P. Lynne Howell

12.6k citations

202 papers · 9.5k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 55

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
Genetics top 0.5%
Ecology top 1%
Endocrinology top 0.2%
Materials Chemistry top 5%

Co-authors: Lori L. Burrows John C. Whitney Matthew R. Parsek Daniel J. Wozniak Donald C. Sheppard Howard Robinson Lindsey S. Marmont L.M. Sampaleanu
Topics: Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (71 papers)Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (64 papers)Enzyme Structure and Function (42 papers)
Cited by: Endocrinology Molecular Medicine Periodontics
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal of Biological Chemistry
Partner nations: Canada United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

P. Lynne Howell

198 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Pel is a cationic exopolysaccharide that cross-links extracellular DNA in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm matrix

2015 461 citations Laura K. Jennings, Lindsey S. Marmont et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The Pel and Psl polysaccharides provide Pseudomonas aeruginosa structural redundancy within the biofilm matrix

2011 436 citations John C. Whitney, P. Lynne Howell et al. profile →
Precision-engineering the Pseudomonas aeruginosa genome with two-step allelic exchange

2015 367 citations Henrik Almblad, P. Lynne Howell et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Auto-aggregation in Streptococcus intermedius is driven by the Pel polysaccharide 2025 ·mBio ·(unknown),Siobhán A. Turner,Karla M. Castro,Gregory B. Whitfield,Daphnée Lamarche,Sahil Mahajan,Roland Pfoh,Sylvester H. Chuang,François Le Mauff,Maju Joe,(unknown),Todd L. Lowary,Donald C. Sheppard,Daniel J. Wozniak,Michael G. Surette,P. Lynne Howell	0
2	Binding of GTP to BifA is required for the production of Pel-dependent biofilms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2024 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·(unknown),Gregory B. Whitfield,(unknown),Lindsey O’Neal,Amy Henrickson,Borries Demeler,George A. O’Toole,Matthew R. Parsek,P. Lynne Howell	2
3	Small Molecule Inhibition of an Exopolysaccharide Modification Enzyme is a Viable Strategy To Block Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pel Biofilm Formation 2023 ·Microbiology Spectrum ·(unknown),(unknown),Gregory A. Wasney,(unknown),John Tam,Anick Auger,Perrin Baker,(unknown),Jacquelyn D. Rich,(unknown),Gregory B. Whitfield,Joe J. Harrison,Roman A. Melnyk,Mark Nitz,P. Lynne Howell	8
4	Distinct types of multicellular aggregates in Pseudomonas aeruginosa liquid cultures 2023 ·npj Biofilms and Microbiomes ·Gavin Melaugh,Vincent A. Martinez,Perrin Baker,Preston J. Hill,P. Lynne Howell,Daniel J. Wozniak,Rosalind J. Allen	13
5	Glycoside hydrolase processing of the Pel polysaccharide alters biofilm biomechanics and Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence 2023 ·npj Biofilms and Microbiomes ·(unknown),Gregory B. Whitfield,Courtney Reichhardt,(unknown),Alexandra R. Willis,(unknown),Erin S. Gloag,Tarek S. Awad,Jacquelyn D. Rich,Daniel Passos da Silva,(unknown),François Le Mauff,Donald C. Sheppard,Benjamin D. Hatton,Paul Stoodley,(unknown),Gabrielle L. Boulianne,Daniel J. Wozniak,Joe J. Harrison,Matthew R. Parsek,P. Lynne Howell	25
6	Pseudomonas aeruginosa AlgF is a protein–protein interaction mediator required for acetylation of the alginate exopolysaccharide 2023 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Kristin E. Low,(unknown),Stephanie Tammam,Gregory B. Whitfield,(unknown),(unknown),Joel T. Weadge,(unknown),P. Andrew Chong,Marthe T. C. Walvoort,Elena N. Kitova,John S. Klassen,Jeroen D. C. Codée,P. Lynne Howell	3
7	The Pel polysaccharide is predominantly composed of a dimeric repeat of α-1,4 linked galactosamine and N-acetylgalactosamine 2022 ·Communications Biology ·François Le Mauff,(unknown),Courtney Reichhardt,(unknown),Matthew R. Parsek,P. Lynne Howell,Donald C. Sheppard	40
8	Preclinical Evaluation of Recombinant Microbial Glycoside Hydrolases in the Prevention of Experimental Invasive Aspergillosis 2021 ·mBio ·Hanna Ostapska,Deepa Raju,Mélanie Lehoux,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Natalie C. Bamford,Perrin Baker,Thi Tuyet Mai Nguyen,(unknown),Fabrice N. Gravelat,P. Lynne Howell,Donald C. Sheppard	9
9	A systematic pipeline for classifying bacterial operons reveals the evolutionary landscape of biofilm machineries 2020 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Cedoljub Bundalovic-Torma,Gregory B. Whitfield,Lindsey S. Marmont,P. Lynne Howell,John Parkinson	33
10	Structural and biochemical characterization of the exopolysaccharide deacetylase Agd3 required for Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm formation 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Natalie C. Bamford,François Le Mauff,(unknown),Hanna Ostapska,Brendan D. Snarr,Yongzhen Zhang,Elena N. Kitova,John S. Klassen,Jeroen D. C. Codée,Donald C. Sheppard,P. Lynne Howell	43
11	Multiple conformations facilitate PilT function in the type IV pilus 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Matthew McCallum,Samir Benlekbir,(unknown),Stephanie Tammam,John L. Rubinstein,Lori L. Burrows,P. Lynne Howell	18
12	Molecular mechanism of Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm disruption by fungal and bacterial glycoside hydrolases 2019 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·François Le Mauff,Natalie C. Bamford,(unknown),Yongzhen Zhang,Perrin Baker,Howard Robinson,Jeroen D. C. Codée,P. Lynne Howell,Donald C. Sheppard	47
13	Pseudomonas aeruginosa Alginate Overproduction Promotes Coexistence with Staphylococcus aureus in a Model of Cystic Fibrosis Respiratory Infection 2017 ·mBio ·Dominique H. Limoli,Gregory B. Whitfield,Tomoe Kitao,Melissa L. Ivey,Michael R. Davis,Nora Grahl,Deborah A. Hogan,Laurence G. Rahme,P. Lynne Howell,George A. O’Toole,Joanna B. Goldberg	122
14	Oligomeric lipoprotein PelC guides Pel polysaccharide export across the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lindsey S. Marmont,Jacquelyn D. Rich,John C. Whitney,Gregory B. Whitfield,Henrik Almblad,Howard Robinson,Matthew R. Parsek,Joe J. Harrison,P. Lynne Howell	33
15	The Type IVa Pilus Machinery Is Recruited to Sites of Future Cell Division 2017 ·mBio ·(unknown),(unknown),Stephanie Tammam,Ryan P. Lamers,Hanjeong Harvey,P. Lynne Howell,Lori L. Burrows	30
16	Cyclic AMP-Independent Control of Twitching Motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2017 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·(unknown),Martin Daniel-Ivad,(unknown),(unknown),Hanjeong Harvey,P. Lynne Howell,Lori L. Burrows	27
17	Microbial glycoside hydrolases as antibiofilm agents with cross-kingdom activity 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Brendan D. Snarr,Perrin Baker,Natalie C. Bamford,Yukiko Sato,Hong Liu,Mélanie Lehoux,Fabrice N. Gravelat,Hanna Ostapska,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Matthew R. Parsek,Scott G. Filler,P. Lynne Howell,Donald C. Sheppard	78
18	Exopolysaccharide biosynthetic glycoside hydrolases can be utilized to disrupt and prevent Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms 2016 ·Science Advances ·Perrin Baker,Preston J. Hill,Brendan D. Snarr,(unknown),Matthew J. Pestrak,Mark J. Lee,Laura K. Jennings,John Tam,Roman A. Melnyk,Matthew R. Parsek,Donald C. Sheppard,Daniel J. Wozniak,P. Lynne Howell	220
19	Theoretical and experimental demonstration of the importance of specific nonnative interactions in protein folding 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Arash Zarrine‐Afsar,Stefan Wallin,A.M. Neculai,Philipp Neudecker,P. Lynne Howell,Alan R. Davidson,Hue Sun Chan	117
20	Mean atomic number and backscattered electron coefficient for some materials with low atomic mean number 1998 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·P. Lynne Howell,(unknown),A. Boyde	9

About P. Lynne Howell

P. Lynne Howell is a scholar working on Periodontics, Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, having authored 202 papers that have together received 9.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (71 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (64 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (42 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrinology (1.2k citations), Molecular Medicine (953 citations) and Periodontics (686 citations). P. Lynne Howell has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Lori L. Burrows, John C. Whitney, Matthew R. Parsek, Daniel J. Wozniak, Donald C. Sheppard, Howard Robinson, Lindsey S. Marmont, L.M. Sampaleanu, Joel T. Weadge and David E. Nivens. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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