William M. Brieher

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

William M. Brieher is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, William M. Brieher has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Cell Biology, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in William M. Brieher's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (27 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (10 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (8 papers). William M. Brieher is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (27 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (10 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (8 papers). William M. Brieher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and United Kingdom. William M. Brieher's co-authors include Barry M. Gumbiner, Alpha S. Yap, Vivian Tang, Timothy J. Mitchison, Hao Yuan Kueh, Martin Pruschy, Pierre D. McCrea, Guillaume Charras, Bryan A. Ballif and Kieran P. Normoyle and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

William M. Brieher

42 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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MOLECULAR AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF CADHERIN-BASED ADHERENS JUNCTIONS

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William M. Brieher

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Changsong Yang United States

Christophe Le Clainche France

Andrei V. Karginov United States

Mark Holt United Kingdom

Andrea Disanza Italy

Louise P. Cramer United Kingdom

M Bubb United States

Elizabeth J. Luna United States

Thomas P. Loisel Canada

Álvaro H. Crevenna Germany

Changsong Yang United States

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Chen, Henry, et al.. (2023). Revisiting bacterial cytolethal distending toxin structure and function. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13. 1289359–1289359. 3 indexed citations

Morris, Timothy W., et al.. (2022). Synaptopodin stress fiber and contractomere at the epithelial junction. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(5). 7 indexed citations

Tang, Vivian, et al.. (2021). Cadherin puncta are interdigitated dynamic actin protrusions necessary for stable cadherin adhesion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(24). 21 indexed citations

Wang, Anqi, et al.. (2020). Mechanism of Long-Range Chromosome Motion Triggered by Gene Activation. Developmental Cell. 52(3). 309–320.e5. 28 indexed citations

Tang, Vivian, et al.. (2020). Catastrophic actin filament bursting by cofilin, Aip1, and coronin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(38). 13299–13313. 19 indexed citations

Tang, Vivian, et al.. (2019). Actin protrusions push at apical junctions to maintain E-cadherin adhesion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(1). 432–438. 51 indexed citations

Charras, Guillaume & William M. Brieher. (2016). Regulation and integrated functions of the actin cytoskeleton. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(6). 881–881. 3 indexed citations

Brieher, William M., et al.. (2014). Aip1 Destabilizes Cofilin-Saturated Actin Filaments by Severing and Accelerating Monomer Dissociation from Ends. Current Biology. 24(23). 2749–2757. 64 indexed citations

Koningsbruggen, Silvana van, Kirsten R. Straasheijm, Rinse Klooster, et al.. (2011). Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Region Gene 1 Is a Dynamic RNA-Associated and Actin-Bundling Protein. Journal of Molecular Biology. 411(2). 397–416. 22 indexed citations

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Kueh, Hao Yuan, William M. Brieher, & Timothy J. Mitchison. (2010). Quantitative Analysis of Actin Turnover in Listeria Comet Tails: Evidence for Catastrophic Filament Turnover. Biophysical Journal. 99(7). 2153–2162. 19 indexed citations

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Tam, Vincent C., Davide Serruto, Michelle Dziejman, William M. Brieher, & John J. Mekalanos. (2007). A Type III Secretion System in Vibrio cholerae Translocates a Formin/Spire Hybrid-like Actin Nucleator to Promote Intestinal Colonization. Cell Host & Microbe. 1(2). 95–107. 135 indexed citations

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Li, Juying, William M. Brieher, M. Lucila Scimone, et al.. (2007). Caspase-11 regulates cell migration by promoting Aip1–Cofilin-mediated actin depolymerization. Nature Cell Biology. 9(3). 276–286. 110 indexed citations

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Coughlin, Margaret, William M. Brieher, & Ryoma Ohi. (2007). Cell-Free Extract Systems and the Cytoskeleton. Methods in molecular biology. 369. 199–212. 3 indexed citations

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Brieher, William M., Hao Yuan Kueh, Bryan A. Ballif, & Timothy J. Mitchison. (2006). Rapid actin monomer–insensitive depolymerization of Listeria actin comet tails by cofilin, coronin, and Aip1. The Journal of Cell Biology. 175(2). 315–324. 119 indexed citations

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Brieher, William M., Margaret Coughlin, & Timothy J. Mitchison. (2004). Fascin-mediated propulsion of Listeria monocytogenes independent of frequent nucleation by the Arp2/3 complex. The Journal of Cell Biology. 165(2). 233–242. 72 indexed citations

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Flouret, George, Tadeusz Majewski, Lajos Baláspiri, et al.. (2002). Antagonists of oxytocin featuring replacement with modified β‐mercaptopropionic acids at position 1. Journal of Peptide Science. 8(7). 314–326. 15 indexed citations

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Yap, Alpha S., William M. Brieher, Martin Pruschy, & Barry M. Gumbiner. (1997). Lateral clustering of the adhesive ectodomain: a fundamental determinant of cadherin function. Current Biology. 7(5). 308–315. 308 indexed citations

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Flouret, George, Tadeusz Majewski, William M. Brieher, & Laird Wilson. (1993). Systematic substitution of an oxytocin antagonist with D-amino acids; unexpected high antagonistic potency of the D-Cys6-substituted analog. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 36(6). 747–749. 7 indexed citations

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Flouret, George, et al.. (1991). Improvement in potency of an oxytocin antagonist after systematic substitutions with L-tryptophan. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 34(7). 2089–2094. 11 indexed citations

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Flouret, George, et al.. (1991). Design of potent oxytocin antagonists featuring D-tryptophan at position 2. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 34(2). 642–646. 21 indexed citations

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