Hyock Joo Kwon

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Hyock Joo Kwon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hyock Joo Kwon has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Surgery and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Hyock Joo Kwon's work include Cellular transport and secretion (4 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (4 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (4 papers). Hyock Joo Kwon is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (4 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (4 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (4 papers). Hyock Joo Kwon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Hyock Joo Kwon's co-authors include Michael S. Brown, Joseph L. Goldstein, Arun Radhakrishnan, Michael Wang, J. Deisenhofer, Rodney E. Infante, Jay D. Horton, Lina Abi-Mosleh, Yukio Ikeda and Thomas A. Lagace and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hyock Joo Kwon

26 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Structure of N-Terminal Domain of NPC1 Reveals Distinct S... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Structure of N-Terminal Domain of NPC1 Reveals Distinct Subdomains for Binding and Transfer of Cholesterol
    2009 515 citations Hyock Joo Kwon, Lina Abi-Mosleh et al. Cell profile →

Peers

Hyock Joo Kwon
Yiannis A. Ioannou United States
Laura Liscum United States
Susan E. Kane United States
Jin Ye United States
Minerva T. Garcia-Barrio United States
Neale D. Ridgway Canada
Thomas Grewal Australia
Joachim Füllekrug Germany
Ximing Du Australia
Roger Sundler Sweden
Yiannis A. Ioannou United States
Hyock Joo Kwon
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hyock Joo Kwon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hyock Joo Kwon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hyock Joo Kwon based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hyock Joo Kwon. Hyock Joo Kwon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shia, Steven, Jeffrey Chen, Amber Pham, et al.. (2023). Abstract B090: Partially open conformation of the G323E mutated HIF-2α PASB domain captured by X-ray crystallography. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 22(12_Supplement). B090–B090. 1 indexed citations
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Kornyeyev, Dmytro, Edward J. Hsieh, Gesham Magombedze, et al.. (2022). Effects of small molecule-induced dimerization on the programmed death ligand 1 protein life cycle. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 21286–21286. 10 indexed citations
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Wong, Melanie, Alexandra B. Samal, Mike Lee, et al.. (2019). The KN-93 Molecule Inhibits Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II (CaMKII) Activity by Binding to Ca2+/CaM. Journal of Molecular Biology. 431(7). 1440–1459. 75 indexed citations
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Kornyeyev, Dmytro, Dhivya Ramakrishnan, Christian Voitenleitner, et al.. (2019). Spatiotemporal Analysis of Hepatitis B Virus X Protein in Primary Human Hepatocytes. Journal of Virology. 93(16). 40 indexed citations
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Appleby, T.C., Andrew E. Greenstein, Magdeleine Hung, et al.. (2017). Biochemical characterization and structure determination of a potent, selective antibody inhibitor of human MMP9. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(16). 6810–6820. 76 indexed citations
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Brace, Cynthia S., Hyock Joo Kwon, Kathryn F. Mills, et al.. (2015). The N-Terminal Domain of SIRT1 Is a Positive Regulator of Endogenous SIRT1-Dependent Deacetylation and Transcriptional Outputs. Cell Reports. 10(10). 1665–1673. 58 indexed citations
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Kwon, Hyock Joo, Weimei Xing, Anita Niedziela‐Majka, et al.. (2015). Direct Binding of Ledipasvir to HCV NS5A: Mechanism of Resistance to an HCV Antiviral Agent. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0122844–e0122844. 29 indexed citations
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Kwon, Hyock Joo, Maya Palnitkar, & J. Deisenhofer. (2011). The Structure of the NPC1L1 N-Terminal Domain in a Closed Conformation. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e18722–e18722. 47 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yinxin, Michael Wang, Joachim Seemann, et al.. (2011). Identification of Luminal Loop 1 of Scap Protein as the Sterol Sensor That Maintains Cholesterol Homeostasis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(20). 18002–18012. 74 indexed citations
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Wang, Michael, Rodney E. Infante, Lina Abi-Mosleh, et al.. (2010). Identification of Surface Residues on Niemann-Pick C2 Essential for Hydrophobic Handoff of Cholesterol to NPC1 in Lysosomes. Cell Metabolism. 12(2). 166–173. 178 indexed citations
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Colbert, Christopher L., Chai-Wan Kim, Young-Ah Moon, et al.. (2010). Crystal structure of Spot 14, a modulator of fatty acid synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(44). 18820–18825. 61 indexed citations
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McNutt, Markey, et al.. (2009). Antagonism of Secreted PCSK9 Increases Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor Expression in HepG2 Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(16). 10561–10570. 136 indexed citations
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Kwon, Hyock Joo, Lina Abi-Mosleh, Michael Wang, et al.. (2009). Structure of N-Terminal Domain of NPC1 Reveals Distinct Subdomains for Binding and Transfer of Cholesterol. Cell. 137(7). 1213–1224. 515 indexed citations breakdown →
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Infante, Rodney E., Michael Wang, Arun Radhakrishnan, et al.. (2008). NPC2 facilitates bidirectional transfer of cholesterol between NPC1 and lipid bilayers, a step in cholesterol egress from lysosomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(40). 15287–15292. 368 indexed citations
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Radhakrishnan, Arun, et al.. (2004). Direct Binding of Cholesterol to the Purified Membrane Region of SCAP. Molecular Cell. 15(2). 259–268. 278 indexed citations
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Aihara, Hideki, Hyock Joo Kwon, Simone E. Nunes-Düby, Arthur Landy, & Tom Ellenberger. (2003). A Conformational Switch Controls the DNA Cleavage Activity of λ Integrase. Molecular Cell. 12(3). 793–793. 1 indexed citations
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Aihara, Hideki, Hyock Joo Kwon, Simone E. Nunes-Düby, Arthur Landy, & Tom Ellenberger. (2003). A Conformational Switch Controls the DNA Cleavage Activity of λ Integrase. Molecular Cell. 12(1). 187–198. 46 indexed citations
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Kwon, Hyock Joo, et al.. (2000). Crystal structure of the Escherichia coli Rob transcription factor in complex with DNA.. Nature Structural Biology. 7(5). 424–430. 160 indexed citations
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Tirumalai, Radhakrishna S., et al.. (1998). Recognition of core-type DNA sites by λ integrase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 279(3). 513–527. 45 indexed citations
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