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31433
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965
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2002 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Patricia G. Spear is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research focuses on the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular attention to subfields such as Epidemiology and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their work covers topics including Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments, Virology and Viral Diseases, and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology.

Among recent publications, the following paper is available:

  • Opportunities, Technology, and the Joy of Discovery, 2022, Annual Review of Virology

Regarding publication venues, Patricia G. Spear has contributed to the Annual Review of Virology.

Frequent co-authors are not listed in the available data.

Patricia G. Spear has received several recognitions, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2002
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2000

Best Publications

  • Herpes simplex virus 1 entry into cells mediated by a novel member of the tnf/ngf receptor family

    Patricia G. Spear;Rebecca I. Montgomery

  • Initial interaction of herpes simplex virus with cells is binding to heparan sulfate.

    Darrell WuDunn;P. G. Spear

  • A novel role for 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate in herpes simplex virus 1 entry

    Deepak Shukla;Jian Liu;Peter Blaiklock;Nicholas W. Shworak;Nicholas W. Shworak

  • Entry of Alphaherpesviruses Mediated by Poliovirus Receptor-Related Protein 1 and Poliovirus Receptor

    Robert J. Geraghty;Claude Krummenacher;Claude Krummenacher;Gary H. Cohen;Gary H. Cohen;Roselyn J. Eisenberg;Roselyn J. Eisenberg

  • Infections with herpes simplex viruses (1).

    Lawrence Corey;Patricia G. Spear

  • LIGHT, a New Member of the TNF Superfamily, and Lymphotoxin α Are Ligands for Herpesvirus Entry Mediator

    Davide N Mauri;Reinhard Ebner;Rebecca I Montgomery;Kristine D Kochel

  • Herpesvirus entry: an update.

    Patricia G. Spear;Richard Longnecker

  • Glycoprotein C of herpes simplex virus type 1 plays a principal role in the adsorption of virus to cells and in infectivity.

    B C Herold;D WuDunn;N Soltys;P G Spear

  • Proteins Specified by Herpes Simplex Virus V. Purification and Structural Proteins of the Herpesvirion

    Patricia G. Spear;Bernard Roizman

  • Herpes simplex virus: receptors and ligands for cell entry

    Patricia G. Spear

  • Cell surface receptors for herpes simplex virus are heparan sulfate proteoglycans.

    Mei-Tsu Shieh;D. Wudunn;R. I. Montgomery;J. D. Esko

  • A Cell Surface Protein with Herpesvirus Entry Activity (HveB) Confers Susceptibility to Infection by Mutants of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1, Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2, and Pseudorabies Virus

    Morgyn S. Warner;Robert J. Geraghty;Wanda M. Martinez;Rebecca I. Montgomery

  • The proteins specified by herpes simplex virus: I. Time of synthesis, transfer into nuclei, and properties of proteins made in productively infected cells

    Patricia G. Spear;Bernard Roizman

  • Herpesviruses and heparan sulfate: an intimate relationship in aid of viral entry

    Deepak Shukla;Patricia G. Spear

  • Three classes of cell surface receptors for alphaherpesvirus entry.

    Patricia G. Spear;Roselyn J. Eisenberg;Gary H. Cohen

  • Entry of alphaherpesviruses into cells

    P.G. Spear

  • Membrane proteins specified by herpes simplex viruses. III. Role of glycoprotein VP7(B2) in virion infectivity.

    M Sarmiento;M Haffey;P G Spear

  • Glycoprotein C-independent binding of herpes simplex virus to cells requires cell surface heparan sulphate and glycoprotein B

    Betsy C. Herold;Robert J. Visalli;Nanette Susmarski;Curtis R. Brandt

  • Glycoproteins Specified by Herpes Simplex Viruses

    Patricia G. Spear

  • Cell Fusion Induced by Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoproteins gB, gD, and gH-gL Requires a gD Receptor but Not Necessarily Heparan Sulfate

    Peter E. Pertel;Alina Fridberg;Mary L. Parish;Patricia G. Spear

  • Proteins Specified by Herpes Simplex Virus II. Viral Glycoproteins Associated with Cellular Membranes

    Patricia G. Spear;John M. Keller;Bernard Roizman

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard Roizman
Bernard Roizman University of Chicago
Gary H. Cohen
Gary H. Cohen University of Pennsylvania
Roselyn J. Eisenberg
Roselyn J. Eisenberg University of Pennsylvania
Deepak Shukla
Deepak Shukla University of Illinois at Chicago
Carl F. Ware
Carl F. Ware Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
J. Charles Whitbeck
J. Charles Whitbeck Integral Molecular (United States)
Robert D. Rosenberg
Robert D. Rosenberg Technical University of Munich
Klaus Pfeffer
Klaus Pfeffer Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
John D. Lambris
John D. Lambris University of Pennsylvania
Richard Longnecker
Richard Longnecker Northwestern University

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