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Costa Georgopoulos

Costa Georgopoulos

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
96
Citations
34966
World Ranking
868
National Ranking
434

Molecular Biology

D-Index
96
Citations
34966
World Ranking
610
National Ranking
335

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Costa Georgopoulos is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research spans several fields including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and engineering. The focus areas encompass molecular biology, building and construction, civil and structural engineering, and ecology.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production
  • Heat shock proteins research
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bauxite Residue and Utilization
  • Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance

Recent publications by Costa Georgopoulos demonstrate a wide interdisciplinary reach. These include:

  • "A recurrent de novo HSPD1 variant is associated with hypomyelinating leukodystrophy", 2020, Molecular Case Studies
  • "Alkali-Activated Mineral Residues in Construction: Case Studies on Bauxite Residue and Steel Slag Pavement Tiles", 2025, Materials
  • "Complete Genome Sequences of Lambdoid Phages 21, 434, and 434B and Several Lambda Hybrids", 2022, Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • "Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Glass Geopolymerization for the Production of Sustainable Construction Materials", 2025, Processes
  • "Hybrid Vigor: Importance of Hybrid λ Phages in Early Insights in Molecular Biology", 2022, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Costa Georgopoulos include:

  • Michael Feiss
  • Sankar Adhya
  • Roger W. Hendrix
  • Graham F. Hatfull
  • Eddie B. Gilcrease

Key publication venues for their work feature:

  • Materials
  • Processes
  • Molecular Case Studies
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Costa Georgopoulos has received recognition including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1995 and membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • The Biology of heat shock proteins and molecular chaperones.

    Richard I. Morimoto;Alfred Tissières;Costa Georgopoulos

  • Homologous plant and bacterial proteins chaperone oligomeric protein assembly

    Sean M. Hemmingsen;Carol Woolford;Saskia M. van der Vies;Kit Tilly

  • Role of the Major Heat Shock Proteins as Molecular Chaperones

    C Georgopoulos;W J Welch

  • Escherichia coli DnaJ and GrpE heat shock proteins jointly stimulate ATPase activity of DnaK.

    Krzysztof Liberek;Jaroslaw Marszalek;Debbie Ang;Costa Georgopoulos

  • The groES and groEL heat shock gene products of Escherichia coli are essential for bacterial growth at all temperatures.

    O Fayet;T Ziegelhoffer;C Georgopoulos

  • Proteome-wide Analysis of Chaperonin-Dependent Protein Folding in Escherichia coli

    Michael J. Kerner;Dean J. Naylor;Yasushi Ishihama;Tobias Maier

  • Stress proteins in biology and medicine

    Richard I. Morimoto;Alfred Tissières;Costa Georgopoulos

  • Polypeptide flux through bacterial Hsp70: DnaK cooperates with trigger factor in chaperoning nascent chains.

    S. A. Teter;W. A. Houry;D. Ang;T. Tradler

  • The E. coli dnaK gene product, the hsp70 homolog, can reactivate heat-inactivated RNA polymerase in an ATP hydrolysis-dependent manner

    Dorota Skowyra;Costa Georgopoulos;Maclej Zylicz

  • 1 Progress and Perspectives on the Biology of Heat Shock Proteins and Molecular Chaperones

    Richard I. Morimoto;Alfred Tissières;Costa Georgopoulos

  • Host participation in bacteriophage lambda head assembly.

    C.P. Georgopoulos;Roger W. Hendrix;Sherwood R. Casjens;A.D. Kaiser

  • The HtrA (DegP) protein, essential for Escherichia coli survival at high temperatures, is an endopeptidase.

    B Lipinska;M Zylicz;C Georgopoulos

  • Purification and properties of the groES morphogenetic protein of Escherichia coli.

    G N Chandrasekhar;K Tilly;C Woolford;R Hendrix

  • Hereditary spastic paraplegia SPG13 is associated with a mutation in the gene encoding the mitochondrial chaperonin Hsp60.

    Jens Jacob Hansen;Alexandra Dürr;Isabelle Cournu-Rebeix;Costa Georgopoulos

  • Function of Escherichia coli MsbA, an Essential ABC Family Transporter, in Lipid A and Phospholipid Biosynthesis

    Zhimin Zhou;Kimberly A. White;Alessandra Polissi;Costa Georgopoulos

  • Modulation of the Escherichia coli sigmaE (RpoE) heat-shock transcription-factor activity by the RseA, RseB and RseC proteins.

    Dominique Missiakas;Matthias P. Mayer;Marc Lemaire;Costa Georgopoulos

  • The dnaK protein modulates the heat-shock response of Escherichia coli

    Kit Tilly;Niki McKittrick;Maciej Zylicz;Costa Georgopoulos

  • Three pure chaperone proteins of Escherichia coli--SecB, trigger factor and GroEL--form soluble complexes with precursor proteins in vitro.

    Lecker S;Lill R;Ziegelhoffer T;Georgopoulos C

  • Identification, characterization, and mapping of the Escherichia coli htrA gene, whose product is essential for bacterial growth only at elevated temperatures.

    B Lipinska;O Fayet;L Baird;C Georgopoulos

  • Biological role and regulation of the universally conserved heat shock proteins.

    Debbie Ang;Krzysztof Liberek;Krzysztof Liberek;Dorota Skowyra;Maciej Zylicz

Frequent Co-Authors

Maciej Zylicz
Maciej Zylicz United Way
Daniel Wall
Daniel Wall University of Wyoming
Dominique Missiakas
Dominique Missiakas University of Chicago
Richard I. Morimoto
Richard I. Morimoto Northwestern University
Manajit Hayer-Hartl
Manajit Hayer-Hartl Max Planck Society
F. Ulrich Hartl
F. Ulrich Hartl Max Planck Society
Peter Bross
Peter Bross Aarhus University
Niels Gregersen
Niels Gregersen Aarhus University Hospital
Joen Luirink
Joen Luirink Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Sherwood R. Casjens
Sherwood R. Casjens University of Utah

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