Michael L. Kahn

5.2k citations

74 papers · 3.0k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 30

Impact in

Plant Science top 1%
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
Genetics top 2%
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Papers in

Plant Science 57
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis 53
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism 43
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects 5
- Nematode management and characterization studies 4
Pollution 12
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal 12

Co-authors: Svetlana N. Yurgel Donald R. Helinski Leland S. Pierson Timothy R. McDermott David H. Figurski Christopher M. Thomas E. Remaut Richard J. Meyer
Journals: Journal of Bacteriology (17 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (9 papers)Microbiology (4 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Taiwan Uruguay

In The Last Decade

Michael L. Kahn

73 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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[17] Plasmid cloning vehicles derived from plasmids ColE1, F, R6K, and RK2 1979 · 477 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1979 Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology

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1	Identification and biophysical characterization of Plasmodium peptide binding by common African HLAs Scientific Reports ·YE Guxiang, 熊谷信二, Michael L. Kahn, S. Zhang, Albert R. Cunningham, Nidhi Anchan, Andrew C. McShan	2025	0
2	The Sinorhizobium meliloti Nitrogen Stress Response Changes Radically in the Face of Concurrent Phosphate Stress Frontiers in Microbiology ·Sean Yen, Jason P. Price, Svetlana N. Yurgel, Michael L. Kahn	2022	4
3	Sinorhizobium medicae WSM419 Genes That Improve Symbiosis between Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021 and Medicago truncatula Jemalong A17 and in Other Symbiosis Systems Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Prithwi Ghosh, Winfried Böttler, Svetlana N. Yurgel, Michael L. Kahn	2021	6
4	Interaction between Nitrogen and Phosphate Stress Responses in Sinorhizobium meliloti Frontiers in Microbiology ·Sean Yen, Svetlana N. Yurgel, Khizra Younas, Michael L. Kahn	2016	4
5	Transcriptome Analysis of the Role of GlnD/GlnBK in Nitrogen Stress Adaptation by Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021 PLoS ONE ·Svetlana N. Yurgel, Jung Myoung Kim, Michael L. Kahn	2013	17
6	Nitrogen Metabolism in Sinorhizobium meliloti–Alfalfa Symbiosis: Dissecting the Role of GlnD and PII Proteins Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Svetlana N. Yurgel, Jung Myoung Kim, Michael L. Kahn	2011	9
7	Deletion of Citrate Synthase Restores Growth of Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 Aconitase Mutants Journal of Bacteriology ·Uriel Koziol, Luciana Hannibal, María Cecilia Rodríguez, Elena Fabiano, Michael L. Kahn, Francisco Noya	2009	13
8	Probing the Sinorhizobium meliloti-Alfalfa Symbiosis Using Temperature-Sensitive and Impaired-Function Citrate Synthase Mutants Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·N. Paiement, Isaura Barrera Metz, Michael L. Kahn	2005	8
9	Dicarboxylate transport by rhizobia FEMS Microbiology Reviews ·Svetlana N. Yurgel, Michael L. Kahn	2004	98
10	Citrate Synthase Mutants of Sinorhizobium meliloti Are Ineffective and Have Altered Cell Surface Polysaccharides Journal of Bacteriology ·Milivoj Lozovina, Timothy R. McDermott, Gregory M. York, Graham C. Walker, Michael L. Kahn	1999	22
11	ADP-ribosylation of Rhizobium meliloti Glutamine Synthetase III in Vivo Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yuan Liu, Michael L. Kahn	1995	14
12	Characterization of Tn 5 -Induced Mutants of Xenorhabdus nematophilus ATCC 19061 Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Jimin Xu, Mark E. Olson, Michael L. Kahn, Ronald E. Hurlbert	1991	21
13	DNA sequence of satellite bacteriophage P4 Nucleic Acids Research ·C Halling, Richard Calendar, Gail E. Christie, Emily C. Dale, Gianni Dehò, Steven E. Finkel, John Flensburg, Daniela Ghisotti, Michael L. Kahn, K B Lane, Chen‐Si Lin, Bjørn H. Lindqvist, Leland S. Pierson, Erich W. Six, Melvin G. Sunshine, Rainer Ziermann	1990	62
14	Glutamine synthetase II inRhizobium: Reexamination of the proposed horizontal transfer of DNA from eukaryotes to prokaryotes Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Robert G. Shatters, Michael L. Kahn	1989	42
15	Genetic Analysis of Carbamoylphosphate Synthesis in Rhizobium meliloti 104A14 Microbiology ·Tom K. Kerppola, Michael L. Kahn	1988	7
16	Symbiotic Phenotypes of Auxotrophic Mutants of Rhizobium meliloti104A14 Microbiology ·Tom K. Kerppola, Michael L. Kahn	1988	43
17	Isolation and characterization of a plasmid from phase I Coxiella burnetii Infection and Immunity ·James E. Samuel, M.E. Frazier, Michael L. Kahn, Linda S. Thomashow, Louis P. Mallavia	1983	59
18	[17] Plasmid cloning vehicles derived from plasmids ColE1, F, R6K, and RK2 Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Michael L. Kahn, Roberto Kolter, Christopher M. Thomas, David H. Figurski, Richard J. Meyer, E. Remaut, Donald R. Helinski Hit paper breakdown →	1979	477
19	Construction of a novel plasmid-phage hybrid: use of the hybrid to demonstrate ColE1 DNA replication in vivo in the absence of a ColE1-specified protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michael L. Kahn, Donald R. Helinski	1978	69
20	The effect of thymine dimers on DNA: DNA hybridization Biopolymers ·Michael L. Kahn	1974	12

About Michael L. Kahn

Michael L. Kahn is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pollution, Ecology, Genetics and Biochemistry, having authored 74 papers that have together received 3.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (53 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (43 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (12 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (5 papers), Nematode management and characterization studies (4 papers) and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (1.4k citations), Genetics (853 citations), Molecular Medicine (150 citations), Ecology (714 citations) and Endocrinology (123 citations). Michael L. Kahn has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Uruguay. Frequent co-authors include Svetlana N. Yurgel, Donald R. Helinski, Leland S. Pierson, Timothy R. McDermott, David H. Figurski, Christopher M. Thomas, E. Remaut, Richard J. Meyer, Roberto Kolter and John E. Somerville. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Bacteriology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Microbiology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Molecular Biology.

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