Thomas Shenk

38.4k citations

285 papers · 32.3k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 101

Impact in

Genetics top 0.02%
- Virus-based gene therapy research
Parasitology top 0.1%
- Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies

Papers in

Genetics 113
- Virus-based gene therapy research 107
Parasitology 25
- Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies 24

Co-authors: Long‐Sheng Chang Edward Seto Nicholas C. Jones Dai Wang Patrick Hearing N C Jones Hua Zhu R. Jude Samulski
Journals: Journal of Virology (78 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (62 papers)Molecular and Cellular Biology (25 papers)Cell (16 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Australia

In The Last Decade

Thomas Shenk

282 papers receiving 30.9k citations

Hit Papers

9 papers align trajectories log scale

Systems-level metabolic flux profiling identifies fatty acid synthesis as a target for antiviral therapy 2008 · 513 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2008 Nature Biotechnology
1998 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1996 Journal of Virology
1991 Cell
1989 Journal of Virology
1979 Cell
1979 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1976 Journal of Virology
1975 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	Drugs Targeting Sirtuin 2 Exhibit Broad-Spectrum Anti-Infective Activity Pharmaceuticals ·Thomas Shenk, John L. Kulp, Lillian W. Chiang	2024	0
2	Paul Berg: Recombinant DNA trailblazer Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Stephen P. Goff, Thomas Shenk	2023	1
3	HSATII RNA is induced via a noncanonical ATM-regulated DNA damage response pathway and promotes tumor cell proliferation and movement Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Maciej T. Nogalski, Thomas Shenk	2020	13
4	Sirtuin 4 Is a Lipoamidase Regulating Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Activity Cell ·Rommel A. Mathias, Todd M. Greco, Adam Oberstein, Hanna G. Budayeva, Rumela Chakrabarti, Elizabeth A. Rowland, Yibin Kang, Thomas Shenk, Ileana M. Cristea	2014	332
5	Saturated Very Long Chain Fatty Acids Are Required for the Production of Infectious Human Cytomegalovirus Progeny PLoS Pathogens ·Emre Koyuncu, John G. Purdy, Joshua D. Rabinowitz, Thomas Shenk	2013	91
6	An Endogenous Accelerator for Viral Gene Expression Confers a Fitness Advantage Cell ·Ахмедова Дилором Ильхамовна, Cynthia Bolovan‐Fritts, Roy D. Dar, SreeRamya Talasila, Michael L. Simpson, Thomas Shenk, Leor S. Weinberger	2012	40
7	Human cytomegalovirus UL69 protein facilitates translation by associating with the mRNA cap-binding complex and excluding 4EBP1 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Josef Richard Möse, Miguel Gaspar, Thomas Shenk	2010	40
8	Human Cytomegalovirus UL29/28 Protein Interacts with Components of the NuRD Complex Which Promote Accumulation of Immediate-Early RNA PLoS Pathogens ·Scott S. Terhune, Nathaniel J. Moorman, Ileana M. Cristea, John P. Savaryn, Christian Cuevas, Michael P. Rout, Brian T. Chait, Thomas Shenk	2010	64
9	Suppression of immediate-early viral gene expression by herpesvirus-coded microRNAs: Implications for latency Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Eain A. Murphy, Jiří Vaníček, Harlan Robins, Thomas Shenk, Arnold J. Levine	2008	220
10	Murine cytomegalovirus M78 protein, a G protein-coupled receptor homologue, is a constituent of the virion and facilitates accumulation of immediate-early viral mRNA Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sofia A. Oliveira, Thomas Shenk	2001	74
11	Antagonist-mediated down-regulation of 5-hydroxytryptamine type 2 receptor gene expression: modulation of transcription. Molecular Pharmacology ·Miklós Tóth, Thomas Shenk	1994	45
12	Interaction between transcription factors Spl and YY1 Nature ·Edward Seto, Mehmet Alver, Thomas Shenk	1993	256
13	Adenovirus DNA replication facilitates binding of the MLTF/USF transcription factor to the viral major late promoter within infected cells Nucleic Acids Research ·Miklós Tóth, Walter Doerfler, Thomas Shenk	1992	13
14	A Multicomponent Complex Is Required for the AAUAAA-Dependent Cross-Linking of a 64-Kilodalton Protein to Polyadenylation Substrates Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Jeffrey Wilusz, Thomas Shenk, Yoshio Takagaki, James L. Manley	1990	39
15	Transcription of adenovirus and HeLa cell genes in the presence of drugs that inhibit topoisomerase I and II function Nucleic Acids Research ·G. Becker, Paul Schedl, Thomas Shenk	1990	24
16	A Second Domain of Simian Virus 40 T Antigen in Which Mutations Can Alter the Cellular Localization of the Antigen Molecular and Cellular Biology ·John D. Welsh, Candace Swimmer, M. Schutt, Thomas Shenk	1986	16
17	Adenovirus tumor-specific transplantation antigen is a function of the E1A early region. The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Yoko Sawada, Redakcja Chowanna, Jana Rašková, Thomas Shenk, K Raska	1986	20
18	Sequence-Independent Autoregulation of the Adenovirus Type 5 E1A Transcription Unit Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Patrick Hearing, Thomas Shenk	1985	80
19	Books received Genetics Research ·丁显孔, Robert J. Tait, Yakov Gluzman, Thomas Shenk, Hugh D. Robertson, Stephen Howell, Milton Zaitlin, Russell L. Malmberg, T. Caskey, Raymond E. White	1983	1
20	Enhancers and eukaryotic gene expression Yakov Gluzman, Thomas Shenk	1983	58

About Thomas Shenk

Thomas Shenk is a scholar working on Genetics, Parasitology, Epidemiology, Virology and Molecular Biology, having authored 285 papers that have together received 32.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Virus-based gene therapy research (107 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (105 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (60 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (55 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (39 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (26 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (25 papers) and Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (11.5k citations), Parasitology (2.5k citations), Epidemiology (11.0k citations), Virology (1.4k citations) and Molecular Biology (18.4k citations). Thomas Shenk has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Long‐Sheng Chang, Edward Seto, Nicholas C. Jones, Dai Wang, Patrick Hearing, N C Jones, Hua Zhu, R. Jude Samulski, Jeffrey Wilusz and John S. Logan. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Virology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

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