George G. Brownlee

8.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
84 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

George G. Brownlee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, George G. Brownlee has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Epidemiology and 16 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in George G. Brownlee's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (41 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (28 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (19 papers). George G. Brownlee is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (41 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (28 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (19 papers). George G. Brownlee collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. George G. Brownlee's co-authors include Ervin Fodor, Andrew J. Caton, Jonathan W. Yewdell, Walter Gerhard, Tao Deng, Jane Sharps, Greg Winter, Stan Fields, Adolfo Garcı́a-Sastre and Othmar G. Engelhardt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

George G. Brownlee

82 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

The antigenic structure of the influenza virus A/PR/8/34 hemagglutinin (H1 subtype)

1982 873 citations George G. Brownlee et al. Cell profile →
Rescue of Influenza A Virus from Recombinant DNA

1999 647 citations Ervin Fodor, Othmar G. Engelhardt et al. Journal of Virology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
George G. Brownlee United Kingdom	40	4.0k	3.1k	1.5k	1.1k	696	84	6.5k
K. Gopal Murti United States	39	2.3k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	665 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	457 0.7×	80	5.0k
Gerhard Hunsmann Germany	49	1.6k 0.4×	2.3k 0.7×	2.2k 1.5×	1.6k 1.5×	663 1.0×	219	7.2k
Michinori Kohara Japan	56	4.9k 1.2×	3.9k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	2.1k 1.9×	324 0.5×	263	11.3k
Joachim Hauber Germany	54	1.2k 0.3×	6.4k 2.0×	2.6k 1.8×	1.8k 1.7×	727 1.0×	146	10.2k
Reinhard Kurth Germany	51	1.1k 0.3×	3.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	227 0.3×	216	7.5k
James S. Gibbs United States	34	2.4k 0.6×	2.8k 0.9×	2.8k 1.9×	916 0.8×	277 0.4×	58	6.4k
Peter J. Fischinger United States	40	1.3k 0.3×	1.9k 0.6×	2.4k 1.6×	1.5k 1.4×	614 0.9×	122	6.4k
Ian A. Ramshaw Australia	41	1.7k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	3.4k 2.3×	853 0.8×	178 0.3×	125	6.3k
Griffith D. Parks United States	32	3.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	446 0.6×	105	5.2k
Amos Panet Israel	42	1.4k 0.3×	2.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	927 0.9×	105 0.2×	175	5.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Brownlee, George G.. (2013). Frederick Sanger (1918–2013). Current Biology. 23(24). R1074–R1076. 1 indexed citations

Gabriel, Gülşah, Karin Klingel, Anna Otte, et al.. (2011). Differential use of importin-α isoforms governs cell tropism and host adaptation of influenza virus. Nature Communications. 2(1). 156–156. 196 indexed citations

Chase, Geoffrey, Tao Deng, Ervin Fodor, et al.. (2008). Hsp90 inhibitors reduce influenza virus replication in cell culture. Virology. 377(2). 431–439. 119 indexed citations

Vreede, Frank T., et al.. (2008). Role of Initiating Nucleoside Triphosphate Concentrations in the Regulation of Influenza Virus Replication and Transcription. Journal of Virology. 82(14). 6902–6910. 33 indexed citations

Maier, Helena J., Takahito Kashiwagi, Koyu Hara, & George G. Brownlee. (2007). Differential role of the influenza A virus polymerase PA subunit for vRNA and cRNA promoter binding. Virology. 370(1). 194–204. 43 indexed citations

Carr, Simon M., Elena Carnero, Adolfo Garcı́a-Sastre, George G. Brownlee, & Ervin Fodor. (2005). Characterization of a mitochondrial-targeting signal in the PB2 protein of influenza viruses. Virology. 344(2). 492–508. 54 indexed citations

Fechter, Pierre & George G. Brownlee. (2005). Recognition of mRNA cap structures by viral and cellular proteins. Journal of General Virology. 86(5). 1239–1249. 65 indexed citations

Subbarao, Kanta, Hualan Chen, David E. Swayne, et al.. (2002). Evaluation of a Genetically Modified Reassortant H5N1 Influenza A Virus Vaccine Candidate Generated by Plasmid-Based Reverse Genetics. Virology. 305(1). 192–200. 208 indexed citations

Brownlee, George G. & Jane Sharps. (2002). The RNA Polymerase of Influenza A Virus Is Stabilized by Interaction with Its Viral RNA Promoter. Journal of Virology. 76(14). 7103–7113. 65 indexed citations

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Fodor, Ervin, et al.. (1999). Rescue of Influenza A Virus from Recombinant DNA. Journal of Virology. 73(11). 9679–9682. 647 indexed citations breakdown →

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Morgan, Gareth, et al.. (1997). Further evidence for the importance of an androgen response element in the factor IX promoter. British Journal of Haematology. 98(1). 79–85. 16 indexed citations

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Brownlee, George G., et al.. (1997). An Ex Vivo Keratinocyte Model for Gene Therapy of Hemophilia B. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 109(2). 139–145. 32 indexed citations

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Brownlee, George G., et al.. (1995). cis-Acting Elements and Transcription Factors Involved in the Promoter Activity of the Human Factor VIII Gene. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(20). 11828–11838. 56 indexed citations

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Crossley, Merlin, Michael Ludwig, Kathryn M. Stowell, et al.. (1992). Recovery from Hemophilia B Leyden: An Androgen-Responsive Element in the Factor IX Promoter. Science. 257(5068). 377–379. 106 indexed citations

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Mayhew, Mark, Penny A. Handford, Martín Baron, et al.. (1992). Ligand requirements for Ca²⁺ binding to EGF-like domains. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 5(6). 489–494. 43 indexed citations

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Reay, Philip A., Ian M. Jones, Frances Gotch, Andrew J. McMichael, & George G. Brownlee. (1989). Recognition of the PB1, neuraminidase, and matrix proteins of influenza virus A/NT/60/68 by cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Virology. 170(2). 477–485. 22 indexed citations

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Arcari, Paolo & George G. Brownlee. (1980). The nucleotide sequence of a small (3S) seryl-tRNA (anticodon GCU) from beef heart mitochondria. Nucleic Acids Research. 8(22). 5207–5212. 71 indexed citations

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Miller, Jim, E Cartwright, George G. Brownlee, Nina V. Fedoroff, & Donald D. Brown. (1978). The nucleotide sequence of oocyte 5S DNA in Xenopus laevis. II. The GC-rich region. Cell. 13(4). 717–725. 158 indexed citations

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Brownlee, George G.. (1957). Host Resistance to Infection. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 9(1). 1–9. 1 indexed citations

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Brownlee, George G.. (1951). ANTIBIOTICS. Annual Review of Microbiology. 5(1). 197–208. 5 indexed citations

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