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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • DNA
  • Enzyme

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Genetics, RNA editing, Phylogenetics, Evolutionary biology and Ribosomal RNA. His RNA editing research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Open reading frame and Kinetoplast. Phylogenetics and Phylogenetic tree are commonly linked in his work.

Dmitri A. Maslov has included themes like Biodiversity, Maximum parsimony, FAMILY TRYPANOSOMATIDAE and Taxonomy, Botany in his Evolutionary biology study. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Ribosome, Clade, Monophyly and Cell biology. His Clade research includes themes of Crithidia fasciculata and Crithidia.

His most cited work include:

  • Phylogeny of trypanosomes as inferred from the small and large subunit rRNAs: implications for the evolution of parasitism in the trypanosomatid protozoa (223 citations)
  • Diversity and phylogeny of insect trypanosomatids: all that is hidden shall be revealed. (133 citations)
  • Evolution of RNA editing in trypanosome mitochondria (132 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Dmitri A. Maslov focuses on Genetics, RNA editing, Kinetoplast, Ribosomal RNA and Phylogenetics. His studies in RNA editing integrate themes in fields like Minicircle and Computational biology. His work is dedicated to discovering how Kinetoplast, Molecular biology are connected with Protein subunit and DNA sequencing and other disciplines.

His Ribosomal RNA study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Ribosome and Monophyly. His Phylogenetics study combines topics in areas such as Zoology, Crithidia, Botany and Phylogenetic tree. His Phylogenetic tree study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Evolutionary biology and Subfamily.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Genetics (42.35%)
  • RNA editing (36.47%)
  • Kinetoplast (30.59%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2010-2020)?

  • RNA editing (36.47%)
  • Cell biology (14.12%)
  • Ribosomal RNA (31.76%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in RNA editing, Cell biology, Ribosomal RNA, Ribosome and Mitochondrial translation. Dmitri A. Maslov has researched RNA editing in several fields, including Molecular biology and Kinetoplast. His studies in Molecular biology integrate themes in fields like RNA and Protein subunit.

The Cell biology study combines topics in areas such as Translation and Mitochondrial ribosome. His Ribosomal RNA research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Taxon and Botany. His Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Evolutionary biology, Subfamily and Clade, Phylogenetic tree.

Between 2010 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Diversity and phylogeny of insect trypanosomatids: all that is hidden shall be revealed. (133 citations)
  • Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins Stimulate mRNA Adenylation/Uridylation to Activate Mitochondrial Translation in Trypanosomes (94 citations)
  • Trypanosomatids Are Much More than Just Trypanosomes: Clues from the Expanded Family Tree (71 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • DNA
  • Enzyme

Dmitri A. Maslov mainly focuses on Evolutionary biology, Phylogenetics, Phylogenetic tree, Taxonomy and FAMILY TRYPANOSOMATIDAE. Dmitri A. Maslov interconnects Taxon, Ribosomal RNA and Insect in the investigation of issues within Phylogenetics. His research integrates issues of Subfamily, Euglenozoa, Crithidia and Clade in his study of Taxon.

Dmitri A. Maslov combines subjects such as Molecular biology, Protein biosynthesis, Cell biology, Open reading frame and Ribosome with his study of Ribosomal RNA. His work in Taxonomy covers topics such as Biodiversity which are related to areas like Genomic organization and Adaptability. His work on Systematics as part of general Ecology study is frequently linked to Future studies, bridging the gap between disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Phylogeny of trypanosomes as inferred from the small and large subunit rRNAs: implications for the evolution of parasitism in the trypanosomatid protozoa

    Dmitri A. Maslov;Julius Lukeš;Milan Jirku;Larry Simpson

  • Diversity and phylogeny of insect trypanosomatids: all that is hidden shall be revealed.

    Dmitri A. Maslov;Jan Votýpka;Vyacheslav Yurchenko;Julius Lukeš

  • Evolution of RNA editing in trypanosome mitochondria

    Larry Simpson;Otavio H. Thiemann;Nicholas J. Savill;Juan D. Alfonzo

  • Trypanosomatids Are Much More than Just Trypanosomes: Clues from the Expanded Family Tree

    Julius Lukeš;Julius Lukeš;Anzhelika Butenko;Anzhelika Butenko;Hassan Hashimi;Hassan Hashimi;Dmitri A. Maslov

  • The polarity of editing within a multiple gRNA-mediated domain is due to formation of anchors for upstream gRNAs by downstream editing

    Dmitri A. Maslov;Larry Simpson

  • Evolution of RNA editing in kinetoplastid protozoa.

    Dmitri A. Maslov;Herbert A. Avila;James A. Lake;Larry Simpson

  • Recent advances in trypanosomatid research: genome organization, expression, metabolism, taxonomy and evolution

    Dmitri A Maslov;Fred R Opperdoes;Alexei Y Kostygov;Hassan Hashimi

  • Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins Stimulate mRNA Adenylation/Uridylation to Activate Mitochondrial Translation in Trypanosomes

    Inna Aphasizheva;Dmitri Maslov;Xiaorong Wang;Lan Huang

  • Analysis of Ribosomal RNA Genes Suggests That Trypanosomes Are Monophyletic

    J Lukes;M Jirkû;D Dolezel;I Kral'ová

  • New Approaches to Systematics of Trypanosomatidae: Criteria for Taxonomic (Re)description

    Jan Votýpka;Jan Votýpka;Claudia M. d’Avila-Levy;Philippe Grellier;Dmitri A. Maslov

  • Structure of a mitochondrial ribosome with minimal RNA

    Manjuli R. Sharma;Timothy M. Booth;Larry Simpson;Dmitri A. Maslov

  • Disruption of RNA editing in Leishmania tarentolae by the loss of minicircle-encoded guide RNA genes.

    O.H. Thiemann;D.A. Maslov;L. Simpson

  • Phylogeny of the kinetoplastida: taxonomic problems and insights into the evolution of parasitism

    Dmitri A Maslov;Sergei A Podlipaev;Julius Lukes

  • Translation of the edited mRNA for cytochrome b in trypanosome mitochondria

    Anton Horváth;Edward A. Berry;Dmitri A. Maslov

  • Diversity and Phylogeny of Insect Trypanosomatids Based on Small Subunit rRNA Genes: Polyphyly of Leptomonas and Blastocrithidia

    Ekaterina Merzlyak;Vyacheslav Yurchenko;Alexander A. Kolesnikov;Kirill Alexandrov

  • New species of insect trypanosomatids from Costa Rica and the proposal for a new subfamily within the Trypanosomatidae.

    Milan Jirků;Vyacheslav Y. Yurchenko;Julius Lukeš;Julius Lukeš;Dmitri A. Maslov;Dmitri A. Maslov

  • Generation of unexpected editing patterns in Leishmania tarentolae mitochondrial mRNAs: Misediting produced by misguiding

    Nancy R. Sturm;Dmitri A. Maslov;Beat Blum;Larry Simpson

  • Genome of Leptomonas pyrrhocoris: a high-quality reference for monoxenous trypanosomatids and new insights into evolution of Leishmania

    Pavel Flegontov;Pavel Flegontov;Pavel Flegontov;Anzhelika Butenko;Sergei Firsov;Natalya Kraeva

  • Lexis and Grammar of Mitochondrial RNA Processing in Trypanosomes

    Inna Aphasizheva;Juan Alfonzo;Jason Carnes;Igor Cestari

  • Trypanosomatid biodiversity in Costa Rica: genotyping of parasites from Heteroptera using the spliced leader RNA gene

    S. J. Westenberger;N. R. Sturm;D. Yanega;S. A. Podlipaev

Frequent Co-Authors

Julius Lukeš
Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences
Larry Simpson
Larry Simpson University of California, Los Angeles
Vyacheslav Yurchenko
Vyacheslav Yurchenko University of Ostrava
Jan Votýpka
Jan Votýpka Charles University
Rajendra K. Agrawal
Rajendra K. Agrawal University at Albany, State University of New York
David A. Campbell
David A. Campbell University of California, Los Angeles
Milan Jirků
Milan Jirků Czech Academy of Sciences
Nancy R. Sturm
Nancy R. Sturm University of California, Los Angeles
Z. Hong Zhou
Z. Hong Zhou University of California, Los Angeles
Fred R. Opperdoes
Fred R. Opperdoes Université Catholique de Louvain

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