Göran Ahlsén

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Göran Ahlsén is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Göran Ahlsén has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 15 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Göran Ahlsén's work include Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (16 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (10 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers). Göran Ahlsén is often cited by papers focused on Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (16 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (10 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers). Göran Ahlsén collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Israel. Göran Ahlsén's co-authors include Lawrence Shapiro, Barry Honig, Fabiana Bahna, Phinikoula S. Katsamba, Julia Brasch, Jérémie Vendôme, O.J. Harrison, Xiangshu Jin, Seetha Mannepalli and Shoshana Posy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Göran Ahlsén

42 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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The Extracellular Architecture of Adherens Junctions Revealed by Crystal Structures of Type I Cadherins

2011 304 citations O.J. Harrison, Xiangshu Jin et al. Structure profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Göran Ahlsén United States	30	1.7k	820	556	163	131	42	2.4k
Michał Biśta United States	17	1.5k 0.9×	921 1.1×	224 0.4×	171 1.0×	237 1.8×	20	2.5k
Emmanuel Derivery United Kingdom	23	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	279 0.5×	119 0.7×	135 1.0×	37	2.8k
Avital A. Rodal United States	28	2.0k 1.2×	1.6k 2.0×	398 0.7×	100 0.6×	126 1.0×	51	3.3k
Julia Brasch United States	19	1.3k 0.8×	651 0.8×	243 0.4×	151 0.9×	40 0.3×	26	1.9k
Enilza Maria Espreáfico Brazil	26	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	388 0.7×	146 0.9×	35 0.3×	68	2.5k
Félix Rivera-Molina United States	24	1.3k 0.8×	786 1.0×	212 0.4×	124 0.8×	130 1.0×	43	2.5k
Kyoko Okada Japan	24	872 0.5×	728 0.9×	209 0.4×	126 0.8×	82 0.6×	89	2.1k
Fabian Göttfert Germany	18	1.0k 0.6×	629 0.8×	478 0.9×	74 0.5×	178 1.4×	20	2.2k
Phinikoula S. Katsamba United States	25	1.4k 0.8×	493 0.6×	385 0.7×	179 1.1×	35 0.3×	36	2.1k
Ann L. Miller United States	32	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.7×	346 0.6×	142 0.9×	62 0.5×	66	2.9k

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Kottur, Jithesh, Mi Ni, Rikhia Ghosh, et al.. (2024). Burkholderia cenocepacia epigenetic regulator M.BceJIV simultaneously engages two DNA recognition sequences for methylation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7839–7839. 2 indexed citations

Cerutti, Gabriele, Fabiana Bahna, Seetha Mannepalli, et al.. (2024). Structures and pH-dependent dimerization of the sevenless receptor tyrosine kinase. Molecular Cell. 84(23). 4677–4690.e6. 1 indexed citations

Goodman, K.M., Phinikoula S. Katsamba, Rotem Rubinstein, et al.. (2022). How clustered protocadherin binding specificity is tuned for neuronal self-/nonself-recognition. eLife. 11. 20 indexed citations

Blockus, Heike, Sebi V. Rolotti, Miklos Szoboszlay, et al.. (2021). Synaptogenic activity of the axon guidance molecule Robo2 underlies hippocampal circuit function. Cell Reports. 37(3). 109828–109828. 22 indexed citations

Harrison, O.J., Julia Brasch, Phinikoula S. Katsamba, et al.. (2020). Family-wide Structural and Biophysical Analysis of Binding Interactions among Non-clustered δ-Protocadherins. Cell Reports. 30(8). 2655–2671.e7. 32 indexed citations

Bayer, Emily A., Lauren Neal, Phinikoula S. Katsamba, et al.. (2020). Ubiquitin-dependent regulation of a conserved DMRT protein controls sexually dimorphic synaptic connectivity and behavior. eLife. 9. 21 indexed citations

Sergeeva, Alina P., Phinikoula S. Katsamba, Göran Ahlsén, et al.. (2020). DIP/Dpr interactions and the evolutionary design of specificity in protein families. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2125–2125. 24 indexed citations

Ye, Junqiang, Jonah Cheung, Valeria Gerbino, et al.. (2019). Effects of ALS-associated TANK binding kinase 1 mutations on protein–protein interactions and kinase activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(49). 24517–24526. 32 indexed citations

Xu, Shuwa, Qi Xiao, Alina P. Sergeeva, et al.. (2018). Interactions between the Ig-Superfamily Proteins DIP-α and Dpr6/10 Regulate Assembly of Neural Circuits. Neuron. 100(6). 1369–1384.e6. 49 indexed citations

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Qiu, Xufeng, Micah Rapp, Xiaoping Liang, et al.. (2018). Mechanotransduction by PCDH15 Relies on a Novel cis-Dimeric Architecture. Neuron. 99(3). 480–492.e5. 31 indexed citations

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Harrison, O.J., Julia Brasch, Gorka Lasso, et al.. (2016). Structural basis of adhesive binding by desmocollins and desmogleins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(26). 7160–7165. 130 indexed citations

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Goodman, K.M., Rotem Rubinstein, Chan Aye Thu, et al.. (2016). Structural Basis of Diverse Homophilic Recognition by Clustered α- and β-Protocadherins. Neuron. 90(4). 709–723. 76 indexed citations

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Rubinstein, Rotem, Chan Aye Thu, K.M. Goodman, et al.. (2015). Molecular Logic of Neuronal Self-Recognition through Protocadherin Domain Interactions. Cell. 163(3). 629–642. 122 indexed citations

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Wu, Wei, Göran Ahlsén, David Baker, Lawrence Shapiro, & S Lawrence Zipursky. (2012). Complementary Chimeric Isoforms Reveal Dscam1 Binding Specificity In Vivo. Neuron. 76(3). 668–668. 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Wei, Göran Ahlsén, David Baker, Lawrence Shapiro, & S Lawrence Zipursky. (2012). Complementary Chimeric Isoforms Reveal Dscam1 Binding Specificity In Vivo. Neuron. 74(2). 261–268. 31 indexed citations

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Brasch, Julia, O.J. Harrison, Göran Ahlsén, Qun Liu, & Lawrence Shapiro. (2011). Crystal Structure of the Ligand Binding Domain of Netrin G2. Journal of Molecular Biology. 414(5). 723–734. 19 indexed citations

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Harrison, O.J., Xiangshu Jin, Soonjin Hong, et al.. (2011). The Extracellular Architecture of Adherens Junctions Revealed by Crystal Structures of Type I Cadherins. Structure. 19(2). 244–256. 304 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vendôme, Jérémie, Shoshana Posy, Xiangshu Jin, et al.. (2011). Molecular design principles underlying β-strand swapping in the adhesive dimerization of cadherins. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 18(6). 693–700. 92 indexed citations

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Koehnke, Jesko, Phinikoula S. Katsamba, Göran Ahlsén, et al.. (2010). Splice Form Dependence of β-Neurexin/Neuroligin Binding Interactions. Neuron. 67(1). 61–74. 73 indexed citations

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Koehnke, Jesko, Xiangshu Jin, Nikola Trbovic, et al.. (2008). Crystal Structures of β-Neurexin 1 and β-Neurexin 2 Ectodomains and Dynamics of Splice Insertion Sequence 4. Structure. 16(3). 410–421. 29 indexed citations

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