Ka Yin Leung

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Ka Yin Leung is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Immunology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ka Yin Leung has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Endocrinology, 37 papers in Immunology and 21 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Ka Yin Leung's work include Vibrio bacteria research studies (40 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (36 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (16 papers). Ka Yin Leung is often cited by papers focused on Vibrio bacteria research studies (40 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (36 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (16 papers). Ka Yin Leung collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, Canada and China. Ka Yin Leung's co-authors include B. Brett Finlay, Jun Zheng, P. S. Srinivasa Rao, Yu‐Keung Mok, Bupe A. Siame, Susan C. Straley, Francisco García‐del Portillo, Michael B. Zwick, Tit Meng Lim and Y. Yamada and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ka Yin Leung

76 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in the environment

2021 244 citations Yigal Achmon, Yuping Cao et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ka Yin Leung Singapore	39	2.5k	2.2k	1.5k	972	850	76	4.9k
Susana Merino Spain	41	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	636 0.7×	160	4.7k
E. Fidelma Boyd United States	42	2.8k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.4×	1.4k 1.5×	785 0.9×	97	5.1k
Juan M. Tomás Spain	46	2.4k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.6×	1.5k 1.5×	941 1.1×	231	7.0k
R. Martin Roop United States	37	1.5k 0.6×	835 0.4×	3.1k 2.1×	1.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	81	7.6k
Jian Sha United States	36	1.4k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	747 0.8×	823 1.0×	80	3.5k
Jun Zhu United States	41	2.1k 0.9×	762 0.3×	3.0k 2.1×	714 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	114	5.4k
Melanie Blokesch Switzerland	42	2.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	2.0k 1.4×	889 0.9×	985 1.2×	82	4.9k
William W. Kay Canada	40	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	2.7k 1.8×	1.4k 1.5×	850 1.0×	140	5.6k
Thearith Koeuth United States	25	921 0.4×	960 0.4×	1.7k 1.2×	566 0.6×	656 0.8×	35	5.7k
Philip H. Elzer United States	34	1.2k 0.5×	742 0.3×	2.6k 1.8×	875 0.9×	913 1.1×	80	6.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ka Yin Leung

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20 of 20 papers shown

Leung, Ka Yin, et al.. (2021). Versatile lifestyles of Edwardsiella: Free-living, pathogen, and core bacterium of the aquatic resistome. Virulence. 13(1). 5–18. 30 indexed citations

Achmon, Yigal, Yuping Cao, Xiaomin Liang, et al.. (2021). Distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in the environment. Environmental Pollution. 285. 117402–117402. 244 indexed citations breakdown →

Cao, Yuping, et al.. (2019). Edwardsiella induces microtubule-severing in host epithelial cells. Microbiological Research. 229. 126325–126325. 8 indexed citations

Yi, Jia, et al.. (2015). Identification and Functional Characterization of the Novel Edwardsiella tarda Effector EseJ. Infection and Immunity. 83(4). 1650–1660. 55 indexed citations

Jobichen, Chacko, Kang Wei Tan, Siew Leong Chan, et al.. (2015). Structure of AcrH–AopB Chaperone-Translocator Complex Reveals a Role for Membrane Hairpins in Type III Secretion System Translocon Assembly. Structure. 23(11). 2022–2031. 34 indexed citations

Hu, Wentao, Ganesh S. Anand, J. Sivaraman, Ka Yin Leung, & Yu‐Keung Mok. (2014). A Disordered Region in the EvpP Protein from the Type VI Secretion System of Edwardsiella tarda is Essential for EvpC Binding. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e110810–e110810. 10 indexed citations

Chatterjee, Chiradip, Sundramurthy Kumar, Smarajit Chakraborty, et al.. (2011). Crystal Structure of the Heteromolecular Chaperone, AscE-AscG, from the Type III Secretion System in Aeromonas hydrophila. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e19208–e19208. 13 indexed citations

Jobichen, Chacko, Smarajit Chakraborty, Mo Li, et al.. (2010). Structural Basis for the Secretion of EvpC: A Key Type VI Secretion System Protein from Edwardsiella tarda. PLoS ONE. 5(9). e12910–e12910. 46 indexed citations

Chakraborty, Smarajit, Mo Li, Chiradip Chatterjee, et al.. (2010). Temperature and Mg2+ Sensing by a Novel PhoP-PhoQ Two-component System for Regulation of Virulence in Edwardsiella tarda. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(50). 38876–38888. 69 indexed citations

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Gao, Wa, et al.. (2009). Freezing Inactivation of Escherichia Coli and Enterococcus Faecalis in Water: Response of Different Strains. Water Environment Research. 81(8). 824–830. 27 indexed citations

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Zheng, Jun & Ka Yin Leung. (2007). Dissection of a type VI secretion system in Edwardsiella tarda. Molecular Microbiology. 66(5). 1192–1206. 291 indexed citations

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Yu, Hong, et al.. (2007). Characterization of extracellular proteins produced by Aeromonas hydrophila AH‐1. PROTEOMICS. 7(3). 436–449. 40 indexed citations

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Jobichen, Chacko, Mo Li, Gal Yerushalmi, et al.. (2007). Structure of GrlR and the Implication of Its EDED Motif in Mediating the Regulation of Type III Secretion System in EHEC. PLoS Pathogens. 3(5). e69–e69. 31 indexed citations

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Vilches, Silvia, et al.. (2007). Aeromonas hydrophila AH-3 AexT is an ADP-ribosylating toxin secreted through the type III secretion system. Microbial Pathogenesis. 44(1). 1–12. 34 indexed citations

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Li, Mo, Ilan Rosenshine, Hong Yu, et al.. (2006). Identification and characterization of NleI, a new non-LEE-encoded effector of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC). Microbes and Infection. 8(14-15). 2890–2898. 25 indexed citations

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Rao, P. S. Srinivasa, Y. Yamada, & Ka Yin Leung. (2003). A major catalase (KatB) that is required for resistance to H2O2 and phagocyte-mediated killing in Edwardsiella tarda. Microbiology. 149(9). 2635–2644. 98 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yizhong, Eiji Arakawa, & Ka Yin Leung. (2002). Novel Aeromonas hydrophila PPD134/91 Genes Involved in O-Antigen and Capsule Biosynthesis. Infection and Immunity. 70(6). 3308–3308. 1 indexed citations

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Wilson, D.R., et al.. (1990). Alternative methods of attenuating Salmonella species for potential vaccine use. Research in Microbiology. 141(7-8). 827–830. 1 indexed citations

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Leung, Ka Yin, Barbara S. Reisner, & Susan C. Straley. (1990). YopM inhibits platelet aggregation and is necessary for virulence of Yersinia pestis in mice. Infection and Immunity. 58(10). 3262–3271. 144 indexed citations

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Komisar, Jack, et al.. (1989). Ig VH gene family repertoire of plasma cells derived from lupus-prone MRL/lpr and MRL/++ mice.. The Journal of Immunology. 143(1). 340–347. 17 indexed citations

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