Christopher W. Akey

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

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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.

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Christopher W. Akey

54 papers receiving 5.0k citations

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Three-Dimensional Structure of the Apoptosome

2002 662 citations Devrim Acehan, Xuejun Jiang et al. Molecular Cell profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Implications of a multiscale structure of the yeast nuclear pore complex 2023 ·Molecular Cell ·Christopher W. Akey, Ignacia Echeverria, (unknown), Ilona Nudelman, Yi Shi, Junjie Wang, Brian T. Chait, Andrej Săli, Javier Fernández-Martı́nez, Michael P. Rout	14
2	Comprehensive Structure and Functional Adaptations of the Yeast Nuclear Pore Complex 2021 ·Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·Christopher W. Akey, Digvijay Singh, (unknown), Ignacia Echeverria, Ilona Nudelman, Brian T. Chait, Andrej Săli, Javier Fernández-Martı́nez, Steven J. Ludtke, Elizabeth Villa, Michael P. Rout	1
3	New insights into apoptosome structure and function 2018 ·Cell Death and Differentiation ·Loretta Dorstyn, Christopher W. Akey, Sharad Kumar	167
4	A Near-Atomic Structure of the Dark Apoptosome Provides Insight into Assembly and Activation 2016 ·Structure ·Tat Cheung Cheng, Ildikó V. Akey, Shujun Yuan, Zhiheng Yu, Steven J. Ludtke, Christopher W. Akey	19
5	A near atomic structure of the active human apoptosome 2016 ·eLife ·Tat Cheung Cheng, Chuan Hong, Ildikó V. Akey, Shujun Yuan, Christopher W. Akey	63
6	IcmQ in the Type 4b Secretion System Contains an NAD+ Binding Domain 2013 ·Structure ·Jeremiah D. Farelli, James C. Gumbart, Ildikó V. Akey, Andrew D. Hempstead, (unknown), J. W. Head, C. James McKnight, Ralph R. Isberg, Christopher W. Akey	5
7	Apoptosome Structure, Assembly, and Procaspase Activation 2013 ·Structure ·Shujun Yuan, Christopher W. Akey	210
8	Tango7 directs cellular remodeling by the Drosophila apoptosome 2013 ·Genes & Development ·(unknown), Po Chen, (unknown), Shujun Yuan, Christopher W. Akey, John Abrams	25
9	Single Copies of Sec61 and TRAP Associate with a Nontranslating Mammalian Ribosome 2008 ·Structure ·Jean‐François Ménétret, Ramanujan S. Hegde, Mike Aguiar, Steven P. Gygi, Eunyong Park, Tom A. Rapoport, Christopher W. Akey	86
10	Structure of the Mammalian 80S Ribosome at 8.7 Å Resolution 2008 ·Structure ·(unknown), Maya Topf, (unknown), Narayanan Eswar, Jamie J. Cannone, Robin R. Gutell, Andrej Săli, Christopher W. Akey	118
11	Three-dimensional Structure of a Double Apoptosome Formed by the Drosophila Apaf-1 Related Killer 2005 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Xinchao Yu, Lai Wang, Devrim Acehan, Xiaodong Wang, Christopher W. Akey	113
12	A Structure of the Human Apoptosome at 12.8 Å Resolution Provides Insights into This Cell Death Platform 2005 ·Structure ·Xinchao Yu, Devrim Acehan, Jean‐François Ménétret, Christopher R. Booth, Steven J. Ludtke, Stefan J. Riedl, Yigong Shi, Xiaodong Wang, Christopher W. Akey	111
13	Architecture of the Ribosome–Channel Complex Derived from Native Membranes 2005 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Jean‐François Ménétret, Ramanujan S. Hegde, Sven U. Heinrich, (unknown), Steven J. Ludtke, Tom A. Rapoport, Christopher W. Akey	115
14	Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the N-terminal domain of NO38, a nucleolar protein fromXenopus laevis 2004 ·Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography ·(unknown), Marion S. Schmidt-Zachmann, J. W. Head, Christopher W. Akey	3
15	The Crystal Structure of Drosophila NLP-Core Provides Insight into Pentamer Formation and Histone Binding 2003 ·Structure ·(unknown), Shuchismita Dutta, Ildikó V. Akey, J. W. Head, Christopher W. Akey	65
16	Three-Dimensional Structure of the Apoptosome breakdown → 2002 ·Molecular Cell ·Devrim Acehan, Xuejun Jiang, David Morgan, John E. Heuser, Xiaodong Wang, Christopher W. Akey	662
17	The Crystal Structure of Nucleoplasmin-Core 2001 ·Molecular Cell ·Shuchismita Dutta, Ildikó V. Akey, Colin Dingwall, Kari L. Hartman, Tom Laue, Robert T. Nolte, J. W. Head, Christopher W. Akey	138
18	The Structure of Ribosome-Channel Complexes Engaged in Protein Translocation 2000 ·Molecular Cell ·Jean‐François Ménétret, (unknown), David Morgan, Kathrin Plath, Michael Radermacher, Tom A. Rapoport, Christopher W. Akey	159
19	Three-Dimensional Architecture of the Isolated Yeast Nuclear Pore Complex: Functional and Evolutionary Implications 1998 ·Molecular Cell ·Qiong Yang, Michael P. Rout, Christopher W. Akey	292
20	Visualization of transport-related configurations of the nuclear pore transporter 1990 ·Biophysical Journal ·Christopher W. Akey	133

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