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Ken W.Y. Cho publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ken W.Y. Cho sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 123 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Ken W.Y. Cho D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ken W.Y. Cho sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Ken W.Y. Cho is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Genetics as subfields.

The scientist's work covers key topics including Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research, Plant Molecular Biology Research, and Animal Genetics and Reproduction.

Ken W.Y. Cho has published frequently in several venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current topics in developmental biology/Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • Development Growth & Differentiation
  • Developmental Biology
  • eLife

Recent peer-reviewed papers include the following:

  • Control of zygotic genome activation in Xenopus, 2021, Current topics in developmental biology/Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • Foxh1/Nodal Defines Context-Specific Direct Maternal Wnt/β-Catenin Target Gene Regulation in Early Development, 2020, iScience
  • Histone deacetylase 1 maintains lineage integrity through histone acetylome refinement during early embryogenesis, 2023, eLife
  • Anterograde regulation of mitochondrial genes and FGF21 signaling by hepatic LSD1, 2021, JCI Insight
  • Early Xenopus gene regulatory programs, chromatin states, and the role of maternal transcription factors, 2020, Current topics in developmental biology/Current Topics in Developmental Biology

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Ira L. Blitz
  • Kitt Paraiso
  • Jin Sun Cho
  • Jeff Jiajing Zhou
  • Wenqi Wang

Ken W.Y. Cho received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Molecular nature of Spemann's organizer: the role of the Xenopus homeobox gene goosecoid.

    Ken W.Y. Cho;Bruce Blumberg;Herbert Steinbeisser;Eddy M. De Robertis

  • Interaction between Wnt and TGF-beta signalling pathways during formation of Spemann's organizer.

    Michiru Nishita;Minako K. Hashimoto;Souichi Ogata;Micheline N. Laurent;Micheline N. Laurent

  • Intracellular BMP Signaling Regulation in Vertebrates: Pathway or Network?

    Andreas von Bubnoff;Ken W.Y. Cho

  • Gastrulation in the mouse: the role of the homeobox gene goosecoid.

    Martin Blum;Stephen J. Gaunt;Ken W.Y. Cho;Herbert Steinbeisser

  • Disruption of BMP signals in embryonic Xenopus ectoderm leads to direct neural induction.

    S. H. B. Hawley;K. Wunnenberg-Stapleton;C. Hashimoto;M. N. Laurent

  • Organizer-specific homeobox genes in Xenopus laevis embryos.

    B. Blumberg;C. V. E. Wright;E. M. De Robertis;K. W. Y. Cho

  • Production of a DPP Activity Gradient in the Early Drosophila Embryo through the Opposing Actions of the SOG and TLD Proteins

    Guillermo Marqués;Michéle Musacchio;Mary Jane Shimell;Katrin Wünnenberg-Stapleton

  • Mammalian BMP-1/Tolloid-Related Metalloproteinases, Including Novel Family Member Mammalian Tolloid-Like 2, Have Differential Enzymatic Activities and Distributions of Expression Relevant to Patterning and Skeletogenesis

    Ian C. Scott;Ira L. Blitz;William N. Pappano;Yasutada Imamura

  • Anterior neurectoderm is progressively induced during gastrulation: the role of the Xenopus homeobox gene orthodenticle

    I. L. Blitz;K. W. Y. Cho

  • Expression of zebrafish goosecoid and no tail gene products in wild-type and mutant no tail embryos

    S. Schulte-Merker;M. Hammerschmidt;D. Beuchle;K.W. Cho

  • Dishevelled phosphorylation, subcellular localization and multimerization regulate its role in early embryogenesis

    Ute Rothbächer;Micheline N. Laurent;Matthew A. Deardorff;Peter S. Klein

  • Cellular interpretation of multiple TGF-beta signals: intracellular antagonism between activin/BVg1 and BMP-2/4 signaling mediated by Smads.

    Albert F. Candia;Tetsuro Watabe;Stephanie H.B. Hawley;Darya Onichtchouk

  • The Xenopus homeobox gene twin mediates Wnt induction of goosecoid in establishment of Spemann's organizer.

    M. N. Laurent;I. L. Blitz;C. Hashimoto;U. Rothbacher

  • Molecular mechanisms of Spemann's organizer formation: conserved growth factor synergy between Xenopus and mouse.

    T. Watabe;S. Kim;A. Candia;U. Rothbacher

  • The homeobox gene goosecoid controls cell migration in Xenopus embryos

    Christof Niehrs;Ray Keller;Ken W.Y. Cho;Eddy M. De Robertis

  • Differential activation of Xenopus homeo box genes by mesoderm-inducing growth factors and retinoic acid.

    K. W. Y. Cho;E. M. De Robertis

  • Homologues of Twisted gastrulation are extracellular cofactors in antagonism of BMP signalling

    Ian C. Scott;Ira L. Blitz;William N. Pappano;Sarah A. Maas

  • Biallelic genome modification in F(0) Xenopus tropicalis embryos using the CRISPR/Cas system.

    Ira L. Blitz;Jacob Biesinger;Xiaohui Xie;Ken W.Y. Cho

  • Measuring Absolute RNA Copy Numbers at High Temporal Resolution Reveals Transcriptome Kinetics in Development

    Nick D.L. Owens;Ira L. Blitz;Maura A. Lane;Ilya Patrushev

  • Vertebrate homeodomain proteins: families of region-specific transcription factors

    C.V.E. Wright;K.W.Y. Cho;G. Oliver;E.M. De Robertis

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher V.E. Wright
Christopher V.E. Wright Vanderbilt University
E. M. De Robertis
E. M. De Robertis University of California, Los Angeles
Tetsuro Watabe
Tetsuro Watabe Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Naoto Ueno
Naoto Ueno National Institute for Basic Biology
Xiaohui Xie
Xiaohui Xie University of California, Irvine
Bruce Blumberg
Bruce Blumberg University of California, Irvine
Christof Niehrs
Christof Niehrs German Cancer Research Center
Aaron M. Zorn
Aaron M. Zorn Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Masanori Taira
Masanori Taira University of Tokyo
Matthew T. Weirauch
Matthew T. Weirauch Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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