What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Genetics
- Cell membrane
- Internal medicine
Her main research concerns Cell biology, Cadherin, Actin cytoskeleton, Adherens junction and Cell adhesion.
Much of her study explores Cell biology relationship to Arp2/3 complex.
Her Cadherin study incorporates themes from Cell signaling, Signal transduction, Catenin, Cell junction and Cell membrane.
Actin cytoskeleton is a subfield of Cytoskeleton that Alpha S. Yap explores.
Her study looks at the relationship between Adherens junction and fields such as Epithelial polarity, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.
Her study in Cell adhesion is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Contractility and Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases.
Her most cited work include:
- Molecular and functional analysis of cadherin-based adherens junctions (703 citations)
- Cadherins and cancer: how does cadherin dysfunction promote tumor progression? (578 citations)
- The Juxtamembrane Region of the Cadherin Cytoplasmic Tail Supports Lateral Clustering, Adhesive Strengthening, and Interaction with p120ctn (515 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
Alpha S. Yap mostly deals with Cell biology, Cadherin, Adherens junction, Myosin and RHOA.
Her studies in Cell biology integrate themes in fields like Cell, Cell adhesion, Actin cytoskeleton and Cytoskeleton.
Her Cell adhesion study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Cell membrane and Cell–cell interaction.
The various areas that she examines in her Cadherin study include Catenin, Cell junction, Transfection, Cell adhesion molecule and Contractility.
In Adherens junction, Alpha S. Yap works on issues like Signal transduction, which are connected to Cancer research.
Her RHOA research incorporates elements of Confocal, Wild type, Signalling and Gene knockdown.
She most often published in these fields:
- Cell biology (83.79%)
- Cadherin (57.59%)
- Adherens junction (31.03%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Cell biology (83.79%)
- Cadherin (57.59%)
- RHOA (25.52%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Alpha S. Yap mainly investigates Cell biology, Cadherin, RHOA, Myosin and Adherens junction.
Her primary area of study in Cell biology is in the field of Actin.
Within one scientific family, she focuses on topics pertaining to Wild type under Cadherin, and may sometimes address concerns connected to CDC42.
Her RHOA study combines topics in areas such as HEK 293 cells, Cell signaling and Immunoprecipitation.
As part of one scientific family, Alpha S. Yap deals mainly with the area of Myosin, narrowing it down to issues related to the Confocal, and often Confocal microscopy.
Her studies link Signal transduction with Adherens junction.
Between 2015 and 2021, her most popular works were:
- Caspase-1 self-cleavage is an intrinsic mechanism to terminate inflammasome activity (145 citations)
- Tensile Forces and Mechanotransduction at Cell-Cell Junctions. (131 citations)
- Remodeling the zonula adherens in response to tension and the role of afadin in this response (101 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Genetics
- Cell biology
- Cell membrane
Alpha S. Yap mainly focuses on Cell biology, Adherens junction, Cadherin, Contractility and RHOA.
The concepts of her Cell biology study are interwoven with issues in Cell, Cell junction and Cytoskeleton.
Her Adherens junction research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Formins, Coronin and Myosin.
Alpha S. Yap focuses mostly in the field of Cadherin, narrowing it down to matters related to Cell adhesion and, in some cases, Endocytosis and Muscle contraction.
The various areas that Alpha S. Yap examines in her Contractility study include MDia1, Vinculin, Cortactin and Actin.
Her Signal transduction research integrates issues from Cancer research and Actin cytoskeleton.
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