53	3.1k 0.4×	11.7k 1.5×	1.1k 0.5×	275 0.2×	836 0.7×	167	16.8k
Mark S. Mooseker United States	75	7.0k 0.9×	9.9k 1.3×	743 0.3×	298 0.2×	497 0.4×	150	17.1k
J. Richard McIntosh United States	85	13.9k 1.7×	16.2k 2.1×	963 0.5×	264 0.2×	2.9k 2.6×	225	23.1k

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Skoge, Monica, Michael Erickstad, Albert Bae, et al.. (2014). Cellular memory in eukaryotic chemotaxis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(40). 14448–14453. 96 indexed citations

Durán, Juan M., Christophe Anjard, Christopher J. Stefan, William F. Loomis, & Vivek Malhotra. (2010). Unconventional secretion of Acb1 is mediated by autophagosomes. The Journal of Cell Biology. 188(4). 527–536. 336 indexed citations

Anjard, Christophe, Yongxuan Su, & William F. Loomis. (2009). Steroids initiate a signaling cascade that triggers rapid sporulation in Dictyostelium. Development. 136(5). 803–812. 30 indexed citations

Anjard, Christophe & William F. Loomis. (2008). Cytokinins induce sporulation in Dictyostelium. Development. 135(5). 819–827. 45 indexed citations

Sasaki, Kazunori, Soo‐Cheon Chae, William F. Loomis, et al.. (2008). An immediate–early gene, srsA: its involvement in the starvation response that initiates differentiation of Dictyostelium cells. Differentiation. 76(10). 1093–1103. 9 indexed citations

Anjard, Christophe & William F. Loomis. (2006). GABA induces terminal differentiation of Dictyostelium through a GABAB receptor. Development. 133(11). 2253–2261. 66 indexed citations

Maeda, Mineko, Gad Shaulsky, Yuji Miyazaki, et al.. (2004). Periodic Signaling Controlled by an Oscillatory Circuit That Includes Protein Kinases ERK2 and PKA. Science. 304(5672). 875–878. 132 indexed citations

Šášik, Roman, Terence Hwa, Negin Iranfar, & William F. Loomis. (2001). Percolation Clustering: A Novel Algorithm Applied to the Clustering of Gene Expression Patterns in Dictyostelium Development.. 335–347. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Ping, et al.. (2001). Spore coat formation and timely sporulation depend on cellulose in Dictyostelium. Differentiation. 67(3). 72–79. 16 indexed citations

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Iranfar, Negin, Danny Fuller, Roman Šášik, et al.. (2001). Expression Patterns of Cell-type–specific Genes inDictyostelium. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 12(9). 2590–2600. 49 indexed citations

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Shaulsky, Gad, et al.. (1997). Sorting of the Initial Cell Types inDictyosteliumIs Dependent on thetipAGene. Developmental Biology. 185(1). 34–41. 13 indexed citations

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Shaulsky, Gad & William F. Loomis. (1996). Initial Cell Type Divergence inDictyosteliumIs Independent of DIF-1. Developmental Biology. 174(2). 214–220. 48 indexed citations

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Loomis, William F. & Douglas W. Smith. (1995). Consensus phylogeny ofDictyostelium. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 51(12). 1110–1115. 42 indexed citations

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Shaulsky, Gad & William F. Loomis. (1993). Cell Type Regulation in Response to Expression of ricin A in Dictyostelium. Developmental Biology. 160(1). 85–98. 72 indexed citations

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Freeze, Hudson H., Petra Koza‐Taylor, Jeffrey A. Jones, & William F. Loomis. (1990). Cell‐free N‐glycosylation in Dictyostelium discoideum: Analysis of wild‐type and mutants defective in lipid‐linked oligosaccharide biosynthesis. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 43(1). 27–42. 3 indexed citations

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Loomis, William F.. (1987). Genetic regulation of development. 124 indexed citations

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Loomis, William F.. (1987). Chapter 3 Genetic Tools for Dictyostelium discoideum. Methods in cell biology. 28. 31–65. 57 indexed citations

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Free, Stephen J., Robert Schimke, & William F. Loomis. (1976). The Structural Gene for α-Mannosidase-1 in DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 1 indexed citations

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Loomis, William F.. (1972). Role of the Surface Sheath in the Control of Morphogenesis in Dictyostelium discoideum. Nature New Biology. 240(96). 6–9. 54 indexed citations

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Lenhoff, Howard M., et al.. (1961). The biology of hydra and of some other coelenterates, 1961.. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 137 indexed citations

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