Michael L. Metzker

41.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Michael L. Metzker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Virology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael L. Metzker has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Virology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Michael L. Metzker's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (7 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (5 papers). Michael L. Metzker is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (7 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (5 papers). Michael L. Metzker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Michael L. Metzker's co-authors include Richard A. Gibbs, Christopher P. Austin, C. Thomas Caskey, Konstantin Petrukhin, Wen Li, David J. Figueroa, Guochun Xie, Kevin Burgess, Jing Lü and Claes Wadelius and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Michael L. Metzker

35 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

Sequencing technologies — the next generation

2009 4.6k citations Michael L. Metzker Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
Identification of the gene responsible for Best macular dystrophy

1998 541 citations Konstantin Petrukhin, Benjamin Bakall et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael L. Metzker United States	23	5.0k	1.8k	786	755	640	35	7.6k
Mike Strauss Germany	54	7.4k 1.5×	1.7k 1.0×	928 1.2×	462 0.6×	385 0.6×	158	10.8k
Mostafa Ronaghi United States	44	5.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	669 0.9×	599 0.8×	1.0k 1.6×	101	8.4k
Hiroshi Yoshikawa Japan	43	3.8k 0.8×	2.2k 1.3×	238 0.3×	424 0.6×	974 1.5×	409	7.9k
Rui Chen United States	47	4.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	531 0.7×	532 0.7×	215 0.3×	216	7.1k
John C. Fiddes United States	37	8.2k 1.6×	2.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	553 0.7×	1.4k 2.1×	56	12.0k
Jean Muller France	31	5.7k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	702 0.9×	533 0.7×	403 0.6×	93	8.4k
Eugene Kolker United States	29	7.5k 1.5×	939 0.5×	483 0.6×	546 0.7×	549 0.9×	94	10.8k
Huaiyu Mi United States	23	8.5k 1.7×	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 2.1×	1.2k 1.6×	414 0.6×	41	13.6k
Andrew Keller United States	30	7.9k 1.6×	788 0.4×	557 0.7×	544 0.7×	409 0.6×	65	11.5k
Robert S. Fulton United States	38	4.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	973 1.3×	430 0.7×	85	7.9k

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Fujimoto, Kayo, Lyndon M. Coghill, Christopher Weier, et al.. (2017). Short Communication: Lack of Support for Socially Connected HIV-1 Transmission Among Young Adult Black Men Who Have Sex with Men. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 33(9). 935–940. 5 indexed citations

Couturier, Jacob, James Suliburk, Jeremy M. Brown, et al.. (2015). Human adipose tissue as a reservoir for memory CD4+ T cells and HIV. AIDS. 29(6). 667–674. 86 indexed citations

Doyle, Vinson P., et al.. (2014). Untangling the influences of unmodeled evolutionary processes on phylogenetic signal in a forensically important HIV-1 transmission cluster. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 75. 126–137. 3 indexed citations

Li, Hong, Jinchun Wang, Weidong Wu, et al.. (2012). Stereochemischer Verlauf einer Benzyl‐Kohlenstoff‐Substitution kombiniert mit Ringmodifikation der 2‐Nitrobenzylgruppen als Schlüsselfaktoren für schnell spaltende, reversible Terminatoren. Angewandte Chemie. 124(7). 1756–1759. 7 indexed citations

Li, Hong, Jinchun Wang, Weidong Wu, et al.. (2012). Stereochemistry of Benzylic Carbon Substitution Coupled with Ring Modification of 2‐Nitrobenzyl Groups as Key Determinants for Fast‐Cleaving Reversible Terminators. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(7). 1724–1727. 29 indexed citations

Gardner, Andrew F., Jinchun Wang, Weidong Wu, et al.. (2012). Rapid incorporation kinetics and improved fidelity of a novel class of 3′-OH unblocked reversible terminators. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(15). 7404–7415. 17 indexed citations

Litosh, Vladislav A., et al.. (2011). Improved nucleotide selectivity and termination of 3′-OH unblocked reversible terminators by molecular tuning of 2-nitrobenzyl alkylated HOMedU triphosphates. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(6). e39–e39. 38 indexed citations

Metzker, Michael L.. (2009). Sequencing technologies — the next generation. Nature Reviews Genetics. 11(1). 31–46. 4622 indexed citations breakdown →

Wu, Weidong, et al.. (2007). Termination of DNA synthesis by N6 -alkylated, not 3′- O -alkylated, photocleavable 2′-deoxyadenosine triphosphates. Nucleic Acids Research. 35(19). 6339–6349. 35 indexed citations

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Lewis, Ernest K., Freddy T. Nguyen, Daniel A. Heller, et al.. (2005). Color-blind fluorescence detection for four-color DNA sequencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(15). 5346–5351. 30 indexed citations

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Metzker, Michael L.. (2005). Emerging technologies in DNA sequencing. Genome Research. 15(12). 1767–1776. 302 indexed citations

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Fernandez‐Valdivia, Rodrigo, et al.. (2005). l7Rn6Encodes a Novel Protein Required for Clara Cell Function in Mouse Lung Development. Genetics. 172(1). 389–399. 11 indexed citations

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Twells, Rebecca C.J., Michael L. Metzker, Sheryl D. Brown, et al.. (2001). The Sequence and Gene Characterization of a 400-kb Candidate Region for IDDM4 on Chromosome 11q13. Genomics. 72(3). 231–242. 28 indexed citations

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Bouck, John, Michael L. Metzker, & Richard A. Gibbs. (2000). Shotgun sample sequence comparisons between mouse and human genomes. Nature Genetics. 25(1). 31–33. 19 indexed citations

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Allikmets, Rando, Johanna M. Seddon, Paul S. Bernstein, et al.. (1999). Evaluation of the Best disease gene in patients with age-related macular degeneration and other maculopathies. Human Genetics. 104(6). 449–453. 122 indexed citations

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Brown, Sheryl D., Rebecca C.J. Twells, Patricia J. Hey, et al.. (1998). Isolation and Characterization ofLRP6,a Novel Member of the Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor Gene Family. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 248(3). 879–888. 167 indexed citations

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Petrukhin, Konstantin, Benjamin Bakall, Wen Li, et al.. (1998). Identification of the gene responsible for Best macular dystrophy. Nature Genetics. 19(3). 241–247. 541 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hey, Patricia J., Rebecca C.J. Twells, Michael Phillips, et al.. (1998). Cloning of a novel member of the low-density lipoprotein receptor family. Gene. 216(1). 103–111. 168 indexed citations

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Metzker, Michael L., Jing Lü, & Richard A. Gibbs. (1996). Electrophoretically Uniform Fluorescent Dyes for Automated DNA Sequencing. Science. 271(5254). 1420–1422. 122 indexed citations

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Metzker, Michael L., et al.. (1995). Accurate determination of DNA in agarose gels using the novel algorithm GelScann(1.0). Computer applications in the biosciences. 11(2). 187–194. 4 indexed citations

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