F W Alt

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

F W Alt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, F W Alt has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Immunology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in F W Alt's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (8 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (5 papers). F W Alt is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (8 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (5 papers). F W Alt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Austria. F W Alt's co-authors include Robert Schimke, D Baltimore, Rodney E. Kellems, Joseph R. Bertino, Laurie A. Davidson, Victoria Stewart, Randal J. Kaufman, Jue Chen, Faith Young and Rusty Lansford and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

F W Alt

32 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Selective multiplication of dihydrofolate reductase genes in methotrexate-resistant variants of cultured murine cells.

1978 816 citations F W Alt, Rodney E. Kellems et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Joining of immunoglobulin heavy chain gene segments: implications from a chromosome with evidence of three D-JH fusions.

1982 630 citations F W Alt et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
F W Alt United States	28	2.9k	1.6k	768	761	477	33	4.8k
Carl W. Rettenmier United States	29	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	694 0.9×	897 1.2×	457 1.0×	44	3.9k
Nicholas M. Gough Australia	25	2.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	699 0.9×	774 1.0×	198 0.4×	43	3.9k
Masaharu Isobe Japan	32	1.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	428 0.6×	876 1.2×	240 0.5×	81	3.6k
Stephen Desiderio United States	43	3.0k 1.0×	3.4k 2.1×	735 1.0×	954 1.3×	815 1.7×	86	6.1k
N M Gough Australia	28	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	467 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	395 0.8×	42	3.5k
Eric H. Westin United States	28	2.2k 0.7×	759 0.5×	631 0.8×	819 1.1×	160 0.3×	66	3.6k
Charles Van Beveren United States	20	3.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	998 1.3×	891 1.2×	254 0.5×	26	4.8k
James Hagman United States	40	3.0k 1.0×	3.3k 2.1×	507 0.7×	909 1.2×	195 0.4×	81	6.3k
Nobuo Sakaguchi Japan	37	1.9k 0.7×	2.7k 1.7×	305 0.4×	537 0.7×	514 1.1×	119	4.7k
Robert Tushinski United States	25	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	521 0.7×	742 1.0×	166 0.3×	28	4.0k

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Krawczyk, Connie M., Antonio J. Oliveira-dos-Santos, Takehiko Sasaki, et al.. (2002). Vav1 Controls Integrin Clustering and MHC/Peptide-Specific Cell Adhesion to Antigen-Presenting Cells. Immunity. 16(3). 331–343. 167 indexed citations

Snapper, Scott B., et al.. (1999). Phosphoinositide 3-kinase knockout mice: role of p85α in B cell development and proliferation. Biochemical Society Transactions. 27(4). 624–629. 34 indexed citations

Wang, Li‐Chun, Wojciech Swat, Yuko Fujiwara, et al.. (1998). The TEL/ETV6 gene is required specifically for hematopoiesis in the bone marrow. Genes & Development. 12(15). 2392–2402. 217 indexed citations

Merrell, Kevin T., Andrew J. Henderson, James Gorman, et al.. (1997). The Absence of the Transcription Activator TFE3 Impairs Activation of B Cells In Vivo. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 17(6). 3335–3344. 30 indexed citations

Swat, Wojciech, Yoichi Shinkai, H L Cheng, Laurie A. Davidson, & F W Alt. (1996). Activated Ras signals differentiation and expansion of CD4+8+ thymocytes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 93(10). 4683–4687. 118 indexed citations

Xu, Yang, Laurie A. Davidson, F W Alt, & David Baltimore. (1996). Function of the pre-T-cell receptor alpha chain in T-cell development and allelic exclusion at the T-cell receptor beta locus.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 93(5). 2169–2173. 59 indexed citations

Hardin, Jeff, Sharon Boast, Pamela L. Schwartzberg, et al.. (1995). Bone Marrow B Lymphocyte Development in c-abl-Deficient Mice. Cellular Immunology. 165(1). 44–54. 35 indexed citations

Ma, Averil, J C Pena, Bliss Chang, et al.. (1995). Bclx regulates the survival of double-positive thymocytes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(11). 4763–4767. 220 indexed citations

Malynn, Barbara A., Jocelyne Demengeot, Victoria Stewart, et al.. (1995). Generation of normal lymphocytes derived from N-myc-deficient embryonic stem cells. International Immunology. 7(10). 1637–1647. 15 indexed citations

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Rodewald, Hans-Reimer, Philippe Moingeon, Luciano D'adamio, et al.. (1993). Fc gamma RII/III and CD2 expression mark distinct subpopulations of immature CD4-CD8- murine thymocytes: in vivo developmental kinetics and T cell receptor beta chain rearrangement status.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 177(4). 1079–1092. 89 indexed citations

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Xu, Yang, M. Baldassare, Peter Fisher, et al.. (1993). LH-2: a LIM/homeodomain gene expressed in developing lymphocytes and neural cells.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(1). 227–231. 148 indexed citations

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Chen, Jue, Rusty Lansford, Victoria Stewart, Faith Young, & F W Alt. (1993). RAG-2-deficient blastocyst complementation: an assay of gene function in lymphocyte development.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(10). 4528–4532. 332 indexed citations

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Alt, F W, Rodney E. Kellems, Joseph R. Bertino, & Robert Schimke. (1992). Selective multiplication of dihydrofolate reductase genes in methotrexate-resistant variants of cultured murine cells. 1978.. PubMed. 24. 397–410. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Yisong, Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Håkan Axelson, et al.. (1992). Functional homology between N-myc and c-myc in murine plasmacytomagenesis: plasmacytoma development in N-myc transgenic mice.. PubMed. 7(6). 1241–7. 13 indexed citations

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Zimmerman, Kathryn A. & F W Alt. (1990). Expression and function of myc family genes.. PubMed. 2(1). 75–95. 72 indexed citations

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Maddon, Paul J., Susan M. Molineaux, Kathryn A. Zimmerman, et al.. (1987). Structure and expression of the human and mouse T4 genes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(24). 9155–9159. 136 indexed citations

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DePinho, Ronald A., K S Hatton, Pierre Ferrier, et al.. (1986). Myc family genes: a dispersed multi-gene family.. PubMed. 18(5-6). 284–9. 5 indexed citations

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Alt, F W, Rodney E. Kellems, Joseph R. Bertino, & Robert Schimke. (1978). Selective multiplication of dihydrofolate reductase genes in methotrexate-resistant variants of cultured murine cells.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 253(5). 1357–1370. 816 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kellems, Rodney E., F W Alt, & Robert Schimke. (1976). Regulation of folate reductase synthesis in sensitive and methotrexate-resistant sarcoma 180 cells. In vitro translation and characterization of folate reductase mRNA.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 251(22). 6987–6993. 86 indexed citations

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Alt, F W, Rodney E. Kellems, & Robert Schimke. (1976). Synthesis and degradation of folate reductase in sensitive and methotrexate-resistant lines of S-180 cells.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 251(10). 3063–3074. 146 indexed citations

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