Peter J. Walian

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Peter J. Walian is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter J. Walian has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Peter J. Walian's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (5 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers). Peter J. Walian is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (5 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers). Peter J. Walian collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Peter J. Walian's co-authors include Bing K. Jap, Bong-Gyoon Han, Haixin Sui, John K. Lee, B. K. Jap, Shuxia Zhou, Hua Zhou, Kalle Gehring, Vladimir Jurukovski and Michael F. Jobling and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physiological Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Peter J. Walian

29 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Structural basis of water-specific transport through the AQP1 water channel

2001 931 citations Haixin Sui, Bong-Gyoon Han et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter J. Walian United States	18	1.5k	458	231	214	211	29	2.2k
D. J. Arndt‐Jovin Germany	25	1.9k 1.3×	442 1.0×	148 0.6×	189 0.9×	174 0.8×	40	3.2k
Daniel L. Purich United States	36	1.9k 1.2×	295 0.6×	236 1.0×	129 0.6×	351 1.7×	110	3.5k
Kaoru Mitsuoka Japan	25	2.4k 1.6×	285 0.6×	146 0.6×	500 2.3×	332 1.6×	61	3.2k
Kazutoshi Tani Japan	33	2.8k 1.8×	185 0.4×	174 0.8×	346 1.6×	241 1.1×	84	3.7k
Victoria L. Singer United States	20	2.0k 1.3×	452 1.0×	90 0.4×	78 0.4×	230 1.1×	29	3.1k
Iain Johnson United States	18	1.2k 0.8×	315 0.7×	133 0.6×	223 1.0×	355 1.7×	28	2.3k
Thomas H. Steinberg United States	37	3.4k 2.2×	271 0.6×	376 1.6×	219 1.0×	155 0.7×	71	4.8k
Willie J. C. Geerts Netherlands	33	2.1k 1.4×	138 0.3×	298 1.3×	212 1.0×	128 0.6×	66	3.9k
Sergio Marco France	31	1.9k 1.3×	208 0.5×	106 0.5×	184 0.9×	552 2.6×	85	3.1k

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Walian, Peter J., et al.. (2025). Unraveling the ecological success of Iodidimonas in a bioreactor treating oil and gas produced water. Microbiology Spectrum. 13(10). e0068325–e0068325. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Mingfei, Valentine V. Trotter, Peter J. Walian, et al.. (2024). Molecular mechanisms and environmental adaptations of flagellar loss and biofilm growth of Rhodanobacter under environmental stress. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 4 indexed citations

Carim, Sean, Alexey E. Kazakov, Morgan N. Price, et al.. (2021). Systematic discovery of pseudomonad genetic factors involved in sensitivity to tailocins. The ISME Journal. 15(8). 2289–2305. 34 indexed citations

León, Kara B. De, Grant M. Zane, Valentine V. Trotter, et al.. (2017). Unintended Laboratory-Driven Evolution Reveals Genetic Requirements for Biofilm Formation by Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. mBio. 8(5). 15 indexed citations

Stahl, David A., et al.. (2017). Identification and Characterization of the Major Porin of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. Journal of Bacteriology. 199(23). 3 indexed citations

Rockel, Beate, Peter J. Walian, Jürgen Peters, et al.. (2010). Hybrid molecular structure of the giant protease tripeptidyl peptidase II. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 17(8). 990–996. 23 indexed citations

Zhou, Hua, Shuxia Zhou, Peter J. Walian, & Bing K. Jap. (2010). Dependency of γ-secretase complex activity on the structural integrity of the bilayer. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 402(2). 291–296. 3 indexed citations

Han, Bong-Gyoon, Anton B. Guliaev, Peter J. Walian, & Bing K. Jap. (2006). Water Transport in AQP0 Aquaporin: Molecular Dynamics Studies. Journal of Molecular Biology. 360(2). 285–296. 42 indexed citations

Zhou, Shuxia, Hua Zhou, Peter J. Walian, & Bing K. Jap. (2006). The Discovery and Role of CD147 as a Subunit of gamma-Secretase Complex. Drug News & Perspectives. 19(3). 133–133. 14 indexed citations

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Zhou, Shuxia, Hua Zhou, Peter J. Walian, & Bing K. Jap. (2005). CD147 is a regulatory subunit of the gamma-secretase complex in Alzheimer's disease amyloid beta-peptide production. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. 60 indexed citations

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Walian, Peter J., Timothy A. Cross, & Bing K. Jap. (2004). Structural genomics of membrane proteins.. Genome Biology. 5(4). 215–215. 36 indexed citations

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Han, Bong-Gyoon, Minhua Han, Haixin Sui, et al.. (2002). Crystal structure of human calmodulin‐like protein: insights into its functional role¹. FEBS Letters. 521(1-3). 24–30. 15 indexed citations

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Sui, Haixin, Bong-Gyoon Han, John K. Lee, Peter J. Walian, & Bing K. Jap. (2001). Structural basis of water-specific transport through the AQP1 water channel. Nature. 414(6866). 872–878. 931 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rouhani, Shahab, Jean‐Philippe Cartailler, Marc T. Facciotti, et al.. (2001). Crystal structure of the D85S mutant of bacteriorhodopsin: model of an O-like photocycle intermediate. Journal of Molecular Biology. 313(3). 615–628. 86 indexed citations

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Sui, Haixin, et al.. (2000). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of water channel AQP1. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 56(9). 1198–1200. 14 indexed citations

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Glaeser, Robert M., Marc T. Facciotti, Peter J. Walian, et al.. (2000). Characterization of Conditions Required for X-Ray Diffraction Experiments with Protein Microcrystals. Biophysical Journal. 78(6). 3178–3185. 34 indexed citations

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Li, Huilin, Haixin Sui, Sanjiv Ghanshani, et al.. (1998). Two-dimensional crystallization and projection structure of KcsA potassium channel 1 1Edited by W. Baumeister. Journal of Molecular Biology. 282(2). 211–216. 10 indexed citations

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Xie, Xiaoling, et al.. (1994). Coiled-coil packing in spermine-induced tropomyosin crystals a comparative study of three forms. Journal of Molecular Biology. 236(4). 1212–1226. 8 indexed citations

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Jap, Bing K. & Peter J. Walian. (1990). Biophysics of the structure and function of porins. Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics. 23(4). 367–403. 108 indexed citations

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Jap, Bing K., Kenneth H. Downing, & Peter J. Walian. (1990). Structure of PhoE porin in projection at 3.5 Å resolution. Journal of Structural Biology. 103(1). 57–63. 61 indexed citations

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