Melvin J. Bosma

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
81 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

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Melvin J. Bosma is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Melvin J. Bosma has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Immunology, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Melvin J. Bosma's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (43 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (40 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (22 papers). Melvin J. Bosma is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (43 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (40 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (22 papers). Melvin J. Bosma collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Melvin J. Bosma's co-authors include Gayle C. Bosma, R. Philip Custer, Andrew M. Carroll, Martin Gellert, W. Schüler, R P Custer, Robert A. Phillips, Pamela B. Nakajima, Joseph P. Menetski and David B. Roth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Melvin J. Bosma

81 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

A severe combined immunodeficiency mutation in the mouse

1983 1.8k citations Gayle C. Bosma, Melvin J. Bosma et al. profile →
The SCID Mouse Mutant: Definition, Characterization, and Potential Uses

1991 620 citations Melvin J. Bosma, Andrew M. Carroll profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melvin J. Bosma United States	33	4.1k	2.3k	1.3k	930	881	81	7.0k
R M Steinman United States	36	9.1k 2.2×	2.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	864 0.9×	649 0.7×	46	10.9k
Cornelis J.M. Melief Netherlands	41	6.7k 1.6×	2.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.6×	801 0.9×	723 0.8×	84	8.0k
Robert DeMars United States	54	6.8k 1.7×	3.1k 1.3×	976 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	116	10.5k
I L Weissman United States	37	3.4k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	579 0.6×	733 0.8×	61	6.4k
Steven Kessler United States	23	1.9k 0.5×	2.6k 1.1×	586 0.5×	974 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	50	5.7k
Jean–Claude Weill France	43	4.0k 1.0×	2.9k 1.2×	699 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	686 0.8×	101	6.9k
Gayle C. Bosma United States	21	2.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	768 0.6×	518 0.6×	562 0.6×	42	4.2k
François A. Lemonnier France	51	8.1k 2.0×	3.1k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	741 0.8×	911 1.0×	191	10.6k
Frank Momburg Germany	56	6.7k 1.6×	3.0k 1.3×	2.3k 1.8×	734 0.8×	717 0.8×	149	9.7k
Claude–Agnès Reynaud France	48	4.9k 1.2×	3.4k 1.5×	544 0.4×	1.5k 1.6×	829 0.9×	112	8.0k

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Nakajima, Pamela B., et al.. (2009). Two Distinct Populations of H Chain-Edited B Cells Show Differential Surrogate L Chain Dependence. The Journal of Immunology. 182(6). 3583–3596. 8 indexed citations

Kiefer, Kerstin, Pamela B. Nakajima, Steven H. Seeholzer, et al.. (2008). Antigen Receptor Editing in Anti-DNA Transitional B Cells Deficient for Surface IgM. The Journal of Immunology. 180(9). 6094–6106. 13 indexed citations

Bosma, Gayle C., et al.. (2006). Development of Functional B Cells in a Line of SCID Mice with Transgenes Coding for Anti-Double-Stranded DNA Antibody. The Journal of Immunology. 176(2). 889–898. 6 indexed citations

Nakajima, Pamela B. & Melvin J. Bosma. (2002). Variable Diversity Joining Recombination: Nonhairpin Coding Ends in Thymocytes of SCID and Wild-Type Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 169(6). 3094–3104. 4 indexed citations

Nakajima, Pamela B., Joseph P. Menetski, David B. Roth, Martin Gellert, & Melvin J. Bosma. (1995). V-D-J rearrangements at the T cell receptor σ locus in mouse thymocytes of the αβ lineage. Immunity. 3(5). 609–621. 34 indexed citations

Bosma, Melvin J., et al.. (1994). Abnormal Deletions in the T-Cell Receptor δ Locus of Mouse Thymocytes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(7). 4455–4464. 15 indexed citations

Bosma, Melvin J., et al.. (1993). Scid mouse Pre-B cells with intracellular μ chains: analysis of recombinase activity and IgH gene rearrangements. International Immunology. 5(4). 383–391. 12 indexed citations

Roth, David B., Pamela B. Nakajima, Joseph P. Menetski, Melvin J. Bosma, & Martin Gellert. (1992). V(D)J recombination in mouse thymocytes: Double-strand breaks near T cell receptor δ rearrangement signals. Cell. 69(1). 41–53. 170 indexed citations

Petrini, John H.J., Andrew M. Carroll, & Melvin J. Bosma. (1990). T-cell receptor gene rearrangements in functional T-cell clones from severe combined immune deficient (scid) mice: reversion of the scid phenotype in individual lymphocyte progenitors.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 87(9). 3450–3453. 41 indexed citations

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Schüler, W., et al.. (1990). Defective V‐to‐J recombination of T cell receptor γ chain genes in scid mice. European Journal of Immunology. 20(3). 545–550. 34 indexed citations

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Hardy, Richard R., et al.. (1989). T Cell Leakiness in Scid Mice. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 152. 117–123. 26 indexed citations

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Bosma, Gayle C., Muriel T. Davisson, Norman R. Ruetsch, et al.. (1989). The mouse mutation severe combined immune deficiency (scid) is on chromosome 16. Immunogenetics. 29(1). 54–57. 99 indexed citations

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Schüler, W., et al.. (1988). Transcription of unrearranged antigen receptor genes in scid mice.. The EMBO Journal. 7(7). 2019–2024. 38 indexed citations

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Kim, Min‐Gul, W. Schüler, Melvin J. Bosma, & Kenneth B. Marcu. (1988). Abnormal recombination of Igh D and J gene segments in transformed pre-B cells of scid mice.. The Journal of Immunology. 141(4). 1341–1347. 49 indexed citations

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Bosma, Gayle C., Michal Fried, R P Custer, et al.. (1988). Evidence of functional lymphocytes in some (leaky) scid mice.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 167(3). 1016–1033. 287 indexed citations

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Marks, Ray & Melvin J. Bosma. (1985). Truncated mu (mu') chains in murine IgM. Evidence that mu' chains lack variable regions.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 162(6). 1862–1877. 15 indexed citations

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Bosma, Gayle C., et al.. (1985). Expression of murine Lm-1 locus. Lm-1 determinants on lymphocytes and macrophages, and effects of Lm-1 incompatibility on bone marrow grafts.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 162(2). 607–624. 4 indexed citations

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Dorshkind, Kenneth, Gordon Keller, Robert Phillips, et al.. (1984). Functional status of cells from lymphoid and myeloid tissues in mice with severe combined immunodeficiency disease.. The Journal of Immunology. 132(4). 1804–1808. 202 indexed citations

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Bosma, Melvin J. & Gayle C. Bosma. (1974). CONGENIC MOUSE STRAINS: THE EXPRESSION OF A HIDDEN IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALLOTYPE IN A CONGENIC PARTNER STRAIN OF BALB/c MICE. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 139(3). 512–527. 58 indexed citations

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Bosma, Melvin J., et al.. (1972). The Clonal Nature of Antibody Formation. The Journal of Immunology. 109(3). 487–495. 7 indexed citations

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