William Wickner

25.8k citations
223 papers · 21.7k · 4 hit papers · h-index 85

Impact in

  • Cell Biology top 0.02%
    • Cellular transport and secretion
    • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Physiology top 0.05%

Papers in

  • Molecular Biology 188
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 63
    • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior 59
    • Fungal and yeast genetics research 29
  • Cell Biology 116
    • Cellular transport and secretion 111
    • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease 71
Co-authors
Albert Haas (11 shared papers)Randy Schekman (6 shared papers)Arnold J. M. Driessen (7 shared papers)Christian Ungermann (9 shared papers)Roland Lill (6 shared papers)Anastassios Economou (5 shared papers)Harvey F. Lodish (1 shared paper)Andreas Mayer (4 shared papers)
Journals
Journal of Biological Chemistry (46 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (45 papers)The EMBO Journal (26 papers)Molecular Biology of the Cell (21 papers)Cell (17 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesUnited KingdomGermany

In The Last Decade

William Wickner

221 papers receiving 20.8k citations

William Wickner's Hit Papers

Membrane fusion 2008 · 366 citations
3660+18+36Years since publication200400600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

  • it has ≥500 total citations;
  • it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
  • it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.
  1. 2008 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  2. 1996 Cell
  3. 1985 Science
  4. 1972 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Peers

William Wickner
Comparison fields: 5 of 126
  • Cell Biology 8.9k
  • Physiology 1.4k
  • Genetics 7.5k
  • Molecular Biology 17.6k
  • Endocrinology 1.3k
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David Y. Thomas Canada
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All Works

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1
Multiple Mechanisms of Protein Insertion into and Across Membranes
Science ·William Wickner, Harvey F. Lodish
Hit paper breakdown →		1985617
2
Sec18p (NSF)-Driven Release of Sec17p (α-SNAP) Can Precede Docking and Fusion of Yeast Vacuoles
Cell ·Andreas Mayer, William Wickner, Albert Haas
Hit paper breakdown →		1996509
3
The ATPase activity of secA is regulated by acidic phospholipids, secY, and the leader and mature domains of precursor proteins
Cell ·Roland Lill, William Dowhan, William Wickner
1990483
4
The binding cascade of SecB to SecA to SecYE mediates preprotein targeting to the E. coli plasma membrane
Cell ·F. Ulrich Hartl, Stewart H. Lecker, (unknown), Joseph P. Hendrick, William Wickner
1990478
5
SecA promotes preprotein translocation by undergoing ATP-driven cycles of membrane insertion and deinsertion
Cell ·Anastassios Economou, William Wickner
1994456
6
The purified E. coli integral membrane protein is sufficient for reconstitution of SecA-dependent precursor protein translocation
Cell ·Lorna Brundage, Joseph P. Hendrick, (unknown), Arnold J. M. Driessen, William Wickner
1990425
7
A Ypt/Rab effector complex containing the Sec1 homolog Vps33p is required for homotypic vacuole fusion
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Darren F. Seals, Gary Eitzen, Nathan Margolis, William Wickner, Albert Price
2000397
8
ΔμH+ and ATP function at different steps of the catalytic cycle of preprotein translocase
Cell ·(unknown), Arnold J. M. Driessen, F. Ulrich Hartl, William Wickner
1991390
9
Homotypic vacuolar fusion mediated by t- and v-SNAREs
Nature ·Benjamin J. Nichols, Christian Ungermann, Hugh R.B. Pelham, William Wickner, Albert Haas
1997389
10
THE ENZYMOLOGY OF PROTEIN TRANSLOCATION ACROSS THE Escherichia coli PLASMA MEMBRANE
Annual Review of Biochemistry ·William Wickner, Arnold J. M. Driessen, (unknown)
1991374
11
Membrane fusion
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·William Wickner, Randy Schekman
Hit paper breakdown →		2008366
12
SecA protein hydrolyzes ATP and is an essential component of the protein translocation ATPase of Escherichia coli.
The EMBO Journal ·Roland Lill, Kyle W. Cunningham, Lorna Brundage, Koreaki Ito, D B Oliver, William Wickner
1989359
13
Protein Translocation Across Biological Membranes
Science ·William Wickner, Randy Schekman
2005349
14
The Assembly of Proteins into Biological Membranes: The Membrane Trigger Hypothesis
Annual Review of Biochemistry ·William Wickner
1979332
15
Defining the functions of trans-SNARE pairs
Nature ·Christian Ungermann, Ken Sato, William Wickner
1998290
16
Three pure chaperone proteins of Escherichia coli‐‐SecB, trigger factor and GroEL‐‐form soluble complexes with precursor proteins in vitro.
The EMBO Journal ·Stewart H. Lecker, Roland Lill, Thomas Ziegelhoffer, Costa Georgopoulos, P J Bassford, Carol A. Kumamoto, William Wickner
1989283
17
Sequence of the leader peptidase gene of Escherichia coli and the orientation of leader peptidase in the bacterial envelope.
Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Paul Wolfe, William Wickner, Joel Goodman
1983270
18
SecA membrane cycling at SecYEG is driven by distinct ATP binding and hydrolysis events and is regulated by SecD and SecF
Cell ·Anastassios Economou, Joseph Pogliano, Jonathan Beckwith, Donald Oliver, William Wickner
1995266
19
Leader peptidase catalyzes the release of exported proteins from the outer surface of the Escherichia coli plasma membrane.
Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Ross Dalbey, William Wickner
1985252
20
RNA Synthesis Initiates In Vitro Conversion of M13 DNA to Its Replicative Form
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·William Wickner, Douglas L. Brutlag, Randy Schekman, Arthur Kornberg
Hit paper breakdown →		1972249

About William Wickner

William Wickner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Ecology and Endocrinology, having authored 223 papers that have together received 21.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cellular transport and secretion (111 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (78 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (71 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (63 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (59 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (29 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (22 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (8.9k citations), Physiology (1.4k citations), Genetics (7.5k citations), Molecular Biology (17.6k citations) and Endocrinology (1.3k citations). William Wickner has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Albert Haas, Randy Schekman, Arnold J. M. Driessen, Christian Ungermann, Roland Lill, Anastassios Economou, Harvey F. Lodish, Andreas Mayer, Paul Wolfe and Joseph P. Hendrick. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The EMBO Journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell and Cell.

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