Aaron Bestor

1.5k total citations
25 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

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Aaron Bestor is a scholar working on Parasitology, Insect Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron Bestor has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Parasitology, 15 papers in Insect Science and 14 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Aaron Bestor's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (24 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (13 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (13 papers). Aaron Bestor is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (24 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (13 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (13 papers). Aaron Bestor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Germany. Aaron Bestor's co-authors include Patricia A. Rosa, Kit Tilly, Mollie W. Jewett, Philip E. Stewart, Ryan O. M. Rego, Rebecca Byram, Dorothee Grimm, Mark VanRaden, Frank C. Gherardini and David W. Dorward and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Aaron Bestor

25 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aaron Bestor United States	19	1.0k	727	446	334	152	25	1.2k
Rebecca Byram United States	9	884 0.9×	598 0.8×	388 0.9×	264 0.8×	133 0.9×	11	991
Kelly Babb United States	18	813 0.8×	542 0.7×	368 0.8×	187 0.6×	163 1.1×	18	934
R van Vugt United States	7	770 0.8×	534 0.7×	339 0.8×	253 0.8×	136 0.9×	8	999
Ryan O. M. Rego Czechia	19	780 0.8×	532 0.7×	463 1.0×	316 0.9×	139 0.9×	48	1.1k
Dorothee Grimm United States	14	1.5k 1.5×	1.0k 1.4×	719 1.6×	495 1.5×	230 1.5×	16	1.7k
Shane M. Ceraul United States	19	937 0.9×	382 0.5×	543 1.2×	210 0.6×	169 1.1×	27	1.2k
M. C. Dolan United States	14	1.3k 1.3×	983 1.4×	432 1.0×	420 1.3×	199 1.3×	23	1.4k
Saiki Imamura Japan	19	706 0.7×	340 0.5×	320 0.7×	277 0.8×	224 1.5×	41	964
Wolfram R. Zückert United States	21	843 0.8×	532 0.7×	302 0.7×	187 0.6×	261 1.7×	38	1.2k
Bohai Wen China	21	871 0.8×	611 0.8×	204 0.5×	251 0.8×	210 1.4×	62	1.2k

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Jutras, Brandon L., Dustin Carroll, Kit Tilly, et al.. (2019). The Lyme disease spirochete's BpuR DNA/RNA‐binding protein is differentially expressed during the mammal–tick infectious cycle, which affects translation of the SodA superoxide dismutase. Molecular Microbiology. 112(3). 973–991. 10 indexed citations

Kasumba, Irene N, Aaron Bestor, Kit Tilly, & Patricia A. Rosa. (2016). Virulence of the Lyme disease spirochete before and after the tick bloodmeal: a quantitative assessment. Parasites & Vectors. 9(1). 129–129. 18 indexed citations

Stewart, Philip E., Aaron Bestor, Bryan Hansen, et al.. (2016). Function of the Borrelia burgdorferi FtsH Homolog Is Essential for Viability both In Vitro and In Vivo and Independent of HflK/C. mBio. 7(2). e00404–16. 26 indexed citations

Tilly, Kit, Aaron Bestor, & Patricia A. Rosa. (2016). Functional Equivalence of OspA and OspB, but Not OspC, in Tick Colonization by Borrelia burgdorferi. Infection and Immunity. 84(5). 1565–1573. 12 indexed citations

Hayes, Beth M., Daniel P. Dulebohn, Amit Sarkar, et al.. (2014). Regulatory Protein BBD18 of the Lyme Disease Spirochete: Essential Role During Tick Acquisition?. mBio. 5(2). e01017–14. 22 indexed citations

Rego, Ryan O. M., Aaron Bestor, Jan Štefka, & Patricia A. Rosa. (2014). Population Bottlenecks during the Infectious Cycle of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e101009–e101009. 52 indexed citations

Hayes, Beth M., Daniel P. Dulebohn, Amit Sarkar, et al.. (2014). Correction for Hayes et al., “Regulatory Protein BBD18 of the Lyme Disease Spirochete: Essential Role during Tick Acquisition?”. mBio. 5(4). 1 indexed citations

Kasumba, Irene N, Aaron Bestor, Kit Tilly, & Patricia A. Rosa. (2014). Use of an Endogenous Plasmid Locus for Stable in trans Complementation in Borrelia burgdorferi. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81(3). 1038–1046. 10 indexed citations

Dulebohn, Daniel P., Aaron Bestor, & Patricia A. Rosa. (2013). Borrelia burgdorferi Linear Plasmid 28-3 Confers a Selective Advantage in an Experimental Mouse-Tick Infection Model. Infection and Immunity. 81(8). 2986–2996. 13 indexed citations

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Sultan, Syed Z., Akarsh Manne, Philip E. Stewart, et al.. (2013). Motility Is Crucial for the Infectious Life Cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi. Infection and Immunity. 81(6). 2012–2021. 63 indexed citations

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Bestor, Aaron, Ryan O. M. Rego, Kit Tilly, & Patricia A. Rosa. (2012). Competitive Advantage of Borrelia burgdorferi with Outer Surface Protein BBA03 during Tick-Mediated Infection of the Mammalian Host. Infection and Immunity. 80(10). 3501–3511. 29 indexed citations

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Bestor, Aaron, Philip E. Stewart, Mollie W. Jewett, et al.. (2010). Use of the Cre- lox Recombination System To Investigate the lp54 Gene Requirement in the Infectious Cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi. Infection and Immunity. 78(6). 2397–2407. 22 indexed citations

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Rego, Ryan O. M., Aaron Bestor, & Patricia A. Rosa. (2010). Defining the Plasmid-Borne Restriction-Modification Systems of the Lyme Disease SpirocheteBorrelia burgdorferi. Journal of Bacteriology. 193(5). 1161–1171. 71 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Amit, Kit Tilly, Philip E. Stewart, et al.. (2009). Borrelia burgdorferi Resistance to a Major Skin Antimicrobial Peptide Is Independent of Outer Surface Lipoprotein Content. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 53(10). 4490–4494. 13 indexed citations

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Tilly, Kit, Aaron Bestor, Daniel P. Dulebohn, & Patricia A. Rosa. (2009). OspC-Independent Infection and Dissemination by Host-Adapted Borrelia burgdorferi. Infection and Immunity. 77(7). 2672–2682. 33 indexed citations

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Stewart, Philip E., Aaron Bestor, Jonah N. Cullen, & Patricia A. Rosa. (2008). A Tightly Regulated Surface Protein of Borrelia burgdorferi Is Not Essential to the Mouse-Tick Infectious Cycle. Infection and Immunity. 76(5). 1970–1978. 41 indexed citations

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Jewett, Mollie W., Rebecca Byram, Aaron Bestor, et al.. (2007). Genetic basis for retention of a critical virulence plasmid of Borrelia burgdorferi. Molecular Microbiology. 66(4). 975–990. 56 indexed citations

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Jewett, Mollie W., Aaron Bestor, Kit Tilly, et al.. (2007). The critical role of the linear plasmid lp36 in the infectious cycle ofBorrelia burgdorferi. Molecular Microbiology. 64(5). 1358–1374. 101 indexed citations

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Tilly, Kit, Jonathan G. Krum, Aaron Bestor, et al.. (2006). Borrelia burgdorferi OspC Protein Required Exclusively in a Crucial Early Stage of Mammalian Infection. Infection and Immunity. 74(6). 3554–3564. 259 indexed citations

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Knodler, Leigh A., Aaron Bestor, Caixia Ma, et al.. (2005). Cloning Vectors and Fluorescent Proteins Can Significantly Inhibit Salmonella enterica Virulence in Both Epithelial Cells and Macrophages: Implications for Bacterial Pathogenesis Studies. Infection and Immunity. 73(10). 7027–7031. 53 indexed citations

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