David Yaffe

11.5k citations

108 papers · 9.7k · 3 hit papers · h-index 46

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Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
Cell Biology top 0.5%
- Muscle metabolism and nutrition

Papers in

Molecular Biology 83
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders 54
- RNA Research and Splicing 23
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications 18
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 14
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 17
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 16
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research 15
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 12

Co-authors: Uri Nudel (45 shared papers)Sara Neuman (9 shared papers)Moshe Shani (14 shared papers)Zehava Levy (4 shared papers)Rina Zakut (5 shared papers)Gad Yagil (2 shared papers)Asher Shainberg (2 shared papers)Carmelit Richler (1 shared paper)
Journals: Nuclear Physics B (11 papers)Developmental Biology (8 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (7 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (7 papers)Nature (6 papers)
Partner nations: Israel United States France

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David Yaffe

108 papers receiving 9.2k citations

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The nucleotide sequence of the rat cytoplasmic β–actin gene 1983 · 1.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1983 Nucleic Acids Research
1977 Nature
1968 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Serial passaging and differentiation of myogenic cells isolated from dystrophic mouse muscle Nature ·David Yaffe, Ora Saxel Hit paper breakdown →	1977	1809
2	The nucleotide sequence of the rat cytoplasmic β–actin gene Nucleic Acids Research ·Uri Nudel, Rina Zakut, Moshe Shani, Sara Neuman, Zehava Levy, David Yaffe Hit paper breakdown →	1983	1023
3	Retention of differentiation potentialities during prolonged cultivation of myogenic cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·David Yaffe Hit paper breakdown →	1968	839
4	Alterations of enzymatic activities during muscle differentiation in vitro Developmental Biology ·Asher Shainberg, Gad Yagil, David Yaffe	1971	378
5	The in vitro cultivation and differentiation capacities of myogenic cell lines Developmental Biology ·Carmelit Richler, David Yaffe	1970	322
6	A Myogenic Cell Line with Altered Serum Requirements for Differentiation Differentiation ·David Yaffe, Ora Saxel	1977	273
7	Control of myogenesis in vitro by Ca2+ concentration in nutrittonal medium Experimental Cell Research ·Asher Shainberg, Gad Yagil, David Yaffe	1969	228
8	A 71-kilodalton protein is a major product of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene in brain and other nonmuscle tissues. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Doron Lederfein, Zehava Levy, N Augier, Dominique Mornet, R. Glenn Morris, Ora Fuchs, David Yaffe, Uri Nudel	1992	208
9	Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene product is not identical in muscle and brain Nature ·Uri Nudel, Dorit Zuk, Paz Einat, Elisha Zeelon, Zehava Levy, Sara Neuman, David Yaffe	1989	192
10	Chapter 2 Cellular Aspects of Muscle Differentiation in Vitro Current topics in developmental biology ·David Yaffe	1969	192
11	Nucleotide sequence of the rat skeletal muscle actin gene Nature ·Rina Zakut, Moshe Shani, David Givol, Sara Neuman, David Yaffe, Uri Nudel	1982	187
12	A novel product of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene which greatly differs from the known isoforms in its structure and tissue distribution Biochemical Journal ·S Bar, Efrat Barnea, Zehava Levy, Sara Neuman, David Yaffe, Uri Nudel	1990	158
13	Developmental changes preceding cell fusion during muscle differentiation in vitro Experimental Cell Research ·David Yaffe	1971	152
14	Expression of the genes coding for the skeletal muscle and cardiac actins in the heart Nucleic Acids Research ·Yitzhak Mayer, Henryk Czosnek, P.E. Zeelon, David Yaffe, Uri Nudel	1984	143
15	Highly conserved sequencim in the 3′ untranslated region of mRNAs coding for homologous proteins in distantly related species Nucleic Acids Research ·David Yaffe, Uri Nudel, Yitzhak Mayer, Sara Neuman	1985	138
16	Expression of the putative Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene in differentiated myogenic cell cultures and in the brain Nature ·Uri Nudel, Kenneth Robzyk, David Yaffe	1988	128
17	The correlation between the synthesis of skeletal muscle actin, myosin heavy chain, and myosin light chain and the accumulation of corresponding mRNA sequences during myogenesis Developmental Biology ·Moshe Shani, D. Zevin‐Sonkin, Ora Saxel, Y. Carmon, Don J. Katcoff, Uri Nudel, David Yaffe	1981	118
18	Developmentally regulated expression of chimeric genes containing muscle actin DNA sequences in transfected myogenic cells. The EMBO Journal ·Danielle Melloul, Batya Aloni, Joseph M. Calvo, David Yaffe, Uri Nudel	1984	117
19	Dissecting muscle and neuronal disorders in a Drosophila model of muscular dystrophy The EMBO Journal ·Halyna R. Shcherbata, Andriy S. Yatsenko, Larissa B. Patterson, Vanita D. Sood, Uri Nudel, David Yaffe, David Baker, Hannele Ruohola‐Baker	2007	115
20	Muscle-specific activation of a methylated chimeric actin gene Cell ·Joel K. Yisraeli, Robert Adelstein, Danielle Melloul, Uri Nudel, David Yaffe, Howard Cedar	1986	115

About David Yaffe

David Yaffe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physiology, Genetics and Genetics, having authored 108 papers that have together received 9.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (54 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (23 papers), Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (18 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (16 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (15 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (12 papers) and Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (7.7k citations), Cell Biology (1.3k citations), Aging (137 citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.1k citations) and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (1.2k citations). David Yaffe has collaborated with scholars based in Israel, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Uri Nudel, Sara Neuman, Moshe Shani, Zehava Levy, Rina Zakut, Gad Yagil, Asher Shainberg, Carmelit Richler, Michaël Feldman and Y. Carmon. Their work appears in journals such as Nuclear Physics B, Developmental Biology, Nucleic Acids Research, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature.

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