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77
Citations
19475
World Ranking
1361
National Ranking
595

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1984 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1977 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1975 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Purnell W. Choppin is affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States. The scientist's career includes recognition by several prestigious organizations.

Choppin's awards and honors include:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, awarded in 1988
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), awarded in 1984
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, awarded in 1977
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1975
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

No recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, fields or subfields of study, or main topics of work were listed for this scientist.

Best Publications

  • Identification of biological activities of paramyxovirus glycoproteins. Activation of cell fusion, hemolysis, and infectivity of proteolytic cleavage of an inactive precursor protein of Sendai virus.

    Andreas Scheid;Purnell W. Choppin

  • Enhancement of the infectivity of influenza A and B viruses by proteolytic cleavage of the hemagglutinin polypeptide.

    Sondra G. Lazarowitz;Purnell W. Choppin

  • The gene structure and replication of influenza virus.

    Robert A. Lamb;Purnell W. Choppin

  • Two disulfide-linked polypeptide chains constitute the active F protein of paramyxoviruses

    Andreas Scheid;Purnell W. Choppin

  • The role of viral glycoproteins in adsorption, penetration, and pathogenicity of viruses.

    Purnell W. Choppin;Andreas Scheid

  • Sequences of mRNAs derived from genome RNA segment 7 of influenza virus: colinear and interrupted mRNAs code for overlapping proteins

    Robert A. Lamb;Ching-Juh Lai;Purnell W. Choppin

  • Specific inhibition of paramyxovirus and myxovirus replication by oligopeptides with amino acid sequences similar to those at the N-termini of the Fl or HA2 viral polypeptides

    Christopher D. Richardson;Andreas Scheid;Purnell W. Choppin

  • Isolation and Purification of the Envelope Proteins of Newcastle Disease Virus

    Andreas Scheid;Purnell W. Choppin

  • Influenza virus proteins. I. Analysis of polypeptides of the virion and identification of spike glycoproteins.

    Richard W. Compans;Hans-Dieter Klenk;Lawrence A. Caliguiri;Purnell W. Choppin

  • Influenza virus structural and nonstructural proteins in infected cells and their plasma membranes.

    Sondra G. Lazarowitz;Richard W. Compans;Purnell W. Choppin

  • The synthesis of Sendai virus polypeptides in infected cells

    Robert A. Lamb;Robert A. Lamb;Brian W.J. Mahy;Brian W.J. Mahy;Purnell W. Choppin;Purnell W. Choppin

  • Isolation of paramyxovirus glycoproteins. Association of both hemagglutinating and neuraminidase activities with the larger SV5 glycoprotein.

    Andreas Scheid;Lawrence A. Caliguiri;Richard W. Compans;Purnell W. Choppin

  • Importance of antibodies to the fusion glycoprotein of paramyxoviruses in the prevention of spread of infection.

    D C Merz;A Scheid;P W Choppin

  • Reproduction of Paramyxoviruses

    Purnell W. Choppin;Richard W. Compans

  • Evidence for a ninth influenza viral polypeptide

    Robert A. Lamb;Polly R. Etkind;Purnell W. Choppin

  • Replication of influenza virus in a continuous cell line: High yield of infective virus from cells inoculated at high multiplicity

    Purnell W. Choppin

  • An electron microscopic study of moderate and virulent virus-cell interactions of the parainfluenza virus SV5

    Richard W. Compans;Kathryn V. Holmes;Samuel Dales;Purnell W. Choppin

  • Lipids of plasma membranes of monkey and hamster kidney cells and of parainfluenza virions grown in these cells

    Hans-Dieter Klenk;Purnell W. Choppin

  • Glycosphingolipids of Plasma Membranes of Cultured Cells and an Enveloped Virus (SV5) Grown in These Cells

    Hans-Dieter Klenk;Purnell W. Choppin

  • Measles and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis virus proteins: Lack of antibodies to the M protein in patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

    William W. Hall;Robert A. Lamb;Purnell W. Choppin

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Lamb
Robert A. Lamb Northwestern University
Richard W. Compans
Richard W. Compans Emory University
Christopher D. Richardson
Christopher D. Richardson Dalhousie University
Hans-Dieter Klenk
Hans-Dieter Klenk Philipp University of Marburg
Howard Faden
Howard Faden University at Buffalo, State University of New York
John C. Hierholzer
John C. Hierholzer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Robert M. Krug
Robert M. Krug The University of Texas at Austin
James Wai-Kuo Shih
James Wai-Kuo Shih Xiamen University
David S. Roos
David S. Roos University of Pennsylvania
Edward J. Dubovi
Edward J. Dubovi Cornell University

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