Virginia Bertness

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Virginia Bertness is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Virginia Bertness has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Immunology and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Virginia Bertness's work include T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (5 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (4 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (3 papers). Virginia Bertness is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (5 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (4 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (3 papers). Virginia Bertness collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ukraine and Australia. Virginia Bertness's co-authors include Ilan R. Kirsch, Gregory Hollis, O. Wesley McBride, Adi F. Gazdar, Peter D. Aplan, James F. Battey, Burke J. Brooks, Edward A. Sausville, Marion M. Nau and John D. Minna and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Virginia Bertness

18 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

L-myc, a new myc-related gene amplified and expressed in ... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. L-myc, a new myc-related gene amplified and expressed in human small cell lung cancer
    1985 543 citations Marion M. Nau, Burke J. Brooks et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Virginia Bertness United States 16 1.1k 460 355 278 237 18 1.9k
A. Berns Netherlands 14 1.1k 0.9× 453 1.0× 392 1.1× 303 1.1× 282 1.2× 18 1.9k
Ignacio Moreno de Alborán Spain 19 1.4k 1.3× 656 1.4× 604 1.7× 211 0.8× 178 0.8× 31 2.2k
Mary Shago Canada 21 1.4k 1.2× 397 0.9× 225 0.6× 613 2.2× 175 0.7× 57 2.3k
Lee N. Lawton United States 18 1.9k 1.7× 357 0.8× 397 1.1× 244 0.9× 164 0.7× 29 2.6k
Monika Wilda Germany 17 1.0k 0.9× 330 0.7× 182 0.5× 314 1.1× 114 0.5× 22 1.6k
Marion Moos Germany 20 1.0k 0.9× 446 1.0× 378 1.1× 122 0.4× 186 0.8× 46 1.9k
Peter J. Hurlin United States 27 1.6k 1.4× 580 1.3× 166 0.5× 301 1.1× 111 0.5× 47 2.0k
Susan Winandy United States 21 1.3k 1.2× 475 1.0× 1.3k 3.8× 295 1.1× 111 0.5× 29 3.1k
Zuqin Nie United States 14 2.2k 2.0× 339 0.7× 300 0.8× 186 0.7× 262 1.1× 16 2.6k
Emil Bogenmann United States 25 1.4k 1.3× 918 2.0× 161 0.5× 371 1.3× 108 0.5× 45 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Virginia Bertness

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Virginia Bertness

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Virginia Bertness. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Virginia Bertness 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 Virginia Bertness. Virginia Bertness is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Izraeli, Shai, Linda A. Lowe, Virginia Bertness, et al.. (1999). The SIL gene is required for mouse embryonic axial development and left–right specification. Nature. 399(6737). 691–694. 162 indexed citations
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Izraeli, Shai, et al.. (1997). Expression of the SIL gene is correlated with growth induction and cellular proliferation.. PubMed. 8(11). 1171–9. 53 indexed citations
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Lista, Florigio, et al.. (1997). The absolute number of trans-rearrangements between the TCRG and TCRB loci is predictive of lymphoma risk: a severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) murine model.. PubMed. 57(19). 4408–13. 33 indexed citations
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Kirsch, Ilan R., J. M. Abdallah, Virginia Bertness, et al.. (1994). Lymphocyte-specific Genetic Instability and Cancer. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 59(0). 287–295. 10 indexed citations
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Begley, C. Glenn, Stanley Lipkowitz, Verena Göbel, et al.. (1992). Molecular characterization of NSCL, a gene encoding a helix-loop-helix protein expressed in the developing nervous system.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89(1). 38–42. 125 indexed citations
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Bertness, Virginia, et al.. (1990). Characterization of the breakpoint of a t(14;14)(q11.2;q32) from the leukemic cells of a patient with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 44(1). 47–54. 21 indexed citations
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Aplan, Peter D., C. Glenn Begley, Virginia Bertness, et al.. (1990). The SCL Gene Is Formed from a Transcriptionally Complex Locus. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 10(12). 6426–6435. 91 indexed citations
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Aplan, Peter D., Donald P. Lombardi, Ann M. Ginsberg, et al.. (1990). Disruption of the Human SCL Locus by "Illegitimate" V-(D)-J Recombinase Activity. Science. 250(4986). 1426–1429. 244 indexed citations
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Hollis, Gregory, Adi F. Gazdar, Virginia Bertness, & Ilan R. Kirsch. (1988). Complex Translocation Disrupts c- myc Regulation in a Human Plasma Cell Myeloma. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 8(1). 124–129. 2 indexed citations
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Davey, Michael P., Virginia Bertness, Kenneth Nakahara, et al.. (1988). Juxtaposition of the T-cell receptor alpha-chain locus (14q11) and a region (14q32) of potential importance in leukemogenesis by a 14;14 translocation in a patient with T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia and ataxia-telangiectasia.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 85(23). 9287–9291. 51 indexed citations
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Hollis, Gregory, Adi F. Gazdar, Virginia Bertness, & Ilan R. Kirsch. (1988). Complex translocation disrupts c-myc regulation in a human plasma cell myeloma.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 8(1). 124–129. 42 indexed citations
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Bertness, Virginia, et al.. (1987). Human gastrin-releasing peptide gene maps to chromosome band 18q21. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics. 13(1). 81–86. 21 indexed citations
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Kirsch, Ilan R., Virginia Bertness, Gregory Hollis, & Jonathan Silver. (1986). Regulated expression of the c‐myb and c‐myc oncogenes during erythrdid differentiation. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 32(1). 11–21. 61 indexed citations
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Shaper, Nancy L., J H Shaper, Virginia Bertness, et al.. (1986). The human galactosyltransferase gene is on chromosome 9 at band p13. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics. 12(6). 633–636. 35 indexed citations
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Bruns, G.A.P., et al.. (1985). T cell receptor alpha chain genes are located on chromosome 14 at 14q11-14q12 in humans.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 161(5). 1255–1260. 57 indexed citations
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Nau, Marion M., Burke J. Brooks, James F. Battey, et al.. (1985). L-myc, a new myc-related gene amplified and expressed in human small cell lung cancer. Nature. 318(6041). 69–73. 543 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bertness, Virginia, Ilan R. Kirsch, Gregory Hollis, Bruce E. Johnson, & Paul A. Bunn. (1985). T-Cell Receptor Gene Rearrangements as Clinical Markers of Human T-Cell Lymphomas. New England Journal of Medicine. 313(9). 534–538. 228 indexed citations
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Moody, Terry W., Virginia Bertness, & Desmond N. Carney. (1983). Bombesin-like peptides and receptors in human tumor cell lines. Peptides. 4(5). 683–686. 82 indexed citations

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