William W. Wells

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
142 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

William W. Wells is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William W. Wells has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Physiology and 25 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in William W. Wells's work include Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (23 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (16 papers) and Biochemical effects in animals (15 papers). William W. Wells is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (23 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (16 papers) and Biochemical effects in animals (15 papers). William W. Wells collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Canada. William W. Wells's co-authors include M. Makita, Ronald Bentley, Charles C. Sweeley, Dian Xu, Joseph R. Prohaska, Charles D. Smith, Yanfeng Yang, Z. Gan, Mark A. Seyfred and Pamela A. Rocque and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William W. Wells

138 papers receiving 6.6k citations

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Gas-Liquid Chromatography of Trimethylsilyl Derivatives of Sugars and Related Substances

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ebselen Has Dehydroascorbate Reductase and Thioltransferase-like Activities 2002 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Che‐Hun Jung, Michael P. Washburn, William W. Wells	14
2	Polyhydroxybenzoates Inhibit Ascorbic Acid Activation of Mitochondrial Glycerol-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase 2001 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·William W. Wells, Dian Xu, Michael P. Washburn, (unknown), L. Karl Olson	12
3	Identification of the Dehydroascorbic Acid Reductase and Thioltransferase (Glutaredoxin) Activities of Bovine Erythrocyte Glutathione Peroxidase 1999 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Michael P. Washburn, William W. Wells	33
4	Thioltransferase overexpression increases resistance of MCF-7 cells to adriamycin 1999 ·Free Radical Biology and Medicine ·(unknown), William W. Wells	26
5	Spontaneous Conversion ofl-Dehydroascorbic Acid tol-Ascorbic Acid andl-Erythroascorbic Acid 1998 ·Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics ·Che‐Hun Jung, William W. Wells	44
6	The Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Challenge in Depressed Abused, Depressed Nonabused, and Normal Control Children 1997 ·Biological Psychiatry ·Joan Kaufman, Boris Birmaher, James M. Perel, Ronald E. Dahl, (unknown), Beverly Nelson, William W. Wells, Neal D. Ryan	193
7	Glutathione Dependent Reduction of Alloxan to Dialuric Acid Catalyzed by Thioltransferase (Glutaredoxin): A Possible Role for Thioltransferase in Alloxan Toxicity 1997 ·Free Radical Biology and Medicine ·Michael P. Washburn, William W. Wells	14
8	Studies on the Essential Role of Ascorbic Acid in the Energy Dependent Release of Insulin from Pancreatic Islets 1997 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·(unknown), Dian Xu, William W. Wells	7
9	Purification and Characterization of a Glutathione Dependent Dehydroascorbate Reductase from Human Erythrocytes 1996 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Dian Xu, Michael P. Washburn, (unknown), William W. Wells	51
10	[4] Glutathione : Dehydroascorbate oxidoreductases 1995 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·William W. Wells, Dian Xu, Michael P. Washburn	58
11	Crystal structure of thioltransferase at 2.2 Å resolution 1995 ·Protein Science ·Suresh Katti, A.H. Robbins, Yanfeng Yang, William W. Wells	54
12	Dehydroascorbate reduction 1994 ·Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes ·William W. Wells, Dian Xu	112
13	Thioltransferases 1993 ·Advances in enzymology and related areas of molecular biology/Advances in enzymology and related subjects ·William W. Wells, Yanfeng Yang, Thomas L. Deits, (unknown)	30
14	Interactions of platinum complexes with thioltransferase(glutaredoxin), in vitro 1991 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·William W. Wells, Pamela A. Rocque, Dian‐Peng Xu, Yanfeng Yang, Thomas L. Deits	12
15	Preparation of homogeneous pig liver thioltransferase by a thiol:disulfide mediated pI shift 1987 ·Analytical Biochemistry ·(unknown), William W. Wells	33
16	myo-Inositol Deficiency: Studies on the Mechanism of Lactation-Dependent Fatty Liver Formation in the Rat 1979 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Louis E. Burton, William W. Wells	6
17	Cyclitols and phosphoinositides 1978 ·Academic Press eBooks ·William W. Wells, Frank Eisenberg	24
18	Effect of calcium chelation by L‐phenylalanine on (Na⁺ + K⁺)‐stimulated ATPase of chick brain microsomes 1971 ·FEBS Letters ·H. Ping Ting‐Beall, William W. Wells	16
19	Gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of cycasin in cycad flour 1968 ·Analytical Biochemistry ·William W. Wells, M. G. Yang, (unknown), Olaf Mickelsen	15
20	Lactose Diets and Cholesterol Metabolism 1962 ·Journal of Nutrition ·William W. Wells, (unknown)	8

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