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Michael Gurevitz

Michael Gurevitz

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
6238
World Ranking
17795
National Ranking
180

Michael Gurevitz 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 Gurevitz sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 148 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Gurevitz 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 Gurevitz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Gurevitz is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel and has contributed to various fields, including molecular biology, genetics, and insect science. Their research spans topics related to ion channel regulation and function, venomous animal envenomation and studies, insect and pesticide research, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins, as well as cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias.

Recent publications by Michael Gurevitz include the following papers:

  • Has World War III begun?, 2021, Journal of Clinical Research and Reports
  • Allosteric interactions among voltage-sensor modules of sodium channels probed by scorpion toxin modifiers, 2022, Journal of Neurobiology and Physiology

Additional relevant papers in closely related research areas coauthored with others or relevant to frequent collaborators include:

  • Ferredoxin-mediated reduction of 2-nitrothiophene inhibits photosynthesis: mechanism and herbicidal potential, 2020, Biochemical Journal
  • Mapping the interaction surface of scorpion β-toxins with an insect sodium channel, 2021, Biochemical Journal
  • Charge substitutions at the voltage-sensing module of domain III enhance actions of site-3 and site-4 toxins on an insect sodium channel, 2021, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Michael Gurevitz include:

  • Ke Dong
  • Boris S. Zhorov
  • Yuzhe Du
  • Dalia Gordon
  • Yehouda Marcus

The scientist regularly publishes in these venues:

  • European Journal of Applied Sciences
  • Advances In Image and Video Processing
  • Biochemical Journal
  • Journal of Clinical Research and Reports
  • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Best Publications

  • Functional Anatomy of Scorpion Toxins Affecting Sodium Channels

    Dalia Gordon;Philippe Savarin;Michael Gurevitz;Sophie Zinn-Justin

  • Mapping the receptor site for α-scorpion toxins on a Na+ channel voltage sensor

    Jinti Wang;Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy;Roy Kahn;Dalia Gordon

  • Construction of an Obligate Photoheterotrophic Mutant of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803 Inactivation of the psbA Gene Family

    Christer Jansson;Richard J. Debus;Heinz D. Osiewacz;Michael Gurevitz

  • Dynamic Diversification from a Putative Common Ancestor of Scorpion Toxins Affecting Sodium, Potassium, and Chloride Channels

    Oren Froy;Tal Sagiv;Michal Poreh;Daniel Urbach

  • Identification of amino acid residues in the insect sodium channel critical for pyrethroid binding.

    Jianguo Tan;Zhiqi Liu;Ruiwu Wang;Zachary Y. Huang

  • The insecticidal potential of scorpion β-toxins

    Michael Gurevitz;Izhar Karbat;Lior Cohen;Nitza Ilan

  • Identification of Structural Elements of a Scorpion α-Neurotoxin Important for Receptor Site Recognition

    Noam Zilberberg;Oren Froy;Erwann Loret;Sandrine Cestele

  • Functional expression and genetic alteration of an alpha scorpion neurotoxin.

    Noam Zilberberg;Dalia Gordon;Marcel Pelhate;Michael E. Adams

  • The differential preference of scorpion alpha-toxins for insect or mammalian sodium channels: implications for improved insect control.

    Dalia Gordon;Izhar Karbat;Nitza Ilan;Lior Cohen

  • Molecular Basis of the High Insecticidal Potency of Scorpion α-Toxins

    Izhar Karbat;Felix Frolow;Oren Froy;Nicolas Gilles

  • Sea anemone toxins affecting voltage-gated sodium channels - molecular and evolutionary features.

    Yehu Moran;Dalia Gordon;Michael Gurevitz

  • Arthropod and mollusk defensins – evolution by exon-shuffling

    Oren Froy;Michael Gurevitz

  • Neurotoxin localization to ectodermal gland cells uncovers an alternative mechanism of venom delivery in sea anemones

    Yehu Moran;Yehu Moran;Grigory Genikhovich;Dalia Gordon;Stefanie Wienkoop

  • Common Features in the Functional Surface of Scorpion β-Toxins and Elements That Confer Specificity for Insect and Mammalian Voltage-gated Sodium Channels

    Lior Cohen;Izhar Karbat;Nicolas Gilles;Nitza Ilan

  • Baculovirus‐mediated expression of a scorpion depressant toxin improves the insecticidal efficacy achieved with excitatory toxins

    Eduard Gershburg;Daniel Stockholm;Oren Froy;Sharon Rashi

  • The Putative Bioactive Surface of Insect-selective Scorpion Excitatory Neurotoxins

    Oren Froy;Noam Zilberberg;Dalia Gordon;Michael Turkov

  • Concerted Evolution of Sea Anemone Neurotoxin Genes Is Revealed through Analysis of the Nematostella vectensis Genome

    Yehu Moran;Hagar Weinberger;James C. Sullivan;Adam M. Reitzel

  • Structure-Function Map of the Receptor Site for β-Scorpion Toxins in Domain II of Voltage-gated Sodium Channels

    Joel Z. Zhang;Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy;Todd Scheuer;Izhar Karbat

  • An excitatory scorpion toxin with a distinctive feature: an additional α helix at the C terminus and its implications for interaction with insect sodium channels

    Deena A Oren;Oren Froy;Efrat Amit;Nurit Kleinberger-Doron

  • Solution structures of a highly insecticidal recombinant scorpion alpha-toxin and a mutant with increased activity.

    Vitali Tugarinov;Irina Kustanovich;Noam Zilberberg;Michael Gurevitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Dalia Gordon
Dalia Gordon Weizmann Institute of Science
Oren Froy
Oren Froy Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Felix Frolow
Felix Frolow Tel Aviv University
Eliahu Zlotkin
Eliahu Zlotkin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
William A. Catterall
William A. Catterall University of Washington
David Apirion
David Apirion Washington University in St. Louis
Todd Scheuer
Todd Scheuer University of Washington
Ulrich Technau
Ulrich Technau University of Vienna
Michael E. Adams
Michael E. Adams University of California, Riverside
Walter Stühmer
Walter Stühmer Max Planck Society

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