Frederick W. Alt

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Frederick W. Alt is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederick W. Alt has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Immunology, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Frederick W. Alt's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (12 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers). Frederick W. Alt is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (12 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers). Frederick W. Alt collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Netherlands. Frederick W. Alt's co-authors include Laurie A. Davidson, James Gorman, Jayanta Chaudhuri, Chengming Zhu, David T. Weaver, Gary Rathbun, Barbara A. Malynn, Aaron B. Kantor, Zhiying Li and Wasif N. Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Immunity and Current Opinion in Genetics & Development.

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Frederick W. Alt

17 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Defective B cell development and function in Btk-deficient mice

1995 611 citations Wasif N. Khan, Frederick W. Alt et al. Immunity profile →

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17 of 17 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Related Mechanisms of Antibody Somatic Hypermutation and Class Switch Recombination 2015 ·Microbiology Spectrum ·Joyce K. Hwang, Frederick W. Alt, Leng-Siew Yeap	75
2	Discordance between IgA Switching at the DNA Level and IgA Expression at the mRNA Level in IgA-Deficient Patients 1999 ·Clinical Immunology ·Zhigang Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andrea Bottaro, Frederick W. Alt, (unknown)	27
3	Reevaluation of 3′Eκ Function in Stage- and Lineage-Specific Rearrangement and Somatic Hypermutation 1998 ·Immunity ·Nienke van der Stoep, James Gorman, Frederick W. Alt	41
4	Regulation of Immunoglobulin Light Chain Isotype Expression 1998 ·Advances in immunology ·James Gorman, Frederick W. Alt	58
5	A Targeted DNA-PKcs-Null Mutation Reveals DNA-PK-Independent Functions for KU in V(D)J Recombination 1998 ·Immunity ·(unknown), Jayanta Chaudhuri, Chengming Zhu, Laurie A. Davidson, David T. Weaver, Frederick W. Alt	366
6	Identification of the XRCC4 Gene: Complementation of the DSBR and V(D)J Recombination Defects of XR-1 Cells 1996 ·Current topics in microbiology and immunology ·Zhiying Li, Frederick W. Alt	7
7	Developmental regulation of V(D)J recombination and lymphocyte differentiation 1996 ·Current Opinion in Genetics & Development ·Dennis M. Willerford, Wojciech Swat, Frederick W. Alt	79
8	CD2ϵ and CD3ξ cytoplasmic domains can independently generate signals for T cell development and function 1995 ·Immunity ·(unknown), Averil Ma, H L Cheng, Frederick W. Alt	75
9	The XRCC4 gene encodes a novel protein involved in DNA double-strand break repair and V(D)J recombination 1995 ·Cell ·Zhiying Li, (unknown), (unknown), Hwei-Ling Cheng, Brian Seed, (unknown), Guillermo E. Taccioli, Frederick W. Alt	376
10	Defective B cell development and function in Btk-deficient mice breakdown → 1995 ·Immunity ·Wasif N. Khan, Frederick W. Alt, Rachel M. Gerstein, Barbara A. Malynn, Irené Larsson, Gary Rathbun, Laurie A. Davidson, (unknown), Aaron B. Kantor, L A Herzenberg, Fred S. Rosen, Paschalis Sideras	611
11	A class switch control region at the 3′ end of the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus 1994 ·Cell ·Michel Cogné, Rusty Lansford, Andrea Bottaro, Jue Zhang, James Gorman, Faith Young, (unknown), Frederick W. Alt	223
12	Two distinct pathways of specific killing revealed by perforin mutant cytotoxic T lymphocytes 1994 ·Immunity ·Hidefumi Kojima, Nobukata Shinohara, (unknown), (unknown), Yohtaroh Takagaki, Hiroshi Ohno, Takashi Saito, Takashi Katayama, Hideo Yagita, Ko Okumura, Yoichi Shinkai, Frederick W. Alt, Akio Matsuzawa, Shin Yonehara, Hajime Takayama	271
13	Comparison of RAG gene expression in normal and transformed precursor lymphocytes 1993 ·International Immunology ·Gary Rathbun, (unknown), Frederick W. Alt	15
14	Molecular cloning of a human immunoglobulin heavy chain variable (V ) region with anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein activity 1990 ·Journal of Neuroimmunology ·Rajiv Desai, Linda Spatz, (unknown), Amjad A. Ilyas, Jeffrey E. Berman, Frederick W. Alt, Elvin A. Kabat, (unknown)	5
15	Human Heavy Chain Variable Region Gene Diversity, Organization, and Expression 1990 ·International Reviews of Immunology ·Jeffrey E. Berman, Frederick W. Alt	12
16	Frequency of VH-gene utilization in human EBV-transformed B-cell lines: The most JH-proximal VH segment encodes autoantibodies 1989 ·Journal of Autoimmunity ·Ton Logtenberg, Fay Young, Johan H. van Es, F.H.J. Gmelig-Meyling, Jeffrey E. Berman, Frederick W. Alt	26
17	Immunoglobulin V_H gene expression in human B cell lines and tumors: biased V_H gene expression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia 1989 ·International Immunology ·Ton Logtenberg, Mieke Schutte, Giorgio Inghirami, Jeffrey E. Berman, (unknown), Richard A. Insel, D M Knowles, Frederick W. Alt	99

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