Guy Plunkett

16.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
29 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

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Guy Plunkett is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Guy Plunkett has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Ecology and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Guy Plunkett's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (19 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (15 papers). Guy Plunkett is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (19 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (15 papers). Guy Plunkett collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and Poland. Guy Plunkett's co-authors include Frederick R. Blattner, Valerie Burland, Debra J. Rose, George F. Mayhew, Nicole T. Perna, Bob Mau, Heather Kirkpatrick, Christopher K. Rode, Jeremy D. Glasner and Craig A. Bloch and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Guy Plunkett

29 papers receiving 10.5k 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.

The Complete Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli K-12

1997 5.9k citations Frederick R. Blattner, Guy Plunkett et al. Science profile →
Extensive mosaic structure revealed by the complete genome sequence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli

2002 1.1k citations Rodney A. Welch, Valerie Burland et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Emergent Properties of Reduced-Genome Escherichia coli

2006 526 citations György Pósfai, Guy Plunkett et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guy Plunkett United States	22	7.3k	4.3k	2.7k	2.3k	1.0k	29	10.8k
Valerie Burland United States	27	7.1k 1.0×	4.3k 1.0×	2.4k 0.9×	2.7k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	33	11.0k
George F. Mayhew United States	20	5.7k 0.8×	3.5k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	959 1.0×	26	9.2k
John R. Roth United States	53	8.8k 1.2×	4.5k 1.0×	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 1.6×	146	12.7k
Debra J. Rose United States	19	5.1k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	731 0.7×	20	7.9k
Volkmar Braun Germany	57	5.2k 0.7×	4.5k 1.1×	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	594 0.6×	179	9.3k
Tyrrell Conway United States	51	6.2k 0.8×	2.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	112	8.9k
Miguel A. de Pedro Spain	45	4.7k 0.6×	3.3k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	868 0.4×	640 0.6×	114	7.8k
Stephen Busby United Kingdom	61	11.1k 1.5×	8.7k 2.0×	3.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	494 0.5×	257	14.6k
Craig A. Bloch United States	18	4.9k 0.7×	2.9k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	582 0.6×	27	7.6k
Jorge H. Crosa United States	54	8.1k 1.1×	5.7k 1.3×	2.8k 1.1×	4.1k 1.8×	854 0.8×	159	14.5k

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Sapountzis, Panagiotis, et al.. (2015). The Enterobacterium Trabulsiella odontotermitis Presents Novel Adaptations Related to Its Association with Fungus-Growing Termites. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81(19). 6577–6588. 16 indexed citations

Rotman, Ella, Elena A. Kouzminova, Guy Plunkett, & Andrei Kuzminov. (2012). Genome of Enterobacteriophage Lula/phi80 and Insights into Its Ability To Spread in the Laboratory Environment. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(24). 6802–6817. 16 indexed citations

Zaremba, Sam, Thomas H. Hampton, J. M. Greene, et al.. (2009). Text-mining of PubMed abstracts by natural language processing to create a public knowledge base on molecular mechanisms of bacterial enteropathogens. BMC Bioinformatics. 10(1). 177–177. 16 indexed citations

Durfee, Tim, Richard G. Nelson, Guy Plunkett, et al.. (2008). The Complete Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli DH10B: Insights into the Biology of a Laboratory Workhorse. Journal of Bacteriology. 190(7). 2597–2606. 287 indexed citations

Pósfai, György, Guy Plunkett, Tamás Fehér, et al.. (2006). Emergent Properties of Reduced-Genome Escherichia coli. Science. 312(5776). 1044–1046. 526 indexed citations breakdown →

Xie, Yi, Maneesh Paul‐Satyaseela, Simon J. Elliott, et al.. (2006). Identification and Characterization ofEscherichia coliRS218–Derived Islands in the Pathogenesis ofE. coliMeningitis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 194(3). 358–364. 36 indexed citations

Goldberg, Marcia B., Valerie Burland, Malabi M. Venkatesan, et al.. (2003). Complete Genome Sequence and Comparative Genomics of Shigella flexneri Serotype 2a Strain 2457T. Infection and Immunity. 71(7). 4223–4223. 9 indexed citations

Welch, Rodney A., Valerie Burland, Guy Plunkett, et al.. (2002). Extensive mosaic structure revealed by the complete genome sequence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(26). 17020–17024. 1144 indexed citations breakdown →

Plunkett, Guy, Christopher D. Herring, Tamás Fehér, et al.. (2002). Engineering a Reduced Escherichia coli Genome. Genome Research. 12(4). 640–647. 222 indexed citations

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Lim, Alex, Eileen T. Dimalanta, Konstantinos Potamousis, et al.. (2001). Shotgun Optical Maps of the Whole Escherichia coli O157:H7 Genome. Genome Research. 11(9). 1584–1593. 64 indexed citations

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Mahillon, Jacques, Heather Kirkpatrick, Craig A. Bloch, et al.. (1998). Subdivision of the Escherichia coli K-12 genome for sequencing: manipulation and DNA sequence of transposable elements introducing unique restriction sites. Gene. 223(1-2). 47–54. 18 indexed citations

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Reizer, Jonathan, et al.. (1996). Novel phosphotransferase-encoding genes revealed by analysis of the Escherichia coli genome: a chimeric gene encoding an Enzyme I homologue that possesses a putative sensory transduction domain. Gene. 181(1-2). 103–108. 66 indexed citations

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Burland, Valerie, Guy Plunkett, Heidi J. Sofia, Donna L. Daniels, & F. R. Blattner. (1995). Analysis of theEscherichia coligenome VI: DNA sequence of the region from 92.8 through 100 minutes. Nucleic Acids Research. 23(12). 2105–2119. 134 indexed citations

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Sofia, Heidi J., Valerie Burland, Donna L. Daniels, Guy Plunkett, & Frederick R. Blattner. (1994). Analysis of theEscherichia coligenome. V. DNA sequence of the region from 76.0 to 81.5 minutes. Nucleic Acids Research. 22(13). 2576–2586. 352 indexed citations

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Plunkett, Guy, Valerie Burland, Donna L. Daniels, & Frederick R. Blattner. (1993). Analysis of theEscherichia coligenome. III. DNA sequence of the region from 87.2 to 89.2 minutes. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(15). 3391–3398. 114 indexed citations

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Burland, Valerie, Donna L. Daniels, Guy Plunkett, & F. R. Blattner. (1993). Genome sequencing on both strands: the Janus strategy. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(15). 3385–3390. 29 indexed citations

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Chuang, Shuang‐En, Valerie Burland, Guy Plunkett, Donna L. Daniels, & Frederick R. Blattner. (1993). Sequence analysis of four new heat-shock genes constituting the hslTS/ibpAB and hslVU operons in Escherichia coli. Gene. 134(1). 1–6. 132 indexed citations

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Burland, Valerie, Guy Plunkett, Donna L. Daniels, & F. R. Blattner. (1993). DNA Sequence and Analysis of 136 Kilobases of the Escherichia coli Genome: Organizational Symmetry around the Origin of Replication. Genomics. 16(3). 551–561. 178 indexed citations

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Mazzara, Gail P., Guy Plunkett, & William H. McClain. (1981). DNA sequence of the transfer RNA region of bacteriophage T4: implications for transfer RNA synthesis.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 78(2). 889–892. 24 indexed citations

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Plunkett, Guy, Gail P. Mazzara, & William H. McClain. (1981). Characterization of bacteriophage T4 Band D RNA, a low-molecular-weight RNA of unknown function. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 210(1). 298–306. 3 indexed citations

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