Vivek K. Mutalik

4.7k citations

40 papers · 3.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 26

Co-authors: Adam P. Arkin Guillaume Cambray Drew Endy Joao C. Guimaraes Robert T. Schooley Steffanie A. Strathdee Graham F. Hatfull Lei S. Qi
Topics: Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (19 papers)Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (17 papers)RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers)
Cited by: Molecular Biology Genetics Ecology
Journals: Cell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nucleic Acids Research
Partner nations: United States India Portugal

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Vivek K. Mutalik

40 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Precise and reliable gene expression via standard transcription and translation initiation elements

2013 554 citations Vivek K. Mutalik, Joao C. Guimaraes et al. Nature Methods profile →
Phage therapy: From biological mechanisms to future directions

2023 415 citations Steffanie A. Strathdee, Graham F. Hatfull et al. Cell profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The tier system: a host development framework for bioengineering 2025 ·Current Opinion in Biotechnology ·Chris M. Yeager,Nathan J. Hillson,(unknown),Vivek K. Mutalik,Christopher W. Johnson,Kyle Pomraning,Philip D. Laible,Taraka Dale,Adam M. Guss	2
2	Virocell Necromass Provides Limited Plant Nitrogen and Elicits Rhizosphere Metabolites That Affect Phage Dynamics 2025 ·Plant Cell & Environment ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Suzanne M. Kosina,Katherine Louie,Matthew B. Sullivan,Simon Roux,Karsten Zengler,Vivek K. Mutalik,Trent R. Northen	1
3	Isolation and characterization of 24 phages infecting the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Klebsiella sp. M5al 2025 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown),(unknown),James M. Wainaina,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Joshua S. Davis,Vivek K. Mutalik,Paul Hyman,Matthew B. Sullivan	1
4	Phage therapy: From biological mechanisms to future directionsbreakdown → 2023 ·Cell ·Steffanie A. Strathdee,Graham F. Hatfull,Vivek K. Mutalik,Robert T. Schooley	415
5	Systematic and scalable genome-wide essentiality mapping to identify nonessential genes in phages 2023 ·PLoS Biology ·(unknown),Nicholas Nolan,(unknown),(unknown),Brady F. Cress,Ry Young,Adam P. Arkin,Vivek K. Mutalik	13
6	Geochemical constraints on bacteriophage infectivity in terrestrial environments 2023 ·ISME Communications ·Hans K. Carlson,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Nathalie H. Elisabeth,Adam M. Deutschbauer,Adam P. Arkin,Vivek K. Mutalik	12
7	Broad-spectrum CRISPR-Cas13a enables efficient phage genome editing 2022 ·Nature Microbiology ·Benjamin A. Adler,(unknown),Brady F. Cress,(unknown),Vivek K. Mutalik,Rodolphe Barrangou,Jillian F. Banfield,Jennifer A. Doudna	72
8	The genetic basis of phage susceptibility, cross-resistance and host-range in Salmonella 2021 ·Microbiology ·Benjamin A. Adler,Alexey E. Kazakov,(unknown),Hualan Liu,Elizabeth Kutter,Lauren Michelle Lui,Torben Nielsen,(unknown),Adam M. Deutschbauer,Vivek K. Mutalik,Adam P. Arkin	35
9	Systematic discovery of pseudomonad genetic factors involved in sensitivity to tailocins 2021 ·The ISME Journal ·Sean Carim,(unknown),Alexey E. Kazakov,Morgan N. Price,Peter J. Walian,Lauren Michelle Lui,Torben Nielsen,Romy Chakraborty,Adam M. Deutschbauer,Vivek K. Mutalik,Adam P. Arkin	34
10	High-throughput mapping of the phage resistance landscape in E. coli 2020 ·PLoS Biology ·Vivek K. Mutalik,Benjamin A. Adler,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Britt Koskella,Elizabeth Kutter,Richard Calendar,Pavel S. Novichkov,Morgan N. Price,Adam M. Deutschbauer,Adam P. Arkin	103
11	Jungle Express is a versatile repressor system for tight transcriptional control 2018 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown),J.H. Pereira,Joseph C. Chen,Andy DeGiovanni,Pavel S. Novichkov,Vivek K. Mutalik,Giovani Pinton Tomaleri,Steven W. Singer,Nathan J. Hillson,Blake A. Simmons,Paul D. Adams,Michael P. Thelen	39
12	Measurement and modeling of intrinsic transcription terminators 2013 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Guillaume Cambray,Joao C. Guimaraes,Vivek K. Mutalik,Colin Lam,(unknown),(unknown),James M. Carothers,Adam P. Arkin,Drew Endy	135
13	Quantitative estimation of activity and quality for collections of functional genetic elements 2013 ·Nature Methods ·Vivek K. Mutalik,Joao C. Guimaraes,Guillaume Cambray,(unknown),(unknown),Lance Martin,(unknown),Colin Lam,César Rodríguez,Gaymon Bennett,Jay D. Keasling,Drew Endy,Adam P. Arkin	156
14	Tuning Promoter Strengths for Improved Synthesis and Function of Electron Conduits in Escherichia coli 2013 ·ACS Synthetic Biology ·(unknown),Heather M. Jensen,Michaela A. TerAvest,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Guillaume Cambray,Vivek K. Mutalik,Largus T. Angenent,Caroline M. Ajo‐Franklin	74
15	An adaptor from translational to transcriptional control enables predictable assembly of complex regulation 2012 ·Nature Methods ·Chang C. Liu,Lei S. Qi,Julius B. Lucks,Thomas H. Segall-Shapiro,(unknown),Vivek K. Mutalik,Adam P. Arkin	55
16	Rationally designed families of orthogonal RNA regulators of translation 2012 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·Vivek K. Mutalik,Lei S. Qi,Joao C. Guimaraes,Julius B. Lucks,Adam P. Arkin	135
17	Insights into transcriptional regulation and σ competition from an equilibrium model of RNA polymerase binding to DNA 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Irina Grigorova,(unknown),Vivek K. Mutalik,Carol A. Gross	134
18	Effect of the MAPK cascade structure, nuclear translocation and regulation of transcription factors on gene expression 2006 ·Biosystems ·Vivek K. Mutalik,K. V. Venkatesh	9
19	A theoretical steady state analysis indicates that induction of Escherichia coli glnALG operon can display all-or-none behavior 2006 ·Biosystems ·Vivek K. Mutalik,K. V. Venkatesh	7
20	Robust global sensitivity in multiple enzyme cascade system explains how the downstream cascade structure may remain unaffected by cross‐talk 2004 ·FEBS Letters ·Vivek K. Mutalik,(unknown),Jeremy S. Edwards,K. V. Venkatesh	13

About Vivek K. Mutalik

Vivek K. Mutalik is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Microbiology, having authored 40 papers that have together received 3.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (19 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (17 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (2.5k citations), Genetics (950 citations) and Ecology (823 citations). Vivek K. Mutalik has collaborated with scholars based in United States, India and Portugal. Frequent co-authors include Adam P. Arkin, Guillaume Cambray, Drew Endy, Joao C. Guimaraes, Robert T. Schooley, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Graham F. Hatfull, Lei S. Qi, Julius B. Lucks and Colin Lam. Their work appears in journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

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