George Merkel

1.5k total citations
25 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

George Merkel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, George Merkel has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Infectious Diseases and 15 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in George Merkel's work include HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (17 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (15 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (11 papers). George Merkel is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (17 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (15 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (11 papers). George Merkel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Poland. George Merkel's co-authors include Anna Marie Skalka, Richard A. Katz, Joseph Kulkosky, Jonathan Leis, Alexander Wlodawer, Jerry Alexandratos, Grzegorz Bujacz, Mark Andrake, Kathryn S. Jones and A M Skalka and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

George Merkel

24 papers receiving 1.3k 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 Merkel United States 16 972 860 860 167 166 25 1.4k
A J Schlabach United States 12 717 0.7× 474 0.6× 438 0.5× 137 0.8× 118 0.7× 13 1.2k
Saumya Gupta India 7 709 0.7× 683 0.8× 676 0.8× 149 0.9× 126 0.8× 17 1.0k
Jerry Alexandratos United States 14 886 0.9× 638 0.7× 643 0.7× 98 0.6× 73 0.4× 20 1.3k
Gilles Mirambeau France 18 1.1k 1.1× 421 0.5× 268 0.3× 124 0.7× 188 1.1× 29 1.4k
Brian Terry United States 20 743 0.8× 339 0.4× 387 0.5× 239 1.4× 231 1.4× 35 1.3k
Nick Vandegraaff United States 21 864 0.9× 1.3k 1.5× 893 1.0× 390 2.3× 198 1.2× 25 1.8k
Alison Slaughter United States 10 566 0.6× 646 0.8× 613 0.7× 74 0.4× 87 0.5× 11 832
Sandrine Carteau France 12 463 0.5× 490 0.6× 414 0.5× 88 0.5× 80 0.5× 15 693
Zhufang Li United States 16 454 0.5× 204 0.2× 255 0.3× 168 1.0× 126 0.8× 23 824
John G. Julias United States 17 452 0.5× 594 0.7× 629 0.7× 203 1.2× 90 0.5× 23 997

Countries citing papers authored by George Merkel

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Merkel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by George Merkel. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by George Merkel. The network helps show where George Merkel may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Merkel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of George Merkel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of George Merkel 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 Merkel. George Merkel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Merkel, George, et al.. (2020). Manipulation of a cation-π sandwich reveals conformational flexibility in phenylalanine hydroxylase. Biochimie. 183. 63–77. 3 indexed citations
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Andrake, Mark, et al.. (2013). Architecture and Assembly of HIV Integrase Multimers in the Absence of DNA Substrates. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(10). 7373–7386. 25 indexed citations
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Andrake, Mark, Alla Gustchina, George Merkel, et al.. (2011). Localization of ASV Integrase-DNA Contacts by Site-Directed Crosslinking and their Structural Analysis. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e27751–e27751. 9 indexed citations
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Katz, Richard A., George Merkel, Mark Andrake, Heinrich Röder, & Anna Marie Skalka. (2011). Retroviral Integrases Promote Fraying of Viral DNA Ends. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(29). 25710–25718. 18 indexed citations
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Andrake, Mark, Steven Weigand, George Merkel, et al.. (2011). Architecture of a Full-length Retroviral Integrase Monomer and Dimer, Revealed by Small Angle X-ray Scattering and Chemical Cross-linking. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(19). 17047–17059. 27 indexed citations
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Andrake, Mark, Joseph Ramcharan, George Merkel, et al.. (2009). Comparison of metal-dependent catalysis by HIV-1 and ASV integrase proteins using a new and rapid, moderate throughput assay for joining activity in solution. AIDS Research and Therapy. 6(1). 14–14. 4 indexed citations
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Merkel, George, Mark Andrake, Joseph Ramcharan, & Anna Marie Skalka. (2008). Oligonucleotide-based assays for integrase activity. Methods. 47(4). 243–248. 15 indexed citations
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Ramcharan, Joseph, Diana M. Colleluori, George Merkel, Mark Andrake, & Anna Marie Skalka. (2006). Mode of inhibition of HIV-1 Integrase by a C-terminal domain-specific monoclonal antibody*. Retrovirology. 3(1). 34–34. 13 indexed citations
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Daniel, René, Joseph Kulkosky, Konstantin D. Taganov, et al.. (2004). Characterization of a Naphthalene Derivative Inhibitor of Retroviral Integrases. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 20(2). 135–144. 6 indexed citations
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Daniel, René, Richard A. Katz, George Merkel, et al.. (2001). Wortmannin Potentiates Integrase-Mediated Killing of Lymphocytes and Reduces the Efficiency of Stable Transduction by Retroviruses. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 21(4). 1164–1172. 70 indexed citations
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Łubkowski, J., Zbigniew Dauter, Fan Yang, et al.. (1999). Atomic Resolution Structures of the Core Domain of Avian Sarcoma Virus Integrase and Its D64N Mutant,. Biochemistry. 38(41). 13512–13522. 39 indexed citations
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Łubkowski, J., Fan Yang, Jerry Alexandratos, et al.. (1998). Structural Basis for Inactivating Mutations and pH-dependent Activity of Avian Sarcoma Virus Integrase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(49). 32685–32689. 17 indexed citations
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Asante‐Appiah, Ernest, George Merkel, & Anna Marie Skalka. (1998). Purification of Untagged Retroviral Integrases by Immobilized Metal Ion Affinity Chromatography. Protein Expression and Purification. 12(1). 105–110. 14 indexed citations
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Łubkowski, J., Fan Yang, Jerry Alexandratos, et al.. (1998). Structure of the catalytic domain of avian sarcoma virus integrase with a bound HIV-1 integrase-targeted inhibitor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(9). 4831–4836. 74 indexed citations
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Bujacz, Grzegorz, Jerry Alexandratos, Alexander Wlodawer, et al.. (1997). Binding of Different Divalent Cations to the Active Site of Avian Sarcoma Virus Integrase and Their Effects on Enzymatic Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(29). 18161–18168. 123 indexed citations
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Katz, Richard A., George Merkel, & Anna Marie Skalka. (1996). Targeting of Retroviral Integrase by Fusion to a Heterologous DNA Binding Domain:In VitroActivities and Incorporation of a Fusion Protein into Viral Particles. Virology. 217(1). 178–190. 72 indexed citations
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Kulkosky, Joseph, Richard A. Katz, George Merkel, & Anna Marie Skalka. (1995). Activities and substrate specificity of the evolutionarily conserved central domain of retroviral integrase. Virology. 206(1). 448–456. 69 indexed citations
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Bujacz, Grzegorz, Mariusz Jaskólski, Jerry Alexandratos, et al.. (1995). High-resolution Structure of the Catalytic Domain of Avian Sarcoma Virus Integrase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 253(2). 333–346. 191 indexed citations
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Katz, Richard A., George Merkel, Joseph Kulkosky, Jonathan Leis, & Anna Marie Skalka. (1990). The avian retroviral IN protein is both necessary and sufficient for integrative recombination in vitro. Cell. 63(1). 87–95. 315 indexed citations

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