Stephen Cheley

10.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
70 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Stephen Cheley is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Cheley has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Stephen Cheley's work include Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (33 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (20 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers). Stephen Cheley is often cited by papers focused on Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (33 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (20 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers). Stephen Cheley collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Stephen Cheley's co-authors include Hagan Bayley, Li‐Qun Gu, J. Eric Gouaux, Orit Braha, Michael R. Hobaugh, Langzhou Song, Stefan Howorka, Sean Conlan, Mehmet Toner and Alex Fowler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Cheley

70 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Structure of Staphylococcal α-Hemolysin, a Heptameric Transmembrane Pore

1996 1.9k citations Michael R. Hobaugh, Stephen Cheley et al. profile →
Sequence-specific detection of individual DNA strands using engineered nanopores

2001 617 citations Stefan Howorka, Stephen Cheley et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Stochastic sensing of organic analytes by a pore-forming protein containing a molecular adapter

1999 592 citations Li‐Qun Gu, Orit Braha et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Cheley United States	47	5.0k	4.7k	1.2k	742	709	70	8.4k
Mark Akeson United States	40	4.1k 0.8×	4.8k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	788 1.1×	140 0.2×	67	8.1k
Robert Tampé Germany	67	1.9k 0.4×	8.8k 1.9×	954 0.8×	196 0.3×	701 1.0×	317	16.9k
John J. Kasianowicz United States	41	6.6k 1.3×	4.0k 0.9×	2.1k 1.8×	1.5k 2.0×	204 0.3×	81	8.6k
David Sept United States	41	1.4k 0.3×	6.7k 1.4×	434 0.4×	188 0.3×	453 0.6×	110	11.2k
Christoph F. Schmidt Germany	52	3.3k 0.7×	4.1k 0.9×	709 0.6×	219 0.3×	150 0.2×	135	11.8k
Nader Pourmand United States	43	2.5k 0.5×	3.4k 0.7×	938 0.8×	128 0.2×	271 0.4×	111	6.9k
Toshio Ando Japan	59	2.5k 0.5×	7.3k 1.5×	2.0k 1.7×	176 0.2×	143 0.2×	363	14.5k
Gerard C. L. Wong United States	54	1.4k 0.3×	5.8k 1.2×	435 0.4×	206 0.3×	247 0.3×	167	9.8k
Thomas Huser United States	50	3.8k 0.7×	2.7k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	608 0.8×	217 0.3×	186	10.2k
Gijs J. L. Wuite Netherlands	58	2.1k 0.4×	5.6k 1.2×	513 0.4×	125 0.2×	622 0.9×	191	10.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Cheley

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Cheley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cheley, Stephen, et al.. (2019). Redirecting Pore Assembly of Staphylococcal α-Hemolysin by Protein Engineering. ACS Central Science. 5(4). 629–639. 13 indexed citations

Li, Qiuhong, et al.. (2013). Single-molecule interrogation of a bacterial sugar transporter allows the discovery of an extracellular inhibitor. Nature Chemistry. 5(8). 651–659. 40 indexed citations

Soskine, Misha, Annemie Biesemans, Benjamien Moeyaert, et al.. (2012). An Engineered ClyA Nanopore Detects Folded Target Proteins by Selective External Association and Pore Entry. Nano Letters. 12(9). 4895–4900. 176 indexed citations

Wu, Yao, Liang Ma, Stephen Cheley, et al.. (2011). Permeation of Styryl Dyes through Nanometer-Scale Pores in Membranes. Biochemistry. 50(35). 7493–7502. 21 indexed citations

Maglia, Giovanni, et al.. (2009). DNA Strands from Denatured Duplexes are Translocated through Engineered Protein Nanopores at Alkaline pH. Nano Letters. 9(11). 3831–3836. 41 indexed citations

Das, Somes K., Manjula Darshi, Stephen Cheley, Mark I. Wallace, & Hagan Bayley. (2007). Membrane Protein Stoichiometry Determined from the Step‐Wise Photobleaching of Dye‐Labelled Subunits. ChemBioChem. 8(9). 994–999. 92 indexed citations

Braha, Orit, et al.. (2005). Single-Molecule Observation of the Catalytic Subunit of cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Binding to an Inhibitor Peptide. Chemistry & Biology. 12(1). 109–120. 67 indexed citations

Guan, Xiyun, Li‐Qun Gu, Stephen Cheley, Orit Braha, & Hagan Bayley. (2005). Stochastic Sensing of TNT with a Genetically Engineered Pore. ChemBioChem. 6(10). 1875–1881. 115 indexed citations

Sánchez‐Quesada, Jorge, Alan Saghatelian, Stephen Cheley, Hagan Bayley, & M. Reza Ghadiri. (2004). Single DNA Rotaxanes of a Transmembrane Pore Protein. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(23). 3063–3067. 67 indexed citations

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Acker, Jason P., Vernon R. Young, Stephen Cheley, et al.. (2003). Measurement of trehalose loading of mammalian cells porated with a metal‐actuated switchable pore. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 82(5). 525–532. 46 indexed citations

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Gu, Li‐Qun, Stephen Cheley, & Hagan Bayley. (2003). Electroosmotic enhancement of the binding of a neutral molecule to a transmembrane pore. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(26). 15498–15503. 120 indexed citations

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Acker, Jason P., et al.. (2002). Survival of Desiccated Mammalian Cells: Beneficial Effects of Isotonic Media. 1(2). 129–140. 53 indexed citations

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Shin, Seong‐Ho, Tudor Luchian, Stephen Cheley, Orit Braha, & Hagan Bayley. (2002). Kinetics of a Reversible Covalent-Bond-Forming Reaction Observed at the Single-Molecule Level. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41(19). 3707–3709. 104 indexed citations

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Shin, Seong‐Ho, Tudor Luchian, Stephen Cheley, Orit Braha, & Hagan Bayley. (2002). . Angewandte Chemie. 114(19). 3859–3861. 21 indexed citations

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Howorka, Stefan, Stephen Cheley, & Hagan Bayley. (2001). Sequence-specific detection of individual DNA strands using engineered nanopores. Nature Biotechnology. 19(7). 636–639. 617 indexed citations breakdown →

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Braha, Orit, B. Walker, Stephen Cheley, et al.. (1997). Structure-Based Design of a Heteromeric Transmembrane Pore. Chemistry & Biology. 4. 2 indexed citations

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Ye, Fang, Stephen Cheley, Hagan Bayley, & Jie Yang. (1997). The Heptameric Prepore of a Staphylococcal α-Hemolysin Mutant in Lipid Bilayers Imaged by Atomic Force Microscopy. Biochemistry. 36(31). 9518–9522. 52 indexed citations

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Panchal, Rekha G., et al.. (1996). Tumor protease-activated, pore-forming toxins from a combinatorial library. Nature Biotechnology. 14(7). 852–856. 55 indexed citations

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Walker, Barbara, Orit Braha, Stephen Cheley, & Hagan Bayley. (1995). An intermediate in the assembly of a pore-forming protein trapped with a genetically-engineered switch. Chemistry & Biology. 2(2). 99–105. 110 indexed citations

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Cheley, Stephen & Hagan Bayley. (1991). Kinetics and regulation of two catalytic subunits of cAMP-dependent protein kinase from Aplysia californica. Biochemistry. 30(42). 10246–10255. 12 indexed citations

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