Michael Morse

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Morse is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Morse has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Michael Morse's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (10 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (7 papers). Michael Morse is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (10 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (7 papers). Michael Morse collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Michael Morse's co-authors include John L. Rinn, Shuqiang Li, Davide Cacchiarelli, Prapti Pokharel, Tarjei S. Mikkelsen, Cole Trapnell, Niall J. Lennon, Jonna Grimsby, Kenneth J. Livak and Alicja Bielawska and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Michael Morse

32 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

The dynamics and regulators of cell fate decisions are revealed by pseudotemporal ordering of single cells

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Morse United States	13	3.3k	1.2k	720	606	321	34	4.6k
Prapti Pokharel United States	4	2.9k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	688 1.0×	537 0.9×	291 0.9×	5	4.0k
Carmen Bravo González‐Blas Belgium	14	3.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	783 1.1×	671 1.1×	309 1.0×	16	4.7k
Jeffrey A. Farrell United States	11	3.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	743 1.0×	540 0.9×	278 0.9×	18	4.9k
Nghia Millard United States	4	2.8k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	710 1.0×	690 1.1×	413 1.3×	7	4.3k
Ilya Korsunsky United States	12	3.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	749 1.0×	747 1.2×	434 1.4×	19	4.9k
Jasper Wouters Belgium	23	3.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	845 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	379 1.2×	44	4.9k
Yuriy Baglaenko United States	12	3.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.6×	701 1.0×	747 1.2×	418 1.3×	24	4.9k
Kamil Slowikowski United States	12	3.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	771 1.1×	763 1.3×	445 1.4×	17	5.0k
Roser Vento‐Tormo United Kingdom	20	3.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	792 1.1×	819 1.4×	271 0.8×	35	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Morse

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Rouzina, Ioulia, et al.. (2025). Single-molecule measurements of double-stranded DNA condensation. Biophysical Journal. 124(9). 1340–1355.

Rouzina, Ioulia, Megan Sullivan, Michael Morse, et al.. (2025). BPS2025 - Mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein phosphorylation-induced functional switch. Biophysical Journal. 124(3). 426a–426a.

Morse, Michael, et al.. (2025). Diverse single-stranded nucleic acid binding proteins enable both stable protection and rapid exchange required for biological function. PubMed. 6. e1–e1. 1 indexed citations

Morse, Michael, et al.. (2024). C-terminal Domain of T4 gene 32 Protein Enables Rapid Filament Reorganization and Dissociation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 436(9). 168544–168544. 3 indexed citations

Burdick, Ryan C., Michael Morse, Ioulia Rouzina, et al.. (2024). HIV-1 uncoating requires long double-stranded reverse transcription products. Science Advances. 10(17). eadn7033–eadn7033. 24 indexed citations

McCauley, Micah J., Michael Morse, M. S. Rocha, et al.. (2024). Mechanism of DNA Intercalation by Chloroquine Provides Insights into Toxicity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(3). 1410–1410. 4 indexed citations

Morse, Michael, et al.. (2024). Cationic Residues of the HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein Enable DNA Condensation to Maintain Viral Core Particle Stability during Reverse Transcription. Viruses. 16(6). 872–872. 2 indexed citations

Morse, Michael, Micah J. McCauley, Ioulia Rouzina, et al.. (2024). L1-ORF1p nucleoprotein can rapidly assume distinct conformations and simultaneously bind more than one nucleic acid. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(22). 14013–14029. 3 indexed citations

Morse, Michael, Jana Sefcikova, Micah J. McCauley, et al.. (2023). Structure and function of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein measured using optical tweezers, confocal fluorescence, and AFM. Biophysical Journal. 122(3). 71a–71a. 1 indexed citations

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Morse, Michael, et al.. (2023). Dynamic structure of T4 gene 32 protein filaments facilitates rapid noncooperative protein dissociation. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(16). 8587–8605. 9 indexed citations

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McCauley, Micah J., Michael Morse, Nicole A. Becker, et al.. (2022). Human FACT subunits coordinate to catalyze both disassembly and reassembly of nucleosomes. Cell Reports. 41(13). 111858–111858. 14 indexed citations

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Morse, Michael, et al.. (2022). The L1-ORF1p coiled coil enables formation of a tightly compacted nucleic acid-bound complex that is associated with retrotransposition. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(15). 8690–8699. 6 indexed citations

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Morse, Michael, Jana Sefcikova, Ioulia Rouzina, Penny J. Beuning, & Mark C. Williams. (2022). Structural domains of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein coordinate to compact long nucleic acid substrates. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(1). 290–303. 30 indexed citations

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Morse, Michael, Micah J. McCauley, Karin Musier‐Forsyth, et al.. (2022). HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein Binds Double-Stranded DNA in Multiple Modes to Regulate Compaction and Capsid Uncoating. Viruses. 14(2). 235–235. 14 indexed citations

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Morse, Michael, et al.. (2021). Mechanism of HIV-1 NC Protein-Induced Condensation of Double Stranded DNA as a Model for DNA Compaction during Reverse Transcription. Biophysical Journal. 120(3). 206a–206a. 1 indexed citations

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Morse, Michael, et al.. (2020). Multiprotein E. coli SSB–ssDNA complex shows both stable binding and rapid dissociation due to interprotein interactions. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(3). 1532–1549. 28 indexed citations

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Morse, Michael, et al.. (2019). HIV restriction factor APOBEC3G binds in multiple steps and conformations to search and deaminate single-stranded DNA. eLife. 8. 17 indexed citations

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Feng, Yuqing, Lai Hong Wong, Michael Morse, et al.. (2018). RNA-Mediated Dimerization of the Human Deoxycytidine Deaminase APOBEC3H Influences Enzyme Activity and Interaction with Nucleic Acids. Journal of Molecular Biology. 430(24). 4891–4907. 12 indexed citations

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Morse, Michael, Ran Huo, Yuqing Feng, et al.. (2017). Dimerization regulates both deaminase-dependent and deaminase-independent HIV-1 restriction by APOBEC3G. Nature Communications. 8(1). 597–597. 34 indexed citations

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Anderson, G.W., et al.. (1990). Local weather effects on herbicide losses during spraying.. Paper - American Society of Agricultural Engineers. 1 indexed citations

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