Amit Kessel

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Amit Kessel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Amit Kessel has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Amit Kessel's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (10 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (9 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers). Amit Kessel is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (10 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (9 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers). Amit Kessel collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Amit Kessel's co-authors include Nir Ben‐Tal, Gal Masrati, Tal Pupko, Sylvio May, Itay Mayrose, Haim Ashkenazy, Sarel J. Fleishman, Elon Yariv, David S. Cafiso and Eric Martz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Amit Kessel

37 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Using evolutionary data to make sense of macromolecules with a “face‐lifted” ConSurf

2023 186 citations Elon Yariv, Amit Kessel et al. Protein Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Nesprin-2 contains BH3-like motifs that can promote cell death 2025 ·Cell Death Discovery ·(unknown), Amit Kessel, Liora Lindenboim, Dang Nguyen, Nir Ben‐Tal, Gregg G. Gundersen, Howard J. Worman, David W. Andrews, Reuven Stein	1
2	Evaluation of 18F-DOPA PET Imaging Features and Impact on Radiation Target Volumes for Patients with Oligodendroglioma 2024 ·International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics ·Amit Kessel, (unknown), Derek R. Johnson, (unknown), (unknown), Anita Mahajan, Ufuk Şener, Terry C. Burns, Joon H. Uhm, (unknown), Debra H. Brinkmann, (unknown)	1
3	Arbitrium communication controls phage lysogeny through non-lethal modulation of a host toxin–antitoxin defence system 2024 ·Nature Microbiology ·(unknown), Shira Omer Bendori, (unknown), (unknown), Amit Kessel, Avigdor Eldar	15
4	Cation/proton antiporters: novel structure-driven pharmaceutical opportunities 2023 ·Trends in Pharmacological Sciences ·Gal Masrati, Amit Kessel, Nir Ben‐Tal	1
5	Using evolutionary data to make sense of macromolecules with a “face‐lifted” ConSurf breakdown → 2023 ·Protein Science ·(unknown), Elon Yariv, Amit Kessel, Gal Masrati, (unknown), Eric Martz, Itay Mayrose, Tal Pupko, Nir Ben‐Tal	186
6	Dimeric and high-resolution structures of Chlamydomonas Photosystem I from a temperature-sensitive Photosystem II mutant 2021 ·Communications Biology ·Ido Caspy, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Amit Kessel, Nir Ben‐Tal, Nathan Nelson	13
7	An angular motion of a conserved four-helix bundle facilitates alternating access transport in the TtNapA and EcNhaA transporters 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Gal Masrati, Ramakanta Mondal, Abraham Rimon, Amit Kessel, Etana Padan, Erik Lindahl, Nir Ben‐Tal	8
8	On the evolution of protein–adenine binding 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Amit Kessel, (unknown), Vikram Alva, Rachel Kolodny, Nir Ben‐Tal	25
9	Haploinsufficiency due to a novel ACO2 deletion causes mitochondrial dysfunction in fibroblasts from a patient with dominant optic nerve atrophy 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Dajana Großmann, (unknown), (unknown), Katarína Štingl, (unknown), Ophry Pines, François Massart, Sylvie Delcambre, Jenny Ghelfi, (unknown), Tim M. Strom, Amit Kessel, Abdussalam Azem, Lüdger Schöls, Anne Grünewald, Bernd Wissinger, Rejko Krüger	16
10	ConSurf‐DB: An accessible repository for the evolutionary conservation patterns of the majority of PDB proteins 2019 ·Protein Science ·(unknown), Gal Masrati, Amit Kessel, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Haim Ashkenazy, Nir Ben‐Tal	137
11	A novel variant of the human mitochondrial DnaJ protein, Tid1, associates with a human disease exhibiting developmental delay and polyneuropathy 2019 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·Malay Patra, Celeste Weiss, Bassam Abu‐Libdeh, (unknown), (unknown), Orly Elpeleg, Muhammad Mahajnah, Amit Kessel, Abdussalam Azem	8
12	Broad phylogenetic analysis of cation/proton antiporters reveals transport determinants 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Gal Masrati, Manish Dwivedi, Abraham Rimon, (unknown), Amit Kessel, Haim Ashkenazy, Itay Mayrose, Etana Padan, Nir Ben‐Tal	65
13	Free Diffusion of Steroid Hormones Across Biomembranes: A Simplex Search with Implicit Solvent Model Calculations 2004 ·Biophysical Journal ·(unknown), Sarel J. Fleishman, Amit Kessel, Nir Ben‐Tal	93
14	Implicit solvent model estimates of the stability of model structures of the alamethicin channel 2004 ·European Biophysics Journal ·Amit Kessel, D. Peter Tieleman, Nir Ben‐Tal	22
15	The ConSurf‐HSSP database: The mapping of evolutionary conservation among homologs onto PDB structures 2004 ·Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·Fabian Glaser, (unknown), Amit Kessel, Tal Pupko, Nir Ben‐Tal	104
16	Interactions of Hydrophobic Peptides with Lipid Bilayers: Monte Carlo Simulations with M2δ 2003 ·Biophysical Journal ·Amit Kessel, Dalit Shental-Bechor, Türkan Haliloǧlu, Nir Ben‐Tal	39
17	On the regulatory role of dipeptidyl peptidase IV (CD26adenosine deaminase complexing protein) on adenosine deaminase activity 2002 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease ·(unknown), Amit Kessel, Nir Ben‐Tal, Rivka Cohen‐Luria, Abraham H. Parola	9
18	Continuum Solvent Model Studies of the Interactions of an Anticonvulsant Drug with a Lipid Bilayer 2001 ·Biophysical Journal ·Amit Kessel, (unknown), Nir Ben‐Tal	35
19	Continuum Solvent Model Calculations of Alamethicin-Membrane Interactions: Thermodynamic Aspects 2000 ·Biophysical Journal ·Amit Kessel, David S. Cafiso, Nir Ben‐Tal	63
20	Genomic organization and chromosomal localization of three members of the UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine: Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase family 1998 ·Glycobiology ·Eric Bennett, D. Olde Weghuis, Gerard Merkx, Amit Kessel, Hans Eiberg, Henrik Clausen	32

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