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Andrew Stephens

- Verified email at life-mi.com - Cited by 6581

Andrew D Stephens

- Verified email at umass.edu - Cited by 2948

A completely reimplemented MPI bioinformatics toolkit with a new HHpred server at its core

L Zimmermann, A Stephens, SZ Nam, D Rau… - Journal of molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
The MPI Bioinformatics Toolkit (https://toolkit.tuebingen.mpg.de ) is a free, one-stop web
service for protein bioinformatic analysis. It currently offers 34 interconnected external and in-…

Chromatin and lamin A determine two different mechanical response regimes of the cell nucleus

AD Stephens, EJ Banigan, SA Adam… - Molecular biology of …, 2017 - Am Soc Cell Biol
The cell nucleus must continually resist and respond to intercellular and intracellular mechanical
forces to transduce mechanical signals and maintain proper genome organization and …

A γ-ray burst at a redshift of z≈ 8.2

…, AM Soderberg, J Sollerman, AW Stephens… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Long-duration γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are thought to result from the explosions of certain massive
stars 1 , and some are bright enough that they should be observable out to redshifts of z > …

Systematic exploration of essential yeast gene function with temperature-sensitive mutants

…, J Bellay, M DeVit, JA Fleming, A Stephens… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Conditional temperature-sensitive (ts) mutations are valuable reagents for studying essential
genes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We constructed 787 ts strains, covering 497 (…

Mechanics and functional consequences of nuclear deformations

Y Kalukula, AD Stephens, J Lammerding… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2022 - nature.com
As the home of cellular genetic information, the nucleus has a critical role in determining cell
fate and function in response to various signals and stimuli. In addition to biochemical inputs…

Tumor targeting by an aptamer

BJ Hicke, AW Stephens, T Gould… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
Aptamers are small oligonucleotides that are selected to bind tightly and specifically to a target
molecule. We sought to determine whether aptamers have potential for in vivo delivery of …

Florbetaben PET imaging to detect amyloid beta plaques in Alzheimer's disease: phase 3 study

…, JW Ironside, AM Catafau, AW Stephens… - Alzheimer's & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Evaluation of brain β‐amyloid by positron emission tomography (PET) imaging
can assist in the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD) and other dementias. Methods Open‐…

[HTML][HTML] VVV DR1: The first data release of the Milky Way bulge and southern plane from the near-infrared ESO public survey VISTA variables in the Vía Láctea

…, MD Smith, L Sodré, J Stead, AW Stephens… - Astronomy & …, 2012 - aanda.org
Context. The ESO public survey VISTA variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) started in 2010. VVV
targets 562 sq. deg in the Galactic bulge and an adjacent plane region and is expected to …

Application of locked nucleic acids to improve aptamer in vivo stability and targeting function

…, S Borkowski, J Kurreck, AW Stephens… - Nucleic acids …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Aptamers are powerful candidates for molecular imaging applications due to a number of
attractive features, including rapid blood clearance and tumor penetration. We carried out …

Linsitinib (OSI-906) versus placebo for patients with locally advanced or metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma: a double-blind, randomised, phase 3 study

…, T Fleege, R Rorig, J Chen, AW Stephens… - The lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare, aggressive cancer for which few treatment
options are available. Linsitinib (OSI-906) is a potent, oral small molecule inhibitor of both IGF…