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55
Citations
9016
World Ranking
15238
National Ranking
6368

Overview

L. Andrew Ball is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a specialization in Physiology. A significant area of study in their work is Nutrition and Health in Aging.

They have published at least one recent paper titled "Patient-led, technology-assisted malnutrition risk screening in hospital," which was published in 2023 in the journal Clinical Nutrition ESPEN.

Frequent co-authors in their research projects include:

  • Shelley Roberts
  • Zane Hopper
  • Leisa Bromiley
  • Jennifer Kelly
  • Joshua Byrnes

Their work has appeared in the following publication venue:

  • Clinical Nutrition ESPEN

Their research topics specifically address Nutrition and Health in Aging, contributing to the discourse on how aging populations manage nutritional health risks in clinical settings.

Best Publications

  • Interferon antagonist proteins of influenza and vaccinia viruses are suppressors of RNA silencing.

    Wan Xiang Li;Hongwei Li;Rui Lu;Feng Li

  • Infectious defective interfering particles of VSV from transcripts of a cDNA clone

    Asit K. Pattnaik;L. Andrew Ball;Alison W. LeGrone;Gail Williams Wertz

  • Increased sensitivity of cell-free protein synthesis to double-stranded RNA after interferon treatment

    Ian M. Kerr;R. E. Brown;L. A. Ball

  • The membrane-associated and secreted forms of the respiratory syncytial virus attachment glycoprotein G are synthesized from alternative initiation codons.

    S R Roberts;D Lichtenstein;L A Ball;G W Wertz

  • Expression of the fusion protein of human respiratory syncytial virus from recombinant vaccinia virus vectors and protection of vaccinated mice.

    G W Wertz;E J Stott;K K Young;K Anderson

  • The structure of pariacoto virus reveals a dodecahedral cage of duplex RNA.

    L. Tang;K. N. Johnson;L. A. Ball;T. W. Lin

  • Mechanism of Interferon Action: Inhibition of Viral Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Translation in L-Cell Extracts

    R. M. Friedman;D. H. Metz;R. M. Esteban;D. R. Tovell

  • Human respiratory syncytial virus glycoprotein G expressed from a recombinant vaccinia virus vector protects mice against live-virus challenge.

    E J Stott;L A Ball;K K Young;J Furze

  • Cytotoxic T cell specificity for respiratory syncytial virus proteins: fusion protein is an important target antigen.

    R. M. Pemberton;M. J. Cannon;P. J. M. Openshaw;L. A. Ball

  • Structure and cell surface maturation of the attachment glycoprotein of human respiratory syncytial virus in a cell line deficient in O glycosylation.

    G W Wertz;M Krieger;L A Ball

  • Phenotypic Consequences of Rearranging the P, M, and G Genes of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus

    L. Andrew Ball;Craig R. Pringle;Brian Flanagan;Victoria P. Perepelitsa

  • Adding Genes to the RNA Genome of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus: Positional Effects on Stability of Expression

    Gail W. Wertz;Robin Moudy;L. Andrew Ball

  • The termini of VSV DI particle RNAs are sufficient to signal RNA encapsidation, replication, and budding to generate infectious particles

    Asit K. Pattnaik;L. Andrew Ball;Alison Legrone;Gail W. Wertz

  • Nodaviruses of Insects

    L. Andrew Ball;Kyle L. Johnson

  • Cleavage of the N-terminal formymlethionine residue from a bacteriophage coat protein in vitro☆

    L.Andrew Ball;Paul Kaesberg

  • Moving the glycoprotein gene of vesicular stomatitis virus to promoter-proximal positions accelerates and enhances the protective immune response

    E. B. Flanagan;L. A. Ball;G. W. Wertz

  • Characterization and Construction of Functional cDNA Clones of Pariacoto Virus, the First Alphanodavirus Isolated outside Australasia

    Karyn N. Johnson;Jean-Louis Zeddam;L. Andrew Ball

  • Replication of the RNA segments of a bipartite viral genome is coordinated by a transactivating subgenomic RNA.

    Lance D. Eckerle;L.Andrew Ball

  • Nodamura Virus Nonstructural Protein B2 Can Enhance Viral RNA Accumulation in both Mammalian and Insect Cells

    Kyle L. Johnson;B. Duane Price;Lance D. Eckerle;L. Andrew Ball

  • Comparisons among the larger genome segments of six nodaviruses and their encoded RNA replicases.

    Karyn N. Johnson;Kyle L. Johnson;Ranjit Dasgupta;Theresa Gratsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Asit K. Pattnaik
Asit K. Pattnaik University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Gail W. Wertz
Gail W. Wertz University of Virginia
John E. Johnson
John E. Johnson Scripps Research Institute
Shou-Wei Ding
Shou-Wei Ding University of California, Riverside
Elliot J. Lefkowitz
Elliot J. Lefkowitz University of Alabama at Birmingham
Adolfo García-Sastre
Adolfo García-Sastre Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Martin D. Ryan
Martin D. Ryan University of St Andrews
Peter W. Atkinson
Peter W. Atkinson University of California, Riverside
Peter Palese
Peter Palese Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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