P.G. Leiman

7.7k citations

72 papers · 5.8k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

Endocrinology top 0.2%
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Escherichia coli research studies
Ecology top 0.2%
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Papers in ⓘ

Structural Biology 4
Ecology 63
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 63

Co-authors: Michael G. Rossmann (24 shared papers)Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov (20 shared papers)Mikhail M. Shneider (26 shared papers)Fumio Arisaka (12 shared papers)V.A. Kostyuchenko (13 shared papers)Paul R. Chipman (8 shared papers)Shuji Kanamaru (10 shared papers)Marek Basler (2 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Molecular Biology (7 papers)Nature (6 papers)Structure (6 papers)Viruses (4 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Russia Switzerland

In The Last Decade

P.G. Leiman

71 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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PAAR-repeat proteins sharpen and diversify the type VI secretion system spike 2013 · 407 citations

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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.

2013 Nature
2009 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Type VI secretion apparatus and phage tail-associated protein complexes share a common evolutionary origin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·P.G. Leiman, Marek Basler, U.A. Ramagopal, J.B. Bonanno, J.M. Sauder, Stefan Pukatzki, S.K. Burley, Steven C. Almo, John J. Mekalanos Hit paper breakdown →	2009	501
2	Structure of the bacteriophage φ29 DNA packaging motor Nature ·A.A. Simpson, Yizhi Jane Tao, P.G. Leiman, M. Badasso, Yongning He, Paul J. Jardine, Norman H. Olson, Marc C. Morais, Shelley Grimes, Dwight L. Anderson, Timothy S. Baker, Michael G. Rossmann	2000	443
3	PAAR-repeat proteins sharpen and diversify the type VI secretion system spike Nature ·Mikhail M. Shneider, S.A. Buth, Brian T. Ho, Marek Basler, John J. Mekalanos, P.G. Leiman Hit paper breakdown →	2013	407
4	Structure of the cell-puncturing device of bacteriophage T4 Nature ·Shuji Kanamaru, P.G. Leiman, V.A. Kostyuchenko, Paul R. Chipman, Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov, Fumio Arisaka, Michael G. Rossmann	2002	317
5	Molecular architecture of the prolate head of bacteriophage T4 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Andrei Fokine, Paul R. Chipman, P.G. Leiman, Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov, Venigalla B. Rao, Michael G. Rossmann	2004	240
6	Three-Dimensional Rearrangement of Proteins in the Tail of Bacteriophage T4 on Infection of Its Host Cell ·P.G. Leiman, Paul R. Chipman, V.A. Kostyuchenko, Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov, Michael G. Rossmann	2004	219
7	Structure of the T4 baseplate and its function in triggering sheath contraction Nature ·Nicholas M. I. Taylor, Nikolai S. Prokhorov, Ricardo Guerrero-Ferreira, Mikhail M. Shneider, Christopher R. Browning, Kenneth N. Goldie, Henning Stahlberg, P.G. Leiman	2016	212
8	Structure and morphogenesis of bacteriophage T4 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences ·P.G. Leiman, Shuji Kanamaru, Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov, Fumio Arisaka, Michael G. Rossmann	2003	203
9	Morphogenesis of the T4 tail and tail fibers Virology Journal ·P.G. Leiman, Fumio Arisaka, Mark J. van Raaij, V.A. Kostyuchenko, Anastasia A. Aksyuk, Shuji Kanamaru, Michael G. Rossmann	2010	193
10	Structural and functional similarities between the capsid proteins of bacteriophages T4 and HK97 point to a common ancestry Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Andrei Fokine, P.G. Leiman, Mikhail M. Shneider, Bijan Ahvazi, Karen M. Boeshans, Alasdair C. Steven, Lindsay W. Black, Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov, Michael G. Rossmann	2005	179
11	Contractile Tail Machines of Bacteriophages Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·P.G. Leiman, Mikhail M. Shneider	2011	168
12	The tail structure of bacteriophage T4 and its mechanism of contraction Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·V.A. Kostyuchenko, Paul R. Chipman, P.G. Leiman, Fumio Arisaka, Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov, Michael G. Rossmann	2005	149
13	Three-dimensional structure of bacteriophage T4 baseplate Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·V.A. Kostyuchenko, P.G. Leiman, Paul R. Chipman, Shuji Kanamaru, Mark J. van Raaij, Fumio Arisaka, Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov, Michael G. Rossmann	2003	139
14	The bacteriophage T4 DNA injection machine Current Opinion in Structural Biology ·Michael G. Rossmann, Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov, Fumio Arisaka, P.G. Leiman	2004	129
15	Atomic structures of a bactericidal contractile nanotube in its pre- and postcontraction states Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·P. Ge, Dean Scholl, P.G. Leiman, Xuekui Yu, Jeff F. Miller, Z. Hong Zhou	2015	126
16	The tail sheath structure of bacteriophage T4: a molecular machine for infecting bacteria The EMBO Journal ·Anastasia A. Aksyuk, P.G. Leiman, Lidia P. Kurochkina, Mikhail M. Shneider, V.A. Kostyuchenko, Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov, Michael G. Rossmann	2009	123
17	The Structures of Bacteriophages K1E and K1-5 Explain Processive Degradation of Polysaccharide Capsules and Evolution of New Host Specificities Journal of Molecular Biology ·P.G. Leiman, Anthony J. Battisti, Valorie D. Bowman, Katharina Stummeyer, Martina Mühlenhoff, Rita Gerardy‐Schahn, Dean Scholl, Ian J. Molineux	2007	114
18	Modeling the Architecture of Depolymerase-Containing Receptor Binding Proteins in Klebsiella Phages Frontiers in Microbiology ·Agnieszka Łątka, P.G. Leiman, Zuzanna Drulis‐Kawa, Yves Briers	2019	100
19	Contractile injection systems of bacteriophages and related systems Molecular Microbiology ·Nicholas M. I. Taylor, Mark J. van Raaij, P.G. Leiman	2018	100
20	A Multivalent Adsorption Apparatus Explains the Broad Host Range of Phage phi92: a Comprehensive Genomic and Structural Analysis Journal of Virology ·David Schwarzer, Falk F. R. Buettner, Christopher R. Browning, Sergey Nazarov, Wolfgang Rabsch, Andrea Bethe, Astrid Oberbeck, Valorie D. Bowman, Katharina Stummeyer, Martina Mühlenhoff, P.G. Leiman, Rita Gerardy‐Schahn	2012	98

About P.G. Leiman

P.G. Leiman is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Ecology, Endocrinology, Genetics and Molecular Biology, having authored 72 papers that have together received 5.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (63 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (30 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (18 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (12 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (10 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrinology (1.5k citations), Ecology (3.9k citations), Structural Biology (192 citations), Molecular Medicine (532 citations) and Microbiology (394 citations). P.G. Leiman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Russia and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Michael G. Rossmann, Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov, Mikhail M. Shneider, Fumio Arisaka, V.A. Kostyuchenko, Paul R. Chipman, Shuji Kanamaru, Marek Basler, John J. Mekalanos and S.A. Buth. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Molecular Biology, Nature, Structure, Viruses and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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