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D-Index
49
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6825
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4611
National Ranking
1777

Milton Zaitlin publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Milton Zaitlin sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 126 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Milton Zaitlin D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Milton Zaitlin sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1971 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1966 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Milton Zaitlin was affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. During their career, they contributed to the scientific community primarily through their research activities and academic involvement at this institution.

Throughout their professional life, Milton Zaitlin received notable recognition from established organizations. They were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1971. Earlier, in 1966, they were designated a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Information on Milton Zaitlin's publications, including recent papers, book publications, frequent co-authors, and publication venues, is not documented in the available data. Similarly, details on the specific fields, subfields, and main topics of their study were not recorded.

Best Publications

  • Plants transformed with a tobacco mosaic virus nonstructural gene sequence are resistant to the virus.

    Daniel B. Golemboski;George P. Lomonossoff;Milton Zaitlin

  • In vitro and in vivo translation of the ribonucleic acids of a cowpea strain of tobacco mosaic virus

    George Bruening;Roger N. Beachy;René Scalla;Milton Zaitlin

  • A defective replicase gene induces resistance to cucumber mosaic virus in transgenic tobacco plants.

    Joseph M. Anderson;Peter Palukaitis;Milton Zaitlin

  • THE ISOLATION OF DEFECTIVE TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS STRAINS

    Albert Siegel;Milton Zaitlin;Om P. Sehgal

  • Replicase-mediated resistance to plant virus disease.

    Peter Palukaitis;Milton Zaitlin

  • Characterization and in vitro translation of the RNAs from less-than-full-length, virus-related, nucleoprotein rods present in tobacco mosaic virus preparations

    Roger N. Beachy;Milton Zaitlin

  • A temperature-sensitive strain of tobacco mosaic virus defective in cell-to-cell movement generates an altered viral-coded protein.

    Deborah A. Leonard;Milton Zaitlin

  • Cross protection among four viroids

    C.L. Niblett;Elizabeth Dickson;K.H. Fernow;R.K. Horst

  • Plant Pathology. (Book Reviews: The Biochemistry and Physiology of Infectious Plant Disease)

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  • Tobacco mosaic virus replication in resistant and susceptible plants: In some resistant species virus is confined to a small number of initially infected cells

    Michael A. Sulzinski;Milton Zaitlin

  • A genetic map for the cowpea strain of TMV

    Roger N. Beachy;Milton Zaitlin;George Bruening;Herbert W. Israel

  • A gel electrophoretic analysis of proteins from plants infected with tobacco mosaic and potato spindle tuber viruses.

    Milton Zaitlin;V. Hariharasubramanian

  • The detection and characterization of viral-related double-stranded RNAs in tobacco mosaic virus-infected plants

    Aaron Zelcer;Karen F. Weaber;Ervin Balázs;Milton Zaitlin

  • Immunogold localization of the intracellular sites of structural and nonstructural tobacco mosaic virus proteins

    G. J. Hills;K. A. Plaskitt;N. D. Young;D. D. Dunigan

  • Advances in Understanding Plant Viruses and Virus Diseases.

    Milton Zaitlin;Peter Palukaitis

  • Cucumber Mosaic Virus Is Restricted from Entering Minor Veins in Transgenic Tobacco Exhibiting Replicase-Mediated Resistance

    William M. Wintermantel;Nanditta Banerjee;Justin C. Oliver;Dominick J. Paolillo

  • Replication of tobacco mosaic virus. 3. Viral RNA metabolism in separated leaf cells.

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  • Resistance to tobacco mosaic virus induced by the 54-kDa gene sequence requires expression of the 54-kDa protein

    Carr Jp;Marsh Le;Lomonossoff Gp;Sekiya Me

  • Replicase-mediated resistance to cucumber mosaic virus in transgenic plants involves suppression of both virus replication in the inoculated leaves and long-distance movement.

    John P. Carr;Amit Gal-On;Peter Palukaitis;Milton Zaitlin

  • A Single Nucleotide Change in the Coat Protein Gene of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Is Involved in the Induction of Severe Chlorosis

    Nanditta Banerjee;Jen-Yeu Wang;Milton Zaitlin

  • Characterization of a second protein associated with virions of tobacco mosaic virus.

    Alain Asselin;Milton Zaitlin

  • RNA-dependent RNA polymerases in uninfected and tobacco mosaic virus-infected tobacco leaves: Viral-induced stimulation of a host polymerase activity

    C.P. Romaine;Milton Zaitlin

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Palukaitis
Peter Palukaitis Seoul Women's University
Fernando García-Arenal
Fernando García-Arenal Technical University of Madrid
Nevin D. Young
Nevin D. Young University of Minnesota
Ralf G. Dietzgen
Ralf G. Dietzgen University of Queensland
John P. Carr
John P. Carr University of Cambridge
Hugh D. Robertson
Hugh D. Robertson Cornell University
William M. Wintermantel
William M. Wintermantel United States Department of Agriculture
Elizabeth D. Earle
Elizabeth D. Earle Cornell University
William J. Lucas
William J. Lucas University of California, Davis
Volker M. Vogt
Volker M. Vogt Cornell University

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