Harold E Varmus

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
25 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Harold E Varmus is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Harold E Varmus has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Immunology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Harold E Varmus's work include Virus-based gene therapy research (7 papers), T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (6 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (4 papers). Harold E Varmus is often cited by papers focused on Virus-based gene therapy research (7 papers), T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (6 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (4 papers). Harold E Varmus collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Australia. Harold E Varmus's co-authors include Tyler Jacks, J. Michael Bishop, Tristram G. Parslow, Ann Tsukamoto, Rudolf Grosschedl, Raphael C. Guzman, Eric C. Holland, Ronald A. DePinho, Clifford A. Lowell and David O. Morgan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Harold E Varmus

23 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Expression of the int-1 gene in transgenic mice is associated with mammary gland hyperplasia and adenocarcinomas in male and female mice

1988 626 citations Ann Tsukamoto, Rudolf Grosschedl et al. Cell profile →
Expression of the Rous Sarcoma Virus pol Gene by Ribosomal Frameshifting

1985 366 citations Tyler Jacks, Harold E Varmus Science profile →
A nucleoprotein complex mediates the integration of retroviral DNA.

1989 325 citations Bruce Bowerman, Patrick O. Brown et al. Genes & Development profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Use of MMTV-Wnt-1 transgenic mice for studying the genetic basis of breast cancer 2000 ·Oncogene ·Yi Li, (unknown), Harold E Varmus	194
2	A constitutively active epidermal growth factor receptor cooperates with disruption of G₁ cell-cycle arrest pathways to induce glioma-like lesions in mice 1998 ·Genes & Development ·Eric C. Holland, (unknown), Ronald A. DePinho, Harold E Varmus	422
3	Rescue of osteoclast function by transgenic expression of kinase-deficient Src insrc−/− mutant mice 1997 ·Genes & Development ·Pamela L. Schwartzberg, Lianping Xing, Oskar Hoffmann, Clifford A. Lowell, Lisa Garrett, Brendan F. Boyce, Harold E Varmus	240
4	Retroviral “Lifestyles”: Simple versus Complex 1997 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·John M. Coffin, Stephen H. Hughes, Harold E Varmus	1
5	Accessory Proteins and Assembly 1997 ·John M. Coffin, Stephen H. Hughes, Harold E Varmus	0
6	Principles of Particle Assembly 1997 ·John M. Coffin, Stephen H. Hughes, Harold E Varmus	1
7	Immune Responses to HIV and SIV 1997 ·John M. Coffin, Stephen H. Hughes, Harold E Varmus	1
8	Functional overlap in the src gene family: inactivation of hck and fgr impairs natural immunity. 1994 ·Genes & Development ·Clifford A. Lowell, Philippe Soriano, Harold E Varmus	205
9	Mitosis-specific phosphorylation of p60c-src by p34cdc2-associated protein kinase 1989 ·Cell ·David O. Morgan, Joshua M. Kaplan, Jamie Bishop, Harold E Varmus	213
10	Biosynthesis of the reverse transcriptase of hepatitis B viruses involves de novo translational initiation not ribosomal frameshifting 1989 ·Nature ·Lung‐Ji Chang, Peter M. Pryciak, D Ganem, Harold E Varmus	131
11	A nucleoprotein complex mediates the integration of retroviral DNA. breakdown → 1989 ·Genes & Development ·Bruce Bowerman, Patrick O. Brown, J. Michael Bishop, Harold E Varmus	325
12	Expression of the int-1 gene in transgenic mice is associated with mammary gland hyperplasia and adenocarcinomas in male and female mice breakdown → 1988 ·Cell ·Ann Tsukamoto, Rudolf Grosschedl, Raphael C. Guzman, Tristram G. Parslow, Harold E Varmus	626
13	Molecular biology: Reverse transcriptase rides again 1985 ·Nature ·Harold E Varmus	39
14	Expression of the Rous Sarcoma Virus pol Gene by Ribosomal Frameshifting breakdown → 1985 ·Science ·Tyler Jacks, Harold E Varmus	366
15	Nucleotide sequencing of an apparent proviral copy of env mRNA defines determinants of expression of the mouse mammary tumor virus env gene 1983 ·Journal of Virology ·John Majors, Harold E Varmus	130
16	Cellular homologue (c-src) of the transforming gene of Rous sarcoma virus: isolation, mapping, and transcriptional analysis of c-src and flanking regions. 1981 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Richard C. Parker, Harold E Varmus, J. Michael Bishop	88
17	Purification and translation of murine mammary tumor virus mRNA's 1981 ·Journal of Virology ·Jaquelin P. Dudley, Harold E Varmus	33
18	Biological and biochemical studies on the inactivation of avian oncoviruses by ultraviolet irradiation 1977 ·Virology ·Klaus Bister, Harold E Varmus, Edward Stavnezer, (unknown), Peter K. Vogt	16
19	Homologies among the nucleotide sequences of the genomes of C-type viruses 1974 ·Virology ·Nancy Quintrell, Harold E Varmus, J. Michael Bishop, (unknown), Robert M. McAllister	61
20	Mammary Tumour Virus Specific Nucleotide Sequences in Mouse DNA 1972 ·Nature New Biology ·Harold E Varmus, J. Michael Bishop, Robert C. Nowinski, (unknown)	106

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