William M. Saxton

11.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

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William M. Saxton is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, William M. Saxton has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Cell Biology, 36 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in William M. Saxton's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (43 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (15 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (9 papers). William M. Saxton is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (43 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (15 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (9 papers). William M. Saxton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Austria. William M. Saxton's co-authors include Peter J. Hollenbeck, J. Richard McIntosh, Dai Horiuchi, Daryl D. Hurd, Roger J. Leslie, Edward D. Salmon, Curtis M. Lively, Laura R. Serbus, Lawrence S.B. Goldstein and Jonathan M. Scholey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

William M. Saxton

49 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

The axonal transport of mitochondria

2012 712 citations William M. Saxton, Peter J. Hollenbeck Journal of Cell Science profile →
The axonal transport of mitochondria

2005 619 citations Peter J. Hollenbeck, William M. Saxton Journal of Cell Science profile →
Kinesin-1 and Dynein Are the Primary Motors for Fast Transport of Mitochondria in Drosophila Motor Axons

2006 538 citations Dai Horiuchi, Curtis M. Lively et al. Molecular Biology of the Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William M. Saxton United States	34	4.8k	4.0k	1.2k	638	577	49	6.6k
Thomas Söllner United States	48	11.0k 2.3×	10.3k 2.6×	2.2k 1.9×	1.6k 2.6×	413 0.7×	79	13.7k
Kohji Takei Japan	52	8.7k 1.8×	7.5k 1.9×	2.9k 2.5×	2.0k 3.1×	567 1.0×	111	12.6k
Shawn M. Ferguson United States	43	4.3k 0.9×	3.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 2.1×	157 0.3×	78	7.5k
Peter J. Hollenbeck United States	35	3.9k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	891 1.4×	104 0.2×	53	5.7k
Yoshimitsu Kanai Japan	26	4.2k 0.9×	3.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	928 1.5×	162 0.3×	62	6.7k
Carsten Janke France	47	7.7k 1.6×	5.8k 1.5×	971 0.8×	521 0.8×	919 1.6×	107	10.3k
Mark S. Hipp Germany	29	4.4k 0.9×	1.7k 0.4×	843 0.7×	852 1.3×	82 0.1×	40	5.7k
Peter W. Baas United States	63	5.1k 1.1×	6.8k 1.7×	3.4k 2.9×	1.1k 1.8×	380 0.7×	163	10.6k
Stefan Eimer Germany	32	1.8k 0.4×	988 0.2×	862 0.7×	482 0.8×	225 0.4×	51	3.2k
Thomas F.J. Martin United States	60	7.4k 1.5×	5.9k 1.5×	2.3k 2.0×	1.4k 2.2×	205 0.4×	124	10.1k

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Saxton, William M., et al.. (2022). Dissection and Direct Imaging of Axonal Transport in Drosophila Segmental Nerves. Methods in molecular biology. 2431. 367–384. 2 indexed citations

Lim, Angeline, Andreas Rechtsteiner, & William M. Saxton. (2017). Two kinesins drive anterograde neuropeptide transport. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 28(24). 3542–3553. 33 indexed citations

Saxton, William M. & Peter J. Hollenbeck. (2012). The axonal transport of mitochondria. Journal of Cell Science. 125(Pt 9). 2095–104. 712 indexed citations breakdown →

Horiuchi, Dai, et al.. (2007). Identification of an Axonal Kinesin-3 Motor for Fast Anterograde Vesicle Transport that Facilitates Retrograde Transport of Neuropeptides. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 19(1). 274–283. 144 indexed citations

Horiuchi, Dai, et al.. (2007). Control of a Kinesin-Cargo Linkage Mechanism by JNK Pathway Kinases. Current Biology. 17(15). 1313–1317. 129 indexed citations

Horiuchi, Dai, et al.. (2006). Kinesin-1 and Dynein Are the Primary Motors for Fast Transport of Mitochondria in Drosophila Motor Axons. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 17(4). 2057–2068. 538 indexed citations breakdown →

Hoffmann, F. Michael, et al.. (2005). Abl Tyrosine Kinase and Its Substrate Ena/VASP Have Functional Interactions with Kinesin-1. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(9). 4225–4230. 19 indexed citations

Horiuchi, Dai, et al.. (2005). APLIP1, a Kinesin Binding JIP-1/JNK Scaffold Protein, Influences the Axonal Transport of Both Vesicles and Mitochondria in Drosophila. Current Biology. 15(23). 2137–2141. 110 indexed citations

Schmidt, Diane, Debra J. Rose, William M. Saxton, & Susan Strome. (2004). Functional Analysis of Cytoplasmic Dynein Heavy Chain inCaenorhabditis eleganswith Fast-acting Temperature-sensitive Mutations. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(3). 1200–1212. 73 indexed citations

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Saxton, William M.. (2001). Microtubules, Motors, and mRNA Localization Mechanisms. Cell. 107(6). 707–710. 22 indexed citations

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Brendza, Robert P., Laura R. Serbus, Joseph B. Duffy, & William M. Saxton. (2000). A Function for Kinesin I in the Posterior Transport of oskar mRNA and Staufen Protein. Science. 289(5487). 2120–2122. 298 indexed citations

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Brendza, Katherine M., et al.. (2000). A Kinesin Mutation That Uncouples Motor Domains and Desensitizes the γ-Phosphate Sensor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(29). 22187–22195. 18 indexed citations

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Brendza, Robert P., Kathy B. Sheehan, F. Rudolf Turner, & William M. Saxton. (2000). Clonal Tests of Conventional Kinesin Function during Cell Proliferation and Differentiation. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 11(4). 1329–1343. 21 indexed citations

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Hurd, Daryl D., et al.. (1999). Kinesins in the nervous system. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 56(3-4). 200–216. 19 indexed citations

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Saxton, William M.. (1999). Intracellular motility: A special delivery service. Current Biology. 9(8). R293–R295. 4 indexed citations

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Powers, James, Olaf Bossinger, Debra J. Rose, Susan Strome, & William M. Saxton. (1998). A nematode kinesin required for cleavage furrow advancement. Current Biology. 8(20). 1133–1136. 154 indexed citations

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Hurd, Daryl D. & William M. Saxton. (1996). Kinesin Mutations Cause Motor Neuron Disease Phenotypes by Disrupting Fast Axonal Transport in Drosophila. Genetics. 144(3). 1075–1085. 318 indexed citations

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Cole, Douglas G., William M. Saxton, Kathy B. Sheehan, & Jonathan M. Scholey. (1994). A “slow” homotetrameric kinesin-related motor protein purified from Drosophila embryos.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269(37). 22913–22916. 152 indexed citations

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Cohn, S A, William M. Saxton, R. John Lye, & Jonathan M. Scholey. (1993). Chapter 5 Analyzing Microtubule Motors in Real Time. Methods in cell biology. 39. 75–88. 12 indexed citations

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Saxton, William M., Jennifer L. Hicks, Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, & Elizabeth C. Raff. (1991). Kinesin heavy chain is essential for viability and neuromuscular functions in Drosophila, but mutants show no defects in mitosis. Cell. 64(6). 1093–1102. 176 indexed citations

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