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D. Wessels

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h-index: 35
Works: 75
Citations: 3,574

Most-cited papers

Cell motility and chemotaxis in Dictyostelium amebae lacking myosin heavy chain.
D. Wessels, D. Soll, D. Knecht, W. Loomis +2 more
1988Developmental Biology326 citations
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Cofilin determines the migration behavior and turning frequency of metastatic cancer cells
Mazen M. Sidani, D. Wessels, G. Mouneimne, M. Ghosh +9 more
2007Journal of Cell Biology207 citations Open access
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A role for myosin VII in dynamic cell adhesion.
R. Tuxworth, I. Weber, D. Wessels, Gregory C. Addicks +3 more
2001Current Biology176 citations Open access
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A novel cGMP signalling pathway mediating myosin phosphorylation and chemotaxis in Dictyostelium
L. Bosgraaf, Henk Russcher, Janet L. Smith, D. Wessels +2 more
2002EMBO Journal165 citations Open access
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The unconventional myosin encoded by the myoA gene plays a role in Dictyostelium motility.
M. A. Titus, D. Wessels, J. Spudich, D. Soll
1993Molecular Biology of the Cell148 citations Open access
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Cell Biology of Mating in Candida albicans
S. Lockhart, K. Daniels, Rui Zhao, D. Wessels +1 more
2003Eukaryotic Cell145 citations Open access
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Towards a molecular understanding of human diseases using Dictyostelium discoideum.
Robin S. B. Williams, Katrina Boeckeler, Ralph Gräf, Annette Müller-Taubenberger +6 more
2006Trends in Molecular Medicine133 citations
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Release of a Potent Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Chemoattractant Is Regulated by White-Opaque Switching in Candida albicans
J. Geiger, D. Wessels, S. Lockhart, D. Soll
2004Infection and Immunity119 citations Open access
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Requirement of a Vasodilator-stimulated Phosphoprotein Family Member for Cell Adhesion, the Formation of Filopodia, and Chemotaxis in Dictyostelium* 210
Young-Hoon Han, C. Chung, D. Wessels, Stephen Stephens +3 more
2002Journal of Biological Chemistry114 citations Open access
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Motion Analysis of Living Cells
D. Soll, D. Wessels
1997109 citations
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Asynchronous Cell Cycle and Asymmetric Vacuolar Inheritance in True Hyphae of Candida albicans
C. Barelle, E. Bohula, S. Kron, D. Wessels +4 more
2003Eukaryotic Cell87 citations Open access
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The chemotaxis defect of Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome leukocytes.
V. Stepanovic, D. Wessels, F. Goldman, J. Geiger +1 more
2004Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton81 citations
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Phosphorylation of the Dictyostelium myosin II heavy chain is necessary for maintaining cellular polarity and suppressing turning during chemotaxis.
Janice Stites, D. Wessels, Amanda Uhl, T. Egelhoff +2 more
1998Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton80 citations
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PTEN plays a role in the suppression of lateral pseudopod formation during Dictyostelium motility and chemotaxis
D. Wessels, Daniel F Lusche, S. Kuhl, P. Heid +1 more
2007Journal of Cell Science79 citations
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“Dynamic morphology system”: A method for quantitating changes in shape, pseudopod formation, and motion in normal and mutant amoebae of Dictyostelium discoideum
D. Soll, E. Voss, B. Varnum-Finney, D. Wessels
1988Journal of Cellular Biochemistry79 citations
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A Dictyostelium myosin I plays a crucial role in regulating the frequency of pseudopods formed on the substratum.
D. Wessels, M. Titus, D. Soll
1996Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton75 citations
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RasGEF-containing proteins GbpC and GbpD have differential effects on cell polarity and chemotaxis in Dictyostelium
L. Bosgraaf, Arjen Waijer, Ruchira Engel, A. Visser +3 more
2005Journal of Cell Science73 citations Open access
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cAMP-mediated inhibition of intracellular particle movement and actin reorganization in Dictyostelium
D. Wessels, N. Schroeder, E. Voss, A. L. Hall +2 more
1989Journal of Cell Biology67 citations Open access
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The Shwachman-Bodian-Diamond syndrome gene encodes an RNA-binding protein that localizes to the pseudopod of Dictyostelium amoebae during chemotaxis
D. Wessels, T. Srikantha, S. Yi, S. Kuhl +2 more
2006Journal of Cell Science65 citations
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A contextual framework for characterizing motility and chemotaxis mutants in Dictyostelium discoideum
D. Soll, D. Wessels, P. Heid, Hui Zhang
2004Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility58 citations
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Shared, unique and redundant functions of three members of the class I myosins (MyoA, MyoB and MyoF) in motility and chemotaxis in Dictyostelium
D. L. Falk, D. Wessels, L. M. Jenkins, Tien Pham +3 more
2003Journal of Cell Science57 citations Open access
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Phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain plays a role in motility and polarity during Dictyostelium chemotaxis.
Hui Zhang, D. Wessels, P. Fey, K. Daniels +2 more
2002Journal of Cell Science57 citations
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Constitutively Active Protein Kinase A Disrupts Motility and Chemotaxis in Dictyostelium discoideum
Hui Zhang, P. Heid, D. Wessels, K. Daniels +3 more
2003Eukaryotic Cell55 citations Open access
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Clathrin plays a novel role in the regulation of cell polarity, pseudopod formation, uropod stability and motility in Dictyostelium.
D. Wessels, Josh Reynolds, Olof Johnson, E. Voss +5 more
2000Journal of Cell Science55 citations
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ClC-3 and IClswell are Required for Normal Neutrophil Chemotaxis and Shape Change*
A. P. D. Volk, Christine K. Heise, Jami L Hougen, Christopher M Artman +6 more
2008Journal of Biological Chemistry53 citations Open access
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Computer-assisted analysis of filopod formation and the role of myosin II heavy chain phosphorylation in Dictyostelium
P. Heid, J. Geiger, D. Wessels, E. Voss +1 more
2005Journal of Cell Science52 citations Open access
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Human polymorphonuclear leukocytes respond to waves of chemoattractant, like Dictyostelium.
J. Geiger, D. Wessels, D. Soll
2003Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton49 citations
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Discoidin proteins of Dictyostelium are necessary for normal cytoskeletal organization and cellular morphology during aggregation.
S. Alexander, Lisa M. Sydow, D. Wessels, D. Soll
1992Differentiation; research in biological diversity46 citations
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Tortoise, a Novel Mitochondrial Protein, Is Required for Directional Responses of Dictyostelium in Chemotactic Gradients
S. van Es, D. Wessels, D. Soll, Jane S. Borleis +1 more
2001Journal of Cell Biology42 citations Open access
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RasC Plays a Role in Transduction of Temporal Gradient Information in the Cyclic-AMP Wave of Dictyostelium discoideum
D. Wessels, Rebecca Brincks, S. Kuhl, V. Stepanovic +8 more
2004Eukaryotic Cell40 citations Open access
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The Effects of Extracellular Calcium on Motility, Pseudopod and Uropod Formation, Chemotaxis and the Cortical Localization of Myosin II in Dictyostelium discoideum
Daniel F Lusche, D. Wessels, D. Soll
2009Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton37 citations Open access
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Intracellular Role of Adenylyl Cyclase in Regulation of Lateral Pseudopod Formation during Dictyostelium Chemotaxis
V. Stepanovic, D. Wessels, K. Daniels, W. Loomis +1 more
2005Eukaryotic Cell37 citations Open access
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Reciprocal signaling and direct physical interactions between fibroblasts and breast cancer cells in a 3D environment
D. Wessels, Nikash Pradhan, Yang-Nim Park, Megan A Klepitsch +7 more
2019PLoS ONE35 citations Open access
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The role of myosin heavy chain phosphorylation in Dictyostelium motility, chemotaxis and F-actin localization
P. Heid, D. Wessels, K. Daniels, D. Gibson +3 more
2004Journal of Cell Science35 citations Open access
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Chemotaxis to cAMP and slug migration in Dictyostelium both depend on migA, a BTB protein.
Ricardo Escalante, D. Wessels, D. Soll, W. F. Loomis
1997Molecular Biology of the Cell35 citations Open access
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Ca2+ chemotaxis in Dictyostelium discoideum
Amanda Scherer, S. Kuhl, D. Wessels, Daniel F Lusche +2 more
2010Journal of Cell Science27 citations
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Application of 2D and 3D DIAS to motion analysis of live cells in transmission and confocal microscopy imaging.
D. Wessels, S. Kuhl, D. Soll
2006Methods in molecular biology27 citations
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Computer-Assisted Reconstruction and Motion Analysis of the Three-Dimensional Cell
D. Soll, D. Wessels, P. Heid, E. Voss
2003TheScientificWorldJournal26 citations Open access
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The IplA Ca2+ channel of Dictyostelium discoideum is necessary for chemotaxis mediated through Ca2+, but not through cAMP, and has a fundamental role in natural aggregation
Daniel F Lusche, D. Wessels, Amanda Scherer, K. Daniels +2 more
2012Journal of Cell Science25 citations Open access
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An unconventional myosin required for cell polarization and chemotaxis
L. Breshears, D. Wessels, D. Soll, M. Titus
2010Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America25 citations Open access
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How a Cell Crawls and the Role of Cortical Myosin II
D. Soll, D. Wessels, S. Kuhl, Daniel F Lusche
2009Eukaryotic Cell25 citations Open access
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T cells and HIV‐induced T cell syncytia exhibit the same motility cycle
A. Sylwester, D. Shutt, D. Wessels, Jack T. Stapleton +3 more
1995Journal of Leukocyte Biology24 citations
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Pseudopodium dynamics and rapid cell movement in Dictyostelium Ras pathway mutants.
Jonathan R. Chubb, Andrew Wilkins, D. Wessels, D. Soll +1 more
2002Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton22 citations
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Sphingosine-1-phosphate plays a role in the suppression of lateral pseudopod formation during Dictyostelium discoideum cell migration and chemotaxis.
Akhilesh Kumar, D. Wessels, K. Daniels, Hannah Alexander +2 more
2004Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton21 citations
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Forced expression of a dominant-negative chimeric tropomyosin causes abnormal motile behavior during cell division.
Kit-Ching Wong, D. Wessels, Sonja L. Krob, Amanda R. Matveia +3 more
2000Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton20 citations
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The Motile Behavior of Amoebae in the Aggregation Wave in Dictyostelium Discoideum
D. Soll, D. Wessels, A. Sylwester
199320 citations
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Melanoma cells undergo aggressive coalescence in a 3D Matrigel model that is repressed by anti-CD44
D. Wessels, Daniel F Lusche, E. Voss, S. Kuhl +9 more
2017PLoS ONE19 citations Open access
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Mediated coalescence: a possible mechanism for tumor cellular heterogeneity.
Joseph Ambrose, Michelle Livitz, D. Wessels, S. Kuhl +4 more
2015American Journal of Cancer Research18 citations
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Regulation of caldesmon activity by Cdc2 kinase plays an important role in maintaining membrane cortex integrity during cell division
Y. Li, D. Wessels, T. Wang, J. L. Lin +2 more
2003Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (CMLS)16 citations Open access
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Nhe1 Is Essential for Potassium but Not Calcium Facilitation of Cell Motility and the Monovalent Cation Requirement for Chemotactic Orientation in Dictyostelium discoideum
Daniel F Lusche, D. Wessels, D. Ryerson, D. Soll
2011Eukaryotic Cell15 citations Open access
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