Kenneth J. Kemphues

Research.com Recognitions

• 2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Best Publications

• par-1, a Gene Required for Establishing Polarity in C. Elegans Embryos, Encodes a Putative Ser/Thr Kinase That Is Asymmetrically Distributed

  Su Guo;Kenneth J. Kemphues

  2065
  Citations

• An Atypical PKC Directly Associates and Colocalizes at the Epithelial Tight Junction with ASIP, a Mammalian Homologue of Caenorhabditis elegans Polarity Protein PAR-3

  Yasushi Izumi;Tomonori Hirose;Yoko Tamai;Syu-ichi Hirai

  748
  Citations

• Asymmetrically distributed PAR-3 protein contributes to cell polarity and spindle alignment in early C. elegans embryos

  Bijan Etemad-Moghadam;Su Guo;Kenneth J. Kemphues

  532
  Citations

• Atypical protein kinase C cooperates with PAR-3 to establish embryonic polarity in Caenorhabditis elegans

  Yo Tabuse;Yasushi Izumi;Fabio Piano;Kenneth J. Kemphues

  499
  Citations

• The C. elegans zyg-1 Gene Encodes a Regulator of Centrosome Duplication with Distinct Maternal and Paternal Roles in the Embryo

  Kevin F. O'Connell;Cathy Caron;Kevin R. Kopish;Daryl D. Hurd

  431
  Citations

• PAR-6 is a conserved PDZ domain-containing protein that colocalizes with PAR-3 in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos

  Tak-June Hung;Kenneth J. Kemphues

  430
  Citations

• Polarization of the C. elegans zygote proceeds via distinct establishment and maintenance phases.

  Adrian A. Cuenca;Aaron Schetter;Donato Aceto;Kenneth Kemphues

  367
  Citations

• PAR-2 is asymmetrically distributed and promotes association of P granules and PAR-1 with the cortex in C. elegans embryos

  Lynn Boyd;Su Guo;Diane Levitan;Dan T. Stinchcomb

  360
  Citations

• par-6, a gene involved in the establishment of asymmetry in early C. elegans embryos, mediates the asymmetric localization of PAR-3

  Jennifer L. Watts;Bijan Etemad-Moghadam;Su Guo;Lynn Boyd

  356
  Citations

• PARsing Embryonic Polarity

  Kenneth Kemphues

  344
  Citations

• The testis-specific β-tubulin subunit in Drosophila melanogaster has multiple functions in spermatogenesis

  Kenneth J. Kemphues;Thomas C. Kaufman;Rudolf A. Raff;Elizabeth C. Raff

  326
  Citations

• A non-muscle myosin required for embryonic polarity in Caenorhabditis elegans

  Su Guo;Kenneth J. Kemphues

  326
  Citations

• Gene clustering based on RNAi phenotypes of ovary-enriched genes in C. elegans.

  Fabio Piano;Fabio Piano;Aaron J. Schetter;Diane G. Morton;Kristin C. Gunsalus;Kristin C. Gunsalus

  321
  Citations

• Crossing over during Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis requires a conserved MutS-based pathway that is partially dispensable in budding yeast.

  Jonathan Zalevsky;Amy J. MacQueen;Joseph B. Duffy;Kenneth J. Kemphues

  308
  Citations

• The C. elegans par-4 gene encodes a putative serine-threonine kinase required for establishing embryonic asymmetry.

  J.L. Watts;D.G. Morton;J. Bestman;K.J. Kemphues

  301
  Citations

• RNAi analysis of genes expressed in the ovary of Caenorhabditis elegans

  Fabio Piano;Aaron J. Schetter;Marco Mangone;Lincoln Stein

  269
  Citations

• EARLY PATTERNING OF THE C. ELEGANS EMBRYO

  Lesilee S. Rose;Kenneth J. Kemphues

  244
  Citations

• Integrating interactome, phenome, and transcriptome mapping data for the C. elegans germline

  Albertha J.M. Walhout;Jérôme Reboul;Olena Shtanko;Nicolas Bertin

  225
  Citations

• Mutations in the par genes of Caenorhabditis elegans affect cytoplasmic reorganization during the first cell cycle.

  Colleen Kirby;Meredith Kusch;Kenneth Kemphues

  222
  Citations

• The Caenorhabditis elegans par-5 gene encodes a 14-3-3 protein required for cellular asymmetry in the early embryo.

  Diane G. Morton;Diane C. Shakes;Diane C. Shakes;Diane C. Shakes;Staci Nugent;Daryl Dichoso

  217
  Citations