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294

Overview

Alan Hall was affiliated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily contributed to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with a focus on several subfields including Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Oncology.

Their scientific work engaged with several key topics, notably:

  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Alan Hall's publication record included papers in notable venues, with two recent works highlighted:

  • "Cdc42 Mediates Cancer Cell Chemotaxis in Perineural Invasion" (2020), published in Molecular Cancer Research
  • "β-Pix-dependent cellular protrusions propel collective mesoderm migration in the mouse embryo" (2020), published in Nature Communications

The researcher collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Tatiana Omelchenko, Natalya Chernichenko, Sylvie Deborde, Richard L. Bakst, and Shizhi He. These collaborations contributed to advancements across their areas of study.

Alan Hall's work is situated within interdisciplinary studies touching on molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying development, cancer progression, and neural regeneration.

Best Publications

  • Rho GTPases and the Actin Cytoskeleton

    Alan Hall

  • The small GTP-binding protein rho regulates the assembly of focal adhesions and actin stress fibers in response to growth factors.

    Anne J. Ridley;Alan Hall

  • Rho, Rac, and Cdc42 GTPases regulate the assembly of multimolecular focal complexes associated with actin stress fibers, lamellipodia, and filopodia

    Catherine D Nobes;Alan Hall

  • Rho GTPases in cell biology.

    Sandrine Etienne-Manneville;Alan Hall

  • The small GTP-binding protein rac regulates growth factor-induced membrane ruffling

    Anne J. Ridley;Hugh F. Paterson;Caroline L. Johnston;Dagmar Diekmann

  • Rho GTPases: Biochemistry and Biology

    Aron B. Jaffe;Alan Hall

  • Rho GTPases and their effector proteins.

    Anne L. Bishop;Alan Hall

  • Mammalian TOR complex 2 controls the actin cytoskeleton and is rapamycin insensitive

    Estela Jacinto;Robbie Loewith;Anja Schmidt;Shuo Lin

  • Rho GTPases Control Polarity, Protrusion, and Adhesion during Cell Movement

    Catherine D. Nobes;Alan Hall

  • Cell migration: Rho GTPases lead the way.

    Myrto Raftopoulou;Alan Hall

  • Guanine nucleotide exchange factors for Rho GTPases: turning on the switch

    Anja Schmidt;Alan Hall

  • An essential role for Rho, Rac, and Cdc42 GTPases in cell cycle progression through G1

    Michael F. Olson;Alan Ashworth;Alan Hall

  • Identification of two distinct mechanisms of phagocytosis controlled by different Rho GTPases

    Emmanuelle Caron;Alan Hall

  • Integrin-Mediated Activation of Cdc42 Controls Cell Polarity in Migrating Astrocytes through PKCζ

    Sandrine Etienne-Manneville;Alan Hall

  • The cellular functions of small GTP-binding proteins.

    Alan Hall

  • SMALL GTP-BINDING PROTEINS AND THE REGULATION OF THE ACTIN CYTOSKELETON

    Alan Hall

  • Ras and Rho GTPases - A Family Reunion

    Dafna Bar-Sagi;Alan Hall

  • Activation of the NADPH oxidase involves the small GTP-binding protein p21rac1.

    Arie Abo;Edgar Pick;Alan Hall;Nicholas Totty

  • Rho GTPases and the control of cell behaviour.

    A. Hall

  • Rho, Rac and Cdc42 GTPases regulate the organization of the actin cytoskeleton

    Nicolas Tapon;Alan Hall

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher J. Marshall
Christopher J. Marshall Institute of Cancer Research
Hugh Paterson
Hugh Paterson Institute of Cancer Research
Anne J. Ridley
Anne J. Ridley University of Bristol
Miles D. Houslay
Miles D. Houslay King's College London
John F. Hancock
John F. Hancock The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Michael J. O. Wakelam
Michael J. O. Wakelam Babraham Institute
Laura M. Machesky
Laura M. Machesky University of Glasgow
Klaus Aktories
Klaus Aktories University of Freiburg
Brendan D. Price
Brendan D. Price Harvard University

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