Vincent J. Hilser

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Vincent J. Hilser is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Vincent J. Hilser has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Materials Chemistry and 22 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Vincent J. Hilser's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (77 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (40 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (27 papers). Vincent J. Hilser is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (77 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (40 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (27 papers). Vincent J. Hilser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Vincent J. Hilser's co-authors include Ernesto Freire, James O. Wrabl, Hesam N. Motlagh, Jing Li, E. Brad Thompson, Javier Gómez, Steven T. Whitten, Travis P. Schrank, Josephine C. Ferreon and Dong Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Vincent J. Hilser

95 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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The ensemble nature of allostery

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vincent J. Hilser United States	38	5.0k	2.0k	785	587	477	97	5.7k
Sophie Jackson United Kingdom	46	6.2k 1.3×	2.7k 1.4×	542 0.7×	279 0.5×	761 1.6×	111	7.1k
Katherine A. Henzler‐Wildman United States	22	4.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	944 1.2×	255 0.4×	472 1.0×	51	5.8k
Adrian H. Elcock United States	38	4.4k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	391 0.5×	374 0.6×	389 0.8×	88	5.4k
Sarah Rauscher Canada	14	4.3k 0.9×	941 0.5×	472 0.6×	492 0.8×	422 0.9×	32	5.8k
Erik R. P. Zuiderweg United States	46	6.1k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.9×	481 0.8×	1.1k 2.2×	137	7.6k
Mikael Akke Sweden	44	5.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.0×	2.0k 2.5×	246 0.4×	581 1.2×	120	7.0k
José M. Sánchez‐Ruiz Spain	49	6.2k 1.2×	2.8k 1.4×	575 0.7×	212 0.4×	752 1.6×	140	7.5k
Nicolas Foloppe United Kingdom	37	4.9k 1.0×	937 0.5×	427 0.5×	1.0k 1.8×	252 0.5×	67	6.5k
Akio Kitao Japan	32	3.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	722 0.9×	270 0.5×	402 0.8×	135	4.3k
Susan Marqusee United States	46	7.0k 1.4×	2.6k 1.3×	1.0k 1.3×	207 0.4×	636 1.3×	128	8.3k

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Wrabl, James O., et al.. (2025). Impact of local unfolding fluctuations on the evolution of regional sequence preferences in proteins. Protein Science. 34(3). e70015–e70015. 1 indexed citations

Wrabl, James O., et al.. (2020). Hidden dynamic signatures drive substrate selectivity in the disordered phosphoproteome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(38). 23606–23616. 12 indexed citations

Hilser, Vincent J., et al.. (2020). Thermodynamic Profiles of Phosphoproteins Suggest a General Fundamental Role for Serine/Threonine Phosphorylation Sites with +1 Proline (S/T-P) In Eukaryotes. Biophysical Journal. 118(3). 533a–533a. 1 indexed citations

Hilser, Vincent J., et al.. (2019). The Disordered Protein Bugz Conserves Mitotic Function and Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation across 1.6 Billion Years of Evolution. Biophysical Journal. 116(3). 179a–180a. 2 indexed citations

Li, Jing & Vincent J. Hilser. (2018). Assessing Allostery in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins With Ensemble Allosteric Model. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 611. 531–557. 10 indexed citations

Li, Jing, James O. Wrabl, & Vincent J. Hilser. (2015). Intrinsically Disordered Protein: A Thermodynamic Perspective. Biophysical Journal. 108(2). 228a–228a. 1 indexed citations

Wrabl, James O., et al.. (2013). A Horizontal Alignment Tool for Numerical Trend Discovery in Sequence Data: Application to Protein Hydropathy. PLoS Computational Biology. 9(10). e1003247–e1003247. 1 indexed citations

Schrank, Travis P., W. Austin Elam, Jing Li, & Vincent J. Hilser. (2011). Strategies for the Thermodynamic Characterization of Linked Binding/Local Folding Reactions Within the Native State. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 492. 253–282. 14 indexed citations

Hilser, Vincent J. & E. Brad Thompson. (2011). Structural Dynamics, Intrinsic Disorder, and Allostery in Nuclear Receptors as Transcription Factors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(46). 39675–39682. 68 indexed citations

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Sherman, Michael B., Alexander N. Freiberg, Vincent J. Hilser, et al.. (2010). A Unique BSL-3 Cryo-Electron Microscopy Laboratory at UTMB. Applied Biosafety. 15(3). 130–136. 4 indexed citations

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Schrank, Travis P., D. Wayne Bolen, & Vincent J. Hilser. (2009). Rational modulation of conformational fluctuations in adenylate kinase reveals a local unfolding mechanism for allostery and functional adaptation in proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(40). 16984–16989. 145 indexed citations

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Hilser, Vincent J. & E. Brad Thompson. (2007). Intrinsic disorder as a mechanism to optimize allosteric coupling in proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(20). 8311–8315. 337 indexed citations

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Whitten, Steven T., Bertrand García‐Moreno, & Vincent J. Hilser. (2007). Ligand Effects on the Protein Ensemble: Unifying the Descriptions of Ligand Binding, Local Conformational Fluctuations, and Protein Stability. Methods in cell biology. 84. 871–891. 12 indexed citations

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Whitten, Steven T., Bertrand García‐Moreno E., & Vincent J. Hilser. (2005). Local conformational fluctuations can modulate the coupling between proton binding and global structural transitions in proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(12). 4282–4287. 138 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Monique R., Xiuzhen Fan, Jinquan Luo, et al.. (2004). Directed discovery of bivalent peptide ligands to an SH3 domain. Protein Science. 13(3). 626–632. 11 indexed citations

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Ferreon, Josephine C. & Vincent J. Hilser. (2003). Ligand‐induced changes in dynamics in the RT loop of the C‐terminal SH3 domain of Sem‐5 indicate cooperative conformational coupling. Protein Science. 12(5). 982–996. 37 indexed citations

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Wrabl, James O., Scott A. Larson, & Vincent J. Hilser. (2001). Thermodynamic propensities of amino acids in the native state ensemble: Implications for fold recognition. Protein Science. 10(5). 1032–1045. 22 indexed citations

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Whitten, Steven T., et al.. (2001). The origin of pH-dependent changes in m-values for the denaturant-induced unfolding of proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 309(5). 1165–1175. 42 indexed citations

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Hilser, Vincent J. & Ernesto Freire. (1997). Predicting the equilibrium protein folding pathway: Structure-based analysis of staphylococcal nuclease. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 27(2). 171–183. 72 indexed citations

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Hilser, Vincent J., et al.. (1993). Analysis of Thermally Induced Protein Folding/Unfolding Transitions Using Free Solution Capillary Electrophoresis. Analytical Biochemistry. 208(1). 125–131. 35 indexed citations

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