William J. Nicolas

1.2k total citations
17 papers, 717 citations indexed

About

William J. Nicolas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Nicolas has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 717 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in William J. Nicolas's work include Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (8 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (5 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (5 papers). William J. Nicolas is often cited by papers focused on Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (8 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (5 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (5 papers). William J. Nicolas collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. William J. Nicolas's co-authors include Emmanuelle Bayer, Jens Tilsner, Magali Grison, Abel Rosado, Lysiane Brocard, Grant J. Jensen, Elliot M. Meyerowitz, Peter Dörmann, Véronique Germain and Yohann Boutté and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Plant Cell and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

William J. Nicolas

17 papers receiving 714 citations

Peers

William J. Nicolas

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Giulia Mastroianni United Kingdom

Lysiane Brocard France

Thorben Dammeyer Germany

Naoki Hosogi Japan

Gundula A. Noll Germany

Maik S. Sommer Germany

S. Ramagopal United States

Huiyuan Wang China

Jennifer H. Richens United Kingdom

Baoju Wang China

Giulia Mastroianni United Kingdom

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17 of 17 papers shown

Nicolas, William J., Anna Shiriaeva, Michael W. Martynowycz, et al.. (2025). Structure of the lens MP20 mediated adhesive junction. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2977–2977. 2 indexed citations

Nicolas, William J., Max T. B. Clabbers, Anna Shiriaeva, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive microcrystal electron diffraction sample preparation for cryo-EM. Nature Protocols. 20(5). 1275–1309. 3 indexed citations

Kaplan, Mohammed, Yi‐Wei Chang, Catherine M. Oikonomou, et al.. (2023). Bdellovibrio predation cycle characterized at nanometre-scale resolution with cryo-electron tomography. Nature Microbiology. 8(7). 1267–1279. 24 indexed citations

Nicolas, William J., et al.. (2023). Design and implementation of suspended drop crystallization. IUCrJ. 10(4). 430–436. 9 indexed citations

Martynowycz, Michael W., Anna Shiriaeva, Max T. B. Clabbers, et al.. (2023). A robust approach for MicroED sample preparation of lipidic cubic phase embedded membrane protein crystals. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1086–1086. 22 indexed citations

Nicolas, William J., Florian Fäßler, Przemysław Dutka, et al.. (2022). Cryo-electron tomography of the onion cell wall shows bimodally oriented cellulose fibers and reticulated homogalacturonan networks. Current Biology. 32(11). 2375–2389.e6. 30 indexed citations

Nicolas, William J., Grant J. Jensen, & Elliot M. Meyerowitz. (2022). Focused Ion Beam Milling and Cryo-electron Tomography Methods to Study the Structure of the Primary Cell Wall in Allium cepa. BIO-PROTOCOL. 12(23). 1 indexed citations

Kaplan, Mohammed, Georges Chreifi, Lauren Ann Metskas, et al.. (2021). In situ imaging of bacterial outer membrane projections and associated protein complexes using electron cryo-tomography. eLife. 10. 21 indexed citations

Nicolas, William J., Debnath Ghosal, Elitza I. Tocheva, Elliot M. Meyerowitz, & Grant J. Jensen. (2020). Structure of the Bacterial Cellulose Ribbon and Its Assembly-Guiding Cytoskeleton by Electron Cryotomography. Journal of Bacteriology. 203(3). 46 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Mohammed, William J. Nicolas, Stephen D. Carter, et al.. (2020). In Situ Imaging and Structure Determination of Biomolecular Complexes Using Electron Cryo-Tomography. Methods in molecular biology. 2215. 83–111. 7 indexed citations

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Yan, Dawei, Shri Ram Yadav, Andrea Paterlini, et al.. (2019). Sphingolipid biosynthesis modulates plasmodesmal ultrastructure and phloem unloading. Nature Plants. 5(6). 604–615. 69 indexed citations

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Nicolas, William J., et al.. (2019). Dare to change, the dynamics behind plasmodesmata-mediated cell-to-cell communication. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 53. 80–89. 29 indexed citations

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Nicolas, William J., Emmanuelle Bayer, & Lysiane Brocard. (2018). Electron Tomography to Study the Three-dimensional Structure of Plasmodesmata in Plant Tissues–from High Pressure Freezing Preparation to Ultrathin Section Collection. BIO-PROTOCOL. 8(1). e2681–e2681. 8 indexed citations

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Nicolas, William J., Magali Grison, Sylvain Trépout, et al.. (2017). Architecture and permeability of post-cytokinesis plasmodesmata lacking cytoplasmic sleeves. Nature Plants. 3(7). 17082–17082. 120 indexed citations

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Nicolas, William J., Magali Grison, & Emmanuelle Bayer. (2017). Shaping intercellular channels of plasmodesmata: the structure-to-function missing link. Journal of Experimental Botany. 69(1). 91–103. 35 indexed citations

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Tilsner, Jens, William J. Nicolas, Abel Rosado, & Emmanuelle Bayer. (2016). Staying Tight: Plasmodesmal Membrane Contact Sites and the Control of Cell-to-Cell Connectivity in Plants. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 67(1). 337–364. 134 indexed citations

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Grison, Magali, Lysiane Brocard, Laëtitia Fouillen, et al.. (2015). Specific Membrane Lipid Composition Is Important for Plasmodesmata Function in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 27(4). 1228–1250. 157 indexed citations

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