Patricia J. Johnson

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Patricia J. Johnson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patricia J. Johnson has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Microbiology and 38 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Patricia J. Johnson's work include Reproductive tract infections research (49 papers), Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (31 papers) and Reproductive System and Pregnancy (21 papers). Patricia J. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive tract infections research (49 papers), Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (31 papers) and Reproductive System and Pregnancy (21 papers). Patricia J. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and Brazil. Patricia J. Johnson's co-authors include Sabrina D. Dyall, Mark T. Brown, Piet Borst, Jan M. Kooter, Peter J. Bradley, Natalia de Miguel, Christine d’Oliveira, David R. Liston, Frances Mercer and Olivia Twu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Patricia J. Johnson

106 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

Ancient Invasions: From Endosymbionts to Organelles

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patricia J. Johnson United States	44	2.8k	1.6k	1.4k	999	888	110	5.4k
Marlene Benchimol Brazil	36	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	991 1.0×	410 0.5×	182	4.1k
Raphael H. Valdivia United States	41	4.0k 1.4×	2.0k 1.3×	446 0.3×	1.7k 1.7×	1.5k 1.7×	97	9.0k
Robert A. Heinzen United States	50	3.5k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	4.1k 2.9×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	123	10.6k
Jan Tachezy Czechia	40	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	539 0.5×	163 0.2×	107	4.2k
Robert P. Hirt United Kingdom	43	3.0k 1.1×	553 0.4×	1.7k 1.2×	299 0.3×	284 0.3×	88	5.3k
Jean‐Pierre Gorvel France	64	4.5k 1.6×	548 0.3×	637 0.4×	2.7k 2.7×	3.5k 3.9×	214	13.7k
Shlomo Rottem Israel	37	2.0k 0.7×	2.6k 1.7×	842 0.6×	679 0.7×	1.5k 1.7×	210	5.2k
Martin Fraunholz Germany	33	2.5k 0.9×	489 0.3×	508 0.4×	564 0.6×	515 0.6×	61	4.2k
Joanne N. Engel United States	51	5.5k 2.0×	1.7k 1.1×	152 0.1×	1.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.6×	108	9.7k
John M. Leong United States	59	2.9k 1.0×	351 0.2×	2.4k 1.7×	636 0.6×	2.0k 2.3×	176	10.8k

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Prat, Annik, et al.. (2025). Chromatin accessibility and gene expression in the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. BMC Infectious Diseases. 25(1). 1365–1365.

Mira, Portia, et al.. (2024). Trichomonas vaginalisextracellular vesicles up-regulate and directly transfer adherence factors promoting host cell colonization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(25). e2401159121–e2401159121. 4 indexed citations

Cui, Yanxiang, et al.. (2021). Atomic Structure of the Trichomonas vaginalis Double-Stranded RNA Virus 2. mBio. 12(2). 8 indexed citations

O’Brown, Zach Klapholz, Konstantinos Boulias, Eric Lieberman Greer, et al.. (2020). Adenine DNA methylation, 3D genome organization, and gene expression in the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(23). 13033–13043. 17 indexed citations

Twu, Olivia, Natalia de Miguel, Gila Lustig, et al.. (2018). 895 Trichomonas vaginalis exosomes deliver cargo to host cells and mediate host: Parasite interactions. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 138(5). S152–S152.

Mercer, Frances & Patricia J. Johnson. (2018). Trichomonas vaginalis: Pathogenesis, Symbiont Interactions, and Host Cell Immune Responses. Trends in Parasitology. 34(8). 683–693. 94 indexed citations

Johnson, Patricia J., et al.. (2017). Epigenetics regulates transcription and pathogenesis in the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. Cellular Microbiology. 19(6). e12716–e12716. 20 indexed citations

Midlej, Victor, et al.. (2015). The C ‐terminal tail of tetraspanin proteins regulates their intracellular distribution in the parasite T richomonas vaginalis. Cellular Microbiology. 17(8). 1217–1229. 25 indexed citations

Chatterjee, Aparajita, Daniel M. Ratner, Christopher M. Ryan, et al.. (2015). Anti-Retroviral Lectins Have Modest Effects on Adherence of Trichomonas vaginalis to Epithelial Cells In Vitro and on Recovery of Tritrichomonas foetus in a Mouse Vaginal Model. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0135340–e0135340. 22 indexed citations

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Simões-Barbosa, Augusto, et al.. (2012). Box H/ACA snoRNAs are preferred substrates for the trimethylguanosine synthase in the divergent unicellular eukaryote Trichomonas vaginalis. RNA. 18(9). 1656–1665. 3 indexed citations

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Miguel, Natalia de, et al.. (2010). Proteome Analysis of the Surface of Trichomonas vaginalis Reveals Novel Proteins and Strain-dependent Differential Expression. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 9(7). 1554–1566. 105 indexed citations

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Simões-Barbosa, Augusto, et al.. (2008). The divergent eukaryote Trichomonas vaginalis has an m 7 G cap methyltransferase capable of a single N2 methylation. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(21). 6848–6858. 9 indexed citations

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Vaňáčová, Štěpánka, Weihong Yan, Jane M. Carlton, & Patricia J. Johnson. (2005). Spliceosomal introns in the deep-branching eukaryote Trichomonas vaginalis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(12). 4430–4435. 77 indexed citations

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Bastida, Felix, et al.. (2005). Trichomonas vaginalis Lipophosphoglycan Mutants Have Reduced Adherence and Cytotoxicity to Human Ectocervical Cells. Eukaryotic Cell. 4(11). 1951–1958. 73 indexed citations

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Dyall, Sabrina D., Weihong Yan, Maria G. Delgadillo‐Correa, et al.. (2004). Non-mitochondrial complex I proteins in a hydrogenosomal oxidoreductase complex. Nature. 431(7012). 1103–1107. 67 indexed citations

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Schumacher, Maria A., Audrey O.T. Lau, & Patricia J. Johnson. (2003). Structural Basis of Core Promoter Recognition in a Primitive Eukaryote. Cell. 115(4). 413–424. 49 indexed citations

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Liston, David R., Audrey O.T. Lau, Diana Ortiz, Stephen T. Smale, & Patricia J. Johnson. (2001). Initiator Recognition in a Primitive Eukaryote: IBP39, an Initiator-Binding Protein from Trichomonas vaginalis. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 21(22). 7872–7882. 34 indexed citations

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Bradley, Peter J., et al.. (1994). Molecular characterization of the α-subunit of Trichomonas vaginalis hydrogenosomal succinyl CoA synthetase. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 66(2). 309–318. 45 indexed citations

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Crozatier, Michèle, et al.. (1988). Nucleoside analysis of DNA from Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma equiperdum. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 31(2). 127–131. 15 indexed citations

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Johnson, Patricia J., David R. Foran, & Gordon P. Moore. (1983). Organization and Evolution of the Actin Gene Family in Sea Urchins. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 3(10). 1824–1833. 10 indexed citations

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