Peter M. Howley

49.7k citations

244 papers · 40.4k indexed · 15 hit papers · h-index 101

Impact in

Oncology top 0.02%
- Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
Epidemiology top 0.01%
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies

Papers in

Genetics 115
- Virus-based gene therapy research 103
Oncology 111
- Cancer-related Molecular Pathways 57
- Polyomavirus and related diseases 34

Co-authors: Martin Scheffner Karl Münger Jon M. Huibregtse Bruce A. Werness Arnold J. Levine William C. Phelps Nicholas J. Dyson Ed Harlow
Journals: Journal of Virology (70 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (30 papers)Molecular and Cellular Biology (26 papers)Virology (14 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (10 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Malaysia

In The Last Decade

Peter M. Howley

243 papers receiving 38.9k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Human papillomavirus immortalization and transformation functions 2002 · 587 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2002 Virus Research
1998 Molecular Cell
1996 PubMed
1993 Cell
1991 The EMBO Journal
1991 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1990 Cell
1990 Science
1990 Cell
1989 Science
1989 The EMBO Journal
1989 Journal of Virology
1988 Cell
1987 Journal of Virology
1985 PubMed

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1	Live cell, image-based high-throughput screen to quantitate p53 stabilization and viability in human papillomavirus positive cancer cells Virology ·Gustavo Martínez-Noël, Valdimara Corrêa Vieira, Patricia Szajner, O. V. Zhukova, Terra Gullings, Gerardo A. Polanco, Jennifer A. Smith, Peter M. Howley	2021	2
2	Merkel cell polyomavirus recruits MYCL to the EP400 complex to promote oncogenesis PLoS Pathogens ·Jingwei Cheng, Donglim Esther Park, Christian Berrios, Elizabeth White, Reety Arora, Zhou Ying-feng, Timothy B. Branigan, Tengfei Xiao, Thomas Westerling, Alexander Federation, Rhamy Zeid, Benjamin J. Strober, Selene K. Swanson, Laurence Florens, James E. Bradner, Myles Brown, Peter M. Howley, Megha Padi, Michael P. Washburn, James A. DeCaprio	2017	92
3	Gordon Wilson Lecture: Infectious Disease Causes of Cancer: Opportunities for Prevention and Treatment. Europe PMC (PubMed Central) ·Peter M. Howley	2015	12
4	NSD3–NUT Fusion Oncoprotein in NUT Midline Carcinoma: Implications for a Novel Oncogenic Mechanism Cancer Discovery ·Christopher A. French, Shaila Rahman, Erica M. Walsh, Simone Kühnle, Adlai R. Grayson, Madeleine E. Lemieux, Noam Grunfeld, Brian P. Rubin, Cristina R. Antonescu, Songlin Zhang, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Paola Dal Cin, Peter M. Howley	2014	186
5	Cell-type specific transcriptional activities among different papillomavirus long control regions and their regulation by E2 Virology ·Matthias Ottinger, Jennifer A. Smith, Michal R. Schweiger, Jia-lin Du, 克美二宮, Jianxin You, Peter M. Howley	2009	18
6	Characterization of papillomavirus E1 helicase mutants defective for interaction with the SUMO-conjugating enzyme Ubc9 Virology ·Amélie Fradet‐Turcotte, Karine Brault, Steve Titolo, Peter M. Howley, Jacques Archambault	2009	10
7	Components of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway compete for surfaces on Rad23 family proteins BMC Biochemistry ·Amanda M. Goh, Kylie J. Walters, Suzanne Elsasser, Rati Verma, Raymond J. Deshaies, Daniel Finley, Peter M. Howley	2008	22
8	Requirement of E7 oncoprotein for viability of HeLa cells Microbes and Infection ·Akiko Nishimura, Tomomi Nakahara, Takaharu Ueno, Kenta Sasaki, Satoshi Yoshida, Satoru Kyo, Peter M. Howley, Hiroyuki Sakai	2006	26
9	Biochemical Analysis of Angelman Syndrome-associated Mutations in the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase E6-associated Protein Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Eric M. Cooper, Amy W. Hudson, Joseph Amos, Joseph Wagstaff, Peter M. Howley	2004	87
10	Ubiquitin family proteins and their relationship to the proteasome: a structural perspective Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research ·Kylie J. Walters, Amanda M. Goh, Qinghua Wang, Gerhard Wagner, Peter M. Howley	2004	38
11	Harnessing the Ubiquitination Machinery to Target the Degradation of Specific Cellular Proteins Molecular Cell ·Pengbo Zhou, Alison M. Cook, Lisa J. McReynolds, Peter M. Howley	2000	141
12	Dual utilization of an acceptor/donor splice site governs the alternative splicing of the IRF-3 gene Genes & Development ·Alla Y. Karpova, Peter M. Howley, Lucienne Ronco	2000	30
13	The hPLIC Proteins May Provide a Link between the Ubiquitination Machinery and the Proteasome Molecular Cell ·Maurits F. Kleijnen, Alan H. Shih, Pengbo Zhou, Sushant Kumar, Raymond E. Soccio, Nancy Kedersha, Grace Gill, Peter M. Howley	2000	305
14	p300/MDM2 Complexes Participate in MDM2-Mediated p53 Degradation Molecular Cell ·Steven R. Grossman, Marco Perez, Andrew L. Kung, M. P. Joseph, Claire Mansur, Zhi-Xiong Jim Xiao, Sushant Kumar, Peter M. Howley, David M. Livingston	1998	364
15	Ubiquitination of p53 and p21 Is Differentially Affected by Ionizing and UV Radiation Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Carl G. Maki, Peter M. Howley	1997	280
16	The HumanE6-APGene (UBE3A) Encodes Three Potential Protein Isoforms Generated by Differential Splicing Genomics ·Rebecca Wenzelmann, Jon M. Huibregtse, Peter M. Howley	1997	100
17	Cloning and Expression of the cDNA for E6-AP, a Protein that Mediates the Interaction of the Human Papillomavirus E6 Oncoprotein with p53 Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Jon M. Huibregtse, Martin Scheffner, Peter M. Howley	1993	179
18	Type 1 Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Small Envelope Protein Expressed in Mouse Cells by Using a Bovine Papilloma Virus-Derived Shuttle Vector Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Maribeth V. Eiden, Mark J. Newman, Amanda G. Fisher, Dean L. Mann, Peter M. Howley, Marvin S. Reitz	1985	9
19	The Bovine Papillomavirus Distal “Enhancer” Is Not cis Essential for Transformation or for Plasmid Maintenance Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Peter M. Howley, Elaine T. Schenborn, Elsebet Lund, Janet C. Byrne, James E. Dahlberg	1985	18
20	Endocrine studies in cystinosis: Compensated primary hypothyroidism The Journal of Pediatrics ·Anne W. Lucky, Peter M. Howley, K Megyesi, Stephen P. Spielberg, Joseph D. Schulman	1977	35

About Peter M. Howley

Peter M. Howley is a scholar working on Genetics, Oncology, Virology, Epidemiology and Immunology, having authored 244 papers that have together received 40.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Virus-based gene therapy research (103 papers), Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (86 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (57 papers), Polyomavirus and related diseases (34 papers), T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (32 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (32 papers), Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (26 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oncology (15.8k citations), Epidemiology (17.9k citations), Genetics (10.4k citations), Virology (1.7k citations) and Immunology (7.0k citations). Peter M. Howley has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Malaysia. Frequent co-authors include Martin Scheffner, Karl Münger, Jon M. Huibregtse, Bruce A. Werness, Arnold J. Levine, William C. Phelps, Nicholas J. Dyson, Ed Harlow, Carole Yee and Richard D. Vierstra. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Virology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Virology and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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