Gail J. Pruss

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Gail J. Pruss is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gail J. Pruss has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Gail J. Pruss's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (14 papers), Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (7 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers). Gail J. Pruss is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (14 papers), Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (7 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers). Gail J. Pruss collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and United Kingdom. Gail J. Pruss's co-authors include Karl Drlica, Vicki Vance, R. Anandalakshmi, Xin Ge, Allison C. Mallory, Rajendra Marathe, Lewis Bowman, Sizolwenkosi Mlotshwa, Marjori Matzke and Hervé Vaucheret and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gail J. Pruss

30 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A viral suppressor of gene silencing in plants

1998 685 citations R. Anandalakshmi, Gail J. Pruss et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Eugene V. Koonin United States

Anne‐Lise Haenni France

Bruno Gronenborn France

Gil H. Choi United States

Yoshimi Okada Japan

Stephan Stirm Germany

George Bruening United States

Peter Starlinger Germany

Cornelis W.A. Pleij Netherlands

Jonathan Filée France

Eugene V. Koonin United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gail J. Pruss

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Mlotshwa, Sizolwenkosi, Gail J. Pruss, John L. MacArthur, Jason W. Reed, & Vicki Vance. (2016). Developmental Defects Mediated by the P1/HC-Pro Potyviral Silencing Suppressor Are Not Due to Misregulation of AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 8. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 172(3). 1853–1861. 3 indexed citations

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Hirschi, Kendal D., Gail J. Pruss, & Vicki Vance. (2015). Dietary delivery: a new avenue for microRNA therapeutics?. Trends in biotechnology. 33(8). 431–432. 34 indexed citations

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Gregory, Brian D., Sizolwenkosi Mlotshwa, Xin Ge, et al.. (2010). Two Plant Viral Suppressors of Silencing Require the Ethylene-Inducible Host Transcription Factor RAV2 to Block RNA Silencing. PLoS Pathogens. 6(1). e1000729–e1000729. 118 indexed citations

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Mlotshwa, Sizolwenkosi, Gail J. Pruss, Junjie Li, et al.. (2010). Transcriptional silencing induced by Arabidopsis T-DNA mutants is associated with 35S promoter siRNAs and requires genes involved in siRNA-mediated chromatin silencing. The Plant Journal. 64(4). 699–704. 42 indexed citations

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Mlotshwa, Sizolwenkosi, Gail J. Pruss, Angela Peragine, et al.. (2008). DICER-LIKE2 Plays a Primary Role in Transitive Silencing of Transgenes in Arabidopsis. PLoS ONE. 3(3). e1755–e1755. 134 indexed citations

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Mlotshwa, Sizolwenkosi, Gail J. Pruss, & Vicki Vance. (2008). Small RNAs in viral infection and host defense. Trends in Plant Science. 13(7). 375–382. 123 indexed citations

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Pruss, Gail J., Eugene W. Nester, & Vicki Vance. (2008). Infiltration with Agrobacterium tumefaciens Induces Host Defense and Development-Dependent Responses in the Infiltrated Zone. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 21(12). 1528–1538. 75 indexed citations

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Pruss, Gail J., et al.. (2004). The potyviral suppressor of RNA silencing confers enhanced resistance to multiple pathogens. Virology. 320(1). 107–120. 67 indexed citations

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Mallory, Allison C., et al.. (2002). The amplicon-plus system for high-level expression of transgenes in plants. Nature Biotechnology. 20(6). 622–625. 82 indexed citations

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Mlotshwa, Sizolwenkosi, Olivier Voinnet, Michael Florian Mette, et al.. (2002). RNA Silencing and the Mobile Silencing Signal. The Plant Cell. 14(suppl 1). S289–S301. 204 indexed citations

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Matzke, Marjori, A. J. M. Matzke, Gail J. Pruss, & Vicki Vance. (2001). RNA-based silencing strategies in plants. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 11(2). 221–227. 151 indexed citations

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Anandalakshmi, R., et al.. (2000). RNA viruses as inducers, suppressors and targets of post-transcriptional gene silencing. Plant Molecular Biology. 43(2-3). 295–306. 94 indexed citations

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Pruss, Gail J. & Karl Drlica. (1989). DNA supercoiling and prokaryotic transcription. Cell. 56(4). 521–523. 288 indexed citations

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Pruss, Gail J. & Karl Drlica. (1986). Topoisomerase I mutants: the gene on pBR322 that encodes resistance to tetracycline affects plasmid DNA supercoiling.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(23). 8952–8956. 156 indexed citations

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Pruss, Gail J.. (1985). DNA topoisomerase I mutants. Journal of Molecular Biology. 185(1). 51–63. 117 indexed citations

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Pruss, Gail J. & Karl Drlica. (1985). DNA supercoiling and suppression of the leu-500 promoter mutation. Journal of Bacteriology. 164(2). 947–949. 40 indexed citations

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Pruss, Gail J., et al.. (1983). Inhibition of RNA synthesis by oxolinic acid is unrelated to average DNA supercoiling. Journal of Bacteriology. 155(1). 420–423. 46 indexed citations

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Pruss, Gail J. & Richard Calendar. (1978). Maturation of bacteriophage P2 DNA. Virology. 86(2). 454–467. 25 indexed citations

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Pruss, Gail J., Richard Goldstein, & Richard Calendar. (1974). In Vitro Packaging of Satellite Phage P4 DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 71(6). 2367–2371. 34 indexed citations

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Zirin, H., Gail J. Pruss, & J. A. Vorpahl. (1971). Magnetic fields, bremsstrahlung and synchrotron emission in the flare of 24 October 1969. Solar Physics. 19(2). 463–471. 24 indexed citations

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