Paul Williams
Impact in
- Endocrinology top 0.01%
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Molecular Medicine top 0.02%
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Papers in
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- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing 236
- Genetics 147
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 128
- Co-authors
- Miguel Cámara (110 shared papers)Gordon S.A.B. Stewart (40 shared papers)Siri Ram Chhabra (47 shared papers)Barrie W. Bycroft (41 shared papers)Klaus Winzer (25 shared papers)Simon Swift (24 shared papers)Stephen P. Diggle (29 shared papers)Michael K. Winson (14 shared papers)
- Journals
- Infection and Immunity (29 papers)Microbiology (27 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (25 papers)Molecular Microbiology (25 papers)Environmental Microbiology (12 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesCanada
In The Last Decade
Paul Williams
468 papers receiving 35.1k citations
Paul Williams's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 215
- Endocrinology 5.4k
- Molecular Medicine 5.1k
- Microbiology 3.0k
- Molecular Biology 24.6k
- Periodontics 1.4k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quorum sensing and Chromobacterium violaceum: exploitation of violacein production and inhibition for the detection of N-acylhomoserine lactones Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 1519 |
| 2 | Look who's talking: communication and quorum sensing in the bacterial world Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 656 |
| 3 | Quorum sensing and environmental adaptation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a tale of regulatory networks and multifunctional signal molecules Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 655 |
| 4 | A hierarchical quorum‐sensing cascade in Pseudomonas aeruginosa links the transcriptional activators LasR and RhIR (VsmR) to expression of the stationary‐phase sigma factor RpoS Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 597 |
| 5 | Quorum sensing, communication and cross-kingdom signalling in the bacterial world Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 541 |
| 6 | N -Acylhomoserine Lactones Undergo Lactonolysis in a pH-, Temperature-, and Acyl Chain Length-Dependent Manner during Growth of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 528 |
| 7 | The Pseudomonas aeruginosa quinolone signal molecule overcomes the cell density‐dependency of the quorum sensing hierarchy, regulates rhl‐dependent genes at the onset of stationary phase and can be produced in the absence of LasR Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 521 |
| 8 | Construction and analysis ofluxCDABE-based plasmid sensors for investigatingN-acyl homoserine lactone-mediated quorum sensing Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 514 |
| 9 | Clinical Utility of Microarray-Based Gene Expression Profiling in the Diagnosis and Subclassification of Leukemia: Report From the International Microarray Innovations in Leukemia Study Group Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 494 |
| 10 | 2010 | 494 | |
| 11 | 1999 | 493 | |
| 12 | 1997 | 429 | |
| 13 | 2007 | 414 | |
| 14 | 1995 | 411 | |
| 15 | 1998 | 363 | |
| 16 | 1997 | 362 | |
| 17 | 1995 | 347 | |
| 18 | 2009 | 347 | |
| 19 | 2013 | 345 | |
| 20 | 2007 | 337 |
About Paul Williams
Paul Williams is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Molecular Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology, having authored 475 papers that have together received 36.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (236 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (128 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (68 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (46 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (45 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (39 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (29 papers) and Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrinology (5.4k citations), Molecular Medicine (5.1k citations), Microbiology (3.0k citations), Molecular Biology (24.6k citations) and Periodontics (1.4k citations). Paul Williams has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Miguel Cámara, Gordon S.A.B. Stewart, Siri Ram Chhabra, Barrie W. Bycroft, Klaus Winzer, Simon Swift, Stephen P. Diggle, Michael K. Winson, Steve Atkinson and George P. C. Salmond. Their work appears in journals such as Infection and Immunity, Microbiology, Journal of Bacteriology, Molecular Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology.
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