Kurt R. Klimpel

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
32 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Kurt R. Klimpel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kurt R. Klimpel has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Immunology and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kurt R. Klimpel's work include Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (15 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (13 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (12 papers). Kurt R. Klimpel is often cited by papers focused on Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (15 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (13 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (12 papers). Kurt R. Klimpel collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and United Kingdom. Kurt R. Klimpel's co-authors include Stephen H. Leppla, Gary Thomas, Sean S. Molloy, Arun K. Dhar, Naveen Arora, Michelle M. Roux, S H Leppla, Robert Liddington, R. John Collier and Carlo Petosa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kurt R. Klimpel

32 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Proteolytic Inactivation of MAP-Kinase-Kinase by Anthrax Lethal Factor

1998 824 citations Stephen H. Leppla, V M Gordon et al. profile →
Crystal structure of the anthrax toxin protective antigen

1997 619 citations Carlo Petosa, R. John Collier et al. Nature profile →
Human furin is a calcium-dependent serine endoprotease that recognizes the sequence Arg-X-X-Arg and efficiently cleaves anthrax toxin protective antigen.

1992 593 citations Sean S. Molloy, Patricia A. Bresnahan et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kurt R. Klimpel United States	27	3.3k	1.7k	1.3k	807	794	32	4.6k
Laurence Abrami Switzerland	37	3.6k 1.1×	707 0.4×	1.6k 1.2×	238 0.3×	813 1.0×	63	5.2k
Angray S. Kang United Kingdom	26	2.6k 0.8×	506 0.3×	1.0k 0.8×	271 0.3×	330 0.4×	71	4.3k
Michèle P. Calos United States	40	5.6k 1.7×	3.0k 1.7×	309 0.2×	260 0.3×	324 0.4×	94	6.9k
R. Padmanabhan United States	31	2.3k 0.7×	939 0.5×	424 0.3×	141 0.2×	1.0k 1.3×	84	4.6k
R A Young United States	42	5.7k 1.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	160 0.2×	1.4k 1.8×	59	8.3k
Alan J. Kingsman United Kingdom	47	5.2k 1.6×	1.9k 1.1×	643 0.5×	367 0.5×	692 0.9×	122	7.1k
Graham J. Belsham Denmark	58	5.4k 1.7×	738 0.4×	605 0.5×	218 0.3×	2.0k 2.5×	228	11.8k
Verne A. Luckow United States	18	3.6k 1.1×	865 0.5×	382 0.3×	815 1.0×	200 0.3×	26	4.6k
Olivia Steele‐Mortimer United States	44	3.3k 1.0×	801 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	410 0.5×	924 1.2×	70	7.8k
Donald L. Jarvis United States	39	4.7k 1.4×	801 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 2.0×	261 0.3×	115	5.6k

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Dhar, Arun K., et al.. (2003). Identification of differentially expressed genes in shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris) infected with White spot syndrome virus by cDNA microarrays. Archives of Virology. 148(12). 2381–2396. 88 indexed citations

Mouillesseaux, Kevin P., Kurt R. Klimpel, & Arun K. Dhar. (2003). Improvement in the specificity and sensitivity of detection for the Taura syndrome virus and yellow head virus of penaeid shrimp by increasing the amplicon size in SYBR Green real-time RT-PCR. Journal of Virological Methods. 111(2). 121–127. 39 indexed citations

Roux, Michelle M., et al.. (2002). Isolation of differentially expressed genes from white spot virus (WSV) infected Pacific blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris). Archives of Virology. 147(9). 1799–1812. 60 indexed citations

Dhar, Arun K., et al.. (2002). RAPD markers as predictors of infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) resistance in shrimp (Litopenaeus stylirostris). Genome. 45(1). 1–7. 33 indexed citations

Dhar, Arun K., Michelle M. Roux, & Kurt R. Klimpel. (2002). Quantitative assay for measuring the Taura syndrome virus and yellow head virus load in shrimp by real-time RT-PCR using SYBR Green chemistry. Journal of Virological Methods. 104(1). 69–82. 101 indexed citations

Roux, Michelle M., Arnab Pain, Kurt R. Klimpel, & Arun K. Dhar. (2002). The Lipopolysaccharide and β-1,3-Glucan Binding Protein Gene Is Upregulated in White Spot Virus-Infected Shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris). Journal of Virology. 76(14). 7140–7149. 181 indexed citations

Shimizu, Chisato, Hiroko Shike, Kurt R. Klimpel, & Jane C. Burns. (2001). Hemolymph analysis and evaluation of newly formulated media for culture of shrimp cells (Penaeus stylirostris). In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal. 37(6). 322–329. 29 indexed citations

Robles‐Sikisaka, Refugio, D. K. Garcia, Kurt R. Klimpel, & Arun K. Dhar. (2001). Nucleotide sequence of 3′-end of the genome of Taura syndrome virus of shrimp suggests that it is related to insect picornaviruses. Archives of Virology. 146(5). 941–952. 26 indexed citations

Shike, Hiroko, Arun K. Dhar, Jane C. Burns, et al.. (2000). Infectious Hypodermal and Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus of Shrimp Is Related to Mosquito Brevidensoviruses. Virology. 277(1). 167–177. 110 indexed citations

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Singh, Yogendra, et al.. (1999). Oligomerization of Anthrax Toxin Protective Antigen and Binding of Lethal Factor during Endocytic Uptake into Mammalian Cells. Infection and Immunity. 67(4). 1853–1859. 95 indexed citations

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Petosa, Carlo, R. John Collier, Kurt R. Klimpel, Stephen H. Leppla, & Robert Liddington. (1997). Crystal structure of the anthrax toxin protective antigen. Nature. 385(6619). 833–838. 619 indexed citations breakdown →

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Goletz, Theresa J., Kurt R. Klimpel, Stephen H. Leppla, Jonathan M. Keith, & Jay A. Berzofsky. (1997). Delivery of Antigens to the MHC Class I Pathway Using Bacterial Toxins. Human Immunology. 54(2). 129–136. 61 indexed citations

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Friedman, Theodore C., V M Gordon, Stephen H. Leppla, et al.. (1995). In Vitro Processing of Anthrax Toxin Protective Antigen by Recombinant PC1(SPC3) and Bovine Intermediate Lobe Secretory Vesicle Membranes. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 316(1). 5–13. 10 indexed citations

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Gordon, V M, Kurt R. Klimpel, Naveen Arora, Melodie A. Henderson, & Stephen H. Leppla. (1995). Proteolytic activation of bacterial toxins by eukaryotic cells is performed by furin and by additional cellular proteases. Infection and Immunity. 63(1). 82–87. 208 indexed citations

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Klimpel, Kurt R., Naveen Arora, & Stephen H. Leppla. (1994). Anthrax toxin lethal factor contains a zinc metalloprotease consensus sequence which is required for lethal toxin activity. Molecular Microbiology. 13(6). 1093–1100. 236 indexed citations

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Uchida, Ikuo, Jan Hornung, Curtis B. Thorne, Kurt R. Klimpel, & Stephen H. Leppla. (1993). Cloning and characterization of a gene whose product is a trans-activator of anthrax toxin synthesis. Journal of Bacteriology. 175(17). 5329–5338. 118 indexed citations

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Klimpel, Kurt R., Sean S. Molloy, Gary Thomas, & Stephen H. Leppla. (1992). Anthrax toxin protective antigen is activated by a cell surface protease with the sequence specificity and catalytic properties of furin.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89(21). 10277–10281. 386 indexed citations

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Molloy, Sean S., Patricia A. Bresnahan, S H Leppla, Kurt R. Klimpel, & Gary Thomas. (1992). Human furin is a calcium-dependent serine endoprotease that recognizes the sequence Arg-X-X-Arg and efficiently cleaves anthrax toxin protective antigen.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267(23). 16396–16402. 593 indexed citations breakdown →

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Klimpel, Kurt R. & William E. Goldman. (1988). Cell walls from avirulent variants of Histoplasma capsulatum lack alpha-(1,3)-glucan. Infection and Immunity. 56(11). 2997–3000. 91 indexed citations

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Klimpel, Kurt R. & William E. Goldman. (1987). Isolation and characterization of spontaneous avirulent variants of Histoplasma capsulatum. Infection and Immunity. 55(3). 528–533. 57 indexed citations

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