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Overview

Arcady Mushegian is affiliated with the National Science Foundation in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Within these broad fields, Mushegian has contributed to subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Plant Science, Endocrinology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Enzyme Structure and Function

Mushegian has published extensively in specific venues, with frequent contributions to these journals and platforms:

  • Archives of Virology
  • Journal of General Virology
  • mSphere
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Their recent published papers include a mix of collaborative and solo efforts on virus taxonomy, virology, and microbiology:

  • "Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2021)" in Archives of Virology
  • "Changes to virus taxonomy and the Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2020)" in Archives of Virology
  • "Recent changes to virus taxonomy ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2022)" in Archives of Virology
  • "The new scope of virus taxonomy: partitioning the virosphere into 15 hierarchical ranks" in Nature Microbiology (2020)
  • "Are There 10 31 Virus Particles on Earth, or More, or Fewer?" in Journal of Bacteriology (2020)

Mushegian collaborates frequently with several scientists, indicating an active presence in the scientific community. Prominent coauthors include:

  • Mart Krupovìč
  • Jens H. Kuhn
  • Luisa Rubino
  • Sead Sabanadzovic
  • Peter Simmonds

Best Publications

  • The genome of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.

    Erica Sodergren;George M. Weinstock;Eric H. Davidson;R. Andrew Cameron

  • A minimal gene set for cellular life derived by comparison of complete bacterial genomes

    Arcady R. Mushegian;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Changes to taxonomy and the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2017)

    Andrew M. Q. King;Elliot J. Lefkowitz;Arcady R. Mushegian;Michael J. Adams

  • Ratification vote on taxonomic proposals to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2015).

    M J Adams;E J Lefkowitz;A M Q King;D H Bamford

  • A complex oscillating network of signaling genes underlies the mouse segmentation clock.

    Mary Lee Dequéant;Earl Glynn;Karin Gaudenz;Matthias Wahl;Matthias Wahl

  • G protein-coupled receptor kinases: more than just kinases and not only for GPCRs.

    Eugenia V. Gurevich;John J.G. Tesmer;Arcady Mushegian;Vsevolod V. Gurevich

  • Comparison of archaeal and bacterial genomes: computer analysis of protein sequences predicts novel functions and suggests a chimeric origin for the archaea.

    Koonin Ev;Mushegian Ar;Galperin My;Walker Dr;Walker Dr

  • Metabolism and evolution of Haemophilus influenzae deduced from a whole-genome comparison with Escherichia coli

    Roman L. Tatusov;Arcady R. Mushegian;Peer Bork;Nigel P. Brown

  • RDH10 is essential for synthesis of embryonic retinoic acid and is required for limb, craniofacial, and organ development

    Lisa L. Sandell;Brian W. Sanderson;Gennadiy Moiseyev;Teri Johnson

  • Natural history of S-adenosylmethionine-binding proteins

    Piotr Z Kozbial;Arcady R Mushegian;Arcady R Mushegian

  • Non-orthologous gene displacement.

    E V Koonin;A R Mushegian;P Bork

  • New dimensions of the virus world discovered through metagenomics

    David M. Kristensen;Arcady R. Mushegian;Arcady R. Mushegian;Valerian V. Dolja;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Changes to virus taxonomy and the Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2020).

    Peter J. Walker;Stuart G. Siddell;Elliot J. Lefkowitz;Arcady R. Mushegian

  • The New Scope of Virus Taxonomy: Partitioning the Virosphere Into 15 Hierarchical Ranks

    Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Mart Krupovic;Arcady Mushegian;Andrew M. Kropinski

  • Positionally Cloned Human Disease Genes: Patterns of Evolutionary Conservation and Functional Motifs

    Arcady R. Mushegian;Douglas E. Bassett;Mark S. Boguski;Peer Bork

  • A mammalian chromatin remodeling complex with similarities to the yeast INO80 complex.

    Jingji Jin;Yong Cai;Tingting Yao;Aaron J. Gottschalk;Aaron J. Gottschalk

  • Detecting periodic patterns in unevenly spaced gene expression time series using Lomb--Scargle periodograms

    Earl F. Glynn;Jie Chen;Arcady R. Mushegian

  • Gene order is not conserved in bacterial evolution

    Arcady R. Mushegian;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Three monophyletic superfamilies account for the majority of the known glycosyltransferases.

    Jing Liu;Arcady Mushegian

  • Computational methods for Gene Orthology inference

    David M. Kristensen;Yuri I. Wolf;Arcady R. Mushegian;Eugene V. Koonin

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene V. Koonin
Eugene V. Koonin National Institutes of Health
Michael P. Washburn
Michael P. Washburn University of Kansas
Laurence Florens
Laurence Florens Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Joan Weliky Conaway
Joan Weliky Conaway The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Olivier Pourquié
Olivier Pourquié Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jens H. Kuhn
Jens H. Kuhn National Institutes of Health
Andrew J. Davison
Andrew J. Davison University of Glasgow
Andrew M. Kropinski
Andrew M. Kropinski University of Guelph
Mart Krupovic
Mart Krupovic Université Paris Cité
Arvind Varsani
Arvind Varsani Arizona State University

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