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David Van Vactor

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Top papers

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1 The trip of the tip: understanding the growth cone machinery. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2009 3.38
2 Drosophila liprin-alpha and the receptor phosphatase Dlar control synapse morphogenesis. Neuron 2002 2.33
3 Transgenic microRNA inhibition with spatiotemporal specificity in intact organisms. Nat Methods 2009 2.32
4 Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases in nervous system development. Physiol Rev 2003 2.04
5 The HSPGs Syndecan and Dallylike bind the receptor phosphatase LAR and exert distinct effects on synaptic development. Neuron 2006 1.98
6 The microtubule plus end tracking protein Orbit/MAST/CLASP acts downstream of the tyrosine kinase Abl in mediating axon guidance. Neuron 2004 1.92
7 Axonal heparan sulfate proteoglycans regulate the distribution and efficiency of the repellent slit during midline axon guidance. Curr Biol 2004 1.77
8 Enabled plays key roles in embryonic epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila. Development 2007 1.76
9 Modeling spinal muscular atrophy in Drosophila. PLoS One 2008 1.71
10 MicroRNAs shape the neuronal landscape. Neuron 2012 1.64
11 Direct observation demonstrates that Liprin-alpha is required for trafficking of synaptic vesicles. Curr Biol 2005 1.57
12 A Drosophila homolog of cyclase-associated proteins collaborates with the Abl tyrosine kinase to control midline axon pathfinding. Neuron 2002 1.23
13 A genome-wide transgenic resource for conditional expression of Drosophila microRNAs. Development 2012 1.16
14 miR-132 enhances dendritic morphogenesis, spine density, synaptic integration, and survival of newborn olfactory bulb neurons. PLoS One 2012 1.13
15 Conserved genes act as modifiers of invertebrate SMN loss of function defects. PLoS Genet 2010 1.07
16 Understanding neuronal connectivity through the post-transcriptional toolkit. Genes Dev 2010 1.06
17 Synapses and growth cones on two sides of a highwire. Neuron 2008 1.00
18 Dysregulation of microRNA-219 promotes neurodegeneration through post-transcriptional regulation of tau. J Clin Invest 2015 0.99
19 GAPs in Slit-Robo signaling. Bioessays 2002 0.97
20 Growth cone-specific functions of XMAP215 in restricting microtubule dynamics and promoting axonal outgrowth. Neural Dev 2013 0.96
21 Complex interactions amongst N-cadherin, DLAR, and Liprin-alpha regulate Drosophila photoreceptor axon targeting. Dev Biol 2009 0.96
22 Fak56 functions downstream of integrin alphaPS3betanu and suppresses MAPK activation in neuromuscular junction growth. Neural Dev 2008 0.95
23 The heparan sulfate proteoglycans Dally-like and Syndecan have distinct functions in axon guidance and visual-system assembly in Drosophila. Curr Biol 2005 0.95
24 Multiparametric analysis of CLASP-interacting protein functions during interphase microtubule dynamics. Mol Cell Biol 2013 0.93
25 Neural Explant Cultures from Xenopus laevis. J Vis Exp 2012 0.89
26 Functions of the ectodomain and cytoplasmic tyrosine phosphatase domains of receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase Dlar in vivo. Mol Cell Biol 2003 0.89
27 Heparan sulfate proteoglycan specificity during axon pathway formation in the Drosophila embryo. Dev Neurobiol 2011 0.86
28 Genetic circuitry of Survival motor neuron, the gene underlying spinal muscular atrophy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013 0.86
29 MicroRNA-276a functions in ellipsoid body and mushroom body neurons for naive and conditioned olfactory avoidance in Drosophila. J Neurosci 2013 0.85
30 Catalyzing curriculum evolution in graduate science education. Cell 2013 0.84
31 Genetic and functional studies implicate synaptic overgrowth and ring gland cAMP/PKA signaling defects in the Drosophila melanogaster neurofibromatosis-1 growth deficiency. PLoS Genet 2013 0.83
32 miR-8 controls synapse structure by repression of the actin regulator enabled. Development 2014 0.82
33 Drosophila growth cones advance by forward translocation of the neuronal cytoskeletal meshwork in vivo. PLoS One 2013 0.82
34 Neurons take shape. Curr Biol 2003 0.81
35 Robo is Abl to block N-Cadherin function. Nat Cell Biol 2002 0.78
36 Synapse specificity: Wnts keep motor axons on target. Curr Biol 2007 0.78
37 Drosophila semaphorin2b is required for the axon guidance of a subset of embryonic neurons. Dev Dyn 2013 0.77
38 Embryonic and larval neural connectivity: progressive changes in synapse form and function at the neuromuscular junction mediated by cytoskeletal regulation. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol 2013 0.76
39 Maintaining muscle mitochondria via transsynaptic signaling. Dev Cell 2012 0.75