S. Gnanakaran

15.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
128 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

S. Gnanakaran is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Virology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Gnanakaran has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Virology and 24 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in S. Gnanakaran's work include HIV Research and Treatment (26 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (25 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (23 papers). S. Gnanakaran is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (26 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (25 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (23 papers). S. Gnanakaran collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. S. Gnanakaran's co-authors include Angel E. Garcı́a, César A. López, Robin M. Hochstrasser, Helen I. Zgurskaya, Bette Korber, Paul Langan, Ramakrishnan Parthasarathi, Antonio Redondo, Tongye Shen and Shishir P. S. Chundawat and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

S. Gnanakaran

122 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Permeability Barrier of Gram-Negative Cell Envelopes and Approaches To Bypass It

2015 433 citations Helen I. Zgurskaya, César A. López et al. profile →
SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 is susceptible to neutralizing antibodies elicited by ancestral spike vaccines

2021 222 citations Xiaoying Shen, Haili Tang et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →

Peers

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Nejat Düzgüneş United States

William C. Wimley United States

Robert Blumenthal United States

C. Russell Middaugh United States

Rebecca L. Rich United States

Anton P. J. Middelberg Australia

Peter J. Bond Singapore

Andrew L. Ferguson United States

Dieter Blaas Austria

Jan Wilschut Netherlands

Nejat Düzgüneş United States

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244 ×0.3

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Countries citing papers authored by S. Gnanakaran

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. Gnanakaran

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Gnanakaran

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. Gnanakaran. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. Gnanakaran based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with S. Gnanakaran. S. Gnanakaran is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Lovendahl, Klaus N., Pooja Ralli-Jain, Chengbo Chen, et al.. (2026). Structure of HIV-1 Env glycoprotein on virions reveals an alternative fusion subunit organization and native membrane coupling. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

López, César A., et al.. (2024). Influence of membrane on the antigen presentation of the HIV-1 envelope membrane proximal external region (MPER). Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 88. 102897–102897. 2 indexed citations

Manrique, Pedro D., Inga V. Leus, César A. López, et al.. (2024). Predicting permeation of compounds across the outer membrane of P. aeruginosa using molecular descriptors. Communications Chemistry. 7(1). 84–84. 4 indexed citations

Carpenter, Timothy S., Que N. Van, Constance Agamasu, et al.. (2024). Membrane lipids drive formation of KRAS4b-RAF1 RBDCRD nanoclusters on the membrane. Communications Biology. 7(1). 242–242. 7 indexed citations

Welbourn, Sarah, Tysheena P. Charles, Pooja Ralli-Jain, et al.. (2023). High throughput analysis of B cell dynamics and neutralizing antibody development during immunization with a novel clade C HIV-1 envelope. PLoS Pathogens. 19(10). e1011717–e1011717.

Nguyen, Kien, Srirupa Chakraborty, Rachael A. Mansbach, et al.. (2021). Exploring the Role of Glycans in the Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 RBD and Human Receptor ACE2. Biophysical Journal. 120(3). 15a–15a. 3 indexed citations

Shen, Xiaoying, Haili Tang, Charlene McDanal, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 is susceptible to neutralizing antibodies elicited by ancestral spike vaccines. Cell Host & Microbe. 29(4). 529–539.e3. 222 indexed citations breakdown →

López, César A., Helen I. Zgurskaya, & S. Gnanakaran. (2019). Molecular characterization of the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1862(3). 183151–183151. 36 indexed citations

Travers, Timothy, Rachael A. Mansbach, Cédric Cleyrat, et al.. (2019). Combinatorial diversity of Syk recruitment driven by its multivalent engagement with FcεRIγ. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 30(17). 2331–2347. 13 indexed citations

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Carpenter, Timothy S., César A. López, Chris Neale, et al.. (2018). Accurate Phase Separation of Complex Lipid Mixtures (DPPC/DOPC/CHOL) with a Refined Coarse Grained Martini Model. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 102a–102a. 1 indexed citations

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Travers, Timothy, César A. López, Que N. Van, et al.. (2018). Molecular recognition of RAS/RAF complex at the membrane: Role of RAF cysteine-rich domain. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8461–8461. 64 indexed citations

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Sethi, Anurag, Tian Jianhui, Cynthia A. Derdeyn, Bette Korber, & S. Gnanakaran. (2013). A Mechanistic Understanding of Allosteric Immune Escape Pathways in the HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein. PLoS Computational Biology. 9(5). e1003046–e1003046. 48 indexed citations

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Stieh, Daniel J, Joshua L. Phillips, Paul Rogers, et al.. (2013). Dynamic electrophoretic fingerprinting of the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein. Retrovirology. 10(1). 33–33. 10 indexed citations

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Daniels, Marcus, Anurag Sethi, Tongye Shen, et al.. (2012). A coarse-grained model for synergistic action of multiple enzymes on cellulose. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 5(1). 55–55. 30 indexed citations

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Mukundan, Harshini, Dominique N. Price, Matthew P. Goertz, et al.. (2011). Understanding the interaction of Lipoarabinomannan with membrane mimetic architectures. Tuberculosis. 92(1). 38–47. 22 indexed citations

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Lynch, Rebecca M., Rong Rong, Bing Li, et al.. (2010). Subtype-specific conservation of isoleucine 309 in the envelope V3 domain is linked to immune evasion in subtype C HIV-1 infection. Virology. 404(1). 59–70. 16 indexed citations

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Rong, Rong, Bing Li, Rebecca M. Lynch, et al.. (2009). Escape from Autologous Neutralizing Antibodies in Acute/Early Subtype C HIV-1 Infection Requires Multiple Pathways. PLoS Pathogens. 5(9). e1000594–e1000594. 140 indexed citations

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Kulkarni, Smita, Alan S. Lapedes, Haili Tang, et al.. (2009). Highly complex neutralization determinants on a monophyletic lineage of newly transmitted subtype C HIV-1 Env clones from India. Virology. 385(2). 505–520. 68 indexed citations

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Vuyisich, Momchilo, S. Gnanakaran, George Bruening, et al.. (2007). Rapid Clearance of Bacteria and Their Toxins: Development of Therapeutic Proteins. Critical Reviews in Immunology. 27(3). 233–245. 5 indexed citations

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Gnanakaran, S.. (2003). Peptide folding simulations. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 13(2). 168–174. 172 indexed citations

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