Christopher W. Akey

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Christopher W. Akey is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher W. Akey has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Christopher W. Akey's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (22 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (13 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (13 papers). Christopher W. Akey is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (22 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (13 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (13 papers). Christopher W. Akey collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Christopher W. Akey's co-authors include Shujun Yuan, Michael Radermacher, Xiaodong Wang, David Morgan, Devrim Acehan, Jean‐François Ménétret, Michael P. Rout, Tom A. Rapoport, John E. Heuser and Xuejun Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Christopher W. Akey

54 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Three-Dimensional Structure of the Apoptosome 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Three-Dimensional Structure of the Apoptosome
    2002 662 citations Devrim Acehan, Xuejun Jiang et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher W. Akey United States 35 4.4k 710 672 506 375 54 5.1k
Robert J. Keenan United States 38 3.2k 0.7× 1.0k 1.4× 1.0k 1.5× 220 0.4× 287 0.8× 77 4.8k
Daniel Boehringer Switzerland 38 4.7k 1.1× 389 0.5× 573 0.9× 229 0.5× 321 0.9× 105 6.0k
Christiane Schaffitzel United Kingdom 38 3.9k 0.9× 352 0.5× 849 1.3× 276 0.5× 168 0.4× 90 4.7k
O. Gileadi United Kingdom 44 4.3k 1.0× 346 0.5× 568 0.8× 264 0.5× 242 0.6× 108 5.5k
David J. Vaux United Kingdom 37 2.3k 0.5× 562 0.8× 486 0.7× 710 1.4× 424 1.1× 84 4.1k
Yanhui Xu China 39 4.1k 0.9× 719 1.0× 423 0.6× 368 0.7× 358 1.0× 104 5.6k
Martin L. Phillips United States 33 1.9k 0.4× 533 0.8× 350 0.5× 340 0.7× 217 0.6× 72 3.2k
Frank G. Whitby United States 38 3.8k 0.9× 1.1k 1.5× 538 0.8× 311 0.6× 614 1.6× 74 5.0k
Steven R. Kain United States 21 3.1k 0.7× 337 0.5× 590 0.9× 329 0.7× 189 0.5× 45 4.4k
Zongli Li United States 28 1.6k 0.4× 344 0.5× 285 0.4× 517 1.0× 423 1.1× 56 3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher W. Akey

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Akey, Christopher W., Ignacia Echeverria, Ilona Nudelman, et al.. (2023). Implications of a multiscale structure of the yeast nuclear pore complex. Molecular Cell. 83(18). 3283–3302.e5. 14 indexed citations
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Akey, Christopher W., Digvijay Singh, Ignacia Echeverria, et al.. (2021). Comprehensive Structure and Functional Adaptations of the Yeast Nuclear Pore Complex. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Dorstyn, Loretta, Christopher W. Akey, & Sharad Kumar. (2018). New insights into apoptosome structure and function. Cell Death and Differentiation. 25(7). 1194–1208. 167 indexed citations
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Cheng, Tat Cheung, Ildikó V. Akey, Shujun Yuan, et al.. (2016). A Near-Atomic Structure of the Dark Apoptosome Provides Insight into Assembly and Activation. Structure. 25(1). 40–52. 19 indexed citations
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Cheng, Tat Cheung, Chuan Hong, Ildikó V. Akey, Shujun Yuan, & Christopher W. Akey. (2016). A near atomic structure of the active human apoptosome. eLife. 5. 63 indexed citations
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Farelli, Jeremiah D., James C. Gumbart, Ildikó V. Akey, et al.. (2013). IcmQ in the Type 4b Secretion System Contains an NAD+ Binding Domain. Structure. 21(8). 1361–1373. 5 indexed citations
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Yuan, Shujun & Christopher W. Akey. (2013). Apoptosome Structure, Assembly, and Procaspase Activation. Structure. 21(4). 501–515. 210 indexed citations
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Chen, Po, et al.. (2013). Tango7 directs cellular remodeling by the Drosophila apoptosome. Genes & Development. 27(15). 1650–1655. 25 indexed citations
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Ménétret, Jean‐François, Ramanujan S. Hegde, Mike Aguiar, et al.. (2008). Single Copies of Sec61 and TRAP Associate with a Nontranslating Mammalian Ribosome. Structure. 16(7). 1126–1137. 86 indexed citations
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Topf, Maya, Narayanan Eswar, Jamie J. Cannone, et al.. (2008). Structure of the Mammalian 80S Ribosome at 8.7 Å Resolution. Structure. 16(4). 535–548. 118 indexed citations
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Yu, Xinchao, Lai Wang, Devrim Acehan, Xiaodong Wang, & Christopher W. Akey. (2005). Three-dimensional Structure of a Double Apoptosome Formed by the Drosophila Apaf-1 Related Killer. Journal of Molecular Biology. 355(3). 577–589. 113 indexed citations
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Yu, Xinchao, Devrim Acehan, Jean‐François Ménétret, et al.. (2005). A Structure of the Human Apoptosome at 12.8 Å Resolution Provides Insights into This Cell Death Platform. Structure. 13(11). 1725–1735. 111 indexed citations
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Ménétret, Jean‐François, Ramanujan S. Hegde, Sven U. Heinrich, et al.. (2005). Architecture of the Ribosome–Channel Complex Derived from Native Membranes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 348(2). 445–457. 115 indexed citations
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Schmidt-Zachmann, Marion S., et al.. (2004). Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the N-terminal domain of NO38, a nucleolar protein fromXenopus laevis. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 60(12). 2325–2327. 3 indexed citations
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Dutta, Shuchismita, et al.. (2003). The Crystal Structure of Drosophila NLP-Core Provides Insight into Pentamer Formation and Histone Binding. Structure. 11(2). 175–186. 65 indexed citations
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Acehan, Devrim, Xuejun Jiang, David Morgan, et al.. (2002). Three-Dimensional Structure of the Apoptosome. Molecular Cell. 9(2). 423–432. 662 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dutta, Shuchismita, Ildikó V. Akey, Colin Dingwall, et al.. (2001). The Crystal Structure of Nucleoplasmin-Core. Molecular Cell. 8(4). 841–853. 138 indexed citations
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Ménétret, Jean‐François, David Morgan, Kathrin Plath, et al.. (2000). The Structure of Ribosome-Channel Complexes Engaged in Protein Translocation. Molecular Cell. 6(5). 1219–1232. 159 indexed citations
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Yang, Qiong, Michael P. Rout, & Christopher W. Akey. (1998). Three-Dimensional Architecture of the Isolated Yeast Nuclear Pore Complex: Functional and Evolutionary Implications. Molecular Cell. 1(2). 223–234. 292 indexed citations
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Akey, Christopher W.. (1990). Visualization of transport-related configurations of the nuclear pore transporter. Biophysical Journal. 58(2). 341–355. 133 indexed citations

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