Bert L. Semler

10.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
129 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Bert L. Semler is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Bert L. Semler has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 85 papers in Molecular Biology and 45 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Bert L. Semler's work include Viral Infections and Immunology Research (107 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (49 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (46 papers). Bert L. Semler is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Immunology Research (107 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (49 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (46 papers). Bert L. Semler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and France. Bert L. Semler's co-authors include Eckard Wimmer, Carl W. Anderson, M F Ypma-Wong, Ronnie Hanecak, William G. Dougherty, Ellie Ehrenfeld, Kerry Fitzgerald, Kristin Bedard, Joseph H. C. Nguyen and Andrew J. Dorner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Bert L. Semler

129 papers receiving 7.6k citations

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Primary structure, gene organization and polypeptide expression of poliovirus RNA

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bert L. Semler United States	52	5.3k	4.2k	2.9k	1.4k	1.1k	129	7.9k
Ellie Ehrenfeld United States	47	4.3k 0.8×	3.5k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	903 0.8×	127	6.9k
Vadim I. Agol Russia	50	4.7k 0.9×	3.6k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	952 0.9×	162	7.0k
Akio Nomoto Japan	56	4.8k 0.9×	4.8k 1.1×	3.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	953 0.9×	176	10.6k
Karla Kirkegaard United States	52	3.3k 0.6×	4.3k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	974 0.9×	94	9.4k
Vincent R. Racaniello United States	51	6.0k 1.1×	3.7k 0.9×	4.3k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	124	9.8k
Christopher U.T. Hellen United States	65	5.8k 1.1×	12.3k 2.9×	1.8k 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	746 0.7×	123	15.3k
Ann C. Palmenberg United States	44	2.5k 0.5×	2.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	636 0.5×	730 0.7×	105	5.6k
Aniko V. Paul United States	36	3.0k 0.6×	2.2k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	878 0.6×	615 0.6×	65	4.5k
Kurt Bienz Switzerland	34	2.2k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	775 0.6×	780 0.7×	70	4.8k
Graham J. Belsham Denmark	58	6.4k 1.2×	5.4k 1.3×	2.0k 0.7×	817 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	228	11.8k

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Bouin, Alexis, Elodie Bournique, Pia M. Martensen, et al.. (2023). APOBEC3B drives PKR-mediated translation shutdown and protects stress granules in response to viral infection. Nature Communications. 14(1). 820–820. 27 indexed citations

Bouin, Alexis & Bert L. Semler. (2020). Picornavirus Cellular Remodeling: Doubling Down in Response to Viral-Induced Inflammation. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports. 7(2). 31–37. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Xiangmin, Todd C. Holmes, Min‐Hua Luo, et al.. (2020). Viral Vectors for Neural Circuit Mapping and Recent Advances in Trans-synaptic Anterograde Tracers. Neuron. 107(6). 1029–1047. 65 indexed citations

Flather, Dylan, Joseph H. C. Nguyen, Bert L. Semler, & Paul D. Gershon. (2018). Exploitation of nuclear functions by human rhinovirus, a cytoplasmic RNA virus. PLoS Pathogens. 14(8). e1007277–e1007277. 17 indexed citations

Semler, Bert L., et al.. (2016). Mammalian Polycistronic mRNAs and Disease. Trends in Genetics. 33(2). 129–142. 33 indexed citations

Tsai, Becky Pinjou, Judith Jiménez, Sharon Lim, et al.. (2014). A novel Bcr-Abl–mTOR–eIF4A axis regulates IRES-mediated translation of LEF-1. Open Biology. 4(11). 140180–140180. 22 indexed citations

Langereis, Martijn A., Feng Qian, Frank H. T. Nelissen, et al.. (2013). Modification of picornavirus genomic RNA using ‘click’ chemistry shows that unlinking of the VPg peptide is dispensable for translation and replication of the incoming viral RNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(4). 2473–2482. 24 indexed citations

Chase, Amanda J. & Bert L. Semler. (2013). Differential cleavage of IRES trans-acting factors (ITAFs) in cells infected by human rhinovirus. Virology. 449. 35–44. 9 indexed citations

Fitzgerald, Kerry & Bert L. Semler. (2013). Poliovirus infection induces the co-localization of cellular protein SRp20 with TIA-1, a cytoplasmic stress granule protein. Virus Research. 176(1-2). 223–231. 17 indexed citations

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Sean, Polen, Joseph H. C. Nguyen, & Bert L. Semler. (2009). Altered interactions between stem-loop IV within the 5′ noncoding region of coxsackievirus RNA and poly(rC) binding protein 2: Effects on IRES-mediated translation and viral infectivity. Virology. 389(1-2). 45–58. 57 indexed citations

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Fitzgerald, Kerry & Bert L. Semler. (2009). Bridging IRES elements in mRNAs to the eukaryotic translation apparatus. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1789(9-10). 518–528. 152 indexed citations

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Sean, Polen, Joseph H. C. Nguyen, & Bert L. Semler. (2008). The linker domain of poly(rC) binding protein 2 is a major determinant in poliovirus cap-independent translation. Virology. 378(2). 243–253. 37 indexed citations

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Perera, Rushika, et al.. (2007). Cellular Protein Modification by Poliovirus: the Two Faces of Poly(rC)-Binding Protein. Journal of Virology. 81(17). 8919–8932. 125 indexed citations

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Jang, Gwendolyn Μ., et al.. (2004). Structurally Distinct Elements Mediate Internal Ribosome Entry within the 5′-Noncoding Region of a Voltage-gated Potassium Channel mRNA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(46). 47419–47430. 25 indexed citations

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Bedard, Kristin & Bert L. Semler. (2004). Regulation of picornavirus gene expression. Microbes and Infection. 6(7). 702–713. 135 indexed citations

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Cornell, Christopher T. & Bert L. Semler. (2002). Subdomain Specific Functions of the RNA Polymerase Region of Poliovirus 3CD Polypeptide. Virology. 298(2). 200–213. 20 indexed citations

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Semler, Bert L., et al.. (1999). Pyrimidine-Rich Region Mutations Compensate for a Stem-Loop V Lesion in the 5′ Noncoding Region of Poliovirus Genomic RNA. Virology. 264(2). 385–397. 4 indexed citations

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Ehrenfeld, Ellie & Bert L. Semler. (1995). Anatomy of the Poliovirus Internal Ribosome Entry Site. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 203. 65–83. 27 indexed citations

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Lawson, Mark A. & Bert L. Semler. (1992). Alternate poliovirus nonstructural protein processing cascades generated by primary sites of 3C proteinase cleavage. Virology. 191(1). 309–320. 47 indexed citations

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Blair, Wade & Bert L. Semler. (1991). Self-cleaving proteases. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 3(6). 1039–1045. 17 indexed citations

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