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Michael J.E. Sternberg

Michael J.E. Sternberg

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
108
Citations
55377
World Ranking
396
National Ranking
24

Overview

Michael J.E. Sternberg is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily centers on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong emphasis on molecular biology as the dominant subfield. Other subfields include infectious diseases, clinical psychology, computational theory and mathematics, and genetics.

Their scholarly work spans several key topics:

  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
  • RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Sternberg has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • The AlphaFold Database of Protein Structures: A Biologist's Guide, 2021, Journal of Molecular Biology
  • PDBe-KB: collaboratively defining the biological context of structural data, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Missense3D-DB web catalogue: an atom-based analysis and repository of 4M human protein-coding genetic variants, 2021, Human Genetics
  • LGR4 deficiency results in delayed puberty through impaired Wnt/β-catenin signaling, 2020, JCI Insight
  • A common TMPRSS2 variant has a protective effect against severe COVID-19, 2022, Current Research in Translational Medicine

Their frequent coauthors include Alessia David, Suhail A. Islam, Alexandra Pitman, Tarun Khanna, and Gordon Hanna. The collaboration with Alessia David appears most often.

Sternberg's publications are commonly found in venues such as:

  • Journal of Molecular Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Psychological Medicine

Best Publications

  • The Phyre2 web portal for protein modeling, prediction and analysis

    Lawrence A Kelley;Stefans Mezulis;Christopher M Yates;Christopher M Yates;Mark N Wass;Mark N Wass

  • Protein structure prediction on the Web: a case study using the Phyre server.

    Lawrence A Kelley;Michael J E Sternberg

  • Enhanced genome annotation using structural profiles in the program 3D-PSSM.

    Lawrence A Kelley;Robert M MacCallum;Michael J.E Sternberg

  • A large-scale evaluation of computational protein function prediction

    Predrag Radivojac;Wyatt T Clark;Tal Ronnen Oron;Alexandra M Schnoes

  • Modelling protein docking using shape complementarity, electrostatics and biochemical information

    Henry A. Gabb;Richard M. Jackson;Michael J.E. Sternberg

  • Knowledge-based prediction of protein structures and the design of novel molecules.

    T. L. Blundell;B. L. Sibanda;M. J. E. Sternberg;J. M. Thornton

  • CAPRI: A Critical Assessment of PRedicted Interactions

    Joel Janin;Kim Henrick;John Moult;Lynn Ten Eyck

  • 3DLigandSite: predicting ligand-binding sites using similar structures

    Mark N. Wass;Lawrence A. Kelley;Michael J. E. Sternberg

  • Enhancement of protein modeling by human intervention in applying the automatic programs 3D-JIGSAW and 3D-PSSM.

    Paul A. Bates;Lawrence A. Kelley;Robert M. MacCallum;Michael J.E. Sternberg

  • Identification and application of the concepts important for accurate and reliable protein secondary structure prediction

    Ross D. King;Michael J.E. Sternberg

  • A strategy for the rapid multiple alignment of protein sequences. Confidence levels from tertiary structure comparisons.

    Geoffrey J. Barton;Michael J.E. Sternberg

  • A Highly Conserved Program of Neuronal Microexons Is Misregulated in Autistic Brains

    Manuel Irimia;Manuel Irimia;Robert J. Weatheritt;Jonathan D. Ellis;Neelroop N. Parikshak

  • Prediction of protein-protein interactions by docking methods

    Graham R. Smith;Michael J.E. Sternberg;Michael J.E. Sternberg

  • Polyproline-II helix in proteins: structure and function.

    Alexei A. Adzhubei;Michael J.E. Sternberg;Alexander A. Makarov

  • Left-handed polyproline II helices commonly occur in globular proteins.

    Alexei A. Adzhubei;Michael J.E. Sternberg

  • Prediction of protein secondary structure and active sites using the alignment of homologous sequences.

    Markéta J. Zvelebil;Geoffrey J. Barton;William R. Taylor;Michael J.E. Sternberg

  • Exploring the extremes of sequence/structure space with ensemble fold recognition in the program Phyre.

    Riccardo M. Bennett‐Lovsey;Alex D. Herbert;Michael J. E. Sternberg;Lawrence A. Kelley

  • Immunoglobulin determinants on the surface of mouse lymphoid cells.

    M. C. Raff;M. Sternberg;R. B. Taylor

  • Analysis of the relationship between side-chain conformation and secondary structure in globular proteins.

    Malcolm J. McGregor;Suhail A. Islam;Michael J.E. Sternberg

  • Crystallographic studies of the dynamic properties of lysozyme

    P. J. Artymiuk;C. C. F. Blake;D. E. P. Grace;S. J. Oatley

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Muggleton
Stephen Muggleton Imperial College London
Ross D. King
Ross D. King University of Manchester
Paul A. Bates
Paul A. Bates The Francis Crick Institute
Janet M. Thornton
Janet M. Thornton European Bioinformatics Institute
Tom L. Blundell
Tom L. Blundell University of Cambridge
Jaspal S. Kooner
Jaspal S. Kooner Imperial College London
David T. Jones
David T. Jones University College London
Weihua Zhang
Weihua Zhang Imperial College London
Geoffrey J. Barton
Geoffrey J. Barton University of Dundee
Francesc X. Avilés
Francesc X. Avilés Autonomous University of Barcelona

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