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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
26541
World Ranking
3475
National Ranking
86

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Dick Hoekstra is affiliated with the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. Their professional work is centered within this institution, which serves as the primary base for their research activities.

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There are no records of awards won by this researcher, and they are not deceased, indicating an ongoing professional status.

Best Publications

  • Size-dependent internalization of particles via the pathways of clathrin-and caveolae-mediated endocytosis

    Joanna Rejman;Volker Oberle;Inge S Zuhorn;Dick Hoekstra

  • USE OF RESONANCE ENERGY-TRANSFER TO MONITOR MEMBRANE-FUSION

    Douglas K. Struck;Dick Hoekstra;Richard E. Pagano

  • FLUORESCENCE METHOD FOR MEASURING THE KINETICS OF FUSION BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL-MEMBRANES

    Dick Hoekstra;T Deboer;Katharina Klappe;Jan Wilschut

  • Cationic lipids, lipoplexes and intracellular delivery of genes

    Luc Wasungu;Dick Hoekstra

  • Lipoplex-mediated transfection of mammalian cells occurs through the cholesterol-dependent clathrin-mediated pathway of endocytosis.

    Inge S. Zuhorn;Ruby Kalicharan;Dick Hoekstra

  • Mechanism of Polyplex- and Lipoplex-Mediated Delivery of Nucleic Acids: Real-Time Visualization of Transient Membrane Destabilization without Endosomal Lysis

    Zia Ur Rehman;Dick Hoekstra;Inge S. Zuhorn

  • Nonbilayer phase of lipoplex-membrane mixture determines endosomal escape of genetic cargo and transfection efficiency.

    Inge S. Zuhorn;Udo Bakowsky;Evgeny Polushkin;Willy H. Visser

  • Release of outer membrane fragments from normally growing escherichia coli

    Dick Hoekstra;Jw Vanderlaan;Loe de Leij;Bernard Witholt

  • Gene delivery by cationic lipid vectors: overcoming cellular barriers.

    Inge S. Zuhorn;Jan B. F. N. Engberts;Dick Hoekstra

  • PDGF and FGF-2 signaling in oligodendrocyte progenitor cells: regulation of proliferation and differentiation by multiple intracellular signaling pathways

    Wia Baron;B Metz;R Bansal;Dick Hoekstra

  • Role of lipid phase separations and membrane hydration in phospholipid vesicle fusion

    Dick Hoekstra

  • Gene Transfer by Means of Lipo- and Polyplexes: Role of Clathrin and Caveolae-Mediated Endocytosis

    Joanna Rejman;Massimo Conese;Dick Hoekstra

  • Fluorescent lipid probes : some properties and applications (a review)

    Olaf Maier;Volker Oberle;Dick Hoekstra

  • Novel pyridinium surfactants for efficient, nontoxic in vitro gene delivery

    I. Van Der Woude;A. Wagenaar;A. A. P. Meekel;M. B. A. Ter Beest

  • In Vivo Characteristics of Cationic Liposomes as Delivery Vectors for Gene Therapy

    Sandrine A. L. Audouy;Lou F. M. H. de Leij;Dick Hoekstra;Grietje Molema

  • Molecular shape of the cationic lipid controls the structure of cationic lipid/dioleylphosphatidylethanolamine-DNA complexes and the efficiency of gene delivery.

    Jarmila S̆misterová;Anno Wagenaar;Marc C.A. Stuart;Evgeny Polushkin

  • Fibronectin aggregation in multiple sclerosis lesions impairs remyelination

    Josephine M. J. Stoffels;Jenny C. de Jonge;Mirjana Stancic;Anita Nomden

  • Aggregation reroutes molecules from a recycling to a vesicle-mediated secretion pathway during reticulocyte maturation

    Michel Vidal;Paul Mangeat;Dick Hoekstra

  • Reconstitution of Membrane Proteins into Giant Unilamellar Vesicles via Peptide-Induced Fusion

    Nicoletta Kahya;Eve-Isabelle Pécheur;Wim P. de Boeij;Douwe A. Wiersma

  • Gene delivery by cationic lipids: in and out of an endosome.

    Dick Hoekstra;J. Rejman;L. Wasungu;F. Shi

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan B. F. N. Engberts
Jan B. F. N. Engberts University of Groningen
Wia Baron
Wia Baron University Medical Center Groningen
Jan Wilschut
Jan Wilschut University Medical Center Groningen
Shlomo Nir
Shlomo Nir Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Nejat Düzgüneş
Nejat Düzgüneş University of the Pacific
Udo Bakowsky
Udo Bakowsky Philipp University of Marburg
Marc C. A. Stuart
Marc C. A. Stuart University of Groningen
Gerrit L. Scherphof
Gerrit L. Scherphof University of Groningen
Chao Zhao
Chao Zhao University of Cambridge
Jean Marie Ruysschaert
Jean Marie Ruysschaert Université Libre de Bruxelles

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