George B. Witman

Research.com Recognitions

• 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Best Publications

• The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions

  Sabeeha S. Merchant;Simon E. Prochnik;Olivier Vallon;Elizabeth H. Harris

  3129
  Citations

• Chlamydomonas IFT88 and Its Mouse Homologue, Polycystic Kidney Disease Gene Tg737, Are Required for Assembly of Cilia and Flagella

  Gregory J. Pazour;Bethany L. Dickert;Yvonne Vucica;E. Scott Seeley

  1269
  Citations

• Proteomic analysis of a eukaryotic cilium

  Gregory J. Pazour;Nathan S. Agrin;John D. Leszyk;George B. Witman

  1158
  Citations

• Polycystin-2 localizes to kidney cilia and the ciliary level is elevated in orpk mice with polycystic kidney disease

  Gregory J. Pazour;Jovenal T. San Agustin;John A. Follit;Joel L. Rosenbaum

  615
  Citations

• Chlamydomonas flagella. I. Isolation and electrophoretic analysis of microtubules, matrix, membranes, and mastigonemes.

  George B. Witman;K. Carlson;J. Berliner;Joel L. Rosenbaum

  593
  Citations

• The intraflagellar transport protein, IFT88, is essential for vertebrate photoreceptor assembly and maintenance.

  Gregory J. Pazour;Sheila A. Baker;James A. Deane;Douglas G. Cole

  563
  Citations

• The vertebrate primary cilium is a sensory organelle.

  Gregory J Pazour;George B Witman

  560
  Citations

• The DHC1b (DHC2) Isoform of Cytoplasmic Dynein Is Required for Flagellar Assembly

  Gregory J. Pazour;Bethany L. Dickert;George B. Witman

  559
  Citations

• A Dynein Light Chain Is Essential for the Retrograde Particle Movement of Intraflagellar Transport (IFT)

  Gregory J. Pazour;Curtis G. Wilkerson;George B. Witman

  509
  Citations

• Chlamydomonas flagellar mutants lacking radial spokes and central tubules. Structure, composition, and function of specific axonemal components.

  George B. Witman;J. Plummer;Greta Sander

  480
  Citations

• CEP290 tethers flagellar transition zone microtubules to the membrane and regulates flagellar protein content

  Branch Craige;Che-Chia Tsao;Dennis R. Diener;Yuqing Hou

  436
  Citations

• Correction: Corrigendum: TCTEX1D2 mutations underlie Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy with impaired retrograde intraflagellar transport

  Miriam Schmidts;Yuqing Hou;Claudio R. Cortes;Dorus A. Mans

  396
  Citations

• Submicromolar levels of calcium control the balance of beating between the two flagella in demembranated models of Chlamydomonas.

  Ritsu Kamiya;George B. Witman

  383
  Citations

• Isolation of Chlamydomonas flagella and flagellar axonemes.

  George B. Witman

  375
  Citations

• The Chlamydomonas reinhardtii BBSome is an IFT cargo required for export of specific signaling proteins from flagella

  Karl-Ferdinand Lechtreck;Eric C. Johnson;Tsuyoshi Sakai;Deborah A. Cochran

  371
  Citations

• Calcium control of waveform in isolated flagellar axonemes of chlamydomonas

  Matthew Bessen;Rose B. Fay;George B. Witman

  356
  Citations

• Outer doublet heterogeneity reveals structural polarity related to beat direction in Chlamydomonas flagella.

  Harold J. Hoops;George B. Witman

  322
  Citations

• Functional analysis of an individual IFT protein: IFT46 is required for transport of outer dynein arms into flagella

  Yuqing Hou;Hongmin Qin;John A. Follit;Gregory J. Pazour

  307
  Citations

• Mutations in Hydin impair ciliary motility in mice

  Karl-Ferdinand Lechtreck;Philippe Delmotte;Michael L. Robinson;Michael J. Sanderson

  287
  Citations

• Radial spoke proteins of Chlamydomonas flagella

  Pinfen Yang;Dennis R. Diener;Chun Yang;Takahiro Kohno

  287
  Citations