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78
Citations
21677
World Ranking
4543
National Ranking
2210

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1988 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Chris Kintner is affiliated with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the United States. Their research spans several fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist's work also covers subfields such as Cell Biology, Plant Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Kintner's research topics include:

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments

The scientist has published papers in notable venues such as Science Advances, Cells and Development, and Heart Rhythm. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Emi2 enables centriole amplification during multiciliated cell differentiation," published in 2022 in Science Advances
  • "Mechanical strain breaks planar symmetry in embryonic epithelia via polarized microtubules," published in 2022 in Cells and Development
  • "PO-07-219 HEMOLYSIS AFTER ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION USING TWO PULSED FIELD ABLATION SYSTEMS," published in 2025 in Heart Rhythm

Kintner has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Seongjae Kim
  • Yuan-Hung Chien
  • Amy L. Ryan
  • Dingxin Qin
  • E. Kevin Heist

In 1988, Kintner was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Identification of neurogenin, a Vertebrate Neuronal Determination Gene

    Qiufu Ma;Chris Kintner;David J Anderson

  • Primary neurogenesis in Xenopus embryos regulated by a homologue of the Drosophila neurogenic gene Delta.

    Ajay Chitnis;Domingos Henrique;Julian Lewis;David Ish-Horowicz

  • Overexpression of cadherins and underexpression of β-catenin inhibit dorsal mesoderm induction in early Xenopus embryos

    Janet Heasman;Aaron Crawford;Kim Goldstone;Peggy Garner-Hamrick

  • Dll4, a novel Notch ligand expressed in arterial endothelium

    John R. Shutter;Sheila Scully;Wei Fan;William G. Richards

  • A histone deacetylase corepressor complex regulates the Notch signal transduction pathway

    Hung Ying Kao;Peter Ordentlich;Peter Ordentlich;Peter Ordentlich;Naoko Koyano-Nakagawa;Zhenyu Tang;Zhenyu Tang

  • Expression of Xenopus N-CAM RNA in ectoderm is an early response to neural induction.

    C.R. Kintner;D.A. Melton

  • Regulation of embryonic cell adhesion by the cadherin cytoplasmic domain

    Chris Kintner

  • Mastermind mediates chromatin-specific transcription and turnover of the Notch enhancer complex

    Christy J. Fryer;Elise Lamar;Ivana Turbachova;Chris Kintner

  • Dishevelled controls apical docking and planar polarization of basal bodies in ciliated epithelial cells.

    Tae Joo Park;Brian J Mitchell;Philip B Abitua;Chris Kintner

  • Expression of an extracellular deletion of Xotch diverts cell fate in Xenopus embryos

    Clark R. Coffman;Clark R. Coffman;Paul Skoglund;William A. Harris;Chris R. Kintner

  • The Xenopus homolog of Drosophila Suppressor of Hairless mediates Notch signaling during primary neurogenesis

    Daniel A. Wettstein;David L. Turner;Chris Kintner

  • Drosophila neuralized is a ubiquitin ligase that promotes the internalization and degradation of delta.

    Eric C. Lai;Gisèle A. Deblandre;Chris Kintner;Gerald M. Rubin

  • Monoclonal antibodies identify blastemal cells derived from dedifferentiating muscle in newt limb regeneration

    Chris R. Kintner;Jeremy P. Brockes

  • Xotch, the Xenopus homolog of Drosophila notch

    Clark Coffman;William Harris;Chris Kintner

  • The divergent DSL ligand Dll3 does not activate Notch signaling but cell autonomously attenuates signaling induced by other DSL ligands.

    Ena Ladi;James T. Nichols;Weihong Ge;Alison Miyamoto

  • The forkhead protein Foxj1 specifies node-like cilia in Xenopus and zebrafish embryos

    Jennifer L Stubbs;Isao Oishi;Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte;Chris Kintner

  • An essential role for retinoid signaling in anteroposterior neural patterning

    B. Blumberg;J. Bolado;T.A. Moreno;C. Kintner

  • The effects of N-cadherin misexpression on morphogenesis in xenopus embryos

    R.Jennifer Detrick;David Dickey;Chris R. Kintner

  • Cloning of a second type of activin receptor and functional characterization in Xenopus embryos.

    Lawrence S. Mathews;Wylie W. Vale;Chris R. Kintner

  • Multicilin promotes centriole assembly and ciliogenesis during multiciliate cell differentiation

    J. L. Stubbs;E. K. Vladar;J. D. Axelrod;C. Kintner

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy Papalopulu
Nancy Papalopulu University of Manchester
Bill Sugden
Bill Sugden University of Wisconsin–Madison
Martyn Goulding
Martyn Goulding Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Ronald M. Evans
Ronald M. Evans Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Heymut Omran
Heymut Omran University of Münster
Ajay B. Chitnis
Ajay B. Chitnis National Institutes of Health
William A. Harris
William A. Harris University of Cambridge
Heike Olbrich
Heike Olbrich University Hospital Münster
Jeffrey D. Axelrod
Jeffrey D. Axelrod Stanford University
Jeremy P. Brockes
Jeremy P. Brockes University College London

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