Sue Wickner

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Sue Wickner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sue Wickner has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Genetics and 32 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sue Wickner's work include Heat shock proteins research (52 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (37 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (34 papers). Sue Wickner is often cited by papers focused on Heat shock proteins research (52 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (37 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (34 papers). Sue Wickner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Sue Wickner's co-authors include Michael R. Maurizi, Joel R. Hoskins, Susan Gottesman, Shannon M. Doyle, Olivier Genest, Jerard Hurwitz, Keith McKenney, J Hurwitz, Michel Wright and Dorota Skowyra and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Sue Wickner

99 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

Posttranslational Quality Control: Folding, Refolding, an... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 250 500 750
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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. Posttranslational Quality Control: Folding, Refolding, and Degrading Proteins
    1999 870 citations Sue Wickner, Michael R. Maurizi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sue Wickner United States 49 6.8k 2.8k 1.5k 1.2k 959 101 7.9k
Michael R. Maurizi United States 52 8.3k 1.2× 3.4k 1.2× 2.4k 1.6× 1.7k 1.5× 789 0.8× 97 9.8k
Maciej Żylicz Poland 47 6.8k 1.0× 1.5k 0.5× 1.5k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 505 0.5× 86 7.8k
Teru Ogura Japan 44 6.1k 0.9× 3.8k 1.4× 872 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.7× 135 8.1k
Walid A. Houry Canada 44 5.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 842 0.7× 396 0.4× 126 6.9k
Irmgard Sinning Germany 53 7.3k 1.1× 1.9k 0.7× 641 0.4× 1.4k 1.2× 699 0.7× 179 8.4k
Koreaki Ito Japan 62 10.0k 1.5× 6.4k 2.3× 1.5k 1.0× 1.8k 1.6× 2.1k 2.2× 186 12.0k
Axel Mogk Germany 64 10.8k 1.6× 2.4k 0.8× 2.6k 1.8× 2.6k 2.3× 848 0.9× 127 13.2k
John W. Dubendorff United States 7 4.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 570 0.4× 623 0.5× 794 0.8× 8 6.4k
Jörg Martin Germany 33 5.4k 0.8× 705 0.2× 1.8k 1.2× 857 0.7× 387 0.4× 70 6.5k
William Clemons United States 30 7.3k 1.1× 2.4k 0.9× 671 0.5× 667 0.6× 845 0.9× 64 8.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sue Wickner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sue Wickner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hoskins, Joel R., et al.. (2025). Hsp90, DnaK, and ClpB collaborate in protein reactivation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(5). e2422640122–e2422640122.
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Hoskins, Joel R., et al.. (2024). Acetylation of the yeast Hsp40 chaperone protein Ydj1 fine-tunes proteostasis and translational fidelity. PLoS Genetics. 20(12). e1011338–e1011338. 7 indexed citations
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Wickner, Sue, et al.. (2024). Hsp90, a team player in protein quality control and the stress response in bacteria. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 88(2). e0017622–e0017622. 7 indexed citations
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Doyle, Shannon M., Joel R. Hoskins, Tapan K. Maity, et al.. (2023). J-domain Proteins form Binary Complexes with Hsp90 and Ternary Complexes with Hsp90 and Hsp70. Journal of Molecular Biology. 435(17). 168184–168184. 12 indexed citations
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Camberg, Jodi L., et al.. (2014). Location of Dual Sites in E. coli FtsZ Important for Degradation by ClpXP; One at the C-Terminus and One in the Disordered Linker. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e94964–e94964. 28 indexed citations
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Camberg, Jodi L., Joel R. Hoskins, & Sue Wickner. (2009). ClpXP protease degrades the cytoskeletal protein, FtsZ, and modulates FtsZ polymer dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(26). 10614–10619. 122 indexed citations
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Sharma, Suveena, Joel R. Hoskins, & Sue Wickner. (2005). Binding and Degradation of Heterodimeric Substrates by ClpAP and ClpXP. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(7). 5449–5455. 11 indexed citations
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Sharma, Suveena, Bangalore K. Sathyanarayana, Jeremy G. Bird, et al.. (2004). Plasmid P1 RepA Is Homologous to the F Plasmid RepE Class of Initiators. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(7). 6027–6034. 34 indexed citations
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Sharma, Suveena, et al.. (2004). CbpA, a DnaJ Homolog, Is a DnaK Co-chaperone, and Its Activity Is Modulated by CbpM. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(32). 33147–33153. 39 indexed citations
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Hoskins, Joel R., Katsuhiko Yanagihara, Kiyoshi Mizuuchi, & Sue Wickner. (2002). ClpAP and ClpXP degrade proteins with tags located in the interior of the primary sequence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(17). 11037–11042. 60 indexed citations
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Kim, Soon‐Young, Suveena Sharma, Joel R. Hoskins, & Sue Wickner. (2002). Interaction of the DnaK and DnaJ Chaperone System with a Native Substrate, P1 RepA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(47). 44778–44783. 35 indexed citations
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Hoskins, Joel R., Suveena Sharma, B. K. Sathyanarayana, & Sue Wickner. (2001). Clp ATPases and their role in protein unfolding and degradation. Advances in protein chemistry. 59. 413–429. 36 indexed citations
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Zhou, YanNing, Susan Gottesman, Joel R. Hoskins, Michael R. Maurizi, & Sue Wickner. (2001). The RssB response regulator directly targets ςS for degradation by ClpXP. Genes & Development. 15(5). 627–637. 242 indexed citations
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Hoskins, Joel R., Soon‐Young Kim, & Sue Wickner. (2000). Substrate Recognition by the ClpA Chaperone Component of ClpAP Protease. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(45). 35361–35367. 68 indexed citations
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Gottesman, Susan, Michael R. Maurizi, & Sue Wickner. (1997). Regulatory Subunits of Energy-Dependent Proteases. Cell. 91(4). 435–438. 145 indexed citations
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Gottesman, Susan, et al.. (1995). Selective, Energy-dependent Proteolysis in Escherichia coli. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 60(0). 533–548. 23 indexed citations
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Furth, Mark E. & Sue Wickner. (1983). Lambda DNA Replication. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 13. 145–173. 75 indexed citations
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Wickner, Sue. (1978). DNA Replication Proteins of Escherichia Coli. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 47(1). 1163–1191. 83 indexed citations
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Wickner, Sue & J Hurwitz. (1975). Association of phiX174 DNA-dependent ATPase activity with an Escherichia coli protein, replication factor Y, required for in vitro synthesis of phiX174 DNA.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 72(9). 3342–3346. 94 indexed citations
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Wright, Michel, Sue Wickner, & Jerard Hurwitz. (1973). Studies on In Vitro DNA Synthesis Isolation of dna B Gene Product from Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 70(11). 3120–3124. 47 indexed citations

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