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  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Paul T. Englund was affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the field of Medicine, with a specific emphasis on Epidemiology. The main topics of their work centered around Trypanosoma species research and its implications.

Englund published research in venues such as UNC Libraries. Two notable papers from 2020 include:

  • "TbPIF1, a Trypanosoma brucei Mitochondrial DNA Helicase, Is Essential for Kinetoplast Minicircle Replication" (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • "The Killing of African Trypanosomes by Ethidium Bromide" (2020, UNC Libraries)

The scientist collaborated frequently with several coauthors including:

  • Gokben Yildirir
  • Jianyang Wang
  • Gökhan Tolun
  • Jack D. Griffith
  • Beiyu Liu

Recognized by the scientific community, Paul T. Englund was a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2012 and became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2000.

Best Publications

  • The genome sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi, etiologic agent of Chagas disease

    Najib M. El-Sayed;Peter J. Myler;Peter J. Myler;Daniella C. Bartholomeu;Daniel Nilsson

  • Comparative genomics of trypanosomatid parasitic protozoa.

    Najib M. El-Sayed;Peter J. Myler;Peter J. Myler;Gaëlle Blandin;Matthew Berriman

  • Bent helical structure in kinetoplast DNA.

    Joan C. Marini;Stephen D. Levene;Donald M. Crothers;Paul T. Englund

  • The Structure and Biosynthesis of Glycosyl Phosphatidylinositol Protein Anchors

    Paul T. Englund

  • A homogeneous type II DNA topoisomerase from HeLa cell nuclei.

    K G Miller;L F Liu;P T Englund

  • The Structure and Replication of Kinetoplast DNA

    Theresa A. Shapiro;Paul T. Englund

  • Kinetoplast DNA network: evolution of an improbable structure.

    Julius Lukeš;Julius Lukeš;D. Lys Guilbride;Jan Votýpka;Jan Votýpka;Alena Zíková;Alena Zíková

  • A novel pathway for glycan assembly: Biosynthesis of the glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol anchor of the trypanosome variant surface glycoprotein

    Wayne J. Masterson;Tamara L. Doering;Gerald W. Hart;Paul T. Englund

  • Fellowship of the rings: the replication of kinetoplast DNA.

    Beiyu Liu;Yanan Liu;Shawn A. Motyka;Eddy E.C. Agbo

  • A glycan-phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase D in human serum.

    Michael A. Davitz;Dale Hereld;Steve Shak;Jessica Krakow

  • The Molecular Biology of Trypanosomes

    Paul T. Englund;Stephen L. Hajduk;Joan C Marini

  • Network News: The Replication of Kinetoplast DNA

    Robert E. Jensen;Paul T. Englund

  • Selective cleavage of kinetoplast DNA minicircles promoted by antitrypanosomal drugs.

    Theresa A. Shapiro;Paul T. Englund

  • Visualization of the bent helix in kinetoplast DNA by electron microscopy

    Jack Griffith;Michael Bleyman;Carol A. Rauch;Peter A. Kitchin

  • A phospholipase C from Trypanosoma brucei which selectively cleaves the glycolipid on the variant surface glycoprotein.

    D Hereld;J L Krakow;J D Bangs;G W Hart

  • Rapid processing of the carboxyl terminus of a trypanosome variant surface glycoprotein

    James D. Bangs;Dale Hereld;Jessica L. Krakow;Gerald W. Hart

  • Biosynthesis of glycosyl phosphatidylinositol membrane anchors.

    T L Doering;W J Masterson;G W Hart;P T Englund

  • Biosynthesis of the Glycosyl Phosphatidylinositol Membrane Anchor of the Trypanosome Variant Surface Glycoprotein: Origin of the non-acetylated glucosamine

    T L Doering;W J Masterson;P T Englund;G W Hart

  • The surface coat of procyclic Trypanosoma brucei: programmed expression and proteolytic cleavage of procyclin in the tsetse fly.

    Alvaro Acosta-Serrano;Alvaro Acosta-Serrano;Erik Vassella;Matthias Liniger;Christina Kunz Renggli

  • Identification of a glycolipid precursor of the Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoprotein.

    J L Krakow;D Hereld;J D Bangs;G W Hart

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald W. Hart
Gerald W. Hart University of Georgia
Tamara L. Doering
Tamara L. Doering Washington University in St. Louis
Robert E. Jensen
Robert E. Jensen Johns Hopkins University
Joan C. Marini
Joan C. Marini National Institutes of Health
Keith Gull
Keith Gull University of Oxford
Isabel Roditi
Isabel Roditi University of Bern
Jack D. Griffith
Jack D. Griffith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
James M. Ntambi
James M. Ntambi University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ricardo T. Gazzinelli
Ricardo T. Gazzinelli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
George W. Gokel
George W. Gokel University of Missouri–St. Louis

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