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Ken F. Jarrell

Ken F. Jarrell

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
9402
World Ranking
13432
National Ranking
462

Overview

Ken F. Jarrell is a researcher affiliated with Queen's University in Canada. Their academic work primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these domains, relevant subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Endocrinology, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's publications cover several topics, notably Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions, Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Enzyme Structure and Function, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Enzyme Production and Characterization.

Frequent collaborators in their research have included Sonja-Verena Albers, João Nuno de Sousa Machado, John F. Kelly, Evgeny Vinogradov, and Anna Robotham.

Ken F. Jarrell has published work in a variety of scientific journals. These publication venues include:

  • FEMS Microbes
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Glycobiology
  • Methods in Molecular Biology
  • Archives of Microbiology

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Ken F. Jarrell include:

  • A comprehensive history of motility and Archaellation in Archaea, 2021, FEMS Microbes
  • Effect of changes at the conserved + - 3 position of mature archaellins on in vitro cleavage by the pre-archaellin peptidase FlaK of Methanococcus maripaludis, 2020, Archives of Microbiology

Best Publications

  • The Genome of M. Acetivorans Reveals Extensive Metabolic and Physiological Diversity

    James E. Galagan;Chad Nusbaum;Alice Roy;Matthew G. Endrizzi;Matthew G. Endrizzi;Matthew G. Endrizzi

  • The surprisingly diverse ways that prokaryotes move

    Ken F. Jarrell;Mark J. McBride

  • Prokaryotic motility structures.

    Sonia L. Bardy;Sandy Y. M. Ng;Ken F. Jarrell

  • The archaellum: an old motility structure with a new name.

    Ken F. Jarrell;Sonja Verena Albers

  • N-Linked Glycosylation in Archaea: a Structural, Functional, and Genetic Analysis

    Ken F. Jarrell;Yan Ding;Benjamin H. Meyer;Sonja-Verena Albers

  • Identification of genes involved in the biosynthesis and attachment of Methanococcus voltae N-linked glycans: insight into N-linked glycosylation pathways in Archaea.

    Bonnie Chaban;Sebastien Voisin;John Kelly;Susan M. Logan

  • The archaeal flagellum: a different kind of prokaryotic motility structure

    Nikhil A. Thomas;Sonia L. Bardy;Ken F. Jarrell

  • Archaeal flagella, bacterial flagella and type IV pili: a comparison of genes and posttranslational modifications.

    Sandy Y.M. Ng;Bonnie Chaban;Ken F. Jarrell

  • Nutritional requirements of the methanogenic archaebacteria

    Ken F. Jarrell;Martin L. Kalmokoff

  • Identification and Characterization of the Unique N-Linked Glycan Common to the Flagellins and S-layer Glycoprotein of Methanococcus voltae*

    Sebastien Voisin;R. Scott Houliston;John Kelly;Jean-Robert Brisson

  • The archaellum: how Archaea swim.

    Sonja-Verena Albers;Sonja-Verena Albers;Ken F. Jarrell

  • Inhibition of methanogenesis in pure cultures by ammonia, fatty acids, and heavy metals, and protection against heavy metal toxicity by sewage sludge.

    Ken F. Jarrell;Michelle Saulnier;Art Ley

  • The Archaellum: An Update on the Unique Archaeal Motility Structure.

    Sonja-Verena Albers;Ken F. Jarrell

  • Systematic deletion analyses of the fla genes in the flagella operon identify several genes essential for proper assembly and function of flagella in the archaeon, Methanococcus maripaludis

    Bonnie Chaban;Sandy Y. M. Ng;Masaomi Kanbe;Ilana Saltzman

  • Cleavage of preflagellins by an aspartic acid signal peptidase is essential for flagellation in the archaeon Methanococcus voltae.

    Sonia L. Bardy;Ken F. Jarrell

  • The archaeal flagellum: a unique motility structure.

    Ken F. Jarrell;Douglas P. Bayley;Andalla S. Kostyukova

  • Identification of genes involved in the assembly and attachment of a novel flagellin N‐linked tetrasaccharide important for motility in the archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis

    David J. Vandyke;John Wu;Susan M. Logan;John F. Kelly

  • Cloning and sequencing of a multigene family encoding the flagellins of Methanococcus voltae.

    M L Kalmokoff;K F Jarrell

  • Description of two new thermophilic Desulfotomaculum spp., Desulfotomaculum putei sp. nov., from a deep terrestrial subsurface, and Desulfotomaculum luciae sp. nov., from a hot spring

    Yitai Liu;Tim M. Karnauchow;Ken F. Jarrell;David L. Balkwill

  • FlaK of the archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis possesses preflagellin peptidase activity.

    Sonia L. Bardy;Ken F. Jarrell

Frequent Co-Authors

John F. Kelly
John F. Kelly National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Susan M. Logan
Susan M. Logan National Research Council Canada
Andrew M. Kropinski
Andrew M. Kropinski University of Guelph
Sonja-Verena Albers
Sonja-Verena Albers University of Freiburg
Ralph T. Schwarz
Ralph T. Schwarz Philipp University of Marburg
Evgeny Vinogradov
Evgeny Vinogradov National Research Council Canada
Dale Kaiser
Dale Kaiser Stanford University
Mark J. McBride
Mark J. McBride University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Jean-Robert Brisson
Jean-Robert Brisson National Research Council Canada
George Oster
George Oster University of California, Berkeley

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