Jonathan Leis

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
108 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Leis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Virology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Leis has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Virology and 32 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Leis's work include HIV Research and Treatment (37 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (28 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (28 papers). Jonathan Leis is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (37 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (28 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (28 papers). Jonathan Leis collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Switzerland. Jonathan Leis's co-authors include Jerard Hurwitz, A M Skalka, Richard A. Katz, Ashok Aiyar, Yan Xiang, Anna Marie Skalka, Alexander Wlodawer, Craig E. Cameron, Fadila Bouamr and Michael Katzman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Leis

107 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

Tsg101, a homologue of ubiquitin-conjugating (E2) enzymes, binds the L domain in HIV type 1 Pr55 ^Gag

2001 501 citations Jonathan Leis, Carol A. Carter et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Standardized and simplified nomenclature for proteins common to all retroviruses

1988 292 citations Jonathan Leis, A M Skalka et al. Journal of Virology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathan Leis United States	46	3.8k	3.2k	2.4k	1.2k	1.1k	108	6.8k
Norman P. Salzman United States	40	3.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.5×	114	7.7k
Stephen Oroszlan United States	59	4.5k 1.2×	4.9k 1.6×	3.4k 1.4×	2.1k 1.7×	2.3k 2.1×	197	11.2k
Sundararajan Venkatesan United States	37	1.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	725 0.7×	69	4.8k
Joachim Hauber Germany	54	6.4k 1.7×	3.7k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	1.7k 1.5×	146	10.2k
Vinay K. Pathak United States	54	3.8k 1.0×	5.0k 1.6×	3.5k 1.4×	1.8k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	160	8.0k
J K Rose United States	49	3.0k 0.8×	888 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	2.2k 1.8×	1.7k 1.6×	65	6.5k
Raymond C. Sowder United States	37	2.7k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	935 0.8×	425 0.4×	56	5.7k
Jack H. Nunberg United States	39	2.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	2.6k 1.1×	946 0.8×	825 0.7×	68	5.5k
Anna Marie Skalka United States	44	3.7k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	2.7k 1.1×	732 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	103	5.6k
R A Young United States	42	5.7k 1.5×	736 0.2×	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	59	8.3k

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Strickland, Madeleine, Lorna S. Ehrlich, Susan M. Watanabe, et al.. (2017). Tsg101 chaperone function revealed by HIV-1 assembly inhibitors. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1391–1391. 38 indexed citations

Medina, Gisselle N., Andrew Pincetic, Lorna S. Ehrlich, et al.. (2008). Tsg101 can replace Nedd4 function in ASV Gag release but not membrane targeting. Virology. 377(1). 30–38. 31 indexed citations

Chen, Aiping, Irene T. Weber, Robert W. Harrison, & Jonathan Leis. (2005). Identification of Amino Acids in HIV-1 and Avian Sarcoma Virus Integrase Subsites Required for Specific Recognition of the Long Terminal Repeat Ends. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(7). 4173–4182. 52 indexed citations

Vana, Marcy L., et al.. (2005). Mutations affecting cleavage at the p10-capsid protease cleavage site block Rous sarcoma virus replication. Retrovirology. 2(1). 58–58. 1 indexed citations

Leis, Jonathan, et al.. (2002). Changes in the Mechanism of DNA Integration in Vitro Induced by Base Substitutions in the HIV-1 U5 and U3 Terminal Sequences. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(13). 10938–10948. 12 indexed citations

Vana, Marcy L., et al.. (2002). Analysis of rous sarcoma virus capsid protein variants assembled on lipid monolayers. Journal of Molecular Biology. 316(3). 667–678. 38 indexed citations

Yi, Jizu, et al.. (2000). Modeling the Late Steps in HIV-1 Retroviral Integrase-catalyzed DNA Integration. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(50). 39287–39295. 51 indexed citations

Leis, Jonathan, et al.. (1999). Reconstitution of Concerted DNA Integration with Purified Components. Advances in virus research. 52. 397–410. 13 indexed citations

Hindmarsh, Patrick L., et al.. (1999). HMG Protein Family Members Stimulate Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Avian Sarcoma Virus Concerted DNA Integration In Vitro. Journal of Virology. 73(4). 2994–3003. 98 indexed citations

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Grinde, Bjørn, Craig E. Cameron, Jonathan Leis, et al.. (1992). Analysis of substrate interactions of the Rous sarcoma virus wild type and mutant proteases and human immunodeficiency virus-1 protease using a set of systematically altered peptide substrates.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267(14). 9491–9498. 46 indexed citations

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Cameron, Craig E., et al.. (1992). Mechanism of inhibition of the retroviral protease by a Rous sarcoma virus peptide substrate representing the cleavage site between the gag p2 and p10 proteins.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267(33). 23735–23741. 21 indexed citations

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Katz, Richard A., Joseph P. G. Mack, G. Merkel, et al.. (1992). Requirement for a conserved serine in both processing and joining activities of retroviral integrase.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89(15). 6741–6745. 31 indexed citations

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Katzman, Michael, Joseph P. G. Mack, A M Skalka, & Jonathan Leis. (1991). A covalent complex between retroviral integrase and nicked substrate DNA.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 88(11). 4695–4699. 43 indexed citations

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Jaskólski, Mariusz, Maria Miller, Jayasimha Rao, Jonathan Leis, & Alexander Wlodawer. (1990). Structure of the aspartic protease from Rous sarcoma retrovirus refined at 2-.ANG. resolution. Biochemistry. 29(25). 5889–5898. 70 indexed citations

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Miller, Maria, Mariusz Jaskólski, Jayasimha Rao, Jonathan Leis, & Alexander Wlodawer. (1989). Crystal structure of a retroviral protease proves relationship to aspartic protease family. Nature. 337(6207). 576–579. 284 indexed citations

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Katz, Richard A., et al.. (1986). Avian retrovirus nucleocapsid protein, pp12, produced in Escherichia coli has biochemical properties identical to unphosphorylated viral protein. Gene. 50(1-3). 361–369. 14 indexed citations

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Skalka, A M, et al.. (1984). Integrative Recombination--A Role for the Retroviral Reverse Transcriptase. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 49(0). 651–659. 6 indexed citations

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Leis, Jonathan & Joyce E. Jentoft. (1983). Characteristics and regulation of interaction of avian retrovirus pp12 protein with viral RNA. Journal of Virology. 48(2). 361–369. 40 indexed citations

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Leis, Jonathan & J Hurwitz. (1974). [15] RNA-dependent DNA polymerase from avian myeloblastosis virus. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 29. 143–150. 10 indexed citations

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Leis, Jonathan & Elizabeth B. Keller. (1970). Protein chain initiation by methionyl-tRNA. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 40(2). 416–421. 73 indexed citations

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