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Michael Emerman is affiliated with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States. Their research spans several scientific domains, contributing to the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The main subfields of their work include Virology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Epidemiology. Their specific research topics cover HIV Research and Treatment, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, interferon and immune responses, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, as well as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Michael Emerman has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Journal of Virology, PLoS Pathogens, and UNC Libraries.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • A SARS-CoV-2 protein interaction map reveals targets for drug repurposing, 2020, Nature
  • A SARS-CoV-2-Human Protein-Protein Interaction Map Reveals Drug Targets and Potential Drug-Repurposing, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Evolutionary Landscapes of Host-Virus Arms Races, 2022, Annual Review of Immunology
  • The structural basis for HIV-1 Vif antagonism of human APOBEC3G, 2023, Nature
  • TRIM34 restricts HIV-1 and SIV capsids in a TRIM5α-dependent manner, 2020, PLoS Pathogens

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Harmit S. Malik
  • Abby Felton
  • Jeannette L. Tenthorey
  • Edward P. Browne
  • Molly OhAinle

Best Publications

  • A SARS-CoV-2 protein interaction map reveals targets for drug repurposing.

    David E. Gordon;Gwendolyn M. Jang;Mehdi Bouhaddou;Jiewei Xu

  • A nuclear localization signal within HIV-1 matrix protein that governs infection of non-dividing cells

    Michael I. Bukrinsky;Sheryl Haggerty;Michael P. Dempsey;Natalia Sharova

  • The Vpr protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 influences nuclear localization of viral nucleic acids in nondividing host cells

    Nina K. Heinzinger;Michael I. Bukrinsky;Sheryl A. Haggerty;Anna M. Ragland

  • Genome organization and transactivation of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2.

    Mireille Guyader;Michael Emerman;Pierre Sonigo;François Clavel;François Clavel

  • Passage through mitosis is required for oncoretroviruses but not for the human immunodeficiency virus.

    P F Lewis;M Emerman

  • Detection of replication-competent and pseudotyped human immunodeficiency virus with a sensitive cell line on the basis of activation of an integrated beta-galactosidase gene.

    J Kimpton;M Emerman

  • Visualization of the intracellular behavior of HIV in living cells

    David McDonald;Marie A. Vodicka;Ginger Lucero;Tatyana M. Svitkina

  • Positive selection of primate TRIM5α identifies a critical species-specific retroviral restriction domain

    Sara L. Sawyer;Lily I. Wu;Michael Emerman;Harmit S. Malik

  • HIV-1 Accessory Proteins—Ensuring Viral Survival in a Hostile Environment

    Michael H. Malim;Michael Emerman

  • Human immunodeficiency virus infection of cells arrested in the cell cycle.

    P. Lewis;M. Hensel;M. Emerman

  • HIV-1 Vpr increases viral expression by manipulation of the cell cycle: a mechanism for selection of Vpr in vivo

    Wei Chun Goh;M. E. Rogel;C. M. Kinsey;S. F. Michael

  • HIV-1 regulatory/accessory genes: keys to unraveling viral and host cell biology.

    Michael Emerman;Michael H. Malim

  • The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 vpr gene prevents cell proliferation during chronic infection.

    M E Rogel;L I Wu;M Emerman

  • Ancient Adaptive Evolution of the Primate Antiviral DNA-Editing Enzyme APOBEC3G

    Sara Lea Sawyer;Michael Emerman;Harmit S. Malik

  • The rev gene product of the human immunodeficiency virus affects envelope-specific RNA localization

    Michael Emerman;Rosemay Vazeux;Keith Peden

  • Genes with promoters in retrovirus vectors can be independently suppressed by an epigenetic mechanism

    Michael Emerman;Howard M. Temin

  • HIV-1 Vpr interacts with the nuclear transport pathway to promote macrophage infection

    Marie A. Vodicka;Deanna M. Koepp;Pamela A. Silver;Michael Emerman

  • Retroviral DNA Integration: Viral and Cellular Determinants of Target-Site Selection

    Mary K Lewinski;Masahiro Yamashita;Michael Emerman;Angela Ciuffi

  • Changes in growth properties on passage in tissue culture of viruses derived from infectious molecular clones of HIV-1LAI, HIV-1MAL, and HIV-1ELI.

    Keith Peden;Michael Emerman;Luc Montagnier

  • Evolutionary conflicts between viruses and restriction factors shape immunity

    Nisha K. Duggal;Michael Emerman

  • Learning from lentiviruses.

    Michael Emerman

Frequent Co-Authors

Harmit S. Malik
Harmit S. Malik Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Luc Montagnier
Luc Montagnier Institut Pasteur
Vineet N. KewalRamani
Vineet N. KewalRamani National Institutes of Health
Beatrice H. Hahn
Beatrice H. Hahn University of Pennsylvania
Michael H. Malim
Michael H. Malim King's College London
Howard M. Temin
Howard M. Temin University of Wisconsin–Madison
Julie Overbaugh
Julie Overbaugh Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Georg Kochs
Georg Kochs University of Freiburg
Michael Bukrinsky
Michael Bukrinsky George Washington University
Jesse D. Bloom
Jesse D. Bloom Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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