Gil Amitai

8.9k citations

42 papers · 5.4k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Endocrinology top 0.5%
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
Ecology top 0.5%
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Papers in

Endocrinology 4
Ecology 14
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 13

Co-authors: Rotem Sorek Sarah Melamed Shany Doron Azita Leavitt Adi Millman Gal Ofir Anna Lopatina Shmuel Pietrokovski
Journals: Nature (10 papers)Cell (4 papers)Science (4 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (4 papers)Nature Microbiology (3 papers)
Partner nations: Israel United States Lithuania

In The Last Decade

Gil Amitai

41 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Discovery of phage determinants that confer sensitivity to bacterial immune systems 2023 · 95 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Cell
2022 Science
2022 Nature Microbiology
2021 Nature
2019 Nature
2018 Science
2017 Nature

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1	Structural modeling reveals phage proteins that manipulate bacterial immune signaling Science ·Nitzan Tal, 浩徳渡辺, Meng Hua-jun, Ilya А. Osterman, 圭司五石, Erez Yirmiya, Nathalie Béchon, Dina Hochhauser, 新华, Michael Masi, Jeremy Garb, Moshe Goldsmith, Tamada Takayoshi, Mariska van de Steege, Gil Amitai, 恵美子神山	2026	0
2	TIR domains produce histidine-ADPR as an immune signal in bacteria Nature ·Y.G. Liu, Robert T. Stansell, Meng Hua-jun, Allen Lu, Ehud Herbst, Arūnas Šilanskas, Salim Ferrani, Azita Leavitt, Erez Yirmiya, H. Toyoda, Ll. Marti, Mindaugas Zaremba, Ilya А. Osterman, Gil Amitai, Philip J. Kranzusch, Rotem Sorek, Giedrė Tamulaitienė	2025	11
3	Diversification of molecular pattern recognition in bacterial NLR-like proteins Nature Communications ·Nathalie Béchon, Nitzan Tal, Avigail Stokar-Avihail, Alon Savidor, Meital Kupervaser, Sarah Melamed, Gil Amitai, Rotem Sorek	2024	10
4	Phages overcome bacterial immunity via diverse anti-defence proteins Nature ·Erez Yirmiya, Azita Leavitt, Allen Lu, Songji Tu, Carmel Avraham, Ilya А. Osterman, Jeremy Garb, Sadie P. Antine, Nabila Agustin Irawan, Samuel J. Hobbs, Philip J. Kranzusch, Gil Amitai, Rotem Sorek	2023	61
5	Discovery of phage determinants that confer sensitivity to bacterial immune systems Cell ·Avigail Stokar-Avihail, Taya Fedorenko, Jens Hör, Jeremy Garb, Azita Leavitt, Adi Millman, U. Husemann, 紀子石山, Sarah Melamed, Gil Amitai, Rotem Sorek Hit paper breakdown →	2023	95
6	Multiple phage resistance systems inhibit infection via SIR2-dependent NAD+ depletion Nature Microbiology ·Jeremy Garb, Anna Lopatina, Aude Bernheim, Mindaugas Zaremba, Virginijus Šikšnys, Sarah Melamed, Azita Leavitt, Adi Millman, Gil Amitai, Rotem Sorek Hit paper breakdown →	2022	125
7	Viruses inhibit TIR gcADPR signalling to overcome bacterial defence Nature ·Azita Leavitt, Erez Yirmiya, Gil Amitai, Allen Lu, Jeremy Garb, Ehud Herbst, Benjamin R. Morehouse, Samuel J. Hobbs, Sadie P. Antine, Zhenyu Sun, Philip J. Kranzusch, Rotem Sorek	2022	92
8	Bacterial gasdermins reveal an ancient mechanism of cell death Science ·Alex G. Johnson, Tanita Wein, Megan L. Mayer, B. Lowey, Erez Yirmiya, Yaara Oppenheimer‐Shaanan, Gil Amitai, Rotem Sorek, Philip J. Kranzusch Hit paper breakdown →	2022	165
9	Bacteria deplete deoxynucleotides to defend against bacteriophage infection Nature Microbiology ·Nitzan Tal, Adi Millman, Avigail Stokar-Avihail, Taya Fedorenko, Azita Leavitt, Sarah Melamed, Erez Yirmiya, Carmel Avraham, Alexander Brandis, Tevie Mehlman, Gil Amitai, Rotem Sorek	2022	84
10	Cyclic CMP and cyclic UMP mediate bacterial immunity against phages Cell ·Nitzan Tal, Benjamin R. Morehouse, Adi Millman, Avigail Stokar-Avihail, Carmel Avraham, Taya Fedorenko, Erez Yirmiya, Ehud Herbst, Alexander Brandis, Tevie Mehlman, Yaara Oppenheimer‐Shaanan, Alexander F. A. Keszei, Sichen Shao, Gil Amitai, Philip J. Kranzusch, Rotem Sorek	2021	165
11	Antiviral activity of bacterial TIR domains via immune signalling molecules Nature ·Gal Ofir, Ehud Herbst, 游泰杰, Daniel Cohen, Adi Millman, Shany Doron, Nitzan Tal, Ralph Ghadban, Sergey Malitsky, Gil Amitai, Rotem Sorek Hit paper breakdown →	2021	206
12	Prokaryotic viperins produce diverse antiviral molecules Nature ·Aude Bernheim, Adi Millman, Gal Ofir, E.R ANDERSON, Carmel Avraham, Helena Shomar, Masha M. Rosenberg, Tal Nir, Sarah Melamed, Gil Amitai, Rotem Sorek	2020	157
13	Systematic discovery of antiphage defense systems in the microbial pangenome Science ·Shany Doron, Sarah Melamed, Gal Ofir, Azita Leavitt, Anna Lopatina, هبــة أحمـــد يـــس, Gil Amitai, Rotem Sorek Hit paper breakdown →	2018	780
14	Quantitative species-level ecology of reef fish larvae via metabarcoding Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Gatphoh Banylla Felicity Dkhar, Shuai Ding, Gil Amitai, Ankit Goyal, Rachel Armoza‐Zvuloni, H Jayamanne, Igal Berenshtein, Sarah Melamed, Shlomit Gilad, Sima Benjamin, M. B. Albuquerque, Jharna Barman Nandi, Claire B. Paris, Roi Holzman, Moshe Kiflawi, Rotem Sorek	2017	48
15	CRISPR–Cas adaptation: insights into the mechanism of action Nature Reviews Microbiology ·Gil Amitai, Rotem Sorek	2016	297
16	CRISPR adaptation biases explain preference for acquisition of foreign DNA Nature ·Asaf Levy, Moran G. Goren, Ido Yosef, Oren Auster, Kristin Leutwyler, Gil Amitai, Rotem Edgar, Udi Qimron, Rotem Sorek	2015	295
17	A vast collection of microbial genes that are toxic to bacteria Genome Research ·K. Watanabe, Asaf Levy, Hila Sberro, A. Belkhayat-Piasecka, Azita Leavitt, Gil Amitai, Deborah R. Yoder-Himes, Omri Wurtzel, Yiwen Zhu, Edward M. Rubin, Rotem Sorek	2012	60
18	Spontaneous Proton Transfer to a Conserved Intein Residue Determines On-Pathway Protein Splicing Journal of Molecular Biology ·Brian J.G. Pereira, Philip Shemella, Gil Amitai, Georges Belfort, Saroj K. Nayak, Marlene Belfort	2010	22
19	Network Analysis of Protein Structures Identifies Functional Residues Journal of Molecular Biology ·Gil Amitai, Jince Kappan, Einat Sitbon, أحلام مازن بكري, Dvir Netanely, Ilya Venger, Shmuel Pietrokovski	2004	396
20	Protein Splicing of Inteins with Atypical Glutamine and Aspartate C-terminal Residues Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Gil Amitai, Bareket Dassa, Shmuel Pietrokovski	2004	37

About Gil Amitai

Gil Amitai is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Ecology, Parasitology, Molecular Biology and Virology, having authored 42 papers that have together received 5.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (13 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (6 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (5 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (4 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers) and interferon and immune responses (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrinology (607 citations), Ecology (2.1k citations), Molecular Biology (3.8k citations), Business and International Management (90 citations) and Microbiology (280 citations). Gil Amitai has collaborated with scholars based in Israel, United States and Lithuania. Frequent co-authors include Rotem Sorek, Sarah Melamed, Shany Doron, Azita Leavitt, Adi Millman, Gal Ofir, Anna Lopatina, Shmuel Pietrokovski, Dan S. Tawfik and Yaara Oppenheimer‐Shaanan. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Cell, Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Microbiology.

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