George Chaconas

6.0k total citations
105 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

George Chaconas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Parasitology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, George Chaconas has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Parasitology and 25 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in George Chaconas's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (44 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (27 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (23 papers). George Chaconas is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (44 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (27 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (23 papers). George Chaconas collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. George Chaconas's co-authors include Brigitte D. Lavoie, Michael G. Surette, Kerri Kobryn, Johan H. van de Sande, Troy Bankhead, Tara J. Moriarty, Paul Kubes, Shilpa Buch, Janet L. Miller and M. A. Watson and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

George Chaconas

103 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George Chaconas Canada 41 2.8k 1.4k 1.2k 1.0k 895 105 4.7k
David W. Taylor United States 39 4.6k 1.7× 805 0.6× 668 0.5× 859 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 120 6.3k
Claude F. Garon United States 47 2.0k 0.7× 2.3k 1.7× 1.3k 1.1× 748 0.7× 2.0k 2.2× 100 6.2k
Kit Tilly United States 43 3.1k 1.1× 3.2k 2.3× 1.1k 0.9× 473 0.5× 2.1k 2.4× 72 6.9k
Jeannine M. Petersen United States 36 2.9k 1.0× 726 0.5× 1.8k 1.5× 714 0.7× 912 1.0× 98 4.2k
David Walliker United Kingdom 51 1.0k 0.4× 2.0k 1.4× 916 0.7× 570 0.5× 616 0.7× 139 7.8k
Thomas F. McCutchan United States 48 2.6k 1.0× 2.1k 1.5× 394 0.3× 828 0.8× 568 0.6× 130 7.7k
Daniel E. Neafsey United States 39 1.4k 0.5× 704 0.5× 908 0.7× 373 0.4× 260 0.3× 89 4.3k
Vishvanath Nene Kenya 36 1.1k 0.4× 2.4k 1.7× 408 0.3× 303 0.3× 1.1k 1.3× 145 4.0k
Abdu F. Azad United States 43 977 0.4× 3.6k 2.6× 815 0.7× 280 0.3× 1.7k 1.9× 134 5.5k
Susan C. Straley United States 43 2.3k 0.8× 845 0.6× 4.0k 3.3× 262 0.3× 406 0.5× 73 5.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Chaconas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Chaconas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of George Chaconas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of George Chaconas based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with George Chaconas. George Chaconas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Pfeifle, Annabelle, Sathya N. Thulasi Raman, Jian Wu, et al.. (2023). DNA lipid nanoparticle vaccine targeting outer surface protein C affords protection against homologous Borrelia burgdorferi needle challenge in mice. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1020134–1020134. 17 indexed citations
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Lin, Yi‐Pin, Xi Tan, Mildred Castellanos, et al.. (2020). Strain-specific joint invasion and colonization by Lyme disease spirochetes is promoted by outer surface protein C. PLoS Pathogens. 16(5). e1008516–e1008516. 33 indexed citations
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Castellanos, Mildred, et al.. (2018). Antigenic Variation in the Lyme Spirochete: Insights into Recombinational Switching with a Suggested Role for Error-Prone Repair. Cell Reports. 23(9). 2595–2605. 23 indexed citations
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Castellanos, Mildred, et al.. (2017). Analysis of recombinational switching at the antigenic variation locus of the Lyme spirochete using a novel PacBio sequencing pipeline. Molecular Microbiology. 107(1). 104–115. 24 indexed citations
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Kumar, Devender, Laura C. Ristow, Meiqing Shi, et al.. (2015). Intravital Imaging of Vascular Transmigration by the Lyme Spirochete: Requirement for the Integrin Binding Residues of the B. burgdorferi P66 Protein. PLoS Pathogens. 11(12). e1005333–e1005333. 43 indexed citations
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Hardy, Pierre‐Olivier, et al.. (2013). HrpA, an RNA Helicase Involved in RNA Processing, Is Required for Mouse Infectivity and Tick Transmission of the Lyme Disease Spirochete. PLoS Pathogens. 9(12). e1003841–e1003841. 27 indexed citations
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Coburn, Jenifer, John M. Leong, & George Chaconas. (2013). Illuminating the roles of the Borrelia burgdorferi adhesins. Trends in Microbiology. 21(8). 372–379. 68 indexed citations
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Norman, M. Ursula, et al.. (2008). Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Vascular Interactions of the Lyme Disease Pathogen in a Living Host. PLoS Pathogens. 4(10). e1000169–e1000169. 109 indexed citations
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Beaurepaire, Cécile & George Chaconas. (2005). Mapping of essential replication functions of the linear plasmid lp17 of B. burgdorferi by targeted deletion walking. Molecular Microbiology. 57(1). 132–142. 47 indexed citations
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Deneke, Jan, Alex B. Burgin, Sandra L. Wilson, & George Chaconas. (2004). Catalytic Residues of the Telomere Resolvase ResT. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(51). 53699–53706. 35 indexed citations
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Tourand, Yvonne, Kerri Kobryn, & George Chaconas. (2003). Sequence‐specific recognition but position‐dependent cleavage of two distinct telomeres by the Borrelia burgdorferi telomere resolvase, ResT. Molecular Microbiology. 48(4). 901–911. 34 indexed citations
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Baker, Tania A., et al.. (2003). Effect of Mutations in the C-terminal Domain of Mu B on DNA Binding and Interactions with Mu A Transposase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(33). 31210–31217. 6 indexed citations
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Kobryn, Kerri & George Chaconas. (2002). ResT, a Telomere Resolvase Encoded by the Lyme Disease Spirochete. Molecular Cell. 9(1). 195–201. 92 indexed citations
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Chaconas, George, et al.. (2001). Effect of mutations in the mu-host junction region on transpososome assembly. Journal of Molecular Biology. 310(2). 299–309. 18 indexed citations
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Kobryn, Kerri, Brigitte D. Lavoie, & George Chaconas. (1999). Supercoiling-dependent Site-specific Binding of HU to Naked Mu DNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 289(4). 777–784. 47 indexed citations
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Lavoie, Brigitte D., Gary S. Shaw, Anders Millner, & George Chaconas. (1996). Anatomy of a Flexer–DNA Complex inside a Higher-Order Transposition Intermediate. Cell. 85(5). 761–771. 89 indexed citations
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Watson, M. A. & George Chaconas. (1996). Three-Site Synapsis during Mu DNA Transposition: A Critical Intermediate Preceding Engagement of the Active Site. Cell. 85(3). 435–445. 70 indexed citations
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Surette, Michael G. & George Chaconas. (1992). The Mu transpositional enhancer can function in trans: Requirement of the enhancer for synapsis but not strand cleavage. Cell. 68(6). 1101–1108. 67 indexed citations

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