Gerald S. Baron

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Gerald S. Baron is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald S. Baron has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Neurology and 16 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Gerald S. Baron's work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (31 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (20 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (16 papers). Gerald S. Baron is often cited by papers focused on Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (31 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (20 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (16 papers). Gerald S. Baron collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Gerald S. Baron's co-authors include Byron Caughey, Francis E. Nano, Bruce Chesebro, Gregory J. Raymond, Lynne D. Raymond, Martin Jeffrey, Danielle K. Offerdahl, Andrew G. Hughson, David W. Dorward and Cynthia Favara and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Gerald S. Baron

42 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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Anchorless Prion Protein Results in Infectious Amyloid Disease Without Clinical Scrapie

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Suzette A. Priola United States

Vincent Béringue France

Motohiro Horiuchi Japan

Sabine Gilch Canada

Kiyotoshi Kaneko Japan

Wiesław Świętnicki United States

Olivier Andréoletti France

Gregory J. Raymond United States

Daniel C. Masison United States

Human Rezaei France

Suzette A. Priola United States

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Hoyt, Forrest, Efrosini Artikis, Cindi L. Schwartz, et al.. (2022). Cryo-EM structure of anchorless RML prion reveals variations in shared motifs between distinct strains. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4005–4005. 61 indexed citations

Hoyt, Forrest, Parvez Alam, Efrosini Artikis, et al.. (2022). Cryo-EM of prion strains from the same genotype of host identifies conformational determinants. PLoS Pathogens. 18(11). e1010947–e1010947. 31 indexed citations

Baron, Gerald S. & Gregory J. Raymond. (2017). Immunodetection of PrPSc Using Western Immunoblotting Techniques. Methods in molecular biology. 1658. 51–66. 1 indexed citations

Hollister, Jason R., Kil Sun Lee, David W. Dorward, & Gerald S. Baron. (2015). Efficient Uptake and Dissemination of Scrapie Prion Protein by Astrocytes and Fibroblasts from Adult Hamster Brain. PLoS ONE. 10(1). e0115351–e0115351. 15 indexed citations

Marshall, Karen E., et al.. (2014). Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchoring Directs the Assembly of Sup35NM Protein into Non-fibrillar, Membrane-bound Aggregates. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(18). 12245–12263. 7 indexed citations

Vascellari, Sarah, Christina D. Orrú, Andrew G. Hughson, et al.. (2012). Prion Seeding Activities of Mouse Scrapie Strains with Divergent PrPSc Protease Sensitivities and Amyloid Plaque Content Using RT-QuIC and eQuIC. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e48969–e48969. 52 indexed citations

Smirnovas, Vytautas, Gerald S. Baron, Danielle K. Offerdahl, et al.. (2011). Structural organization of brain-derived mammalian prions examined by hydrogen-deuterium exchange. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 18(4). 504–506. 190 indexed citations

Taguchi, Yuzuru, et al.. (2008). Specific Biarsenical Labeling of Cell Surface Proteins Allows Fluorescent- and Biotin-tagging of Amyloid Precursor Protein and Prion Proteins. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20(1). 233–244. 40 indexed citations

Lee, Kil Sun, Lynne D. Raymond, Gregory J. Raymond, et al.. (2007). Hemin Interactions and Alterations of the Subcellular Localization of Prion Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(50). 36525–36533. 40 indexed citations

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Caughey, Byron & Gerald S. Baron. (2006). Prions and their partners in crime. Nature. 443(7113). 803–810. 235 indexed citations

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Magalhães, Ana C., Gerald S. Baron, Kil Sun Lee, et al.. (2005). Uptake and Neuritic Transport of Scrapie Prion Protein Coincident with Infection of Neuronal Cells. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(21). 5207–5216. 126 indexed citations

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Silveira, Jay R., Byron Caughey, & Gerald S. Baron. (2004). Prion Protein and the Molecular Features of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Agents. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 284. 1–50. 18 indexed citations

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Baron, Gerald S. & Byron Caughey. (2003). Effect of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor-dependent and -independent Prion Protein Association with Model Raft Membranes on Conversion to the Protease-resistant Isoform. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(17). 14883–14892. 93 indexed citations

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Herrmann, Lynn M., et al.. (2003). A solid-phase assay for identification of modulators of prion protein interactions. Analytical Biochemistry. 323(1). 54–64. 19 indexed citations

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Baron, Gerald S., et al.. (2003). Electroporation of Francisella tularensis. Humana Press eBooks. 47. 149–154. 21 indexed citations

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Caughey, Byron, et al.. (2001). Interactions and conversions of prion protein isoforms. Advances in protein chemistry. 57. 139–169. 49 indexed citations

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Baron, Gerald S. & Francis E. Nano. (1999). An erythromycin resistance cassette and mini-transposon for constructing transcriptional fusions to cat. Gene. 229(1-2). 59–65. 9 indexed citations

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Baron, Gerald S., Thomas J. Reilly, & Francis E. Nano. (1999). The respiratory burst-inhibiting acid phosphatase AcpA is not essential for the intramacrophage growth or virulence ofFrancisella novicida. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 176(1). 85–90. 22 indexed citations

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Baron, Gerald S., et al.. (1996). Molecular characterization of the kinetoplastid membrane protein-11 from African trypanosomes. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 81(1). 81–88. 13 indexed citations

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Mdluli, Khisimuzi, et al.. (1994). Serum-sensitive mutation of Francisella novicida: association with an ABC transporter gene. Microbiology. 140(12). 3309–3318. 32 indexed citations

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