Deborah Wessels

4.4k total citations
84 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Deborah Wessels is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Wessels has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Cell Biology, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Deborah Wessels's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (61 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (23 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (21 papers). Deborah Wessels is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (61 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (23 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (21 papers). Deborah Wessels collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Deborah Wessels's co-authors include David R. Soll, Edward Voss, James A. Spudich, Margaret A. Titus, William F. Loomis, Spencer Kuhl, John W. Murray, Karla J. Daniels, David A. Knecht and Jeremy Geiger and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Wessels

84 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Deborah Wessels United States 39 2.5k 1.5k 736 401 373 84 3.7k
David A. Knecht United States 40 2.9k 1.2× 2.4k 1.6× 790 1.1× 436 1.1× 408 1.1× 99 5.2k
Jody Rosenblatt United States 30 3.0k 1.2× 3.7k 2.5× 491 0.7× 204 0.5× 231 0.6× 49 6.8k
Marcus Fechheimer United States 30 1.3k 0.5× 1.5k 1.0× 360 0.5× 221 0.6× 225 0.6× 64 3.0k
Christophe Le Clainche France 26 2.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 457 0.6× 316 0.8× 328 0.9× 48 3.5k
Louise P. Cramer United Kingdom 26 2.8k 1.1× 1.9k 1.3× 540 0.7× 310 0.8× 231 0.6× 32 4.2k
Albrecht Wegner Germany 29 1.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 259 0.4× 778 1.9× 368 1.0× 66 3.0k
Dominique Didry France 36 3.2k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 419 0.6× 710 1.8× 797 2.1× 48 4.7k
Roland Wedlich‐Söldner Germany 33 3.0k 1.2× 3.6k 2.4× 599 0.8× 167 0.4× 598 1.6× 60 6.3k
Rajaa Boujemaa‐Paterski France 24 2.6k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 637 0.9× 383 1.0× 640 1.7× 37 4.0k
William M. Bement United States 47 4.3k 1.7× 3.7k 2.5× 418 0.6× 605 1.5× 328 0.9× 102 6.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deborah Wessels

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All Works

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Wessels, Deborah, Claude Pujol, Daniel F. Lusche, et al.. (2021). Directed movement toward, translocation along, penetration into and exit from vascular networks by breast cancer cells in 3D. Cell Adhesion & Migration. 15(1). 224–248. 1 indexed citations
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Wessels, Deborah, et al.. (2019). Reciprocal signaling and direct physical interactions between fibroblasts and breast cancer cells in a 3D environment. PLoS ONE. 14(6). e0218854–e0218854. 32 indexed citations
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Wessels, Deborah, Daniel F. Lusche, Paul A. Steimle, et al.. (2012). Myosin heavy chain kinases play essential roles in Ca2+, but not cAMP, chemotaxis and the natural aggregation of Dictyostelium discoideum. Journal of Cell Science. 125(Pt 20). 4934–44. 7 indexed citations
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Kuhl, Spencer, et al.. (2010). Ca2+ chemotaxis in Dictyostelium discoideum. Journal of Cell Science. 123(21). 3756–3767. 22 indexed citations
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Wessels, Deborah, Spencer Kuhl, & David R. Soll. (2009). 2D and 3D Quantitative Analysis of Cell Motility and Cytoskeletal Dynamics. Methods in molecular biology. 586. 315–335. 12 indexed citations
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Wessels, Deborah, Thyagarajan Srikantha, Yi Song, et al.. (2006). The Shwachman-Bodian-Diamond syndrome gene encodes an RNA-binding protein that localizes to the pseudopod of Dictyostelium amoebae during chemotaxis. Journal of Cell Science. 119(2). 370–379. 40 indexed citations
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Wessels, Deborah, Spencer Kuhl, & David R. Soll. (2006). Application of 2D and 3D DIAS to Motion Analysis of Live Cells in Transmission and Confocal Microscopy Imaging. Humana Press eBooks. 346. 261–280. 20 indexed citations
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Williams, Robin S. B., Katrina Boeckeler, Ralph Gräf, et al.. (2006). Towards a molecular understanding of human diseases using Dictyostelium discoideum. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 12(9). 415–424. 87 indexed citations
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Kumar, Akhilesh, Deborah Wessels, Karla J. Daniels, et al.. (2004). Sphingosine‐1‐phosphate plays a role in the suppression of lateral pseudopod formation during Dictyostelium discoideum cell migration and chemotaxis. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 59(4). 227–241. 20 indexed citations
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Wong, Kit, et al.. (2000). Forced expression of a dominant‐negative chimeric tropomyosin causes abnormal motile behavior during cell division. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 45(2). 121–132. 21 indexed citations
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Soll, David R., et al.. (2000). Three‐dimensional reconstruction and motion analysis of living, crawling cells. Scanning. 22(4). 249–257. 44 indexed citations
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Wessels, Deborah, Hui Zhang, Karla J. Daniels, et al.. (2000). The Internal Phosphodiesterase RegA Is Essential for the Suppression of Lateral Pseudopods duringDictyosteliumChemotaxis. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 11(8). 2803–2820. 60 indexed citations
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Escalante, Ricardo, Deborah Wessels, David R. Soll, & William F. Loomis. (1997). Chemotaxis to cAMP and slug migration in Dictyostelium both depend on migA, a BTB protein.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 8(9). 1763–1775. 29 indexed citations
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Cox, Dianne, Deborah Wessels, David R. Soll, John H. Hartwig, & John S. Condeelis. (1996). Re-expression of ABP-120 rescues cytoskeletal, motility, and phagocytosis defects of ABP-120- Dictyostelium mutants.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 7(5). 803–823. 55 indexed citations
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Chandrasekhar, Anand, Deborah Wessels, & David R. Soll. (1995). A Mutation That Depresses cGMP Phosphodiesterase Activity in Dictyostelium Affects Cell Motility through an Altered Chemotactic Signal. Developmental Biology. 169(1). 109–122. 10 indexed citations
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Titus, Margaret A., Deborah Wessels, James A. Spudich, & David R. Soll. (1993). The unconventional myosin encoded by the myoA gene plays a role in Dictyostelium motility.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4(2). 233–246. 131 indexed citations
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Alexander, Stephen, et al.. (1992). Discoidin proteins of Dictyostelium are necessary for normal cytoskeletal organization and cellular morphology during aggregation. Differentiation. 51(3). 149–161. 41 indexed citations

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