Michael L. Vasil

14.8k citations

137 papers · 12.1k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 65

Impact in

Molecular Medicine top 0.1%
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Microbiology top 0.05%
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities

Papers in

Molecular Medicine 28
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria 28
Endocrinology 19
- Vibrio bacteria research studies 16

Co-authors: Adriana I. Vasil Urs A. Ochsner Robert S. Hodges Zaiga Johnson E. Peter Greenberg Colin T. Mant Ehud Banin Robert E. W. Hancock
Journals: Journal of Bacteriology (31 papers)Infection and Immunity (22 papers)Molecular Microbiology (16 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (5 papers)Microbiology (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Canada

In The Last Decade

Michael L. Vasil

135 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Role of Peptide Hydrophobicity in the Mechanism of Action of α-Helical Antimicrobial Peptides 2006 · 647 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.

2006 Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
2005 Journal of Biological Chemistry
2005 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Iron-Regulated Expression of Alginate Production, Mucoid Phenotype, and Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa mBio ·Franceline Rodrigues Silva, Adriana I. Vasil, Michael J. Schurr, Michael L. Vasil	2014	83
2	Recruitment of a phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase into non-lamellar lipid droplets during hydrolysis of lipid bilayers Chemistry and Physics of Lipids ·Maitane Ibarguren, Jesús Sot, L. Ruth Montes, Adriana I. Vasil, Michael L. Vasil, Félix M. Goñi, Alicia Alonso	2012	7
3	Molecular investigations of PenA-mediated beta-lactam resistance inBurkholderia pseudomallei Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology ·Drew A. Rholl, Krisztina M. Papp‐Wallace, Andrew P. Tomaras, Michael L. Vasil, Robert A. Bonomo, Herbert P. Schweizer	2011	12
4	Hemolytic Phospholipase C Inhibition Protects Lung Function during Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Matthew J. Wargo, Jarod Rosello, Sathish Rajamani, C. Huan, Lennart K. A. Lundblad, Gilman B. Allen, Michael L. Vasil, Laurie W. Leclair, Deborah A. Hogan	2011	62
5	Rational Design of α‐Helical Antimicrobial Peptides to Target Gram‐negative Pathogens, Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Utilization of Charge, ‘Specificity Determinants,’ Total Hydrophobicity, Hydrophobe Type and Location as Design Parameters to Improve the Therapeutic Ratio Chemical Biology & Drug Design ·Ziqing Jiang, Adriana I. Vasil, Lajos Gera, Michael L. Vasil, Robert S. Hodges	2011	110
6	Imaging the early stages of phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase activity on vesicles containing coexisting ordered-disordered and gel-fluid domains Journal of Lipid Research ·Maitane Ibarguren, David J. López, L. Ruth Montes, Jesús Sot, Adriana I. Vasil, Michael L. Vasil, Félix M. Goñi, Alicia Alonso	2011	12
7	End-products diacylglycerol and ceramide modulate membrane fusion induced by a phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Maitane Ibarguren, Paul H. H. Bomans, Peter M. Frederik, Martin Stonehouse, Adriana I. Vasil, Michael L. Vasil, Alicia Alonso, Félix M. Goñi	2009	22
8	The Influence of Iron on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Physiology Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Amanda G. Oglesby, John M. Farrow, Joon‐Hee Lee, Andrew P. Tomaras, E. Peter Greenberg, Everett C. Pesci, Michael L. Vasil	2008	165
9	Leakage-free membrane fusion induced by the hydrolytic activity of PlcHR2, a novel phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·L. Ruth Montes, Maitane Ibarguren, Félix M. Goñi, Martin Stonehouse, Michael L. Vasil, Alicia Alonso	2007	26
10	Enhanced Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Development Mediated by Human Neutrophils Infection and Immunity ·Travis S. Walker, Kerry Tomlin, G. Scott Worthen, Katie R. Poch, Jonathan G. Lieber, Milene T. Saavedra, Michael B. Fessler, Kenneth C. Malcolm, Michael L. Vasil, Jerry A. Nick	2005	206
11	Rational Design of α-Helical Antimicrobial Peptides with Enhanced Activities and Specificity/Therapeutic Index Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yuxin Chen, Colin T. Mant, Susan Walker Farmer, Robert E. W. Hancock, Michael L. Vasil, Robert S. Hodges Hit paper breakdown →	2005	521
12	Identification of tandem duplicate regulatory small RNAs in Pseudomonas aeruginosa involved in iron homeostasis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Paula J. Wilderman, Nathaniel A. Sowa, David J. FitzGerald, Peter Fitzgerald, Susan Gottesman, Urs A. Ochsner, Michael L. Vasil	2004	348
13	Analysis of a Novel Prophage-encoded Group A Streptococcus Extracellular Phospholipase A2 Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Michal J. Nagiec, Benfang Lei, Sarah K. Parker, Michael L. Vasil, Masakado Matsumoto, Robin Ireland, Stephen B. Beres, Nancy P. Hoe, James M. Musser	2004	30
14	Architecture of a protein central to iron homeostasis: crystal structure and spectroscopic analysis of the ferric uptake regulator Molecular Microbiology ·Ehmke Pohl, Kristen Stapleton, Ana Mijovilovich, Wolfram Meyer‐Klaucke, Elspeth F. Garman, Michael L. Vasil	2003	252
15	Siderophore-mediated signaling regulates virulence factor production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Iain L. Lamont, Paul A. Beare, Urs A. Ochsner, Adriana I. Vasil, Michael L. Vasil	2002	453
16	GeneChip ^® expression analysis of the iron starvation response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa : identification of novel pyoverdine biosynthesis genes Molecular Microbiology ·Urs A. Ochsner, Paula J. Wilderman, Adriana I. Vasil, Michael L. Vasil	2002	326
17	A novel class of microbial phosphocholine‐specific phospholipases C Molecular Microbiology ·Martin Stonehouse, Adela Cota‐Gomez, Sarah K. Parker, Wesley Martin, Joseph A. Hankin, Robert C. Murphy, Wenxue Chen, Kheng B. Lim, Murray Hackett, Adriana I. Vasil, Michael L. Vasil	2002	79
18	Role of Hemolytic and Nonhemolytic Phospholipase C from <i>Pseudomonas aeruginos</i><i>a</i> for Inflammatory Mediator Release from Human Granulocytes International Archives of Allergy and Immunology ·Brigitte König, Michael L. Vasil, Wolfgang König	1997	12
19	Regulation of toxA and regA by the Escherichia coli fur gene and identification of a Fur homologue in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA103 and PA01 Molecular Microbiology ·Wen-Jun Jing, Douglas G. Storey, Adriana I. Vasil, Michael L. Vasil	1991	64
20	Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Biology, mechanisms of virulence, epidemiology The Journal of Pediatrics ·Michael L. Vasil	1986	120

About Michael L. Vasil

Michael L. Vasil is a scholar working on Molecular Medicine, Endocrinology, Genetics, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, having authored 137 papers that have together received 12.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (63 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (51 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (28 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (22 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (17 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (16 papers), Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (14 papers) and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Medicine (2.2k citations), Microbiology (2.6k citations), Endocrinology (1.8k citations), Genetics (3.6k citations) and Molecular Biology (7.8k citations). Michael L. Vasil has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Adriana I. Vasil, Urs A. Ochsner, Robert S. Hodges, Zaiga Johnson, E. Peter Greenberg, Colin T. Mant, Ehud Banin, Robert E. W. Hancock, Yuxin Chen and Paula J. Wilderman. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Bacteriology, Infection and Immunity, Molecular Microbiology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Microbiology.

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