Mark J. Buttner

11.6k citations
126 papers · 9.3k · 1 hit paper · h-index 58

Impact in

Papers in

  • Molecular Biology 94
    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 41
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 30
    • Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms 7
  • Pharmacology 84
    • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis 84
Co-authors
Klas Flärdh (14 shared papers)Mark S. B. Paget (14 shared papers)Maureen J. Bibb (22 shared papers)Mervyn J. Bibb (9 shared papers)Keith Chater (12 shared papers)Govind Chandra (18 shared papers)Hee‐Jeon Hong (9 shared papers)Kim Findlay (17 shared papers)
Journals
Molecular Microbiology (31 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (20 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (7 papers)Current Opinion in Microbiology (5 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (5 papers)
Partner nations
United KingdomUnited StatesSweden

In The Last Decade

Mark J. Buttner

124 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Mark J. Buttner's Hit Papers

Streptomyces morphogenetics: dissecting differentiation in a filamentous bacterium 2008 · 502 citations
5020+6+12Years since publication100200300400500
What are hit papers?

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.
  1. 2008 Nature Reviews Microbiology

Peers

Mark J. Buttner
Comparison fields: 5 of 126
  • Pharmacology 4.8k
  • Molecular Medicine 539
  • Genetics 2.8k
  • Molecular Biology 6.4k
  • Biotechnology 782
Replace Kozo Ochi with:
Kozo Ochi Japan
Keith Chater United Kingdom
Tobias Kieser United Kingdom
Govind Chandra United Kingdom
Eriko Takano United Kingdom
Maureen J. Bibb United Kingdom
Peter Zuber United States
Stefano Donadio Italy
William C. Nierman United States
Yasuo Ohnishi Japan
Mark J. Buttner relative to Kozo Ochi Japan Kozo Ochi's profile →
Citations per field
00.5×1.5×2.1×
Kozo Ochi · 1×
Citations per year

Countries citing papers authored by Mark J. Buttner

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Mark J. Buttner's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Mark J. Buttner with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Mark J. Buttner more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Mark J. Buttner

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Mark J. Buttner. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Mark J. Buttner. The network helps show where Mark J. Buttner may publish in the future.

Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Mark J. Buttner, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

Border = papers with Mark J. Buttner Line = papers co-authored together Mark J. Buttner links everyone, so they are left out of the graph.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown

Showing the 20 most-cited of 126 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.

#Work
1
Streptomyces morphogenetics: dissecting differentiation in a filamentous bacterium
Nature Reviews Microbiology ·Klas Flärdh, Mark J. Buttner
Hit paper breakdown →		2008502
2
Analysis of the Streptomyces coelicolor sigE gene reveals the existence of a subfamily of eubacterial RNA polymerase sigma factors involved in the regulation of extracytoplasmic functions.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michael A. Lonetto, K L Brown, Kenneth E. Rudd, Mark J. Buttner
1994397
3
Construction and characterisation of a series of multi-copy promoter-probe plasmid vectors for Streptomyces using the aminoglycoside phosphotransferase gene from Tn5 as indicator
Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Judith M. Ward, Gary R. Janssen, Tobias Kieser, Maureen J. Bibb, Mark J. Buttner, Mervyn J. Bibb
1986380
4
Evidence that the Extracytoplasmic Function Sigma Factor ς E Is Required for Normal Cell Wall Structure in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)
Journal of Bacteriology ·Mark S. B. Paget, Leony Chamberlin, Abdelmadjid Atrih, Simon J. Foster, Mark J. Buttner
1999360
5
Thiol-Based Regulatory Switches
Annual Review of Genetics ·Mark S. B. Paget, Mark J. Buttner
2003234
6
The SapB morphogen is a lantibiotic-like peptide derived from the product of the developmental gene ramS in Streptomyces coelicolor
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shinya Kodani, Michael E. Hudson, Marcus C. Durrant, Mark J. Buttner, Justin R. Nodwell, Joanne M. Willey
2004226
7
The chaplins: a family of hydrophobic cell-surface proteins involved in aerial mycelium formation in Streptomyces coelicolor
Genes & Development ·Marie A. Elliot, Nitsara Karoonuthaisiri, Jianqiang Huang, Maureen J. Bibb, Stanley N. Cohen, Camilla M. Kao, Mark J. Buttner
2003201
8
Tetrameric c-di-GMP Mediates Effective Transcription Factor Dimerization to Control Streptomyces Development
Cell ·Natalia Tschowri, Maria A. Schumacher, Susan Schlimpert, Naga Babu Chinnam, Kim Findlay, Richard G. Brennan, Mark J. Buttner
2014198
9
σR, an RNA polymerase sigma factor that modulates expression of the thioredoxin system in response to oxidative stress in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)
The EMBO Journal ·Mark S. B. Paget, Ju‐Gyeong Kang, Jung‐Hye Roe, Mark J. Buttner
1998173
10
The developmental fate of S. coelicolor hyphae depends upon a gene product homologous with the motility σ factor of B. subtilis
Cell ·Keith Chater, Celia J. Bruton, Kitty A. Plaskitt, Mark J. Buttner, Cármen Méndez, John D. Helmann
1989159
11
Cross‐regulation among disparate antibiotic biosynthetic pathways of Streptomyces coelicolor
Molecular Microbiology ·Jianqiang Huang, Jing Shi, Virginie Molle, Björn Sohlberg, David T. Weaver, Maureen J. Bibb, Nitsara Karoonuthaisiri, Chih‐Jian Lih, Camilla M. Kao, Mark J. Buttner, Stanley N. Cohen
2005158
12
Genes essential for morphological development and antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor are targets of BldD during vegetative growth
Molecular Microbiology ·Chris D. den Hengst, Ngat T. Tran, Maureen J. Bibb, Govind Chandra, Brenda K. Leskiw, Mark J. Buttner
2010157
13
Defining the disulphide stress response in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2): identification of the σR regulon
Molecular Microbiology ·Mark S. B. Paget, Virginie Molle, Gerald Cohen, Yair Aharonowitz, Mark J. Buttner
2001151
14
The agarase gene (dagA) of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2): nucleotide sequence and transcriptional analysis
Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Mark J. Buttner, Ian M. Fearnley, Mervyn J. Bibb
1987139
15
Cloning, disruption, and transcriptional analysis of three RNA polymerase sigma factor genes of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)
Journal of Bacteriology ·Mark J. Buttner, Keith Chater, Mervyn J. Bibb
1990135
16
c-di-GMP signalling and the regulation of developmental transitions in streptomycetes
Nature Reviews Microbiology ·Matthew J. Bush, Natalia Tschowri, Susan Schlimpert, Klas Flärdh, Mark J. Buttner
2015135
17
Sensing and responding to diverse extracellular signals? Analysis of the sensor kinases and response regulators of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)
Microbiology ·Matthew I. Hutchings, Paul A. Hoskisson, Govind Chandra, Mark J. Buttner
2004130
18
The Role of the Novel Fem Protein VanK in Vancomycin Resistance in Streptomyces coelicolor
Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Hee‐Jeon Hong, Matthew I. Hutchings, Lionel Hill, Mark J. Buttner
2005127
19
At least three different RNA polymerase holoenzymes direct transcription of the agarase gene (dagA) of streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)
Cell ·Mark J. Buttner, Alison M. Smith, Mervyn J. Bibb
1988122
20
ς BldN , an Extracytoplasmic Function RNA Polymerase Sigma Factor Required for Aerial Mycelium Formation in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)
Journal of Bacteriology ·Maureen J. Bibb, Virginie Molle, Mark J. Buttner
2000119

About Mark J. Buttner

Mark J. Buttner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Genetics, Plant Science and Ecology, having authored 126 papers that have together received 9.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (84 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (53 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (41 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (15 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (10 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers) and Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pharmacology (4.8k citations), Molecular Medicine (539 citations), Genetics (2.8k citations), Molecular Biology (6.4k citations) and Biotechnology (782 citations). Mark J. Buttner has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Klas Flärdh, Mark S. B. Paget, Maureen J. Bibb, Mervyn J. Bibb, Keith Chater, Govind Chandra, Hee‐Jeon Hong, Kim Findlay, Matthew I. Hutchings and Virginie Molle. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Microbiology, Journal of Bacteriology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Current Opinion in Microbiology and Journal of Molecular Biology.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kozo OchiBreakdown of academic impact, for papers by Keith ChaterBreakdown of academic impact, for papers by Tobias KieserBreakdown of academic impact, for papers by Govind ChandraBreakdown of academic impact, for papers by Eriko TakanoBreakdown of academic impact, for papers by Maureen J. BibbBreakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter ZuberBreakdown of academic impact, for papers by Stefano DonadioBreakdown of academic impact, for papers by William C. NiermanBreakdown of academic impact, for papers by Yasuo Ohnishi