Doris P. von Kessler

4.3k citations

14 papers · 3.6k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 14

Molecular Biology top 2%
Genetics top 2%
Cell Biology top 5%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 5%
Developmental Biology top 2%

Co-authors: Philip A. Beachy Stephen C. Ekker John J. Lee Keith E. Young Jeffery A. Porter Randall T. MoonYong MaRandall K. Mann
Topics: Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (11 papers)Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (10 papers)Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (5 papers)
Cited by: Developmental Biology Molecular Biology Genetics
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States Switzerland

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Doris P. von Kessler

14 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Secretion and localized transcription suggest a role in positional signaling for products of the segmentation gene hedgehog

1992 507 citations John J. Lee, Doris P. von Kessler et al. Cell profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Hedgehog Signal Transduction via Smoothened Association with a Cytoplasmic Complex Scaffolded by the Atypical Kinesin, Costal-2 2003 ·Molecular Cell ·Lawrence Lum,Chi Zhang,Sekyung Oh,Randall K. Mann,Doris P. von Kessler,Jussi Taipale,Frances Weis‐Garcia,Ruoyu Gong,Baolin Wang,Philip A. Beachy	196
2	Skinny Hedgehog, an Acyltransferase Required for Palmitoylation and Activity of the Hedgehog Signal 2001 ·Science ·Zeina Chamoun,Randall K. Mann,Denise Nellen,Doris P. von Kessler,Manolo Bellotto,Philip A. Beachy,Konrad Basler	354
3	Nuclear Trafficking of Cubitus interruptus in the Transcriptional Regulation of Hedgehog Target Gene Expression 1999 ·Cell ·(unknown),Doris P. von Kessler,Woojin Park,Baolin Wang,Yong Ma,Philip A. Beachy	224
4	Hedgehog Patterning Activity: Role of a Lipophilic Modification Mediated by the Carboxy-Terminal Autoprocessing Domain 1996 ·Cell ·Jeffery A. Porter,Stephen C. Ekker,Woo-Jin Park,Doris P. von Kessler,Keith E. Young,(unknown),Yong Ma,Amina S. Woods,Robert J. Cotter,Eugene V. Koonin,Philip A. Beachy	417
5	Patterning activities of vertebrate hedgehog proteins in the developing eye and brain 1995 ·Current Biology ·Stephen C. Ekker,Anne R. Ungar,Penny Greenstein,Doris P. von Kessler,Jeffery A. Porter,Randall T. Moon,Philip A. Beachy	486
6	The product of hedgehog autoproteolytic cleavage active in local and long-range signalling 1995 ·Nature ·Jeffery A. Porter,Doris P. von Kessler,Stephen C. Ekker,Keith E. Young,John J. Lee,Kevin Moses,Philip A. Beachy	420
7	Distinct expression and shared activities of members of the hedgehog gene family of Xenopus laevis 1995 ·Development ·Stephen C. Ekker,L. Lynn McGrew,Cheng-Jung Lai,John J. Lee,Doris P. von Kessler,Randall T. Moon,Philip A. Beachy	180
8	Products, genetic linkage and limb patterning activity of a murine hedgehog gene 1994 ·Development ·David T. Chang,(unknown),Doris P. von Kessler,Chin Chiang,B. Kay Simandl,Renbin Zhao,Michael F. Seldin,John F. Fallon,Philip A. Beachy	259
9	The degree of variation in DNA sequence recognition among four Drosophila homeotic proteins. 1994 ·The EMBO Journal ·Stephen C. Ekker,Donald Jackson,Doris P. von Kessler,Benjamin I. Sun,Keith E. Young,Philip A. Beachy	182
10	Cooperative binding of an Ultrabithorax homeodomain protein to nearby and distant DNA sites. 1993 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Philip A. Beachy,(unknown),Keith E. Young,Doris P. von Kessler,Benjamin I. Sun,Stephen C. Ekker	66
11	Cooperative Binding of an Ultrabithorax Homeodomain Protein to Nearby and Distant DNA Sites 1993 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Philip A. Beachy,(unknown),Keith E. Young,Doris P. von Kessler,Benjamin I. Sun,Stephen C. Ekker	20
12	Secretion and localized transcription suggest a role in positional signaling for products of the segmentation gene hedgehogbreakdown → 1992 ·Cell ·John J. Lee,Doris P. von Kessler,(unknown),Philip A. Beachy	507
13	Differential DNA sequence recognition is a determinant of specificity in homeotic gene action. 1992 ·The EMBO Journal ·Stephen C. Ekker,Doris P. von Kessler,Philip A. Beachy	134
14	Optimal DNA sequence recognition by the Ultrabithorax homeodomain of Drosophila. 1991 ·The EMBO Journal ·Stephen C. Ekker,Keith E. Young,Doris P. von Kessler,Philip A. Beachy	156

About Doris P. von Kessler

Doris P. von Kessler is a scholar working on Developmental Biology, Genetics and Molecular Biology, having authored 14 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (11 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (10 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Biology (173 citations), Molecular Biology (3.4k citations) and Genetics (1.1k citations). Doris P. von Kessler has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Philip A. Beachy, Stephen C. Ekker, John J. Lee, Keith E. Young, Jeffery A. Porter, Randall T. Moon, Yong Ma, Randall K. Mann, Anne R. Ungar and Penny Greenstein. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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