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Peter D. Nagy 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 Peter D. Nagy sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 200 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Peter D. Nagy 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 Peter D. Nagy sits on this spectrum.

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75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Peter D. Nagy is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States and specializes in research within agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. Their subfields of study encompass plant science, molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, and endocrinology.

Their research work centers around plant virus research studies, viral infections and immunology, CRISPR and genetic engineering, mosquito-borne diseases and control, plant and fungal interactions research, insect-plant interactions and control, and RNA research and splicing.

Peter D. Nagy has frequently published in several academic venues including:

  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Virology
  • Journal of Virology
  • Current Opinion in Virology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Among recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by the researcher are:

  • Taking over Cellular Energy-Metabolism for TBSV Replication: The High ATP Requirement of an RNA Virus within the Viral Replication Organelle, 2020, Viruses
  • Tombusviruses orchestrate the host endomembrane system to create elaborate membranous replication organelles, 2021, Current Opinion in Virology
  • Co-opted Cellular Sac1 Lipid Phosphatase and PI(4)P Phosphoinositide Are Key Host Factors during the Biogenesis of the Tombusvirus Replication Compartment, 2020, Journal of Virology
  • The retromer is co-opted to deliver lipid enzymes for the biogenesis of lipid-enriched tombusviral replication organelles, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Key interplay between the co-opted sorting nexin-BAR proteins and PI3P phosphoinositide in the formation of the tombusvirus replicase, 2020, PLoS Pathogens

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Wenwu Lin
  • Zhike Feng
  • Judit Pogany
  • Yuanrong Kang
  • Jun-ichi Inaba

Peter D. Nagy's body of work emphasizes viral mechanisms related to plant viruses and associated host interactions at a molecular level, including contributions to understanding viral replication organelles and host cell machinery orchestration. Their studies contribute to multiple aspects of biological and medical research connected to plant pathology and viral dynamics.

Best Publications

  • The dependence of viral RNA replication on co-opted host factors

    Peter D. Nagy;Judit Pogany

  • New insights into the mechanisms of RNA recombination.

    Peter D. Nagy;Anne E. Simon

  • Advances in the molecular biology of tombusviruses: gene expression, genome replication, and recombination.

    K Andrew White;Peter D Nagy

  • Yeast genome-wide screen reveals dissimilar sets of host genes affecting replication of RNA viruses

    Tadas Panavas;Elena Serviene;Jeremy Brasher;Peter D. Nagy

  • The role of the p33:p33/p92 interaction domain in RNA replication and intracellular localization of p33 and p92 proteins of Cucumber necrosis tombusvirus.

    Tadas Panavas;Cecily M. Hawkins;Zivile Panaviene;Peter D. Nagy

  • Proteomics Analysis of the Tombusvirus Replicase: Hsp70 Molecular Chaperone Is Associated with the Replicase and Enhances Viral RNA Replication

    Saulius Serva;Peter D. Nagy

  • A unique role for the host ESCRT proteins in replication of Tomato bushy stunt virus.

    Daniel Barajas;Yi Jiang;Peter D. Nagy

  • Specific Binding of Tombusvirus Replication Protein p33 to an Internal Replication Element in the Viral RNA Is Essential for Replication

    Judit Pogany;K. Andrew White;Peter D. Nagy

  • Yeast as a model host to study replication and recombination of defective interfering RNA of Tomato bushy stunt virus.

    Tadas Panavas;Peter D Nagy

  • Emerging picture of host chaperone and cyclophilin roles in RNA virus replication.

    P.D. Nagy;R.Y. Wang;J. Pogany;A. Hafren

  • Cdc34p Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme Is a Component of the Tombusvirus Replicase Complex and Ubiquitinates p33 Replication Protein

    Zhenghe Li;Daniel Barajas;Tadas Panavas;David A. Herbst

  • Diverse roles of host RNA binding proteins in RNA virus replication.

    Zhenghe Li;Peter D. Nagy

  • Characterization of the RNA-binding domains in the replicase proteins of tomato bushy stunt virus.

    K. S. Rajendran;Peter D. Nagy

  • In vitro assembly of the Tomato bushy stunt virus replicase requires the host Heat shock protein 70

    Judit Pogany;Jozsef Stork;Zhenghe Li;Peter D. Nagy

  • Yeast as a Model Host to Explore Plant Virus-Host Interactions

    Peter D. Nagy

  • Tomato bushy stunt virus Co-Opts the RNA-Binding Function of a Host Metabolic Enzyme for Viral Genomic RNA Synthesis

    Robert Yung-Liang Wang;Peter D. Nagy

  • Role of an Internal and Two 3′-Terminal RNA Elements in Assembly of Tombusvirus Replicase

    Zivile Panaviene;Tadas Panavas;Peter D. Nagy

  • Translation elongation factor 1A facilitates the assembly of the tombusvirus replicase and stimulates minus-strand synthesis.

    Zhenghe Li;Judit Pogany;Steven Tupman;Anthony M. Esposito

  • A Key Role for Heat Shock Protein 70 in the Localization and Insertion of Tombusvirus Replication Proteins to Intracellular Membranes

    Robert Yung-Liang Wang;Jozsef Stork;Peter D. Nagy

  • Building Viral Replication Organelles: Close Encounters of the Membrane Types.

    Peter D. Nagy;Jeroen R. P. M. Strating;Frank J. M. van Kuppeveld

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne E. Simon
Anne E. Simon University of Maryland, College Park
Victor M. Corman
Victor M. Corman Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Marcel A. Müller
Marcel A. Müller Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Nick J. Knowles
Nick J. Knowles The Pirbright Institute
Christian Drosten
Christian Drosten Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Frank J. M. van Kuppeveld
Frank J. M. van Kuppeveld Utrecht University
Guangxiang Luo
Guangxiang Luo University of Alabama at Birmingham
Susanna K. P. Lau
Susanna K. P. Lau University of Hong Kong
John F. Bol
John F. Bol Leiden University Medical Center
Alexander McPherson
Alexander McPherson University of California, Irvine

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