Francesca Walker

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

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Francesca Walker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Walker has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Oncology and 16 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Francesca Walker's work include HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research (17 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (16 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (7 papers). Francesca Walker is often cited by papers focused on HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research (17 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (16 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (7 papers). Francesca Walker collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Belgium and United States. Francesca Walker's co-authors include Antony W. Burgess, Edouard C. Nice, Hong‐Jian Zhu, Timothy E. Adams, Huihua Zhang, Nicos A. Nicola, Colin W. Ward, Peter A. Hoyne, Donald Metcalf and Terrance G. Johns and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Walker

54 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Crystal Structure of a Truncated Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Extracellular Domain Bound to Transforming Growth Factor α

2002 603 citations Thomas Garrett, Neil M. McKern et al. Cell profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	CDC42 Inhibition Suppresses Progression of Incipient Intestinal Tumors 2014 ·Cancer Research ·Ryotaro Sakamori, Shiyan Yu, Xiao Zhang, Andrew R. Hoffman, Jiaxin Sun, Soumyashree Das, Pavan Vedula, Guangxun Li, Jiang Fu, Francesca Walker, Chung S. Yang, Yi Zheng, Wei Hsu, Dahai Yu, Lanlan Shen, Alexis Rodríguez, Makoto M. Taketo, Edward M. Bonder, Michael P. Verzi, Nan Gao	44
2	Correction: Nonsense Mediated Decay Resistant Mutations Are a Source of Expressed Mutant Proteins in Colon Cancer Cell Lines with Microsatellite Instability 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·David S. Williams, (unknown), Robert N. Jorissen, (unknown), Francesca Walker, (unknown), Edouard C. Nice, Antony W. Burgess	12
3	LGR5 Is a Negative Regulator of Tumourigenicity, Antagonizes Wnt Signalling and Regulates Cell Adhesion in Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Francesca Walker, Huihua Zhang, (unknown), Antony W. Burgess	110
4	The Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor AG1478 Increases the Formation of Inactive Untethered EGFR Dimers 2006 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Hui Gan, Francesca Walker, Antony W. Burgess, Angela Rigopoulos, Andrew M. Scott, Terrance G. Johns	88
5	Preclinical analysis of the analinoquinazoline AG1478, a specific small molecule inhibitor of EGF receptor tyrosine kinase 2006 ·Biochemical Pharmacology ·Andrew G. Ellis, Margaret M. Doherty, Francesca Walker, Janet Weinstock, Maureen Nerrie, Alberto Vitali, R. Murphy, Terrance G. Johns, Andrew M. Scott, Alexander Levitzki, Geoffrey J. McLachlan, Lorraine K. Webster, Antony W. Burgess, Edouard C. Nice	70
6	Ligand-induced Dimer-Tetramer Transition during the Activation of the Cell Surface Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-A Multidimensional Microscopy Analysis 2005 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Andrew H. A. Clayton, Francesca Walker, Suzanne G. Orchard, Christine Henderson, Dominik Fuchs, Julie Rothacker, Edouard C. Nice, Antony W. Burgess	206
7	The role of disulfide bonds in the structure and function of murine epidermal growth factor (mEGF) 2005 ·Growth Factors ·Dianne Alewood, (unknown), Paul F. Alewood, David J. Craik, Peter R. Andrews, Maureen Nerrie, Sara J. White, Teresa Domagała, Francesca Walker, Julie Rothacker, Antony W. Burgess, Edouard C. Nice	13
8	Identification of the Epitope for the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-specific Monoclonal Antibody 806 Reveals That It Preferentially Recognizes an Untethered Form of the Receptor 2004 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Terrance G. Johns, Timothy E. Adams, Jennifer R. Cochran, Nathan E. Hall, Peter A. Hoyne, Mark Olsen, Yong‐Sung Kim, Julie Rothacker, Edouard C. Nice, Francesca Walker, Gerd Ritter, Achim A. Jungbluth, Lloyd J. Old, Colin W. Ward, Antony W. Burgess, K. Dane Wittrup, Andrew M. Scott	118
9	The tumor-specific de2–7 epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) promotes cells survival and heterodimerizes with the wild-type EGFR 2004 ·Oncogene ·Rodney B. Luwor, Hong‐Jian Zhu, Francesca Walker, Angela A. Vitali, Rushika M. Perera, Antony W. Burgess, Andrew M. Scott, Terrance G. Johns	73
10	Rapid Microscale Enzymic Semisynthesis of Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Analogues 2002 ·Growth Factors ·E.C. Nice, Teresa Domagała, Louis Fabri, Maureen Nerrie, Francesca Walker, Robert N. Jorissen, Antony W. Burgess, D. F. Cui, (unknown)	4
11	Crystal Structure of a Truncated Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Extracellular Domain Bound to Transforming Growth Factor α breakdown → 2002 ·Cell ·Thomas Garrett, Neil M. McKern, Meizhen Lou, T C Elleman, Timothy E. Adams, George O. Lovrecz, Hong‐Jian Zhu, Francesca Walker, (unknown), Peter A. Hoyne, Robert N. Jorissen, Edouard C. Nice, Antony W. Burgess, Colin W. Ward	603
12	RING Finger Mutations that Abolish c-Cbl-Directed Polyubiquitination and Downregulation of the EGF Receptor Are Insufficient for Cell Transformation 2001 ·Molecular Cell ·Christine B.F. Thien, Francesca Walker, Wallace Y. Langdon	145
13	Platelet-derived Growth Factor Requires Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor to Activate p21-activated Kinase Family Kinases 2001 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Hong He, Alexander Levitzki, Hong‐Jian Zhu, Francesca Walker, Antony W. Burgess, Hiroshi Maruta	46
14	Expression of EGFR-family proteins in the brain: role in development, health and disease 2001 ·Journal of Clinical Neuroscience ·Ulrike Novak, Francesca Walker, Andrew H. Kaye	21
15	Point Mutants of c-Raf-1 RBD with Elevated Binding to v-Ha-Ras 2000 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Hiroshi Maruta, (unknown), Francesca Walker, Herbert R. Treutlein, Jun Zeng, Antony W. Burgess	34
16	Biochemical characterization of mutant EGF receptors expressed in the hemopoietic cell line BaF/3 1998 ·Growth Factors ·Francesca Walker, Margaret L. Hibbs, Huihua Zhang, L. Jorge Góñez, Antony W. Burgess	28
17	Reduction in platelet-derived growth factor receptor mRNA in v-src-transformed fibroblasts 1995 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research ·(unknown), Francesca Walker, Antony W. Burgess, Graham S. Baldwin	6
18	Natural killer cells in cutaneous malignant melanoma 1990 ·The Journal of Pathology ·Neil M. Kernohan, H. F. Sewell, Francesca Walker	10
19	A new gastric carcinoma cell line (LIM1839) derived from a young caucasian male 1989 ·International Journal of Cancer ·Robert H. Whitehead, Ulrike Novak, Robert J. S. Thomas, Robyn Lukeis, Francesca Walker, Jennifer L. Jones	12
20	Murine epidermal growth factor: structure and function 1988 ·Biochemistry ·(unknown), Chris J. Lloyd, (unknown), Edouard G. Stanley, Francesca Walker, Louis Fabri, Richard J. Simpson, Edouard C. Nice	47

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