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Michael A. Whitt

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
41
Citations
8868
World Ranking
19542
National Ranking
7963

Michael A. Whitt 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 Michael A. Whitt sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 94 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Michael A. Whitt 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 Michael A. Whitt sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 41 D-Index — 1st percentile

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Overview

Michael A. Whitt is affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work prominently involves the study of infectious diseases, with significant contributions to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research. They have also been involved in virus-based gene therapy research and COVID-19 clinical research studies, with additional interests in viral infectious diseases, gene expression in insects, and cancer research and treatments.

Recent notable publications by Michael A. Whitt include:

  • Heterogeneous antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain and nucleocapsid with implications for COVID-19 immunity, 2020, published in JCI Insight
  • Generation of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Pseudotyped Virus for Viral Entry and Neutralization Assays: A 1-Week Protocol, 2021, published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Enveloped viruses pseudotyped with mammalian myogenic cell fusogens target skeletal muscle for gene delivery, 2023, published in Cell
  • Fatal Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adult after SARS-CoV-2 Natural Infection and COVID-19 Vaccination, 2021, published in Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • An Assessment of Serological Assays for SARS-CoV-2 as Surrogates for Authentic Virus Neutralization, 2021, published in Microbiology Spectrum

Michael A. Whitt has frequently published in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell
  • Cancer Research
  • JCI Insight
  • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Their work involves collaboration with several researchers, including:

  • Sajedah M. Hindi
  • Michael J. Petrany
  • Elena Greenfeld
  • Leah C. Focke
  • A. Cramer

Michael A. Whitt's research mainly focuses on key topics such as:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Cancer Research and Treatments

Best Publications

  • Recombinant vesicular stomatitis viruses from DNA

    Nathan D. Lawson;Elizabeth A. Stillman;Michael A. Whitt;John K. Rose

  • A system for functional analysis of Ebola virus glycoprotein

    Ayato Takada;Clinton Robison;Hideo Goto;Anthony Sanchez

  • A new cationic liposome reagent mediating nearly quantitative transfection of animal cells.

    J K Rose;L Buonocore;M A Whitt

  • RNA interference is an antiviral defence mechanism in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Courtney Wilkins;Ryan Dishongh;Steve C. Moore;Steve C. Moore;Michael A. Whitt

  • Generation of VSV pseudotypes using recombinant ΔG-VSV for studies on virus entry, identification of entry inhibitors, and immune responses to vaccines.

    Michael A. Whitt

  • The minimal conserved transcription stop-start signal promotes stable expression of a foreign gene in vesicular stomatitis virus.

    M J Schnell;L Buonocore;M A Whitt;J K Rose

  • Interaction of coxsackievirus B3 with the full length coxsackievirus-adenovirus receptor.

    Yongning He;Paul R. Chipman;Jason Howitt;Carol M. Bator

  • Rhabdoviruses and the Cellular Ubiquitin-Proteasome System: a Budding Interaction

    Ronald N. Harty;Melissa E. Brown;James P. McGettigan;Guangli Wang

  • A decade after the generation of a negative-sense RNA virus from cloned cDNA - what have we learned?

    Gabriele Neumann;Michael A. Whitt;Yoshihiro Kawaoka;Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  • Mutations in the PPPY motif of vesicular stomatitis virus matrix protein reduce virus budding by inhibiting a late step in virion release.

    Himangi R. Jayakar;K. Gopal Murti;Michael A. Whitt

  • Characterization of pseudotype VSV possessing HCV envelope proteins

    Yoshiharu Matsuura;Yoshiharu Matsuura;Hideki Tani;Kensuke Suzuki;Tomomi Kimura-Someya

  • Mutational Analysis of the Putative Fusion Domain of Ebola Virus Glycoprotein

    Hiroshi Ito;Shinji Watanabe;Anthony Sanchez;Michael A. Whitt

  • The Membrane-Proximal Stem Region of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus G Protein Confers Efficient Virus Assembly

    Clinton S. Robison;Michael A. Whitt

  • Inducible, high-level production of infectious murine leukemia retroviral vector particles pseudotyped with vesicular stomatitis virus G envelope protein.

    Yanping Yang;Elio F. Vanin;Michael A. Whitt;Maarten Fornerod

  • Vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein mutations that affect membrane fusion activity and abolish virus infectivity.

    B L Fredericksen;M A Whitt

  • Glycoprotein cytoplasmic domain sequences required for rescue of a vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein mutant.

    M A Whitt;L Chong;J K Rose

  • Rhabdovirus assembly and budding.

    Himangi R. Jayakar;E. Jeetendra;Michael A. Whitt;Michael A. Whitt

  • A phosphorylated 34-kDa protein and a subpopulation of polyhedrin are thiol linked to the carbohydrate layer surrounding a baculovirus occlusion body

    Michael A. Whitt;Jarue S. Manning

  • Membrane fusion activity, oligomerization, and assembly of the rabies virus glycoprotein.

    M A Whitt;L Buonocore;C Prehaud;J K Rose

  • Mutational analyses of the intergenic dinucleotide and the transcriptional start sequence of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) define sequences required for efficient termination and initiation of VSV transcripts.

    E A Stillman;M A Whitt

Frequent Co-Authors

John K. Rose
John K. Rose Yale University
Anne Moscona
Anne Moscona Columbia University
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Yoshihiro Kawaoka University of Tokyo
Juan Carlos de la Torre
Juan Carlos de la Torre Scripps Research Institute
Lawrence M. Pfeffer
Lawrence M. Pfeffer University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Matthias J. Schnell
Matthias J. Schnell Thomas Jefferson University
Yoshiharu Matsuura
Yoshiharu Matsuura Osaka University
Anthony Sanchez
Anthony Sanchez University of Perpignan
Asit K. Pattnaik
Asit K. Pattnaik University of Nebraska–Lincoln
David W. Ussery
David W. Ussery University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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