Alexandra C. Walls

36.3k citations

32 papers · 11.9k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 26

Infectious Diseases top 0.05%
Molecular Biology top 2%
Animal Science and Zoology top 0.2%
Computational Theory and Mathematics top 0.5%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 1%

Co-authors: David Veesler M. Alejandra Tortorici Young‐Jun Park Andrew T. McGuire Abigail Wall F.A. Rey Berend‐Jan Bosch John E. Bowen
Topics: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (22 papers)Animal Virus Infections Studies (10 papers)Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (8 papers)
Cited by: Infectious Diseases Animal Science and Zoology Structural Biology
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States France Netherlands

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Alexandra C. Walls

32 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Structure, Function, and Antigenicity of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein

2020 5.9k citations Alexandra C. Walls, Young‐Jun Park et al. Cell profile →
Deep Mutational Scanning of SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain Reveals Constraints on Folding and ACE2 Binding

2020 1.1k citations Tyler N. Starr, Allison J. Greaney et al. Cell profile →
Structure, Function, and Antigenicity of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein

2020 697 citations Alexandra C. Walls, Young‐Jun Park et al. Cell profile →
De novo design of picomolar SARS-CoV-2 miniprotein inhibitors

2020 451 citations Longxing Cao, Inna Goreshnik et al. Science profile →
Structural basis for human coronavirus attachment to sialic acid receptors

2019 419 citations M. Alejandra Tortorici, Alexandra C. Walls et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →
Cryo-electron microscopy structure of a coronavirus spike glycoprotein trimer

2016 386 citations Alexandra C. Walls, M. Alejandra Tortorici et al. Nature profile →
Tectonic conformational changes of a coronavirus spike glycoprotein promote membrane fusion

2017 372 citations Alexandra C. Walls, M. Alejandra Tortorici et al. profile →
Unexpected Receptor Functional Mimicry Elucidates Activation of Coronavirus Fusion

2019 370 citations Alexandra C. Walls, Xiaoli Xiong et al. Cell profile →
Structural basis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron immune evasion and receptor engagement

2022 311 citations Matthew McCallum, Nadine Czudnochowski et al. Science profile →
Glycan shield and epitope masking of a coronavirus spike protein observed by cryo-electron microscopy

2016 306 citations Alexandra C. Walls, M. Alejandra Tortorici et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →
ACE2 binding is an ancestral and evolvable trait of sarbecoviruses

2022 108 citations Tyler N. Starr, Samantha K. Zepeda et al. Nature profile →

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1	Structural changes in the SARS-CoV-2 spike E406W mutant escaping a clinical monoclonal antibody cocktail 2023 ·Cell Reports ·Amin Addetia,Young‐Jun Park,Tyler N. Starr,Allison J. Greaney,Kaitlin R. Sprouse,John E. Bowen,(unknown),Wesley C. Van Voorhis,Jesse D. Bloom,Davide Corti,Alexandra C. Walls,David Veesler	7
2	Structural basis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron immune evasion and receptor engagementbreakdown → 2022 ·Science ·Matthew McCallum,Nadine Czudnochowski,Laura E. Rosen,Samantha K. Zepeda,John E. Bowen,Alexandra C. Walls,Kevin Hauser,Anshu Joshi,Cameron Stewart,Josh R. Dillen,Abigail E. Powell,Tristan I. Croll,Jay C. Nix,Herbert W. Virgin,Davide Corti,Gyorgy Snell,David Veesler	311
3	SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections elicit potent, broad, and durable neutralizing antibody responses 2022 ·Cell ·Alexandra C. Walls,Kaitlin R. Sprouse,John E. Bowen,Anshu Joshi,Nicholas Franko,Mary Jane Navarro,Cameron Stewart,Elisabetta Cameroni,Matthew McCallum,Erin A. Goecker,Emily Degli-Angeli,Jenni Logue,Alexander L. Greninger,Davide Corti,Helen Y. Chu,David Veesler	101
4	ACE2 binding is an ancestral and evolvable trait of sarbecovirusesbreakdown → 2022 ·Nature ·Tyler N. Starr,Samantha K. Zepeda,Alexandra C. Walls,Allison J. Greaney,Sergey V. Alkhovsky,David Veesler,Jesse D. Bloom	108
5	Structure, receptor recognition, and antigenicity of the human coronavirus CCoV-HuPn-2018 spike glycoprotein 2022 ·Cell ·M. Alejandra Tortorici,Alexandra C. Walls,Anshu Joshi,Young‐Jun Park,Rachel Eguia,Marcos C. Miranda,Elizabeth Kepl,Annie Dosey,Terry Stevens‐Ayers,Michael Boeckh,Amalio Telenti,Antonio Lanzavecchia,Neil P. King,Davide Corti,Jesse D. Bloom,David Veesler	39
6	Structural basis for broad coronavirus neutralization 2021 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Maximilian M. Sauer,M. Alejandra Tortorici,Young‐Jun Park,Alexandra C. Walls,Leah J. Homad,Oliver J. Acton,John E. Bowen,Chunyan Wang,Xiaoli Xiong,(unknown),Joel Quispe,Benjamin G. Hoffstrom,Berend‐Jan Bosch,Andrew T. McGuire,David Veesler	100
7	Molecular basis of immune evasion by the Delta and Kappa SARS-CoV-2 variants 2021 ·Science ·Matthew McCallum,Alexandra C. Walls,Kaitlin R. Sprouse,John E. Bowen,Laura E. Rosen,Ha V. Dang,Anna De Marco,Nicholas Franko,Sasha W. Tilles,Jennifer K. Logue,Marcos C. Miranda,Maggie Ahlrichs,Lauren Carter,Gyorgy Snell,Matteo Samuele Pizzuto,Helen Y. Chu,Wesley C. Van Voorhis,Davide Corti,David Veesler	172
8	De novo design of picomolar SARS-CoV-2 miniprotein inhibitorsbreakdown → 2020 ·Science ·Longxing Cao,Inna Goreshnik,Brian Coventry,James Brett Case,L. M. Miller,(unknown),Rita E. Chen,Lauren Carter,Alexandra C. Walls,Young‐Jun Park,Eva‐Maria Strauch,Lance Stewart,Michael Diamond,David Veesler,David Baker	451
9	Serological identification of SARS-CoV-2 infections among children visiting a hospital during the initial Seattle outbreak 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Adam S. Dingens,Katharine H. D. Crawford,Amanda Adler,Sarah Steele,Karine Lacombe,Rachel Eguia,Fatima Amanat,Alexandra C. Walls,Caitlin R. Wolf,Michael Murphy,Deleah Pettie,Lauren Carter,Xuan Qin,Neil P. King,David Veesler,Florian Krammer,Jane A. Dickerson,Helen Y. Chu,Janet A. Englund,Jesse D. Bloom	44
10	Unexpected Receptor Functional Mimicry Elucidates Activation of Coronavirus Fusion 2020 ·Cell ·Alexandra C. Walls,Xiaoli Xiong,Young‐Jun Park,M. Alejandra Tortorici,Joost Snijder,Joel Quispe,Elisabetta Cameroni,Robin Gopal,Mian Dai,Antonio Lanzavecchia,Maria Zambon,F.A. Rey,Davide Corti,David Veesler	21
11	Structure, Function, and Antigenicity of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoproteinbreakdown → 2020 ·Cell ·Alexandra C. Walls,Young‐Jun Park,M. Alejandra Tortorici,Abigail Wall,Andrew T. McGuire,David Veesler	5918
12	Structure-guided covalent stabilization of coronavirus spike glycoprotein trimers in the closed conformation 2020 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Matthew McCallum,Alexandra C. Walls,John E. Bowen,Davide Corti,David Veesler	107
13	Deep Mutational Scanning of SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain Reveals Constraints on Folding and ACE2 Bindingbreakdown → 2020 ·Cell ·Tyler N. Starr,Allison J. Greaney,Sarah K. Hilton,Daniel Ellis,Katharine H. D. Crawford,Adam S. Dingens,Mary Jane Navarro,John E. Bowen,M. Alejandra Tortorici,Alexandra C. Walls,Neil P. King,David Veesler,Jesse D. Bloom	1130
14	Unexpected Receptor Functional Mimicry Elucidates Activation of Coronavirus Fusionbreakdown → 2019 ·Cell ·Alexandra C. Walls,Xiaoli Xiong,Young‐Jun Park,M. Alejandra Tortorici,Joost Snijder,Joel Quispe,Elisabetta Cameroni,Robin Gopal,Mian Dai,Antonio Lanzavecchia,Maria Zambon,F.A. Rey,Davide Corti,David Veesler	370
15	Structures of MERS-CoV spike glycoprotein in complex with sialoside attachment receptors 2019 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Young‐Jun Park,Alexandra C. Walls,Zhaoqian Wang,(unknown),Wentao Li,M. Alejandra Tortorici,Berend‐Jan Bosch,Frank DiMaio,David Veesler	179
16	Automatically Fixing Errors in Glycoprotein Structures with Rosetta 2018 ·Structure ·Brandon Frenz,Sebastian Rämisch,Andrew J. Borst,Alexandra C. Walls,Jared Adolf‐Bryfogle,William R. Schief,David Veesler,Frank DiMaio	52
17	RosettaES: a sampling strategy enabling automated interpretation of difficult cryo-EM maps 2017 ·Nature Methods ·Brandon Frenz,Alexandra C. Walls,Edward H. Egelman,David Veesler,Frank DiMaio	89
18	Glycan shield and epitope masking of a coronavirus spike protein observed by cryo-electron microscopybreakdown → 2016 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Alexandra C. Walls,M. Alejandra Tortorici,Brandon Frenz,Joost Snijder,Wentao Li,F.A. Rey,Frank DiMaio,Berend‐Jan Bosch,David Veesler	306
19	Cryo-electron microscopy structure of a coronavirus spike glycoprotein trimerbreakdown → 2016 ·Nature ·Alexandra C. Walls,M. Alejandra Tortorici,Berend‐Jan Bosch,Brandon Frenz,Peter J. M. Rottier,Frank DiMaio,F.A. Rey,David Veesler	386
20	Subunit connectivity, assembly determinants and architecture of the yeast exocyst complex 2015 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Margaret R. Heider,Mingyu Gu,(unknown),Anne M. Mirza,(unknown),Alexandra C. Walls,(unknown),Zhanna Hakhverdyan,Mark C. Field,Michael P. Rout,Adam Frost,Mary Munson	99

About Alexandra C. Walls

Alexandra C. Walls is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Infectious Diseases and Animal Science and Zoology, having authored 32 papers that have together received 11.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (22 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (10 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Infectious Diseases (9.5k citations), Animal Science and Zoology (1.6k citations) and Structural Biology (121 citations). Alexandra C. Walls has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include David Veesler, M. Alejandra Tortorici, Young‐Jun Park, Andrew T. McGuire, Abigail Wall, F.A. Rey, Berend‐Jan Bosch, John E. Bowen, Frank DiMaio and Joost Snijder. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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