Brad J. Nolen

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Brad J. Nolen is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Brad J. Nolen has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cell Biology, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Brad J. Nolen's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (29 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (10 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers). Brad J. Nolen is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (29 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (10 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers). Brad J. Nolen collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and France. Brad J. Nolen's co-authors include Gourisankar Ghosh, Susan S. Taylor, Thomas D. Pollard, Luke A. Helgeson, Qing Luan, Min Suk Han, Byron Hetrick, Suling Liu, Roman Sakowicz and James J. Hartman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Brad J. Nolen

39 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Regulation of Protein Kinases

2004 917 citations Brad J. Nolen, Gourisankar Ghosh et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brad J. Nolen United States	24	1.8k	1.4k	283	252	228	40	3.0k
Marleen Van Troys Belgium	25	1.1k 0.6×	946 0.7×	164 0.6×	209 0.8×	181 0.8×	59	2.3k
Shae B. Padrick United States	19	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	158 0.6×	214 0.8×	118 0.5×	32	2.7k
Dennis Breitsprecher Germany	22	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	253 0.9×	371 1.5×	115 0.5×	29	2.6k
Andrei V. Karginov United States	24	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	131 0.5×	208 0.8×	188 0.8×	43	2.9k
Richard A. Kammerer Switzerland	43	3.5k 1.9×	1.5k 1.1×	349 1.2×	100 0.4×	271 1.2×	101	5.2k
James B. Moseley United States	28	2.2k 1.2×	2.3k 1.6×	424 1.5×	255 1.0×	231 1.0×	53	3.4k
Leslie D. Burtnick Canada	24	961 0.5×	992 0.7×	375 1.3×	196 0.8×	84 0.4×	60	2.0k
Michał Biśta United States	17	1.5k 0.8×	921 0.6×	72 0.3×	285 1.1×	298 1.3×	20	2.5k
Evelyne Friederich France	26	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	181 0.6×	100 0.4×	209 0.9×	41	2.3k
Dorothy A. Schafer United States	28	2.5k 1.3×	3.3k 2.3×	537 1.9×	495 2.0×	203 0.9×	44	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brad J. Nolen

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Shen, Kang, et al.. (2023). The intrinsically disordered cytoplasmic tail of a dendrite branching receptor uses two distinct mechanisms to regulate the actin cytoskeleton. eLife. 12. 3 indexed citations

Singh, Yuvraj, et al.. (2022). Structure of Arp2/3 complex at a branched actin filament junction resolved by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(22). e2202723119–e2202723119. 44 indexed citations

Liu, Suling, Nicholas J. Oberhelman, April C. Watt, et al.. (2022). Analysis of functional surfaces on the actin nucleation promoting factor Dip1 required for Arp2/3 complex activation and endocytic actin network assembly. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(6). 102019–102019. 4 indexed citations

James, Michael L., et al.. (2020). Synergy between Wsp1 and Dip1 may initiate assembly of endocytic actin networks. eLife. 9. 8 indexed citations

Wagner, Andrew R., et al.. (2019). Single-Turnover Activation of Arp2/3 Complex by Dip1 May Balance Nucleation of Linear versus Branched Actin Filaments. Current Biology. 29(19). 3331–3338.e7. 15 indexed citations

Luan, Qing, et al.. (2018). Structure of the nucleation‐promoting factor SPIN 90 bound to the actin filament nucleator Arp2/3 complex. The EMBO Journal. 37(22). 27 indexed citations

Wagner, Andrew R., et al.. (2018). Dip1 Co-opts Features of Branching Nucleation to Create Linear Actin Filaments that Activate WASP-Bound Arp2/3 Complex. Current Biology. 28(23). 3886–3891.e4. 12 indexed citations

Liu, Suling, et al.. (2016). Identification of an ATP-controlled allosteric switch that controls actin filament nucleation by Arp2/3 complex. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12226–12226. 33 indexed citations

Luan, Qing & Brad J. Nolen. (2013). Structural basis for regulation of Arp2/3 complex by GMF. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 20(9). 1062–1068. 61 indexed citations

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Hetrick, Byron, Min Suk Han, Luke A. Helgeson, & Brad J. Nolen. (2013). Small Molecules CK-666 and CK-869 Inhibit Actin-Related Protein 2/3 Complex by Blocking an Activating Conformational Change. Chemistry & Biology. 20(5). 701–712. 249 indexed citations

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Baggett, Andrew W., Zoe Cournia, Min Suk Han, et al.. (2012). Structural Characterization and Computer‐Aided Optimization of a Small‐Molecule Inhibitor of the Arp2/3 Complex, a Key Regulator of the Actin Cytoskeleton. ChemMedChem. 7(7). 1286–1294. 32 indexed citations

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Liu, Suling, et al.. (2012). Insertions within the Actin Core of Actin-related Protein 3 (Arp3) Modulate Branching Nucleation by Arp2/3 Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(1). 487–497. 18 indexed citations

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Ti, Shih-Chieh, Christopher T. Jurgenson, Brad J. Nolen, & Thomas D. Pollard. (2011). Structural and biochemical characterization of two binding sites for nucleation-promoting factor WASp-VCA on Arp2/3 complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(33). E463–71. 119 indexed citations

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Liu, Suling, et al.. (2011). Mechanism of a Concentration-dependent Switch between Activation and Inhibition of Arp2/3 Complex by Coronin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(19). 17039–17046. 59 indexed citations

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Nolen, Brad J., Nenad Tomas̆ević, Alan J. Russell, et al.. (2009). Characterization of two classes of small molecule inhibitors of Arp2/3 complex. Nature. 460(7258). 1031–1034. 397 indexed citations

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Ezezika, Obidimma, Noah Younger, Jia Lu, et al.. (2008). Incompatibility with Formin Cdc12p Prevents Human Profilin from Substituting for Fission Yeast Profilin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(4). 2088–2097. 36 indexed citations

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Nolen, Brad J. & Thomas D. Pollard. (2007). Insights into the Influence of Nucleotides on Actin Family Proteins from Seven Structures of Arp2/3 Complex. Molecular Cell. 26(3). 449–457. 61 indexed citations

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Nolen, Brad J., et al.. (2006). The RGG Domain of Npl3p Recruits Sky1p Through Docking Interactions. Journal of Molecular Biology. 367(1). 249–261. 22 indexed citations

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Nolen, Brad J., Ryan Littlefield, & Thomas D. Pollard. (2004). Crystal structures of actin-related protein 2/3 complex with bound ATP or ADP. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(44). 15627–15632. 75 indexed citations

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Nolen, Brad J., et al.. (2001). The structure of Sky1p reveals a novel mechanism for constitutive activity.. Nature Structural Biology. 8(2). 176–183. 66 indexed citations

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