Richard A. Bessen

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

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Richard A. Bessen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard A. Bessen has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Neurology and 9 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Richard A. Bessen's work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (40 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (20 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (12 papers). Richard A. Bessen is often cited by papers focused on Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (40 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (20 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (12 papers). Richard A. Bessen collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Argentina. Richard A. Bessen's co-authors include Richard F. Marsh, Byron Caughey, Jason C. Bartz, Gregory J. Raymond, Anthony E. Kincaid, Peter T. Lansbury, David A. Kocisko, Santosh Nandan, Judd M. Aiken and Jason M. Wilham and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Neuron.

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Richard A. Bessen

41 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Distinct PrP properties suggest the molecular basis of strain variation in transmissible mink encephalopathy

1994 529 citations Richard A. Bessen, Richard F. Marsh Journal of Virology profile →

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Martin Jeffrey United Kingdom

Lynne D. Raymond United States

Thierry Baron France

Franco Cardone Italy

Jason M. Wilham United States

J. Hope United Kingdom

Achim Thomzig Germany

Manuela Neumann Germany

Xiaoshuang Zhang China

Michail H. Karavolos United Kingdom

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Telling, Glenn C., et al.. (2018). The cellular prion protein promotes olfactory sensory neuron survival and axon targeting during adult neurogenesis. Developmental Biology. 438(1). 23–32. 11 indexed citations

Hughson, Andrew G., et al.. (2015). Host Determinants of Prion Strain Diversity Independent of Prion Protein Genotype. Journal of Virology. 89(20). 10427–10441. 30 indexed citations

Wiley, James, et al.. (2015). Lesion of the Olfactory Epithelium Accelerates Prion Neuroinvasion and Disease Onset when Prion Replication Is Restricted to Neurons. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0119863–e0119863. 6 indexed citations

Johnson, Christopher J., et al.. (2011). Degradation of the Disease-Associated Prion Protein by a Serine Protease from Lichens. PLoS ONE. 6(5). e19836–e19836. 35 indexed citations

Bessen, Richard A., et al.. (2011). Transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease Identifies a Prion Strain Causing Cachexia and Heart Infection in Hamsters. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e28026–e28026. 15 indexed citations

Bessen, Richard A., Jason M. Wilham, Harold Shearin, et al.. (2011). Accelerated Shedding of Prions following Damage to the Olfactory Epithelium. Journal of Virology. 86(3). 1777–1788. 21 indexed citations

Bessen, Richard A., Harold Shearin, Scott Martinka, et al.. (2010). Prion Shedding from Olfactory Neurons into Nasal Secretions. PLoS Pathogens. 6(4). e1000837–e1000837. 48 indexed citations

Wilham, Jason M., Christina D. Orrú, Richard A. Bessen, et al.. (2010). Rapid End-Point Quantitation of Prion Seeding Activity with Sensitivity Comparable to Bioassays. PLoS Pathogens. 6(12). e1001217–e1001217. 378 indexed citations

Bessen, Richard A., et al.. (2007). Prion Infection of Muscle Cells In Vitro. Journal of Virology. 81(9). 4615–4624. 25 indexed citations

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Bessen, Richard A., et al.. (2004). Strain-specific Kinetics of Prion Protein Formation in Vitro and in Vivo. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(3). 1643–1649. 19 indexed citations

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Caughey, Byron, Gregory J. Raymond, Suzette A. Priola, et al.. (1999). Methods for Studying Prion Protein (PrP) Metabolism and the Formation of Protease-Resistant PrP in Cell Culture and Cell-Free Systems: An Update. Molecular Biotechnology. 13(1). 45–56. 26 indexed citations

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Caughey, Byron, Gregory J. Raymond, & Richard A. Bessen. (1998). Strain-dependent Differences in β-Sheet Conformations of Abnormal Prion Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(48). 32230–32235. 261 indexed citations

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Bessen, Richard A., Gregory J. Raymond, & Byron Caughey. (1997). In Situ Formation of Protease-resistant Prion Protein in Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy-infected Brain Slices. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(24). 15227–15231. 38 indexed citations

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Bessen, Richard A., David A. Kocisko, Gregory J. Raymond, et al.. (1995). Non-genetic propagation of strain-specific properties of scrapie prion protein. Nature. 375(6533). 698–700. 418 indexed citations

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Race, Richard, Suzette A. Priola, Richard A. Bessen, et al.. (1995). Neuron-specific expression of a hamster prion protein minigene in transgenic mice induces susceptibility to hamster scrapie agent. Neuron. 15(5). 1183–1191. 126 indexed citations

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Marsh, Richard F. & Richard A. Bessen. (1994). Physicochemical and biological characterizations of distinct strains of the transmissible mink encephalopathy agent. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 343(1306). 413–414. 17 indexed citations

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Bartz, Jason C., Debbie McKenzie, Richard A. Bessen, Richard F. Marsh, & Judd M. Aiken. (1994). Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy Species Barrier Effect Between Ferret and Mink: PrP Gene and Protein Analysis. Journal of General Virology. 75(11). 2947–2953. 43 indexed citations

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Bessen, Richard A. & Richard F. Marsh. (1992). Biochemical and physical properties of the prion protein from two strains of the transmissible mink encephalopathy agent. Journal of Virology. 66(4). 2096–2101. 369 indexed citations

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Bessen, Richard A. & Richard F. Marsh. (1992). Identification of two biologically distinct strains of transmissible mink encephalopathy in hamsters. Journal of General Virology. 73(2). 329–334. 225 indexed citations

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Marsh, Richard F., Richard A. Bessen, Sylvain Lehmann, & G. R. Hartsough. (1991). Epidemiological and experimental studies on a new incident of transmissible mink encephalopathy. Journal of General Virology. 72(3). 589–594. 112 indexed citations

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