Tamara J. O’Connor

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

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Tamara J. O’Connor is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tamara J. O’Connor has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Endocrinology, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Tamara J. O’Connor's work include Legionella and Acanthamoeba research (17 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (10 papers) and Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (6 papers). Tamara J. O’Connor is often cited by papers focused on Legionella and Acanthamoeba research (17 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (10 papers) and Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (6 papers). Tamara J. O’Connor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sweden. Tamara J. O’Connor's co-authors include Ralph R. Isberg, Matthew Heidtman, Dana Boyd, Soma Ghosh, Julia Dancourt, Thomas J. Melia, Craig R. Roy, Justin R. Nodwell, Zhao‐Qing Luo and Alexander W. Ensminger and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Tamara J. O’Connor

25 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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.

The Legionella pneumophila replication vacuole: making a cosy niche inside host cells

2008 537 citations Ralph R. Isberg, Tamara J. O’Connor et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tamara J. O’Connor United States	14	1.3k	935	652	385	165	25	1.9k
Monica Rolando France	21	873 0.7×	892 1.0×	459 0.7×	242 0.6×	97 0.6×	37	1.5k
Gunnar N. Schroeder United Kingdom	20	956 0.7×	605 0.6×	358 0.5×	120 0.3×	63 0.4×	34	1.5k
Xavier Charpentier France	22	1.1k 0.8×	899 1.0×	303 0.5×	164 0.4×	88 0.5×	46	1.8k
Curdin Ragaz Switzerland	11	1.0k 0.8×	803 0.9×	510 0.8×	183 0.5×	63 0.4×	11	1.4k
Michael P. Schmitt United States	23	444 0.3×	710 0.8×	302 0.5×	163 0.4×	17 0.1×	40	1.6k
Barbara J. Stone United States	14	661 0.5×	528 0.6×	247 0.4×	112 0.3×	30 0.2×	24	1.1k
Fred M. Tatum United States	21	216 0.2×	328 0.4×	268 0.4×	255 0.7×	42 0.3×	51	1.3k
Snake Jones United States	17	551 0.4×	694 0.7×	275 0.4×	77 0.2×	49 0.3×	27	1.1k
Yeonchul Hong South Korea	21	535 0.4×	596 0.6×	187 0.3×	241 0.6×	207 1.3×	76	1.1k
Karim Suwwan de Felipe United States	7	625 0.5×	394 0.4×	272 0.4×	71 0.2×	73 0.4×	7	795

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hossain, Jahangir & Tamara J. O’Connor. (2024). An efficient and cost-effective method for disrupting genes in RAW264.7 macrophages using CRISPR-Cas9. PLoS ONE. 19(3). e0299513–e0299513. 2 indexed citations

Ghosh, Soma, Danielle M. Smith, Sangeeta Adak, et al.. (2024). Legionella pneumophila usurps host cell lipids for vacuole expansion and bacterial growth. PLoS Pathogens. 20(2). e1011996–e1011996. 6 indexed citations

O’Connor, Tamara J., et al.. (2024). Legionella pneumophila , a Rosetta stone to understanding bacterial pathogenesis. Journal of Bacteriology. 206(12). e0032424–e0032424. 2 indexed citations

Smith, Danielle M., Danfeng Cai, Jahangir Hossain, et al.. (2024). Etomoxir repurposed as a promiscuous fatty acid mimetic chemoproteomic probe. iScience. 27(9). 110642–110642. 10 indexed citations

Hossain, Jahangir, et al.. (2023). Peptidoglycan deacetylation controls type IV secretion and the intracellular survival of the bacterial pathogen Legionella pneumophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(23). e2119658120–e2119658120. 14 indexed citations

O’Connor, Tamara J., et al.. (2022). Complete Genome Sequence of an African Raw Honey Bacterial Isolate, Bacillus safensis Strain AHB11. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 11(11). e0051622–e0051622. 1 indexed citations

Ghosh, Soma, et al.. (2020). Combinatorial selection in amoebal hosts drives the evolution of the human pathogen Legionella pneumophila. Nature Microbiology. 5(4). 599–609. 78 indexed citations

Ghosh, Soma & Tamara J. O’Connor. (2017). Beyond Paralogs: The Multiple Layers of Redundancy in Bacterial Pathogenesis. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 7. 467–467. 80 indexed citations

Zhou, Guangqi, et al.. (2017). From Many Hosts, One Accidental Pathogen: The Diverse Protozoan Hosts of Legionella. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 7. 477–477. 135 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Tamara J. & Ralph R. Isberg. (2014). iMAD, a genetic screening strategy for dissecting complex interactions between a pathogen and its host. Nature Protocols. 9(8). 1916–1930. 5 indexed citations

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Dancourt, Julia, et al.. (2012). The Legionella Effector RavZ Inhibits Host Autophagy Through Irreversible Atg8 Deconjugation. Science. 338(6110). 1072–1076. 360 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Tamara J., Dana Boyd, Marion S. Dorer, & Ralph R. Isberg. (2012). Aggravating Genetic Interactions Allow a Solution to Redundancy in a Bacterial Pathogen. Science. 338(6113). 1440–1444. 105 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Tamara J., et al.. (2012). Analysis of Legionella Infection Using RNAi in Drosophila Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 954. 251–264. 5 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Tamara J., I. Wilmut, & Jane Taylor. (2012). Quantitative Evaluation of Reference Genes for Real‐Time PCR During In Vitro Maturation of Ovine Oocytes. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 48(3). 477–483. 23 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Tamara J., et al.. (2011). Minimization of the Legionella pneumophila genome reveals chromosomal regions involved in host range expansion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(36). 14733–14740. 154 indexed citations

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Huang, Li, Dana Boyd, Andrew D. Hempstead, et al.. (2010). The E Block motif is associated withLegionella pneumophilatranslocated substrates. Cellular Microbiology. 13(2). 227–245. 147 indexed citations

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Isberg, Ralph R., Tamara J. O’Connor, & Matthew Heidtman. (2008). The Legionella pneumophila replication vacuole: making a cosy niche inside host cells. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 7(1). 13–24. 537 indexed citations breakdown →

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VanRheenen, Susan M., Zhao‐Qing Luo, Tamara J. O’Connor, & Ralph R. Isberg. (2006). Members of a Legionella pneumophila Family of Proteins with ExoU (Phospholipase A) Active Sites Are Translocated to Target Cells. Infection and Immunity. 74(6). 3597–3606. 88 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Tamara J. & Justin R. Nodwell. (2005). Pivotal Roles for the Receiver Domain in the Mechanism of Action of the Response Regulator RamR of Streptomyces coelicolor. Journal of Molecular Biology. 351(5). 1030–1047. 38 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Tamara J., Pamela Kanellis, & Justin R. Nodwell. (2002). The ramC gene is required for morphogenesis in Streptomyces coelicolor and expressed in a cell type‐specific manner under the direct control of RamR. Molecular Microbiology. 45(1). 45–57. 65 indexed citations

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