Frits Michiels

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

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Frits Michiels is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frits Michiels has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cell Biology and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Frits Michiels's work include Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (9 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (5 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (4 papers). Frits Michiels is often cited by papers focused on Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (9 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (5 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (4 papers). Frits Michiels collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. Frits Michiels's co-authors include Rob A. van der Kammen, John G. Collard, Jord C. Stam, Jean Paul ten Klooster, Peter L. Hordijk, Gaston Habets, Sanne van Delft, Tim Reid, Frank N. van Leeuwen and Lauran C. J. M. Oomen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Frits Michiels

25 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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Matrix-dependent Tiam1/Rac Signaling in Epithelial Cells Promotes Either Cell–Cell Adhesion or Cell Migration and Is Regulated by Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase

1998 600 citations Sanne van Delft, Jean Paul ten Klooster et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frits Michiels Netherlands	19	2.5k	1.4k	549	344	257	25	3.2k
Ian P. Whitehead United States	27	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	393 0.7×	508 1.5×	279 1.1×	47	3.1k
Kenji Takaishi Japan	25	2.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	479 0.9×	471 1.4×	327 1.3×	45	3.5k
Akira Imamoto United States	21	2.3k 0.9×	629 0.5×	504 0.9×	355 1.0×	438 1.7×	36	3.1k
Stefan Wennström Sweden	17	1.9k 0.8×	761 0.5×	395 0.7×	387 1.1×	292 1.1×	24	2.5k
Guido Posern Germany	26	2.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	408 0.7×	500 1.5×	330 1.3×	52	3.7k
Klaudia Giehl Germany	30	2.1k 0.8×	951 0.7×	511 0.9×	749 2.2×	233 0.9×	52	3.3k
Valerie J. Fincham United Kingdom	21	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 2.0×	380 1.1×	195 0.8×	30	2.7k
Ed Manser Singapore	29	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	292 0.5×	470 1.4×	199 0.8×	43	2.6k
Anne Blangy France	32	3.1k 1.2×	2.1k 1.5×	306 0.6×	771 2.2×	321 1.2×	63	4.1k
Martin Steegmaier Germany	18	2.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.5×	455 0.8×	824 2.4×	477 1.9×	24	3.6k

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Arts, Gert‐Jan, Ellen Langemeijer, Libin Ma, et al.. (2003). Adenoviral Vectors Expressing siRNAs for Discovery and Validation of Gene Function. Genome Research. 13(10). 2325–2332. 75 indexed citations

Michiels, Frits, et al.. (2003). One step further towards real high throughput functional genomics. Trends in biotechnology. 21(4). 147–148. 1 indexed citations

Malliri, Angeliki, et al.. (2002). Mice deficient in the Rac activator Tiam1 are resistant to Ras-induced skin tumours. Nature. 417(6891). 867–871. 292 indexed citations

Engers, Rainer, Erik Springer, Frits Michiels, John G. Collard, & Helmut E. Gabbert. (2001). Rac Affects Invasion of Human Renal Cell Carcinomas by Up-regulating Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases (TIMP)-1 and TIMP-2 Expression. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(45). 41889–41897. 92 indexed citations

Michiels, Frits, Rob A. van der Kammen, Lennert Janssen, Garry P. Nolan, & John G. Collard. (2000). Expression of Rho GTPases using retroviral vectors. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 325. 295–302. 45 indexed citations

Stam, Jord C., Frits Michiels, Rob A. van der Kammen, Wouter H. Moolenaar, & J.G. Collard. (1998). Invasion of T-lymphoma cells: cooperation between Rho family GTPases and lysophospholipid receptor signaling. The EMBO Journal. 17(14). 4066–4074. 202 indexed citations

Delft, Sanne van, Jean Paul ten Klooster, Tim Reid, et al.. (1998). Matrix-dependent Tiam1/Rac Signaling in Epithelial Cells Promotes Either Cell–Cell Adhesion or Cell Migration and Is Regulated by Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase. The Journal of Cell Biology. 143(5). 1385–1398. 600 indexed citations breakdown →

Stam, Jord C., et al.. (1997). Targeting of Tiam1 to the Plasma Membrane Requires the Cooperative Function of the N-terminal Pleckstrin Homology Domain and an Adjacent Protein Interaction Domain. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(45). 28447–28454. 129 indexed citations

Leeuwen, Frank N. van, et al.. (1997). The Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor Tiam1 Affects Neuronal Morphology; Opposing Roles for the Small GTPases Rac and Rho. The Journal of Cell Biology. 139(3). 797–807. 318 indexed citations

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Michiels, Frits, Jord C. Stam, Peter L. Hordijk, et al.. (1997). Regulated Membrane Localization of Tiam1, Mediated by the NH2-terminal Pleckstrin Homology Domain, Is Required for Rac-dependent Membrane Ruffling and C-Jun NH2-terminal Kinase Activation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 137(2). 387–398. 209 indexed citations

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Hordijk, Peter L., Jean Paul ten Klooster, Rob A. van der Kammen, et al.. (1997). Inhibition of Invasion of Epithelial Cells by Tiam1-Rac Signaling. Science. 278(5342). 1464–1466. 396 indexed citations

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Collard, J.G., et al.. (1996). Role of Tiam 1 in Rac-Mediated Signal Transduction Pathways. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 213 ( Pt 2). 253–265. 10 indexed citations

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Michiels, Frits, Gaston Habets, Jord C. Stam, Rob A. van der Kammen, & John G. Collard. (1995). A role for Rac in Tiaml-induced membrane ruffling and invasion. Nature. 375(6529). 338–340. 486 indexed citations

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Hakvoort, Theodorus B. M., A. C. Leegwater, Frits Michiels, Robert A.F.M. Chamuleau, & Wouter H. Lamers. (1994). Identification of enriched sequences from a cDNA subtraction - hybridization procedure. Nucleic Acids Research. 22(5). 878–879. 13 indexed citations

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Michiels, Frits, Detlev Buttgereit, & Renate Renkawitz‐Pohl. (1993). An 18-bp element in the 5' untranslated region of the Drosophila beta 2 tubulin mRNA regulates the mRNA level during postmeiotic stages of spermatogenesis.. PubMed. 62(1). 66–74. 22 indexed citations

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Sturk, Augueste, et al.. (1992). Sequence characterization of a sheep cDNA for antithrombin III. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1171(2). 207–210. 10 indexed citations

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Michiels, Frits, et al.. (1991). Further sequence requirements for male germ cell-specific expression under the control of the 14 bp promoter element (β2UE1) of theDrosophilaβ2 tubulin gene. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(16). 4515–4521. 23 indexed citations

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Michiels, Frits, Alexander Gasch, Barbara Kaltschmidt, & Renate Renkawitz‐Pohl. (1989). A 14 bp promoter element directs the testis specificity of the Drosophila beta 2 tubulin gene.. The EMBO Journal. 8(5). 1559–1565. 110 indexed citations

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Michiels, Frits, et al.. (1987). Testis-specific ?2 tubulins are identical in Drosophila melanogaster and D. hydei but differ from the ubiquitous ?1 tubulin. Chromosoma. 95(6). 387–395. 54 indexed citations

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Paye, Marc, et al.. (1986). Characterization of a spontaneously transformed pulmonary embryonic rat (PER) epithelial cell line. Journal of Cell Science. 86(1). 83–93. 7 indexed citations

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