Max D. Summers

10.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Max D. Summers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Max D. Summers has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Plant Science and 19 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Max D. Summers's work include Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (66 papers), Insect Resistance and Genetics (45 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (36 papers). Max D. Summers is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (66 papers), Insect Resistance and Genetics (45 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (36 papers). Max D. Summers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Netherlands. Max D. Summers's co-authors include Gale Smith, Verne A. Luckow, Linda A. Guarino, Sharon C. Braunagel, Malcolm J. Fraser, Donald L. Jarvis, S. Bradleigh Vinson, Donald B. Stoltz, Just M. Vlak and Jo-Ann G. W. Fleming and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Max D. Summers

88 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

Trends in the Development of Baculovirus Expression Vectors

1988 845 citations Verne A. Luckow, Max D. Summers Nature Biotechnology profile →
The bidirectional transfer of DNA and RNA to nitrocellulose or diazobenzyloxymethyl-paper

1980 706 citations Gale Smith, Max D. Summers profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Max D. Summers	6.5k	2.4k	1.6k	1.3k	998	88	7.8k
George F Rohrmann	6.6k 1.0×	3.4k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	980 0.7×	557 0.6×	156	7.4k
Lois K. Miller	12.9k 2.0×	4.1k 1.7×	1.5k 0.9×	2.0k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	147	14.4k
M D Summers	3.4k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	813 0.5×	702 0.5×	740 0.7×	51	4.2k
Verne A. Luckow	3.6k 0.6×	657 0.3×	763 0.5×	865 0.6×	815 0.8×	26	4.6k
Linda A. Guarino	3.3k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	599 0.4×	707 0.5×	401 0.4×	79	4.2k
Gary W. Blissard	4.6k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	614 0.4×	906 0.7×	515 0.5×	82	5.3k
Robert R. Granados	3.6k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	800 0.5×	625 0.5×	521 0.5×	105	4.4k
David R. O’Reilly	4.2k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	531 0.3×	652 0.5×	377 0.4×	65	5.0k
Just M. Vlak	9.9k 1.5×	7.2k 3.0×	1.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	340	14.8k
Paul D. Friesen	3.2k 0.5×	963 0.4×	687 0.4×	515 0.4×	198 0.2×	66	3.9k

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Liu, Duan, et al.. (2010). Truncated Isoforms of Kap60 Facilitate Trafficking of Heh2 to the Nuclear Envelope. Traffic. 11(12). 1506–1518. 13 indexed citations

Summers, Max D.. (2006). Milestones Leading to the Genetic Engineering of Baculoviruses as Expression Vector Systems and Viral Pesticides. Advances in virus research. 68. 3–73. 120 indexed citations

Burks, Jared K., Max D. Summers, & Sharon C. Braunagel. (2006). BV/ODV-E26: A palmitoylated, multifunctional structural protein of Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus. Virology. 361(1). 194–203. 14 indexed citations

Saksena, Suraj, Max D. Summers, Jared K. Burks, Arthur E. Johnson, & Sharon C. Braunagel. (2006). Importin-α-16 is a translocon-associated protein involved in sorting membrane proteins to the nuclear envelope. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 13(6). 500–508. 58 indexed citations

Braunagel, Sharon C., et al.. (1998). Autographa californicaNucleopolyhedrovirus Infection Results in Sf9 Cell Cycle Arrest at G2/M Phase. Virology. 244(1). 195–211. 83 indexed citations

Braunagel, Sharon C., et al.. (1998). Autographa californicaNuclear Polyhedrosis Virus: Subcellular Localization and Protein Trafficking of BV/ODV-E26 to Intranuclear Membranes and Viral Envelopes. Virology. 240(1). 64–75. 44 indexed citations

Harrison, Robert L., Donald L. Jarvis, & Max D. Summers. (1996). The Role of the AcMNPV25KGene, “FP25,” in Baculoviruspolhandp10Expression. Virology. 226(1). 34–46. 44 indexed citations

Harrison, Robert L. & Max D. Summers. (1995). Biosynthesis and Localization of the Autographa californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus 25K Gene Product. Virology. 208(1). 279–288. 14 indexed citations

Hong, Tao, Sharon C. Braunagel, & Max D. Summers. (1994). Transcription, Translation, and Cellular Localization of PDV-E66: A Structural Protein of the PDV Envelope of Autographa californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus. Virology. 204(1). 210–222. 70 indexed citations

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Braunagel, Sharon C., et al.. (1992). Sequence, genomic organization of the EcoRI-A fragment of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus, and identification of a viral-encoded protein resembling the outer capsid protein VP8 of rotavirus. Virology. 191(2). 1003–1008. 13 indexed citations

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Summers, Max D., et al.. (1991). Molecular analysis of a baculovirus regulatory gene. Virology. 182(1). 279–286. 85 indexed citations

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Jarvis, Donald L., Jo-Ann G. W. Fleming, Gerald R. Kovacs, Max D. Summers, & Linda A. Guarino. (1990). Use of Early Baculovirus Promoters for Continuous Expression and Efficient Processing of Foreign Gene Products in Stably Transformed Lepidopteran Cells. Nature Biotechnology. 8(10). 950–955. 150 indexed citations

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Beames, Burton & Max D. Summers. (1990). Sequence comparison of cellular and viral copies of host cell DNA insertions found in Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus. Virology. 174(2). 354–363. 32 indexed citations

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Jarvis, Donald L. & Max D. Summers. (1989). Glycosylation and Secretion of Human Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Recombinant Baculovirus-Infected Insect Cells. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 9(1). 214–223. 225 indexed citations

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Beames, Burton & Max D. Summers. (1989). Location and nucleotide sequence of the 25K protein missing from baculovirus few polyhedra (FP) mutants. Virology. 168(2). 344–353. 72 indexed citations

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Bustos, Mauricio M., Verne A. Luckow, Lawrence R. Griffing, Max D. Summers, & Timothy C. Hall. (1988). Expression, glycosylation and secretion of phaseolin in a baculovirus system. Plant Molecular Biology. 10(6). 475–488. 39 indexed citations

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Brusca, J S, Max D. Summers, John A. Couch, & Lee A. Courtney. (1986). Autographa californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus Efficiently Enters but Does Not Replicate in Poikilothermic Vertebrate Cells. Intervirology. 26(4). 207–222. 17 indexed citations

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Burand, John P. & Max D. Summers. (1982). Alteration of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus DNA upon serial passage in cell culture. Virology. 119(1). 223–229. 28 indexed citations

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Maruniak, James E. & Max D. Summers. (1981). Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus phosphoproteins and synthesis of intracellular proteins after virus infection. Virology. 109(1). 25–34. 75 indexed citations

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Burand, John P., Max D. Summers, & Gale Smith. (1980). Transfection with baculovirus DNA. Virology. 101(1). 286–290. 68 indexed citations

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