P.G. Leiman

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
72 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

P.G. Leiman is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, P.G. Leiman has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Ecology, 54 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in P.G. Leiman's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (63 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (30 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers). P.G. Leiman is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (63 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (30 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers). P.G. Leiman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Switzerland. P.G. Leiman's co-authors include Michael G. Rossmann, Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov, Mikhail M. Shneider, Fumio Arisaka, V.A. Kostyuchenko, Paul R. Chipman, Shuji Kanamaru, John J. Mekalanos, Marek Basler and S.A. Buth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

P.G. Leiman

71 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Type VI secretion apparatus and phage tail-associated protein complexes share a common evolutionary origin

2009 501 citations P.G. Leiman, Marek Basler et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
PAAR-repeat proteins sharpen and diversify the type VI secretion system spike

2013 407 citations Mikhail M. Shneider, S.A. Buth et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
P.G. Leiman United States	37	3.9k	3.3k	1.5k	1.5k	652	72	5.8k
Udo Bläsi Austria	46	2.7k 0.7×	4.8k 1.5×	3.0k 2.0×	497 0.3×	381 0.6×	131	6.2k
Mikhail M. Shneider Russia	32	2.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	677 0.4×	968 0.7×	651 1.0×	125	3.6k
Joen Luirink Netherlands	56	2.2k 0.6×	6.4k 1.9×	4.7k 3.1×	1.3k 0.9×	347 0.5×	181	9.3k
Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov Russia	33	3.1k 0.8×	2.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	369 0.3×	467 0.7×	85	3.9k
Werner Arber Switzerland	47	3.1k 0.8×	4.8k 1.4×	3.4k 2.2×	554 0.4×	901 1.4×	156	6.8k
Daniel Ladant France	47	831 0.2×	4.8k 1.5×	2.8k 1.8×	1.4k 0.9×	275 0.4×	144	7.6k
Sherwood Casjens United States	60	7.5k 1.9×	6.5k 2.0×	2.7k 1.8×	797 0.5×	1.8k 2.7×	179	12.3k
Stephen Matthews United Kingdom	51	708 0.2×	3.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	882 0.6×	251 0.4×	212	6.9k
Edze R. Westra United Kingdom	38	3.3k 0.8×	7.6k 2.3×	2.4k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	978 1.5×	80	9.1k
Roland Lloubès France	38	1.2k 0.3×	3.2k 1.0×	2.8k 1.8×	1.6k 1.1×	366 0.6×	79	5.4k

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Sonani, Ravi R., Fengbin Wang, Mark A. B. Kreutzberger, et al.. (2024). An extensive disulfide bond network prevents tail contraction in Agrobacterium tumefaciens phage Milano. Nature Communications. 15(1). 756–756. 13 indexed citations

Sonani, Ravi R., Fengbin Wang, Mark A. B. Kreutzberger, et al.. (2023). Neck and capsid architecture of the robust Agrobacterium phage Milano. Communications Biology. 6(1). 921–921. 11 indexed citations

Borukhov, Sergei, et al.. (2022). Structural basis of template strand deoxyuridine promoter recognition by a viral RNA polymerase. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3526–3526. 4 indexed citations

Prokhorov, Nikolai S., et al.. (2021). Quantitative description of a contractile macromolecular machine. Science Advances. 7(24). 18 indexed citations

Shen, Yang, Matthew Dunne, Samy Boulos, et al.. (2020). Structural basis for recognition of bacterial cell wall teichoic acid by pseudo-symmetric SH3b-like repeats of a viral peptidoglycan hydrolase. Chemical Science. 12(2). 576–589. 18 indexed citations

Klimuk, Evgeny, Leonid Minakhin, Maria Yakunina, et al.. (2020). Structure and function of virion RNA polymerase of a crAss-like phage. Nature. 589(7841). 306–309. 26 indexed citations

Kanamaru, Shuji, et al.. (2020). Structure and Function of the T4 Spackle Protein Gp61.3. Viruses. 12(10). 1070–1070. 7 indexed citations

Ge, P., Dean Scholl, Nikolai S. Prokhorov, et al.. (2020). Action of a minimal contractile bactericidal nanomachine. Nature. 580(7805). 658–662. 67 indexed citations

Łątka, Agnieszka, P.G. Leiman, Zuzanna Drulis‐Kawa, & Yves Briers. (2019). Modeling the Architecture of Depolymerase-Containing Receptor Binding Proteins in Klebsiella Phages. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 2649–2649. 100 indexed citations

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Zheng, Weili, Nicholas M. I. Taylor, P.G. Leiman, & Edward H. Egelman. (2017). Cryo-EM of the Bacteriophage Tail Tube at Better than 3.5 Å Resolution. Biophysical Journal. 112(3). 573a–574a. 1 indexed citations

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Leiman, P.G., Katrien Vandersteegen, An Van den Bossche, et al.. (2014). L isteria phage A 511, a model for the contractile tail machineries of SPO 1‐related bacteriophages. Molecular Microbiology. 92(1). 84–99. 57 indexed citations

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Schwarzer, David, Christopher R. Browning, Katharina Stummeyer, et al.. (2014). Structure and biochemical characterization of bacteriophage phi92 endosialidase. Virology. 477. 133–143. 23 indexed citations

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Browning, Christopher R., Mikhail M. Shneider, Valorie D. Bowman, David Schwarzer, & P.G. Leiman. (2012). Phage Pierces the Host Cell Membrane with the Iron-Loaded Spike. Structure. 20(2). 326–339. 73 indexed citations

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Leiman, P.G., Marek Basler, U.A. Ramagopal, et al.. (2009). Type VI secretion apparatus and phage tail-associated protein complexes share a common evolutionary origin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(11). 4154–4159. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aksyuk, Anastasia A., P.G. Leiman, Mikhail M. Shneider, Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov, & Michael G. Rossmann. (2009). The Structure of Gene Product 6 of Bacteriophage T4, the Hinge-Pin of the Baseplate. Structure. 17(6). 800–808. 23 indexed citations

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Yap, Moh Lan, Kazuhiro Mio, P.G. Leiman, Shuji Kanamaru, & Fumio Arisaka. (2009). The Baseplate Wedges of Bacteriophage T4 Spontaneously Assemble into Hubless Baseplate-Like Structure In Vitro. Journal of Molecular Biology. 395(2). 349–360. 22 indexed citations

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Xiang, Ye, P.G. Leiman, Long Li, et al.. (2009). Crystallographic Insights into the Autocatalytic Assembly Mechanism of a Bacteriophage Tail Spike. Molecular Cell. 34(3). 375–386. 75 indexed citations

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Fokine, Andrei, P.G. Leiman, Mikhail M. Shneider, et al.. (2005). 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. 102(20). 7163–7168. 179 indexed citations

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Rossmann, Michael G., Marc C. Morais, P.G. Leiman, & Wei Zhang. (2005). Combining X-Ray Crystallography and Electron Microscopy. Structure. 13(3). 355–362. 92 indexed citations

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Simpson, A.A., P.G. Leiman, Yizhi Jane Tao, et al.. (2001). Structure determination of the head–tail connector of bacteriophage ϕ29. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 57(9). 1260–1269. 80 indexed citations

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