Helen M. Kent

5.4k citations

43 papers · 4.3k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 26

Molecular Biology top 2%
Cell Biology top 0.2%
Physiology top 5%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 10%
Genetics top 10%

Co-authors: Philip R. Evans Harvey T. McMahon P.J.G. Butler Yvonne Vallis Brian J. Peter Ian G. Mills Airlie J. McCoy Murray Stewart
Topics: RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers)Nuclear Structure and Function (11 papers)Cellular transport and secretion (9 papers)
Cited by: Cell Biology Molecular Biology Physiology
Journals: Science Cell Nucleic Acids Research
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Germany

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Helen M. Kent

43 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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BAR Domains as Sensors of Membrane Curvature: The Amphiphysin BAR Structure

2003 1.4k citations Brian J. Peter, Helen M. Kent et al. Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Architecture of the Pol III–clamp–exonuclease complex reveals key roles of the exonuclease subunit in processive DNA synthesis and repair 2013 ·The EMBO Journal ·Ana Toste Rêgo,Andrew N. Holding,Helen M. Kent,Meindert H. Lamers	39
2	Molecular Basis for Recognition of Dilysine Trafficking Motifs by COPI 2012 ·Developmental Cell ·Lauren P. Jackson,Michael Lewis,Helen M. Kent,Melissa A. Edeling,Philip R. Evans,Rainer Duden,David J. Owen	108
3	Structural Basis of the Intracellular Sorting of the SNARE VAMP7 by the AP3 Adaptor Complex 2012 ·Developmental Cell ·Helen M. Kent,Philip R. Evans,Ingmar B. Schäfer,Stuart R. Gray,Christopher M. Sanderson,J. Paul Luzio,Andrew A. Peden,David J. Owen	46
4	Structure and Analysis of FCHo2 F-BAR Domain: A Dimerizing and Membrane Recruitment Module that Effects Membrane Curvature 2007 ·Structure ·William Mike Henne,Helen M. Kent,Marijn G. J. Ford,Balachandra G. Hegde,Oliver Daumke,P.J.G. Butler,Rohit Mittal,Ralf Langen,Philip R. Evans,Harvey T. McMahon	231
5	Mechanism of endophilin N‐BAR domain‐mediated membrane curvature 2006 ·The EMBO Journal ·Jennifer L. Gallop,Christine C. Jao,Helen M. Kent,P.J.G. Butler,Philip R. Evans,Ralf Langen,Harvey T. McMahon	469
6	BAR Domains as Sensors of Membrane Curvature: The Amphiphysin BAR Structurebreakdown → 2003 ·Science ·Brian J. Peter,Helen M. Kent,Ian G. Mills,Yvonne Vallis,P.J.G. Butler,Philip R. Evans,Harvey T. McMahon	1372
7	γ-Adaptin Appendage Domain 2002 ·Structure ·Helen M. Kent,Harvey T. McMahon,Philip R. Evans,Alexandre Benmerah,David J. Owen	69
8	Molecular Architecture and Functional Model of the Endocytic AP2 Complex 2002 ·Cell ·Brett M. Collins,Airlie J. McCoy,Helen M. Kent,Philip R. Evans,David J. Owen	471
9	Crystallization and Initial X-Ray Diffraction Characterization of Complexes of FxFG Nucleoporin Repeats with Nuclear Transport Factors 2000 ·Journal of Structural Biology ·Richard Bayliss,Helen M. Kent,Anita H. Corbett,Murray Stewart	28
10	Engineered mutants in the switch II loop of ran define the contribution made by key residues to the interaction with nuclear transport factor 2 (NTF2) and the role of this interaction in nuclear protein import 1999 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Helen M. Kent,Mary Shannon Moore,Brooks Quimby,(unknown),Airlie J. McCoy,Gretchen A. Murphy,Anita H. Corbett,Murray Stewart	16
11	Amoeboid Motility Without Actin: Insights into the Molecular Mechanism of Locomotion Using the Major Sperm Protein (MSP) of Nematodes 1998 ·Biological Bulletin ·M. Stewart,(unknown),Joseph E. Italiano,Karen L. King,(unknown),(unknown),T.L. Bullock,Airlie J. McCoy,Helen M. Kent,(unknown),David Neuhaus	3
12	Location of the binding site of the mannose-specific lectin comitin on F-actin 1 1Edited by I. B. Holland 1998 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Gianluca Fulgenzi,Laura Graciotti,(unknown),Andrea Corsi,Paola Fucini,Angelika A. Noegel,Helen M. Kent,Murray Stewart	9
13	Structural basis for amoeboid motility in nematode sperm 1998 ·Nature Structural Biology ·T.L. Bullock,Airlie J. McCoy,Helen M. Kent,Thomas M. Roberts,(unknown)	31
14	Nuclear protein import is decreased by engineered mutants of nuclear transport factor 2 (NTF2) that do not bind GDP-Ran 1997 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·(unknown),Anita H. Corbett,Bryce M. Paschal,Helen M. Kent,Airlie J. McCoy,Larry Gerace,Pamela A. Silver,(unknown)	67
15	Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of Nuclear Transport Factor 2 1996 ·Journal of Structural Biology ·Helen M. Kent,(unknown),T.L. Bullock,Murray Stewart	24
16	Separate Binding Sites on Nuclear Transport Factor 2 (NTF2) for GDP-Ran and the Phenylalanine-rich Repeat Regions of Nucleoporins p62 and Nsp1p 1996 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·(unknown),Helen M. Kent,Murray Stewart	115
17	The Motile Major Sperm Protein (MSP) fromAscaris suumis a Symmetric Dimer in Solution 1996 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·(unknown),(unknown),Helen M. Kent,Ian M. Fearnley,(unknown),David Neuhaus,Murray Stewart	25
18	Activation of theKlebsiella pneumoniae nifUpromoter: identification of multiple and overlapping upstream NifA binding sites 1990 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Wendy Cannon,Roland Kreutzer,Helen M. Kent,Enrique Morett,Martin Buck	31
19	Analysis of site‐directed mutations in the α‐and β‐subunits of Klebsiella pneumoniae nitrogenase 1990 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Helen M. Kent,(unknown),Carol A. Gormal,B. E. Smith,Martin Buck	19
20	nif genes in alien backgrounds 1987 ·Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·J. R. Postgate,Ray Dixon,Susan Hill,Helen M. Kent	5

About Helen M. Kent

Helen M. Kent is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Molecular Medicine and Aging, having authored 43 papers that have together received 4.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers), Nuclear Structure and Function (11 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (2.2k citations), Molecular Biology (3.3k citations) and Physiology (147 citations). Helen M. Kent has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Philip R. Evans, Harvey T. McMahon, P.J.G. Butler, Yvonne Vallis, Brian J. Peter, Ian G. Mills, Airlie J. McCoy, Murray Stewart, David J. Owen and Brett M. Collins. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

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