William C. Summers

6.7k total citations
116 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

William C. Summers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, William C. Summers has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Epidemiology and 32 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in William C. Summers's work include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (30 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (28 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (16 papers). William C. Summers is often cited by papers focused on Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (30 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (28 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (16 papers). William C. Summers collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Belgium. William C. Summers's co-authors include Wilma P. Summers, J A Sharp, Waclaw Szybalski, M.J. Wagner, James Skare, George Klein, Richard W. Hyman, Peter M. Glazer, Michael J. Wagner and James R. Smiley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William C. Summers

115 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William C. Summers United States 40 2.7k 1.6k 1.6k 1.5k 778 116 5.2k
B. G. Barrell United Kingdom 37 4.9k 1.8× 3.0k 1.9× 1.4k 0.9× 1.8k 1.2× 762 1.0× 63 9.1k
Bryan E. Roberts United States 34 3.1k 1.1× 744 0.5× 1.6k 1.0× 512 0.3× 630 0.8× 75 5.5k
Saul Kit United States 41 3.0k 1.1× 2.2k 1.4× 1.9k 1.2× 485 0.3× 1.4k 1.8× 199 6.2k
Norman P. Salzman United States 40 3.3k 1.2× 1.2k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 1.5k 1.9× 114 7.7k
R A Young United States 42 5.7k 2.1× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 731 0.5× 340 0.4× 59 8.3k
J K Rose United States 49 3.0k 1.1× 2.2k 1.4× 1.7k 1.1× 709 0.5× 202 0.3× 65 6.5k
Volker M. Vogt United States 47 4.4k 1.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 296 0.4× 129 7.5k
Richard W. Moyer United States 37 2.5k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 589 0.4× 528 0.7× 128 5.5k
J. T. August United States 37 2.4k 0.9× 663 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 766 0.5× 279 0.4× 85 4.6k
Sundararajan Venkatesan United States 37 1.9k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 725 0.5× 667 0.4× 284 0.4× 69 4.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William C. Summers

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Summers, William C.. (2016). Félix Hubert d'Herelle (1873–1949): History of a scientific mind. PubMed. 6(4). e1270090–e1270090. 20 indexed citations
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Summers, William C.. (2012). The strange history of phage therapy. PubMed. 2(2). 130–133. 178 indexed citations
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Summers, William C., et al.. (1998). Identification of Oxacillin-Susceptible and Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Using Commercial Latex Agglutination Tests. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 30(2). 131–134. 4 indexed citations
4.
Evans, James S., et al.. (1998). Herpesviral thymidine kinases: laxity and resistance by design.. Journal of General Virology. 79(9). 2083–2092. 31 indexed citations
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Summers, William C., et al.. (1989). Novel 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-responsive elements in the upstream sequence of the MS gene promoter of Epstein-Barr virus. Journal of Virology. 63(12). 5062–5068. 2 indexed citations
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Lacy, Jill, Wilma P. Summers, & William C. Summers. (1989). Post-transcriptional mechanisms of deregulation of MYC following conversion of a human B cell line by Epstein-Barr virus.. The EMBO Journal. 8(7). 1973–1980. 25 indexed citations
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Moses, Robb E. & William C. Summers. (1988). DNA replication and mutagenesis. 39 indexed citations
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Sanderson, Mark R., et al.. (1988). Purification and crystallization of thymidine kinase from herpes simplex virus type 1. Journal of Molecular Biology. 202(4). 917–919. 16 indexed citations
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Lacy, Jill, et al.. (1986). Induction of c-myc expression in human B lymphocytes by B-cell growth factor and anti-immunoglobulin.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(5). 1458–1462. 32 indexed citations
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Glazer, Peter M., et al.. (1986). Detection and analysis of UV-induced mutations in mammalian cell DNA using a lambda phage shuttle vector.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(4). 1041–1044. 95 indexed citations
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Dasgupta, Uma B., et al.. (1984). Error-prone mutagenesis detected in mammalian cells by a shuttle vector containing the supF gene of Escherichia coli.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 4(10). 2227–2230. 63 indexed citations
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Fischer, Duncan K., George Miller, L Gradoville, et al.. (1981). Genome of a mononucleosis epstein-barr virus contains DNA fragments previously regarded to be unique to Burkitt's lymphoma isolates. Cell. 24(2). 543–553. 63 indexed citations
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Dasgupta, Uma B. & William C. Summers. (1980). Genetic recombination of Herpes simplex virus, the role of the host cell and UV-irradiation of the virus. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 178(3). 617–623. 43 indexed citations
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Enquist, Lynn W., George F. Vande Woude, Michael Wagner, James R. Smiley, & William C. Summers. (1979). Construction and characterization of a recombinant plasmid encoding the gene for the thymidine kinase of herpes simplex type 1 virus. Gene. 7(3-4). 335–342. 178 indexed citations
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Summers, William C. & Wilma P. Summers. (1977). [125I]deoxycytidine used in a rapid, sensitive, and specific assay for herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase. Journal of Virology. 24(1). 314–318. 81 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Robert A. & William C. Summers. (1976). Localization of RNA polymerase binding sites on T7 DNA. Virology. 71(1). 278–290. 7 indexed citations
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Wagner, Michael, James Skare, & William C. Summers. (1974). Analysis of DNA of Defective Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 by Restriction Endonuclease Cleavage and Nucleic Acid Hybridization. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 39(0). 683–686. 28 indexed citations
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Summers, William C.. (1971). A Change in Budgetary Thinking. American libraries. 1 indexed citations
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Summers, William C. & Rebecca Siegel. (1970). Regulation of Coliphage T7 RNA Metabolism in vivo and in vitro. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 35(0). 253–257. 12 indexed citations
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Summers, William C., Kelly H. Clifton, & Halvor Vermund. (1964). X-Irradiation of the Tumor Bed. Radiology. 82(4). 691–703. 44 indexed citations

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