Alexey J. Merz

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Alexey J. Merz is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexey J. Merz has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Cell Biology, 36 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Alexey J. Merz's work include Cellular transport and secretion (35 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (17 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (14 papers). Alexey J. Merz is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (35 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (17 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (14 papers). Alexey J. Merz collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Alexey J. Merz's co-authors include Magdalene So, Michael P. Sheetz, William Wickner, Daniel P. Nickerson, Christopher L. Brett, Braden T. Lobingier, Rachael L. Plemel, Cortney G. Angers, Matthew L. Schwartz and Rutilio A. Fratti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alexey J. Merz

52 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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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.

A Type VI Secretion System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Targets a Toxin to Bacteria

2010 718 citations Rachel D. Hood, Pragya Singh et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
Pilus retraction powers bacterial twitching motility

2000 631 citations Alexey J. Merz, Magdalene So et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexey J. Merz United States	34	2.5k	1.8k	811	687	669	54	4.3k
Guy Tran Van Nhieu France	41	1.6k 0.6×	592 0.3×	1.7k 2.1×	1.1k 1.6×	218 0.3×	85	4.2k
Jost Enninga France	30	1.8k 0.7×	494 0.3×	835 1.0×	504 0.7×	112 0.2×	75	4.0k
Matthew D. Welch United States	43	3.8k 1.5×	4.3k 2.4×	551 0.7×	764 1.1×	101 0.2×	88	8.5k
Agathe Subtil France	34	1.6k 0.7×	704 0.4×	229 0.3×	215 0.3×	1.0k 1.5×	59	3.3k
Daniel Ladant France	47	4.8k 1.9×	497 0.3×	1.4k 1.7×	2.8k 4.1×	2.1k 3.1×	144	7.6k
Laurence Abrami Switzerland	37	3.6k 1.4×	869 0.5×	241 0.3×	707 1.0×	191 0.3×	63	5.2k
Drusilla Burns United States	32	1.4k 0.6×	230 0.1×	451 0.6×	521 0.8×	1.0k 1.5×	94	3.0k
Travis Beddoe Australia	41	1.7k 0.7×	364 0.2×	375 0.5×	325 0.5×	103 0.2×	134	6.3k
Maciej Żylicz Poland	47	6.8k 2.7×	1.1k 0.6×	239 0.3×	1.5k 2.2×	75 0.1×	86	7.8k
Neal M. Alto United States	29	2.1k 0.9×	473 0.3×	733 0.9×	600 0.9×	98 0.1×	61	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexey J. Merz

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Banfield, David K, et al.. (2024). SM protein Sly1 and a SNARE Habc domain promote membrane fusion through multiple mechanisms. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(6). 1 indexed citations

Plemel, Rachael L., Una Nattermann, Daniel P. Nickerson, et al.. (2024). SNARE chaperone Sly1 directly mediates close-range vesicle tethering. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(6). 3 indexed citations

Keller, Sarah L., John F. Reinhard, Caitlin E. Cornell, et al.. (2023). Reversible, large-scale, liquid-liquid phase separation in living yeast membranes. Biophysical Journal. 122(3). 8a–8a.

Cornell, Caitlin E., et al.. (2022). Yeast cells actively tune their membranes to phase separate at temperatures that scale with growth temperatures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(4). 25 indexed citations

Plemel, Rachael L., Greg Odorizzi, & Alexey J. Merz. (2020). Genetically encoded multimode reporter of adaptor complex 3 traffic in budding yeast. Traffic. 22(1-2). 38–44. 1 indexed citations

Cattin‐Ortolá, Jérôme, Irini Topalidou, Annie Dosey, Alexey J. Merz, & Michael Ailion. (2017). The dense‐core vesicle maturation protein CCCP ‐1 binds RAB ‐2 and membranes through its C‐terminal domain. Traffic. 18(11). 720–732. 12 indexed citations

Merz, Alexey J., et al.. (2017). Hallmarks of Reversible Phase Separation in Living, Unperturbed Cell Membranes. Biophysical Journal. 112(3). 522a–522a. 2 indexed citations

Nickerson, Daniel P. & Alexey J. Merz. (2015). LUCID: A Quantitative Assay of ESCRT‐Mediated Cargo Sorting into Multivesicular Bodies. Traffic. 16(12). 1318–1329. 7 indexed citations

Brodsky, Jeffrey L., Alexey J. Merz, & Tricia R. Serio. (2014). Organelle and proteome quality control mechanisms: how cells are able to keep calm and carry on. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 25(6). 733–734. 4 indexed citations

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Lobingier, Braden T., et al.. (2014). SM proteins Sly1 and Vps33 co-assemble with Sec17 and SNARE complexes to oppose SNARE disassembly by Sec18. eLife. 3. e02272–e02272. 60 indexed citations

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Merz, Alexey J., et al.. (2013). Vps9 Family Protein Muk1 Is the Second Rab5 Guanosine Nucleotide Exchange Factor in Budding Yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(25). 18162–18171. 29 indexed citations

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Lockshon, Daniel, Carissa Perez Olsen, Christopher L. Brett, et al.. (2012). Rho Signaling Participates in Membrane Fluidity Homeostasis. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e45049–e45049. 30 indexed citations

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Brett, Christopher L., Rachael L. Plemel, Marissa Vignali, et al.. (2011). Intrinsic tethering activity of endosomal Rab proteins. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 19(1). 40–47. 37 indexed citations

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Hood, Rachel D., Pragya Singh, Mike A. Carl, et al.. (2010). A Type VI Secretion System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Targets a Toxin to Bacteria. Cell Host & Microbe. 7(1). 25–37. 718 indexed citations breakdown →

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Angers, Cortney G. & Alexey J. Merz. (2009). HOPS Interacts with Apl5 at the Vacuole Membrane and Is Required for Consumption of AP-3 Transport Vesicles. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20(21). 4563–4574. 65 indexed citations

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Zheng, Hongjin, Justin W. Taraska, Alexey J. Merz, & Tamir Gonen. (2009). The Prototypical H+/Galactose Symporter GalP Assembles into Functional Trimers. Journal of Molecular Biology. 396(3). 593–601. 28 indexed citations

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Merz, Alexey J. & Henry N. Higgs. (2003). Listeria Motility: Biophysics Pushes Things Forward. Current Biology. 13(8). R302–R304. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Li, E. Scott Seeley, William Wickner, & Alexey J. Merz. (2002). Vacuole Fusion at a Ring of Vertex Docking Sites Leaves Membrane Fragments within the Organelle. Cell. 108(3). 357–369. 193 indexed citations

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Merz, Alexey J., et al.. (2000). Effects of the Immunoglobulin A1 Protease on Neisseria gonorrhoeae Trafficking across Polarized T84 Epithelial Monolayers. Infection and Immunity. 68(2). 906–911. 40 indexed citations

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Waldbeser, Lillian S., et al.. (1994). The opaH locus of Neisseria gonorrhoeae MS11A is involved in epithelial cell invasion. Molecular Microbiology. 13(5). 919–928. 35 indexed citations

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