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Jon Nissen-Meyer

Jon Nissen-Meyer

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
11716
World Ranking
14988
National Ranking
74

Overview

Jon Nissen-Meyer is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research focuses on several interdisciplinary fields, primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work spans multiple subfields of study, including molecular biology, sociology and political science, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, economics and econometrics, as well as computational theory and mathematics.

Nissen-Meyer has contributed to topics that encompass doping in sports, hormonal and reproductive studies, sports analytics and performance, computational drug discovery methods, receptor mechanisms and signaling, and chemical synthesis and analysis.

Their recent publications include:

  • Are doping tests in sports trustworthy?, 2022, EMBO Reports
  • A universal model for drug-receptor interactions, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist has collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Tore Skotland
  • Erik Boye
  • Filipe Menezes
  • Adam Wahida
  • Tony Fröhlich

Frequent venues for their publications include EMBO Reports and the bioRxiv repository hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Best Publications

  • A highly sensitive cell line, WEHI 164 clone 13, for measuring cytotoxic factor/tumor necrosis factor from human monocytes.

    Terje Espevik;Jon Nissen-Meyer

  • Ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides: their function, structure, biogenesis, and mechanism of action

    Jon Nissen-Meyer;Ingolf F. Nes

  • A novel lactococcal bacteriocin whose activity depends on the complementary action of two peptides.

    J Nissen-Meyer;H Holo;L S Håvarstein;K Sletten

  • Pediocin PA-1, a Bacteriocin from Pediococcus acidilactici PAC1.0, Forms Hydrophilic Pores in the Cytoplasmic Membrane of Target Cells

    Michael L. Chikindas;Maria J. García-Garcerá;Arnold J.M. Driessen;Aat M. Ledeboer

  • Antagonistic Activity of Lactobacillus plantarum C11: Two New Two-Peptide Bacteriocins, Plantaricins EF and JK, and the Induction Factor Plantaricin A

    Erlend L. Anderssen;Dzung Bao Diep;Ingolf F. Nes;Vincent G. H. Eijsink

  • Characterization of the Bacteriocins Curvacin A from Lactobacillus curvatus LTH1174 and Sakacin P from L. sake LTH673

    Petra S. Tichaczek;Jon Nissen-Meyer;Ingolf F. Nes;Rudi F. Vogel

  • Synthesis and antimycobacterial activity of 6-arylpurines: the requirements for the N-9 substituent in active antimycobacterial purines.

    Lise-Lotte Gundersen;Jon Nissen-Meyer;Bjørn Spilsberg

  • Structure-function relationships of the non-lanthionine-containing peptide (class II) bacteriocins produced by gram-positive bacteria.

    J. Nissen-Meyer;P. Rogne;C. Oppegard;H. S. Haugen

  • Hipposin, a histone-derived antimicrobial peptide in Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.)

    Gunn Alice Birkemo;Torben Lüders;Øivind Andersen;Ingolf F Nes

  • Pediocin-like antimicrobial peptides (class IIa bacteriocins) and their immunity proteins: biosynthesis, structure, and mode of action.

    Gunnar Fimland;Line Johnsen;Bjørn Dalhus;Jon Nissen-Meyer

  • The Two-Peptide Class II Bacteriocins: Structure, Production, and Mode of Action

    Camilla Oppegård;Per Rogne;Linda Emanuelsen;Per Eugen Kristiansen

  • Structure and Mode-of-Action of the Two-Peptide (Class-IIb) Bacteriocins.

    Jon Nissen-Meyer;Camilla Oppegård;Per Rogne;Helen Sophie Haugen

  • New biologically active hybrid bacteriocins constructed by combining regions from various pediocin-like bacteriocins: the C-terminal region is important for determining specificity

    G Fimland;O R Blingsmo;K Sletten;G Jung

  • Production and pH-Dependent Bactericidal Activity of Lactocin S, a Lantibiotic from Lactobacillus sake L45.

    C I Mortvedt-Abildgaa;J Nissen-Meyer;B Jelle;B Grenov

  • Interaction of the antimicrobial peptide pheromone Plantaricin A with model membranes: implications for a novel mechanism of action.

    Hongxia Zhao;Rohit Sood;Arimatti Jutila;Shambhunath Bose

  • The gene encoding plantaricin A, a bacteriocin from Lactobacillus plantarum C11, is located on the same transcription unit as an agr-like regulatory system.

    Dzung Bao Diep;L. S. Håvarstein;J. Nissen-Meyer;I. F. Nes

  • In vivo conversion of L-serine to D-alanine in a ribosomally synthesized polypeptide.

    M Skaugen;J Nissen-Meyer;G Jung;S Stevanovic

  • Mutational analysis of the role of tryptophan residues in an antimicrobial peptide.

    Gunnar Fimland;Vincent G. H. Eijsink;Jon Nissen-Meyer

  • A C-terminal disulfide bridge in pediocin-like bacteriocins renders bacteriocin activity less temperature dependent and is a major determinant of the antimicrobial spectrum.

    Gunnar Fimland;Line Johnsen;Lars Axelsson;May B. Brurberg

  • The C-terminal domain of pediocin-like antimicrobial peptides (class IIa bacteriocins) is involved in specific recognition of the C-terminal part of cognate immunity proteins and in determining the antimicrobial spectrum.

    Line Johnsen;Gunnar Fimland;Jon Nissen-Meyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingolf F. Nes
Ingolf F. Nes Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Terje Espevik
Terje Espevik Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Knut Sletten
Knut Sletten University of Oslo
Vincent G. H. Eijsink
Vincent G. H. Eijsink Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Frode Rise
Frode Rise University of Oslo
Arnold J. M. Driessen
Arnold J. M. Driessen University of Groningen
Wil N. Konings
Wil N. Konings University of Groningen
Dzung B. Diep
Dzung B. Diep Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Leiv Sigve Håvarstein
Leiv Sigve Håvarstein Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Günther Jung
Günther Jung University of Tübingen

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