Andrew Willems

12.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
25 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Andrew Willems is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Willems has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Andrew Willems's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (11 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (6 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (5 papers). Andrew Willems is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (11 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (6 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (5 papers). Andrew Willems collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. Andrew Willems's co-authors include Mike Tyers, Robert H. Schiestl, Robin A. Woods, R. Daniel Gietz, Matthias Peter, Lionel Pintard, Michael Schwab, Frank Sicheri, Genie Leung and Rose Oughtred and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Willems

25 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Studies on the transformation of intact yeast cells by the LiAc/SS‐DNA/PEG procedure

1995 1.8k citations R. Daniel Gietz, Robert H. Schiestl et al. Yeast profile →
The BioGRID database: A comprehensive biomedical resource of curated protein, genetic, and chemical interactions

2020 949 citations Rose Oughtred, Jennifer Rust et al. profile →
The BioGRID interaction database: 2019 update

2018 934 citations Rose Oughtred, Chris Stark et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Peers

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Igor Štagljar Canada

Flavio Meggio Italy

Kevan M. Shokat United States

Grant W. Brown Canada

Masoud Vedadi Canada

Robert J. Deschenes United States

Krzysztof Ginalski Poland

Ailan Guo United States

Mark J. Zoller United States

Olga Perišić United Kingdom

Igor Štagljar Canada

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew Willems

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20 of 20 papers shown

Willems, Andrew, Nicholas Panchy, & Tian Hong. (2023). Using Single-Cell RNA Sequencing and MicroRNA Targeting Data to Improve Colorectal Cancer Survival Prediction. Cells. 12(2). 228–228. 5 indexed citations

Willems, Andrew, et al.. (2023). Wild‐type MECP2 expression coincides with age‐dependent sensory phenotypes in a female mouse model for Rett syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 101(8). 1236–1258. 4 indexed citations

Panchy, Nicholas, et al.. (2022). Comparative single-cell transcriptomes of dose and time dependent epithelial–mesenchymal spectrums. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. 4(3). lqac072–lqac072. 12 indexed citations

Willems, Andrew, et al.. (2021). MicroRNA governs bistable cell differentiation and lineage segregation via a noncanonical feedback. Molecular Systems Biology. 17(4). e9945–e9945. 22 indexed citations

Willems, Andrew, et al.. (2020). Using the Microbiome Amplification Preference Tool (MAPT) to Reveal Medicago sativa-Associated Eukaryotic Microbes. Phytobiomes Journal. 4(4). 340–350. 4 indexed citations

Oughtred, Rose, Chris Stark, Bobby‐Joe Breitkreutz, et al.. (2018). The BioGRID interaction database: 2019 update. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(D1). D529–D541. 934 indexed citations breakdown →

Kurz, Thimo, Andrew Willems, Nathalie Meyer‐Schaller, et al.. (2008). Dcn1 Functions as a Scaffold-Type E3 Ligase for Cullin Neddylation. Molecular Cell. 29(1). 23–35. 156 indexed citations

Willems, Andrew, Kapil Tahlan, Takaaki Taguchi, et al.. (2008). Crystal Structures of the Streptomyces coelicolor TetR-Like Protein ActR Alone and in Complex with Actinorhodin or the Actinorhodin Biosynthetic Precursor (S)-DNPA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 376(5). 1377–1387. 58 indexed citations

Tang, Xiaojing, Stephen Orlicky, Zhen‐Yuan Lin, et al.. (2007). Suprafacial Orientation of the SCFCdc4 Dimer Accommodates Multiple Geometries for Substrate Ubiquitination. Cell. 129(6). 1165–1176. 170 indexed citations

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Tahlan, Kapil, et al.. (2006). Initiation of actinorhodin export in Streptomyces coelicolor. Molecular Microbiology. 63(4). 951–961. 114 indexed citations

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Tang, Xiaojing, Stephen Orlicky, Qingquan Liu, et al.. (2005). Genome‐Wide Surveys for Phosphorylation‐Dependent Substrates of SCF Ubiquitin Ligases. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 399. 433–458. 27 indexed citations

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Willey, Joanne M., Andrew Willems, Shinya Kodani, & Justin R. Nodwell. (2005). Morphogenetic surfactants and their role in the formation of aerial hyphae in Streptomyces coelicolor. Molecular Microbiology. 59(3). 731–742. 77 indexed citations

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Willems, Andrew, Michael Schwab, & Mike Tyers. (2004). A hitchhiker's guide to the cullin ubiquitin ligases: SCF and its kin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1695(1-3). 133–170. 388 indexed citations

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Pintard, Lionel, Andrew Willems, & Matthias Peter. (2004). Cullin‐based ubiquitin ligases: Cul3–BTB complexes join the family. The EMBO Journal. 23(8). 1681–1687. 322 indexed citations

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Orlicky, Stephen, Xiaojing Tang, Andrew Willems, Mike Tyers, & Frank Sicheri. (2003). Structural Basis for Phosphodependent Substrate Selection and Orientation by the SCFCdc4 Ubiquitin Ligase. Cell. 112(2). 243–256. 422 indexed citations

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Pintard, Lionel, John H. Willis, Andrew Willems, et al.. (2003). The BTB protein MEL-26 is a substrate-specific adaptor of the CUL-3 ubiquitin-ligase. Nature. 425(6955). 311–316. 349 indexed citations

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Willems, Andrew, Tracy Goh, Lauren J. Taylor, et al.. (1999). SCF ubiquitin protein ligases and phosphorylation–dependent proteolysis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 354(1389). 1533–1550. 99 indexed citations

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Willems, Andrew, et al.. (1998). Cdc53 is a scaffold protein for multiple Cdc34/Skp1/F-box protein complexes that regulate cell division and methionine biosynthesis in yeast. Genes & Development. 12(5). 692–705. 233 indexed citations

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Willems, Andrew, Stefan Lanker, E. Elizabeth Patton, et al.. (1996). Cdc53 Targets Phosphorylated G1 Cyclins for Degradation by the Ubiquitin Proteolytic Pathway. Cell. 86(3). 453–463. 265 indexed citations

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Gietz, R. Daniel, Robert H. Schiestl, Andrew Willems, & Robin A. Woods. (1995). Studies on the transformation of intact yeast cells by the LiAc/SS‐DNA/PEG procedure. Yeast. 11(4). 355–360. 1799 indexed citations breakdown →

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