John E. Heuser

16.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
91 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

John E. Heuser is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Heuser has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Cell Biology and 11 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in John E. Heuser's work include Cellular transport and secretion (23 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (13 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (8 papers). John E. Heuser is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (23 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (13 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (8 papers). John E. Heuser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Italy. John E. Heuser's co-authors include Richard G.W. Anderson, Robyn Roth, Phyllis I. Hanson, Karen G. Rothberg, John R. Glenney, Yunshu Ying, Reinhard Jahn, Hiroshi Morisaki, Christopher W. Akey and Nobutaka Hirokawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

John E. Heuser

91 papers receiving 12.4k citations

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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.

Caveolin, a protein component of caveolae membrane coats

1992 1.9k citations John E. Heuser et al. Cell profile →
Hypertonic media inhibit receptor-mediated endocytosis by blocking clathrin-coated pit formation.

1989 807 citations John E. Heuser et al. profile →
Three-Dimensional Structure of the Apoptosome

2002 662 citations Devrim Acehan, Xuejun Jiang et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Structure and Conformational Changes in NSF and Its Membrane Receptor Complexes Visualized by Quick-Freeze/Deep-Etch Electron Microscopy

1997 655 citations Robyn Roth, John E. Heuser et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John E. Heuser United States	54	8.0k	6.1k	1.7k	1.2k	1.1k	91	12.7k
Mark A. McNiven United States	66	8.5k 1.1×	7.5k 1.2×	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	157	14.5k
J. Paul Luzio United Kingdom	63	7.4k 0.9×	5.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.3×	1.8k 1.5×	1.8k 1.7×	199	13.9k
Enrique Rodríguez-Boulan United States	70	10.1k 1.3×	6.8k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	835 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	161	14.9k
Satyajit Mayor India	60	10.8k 1.3×	5.8k 1.0×	2.3k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.5×	146	15.5k
Julie G. Donaldson United States	54	10.1k 1.3×	9.1k 1.5×	1.7k 1.0×	837 0.7×	1.8k 1.6×	95	14.8k
Felix Wieland Germany	68	14.4k 1.8×	7.5k 1.2×	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	168	18.2k
Viola Oorschot Netherlands	54	6.5k 0.8×	5.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.7×	1.9k 1.7×	106	11.3k
Sidney W. Whiteheart United States	53	7.8k 1.0×	6.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	491 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	156	12.3k
Richard E. Pagano United States	73	11.3k 1.4×	5.5k 0.9×	3.4k 2.0×	971 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	144	15.9k
Marius Sudol United States	69	11.3k 1.4×	7.1k 1.2×	1.0k 0.6×	659 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	175	16.0k

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Heuser, John E.. (2022). The Structural Basis of Long-Term Potentiation in Hippocampal Synapses, Revealed by Electron Microscopy Imaging of Lanthanum-Induced Synaptic Vesicle Recycling. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 920360–920360. 1 indexed citations

Honda, Makoto, Itsunari Minami, Nobuhiro Morone, et al.. (2015). The modeling of Alzheimer's disease by the overexpression of mutant Presenilin 1 in human embryonic stem cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 469(3). 587–592. 11 indexed citations

Metkar, Sunil S., Marta Marchioretto, V. Antonini, et al.. (2014). Perforin oligomers form arcs in cellular membranes: a locus for intracellular delivery of granzymes. Cell Death and Differentiation. 22(1). 74–85. 66 indexed citations

Heuser, John E.. (2011). The origins and evolution of freeze-etch electron microscopy. Microscopy. 60(suppl_1). S3–S29. 58 indexed citations

Soman, Neelesh, Steven L. Baldwin, Grace Hu, et al.. (2009). Molecularly targeted nanocarriers deliver the cytolytic peptide melittin specifically to tumor cells in mice, reducing tumor growth. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 119(9). 2830–2842. 243 indexed citations

Yu, Xiong, Robyn Roth, John E. Heuser, et al.. (2008). A comparative analysis of Dmc1 and Rad51 nucleoprotein filaments. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(12). 4057–4066. 90 indexed citations

Keyel, Peter A., Sanjay Mishra, Robyn Roth, et al.. (2006). A Single Common Portal for Clathrin-mediated Endocytosis of Distinct Cargo Governed by Cargo-selective Adaptors. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 17(10). 4300–4317. 106 indexed citations

Gill, Darcy B., Dirk Spitzer, Michael Koomey, John E. Heuser, & John P. Atkinson. (2005). Release of host-derived membrane vesicles following pilus-mediated adhesion of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Cellular Microbiology. 7(11). 1672–1683. 16 indexed citations

Lapaque, Nicolas, Frédérique Forquet, Chantal de Chastellier, et al.. (2005). Characterization of Brucella abortus lipopolysaccharide macrodomains as mega rafts. Cellular Microbiology. 8(2). 197–206. 38 indexed citations

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Balcer, Heath I., et al.. (2003). Coordinated Regulation of Actin Filament Turnover by a High-Molecular-Weight Srv2/CAP Complex, Cofilin, Profilin, and Aip1. Current Biology. 13(24). 2159–2169. 144 indexed citations

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Acehan, Devrim, Xuejun Jiang, David Morgan, et al.. (2002). Three-Dimensional Structure of the Apoptosome. Molecular Cell. 9(2). 423–432. 662 indexed citations breakdown →

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Davis, Elaine C., Robyn Roth, John E. Heuser, & Robert P. Mecham. (2002). Ultrastructural properties of ciliary zonule microfibrils. Journal of Structural Biology. 139(2). 65–75. 33 indexed citations

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Weaver, Alissa M., et al.. (2002). Interaction of Cortactin and N-WASp with Arp2/3 Complex. Current Biology. 12(15). 1270–1278. 227 indexed citations

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Volkmann, Niels, Kurt J. Amann, Svetla Stoilova‐McPhie, et al.. (2001). Structure of Arp2/3 Complex in Its Activated State and in Actin Filament Branch Junctions. Science. 293(5539). 2456–2459. 189 indexed citations

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DeMattos, Ronald B., Robert P. Brendza, John E. Heuser, et al.. (2001). Purification and characterization of astrocyte-secreted apolipoprotein E and J-containing lipoproteins from wild-type and human apoE transgenic mice. Neurochemistry International. 39(5-6). 415–425. 137 indexed citations

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Mencarelli, Caterina, Pietro Lupetti, Marco Rosetto, et al.. (2001). Molecular structure of dynein and motility of a giant sperm axoneme provided with only the outer dynein arm. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 50(3). 129–146. 25 indexed citations

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Gee, Melissa A., John E. Heuser, & Richard B. Vallee. (1997). An extended microtubule-binding structure within the dynein motor domain. Nature. 390(6660). 636–639. 236 indexed citations

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Rooney, Isabelle, John E. Heuser, & John Atkinson. (1996). GPI-anchored complement regulatory proteins in seminal plasma. An analysis of their physical condition and the mechanisms of their binding to exogenous cells.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 97(7). 1675–1686. 128 indexed citations

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Tardieux, Isabelle, Paul Webster, Jan H. Ravesloot, et al.. (1992). Lysosome recruitment and fusion are early events required for trypanosome invasion of mammalian cells. Cell. 71(7). 1117–1130. 313 indexed citations

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Heuser, John E.. (1989). REVIEW OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC EVIDENCE FAVOURING VESICLE EXOCYTOSIS AS THE STRUCTURAL BASIS FOR QUANTAL RELEASE DURING SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology. 74(6). 1051–1069. 87 indexed citations

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