Jack C. Leo

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Jack C. Leo is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack C. Leo has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Genetics, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Jack C. Leo's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (16 papers) and Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (14 papers). Jack C. Leo is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (16 papers) and Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (14 papers). Jack C. Leo collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Germany and United Kingdom. Jack C. Leo's co-authors include Dirk Linke, Adrian Goldman, Mikael Skurnik, Iwan Grin, Philipp Oberhettinger, Monika Schütz, Athanasios Saragliadis, Agnieszka Wróbel, Andrzej Łyskowski and Hilkka Lankinen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Jack C. Leo

47 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Type V Secretion Systems: An Overview of Passenger Domain Functions

2019 120 citations Athanasios Saragliadis, Jack C. Leo et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jack C. Leo Norway	24	961	698	565	408	212	49	2.0k
Laura Hobley United Kingdom	24	1.3k 1.4×	489 0.7×	496 0.9×	561 1.4×	344 1.6×	33	2.1k
Ankur B. Dalia United States	26	1.1k 1.2×	612 0.9×	771 1.4×	415 1.0×	228 1.1×	55	2.1k
Hans de Cock Netherlands	28	1.2k 1.2×	978 1.4×	447 0.8×	259 0.6×	190 0.9×	68	2.3k
Judith H. Merritt United States	17	2.0k 2.1×	562 0.8×	519 0.9×	401 1.0×	352 1.7×	17	2.7k
Denisse L. Leyton Australia	20	665 0.7×	610 0.9×	532 0.9×	346 0.8×	175 0.8×	25	1.4k
Bridget Gollan United Kingdom	11	800 0.8×	468 0.7×	322 0.6×	278 0.7×	413 1.9×	13	1.7k
Paul E. Orndorff United States	30	962 1.0×	766 1.1×	867 1.5×	506 1.2×	209 1.0×	73	2.5k
Marjan W. van der Woude United Kingdom	28	1.3k 1.3×	963 1.4×	780 1.4×	650 1.6×	246 1.2×	49	2.5k
Cristina L. Marolda Canada	29	1.5k 1.6×	898 1.3×	858 1.5×	608 1.5×	276 1.3×	43	2.8k
Bradley R. Borlee United States	18	1.7k 1.8×	561 0.8×	464 0.8×	396 1.0×	409 1.9×	41	2.3k

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Schaufler, Katharina, et al.. (2025). Chain formation mediated by Escherichia coli immunoglobulin-binding proteins EibD and EibG depends on expression levels and localization of proteins. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 35244–35244.

Linke, Dirk, et al.. (2024). Fluorescent Labeling of Outer Membrane Proteins Using the SpyCatcher-SpyTag System. Methods in molecular biology. 2778. 53–63. 2 indexed citations

Wróbel, Agnieszka, Athanasios Saragliadis, Stephan Göttig, et al.. (2020). The inverse autotransporters of Yersinia ruckeri , YrInv and YrIlm , contribute to biofilm formation and virulence. Environmental Microbiology. 22(7). 2939–2955. 20 indexed citations

Autio, Kaija J., et al.. (2019). Binding of Brucella protein, Bp26, to select extracellular matrix molecules. BMC Molecular and Cell Biology. 20(1). 55–55. 9 indexed citations

Saragliadis, Athanasios, et al.. (2019). Type V Secretion Systems: An Overview of Passenger Domain Functions. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 1163–1163. 120 indexed citations breakdown →

Saragliadis, Athanasios, et al.. (2018). Producing Gene Deletions in Escherichia coli by P1 Transduction with Excisable Antibiotic Resistance Cassettes. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 11 indexed citations

Leo, Jack C. & Dirk Linke. (2018). A unified model for BAM function that takes into account type Vc secretion and species differences in BAM composition. AIMS Microbiology. 4(3). 455–468. 12 indexed citations

Leo, Jack C., Philipp Oberhettinger, D.B.R.K. Gupta Udatha, et al.. (2016). Secretion of the Intimin Passenger Domain Is Driven by Protein Folding. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(38). 20096–20112. 14 indexed citations

Hallström, Teresia, Ingo B. Autenrieth, Erwin Bohn, et al.. (2016). Vitronectin Binds to a Specific Stretch within the Head Region of Yersinia Adhesin A and Thereby Modulates Yersinia enterocolitica Host Interaction. Journal of Innate Immunity. 9(1). 33–51. 19 indexed citations

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Leo, Jack C., et al.. (2016). Reverse Vaccinology: The Pathway from Genomes and Epitope Predictions to Tailored Recombinant Vaccines. Methods in molecular biology. 1403. 87–106. 17 indexed citations

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Leo, Jack C., Philipp Oberhettinger, Monika Schütz, & Dirk Linke. (2014). The inverse autotransporter family: Intimin, invasin and related proteins. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 305(2). 276–282. 59 indexed citations

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Oberhettinger, Philipp, et al.. (2014). Yersinia adhesin A (YadA) – Beauty & beast. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 305(2). 252–258. 65 indexed citations

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Oberhettinger, Philipp, Jack C. Leo, Dirk Linke, Ingo B. Autenrieth, & Monika Schütz. (2014). The Inverse Autotransporter Intimin Exports Its Passenger Domain via a Hairpin Intermediate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(3). 1837–1849. 27 indexed citations

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Shen, Xiantao, Johan Bonde, Tripta Kamra, et al.. (2014). Bacterial Imprinting at Pickering Emulsion Interfaces. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(40). 10687–10690. 110 indexed citations

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Leo, Jack C., Iwan Grin, & Dirk Linke. (2012). Type V secretion: mechanism(s) of autotransport through the bacterial outer membrane. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 367(1592). 1088–1101. 195 indexed citations

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Leo, Jack C., Andrzej Łyskowski, Katarina Hattula, et al.. (2011). The Structure of E. coli IgG-Binding Protein D Suggests a General Model for Bending and Binding in Trimeric Autotransporter Adhesins. Structure. 19(7). 1021–1030. 54 indexed citations

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Łyskowski, Andrzej, Jack C. Leo, & Adrian Goldman. (2011). Structure and Biology of Trimeric Autotransporter Adhesins. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 715. 143–158. 64 indexed citations

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Leo, Jack C. & Adrian Goldman. (2009). The immunoglobulin-binding Eib proteins from Escherichia coli are receptors for IgG Fc. Molecular Immunology. 46(8-9). 1860–1866. 35 indexed citations

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Merckel, M.C., et al.. (2004). The Yersinia adhesin YadA collagen‐binding domain structure is a novel left‐handed parallel β‐roll. The EMBO Journal. 23(4). 701–711. 159 indexed citations

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Leo, Jack C., et al.. (1973). Pasteurella Multocida Meningitis: Report of a Case. 21(1). 45–46. 1 indexed citations

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