David Drechsel

13.9k citations

49 papers · 10.1k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 32

Impact in

Cell Biology top 0.1%
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
- Cellular transport and secretion
- Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Protein Structure and Dynamics

Papers in

Cell Biology 22
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics 17
- Cellular transport and secretion 7
- Cellular Mechanics and Interactions 4
Molecular Biology 45
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways 9
- 14-3-3 protein interactions 8
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery 6
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 5

Co-authors: Anthony A. Hyman Marc W. Kirschner Alan Hall Simon Alberti Ina Poser Hyun O. Lee Shovamayee Maharana Marcus Jahnel
Journals: Molecular Biology of the Cell (5 papers)Current Biology (4 papers)Nature (3 papers)Cell (3 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

David Drechsel

49 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

A Molecular Grammar Governing the Driving Forces for Phase Separation of Prion-like RNA Binding Proteins 2018 · 1.4k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Cell
2015 Cell
1995 Journal of Biological Chemistry
1992 Molecular Biology of the Cell
1991 Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology

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#	Work
1	FlexiBAC: a versatile, open-source baculovirus vector system for protein expression, secretion, and proteolytic processing BMC Biotechnology ·Régis Lemaitre, Aliona Bogdanova, Barbara Borgonovo, Jeffrey B. Woodruff, David Drechsel	2019	50
2	A Molecular Grammar Governing the Driving Forces for Phase Separation of Prion-like RNA Binding Proteins Cell ·Jie Wang, Jeong‐Mo Choi, Alex S. Holehouse, Hyun O. Lee, Xiaojie Zhang, Marcus Jahnel, Shovamayee Maharana, Régis Lemaitre, Andrei Pozniakovsky, David Drechsel, Ina Poser, Rohit V. Pappu, Simon Alberti, Anthony A. Hyman Hit paper breakdown →	2018	1363
3	Tissue- and time-directed electroporation of CAS9 protein–gRNA complexes in vivo yields efficient multigene knockout for studying gene function in regeneration npj Regenerative Medicine ·Ji‐Feng Fei, Dunja Knapp, Maritta Schuez, Prayag Murawala, Yan Zou, Sumeet Pal Singh, David Drechsel, Elly M. Tanaka	2016	31
4	A Liquid-to-Solid Phase Transition of the ALS Protein FUS Accelerated by Disease Mutation Cell ·Avinash Patel, Hyun O. Lee, Louise Jawerth, Shovamayee Maharana, Marcus Jahnel, Marco Y. Hein, Stoyno Stoynov, Julia Mahamid, Shambaditya Saha, Titus M. Franzmann, R. J. Atkin, Ina Poser, Nicola Maghelli, Löıc A. Royer, Martin Weigert, Eugene W. Myers, Stephan W. Grill, David Drechsel, Anthony A. Hyman, Simon Alberti Hit paper breakdown →	2015	2097
5	Noncovalent Hydrogel Beads as Microcarriers for Cell Culture Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Robert Wieduwild, Swati Krishnan, Karolina Chwalek, Annett Boden, Hannie Sleijfer, David Drechsel, Carsten Werner, Yixin Zhang	2015	42
6	3D Profile-Based Approach to Proteome-Wide Discovery of Novel Human Chemokines PLoS ONE ·Aurelie Tomczak, زهرا دهقانیزاده, David Drechsel, T. K. USTYNJUK, Marc Gentzel, Andrej Shevchenko, 艳梅罗, Karim Fahmy, Frank Buchholz, M. Teresa Pisabarro	2012	6
7	In Vitro Gliding Assays Indicate that Chlamydomonas Dynein Moves Microtubules Polymerized from Chlamydomonas Axonemal Tubulin Faster than those Polymerized from Porcine Brain Tubulin Biophysical Journal ·Joshua Alper, Miguel Tovar, Marija Podolski, Per O. Widlund, Anthony A. Hyman, David Drechsel, Jonathon Howard	2012	1
8	Purification of Tubulin from Porcine Brain Methods in molecular biology ·Chris Gell, Claire T. Friel, Barbara Borgonovo, David Drechsel, Anthony A. Hyman, Jonathon Howard	2011	66
9	A comparison of the ability of XMAP215 and tau to inhibit the microtubule destabilizing activity of XKCM1 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·幸士田村, David Drechsel, Anthony A. Hyman, Kazuhisa Kinoshita	2005	15
10	Lipids as Modulators of Proteolytic Activity of BACE Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Lucie Kalvodova, Nicoletta Kahya, Petra Schwille, Robert Ehehalt, Paul Verkade, David Drechsel, Kai Simons	2005	234
11	Conformational changes in CLIP-170 regulate its binding to microtubules and dynactin localization The Journal of Cell Biology ·Gideon Lansbergen, Yulia Komarova, Mauro Modesti, Claire Wyman, Casper C. Hoogenraad, Holly V. Goodson, Régis Lemaitre, David Drechsel, Erik van Munster, Theodorus W. J. Gadella, Frank Grosveld, Niels Galjart, Gary G. Borisy, Anna Akhmanova	2004	148
12	Plasticity and Reprogramming of Differentiated Cells in Amphibian Regeneration: Partial Purification of a Serum Factor that Triggers Cell Cycle Re-Entry in Differentiated Muscle Cells Cloning and Stem Cells ·Werner L. Straube, Jeremy P. Brockes, David Drechsel, Elly M. Tanaka	2004	16
13	Transfer of Scrapie Prion Infectivity by Cell Contact in Culture Current Biology ·Nnennaya Kanu, Yutaka Imokawa, David Drechsel, R. Anthony Williamson, Christopher R. Birkett, Christopher J. Bostock, Jeremy P. Brockes	2002	115
14	Reconstitution of physiological microtubule dynamics using purified components Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Kazuhisa Kinoshita, Isabelle Arnal, Arshad Desai, David Drechsel, Anthony A. Hyman	2001	2
15	Activation of RhoA by Lysophosphatidic Acid and Gα_12/13Subunits in Neuronal Cells: Induction of Neurite Retraction Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Onno Kranenburg, Francisco Éric Guimarães Lima, 韦雨婷 Wei Yuting, David Drechsel, Alan Hall, Wouter H. Moolenaar	1999	273
16	A requirement for Rho and Cdc42 during cytokinesis in Xenopus embryos Current Biology ·David Drechsel, Anthony A. Hyman, Alan Hall, Michael Glotzer	1997	226
17	The minimum GTP cap required to stabilize microtubules Current Biology ·David Drechsel, Marc W. Kirschner	1994	118
18	Modulation of the dynamic instability of tubulin assembly by the microtubule-associated protein tau. Molecular Biology of the Cell ·David Drechsel, Anthony A. Hyman, Melanie H. Cobb, Marc W. Kirschner Hit paper breakdown →	1992	779
19	[39] Preparation of modified tubulins Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Anthony A. Hyman, David Drechsel, Fa Lv, Karel Wija, Kenneth E. Sawin, P.K. Notz, Linda Wordeman, Tim Mitchison Hit paper breakdown →	1991	632
20	Tau Consists of a Set of Proteins with Repeated C-Terminal Microtubule-Binding Domains and Variable N-Terminal Domains Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Adolf Himmler, David Drechsel, Marc W. Kirschner, David W. Martin	1989	436

About David Drechsel

David Drechsel is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, Physiology and Physiology, having authored 49 papers that have together received 10.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (17 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (9 papers), 14-3-3 protein interactions (8 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (4 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (3.7k citations), Molecular Biology (8.0k citations), Aging (109 citations), Physiology (1.4k citations) and Biochemistry (370 citations). David Drechsel has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Anthony A. Hyman, Marc W. Kirschner, Alan Hall, Simon Alberti, Ina Poser, Hyun O. Lee, Shovamayee Maharana, Marcus Jahnel, Melanie H. Cobb and Peter D. Burbelo. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Biology of the Cell, Current Biology, Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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