Victor J. DiRita

9.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Victor J. DiRita is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Food Science and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Victor J. DiRita has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Endocrinology, 45 papers in Food Science and 30 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Victor J. DiRita's work include Vibrio bacteria research studies (59 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (45 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (30 papers). Victor J. DiRita is often cited by papers focused on Vibrio bacteria research studies (59 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (45 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (30 papers). Victor J. DiRita collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Victor J. DiRita's co-authors include John J. Mekalanos, David R. Hendrixson, Lindsay M. Davis, Kathryn T. Young, Eric S. Krukonis, Rosa Yu, Jeffrey H. Withey, Jyl S. Matson, N. Cary Engleberg and Andrew Heath and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Victor J. DiRita

107 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Campylobacter jejuni: molecular biology and pathogenesis

2007 564 citations Kathryn T. Young, Lindsay M. Davis et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Victor J. DiRita United States	45	3.8k	2.3k	2.0k	1.9k	1.4k	110	7.0k
Yoshifumi Takeda Japan	54	6.9k 1.8×	2.7k 1.2×	2.3k 1.1×	3.8k 2.0×	2.2k 1.6×	240	10.3k
Ilan Rosenshine Israel	49	4.3k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	839 0.4×	2.4k 1.7×	106	7.0k
Duncan J. Maskell United Kingdom	62	3.1k 0.8×	4.2k 1.9×	3.7k 1.9×	1.9k 1.0×	3.0k 2.1×	241	12.5k
Leigh A. Knodler United States	44	2.3k 0.6×	2.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	971 0.5×	846 0.6×	79	5.4k
Renato Morona Australia	44	2.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	2.3k 1.1×	561 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	145	6.2k
David W. Holden United Kingdom	72	5.5k 1.4×	5.3k 2.3×	5.1k 2.5×	1.7k 0.9×	3.3k 2.3×	186	16.0k
Elizabeth L. Hartland Australia	46	4.1k 1.1×	878 0.4×	2.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.3×	152	6.5k
Paul A. Manning Australia	47	3.8k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	178	6.3k
Malcolm B. Perry Canada	46	2.1k 0.5×	848 0.4×	3.7k 1.8×	1.6k 0.8×	608 0.4×	298	8.8k
Patricia Guerry United States	54	2.4k 0.6×	5.1k 2.3×	2.9k 1.5×	701 0.4×	3.2k 2.3×	124	9.3k

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Sinha, Ritam, et al.. (2024). Gut metabolite L-lactate supports Campylobacter jejuni population expansion during acute infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(2). e2316540120–e2316540120. 11 indexed citations

DiRita, Victor J., et al.. (2022). Vibrio cholerae requires oxidative respiration through the bd-I and cbb3 oxidases for intestinal proliferation. PLoS Pathogens. 18(5). e1010102–e1010102. 11 indexed citations

Biteen, Julie S., et al.. (2021). Independent Promoter Recognition by TcpP Precedes Cooperative Promoter Activation by TcpP and ToxR. mBio. 12(5). e0221321–e0221321. 8 indexed citations

DiRita, Victor J., et al.. (2020). Aerobic Metabolism in Vibrio cholerae Is Required for Population Expansion during Infection. mBio. 11(5). 13 indexed citations

Dawid, Suzanne, et al.. (2017). Methylation-dependent DNA discrimination in natural transformation of Campylobacter jejuni. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(38). E8053–E8061. 41 indexed citations

Matson, Jyl S., Jonathan Livny, & Victor J. DiRita. (2017). A putative Vibrio cholerae two-component system controls a conserved periplasmic protein in response to the antimicrobial peptide polymyxin B. PLoS ONE. 12(10). e0186199–e0186199. 14 indexed citations

Johnson, Jeremiah G., Jennifer A. Gaddy, & Victor J. DiRita. (2016). The PAS Domain-Containing Protein HeuR Regulates Heme Uptake in Campylobacter jejuni. mBio. 7(6). 15 indexed citations

DiRita, Victor J., et al.. (2016). Investigating the Dynamics of Vibrio Cholerae Virulence Initiation by Stics and Single Molecule Tracking. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 646a–646a.

DiRita, Victor J., et al.. (2008). Characterization of CetA and CetB, a bipartite energy taxis system in Campylobacter jejuni. Molecular Microbiology. 69(5). 1091–1103. 34 indexed citations

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Young, Kathryn T., Lindsay M. Davis, & Victor J. DiRita. (2007). Campylobacter jejuni: molecular biology and pathogenesis. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 5(9). 665–679. 564 indexed citations breakdown →

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Withey, Jeffrey H. & Victor J. DiRita. (2006). The toxbox: specific DNA sequence requirements for activation of Vibrio cholerae virulence genes by ToxT. Molecular Microbiology. 59(6). 1779–1789. 67 indexed citations

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Matson, Jyl S. & Victor J. DiRita. (2005). Degradation of the membrane-localized virulence activator TcpP by the YaeL protease in Vibrio cholerae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(45). 16403–16408. 64 indexed citations

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Hendrixson, David R. & Victor J. DiRita. (2004). Identification of Campylobacter jejuni genes involved in commensal colonization of the chick gastrointestinal tract. Molecular Microbiology. 52(2). 471–484. 306 indexed citations

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Yu, Rosa & Victor J. DiRita. (2002). Regulation of gene expression in Vibrio cholerae by ToxT involves both antirepression and RNA polymerase stimulation. Molecular Microbiology. 43(1). 119–134. 129 indexed citations

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Miller, Alita A., N. Cary Engleberg, & Victor J. DiRita. (2001). Repression of virulence genes by phosphorylation‐dependent oligomerization ofCsrR at target promoters in S. pyogenes. Molecular Microbiology. 40(4). 976–990. 79 indexed citations

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Engleberg, N. Cary, et al.. (2001). Spontaneous Mutations in the CsrRS Two‐Component Regulatory System ofStreptococcus pyogenesResult in Enhanced Virulence in a Murine Model of Skin and Soft Tissue Infection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 183(7). 1043–1054. 169 indexed citations

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Neely, Melody N., et al.. (1997). A branch in the ToxR regulatory cascade of Vibrio cholerae revealed by characterization of toxT mutant strains. Molecular Microbiology. 23(2). 323–331. 138 indexed citations

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DiRita, Victor J., et al.. (1994). Transcriptional control of toxT, a regulatory gene in the ToxR regulon of Vibrio cholerae. Molecular Microbiology. 14(1). 17–29. 116 indexed citations

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DiRita, Victor J.. (1992). Co‐ordinate expression of virulence genes by ToxR in Vibrio cholerae. Molecular Microbiology. 6(4). 451–458. 189 indexed citations

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DiRita, Victor J. & John J. Mekalanos. (1991). Periplasmic interaction between two membrane regulatory proteins, ToxR and ToxS, results in signal transduction and transcriptional activation. Cell. 64(1). 29–37. 169 indexed citations

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