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James L. Van Etten is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions across related subfields including Ecology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics such as bacteriophages and microbial interactions, microbial community ecology and physiology, genomics and phylogenetic studies, plant virus research studies, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, evolution and genetic dynamics, and viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Among recent publications, notable papers include the following:

  • Glacier ice archives nearly 15,000-year-old microbes and phages, 2021, Microbiome
  • The consumption of viruses returns energy to food chains, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Towards an integrative view of virus phenotypes, 2021, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • Near-atomic, non-icosahedrally averaged structure of giant virus Paramecium bursaria chlorella virus 1, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Sterol Biosynthesis in Four Green Algae: A Bioinformatic Analysis of the Ergosterol Versus Phytosterol Decision Point, 2021, Journal of Phycology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • David D. Dunigan
  • Irina V. Agarkova
  • Irina Agarkova
  • Gary L. Pattee
  • Ahmed Esmael

Van Etten's work has been published regularly in several key scientific venues, including:

  • Viruses
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurology
  • Journal of Virology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes

    Richard J. Roberts;Marlene Belfort;Timothy Bestor;Ashok S. Bhagwat

  • The Chlorella variabilis NC64A Genome Reveals Adaptation to Photosymbiosis, Coevolution with Viruses, and Cryptic Sex

    Guillaume Blanc;Garry A. Duncan;Irina Agarkova;Mark Borodovsky

  • The genome of the polar eukaryotic microalga Coccomyxa subellipsoidea reveals traits of cold adaptation

    Guillaume Blanc;Irina V. Agarkova;Jane Grimwood;Alan Kuo

  • The structure and evolution of the major capsid protein of a large, lipid-containing DNA virus

    Narayanasamy Nandhagopal;Alan A. Simpson;James R. Gurnon;Xiadong Yan

  • Giant viruses infecting algae.

    James L. Van Etten;Russel H. Meints

  • Growth cycle of a virus, PBCV-1, that infects Chlorella-like algae.

    James L. Van Etten;Dwight E. Burbank;Yuannan Xia;Russel H. Meints

  • "Megavirales", a proposed new order for eukaryotic nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses.

    Philippe Colson;Xavier De Lamballerie;Natalya Yutin;Sassan Asgari

  • Structure and assembly of large lipid-containing dsDNA viruses

    Xiaodong Yan;Norman H. Olson;James L. Van Etten;Max Bergoin

  • Chloroviruses Have a Sweet Tooth.

    James L. Van Etten;Irina V. Agarkova;David D. Dunigan;Michela Tonetti

  • Unusual Life Style of Giant Chlorella Viruses

    James L. Van Etten

  • Climate Change and the Integrity of Science

    Jennifer Sills;P. H. Gleick;R. M. Adams;R. M. Amasino

  • Virus infection of culturable Chlorella-like algae and development of a plaque assay

    James L. Van Etten;Dwight E. Burbank;Daniel Kuczmarski;Russel H. Meints

  • Chlorella viruses

    Russel H. Meints;Anne M. Schuster;James L. Van Etten

  • Phycodnaviruses: a peek at genetic diversity.

    David D. Dunigan;Lisa A. Fitzgerald;James L. Van Etten

  • Hyaluronan Synthase of Chlorella Virus PBCV-1

    Paul L. DeAngelis;Wei Jing;Wei Jing;Michael V. Graves;Michael V. Graves;Dwight E. Burbank;Dwight E. Burbank

  • Hyaluronan Synthesis in Virus PBCV-1-Infected Chlorella-like Green Algae

    Michael V. Graves;Dwight E. Burbank;Robyn Roth;John Heuser

  • Engineering of a light-gated potassium channel

    Christian Cosentino;Laura Alberio;Sabrina Gazzarrini;Marco Aquila

  • DNA Viruses: The Really Big Ones (Giruses)

    James L. Van Etten;Leslie C. Lane;David D. Dunigan

  • Viruses of symbiotic Chlorella-like algae isolated from Paramecium bursaria and Hydra viridis.

    James L. Van Etten;Russel H. Meints;Daniel Kuczmarski;Dwight E. Burbank

  • Comparative properties of bacteriophage phi6 and phi6 nucleocapsid.

    James L. Van Etten;Les Lane;Carlos Gonzalez;James Partridge

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Thiel
Gerhard Thiel Technical University of Darmstadt
Michael G. Rossmann
Michael G. Rossmann Purdue University West Lafayette
Kenneth W. Nickerson
Kenneth W. Nickerson University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Antonio Molinaro
Antonio Molinaro University of Naples Federico II
Byron J. Adams
Byron J. Adams Brigham Young University
Anne K. Vidaver
Anne K. Vidaver University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lee A. Bulla
Lee A. Bulla The University of Texas at Dallas
Neil Osheroff
Neil Osheroff Vanderbilt University
Gerald F. Kutish
Gerald F. Kutish University of Connecticut
Daniel L. Rock
Daniel L. Rock University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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