William Wickner

25.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
221 papers, 21.6k citations indexed

About

William Wickner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, William Wickner has authored 221 papers receiving a total of 21.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 187 papers in Molecular Biology, 115 papers in Cell Biology and 81 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in William Wickner's work include Cellular transport and secretion (110 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (77 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (70 papers). William Wickner is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (110 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (77 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (70 papers). William Wickner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. William Wickner's co-authors include Albert Haas, Randy Schekman, Arnold J. M. Driessen, Christian Ungermann, Roland Lill, Anastassios Economou, F. Ulrich Hartl, Harvey F. Lodish, Andreas Mayer and Paul Wolfe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

William Wickner

219 papers receiving 20.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Multiple Mechanisms of Protein Insertion into and Across Membranes

1985 617 citations William Wickner et al. Science profile →
Sec18p (NSF)-Driven Release of Sec17p (α-SNAP) Can Precede Docking and Fusion of Yeast Vacuoles

1996 508 citations Andreas Mayer, William Wickner et al. Cell profile →
Membrane fusion

2008 360 citations William Wickner et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →
Protein Translocation Across Biological Membranes

2005 348 citations William Wickner et al. Science profile →
RNA Synthesis Initiates In Vitro Conversion of M13 DNA to Its Replicative Form

1972 249 citations William Wickner et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	SNARE disassembly requires Sec18/NSF side loading 2025 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Yousuf A. Khan, K. Ian White, Richard A. Pfuetzner, (unknown), Luis Esquivies, (unknown), Fang Liu, (unknown), Ucheor B. Choi, (unknown), (unknown), William Wickner, Axel T. Brünger	1
2	Sec18 ATP hydrolysis selectively releases Sec17 from trans-SNARE complexes, inhibiting membrane fusion 2025 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·(unknown), Amy Orr, William Wickner	0
3	MARCKS Effector Domain, a reversible lipid ligand, illuminates late stages of membrane fusion 2023 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Amy Orr, William Wickner	3
4	Fusion with wild-type SNARE domains is controlled by juxtamembrane domains, transmembrane anchors, and Sec17 2022 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Amy Orr, (unknown), William Wickner	10
5	Asymmetric Rab activation of vacuolar HOPS to catalyze SNARE complex assembly 2020 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·(unknown), (unknown), William Wickner	17
6	Sec17 (α-SNAP) and Sec18 (NSF) restrict membrane fusion to R-SNAREs, Q-SNAREs, and SM proteins from identical compartments 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Youngsoo Jun, William Wickner	13
7	A short region upstream of the yeast vacuolar Qa-SNARE heptad-repeats promotes membrane fusion through enhanced SNARE complex assembly 2017 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·(unknown), William Wickner	10
8	A direct role for the Sec1/Munc18-family protein Vps33 as a template for SNARE assembly 2015 ·Science ·Richard W. Baker, Philip D. Jeffrey, Michael Zick, Ben P. Phillips, William Wickner, Frederick M. Hughson	228
9	Yeast vacuolar HOPS, regulated by its kinase, exploits affinities for acidic lipids and Rab:GTP for membrane binding and to catalyze tethering and fusion 2014 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Amy Orr, William Wickner, Scott Rusin, Arminja N. Kettenbach, Michael Zick	24
10	Phosphorylation of the effector complex HOPS by the vacuolar kinase Yck3p confers Rab nucleotide specificity for vacuole docking and fusion 2012 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Michael Zick, William Wickner	29
11	Reconstituted membrane fusion requires regulatory lipids, SNAREs and synergistic SNARE chaperones 2008 ·The EMBO Journal ·Joji Mima, Christopher M. Hickey, Hao Xu, Youngsoo Jun, William Wickner	141
12	Excess vacuolar SNAREs drive lysis and Rab bypass fusion 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Vincent J. Starai, Youngsoo Jun, William Wickner	66
13	Sec18p and Vam7p remodel trans‐SNARE complexes to permit a lipid‐anchored R‐SNARE to support yeast vacuole fusion 2007 ·The EMBO Journal ·Youngsoo Jun, Hao Xu, (unknown), William Wickner	31
14	Bem1p Is a Positive Regulator of the Homotypic Fusion of Yeast Vacuoles 2006 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Hao Xu, William Wickner	15
15	Sec17p and HOPS, in distinct SNARE complexes, mediate SNARE complex disruption or assembly for fusion 2005 ·The EMBO Journal ·Kevin M. Collins, (unknown), Rutilio A. Fratti, William Wickner	99
16	Genomic Analysis of Homotypic Vacuole Fusion 2002 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·E. Scott Seeley, Masashi Kato, Nathan Margolis, William Wickner, Gary Eitzen	141
17	Sec18p (NSF)-Driven Release of Sec17p (α-SNAP) Can Precede Docking and Fusion of Yeast Vacuoles breakdown → 1996 ·Cell ·Andreas Mayer, William Wickner, Albert Haas	508
18	ΔμH+ and ATP function at different steps of the catalytic cycle of preprotein translocase 1991 ·Cell ·(unknown), Arnold J. M. Driessen, F. Ulrich Hartl, William Wickner	389
19	Mechanisms of membrane assembly: general lessons from the study of M13 coat protein and Escherichia coli leader peptidase 1988 ·Biochemistry ·William Wickner	84
20	ProOmpA is stabilized for membrane translocation by either purified E. coli trigger factor or canine signal recognition particle 1988 ·Cell ·Elliott Crooke, Brenda Guthrie, Stewart H. Lecker, Roland Lill, William Wickner	170

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