George Cross

19.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
215 papers, 15.8k citations indexed

About

George Cross is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, George Cross has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 15.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 166 papers in Epidemiology, 113 papers in Molecular Biology and 84 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in George Cross's work include Trypanosoma species research and implications (164 papers), Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (73 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (49 papers). George Cross is often cited by papers focused on Trypanosoma species research and implications (164 papers), Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (73 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (49 papers). George Cross collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. George Cross's co-authors include Michael A. J. Ferguson, Simone Leal, Elizabeth Wirtz, Claudia M. Ochatt, Piet Borst, Anant K. Menon, John C. Boothroyd, T. Nicolai Siegel, Christian J. Janzen and Kasturi Haldar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

George Cross

211 papers receiving 15.2k citations

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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 tightly regulated inducible expression system for conditional gene knock-outs and dominant-negative genetics in Trypanosoma brucei

1999 1.2k citations Elizabeth Wirtz, Simone Leal et al. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology profile →
Identification, purification and properties of clone-specific glycoprotein antigens constituting the surface coat ofTrypanosoma brucei

1975 782 citations George Cross profile →
Molecular basis for trypanosome antigenic variation

1982 322 citations George Cross et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Developmental Progression to Infectivity in Trypanosoma brucei Triggered by an RNA-Binding Protein 2012 ·Science ·Nikolay G. Kolev, (unknown), George Cross, Elisabetta Ullu, Christian Tschudi	141
2	Gene expression in Trypanosoma brucei: lessons from high-throughput RNA sequencing 2011 ·Trends in Parasitology ·T. Nicolai Siegel, Kapila Gunasekera, George Cross, Torsten Ochsenreiter	61
3	Nucleosomes Are Depleted at the VSG Expression Site Transcribed by RNA Polymerase I in African Trypanosomes 2009 ·Eukaryotic Cell ·Luísa M. Figueiredo, George Cross	77
4	Telomere length in Trypanosoma brucei 2007 ·Experimental Parasitology ·Oliver Dreesen, George Cross	10
5	Histone modifications in Trypanosoma brucei 2007 ·Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology ·(unknown), Joseph Fernandez, Haiteng Deng, Christian J. Janzen, Sandra B. Hake, George Cross	71
6	Bridging Disciplinary Divides in Writing Across the Curriculum 2005 ·Across the Disciplines ·George Cross, (unknown)	1
7	Trypanosomal TBP Functions with the Multisubunit Transcription Factor tSNAP To Direct Spliced-Leader RNA Gene Expression 2005 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Anish Das, Qing Zhang, (unknown), Bithi Chatterjee, George Cross, Vivian Bellofatto	67
8	Trypanosome Telomeres Are Protected by a Homologue of Mammalian TRF2 2005 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Bibo Li, (unknown), George Cross	72
9	Trypanosoma brucei MRE11 is non-essential but influences growth, homologous recombination and DNA double-strand break repair 2002 ·Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology ·Kevin S. W. Tan, Simone Leal, George Cross	37
10	The molecular karyotype of the megabase chromosomes of Trypanosoma brucei stock 427 2000 ·Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology ·Sara E. Melville, Vanessa Leech, Miguel Navarro, George Cross	59
11	Genetic manipulation indicates that ARD1 is an essential Nα-acetyltransferase in Trypanosoma brucei 2000 ·Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology ·(unknown), George Cross, David Horn	51
12	Conditional expression of glycosylphosphatidylinositol phospholipase C in Trypanosoma brucei 1999 ·Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology ·Claudia M. Ochatt, Peter Bütikofer, Miguel Navarro, Elizabeth Wirtz, (unknown), (unknown), George Cross	17
13	Regulated processive transcription of chromatin by T7 RNA polymerase in Trypanosoma brucei 1998 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), Maarten Hoek, George Cross	110
14	DNA Rearrangements Associated with Multiple Consecutive Directed Antigenic Switches in Trypanosoma brucei 1996 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Miguel Navarro, George Cross	75
15	DNA-mediated transformation of bloodstream-formTrypanosoma brucei 1993 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Vern B. Carruthers, Lex H.T. Van der Ploeg, George Cross	59
16	Characterization of a candidate gene for GP72, an insect stage-specific antigen ofTrypanosoma cruzi 1991 ·Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology ·(unknown), (unknown), Martha Espinosa‐Cantellano, N Nogueira, George Cross	33
17	An 85-kilodalton surface antigen gene family of Trypanosoma cruzi encodes polypeptides homologous to bacterial neuraminidases 1991 ·Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology ·Garry Β. Takle, George Cross	53
18	Left to Their Own Devices: Three Basic Writers Using Word Processing. 1990 ·Computers & composition ·George Cross	10
19	Glycolipid precursors for the membrane anchor of Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoproteins. 1990 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Satyajit Mayor, Anant K. Menon, George Cross	67
20	Discontinuous transcription inLeptomonas seymouri: presence of intact and interrupted mini-exon gene families 1988 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Vivian Bellofatto, (unknown), George Cross	37

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