René van Elk

2.4k total citations
36 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

René van Elk is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, René van Elk has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in René van Elk's work include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (21 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (15 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers). René van Elk is often cited by papers focused on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (21 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (15 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers). René van Elk collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Belgium. René van Elk's co-authors include August B. Smit, Titia K. Sixma, J. Joosse, Pim van Nierop, Sarah E. van Rossum-Fikkert, Patrick H. N. Celie, Jan van Minnen, Daniel Bertrand, Wijnand P. M. Geraerts and Chris Ulens and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

René van Elk

36 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers

René van Elk
Jiřina Slaninová Czechia
Edward Eisenstein United States
Rebecca A. Butcher United States
Demetrios K. Vassilatis United States
Shunsuke Yajima Japan
Maren Watkins United States
Colleen Noviello United States
McHardy M. Smith United States
Sébastien Dutertre France
Anne Devillers‐Thiéry France
Jiřina Slaninová Czechia
René van Elk
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of René van Elk

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of René van Elk. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of René van Elk 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 René van Elk. René van Elk 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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Aspers, Ruud L. E. G., René van Elk, Andreas W. Ehlers, et al.. (2014). Miniaturized Bioaffinity Assessment Coupled to Mass Spectrometry for Guided Purification of Bioactives from Toad and Cone Snail. Biology. 3(1). 139–156. 14 indexed citations
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Stornaiuolo, Mariano, Gerdien E. de Kloe, Prakash Rucktooa, et al.. (2013). Assembly of a π–π stack of ligands in the binding site of an acetylcholine-binding protein. Nature Communications. 4(1). 1875–1875. 57 indexed citations
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Thompson, Andrew J., Marijke Brams, René van Elk, et al.. (2012). Structural basis of ligand recognition in 5‐HT 3 receptors. EMBO Reports. 14(1). 49–56. 67 indexed citations
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Billen, Bert, Radovan Spurný, Marijke Brams, et al.. (2012). Molecular actions of smoking cessation drugs at α4β2 nicotinic receptors defined in crystal structures of a homologous binding protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(23). 9173–9178. 59 indexed citations
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Brams, Marijke, Anshul A. Pandya, Dmitry Kuzmin, et al.. (2011). A Structural and Mutagenic Blueprint for Molecular Recognition of Strychnine and d-Tubocurarine by Different Cys-Loop Receptors. PLoS Biology. 9(3). e1001034–e1001034. 84 indexed citations
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Akdemir, Atilla, Prakash Rucktooa, Aldo Jongejan, et al.. (2011). Acetylcholine binding protein (AChBP) as template for hierarchical in silico screening procedures to identify structurally novel ligands for the nicotinic receptors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 19(20). 6107–6119. 23 indexed citations
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Kloe, Gerdien E. de, Jeroen Kool, René van Elk, et al.. (2011). Online parallel fragment screening and rapid hit exploration for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. MedChemComm. 2(7). 590–590. 6 indexed citations
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Edink, Ewald, Atilla Akdemir, Chimed Jansen, et al.. (2011). Structure-based design, synthesis and structure–activity relationships of dibenzosuberyl- and benzoate-substituted tropines as ligands for acetylcholine-binding protein. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 22(3). 1448–1454. 3 indexed citations
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Brams, Marijke, Elaine A. Gay, Albert Guskov, et al.. (2010). Crystal Structures of a Cysteine-modified Mutant in Loop D of Acetylcholine-binding Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(6). 4420–4428. 43 indexed citations
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Dutertre, Sébastien, Chris Ulens, Alexander Fish, et al.. (2007). AChBP-targeted α-conotoxin correlates distinct binding orientations with nAChR subtype selectivity. The EMBO Journal. 26(16). 3858–3867. 138 indexed citations
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Kasheverov, Igor E., М. Н. Жмак, Catherine A. Vulfius, et al.. (2006). α‐Conotoxin analogs with additional positive charge show increased selectivity towards Torpedo californica and some neuronal subtypes of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. FEBS Journal. 273(19). 4470–4481. 33 indexed citations
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Celie, Patrick H. N., Remco V. Klaassen, Sarah E. van Rossum-Fikkert, et al.. (2005). Crystal Structure of Acetylcholine-binding Protein from Bulinus truncatus Reveals the Conserved Structural Scaffold and Sites of Variation in Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(28). 26457–26466. 157 indexed citations
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Smit, August B., Marijke de Jong‐Brink, Ka Wan Li, et al.. (2004). Granularin, a novel molluscan opsonin comprising a single vWF type C domain is up‐regulated during parasitation. The FASEB Journal. 18(7). 845–847. 19 indexed citations
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Smit, August B., Naweed I. Syed, Dick Schaap, et al.. (2001). A glia-derived acetylcholine-binding protein that modulates synaptic transmission. Nature. 411(6835). 261–268. 429 indexed citations
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Smit, August B., Sabine Spijker, Jan van Minnen, et al.. (1996). Expression and characterization of molluscan insulin-related peptide VII from the molluscLymnaea stagnalis. Neuroscience. 70(2). 589–596. 70 indexed citations
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Smit, A.B., André van Marle, René van Elk, et al.. (1993). Evolutionary conservation of the insulin gene structure in invertebrates: cloning of the gene encoding molluscan insulin-related peptide III from Lymnaea stagnalis. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 11(1). 103–113. 59 indexed citations
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Li, Ka Wan, W.P.M. Geraerts, René van Elk, & J. Joosse. (1989). Quantification of proteins in the subnanogram and nanogram range: Comparison of the AuroDye, FerriDye, and India ink staining methods. Analytical Biochemistry. 182(1). 44–47. 25 indexed citations
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Li, Ka Wan, W.P.M. Geraerts, René van Elk, & J. Joosse. (1988). Fixation increases sensitivity of India ink staining of proteins and peptides on nitrocellulose paper. Analytical Biochemistry. 174(1). 97–100. 33 indexed citations
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Elk, René van, et al.. (1973). DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNS OF SULPHATE ACTIVATION AND PHENOLSULPHOTRANSFERASE IN RAT BRAIN1. Journal of Neurochemistry. 20(1). 9–12. 11 indexed citations

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