M. Stephen Trent

11.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
125 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

M. Stephen Trent is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Stephen Trent has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 54 papers in Molecular Medicine and 51 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in M. Stephen Trent's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (54 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (49 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (27 papers). M. Stephen Trent is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (54 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (49 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (27 papers). M. Stephen Trent collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. M. Stephen Trent's co-authors include Christian R.H. Raetz, Russell E. Bishop, Chris Whitfield, Brittany D. Needham, Jessica V. Hankins, C. Michael Reynolds, Carmen M. Herrera, An X. Tran, Brent W. Simpson and Jennifer S. Brodbelt and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

M. Stephen Trent

123 papers receiving 9.0k 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.

Lipid A Modification Systems in Gram-Negative Bacteria

2007 1.0k citations M. Stephen Trent et al. Annual Review of Biochemistry profile →
Biosynthesis and Export of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides

2014 539 citations Chris Whitfield, M. Stephen Trent Annual Review of Biochemistry profile →
Fortifying the barrier: the impact of lipid A remodelling on bacterial pathogenesis

2013 426 citations Brittany D. Needham, M. Stephen Trent profile →
Pushing the envelope: LPS modifications and their consequences

2019 337 citations Brent W. Simpson, M. Stephen Trent profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Stephen Trent United States	48	4.3k	3.0k	2.2k	2.1k	1.7k	125	9.1k
Evgeny Vinogradov Canada	51	5.3k 1.2×	1.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	312	10.4k
Robert K. Ernst United States	59	6.8k 1.6×	2.8k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	3.5k 2.0×	255	13.3k
Joanna B. Goldberg United States	54	5.2k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	210	9.5k
Miguel A. Valvano Canada	62	6.2k 1.4×	1.7k 0.6×	2.5k 1.2×	3.8k 1.8×	1.8k 1.0×	238	12.9k
John S. Gunn United States	54	4.2k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	2.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	139	9.4k
José A. Bengoechea Spain	44	2.0k 0.5×	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	111	6.3k
Mario F. Feldman United States	49	3.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	2.4k 1.1×	542 0.3×	114	7.5k
Brian K. Coombes Canada	46	2.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	691 0.4×	121	6.8k
Vassilis Koronakis United Kingdom	52	3.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	3.2k 1.5×	2.6k 1.2×	534 0.3×	111	7.9k
Joseph S. Lam Canada	53	5.8k 1.3×	2.1k 0.7×	2.4k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	551 0.3×	172	9.1k

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Voss, Bradley J., et al.. (2024). Investigating Lipid Transporter Protein and Lipid Interactions Using Variable Temperature Electrospray Ionization, Ultraviolet Photodissociation Mass Spectrometry, and Collision Cross Section Analysis. Analytical Chemistry. 96(31). 12676–12683. 3 indexed citations

Simpson, Brent W., et al.. (2024). Escherichia coli CadB is capable of promiscuously transporting muropeptides and contributing to peptidoglycan recycling. Journal of Bacteriology. 206(1). e0036923–e0036923. 6 indexed citations

Simpson, Brent W., et al.. (2023). Escherichia coli utilizes multiple peptidoglycan recycling permeases with distinct strategies of recycling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(44). e2308940120–e2308940120. 9 indexed citations

Beebout, Connor J., et al.. (2023). The QseB response regulator imparts tolerance to positively charged antibiotics by controlling metabolism and minor changes to LPS. mSphere. 8(5). e0005923–e0005923. 4 indexed citations

McLean, Amanda B., et al.. (2022). Absence of YhdP, TamB, and YdbH leads to defects in glycerophospholipid transport and cell morphology in Gram-negative bacteria. PLoS Genetics. 18(2). e1010096–e1010096. 43 indexed citations

Trent, M. Stephen, et al.. (2021). Cardiolipin aids in lipopolysaccharide transport to the gram-negative outer membrane. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(15). 30 indexed citations

Powers, Matthew J., Brent W. Simpson, & M. Stephen Trent. (2020). The Mla pathway in Acinetobacter baumannii has no demonstrable role in anterograde lipid transport. eLife. 9. 37 indexed citations

Auger, Rodolphe, Chantal Ecobichon, M. Stephen Trent, et al.. (2019). HupA, the main undecaprenyl pyrophosphate and phosphatidylglycerol phosphate phosphatase in Helicobacter pylori is essential for colonization of the stomach. PLoS Pathogens. 15(9). e1007972–e1007972. 11 indexed citations

Herrera, Carmen M., et al.. (2018). Novel Role of VisP and the Wzz System during O-Antigen Assembly in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Pathogenesis. Infection and Immunity. 86(8). 9 indexed citations

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Knauf, Audrey, Ian M. Riddington, Alexander A. Crofts, et al.. (2018). Exploring the Antimicrobial Action of Quaternary Amines against Acinetobacter baumannii. mBio. 9(1). 48 indexed citations

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Tucker, Ashley T., Sean P. Leonard, Audrey Knauf, et al.. (2018). Discovery of Next-Generation Antimicrobials through Bacterial Self-Screening of Surface-Displayed Peptide Libraries. Cell. 172(3). 618–628.e13. 115 indexed citations

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Powers, Matthew J. & M. Stephen Trent. (2017). Expanding the paradigm for the outer membrane: Acinetobacter baumannii in the absence of endotoxin. Molecular Microbiology. 107(1). 47–56. 48 indexed citations

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Petrou, Vasileios I., Carmen M. Herrera, Kathryn M. Schultz, et al.. (2016). Structures of aminoarabinose transferase ArnT suggest a molecular basis for lipid A glycosylation. Science. 351(6273). 608–612. 96 indexed citations

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Boll, Joseph M., Alexander A. Crofts, Katharina Peters, et al.. (2016). A penicillin-binding protein inhibits selection of colistin-resistant, lipooligosaccharide-deficient Acinetobacter baumannii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(41). E6228–E6237. 99 indexed citations

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Cullen, Thomas W., Whitman B. Schofield, Natasha A. Barry, et al.. (2015). Antimicrobial peptide resistance mediates resilience of prominent gut commensals during inflammation. Science. 347(6218). 170–175. 303 indexed citations

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Whitfield, Chris & M. Stephen Trent. (2014). Biosynthesis and Export of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 83(1). 99–128. 539 indexed citations breakdown →

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Needham, Brittany D., Sean M. Carroll, David K. Giles, et al.. (2013). Modulating the innate immune response by combinatorial engineering of endotoxin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(4). 1464–1469. 181 indexed citations

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Maue, Alexander C., Krystle L. Mohawk, David K. Giles, et al.. (2013). The Polysaccharide Capsule of <i>Campylobacter jejuni</i> Modulates the\nHost Immune Response. Insecta mundi. 61 indexed citations

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Henderson, Jeremy C., John P. OʼBrien, Jennifer S. Brodbelt, & M. Stephen Trent. (2013). Isolation and Chemical Characterization of Lipid A from Gram-negative Bacteria. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e50623–e50623. 57 indexed citations

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Hankins, Jessica V., James A. Madsen, David K. Giles, Jennifer S. Brodbelt, & M. Stephen Trent. (2012). Amino acid addition to Vibrio cholerae LPS establishes a link between surface remodeling in Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(22). 8722–8727. 122 indexed citations

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