William J. Allen

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

William J. Allen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Allen has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in William J. Allen's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (18 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (14 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers). William J. Allen is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (18 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (14 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers). William J. Allen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Czechia. William J. Allen's co-authors include David R. Bevan, Justin A. Lemkul, Robert C. Rizzo, Ian Collinson, Trent E. Balius, Sudipto Mukherjee, Scott R. Brozell, P. Therese Lang, David A. Case and Irwin D. Kuntz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

William J. Allen

50 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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DOCK 6: Impact of new features and current docking performance

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William J. Allen United Kingdom	22	1.6k	497	458	233	198	50	2.3k
André Mateus Sweden	24	1.5k 1.0×	232 0.5×	245 0.5×	144 0.6×	167 0.8×	51	2.5k
Bjørn Olav Brandsdal Norway	31	2.2k 1.4×	179 0.4×	378 0.8×	669 2.9×	189 1.0×	65	3.1k
Dhilon S. Patel United States	24	1.3k 0.8×	228 0.5×	153 0.3×	152 0.7×	145 0.7×	37	2.1k
Nicholas Furnham United Kingdom	26	1.8k 1.1×	239 0.5×	348 0.8×	488 2.1×	99 0.5×	55	2.5k
Petra Lukacik United Kingdom	21	904 0.6×	579 1.2×	154 0.3×	134 0.6×	228 1.2×	34	1.7k
Xuejun C. Zhang China	38	2.5k 1.5×	657 1.3×	290 0.6×	200 0.9×	150 0.8×	108	4.4k
Mikaël Trellet Netherlands	16	2.2k 1.4×	247 0.5×	385 0.8×	264 1.1×	141 0.7×	20	3.1k
Ganesh S. Anand Singapore	30	1.8k 1.1×	326 0.7×	162 0.4×	264 1.1×	184 0.9×	90	2.8k
Radka Svobodová Vařeková Czechia	19	2.3k 1.4×	212 0.4×	423 0.9×	547 2.3×	175 0.9×	69	3.4k
Bradley J. Hintze United States	10	2.2k 1.4×	308 0.6×	138 0.3×	473 2.0×	196 1.0×	22	3.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Anderson, Malcolm, Keith Richardson, William J. Allen, et al.. (2024). Cyclic Ion Mobility for Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange-Mass Spectrometry Applications. Analytical Chemistry. 96(15). 5869–5877. 1 indexed citations

Allen, William J., Daniel W. Watkins, Sheena E. Radford, et al.. (2023). Dynamic coupling of fast channel gating with slow ATP-turnover underpins protein transport through the Sec translocon. The EMBO Journal. 43(1). 1–13. 3 indexed citations

Allen, William J. & Ian Collinson. (2023). A unifying mechanism for protein transport through the core bacterial Sec machinery. Open Biology. 13(8). 230166–230166. 6 indexed citations

Allen, William J., Kevin L. de Keijzer, Javier Raya‐González, et al.. (2021). Chronic effects of flywheel training on physical capacities in soccer players: a systematic review. Research in Sports Medicine. 31(3). 228–248. 33 indexed citations

Alvira, Sara, Daniel W. Watkins, William J. Allen, et al.. (2020). Inter-membrane association of the Sec and BAM translocons for bacterial outer-membrane biogenesis. eLife. 9. 37 indexed citations

Corey, Robin A., Zainab Ahdash, Euan Pyle, et al.. (2019). ATP-induced asymmetric pre-protein folding as a driver of protein translocation through the Sec machinery. eLife. 8. 25 indexed citations

Pereira, Gonçalo C., William J. Allen, Daniel W. Watkins, et al.. (2019). A High-Resolution Luminescent Assay for Rapid and Continuous Monitoring of Protein Translocation across Biological Membranes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 431(8). 1689–1699. 32 indexed citations

Corey, Robin A., Euan Pyle, William J. Allen, et al.. (2018). Specific cardiolipin–SecY interactions are required for proton-motive force stimulation of protein secretion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(31). 7967–7972. 55 indexed citations

Airola, Michael V., William J. Allen, Michael J. Pulkoski‐Gross, et al.. (2015). Structural Basis for Ceramide Recognition and Hydrolysis by Human Neutral Ceramidase. Structure. 23(8). 1482–1491. 41 indexed citations

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Collinson, Ian, Robin A. Corey, & William J. Allen. (2015). Channel crossing: how are proteins shipped across the bacterial plasma membrane?. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 370(1679). 20150025–20150025. 45 indexed citations

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Allen, William J., Michael R. Wiley, Kevin M. Myles, Zach N. Adelman, & David R. Bevan. (2014). Steered molecular dynamics identifies critical residues of the Nodamura virus B2 suppressor of RNAi. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 20(3). 2092–2092. 11 indexed citations

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Allen, William J., et al.. (2013). Strategies for lead discovery: Application of footprint similarity targeting HIVgp41. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 22(1). 651–661. 16 indexed citations

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Balius, Trent E., William J. Allen, Sudipto Mukherjee, & Robert C. Rizzo. (2013). Grid‐based molecular footprint comparison method for docking and de novo design: Application to HIVgp41. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 34(14). 1226–1240. 25 indexed citations

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Furt, Fabienne, William J. Allen, Joshua R. Widhalm, et al.. (2013). Functional convergence of structurally distinct thioesterases from cyanobacteria and plants involved in phylloquinone biosynthesis. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 69(10). 1876–1888. 7 indexed citations

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Allen, William J., Gilles Phan, Scott J. Hultgren, & Gabriel Waksman. (2013). Dissection of Pilus Tip Assembly by the FimD Usher Monomer. Journal of Molecular Biology. 425(5). 958–967. 19 indexed citations

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Morrissey, Bethny, Aneika C. Leney, Ana Toste Rêgo, et al.. (2012). The Role of Chaperone-subunit Usher Domain Interactions in the Mechanism of Bacterial Pilus Biogenesis Revealed by ESI-MS. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 11(7). M111.015289–1. 15 indexed citations

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Allen, William J., Gilles Phan, & Gabriel Waksman. (2012). Pilus biogenesis at the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 22(4). 500–506. 51 indexed citations

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Phan, Gilles, Han Remaut, Tao Wang, et al.. (2011). Crystal structure of the FimD usher bound to its cognate FimC–FimH substrate. Nature. 474(7349). 49–53. 137 indexed citations

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Allen, William J., Gilles Phan, & Gabriel Waksman. (2009). Structural Biology of Periplasmic Chaperones. Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology. 78. 51–97. 15 indexed citations

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Alfieri, Ottavio, et al.. (2002). Novel suture device for beating-heart mitral leaflet approximation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 74(5). 1488–1493. 42 indexed citations

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