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Biology and Biochemistry

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117
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World Ranking
734
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466

Chemistry

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2027
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740

Magnus Höök publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Magnus Höök sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 324 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Magnus Höök D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Magnus Höök sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 117 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Magnus Höök is affiliated with the Texas A&M Health Science Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong emphasis on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Key subfields include Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Their work also touches on Cancer Research and Immunology and Allergy.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Streptococcal Infections and Treatments, Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Biochemical and Structural Characterization, Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, CAR-T cell therapy research, virus-based gene therapy research, and bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing.

Recent papers by Magnus Höök include:

  • Collagen Binding Proteins of Gram-Positive Pathogens, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • A type VII secretion system of Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus contributes to gut colonization and the development of colon tumors, 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • Genome-wide analysis of in vivo CcpA binding with and without its key co-factor HPr in the major human pathogen group A Streptococcus, 2020, Molecular Microbiology
  • vhp Is a Fibrinogen-Binding Protein Related to vWbp in Staphylococcus aureus, 2021, mBio
  • Prokaryotic Collagen-Like Proteins as Novel Biomaterials, 2022, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Magnus Höök frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Srishtee Arora
  • Samuel A. Shelburne
  • Sheila Thomas
  • Xiaowen Liang
  • Kelly Churion

The scientist's publications commonly appear in venues such as mBio, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Microbiology, PLoS Pathogens, and Molecular Microbiology. Among these, mBio and bioRxiv are the most frequent publication venues.

Best Publications

  • Adhesion, invasion and evasion: the many functions of the surface proteins of Staphylococcus aureus

    Timothy J. Foster;Joan A. Geoghegan;Vannakambadi K. Ganesh;Magnus Höök

  • Surface protein adhesins of Staphylococcus aureus

    Timothy J. Foster;Magnus Höök

  • MSCRAMM-mediated adherence of microorganisms to host tissues.

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  • Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Causes Necrotizing Pneumonia

    Maria Labandeira-Rey;Florence Couzon;Sandrine Boisset;Eric L. Brown

  • Clumping factor B (ClfB), a new surface‐located fibrinogen‐binding adhesin of Staphylococcus aureus

    D. Ni Eidhin;S. Perkins;Patrice Francois;Pierre Vaudaux

  • Anticoagulant activity of heparin: Separation of high-activity and low-activity heparin species by affinity chromatography on immobilized antithrombin

    Magnus Höök;Ingemar Björk;John Hopwood;Ulf Lindahl

  • Molecular cloning of a novel hyaluronan receptor that mediates tumor cell motility.

    C Hardwick;K Hoare;R Owens;HP Hohn

  • Structure of the antithrombin-binding site in heparin

    Ulf Lindahl;Gudrun Backstrom;Magnus Hook;Lennart Thunberg

  • Endocarditis and biofilm-associated pili of Enterococcus faecalis

    Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy;Kavindra V. Singh;Jouko Sillanpää;Danielle A. Garsin

  • Binding of the proteoglycan decorin to collagen type VI.

    Deborah J. Bidanset;Clyde Guidry;Lawrence C. Rosenberg;Haing U. Choi

  • Pathogenic bacteria attach to human fibronectin through a tandem beta-zipper.

    Ulrich Schwarz-Linek;Jm M. Werner;Ar R. Pickford;Sivashankarappa Gurusiddappa

  • Adhesion and cytoskeletal organisation of fibroblasts in response to fibronectin fragments.

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  • Transforming growth factor-beta complexes with thrombospondin.

    Joanne E. Murphy-Ullrich;Stacey Schultz-Cherry;Magnus Höök

  • Thrombospondin modulates focal adhesions in endothelial cells.

    J E Murphy-Ullrich;M Höök

  • A “dock, lock, and latch” Structural Model for a Staphylococcal Adhesin Binding to Fibrinogen

    Karthe Ponnuraj;M. Gabriela Bowden;Stacey Davis;S. Gurusiddappa

  • Cellular invasion by Staphylococcus aureus involves a fibronectin bridge between the bacterial fibronectin-binding MSCRAMMs and host cell beta1 integrins.

    Trent Fowler;Elisabeth R. Wann;Danny Joh;Staffan Johansson

  • Ace is a collagen-binding MSCRAMM from Enterococcus faecalis.

    Rebecca L. Rich;Bernd Kreikemeyer;Rick T. Owens;Steven LaBrenz

  • Decorin-binding adhesins from Borrelia burgdorferi.

    Betty P. Guo;Eric L. Brown;David W. Dorward;Lawrence C. Rosenberg

  • Microbial adhesins recognizing extracellular matrix macromolecules

    Joseph M. Patti;Magnus Höök

  • Enterococcus faecalis Adhesin, Ace, Mediates Attachment to Extracellular Matrix Proteins Collagen Type IV and Laminin as well as Collagen Type I

    Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy;Xiang Qin;Xiang Qin;George M. Weinstock;George M. Weinstock;Magnus Höök;Magnus Höök

  • Cell-surface heparan sulfate: an intercalated membrane proteoglycan.

    L Kjellén;I Pettersson;M Höök

  • Multiple Binding Sites in Collagen Type I for the Integrins α1β1 and α2β1

    Yi Xu;Sivashankarappa Gurusiddappa;Rebecca L. Rich;Rick T. Owens

  • The molecular basis of fibronectin-mediated bacterial adherence to host cells.

    Ulrich Schwarz-Linek;Magnus Höök;Jennifer R. Potts

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy J. Foster
Timothy J. Foster Campden BRI (United Kingdom)
Pietro Speziale
Pietro Speziale University of Pavia
Barbara E. Murray
Barbara E. Murray The University of Texas at Austin
Kristofer Rubin
Kristofer Rubin Uppsala University
Ulf Lindahl
Ulf Lindahl Uppsala University
Douglas R. Keene
Douglas R. Keene Shriners Hospitals for Children - Portland
Livia Visai
Livia Visai University of Pavia
Lena Kjellén
Lena Kjellén Uppsala University
Torkel Wadström
Torkel Wadström Lund University
Bahman Anvari
Bahman Anvari University of California, Riverside

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