Zeynep Ökten

947 total citations
22 papers, 697 citations indexed

About

Zeynep Ökten is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zeynep Ökten has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 697 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cell Biology, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Zeynep Ökten's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (15 papers), Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (10 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (8 papers). Zeynep Ökten is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (15 papers), Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (10 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (8 papers). Zeynep Ökten collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Zeynep Ökten's co-authors include L. Stirling Churchman, James A. Spudich, Ronald S. Rock, John Dawson, Matthias Rief, Felix Mueller‐Planitz, Manfred Schliwa, Mohamed A. A. Mohamed, J. Christof M. Gebhardt and Alistair N. Hume and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Zeynep Ökten

21 papers receiving 686 citations

Peers

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Chris Gell United Kingdom

Joanna Andrecka United Kingdom

Etsuko Muto Japan

M. Yusuf Ali United States

Nathan D. Derr United States

Reiko Ohkura Japan

Johan O. L. Andreasson United States

Guy G. Kennedy United States

Ichiro Amitani United States

Junichiro Yajima Japan

Chris Gell United Kingdom

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79 ×0.5

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CCM

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Countries citing papers authored by Zeynep Ökten

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zeynep Ökten

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Ming, Guanghan Chen, Zhe Chen, et al.. (2025). Joubert syndrome 26 protein enforces compartmentalized motility of a ciliary kinesin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(47). e2504374122–e2504374122.

Xie, Chao, Guanghan Chen, Ming Li, et al.. (2024). Neurons dispose of hyperactive kinesin into glial cells for clearance. The EMBO Journal. 43(13). 2606–2635. 7 indexed citations

Jiang, Xuguang, Yongping Chai, Jingying Huang, et al.. (2022). DYF-5/MAK–dependent phosphorylation promotes ciliary tubulin unloading. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(34). e2207134119–e2207134119. 14 indexed citations

Mueller‐Planitz, Felix, et al.. (2022). The physiological cargo adaptor of kinesin-2 functions as an evolutionary conserved lockpick. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(33). e2109378119–e2109378119. 2 indexed citations

Schmid, Bettina, et al.. (2020). Molecular underpinnings of cytoskeletal cross-talk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(8). 3944–3952. 14 indexed citations

Hancock, William O., et al.. (2020). Kinesin-2 from C. reinhardtii Is an Atypically Fast and Auto-inhibited Motor that Is Activated by Heterotrimerization for Intraflagellar Transport. Current Biology. 30(6). 1160–1166.e5. 13 indexed citations

Li, Liuju, Ming Li, Xiaoshuai Huang, et al.. (2020). Optimal sidestepping of intraflagellar transport kinesins regulates structure and function of sensory cilia. The EMBO Journal. 39(12). e103955–e103955. 13 indexed citations

Mueller‐Planitz, Felix, et al.. (2018). KINESIN-2 Motors Adapt their Stepping Behavior for Processive Transport on Axonemes and Microtubules. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 511a–511a. 1 indexed citations

Mohamed, Mohamed A. A., et al.. (2018). Reconstitution reveals motor activation for intraflagellar transport. Nature. 557(7705). 387–391. 26 indexed citations

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Mueller‐Planitz, Felix, et al.. (2017). Kinesin‐2 motors adapt their stepping behavior for processive transport on axonemes and microtubules. EMBO Reports. 18(11). 1947–1956. 25 indexed citations

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Hume, Alistair N., et al.. (2017). Myosin Va’s adaptor protein melanophilin enforces track selection on the microtubule and actin networks in vitro. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(24). E4714–E4723. 29 indexed citations

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Ökten, Zeynep, et al.. (2013). A non-mitotic CENP-E homolog in Dictyostelium discoideum with slow motor activity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 431(3). 490–495. 5 indexed citations

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Heym, Roland G., et al.. (2013). In vitro reconstitution of an mRNA-transport complex reveals mechanisms of assembly and motor activation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 203(6). 971–984. 23 indexed citations

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Schliwa, Manfred, et al.. (2012). Torque Generation of Kinesin Motors Is Governed by the Stability of the Neck Domain. Molecular Cell. 46(2). 147–158. 64 indexed citations

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Voithenberg, Lena Voith von, et al.. (2011). Diffusion of Myosin V on Microtubules: A Fine-Tuned Interaction for Which E-Hooks Are Dispensable. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e25473–e25473. 10 indexed citations

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Gebhardt, J. Christof M., Zeynep Ökten, & Matthias Rief. (2010). The Lever Arm Effects a Mechanical Asymmetry of the Myosin-V-Actin Bond. Biophysical Journal. 98(2). 277–281. 7 indexed citations

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Mueller‐Planitz, Felix, et al.. (2010). Regulation of a heterodimeric kinesin-2 through an unprocessive motor domain that is turned processive by its partner. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(23). 10460–10465. 55 indexed citations

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Churchman, L. Stirling, Zeynep Ökten, Ronald S. Rock, John Dawson, & James A. Spudich. (2005). Single molecule high-resolution colocalization of Cy3 and Cy5 attached to macromolecules measures intramolecular distances through time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(5). 1419–1423. 258 indexed citations

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Ökten, Zeynep, L. Stirling Churchman, Ronald S. Rock, & James A. Spudich. (2004). Myosin VI walks hand-over-hand along actin. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 11(9). 884–887. 105 indexed citations

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Senge, Mathias O., et al.. (2003). Synthetic potential and limitations of o-quinones as acceptor groups in electron transfer compounds. Tetrahedron Letters. 44(24). 4463–4466. 6 indexed citations

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