Alison H. Franks

1.7k citations

15 papers · 1.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 12

Co-authors: Gijsbert J. Jansen Gjalt W. Welling Gerwin C. Raangs Hermie J. M. Harmsen Frits Schut A. C. M. Wildeboer-Veloo Arthur D. Conigrave Hee‐Chang Mun
Topics: Probiotics and Fermented Foods (4 papers)Gut microbiota and health (4 papers)DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers)
Cited by: Nutrition and Dietetics Food Science Gastroenterology
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry Applied and Environmental Microbiology The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Partner nations: Australia Netherlands United Kingdom

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Alison H. Franks

15 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Variations of Bacterial Populations in Human Feces Measured by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization with Group-Specific 16S rRNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probes

1998 879 citations Alison H. Franks, Hermie J. M. Harmsen et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Double Mutation in the Extracellular Ca2+-sensing Receptor's Venus Flytrap Domain That Selectively Disables l-Amino Acid Sensing 2005 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Hee‐Chang Mun,(unknown),Alison H. Franks,Charles A. Collyer,Roderick Clifton‐Bligh,Arthur D. Conigrave	53
2	The Venus Fly Trap Domain of the Extracellular Ca²⁺-sensing Receptor Is Required for l-Amino Acid Sensing 2004 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Hee‐Chang Mun,Alison H. Franks,(unknown),K. Krapcho,Edward F. Nemeth,Arthur D. Conigrave	35
3	The Venus Fly Trap Domain of the Extracellular Ca2+-sensing Receptor Is Required for l-Amino Acid Sensing 2004 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Hee‐Chang Mun,Alison H. Franks,(unknown),K. Krapcho,Edward F. Nemeth,Arthur D. Conigrave	82
4	Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia: A Novel Activating Mutation (E604K) in the Cysteine-Rich Domain of the Calcium-Sensing Receptor 2003 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·(unknown),John Cardinal,Alison H. Franks,Hee‐Chang Mun,(unknown),(unknown),Johannes B. Prins,Arthur D. Conigrave	34
5	Allosteric activation of plasma membrane receptors—physiological implications and structural origins 2003 ·Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology ·Arthur D. Conigrave,Alison H. Franks	11
6	Prostatic carcinoma metastasis to the penis—an uncommon site 2003 ·The Lancet Oncology ·(unknown),(unknown),Alison H. Franks	21
7	The Effect of the Prebiotic Inulin and the Probiotic Bifidobacterium longum on the Fecal Microflora of Healthy Volunteers Measured by FISH and DGGE 2002 ·Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease ·Hermie J. M. Harmsen,Gerwin C. Raangs,Alison H. Franks,A. C. M. Wildeboer-Veloo,Gjalt W. Welling	43
8	The Effect of the Prebiotic Inulin and the ProbioticBifidobacterium longumon the Fecal Microflora of Healthy Volunteers Measured by FISH and DGGE 2002 ·Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease ·Hermie J. M. Harmsen,Gerwin C. Raangs,Alison H. Franks,A. C. M. Wildeboer-Veloo,Gjalt W. Welling	47
9	A rapid, semi-automated method for detection of Gal 1-4GlcNAc 2,6-sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.99.1) activity using the lectin Sambucus nigra agglutinin 2001 ·Glycobiology ·Jennifer A. Halliday,Alison H. Franks,(unknown),R. H. Martin,Elka Palant	9
10	Variations of Bacterial Populations in Human Faeces Measured by FISH with Group-Specific 16S rRNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probes 2000 ·Gjalt W. Welling,(unknown),Gerwin C. Raangs,Alison H. Franks,Gijsbert J. Jansen,(unknown),John E. Degener,Hermie J. M. Harmsen	12
11	Development and validation of an automated, microscopy-based method for enumeration of groups of intestinal bacteria 1999 ·Journal of Microbiological Methods ·Gijsbert J. Jansen,A. C. M. Wildeboer-Veloo,(unknown),Alison H. Franks,G.W. Welling	144
12	Variations of Bacterial Populations in Human Feces Measured by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization with Group-Specific 16S rRNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probesbreakdown → 1998 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Alison H. Franks,Hermie J. M. Harmsen,Gerwin C. Raangs,Gijsbert J. Jansen,Frits Schut,Gjalt W. Welling	879
13	Replication fork arrest at relocated replication terminators on the Bacillus subtilis chromosome 1996 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Alison H. Franks,R.G. Wake	8
14	Identification and characterization of new DNA replication terminators in Bacillus subtilis 1995 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Alison H. Franks,Allen Griffiths,R.G. Wake	27
15	Replication through the terminus region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome is not essential for the formation of a division septum that partitions the DNA 1995 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Ling Juan Wu,Alison H. Franks,R.G. Wake	36

About Alison H. Franks

Alison H. Franks is a scholar working on Food Science, Sensory Systems and Endocrinology, having authored 15 papers that have together received 1.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (4 papers), Gut microbiota and health (4 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nutrition and Dietetics (481 citations), Food Science (508 citations) and Gastroenterology (80 citations). Alison H. Franks has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Gijsbert J. Jansen, Gjalt W. Welling, Gerwin C. Raangs, Hermie J. M. Harmsen, Frits Schut, A. C. M. Wildeboer-Veloo, Arthur D. Conigrave, Hee‐Chang Mun, G.W. Welling and R.G. Wake. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

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