Alexander Wlodawer

24.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
371 papers, 19.0k citations indexed

About

Alexander Wlodawer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Wlodawer has authored 371 papers receiving a total of 19.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 258 papers in Molecular Biology, 128 papers in Materials Chemistry and 62 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Alexander Wlodawer's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (121 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (89 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (57 papers). Alexander Wlodawer is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (121 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (89 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (57 papers). Alexander Wlodawer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Russia. Alexander Wlodawer's co-authors include Mariusz Jaskólski, Alla Gustchina, John W. Erickson, Maria Miller, Zbigniew Dauter, J. Łubkowski, Jiřı́ Vondrášek, Alexander Zdanov, Istvan Botos and Stephen B. H. Kent and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Wlodawer

365 papers receiving 18.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Conserved Folding in Retroviral Proteases: Crystal Structure of Synthetic HIV-1 Protease

1989 937 citations Alexander Wlodawer, Mariusz Jaskólski et al. profile →
STRUCTURE-BASED INHIBITORS OF HIV-1 PROTEASE

1993 687 citations Alexander Wlodawer et al. profile →
Structure of Complex of Synthetic HIV-1 Protease with a Substrate-Based Inhibitor at 2.3 Å Resolution

1989 551 citations Alexander Wlodawer et al. profile →
INHIBITORS OF HIV-1 PROTEASE: A Major Success of Structure-Assisted Drug Design

1998 548 citations Alexander Wlodawer et al. profile →
Structure of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor

1984 412 citations Alexander Wlodawer et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Wlodawer

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Advances in cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) for structure-based drug discovery 2025 ·Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery ·Paweł Rubach, K.A. Majorek, (unknown), Krzysztof Murzyn, Alexander Wlodawer, W. Minor	0
2	A Critical Look at the Crystal Structures of cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinases 2025 ·PubMed ·Alexander Wlodawer, Paweł Rubach, Zbigniew Dauter, (unknown), W. Minor, Dariusz Brzeziński, Mariusz Jaskólski	0
3	Duplicate entries in the Protein Data Bank: how to detect and handle them 2025 ·Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology ·Alexander Wlodawer, Zbigniew Dauter, Paweł Rubach, W. Minor, Mariusz Jaskólski, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Vitaliy Kurlin	3
4	RrA, an enzyme from Rhodospirillum rubrum, is a prototype of a new family of short‐chain L‐asparaginases 2024 ·Protein Science ·(unknown), H. Czapinska, Matthias Bochtler, Alexander Wlodawer, J. Łubkowski	2
5	Towards a dependable data set of structures for L -asparaginase research 2024 ·Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology ·Alexander Wlodawer, Zbigniew Dauter, J. Łubkowski, Joanna I. Loch, Dariusz Brzeziński, Mirosław Gilski, Mariusz Jaskólski	7
6	Waterless structures in the Protein Data Bank 2024 ·IUCrJ ·Alexander Wlodawer, Zbigniew Dauter, Paweł Rubach, W. Minor, Joanna I. Loch, Dariusz Brzeziński, Mirosław Gilski, Mariusz Jaskólski	3
7	Structural and virologic mechanism of the emergence of resistance to M ^pro inhibitors in SARS-CoV-2 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shin-ichiro Hattori, Haydar Bulut, Hironori Hayashi, Naoki Kishimoto, Nobutoki Takamune, Kazuya Hasegawa, Yuri Furusawa, Seiya Yamayoshi, Kazutaka Murayama, Hirokazu Tamamura, Mi Li, Alexander Wlodawer, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Shogo Misumi, Hiroaki Mitsuya	7
8	P1′ specificity of the S219V/R203G mutant tobacco etch virus protease 2024 ·Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·(unknown), (unknown), Scott Cherry, Joseph E. Tropea, G.T. Lountos, David S. Waugh, Alexander Wlodawer, József Tőzsér, János András Mótyán	0
9	Rapid response to emerging biomedical challenges and threats 2021 ·IUCrJ ·M. Grabowski, (unknown), M. Cymborowski, David R. Cooper, W. Minor, Mirosław Gilski, Dariusz Brzeziński, Marcin Kowiel, Zbigniew Dauter, Bernhard Rupp, Alexander Wlodawer, Mariusz Jaskólski, W. Minor	5
10	Dynamic bulge nucleotides in the KSHV PAN ENE triple helix provide a unique binding platform for small molecule ligands 2021 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Monalisa Swain, (unknown), Wojciech K. Kasprzak, Mi Li, Jennifer T. Miller, Joanna Sztuba-Solińska, John S. Schneekloth, Deepak Koirala, (unknown), (unknown), Ryan P. Murelli, Alexander Wlodawer, Bruce A. Shapiro, Nathan Baird, Stuart F.J. Le Grice	12
11	Crystallographic models of SARS-CoV-2 3CL^pro: in-depth assessment of structure quality and validation 2021 ·IUCrJ ·Mariusz Jaskólski, Zbigniew Dauter, W. Minor, Mirosław Gilski, Dariusz Brzeziński, Marcin Kowiel, Bernhard Rupp, Alexander Wlodawer	18
12	Control of SARS-CoV-2 infection after Spike DNA or Spike DNA+Protein co-immunization in rhesus macaques 2021 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Margherita Rosati, Mahesh Agarwal, Xintao Hu, (unknown), Dimitris Stellas, Bhabadeb Chowdhury, Jenifer Bear, Robert Burns, Duncan Donohue, Laurent Pessaint, Hanné Andersen, Mark G. Lewis, Evangelos Terpos, Meletios Α. Dimopoulos, Alexander Wlodawer, James I. Mullins, David Venzon, George N. Pavlakis, Barbara K. Felber	12
13	Ligand‐centered assessment of SARS‐CoV‐2 drug target models in the Protein Data Bank 2020 ·FEBS Journal ·Alexander Wlodawer, Zbigniew Dauter, W. Minor, Mirosław Gilski, Dariusz Brzeziński, Marcin Kowiel, W. Minor, Bernhard Rupp, Mariusz Jaskólski	32
14	The Convergence of the Hedgehog/Intein Fold in Different Protein Splicing Mechanisms 2020 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Hannes M. Beyer, (unknown), A. Sesilja Aranko, (unknown), G.T. Lountos, Alexander Wlodawer, O. H. Samuli Ollila, Hideo Iwaï	1
15	Covid‐19.bioreproducibility.org: A web resource for SARS‐CoV‐2‐related structural models 2020 ·Protein Science ·Dariusz Brzeziński, Marcin Kowiel, David R. Cooper, M. Cymborowski, M. Grabowski, Alexander Wlodawer, Zbigniew Dauter, W. Minor, Mirosław Gilski, Bernhard Rupp, Mariusz Jaskólski, W. Minor	14
16	The crystal structure of the naturally split gp41‐1 intein guides the engineering of orthogonal split inteins from cis ‐splicing inteins 2019 ·FEBS Journal ·Hannes M. Beyer, (unknown), Mi Li, Alexander Wlodawer, Hideo Iwaï	19
17	Crystal Structure of the Labile Complex of IL-24 with the Extracellular Domains of IL-22R1 and IL-20R2 2018 ·The Journal of Immunology ·J. Łubkowski, (unknown), Smirnov Sv, Andriy Anishkin, Sergei V. Kotenko, Alexander Wlodawer	19
18	Structure-based engineering and comparison of novel split inteins for protein ligation 2014 ·Molecular BioSystems ·A. Sesilja Aranko, Jesper S. Oeemig, Dongwen Zhou, Tommi Kajander, Alexander Wlodawer, Hideo Iwaï	43
19	Plenary Lectures 2008 ·FEBS Journal ·Alexander Wlodawer, W. Minor, Zbigniew Dauter, Mariusz Jaskólski, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	3
20	Crystallographic and Biochemical Investigations of Kumamolisin-As, a Serine-Carboxyl Peptidase with Collagenase Activity 2004 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Alexander Wlodawer, Mi Li, Alla Gustchina, Naoki Tsuruoka, (unknown), Hiroyuki Minakata, Hiroshi Ōyama, Kōhei Oda, Tokuzo Nishino, Tôru Nakayama	41

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