Alexander R. Paredez

5.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
28 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Alexander R. Paredez is a scholar working on Parasitology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander R. Paredez has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Parasitology, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Alexander R. Paredez's work include Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (17 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (5 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (5 papers). Alexander R. Paredez is often cited by papers focused on Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (17 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (5 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (5 papers). Alexander R. Paredez collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Netherlands. Alexander R. Paredez's co-authors include David W. Ehrhardt, Christopher R. Somerville, Chris Somerville, Staffan Persson, Ryan Gutierrez, Jelmer J. Lindeboom, A.M.C. Emons, Štefan Bauer, Sonja Vorwerk and Jennifer L. Milne and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alexander R. Paredez

28 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Visualization of Cellulose Synthase Demonstrates Functional Association with Microtubules

2006 963 citations Alexander R. Paredez, Christopher R. Somerville et al. Science profile →
Toward a Systems Approach to Understanding Plant Cell Walls

2004 948 citations Chris Somerville, Štefan Bauer et al. Science profile →
Arabidopsis cortical microtubules position cellulose synthase delivery to the plasma membrane and interact with cellulose synthase trafficking compartments

2009 512 citations Ryan Gutierrez, Jelmer J. Lindeboom et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander R. Paredez United States	16	2.7k	1.8k	516	476	393	28	3.6k
Hans Merzendorfer Germany	34	1.1k 0.4×	3.5k 2.0×	455 0.9×	121 0.3×	125 0.3×	74	4.9k
Gui‐Xian Xia China	32	2.2k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	70 0.1×	115 0.2×	1.0k 2.6×	64	3.5k
Meritxell Riquelme Mexico	30	1.2k 0.4×	1.7k 1.0×	26 0.1×	245 0.5×	992 2.5×	68	2.7k
H. C. Hoch United States	39	3.3k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	67 0.1×	361 0.8×	1.6k 4.0×	125	4.9k
James R. Aist United States	28	1.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	49 0.1×	133 0.3×	1.3k 3.4×	71	2.9k
Sidney L. Shaw United States	34	2.0k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	33 0.1×	116 0.2×	1.2k 3.0×	62	3.5k
César Roncero Spain	25	916 0.3×	1.6k 0.9×	34 0.1×	387 0.8×	466 1.2×	44	2.0k
Russell T. M. Poulter New Zealand	28	1.2k 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	56 0.1×	156 0.3×	267 0.7×	72	2.2k
Wally H. Müller Netherlands	25	694 0.3×	1.4k 0.8×	47 0.1×	189 0.4×	403 1.0×	49	2.1k
Magdy M. Mahfouz Saudi Arabia	50	4.2k 1.6×	6.3k 3.6×	27 0.1×	655 1.4×	84 0.2×	105	7.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Paredez, Alexander R., et al.. (2023). Encystation stimuli sensing is mediated by adenylate cyclase AC2-dependent cAMP signaling in Giardia. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7245–7245. 5 indexed citations

Paredez, Alexander R., et al.. (2022). A cell-cycle–dependent GARP-like transcriptional repressor regulates the initiation of differentiation in Giardia lamblia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(22). e2204402119–e2204402119. 2 indexed citations

Sniadecki, Nathan J., et al.. (2022). Disc and Actin Associated Protein 1 influences attachment in the intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia. PLoS Pathogens. 18(3). e1010433–e1010433. 6 indexed citations

Thomas, Elizabeth, Kelli L. Hvorecny, Aaron R. Halpern, et al.. (2022). The Giardia ventrolateral flange is a lamellar membrane protrusion that supports attachment. PLoS Pathogens. 18(4). e1010496–e1010496. 5 indexed citations

Johnson, Richard S., et al.. (2021). Identification of Actin Filament-Associated Proteins in Giardia lamblia. Microbiology Spectrum. 9(1). e0055821–e0055821. 7 indexed citations

Hennessey, Kelly M., et al.. (2021). A Curious Case for Development of Kinase Inhibitors as Antigiardiasis Treatments Using Advanced Drug Techniques. ACS Infectious Diseases. 7(5). 943–947. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhongsheng, Ranae M. Ranade, J. Robert Gillespie, et al.. (2019). Methionyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitor has potent in vivo activity in a novel Giardia lamblia luciferase murine infection model. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 75(5). 1218–1227. 8 indexed citations

Lalle, Marco, et al.. (2017). 14-3-3 Regulates Actin Filament Formation in the Deep-Branching Eukaryote Giardia lamblia. mSphere. 2(5). 11 indexed citations

Xu, Jason, et al.. (2017). Myosin-independent cytokinesis in Giardia utilizes flagella to coordinate force generation and direct membrane trafficking. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(29). E5854–E5863. 41 indexed citations

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Paredez, Alexander R., et al.. (2017). Use of Translation Blocking Morpholinos for Gene Knockdown in Giardia lamblia. Methods in molecular biology. 1565. 123–140. 15 indexed citations

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Halpern, Aaron R., et al.. (2017). Hybrid Structured Illumination Expansion Microscopy Reveals Microbial Cytoskeleton Organization. ACS Nano. 11(12). 12677–12686. 98 indexed citations

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Hennessey, Kelly M., et al.. (2016). Identification and Validation of Small-Gatekeeper Kinases as Drug Targets in Giardia lamblia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(11). e0005107–e0005107. 16 indexed citations

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Paredez, Alexander R., Zoe J. Assaf, David Sept, et al.. (2011). An actin cytoskeleton with evolutionarily conserved functions in the absence of canonical actin-binding proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(15). 6151–6156. 72 indexed citations

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Gutierrez, Ryan, Jelmer J. Lindeboom, Alexander R. Paredez, A.M.C. Emons, & David W. Ehrhardt. (2009). Arabidopsis cortical microtubules position cellulose synthase delivery to the plasma membrane and interact with cellulose synthase trafficking compartments. Nature Cell Biology. 11(7). 797–806. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gutiérrez, Ramiro L., et al.. (2009). Organization of Cellulose Synthase Trafficking and Motility in the Plasma Membrane by the Cortical Microtubule Array. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 15(S2). 872–873. 1 indexed citations

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Paredez, Alexander R., Staffan Persson, David W. Ehrhardt, & Chris Somerville. (2008). Genetic Evidence That Cellulose Synthase Activity Influences Microtubule Cortical Array Organization . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 147(4). 1723–1734. 129 indexed citations

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Persson, Staffan, Alexander R. Paredez, Andrew Carroll, et al.. (2007). Genetic evidence for three unique components in primary cell-wall cellulose synthase complexes in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(39). 15566–15571. 456 indexed citations

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Paredez, Alexander R., Christopher R. Somerville, & David W. Ehrhardt. (2006). Visualization of Cellulose Synthase Demonstrates Functional Association with Microtubules. Science. 312(5779). 1491–1495. 963 indexed citations breakdown →

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Somerville, Chris, Štefan Bauer, Michelle Facette, et al.. (2004). Toward a Systems Approach to Understanding Plant Cell Walls. Science. 306(5705). 2206–2211. 948 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rappleye, Chad A., Alexander R. Paredez, C. W. Smith, Kent McDonald, & Raffi V. Aroian. (1999). The coronin-like protein POD-1 is required for anterior-posterior axis formation and cellular architecture in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Genes & Development. 13(21). 2838–2851. 115 indexed citations

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