Simone Leal

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Simone Leal is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Simone Leal has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Epidemiology, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Simone Leal's work include Trypanosoma species research and implications (6 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (2 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (2 papers). Simone Leal is often cited by papers focused on Trypanosoma species research and implications (6 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (2 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (2 papers). Simone Leal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Simone Leal's co-authors include George Cross, Elizabeth Wirtz, Claudia M. Ochatt, Kevin S. W. Tan, Edson Rondinelli, James C. Morris, Álvaro Acosta-Serrano, Narcisa L. Cunha‐e‐Silva, Wanderley de Souza and Turán P. Ürményi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology.

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Simone Leal

6 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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A tightly regulated inducible expression system for conditional gene knock-outs and dominant-negative genetics in Trypanosoma brucei

1999 1.2k citations Elizabeth Wirtz, Simone Leal et al. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simone Leal

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7 of 7 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Transposon Mutagenesis of Trypanosoma brucei Identifies Glycosylation Mutants Resistant to Concanavalin A 2004 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Simone Leal, Álvaro Acosta-Serrano, James C. Morris, George Cross	27
2	Trypanosoma cruzi: TcRAB7 protein is localized at the Golgi apparatus in epimastigotes 2004 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·(unknown), Narcisa L. Cunha‐e‐Silva, Simone Leal, Wanderley de Souza, Edson Rondinelli	17
3	Trypanosoma brucei MRE11 is non-essential but influences growth, homologous recombination and DNA double-strand break repair 2002 ·Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology ·Kevin S. W. Tan, Simone Leal, George Cross	37
4	Virulence of Trypanosoma brucei strain 427 is not affected by the absence of glycosylphosphatidylinositol phospholipase C 2001 ·Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology ·Simone Leal	20
5	Trypanosoma cruzi: Cloning and Characterization of a RAB7 gene 2000 ·Experimental Parasitology ·Simone Leal, (unknown), Turán P. Ürményi, George Cross, Edson Rondinelli	16
6	A tightly regulated inducible expression system for conditional gene knock-outs and dominant-negative genetics in Trypanosoma brucei breakdown → 1999 ·Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology ·Elizabeth Wirtz, Simone Leal, Claudia M. Ochatt, George Cross	1200
7	Modelação matemática uma proposta metodológica para o curso de economia 1999 ·LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) ·Simone Leal	1

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