Konstantin G. Kousoulas

Konstantin G. Kousoulas publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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Konstantin G. Kousoulas D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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Research.com Recognitions

• 2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Overview

Best Publications

• Identification of adropin as a secreted factor linking dietary macronutrient intake with energy homeostasis and lipid metabolism.

  K. Ganesh Kumar;James L. Trevaskis;Daniel D. Lam;Gregory M. Sutton

  586
  Citations

• Anatomy of the herpes simplex virus 1 strain F glycoprotein B gene: primary sequence and predicted protein structure of the wild type and of monoclonal antibody-resistant mutants.

  P E Pellett;K G Kousoulas;L Pereira;B Roizman

  246
  Citations

• Structures of and allelic diversity and relationships among the major outer membrane protein (ompA) genes of the four chlamydial species.

  B Kaltenboeck;K G Kousoulas;J Storz

  222
  Citations

• Biological and Genetic Characterization of a Hemagglutinating Coronavirus Isolated From a Diarrhoeic Child

  X. M. Zhang;W. Herbst;K. G. Kousoulas;J. Storz

  191
  Citations

• The anti-HIV drug nelfinavir mesylate (Viracept) is a potent inhibitor of cell fusion caused by the SARSCoV-2 spike (S) glycoprotein warranting further evaluation as an antiviral against COVID-19 infections.

  Farhana Musarrat;Vladimir Chouljenko;Achyut Dahal;Rafiq Nabi

  187
  Citations

• Palmitoylation of the cysteine-rich endodomain of the SARS-coronavirus spike glycoprotein is important for spike-mediated cell fusion.

  Chad M. Petit;Vladimir N. Chouljenko;Arun Iyer;Robin Colgrove

  151
  Citations

• Primary human herpesvirus 8 infection generates a broadly specific CD8(+) T-cell response to viral lytic cycle proteins

  Qiong J. Wang;Frank J. Jenkins;Lisa P. Jacobson;Lawrence A. Kingsley

  143
  Citations

• Herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein K is not essential for infectious virus production in actively replicating cells but is required for efficient envelopment and translocation of infectious virions from the cytoplasm to the extracellular space.

  Sukhanya Jayachandra;Abolghasem Baghian;Konstantin G. Kousoulas

  131
  Citations

• Coronavirus and Pasteurella Infections in Bovine Shipping Fever Pneumonia and Evans' Criteria for Causation

  Johannes Storz;Xiaoqing Lin;Charles W. Purdy;Vladimir N. Chouljenko

  127
  Citations

• Genetic Analysis of the Role of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Glycoprotein K in Infectious Virus Production and Egress

  Timothy P. Foster;Konstantin G. Kousoulas

  117
  Citations

• Comparison of genomic and predicted amino acid sequences of respiratory and enteric bovine coronaviruses isolated from the same animal with fatal shipping pneumonia.

  Vladimir N. Chouljenko;X. Q. Lin;J. Storz;Konstantin G. Kousoulas

  116
  Citations

• Mutations affecting conformation or sequence of neutralizing epitopes identified by reactivity of viable plaques segregate from syn and ts domains of HSV-1(F) gB gene

  Konstantin G. Kousoulas;Philip E. Pellettt;Lenore Pereira;Bernard Roizman

  115
  Citations

• An α-Helical Domain within the Carboxyl Terminus of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) glycoprotein B (gB) is Associated with Cell Fusion and Resistance to Heparin Inhibition of Cell Fusion

  Timothy P. Foster;Jeff M. Melancon;Konstantin G. Kousoulas

  106
  Citations

• The Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 UL20 Protein Modulates Membrane Fusion Events during Cytoplasmic Virion Morphogenesis and Virus-Induced Cell Fusion

  Timothy P. Foster;Jeffrey M. Melancon;Joel D. Baines;Konstantin G. Kousoulas

  103
  Citations

• Plasma Membrane Topology of Syncytial Domains of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Glycoprotein K (gK): the UL20 Protein Enables Cell Surface Localization of gK but Not gK-Mediated Cell-to-Cell Fusion

  Timothy P. Foster;Xavier Alvarez;Konstantin G. Kousoulas

  102
  Citations

• Domain structure of herpes simplex virus 1 glycoprotein B: neutralizing epitopes map in regions of continuous and discontinuous residues.

  Lenore Pereira;Mir Ali;Konstantin Kousoulas;Bin Huo

  101
  Citations

• Efficient production of single-stranded DNA as long as 2 kb for sequencing of PCR-amplified DNA.

  B Kaltenboeck;J W Spatafora;X Zhang;K G Kousoulas

  99
  Citations

• Truncation of the carboxy-terminal 28 amino acids of glycoprotein B specified by herpes simplex virus type 1 mutant amb1511-7 causes extensive cell fusion.

  Abolghasem Baghian;Li Huang;S. Newman;Sukhanya Jayachandra

  98
  Citations

• A Recombinant Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Expressing Two Additional Copies of gK Is More Pathogenic than Wild-Type Virus in Two Different Strains of Mice

  Kevin R. Mott;Guey Chuen Perng;Yanira Osorio;Konstantin G. Kousoulas

  95
  Citations

• Two-step polymerase chain reactions and restriction endonuclease analyses detect and differentiate ompA DNA of Chlamydia spp

  B Kaltenboeck;K G Kousoulas;J Storz

  93
  Citations