Karen L. Maxwell

9.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
94 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Karen L. Maxwell is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen L. Maxwell has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 57 papers in Ecology and 24 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Karen L. Maxwell's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (55 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (23 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (22 papers). Karen L. Maxwell is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (55 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (23 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (22 papers). Karen L. Maxwell collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Karen L. Maxwell's co-authors include Alan R. Davidson, April Pawluk, Joseph Bondy‐Denomy, Nichole Cumby, Judith A. Berliner, Pasquale A. Cancilla, Yukie Aizawa, Molly S. Shoichet, Cindi M. Morshead and Ryan G. Wylie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Karen L. Maxwell

89 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Bacteriophage genes that inactivate the CRISPR/Cas bacterial immune system

2012 607 citations April Pawluk, Karen L. Maxwell et al. Nature profile →
Prophages mediate defense against phage infection through diverse mechanisms

2016 327 citations Joseph Bondy‐Denomy, Z. Jason Qian et al. The ISME Journal profile →
A Broad-Spectrum Inhibitor of CRISPR-Cas9

2017 191 citations Lucas B. Harrington, Alireza Edraki et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen L. Maxwell

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Results of TOR001: An open-label single patient study using targeted bacteriophage therapy for the treatment of chronic urinary tract infection 2025 ·International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents ·Jonathan D. Cook, (unknown), Keiko C. Salazar, Justin R. Clark, Utkarsh Jain, (unknown), Hanjeong Harvey, (unknown), (unknown), Udi Blankstein, Andrew M. Kropinski, Alan R. Davidson, Karen L. Maxwell, Lori L. Burrows, Austen Terwilliger, Anthony W. Maresso, Greg J. German	0
2	Prophages block cell surface receptors to preserve their viral progeny 2025 ·Nature ·Véronique L. Taylor, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Zemer Gitai, Alan R. Davidson, Matthias D. Koch, Karen L. Maxwell	2
3	Phage reprogramming of Pseudomonas aeruginosa amino acid metabolism drives efficient phage replication 2025 ·mBio ·(unknown), Véronique L. Taylor, (unknown), (unknown), Patrick R. Secor, Karen L. Maxwell	0
4	An anti-CRISPR that pulls apart a CRISPR–Cas complex 2024 ·Nature ·(unknown), (unknown), Bianca Garcı́a, (unknown), (unknown), Jiuyu Wang, (unknown), Karen L. Maxwell, Yanli Wang, Alan R. Davidson	8
5	Prophages provide a rich source of antiphage defense systems 2023 ·Current Opinion in Microbiology ·(unknown), Karen L. Maxwell	29
6	Inhibition of PQS signaling by the Pf bacteriophage protein PfsE enhances viral replication in Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2023 ·Molecular Microbiology ·(unknown), Véronique L. Taylor, Marie‐Christine Groleau, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Diane M. Brooks, Éric Déziel, Karen L. Maxwell, Patrick R. Secor	7
7	Diverse Mechanisms of CRISPR-Cas9 Inhibition by Type II Anti-CRISPR Proteins 2023 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Sungwon Hwang, Karen L. Maxwell	20
8	Inhibition of CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoprotein complex assembly by anti-CRISPR AcrIIC2 2019 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Zhi Cheng, Bianca Garcı́a, Xue Huang, Megha Shah, Wei Sun, Min Wang, Lucas B. Harrington, Sungwon Hwang, (unknown), Erik J. Sontheimer, Jennifer A. Doudna, Alan R. Davidson, Trevor F. Moraes, Yanli Wang, Karen L. Maxwell	54
9	Meet the Anti-CRISPRs: Widespread Protein Inhibitors of CRISPR-Cas Systems 2019 ·The CRISPR Journal ·Sungwon Hwang, Karen L. Maxwell	57
10	Anti-CRISPR AcrIIA5 Potently Inhibits All Cas9 Homologs Used for Genome Editing 2019 ·Cell Reports ·Bianca Garcı́a, Jooyoung Lee, Alireza Edraki, (unknown), Steven Erwood, Aamir Mir, (unknown), Uri Seroussi, Sabrina Y. Stanley, Ronald D. Cohn, Julie M. Claycomb, Erik J. Sontheimer, Karen L. Maxwell, Alan R. Davidson	36
11	Potent Cas9 Inhibition in Bacterial and Human Cells by AcrIIC4 and AcrIIC5 Anti-CRISPR Proteins 2018 ·mBio ·Jooyoung Lee, Aamir Mir, Alireza Edraki, Bianca Garcı́a, Nadia Amrani, (unknown), Ildar Gainetdinov, April Pawluk, Raed Ibraheim, Xin D. Gao, Pengpeng Liu, Alan R. Davidson, Karen L. Maxwell, Erik J. Sontheimer	79
12	Extrachromosomal circular elements targeted by CRISPR-Cas in Dehalococcoides mccartyi are linked to mobilization of reductive dehalogenase genes 2018 ·The ISME Journal ·Olivia Molenda, Shuiquan Tang, Line Lomheim, (unknown), Sofia Lemak, Alexander F. Yakunin, Karen L. Maxwell, Elizabeth A. Edwards	15
13	The Anti-CRISPR Story: A Battle for Survival 2017 ·Molecular Cell ·Karen L. Maxwell	66
14	Prophages mediate defense against phage infection through diverse mechanisms breakdown → 2016 ·The ISME Journal ·Joseph Bondy‐Denomy, Z. Jason Qian, Edze R. Westra, Angus Buckling, David S. Guttman, Alan R. Davidson, Karen L. Maxwell	327
15	The Bacteriophage HK97 gp15 Moron Element Encodes a Novel Superinfection Exclusion Protein 2012 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Nichole Cumby, A.M. Edwards, Alan R. Davidson, Karen L. Maxwell	91
16	The protein gp74 from the bacteriophage HK97 functions as a HNH endonuclease 2012 ·Protein Science ·(unknown), Karen L. Maxwell, Voula Kanelis	28
17	Spatially controlled simultaneous patterning of multiple growth factors in three-dimensional hydrogels 2011 ·Nature Materials ·Ryan G. Wylie, (unknown), Yukie Aizawa, Karen L. Maxwell, Cindi M. Morshead, Molly S. Shoichet	406
18	Long Noncontractile Tail Machines of Bacteriophages 2011 ·Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·Alan R. Davidson, Lia Cardarelli, Lisa G. Pell, Devon Radford, Karen L. Maxwell	110
19	The Solution Structure of the C-Terminal Ig-like Domain of the Bacteriophage λ Tail Tube Protein 2010 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Lisa G. Pell, Geneviève M. C. Gasmi-Seabrook, Marc C. Morais, Philipp Neudecker, Voula Kanelis, Diane Bona, Logan W. Donaldson, A.M. Edwards, P. Lynne Howell, Alan R. Davidson, Karen L. Maxwell	43
20	Protein Folding Kinetics Beyond the Φ Value: Using Multiple Amino Acid Substitutions to Investigate the Structure of the SH3 Domain Folding Transition State 2002 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Julian G. B. Northey, Karen L. Maxwell, Alan R. Davidson	67

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