Alex J. Levine

15.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
154 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Alex J. Levine is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex J. Levine has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Cell Biology and 35 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alex J. Levine's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (31 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (20 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (17 papers). Alex J. Levine is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (31 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (20 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (17 papers). Alex J. Levine collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Netherlands. Alex J. Levine's co-authors include Chris Lamb, Raimund Tenhaken, Richard A. Dixon, F. C. MacKintosh, Beatrice Belenghi, Budhi Sagar Tiwari, T. C. Lubensky, David Head, Yehoram Leshem and Mazal Solomon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alex J. Levine

151 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

H2O2 from the oxidative burst orchestrates the plant hypersensitive disease resistance response

1994 2.3k citations Alex J. Levine et al. profile →
The hypersensitive response facilitates plant infection by the necrotrophic pathogen Botrytis cinerea

2000 922 citations Alex J. Levine et al. Current Biology profile →
The Involvement of Cysteine Proteases and Protease Inhibitor Genes in the Regulation of Programmed Cell Death in Plants

1999 623 citations Massimo Delledonne, Alex J. Levine et al. profile →
Calcium-mediated apoptosis in a plant hypersensitive disease resistance response

1996 481 citations Alex J. Levine et al. Current Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex J. Levine United States	50	6.4k	4.7k	2.0k	1.3k	1.1k	154	12.6k
Kenta Nakai Japan	53	3.0k 0.5×	9.6k 2.0×	662 0.3×	445 0.3×	441 0.4×	323	16.8k
Paul Matsudaira United States	59	782 0.1×	7.9k 1.7×	5.3k 2.6×	3.1k 2.4×	1.4k 1.3×	285	18.2k
John H. Crowe United States	73	3.2k 0.5×	7.2k 1.5×	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	875 0.8×	196	17.3k
J. Richard McIntosh United States	85	2.9k 0.5×	16.2k 3.4×	13.9k 6.8×	963 0.7×	567 0.5×	225	23.1k
Takeshi Watanabe Japan	62	2.7k 0.4×	6.4k 1.4×	485 0.2×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	498	15.2k
Yifan Cheng United States	67	1.4k 0.2×	16.6k 3.5×	2.8k 1.4×	940 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	213	25.5k
Richard J. Smith United Kingdom	49	850 0.1×	1.7k 0.4×	473 0.2×	1.0k 0.8×	990 0.9×	287	8.8k
Toshio Ando Japan	59	1.4k 0.2×	7.3k 1.5×	1.7k 0.8×	2.5k 1.9×	6.0k 5.7×	363	14.5k
Jun Kawai Japan	47	2.7k 0.4×	5.3k 1.1×	247 0.1×	363 0.3×	372 0.3×	398	10.5k
Kenneth H. Downing United States	54	795 0.1×	10.8k 2.3×	5.3k 2.6×	909 0.7×	959 0.9×	179	17.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex J. Levine

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Ashhad, Sufyan, et al.. (2022). Microcircuit Synchronization and Heavy-Tailed Synaptic Weight Distribution Augment preBötzinger Complex Bursting Dynamics. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(2). 240–260. 8 indexed citations

Thrivikraman, Greeshma, Victor K. Lai, Sandra L. Johnson, et al.. (2021). Cell contact guidance via sensing anisotropy of network mechanical resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(29). 46 indexed citations

Valentine, Megan T., et al.. (2013). Microrheology of Highly Crosslinked Microtubule Networks is Dominated by Force-Induced Crosslinker Unbinding. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 550a–551a. 2 indexed citations

Park, YongKeun, Catherine Best‐Popescu, Tatiana Kuriabova, et al.. (2011). Measurement of the nonlinear elasticity of red blood cell membranes. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

Wang, Zhuo, Nahil Sobh, Larry J. Millet, et al.. (2011). One-dimensional deterministic transport in neurons measured by dispersion-relation phase spectroscopy. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 23(37). 374107–374107. 20 indexed citations

Leshem, Yehoram, et al.. (2010). Reduced expression of the v-SNAREs AtVAMP71/AtVAMP7C gene family in Arabidopsis reduces drought tolerance by suppression of abscisic acid-dependent stomatal closure. Journal of Experimental Botany. 61(10). 2615–2622. 65 indexed citations

MacKintosh, F. C. & Alex J. Levine. (2008). Nonequilibrium Mechanics and Dynamics of Motor-Activated Gels. Physical Review Letters. 100(1). 18104–18104. 154 indexed citations

DiDonna, B. A. & Alex J. Levine. (2007). Unfolding cross-linkers as rheology regulators in F-actin networks. Physical Review E. 75(4). 41909–41909. 28 indexed citations

Henle, Mark L. & Alex J. Levine. (2007). Capillary wave dynamics on supported viscoelastic films: Single and double layers. Physical Review E. 75(2). 21604–21604. 29 indexed citations

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DiDonna, B. A. & Alex J. Levine. (2006). Filamin cross-linkers as rheology regulators in biopolymer networks. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.

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Atakhorrami, M., Joanna I. Sułkowska, G. H. Koenderink, et al.. (2006). Correlated fluctuations of microparticles in viscoelastic solutions: Quantitative measurement of material properties by microrheology in the presence of optical traps. Physical Review E. 73(6). 61501–61501. 63 indexed citations

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Weeks, Eric R., John C. Crocker, Mohammad F. Islam, et al.. (2003). Rheological Microscopy: Local Mechanical Properties from Microrheology. Physical Review Letters. 90(10). 108301–108301. 168 indexed citations

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Levine, Alex J. & F. C. MacKintosh. (2002). Dynamics of viscoelastic membranes. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(6). 61606–61606. 90 indexed citations

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Mazzucato, Andrea, et al.. (2001). Apoptosis-like DNA fragmentation in leaves and floral organs precedes their developmental senescence. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 135(2). 183–189. 7 indexed citations

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Levine, Alex J. & T. C. Lubensky. (2001). Two-point microrheology and the electrostatic analogy. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 65(1). 11501–11501. 68 indexed citations

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Elad, Yigal, David Delmail, A. Kapat, et al.. (1999). Trichoderma harzianum T39 - mechanisms of biocontrol of foliar pathogens.. 40(10-11). 459–467. 30 indexed citations

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Vardi, Assaf, et al.. (1999). Programmed cell death of the dinoflagellate Peridinium gatunense is mediated by CO limitation and oxidative stress. Current Biology. 9(18). 1061–1064. 243 indexed citations

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Levine, Alex J., et al.. (1999). Purification of Active Cysteine Proteases by Affinity Chromatography with Attached E-64 Inhibitor. Protein Expression and Purification. 15(3). 247–250. 8 indexed citations

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Herhold, Amy B., Deniz Ertaş, Alex J. Levine, & H. E. King. (1999). Impurity mediated nucleation in hexadecane-in-water emulsions. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 59(6). 6946–6955. 46 indexed citations

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Cohen, G., Joseph Deutsch, Jay Fineberg, & Alex J. Levine. (1997). Covalent attachment of DNA oligonucleotides to glass. Nucleic Acids Research. 25(4). 911–912. 28 indexed citations

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