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David R. McClay

David R. McClay

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
18795
World Ranking
5618
National Ranking
2668

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David R. McClay is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology among the subfields studied.

The scientist's main topics of work encompass Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Marine and coastal plant biology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Echinoderm biology and ecology, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Notable recent papers authored by McClay include:

  • 2019: "Gastrulation in the sea urchin" published in Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • 2020: "Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial-mesenchymal transition" in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • 2020: "Chromosomal-Level Genome Assembly of the Sea Urchin Lytechinus variegatus Substantially Improves Functional Genomic Analyses" in Genome Biology and Evolution
  • 2021: "Developmental single-cell transcriptomics in the Lytechinus variegatus sea urchin embryo" in Development
  • 2021: "Author Correction: Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial-mesenchymal transition" in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Frequent coauthors of David R. McClay include Alejandro Berrío, Gregory A. Wray, Abdull J. Massri, Geoffrey Schiebinger, and Anton Afanassiev.

Common publication venues for McClay's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Development
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Developmental Biology

In 1991, McClay was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • A Genomic Regulatory Network for Development

    Eric H. Davidson;Jonathan P. Rast;Paola Oliveri;Andrew Ransick

  • Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial–mesenchymal transition

    Jing Yang;Parker Antin;Geert Berx;Cédric Blanpain

  • The genome of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.

    Erica Sodergren;George M. Weinstock;Eric H. Davidson;R. Andrew Cameron

  • Nuclear beta-catenin is required to specify vegetal cell fates in the sea urchin embryo

    Catriona Y. Logan;Jeffrey R. Miller;Michael J. Ferkowicz;David R. McClay

  • Cell adhesion to fibronectin and tenascin: quantitative measurements of initial binding and subsequent strengthening response.

    M M Lotz;C A Burdsal;H P Erickson;D R McClay

  • A provisional regulatory gene network for specification of endomesoderm in the sea urchin embryo.

    Eric H. Davidson;Jonathan P. Rast;Paola Oliveri;Andrew Ransick

  • Intercellular recognition: quantitation of initial binding events.

    David R. McClay;Gary M. Wessel;Richard B. Marchase

  • Regulatory gene networks and the properties of the developmental process

    Eric H. Davidson;David R. McClay;Leroy Hood

  • LvNotch signaling mediates secondary mesenchyme specification in the sea urchin embryo

    David R. Sherwood;David R. McClay

  • Cell lineage conversion in the sea urchin embryo

    Charles A. Ettensohn;David R. McClay

  • p38 MAPK in development and cancer.

    Cynthia Bradham;David R. McClay

  • Ontogeny of the basal lamina in the sea urchin embryo.

    Gary M. Wessel;Richard B. Marchase;David R. McClay

  • Dynamics of thin filopodia during sea urchin gastrulation

    Jeffrey Miller;Scott E. Fraser;David McClay

  • Characterization of the role of cadherin in regulating cell adhesion during sea urchin development.

    Jeffrey R. Miller;David R. McClay

  • Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: sea urchins

    David R. McClay

  • Three cell recognition changes accompany the ingression of sea urchin primary mesenchyme cells.

    Rachel D. Fink;David R. McClay

  • Gastrulation in the sea urchin embryo requires the deposition of crosslinked collagen within the extracellular matrix

    Gary M. Wessel;David R. McClay

  • Evolution of the Wnt pathways.

    Jenifer C. Croce;David R. McClay

  • Sequential expression of germ-layer specific molecules in the sea urchin embryo

    Gary M. Wessel;David R. McClay

  • Commitment along the dorsoventral axis of the sea urchin embryo is altered in response to NiCl2

    J. Hardin;J.A. Coffman;S.D. Black;D.R. McClay

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary M. Wessel
Gary M. Wessel Brown University
Eric H. Davidson
Eric H. Davidson California Institute of Technology
Gregory A. Wray
Gregory A. Wray Duke University
Charles A. Ettensohn
Charles A. Ettensohn Carnegie Mellon University
Jeff Hardin
Jeff Hardin University of Wisconsin–Madison
R. Andrew Cameron
R. Andrew Cameron California Institute of Technology
Jonathan P. Rast
Jonathan P. Rast Emory University
Arcady Mushegian
Arcady Mushegian National Science Foundation
Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood University of Washington
Gerard Manning
Gerard Manning University College Cork

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