What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Genetics, Genome, Gene, Bacteriophage and DNA.
Prophage, Plasmid, Borrelia burgdorferi, Peptide sequence and Lambda phage are the primary areas of interest in his Genetics study.
Sherwood R. Casjens has included themes like Lyme disease microbiology, Antigenic variation and Gene family in his Plasmid study.
His study in the field of Bacterial genome size, Comparative genomics and Viral evolution also crosses realms of Double strand and Reassortment.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Evolutionary biology, Computational biology, Genetic systems and Microbiology in addition to Bacteriophage.
His DNA research integrates issues from Protein structure, Molecular machine, Prohead and Cell biology.
His most cited work include:
- Genomic sequence of a Lyme disease spirochaete, Borrelia burgdorferi (1780 citations)
- A bacterial genome in flux: the twelve linear and nine circular extrachromosomal DNAs in an infectious isolate of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. (680 citations)
- Prophages and bacterial genomics: what have we learned so far? (624 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Bacteriophage, Genetics, Gene, Genome and DNA.
His work carried out in the field of Bacteriophage brings together such families of science as Virology, Crystallography, Biophysics, Mutant and Molecular biology.
His study involves Plasmid, Borrelia burgdorferi, Prophage, Borrelia and Bacterial genome size, a branch of Genetics.
His Plasmid study combines topics in areas such as Telomere, Chromosome and Pseudogene.
His Genome research includes elements of Phylogenetics, Microbiology and Sequence.
His study on DNA also encompasses disciplines like
- Capsid that connect with fields like Prohead,
- Cell biology and related Morphogenesis.
He most often published in these fields:
- Bacteriophage (49.17%)
- Genetics (49.17%)
- Gene (42.54%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2020)?
- Bacteriophage (49.17%)
- Genome (35.36%)
- Genetics (49.17%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Sherwood R. Casjens focuses on Bacteriophage, Genome, Genetics, Virology and Microbiology.
The Bacteriophage study combines topics in areas such as Enterobacteriales, Lytic cycle and Mutant.
His Genome study incorporates themes from Borrelia, Borrelia burgdorferi, DNA, Bacteria and Phylogenetics.
His research in DNA tackles topics such as Biophysics which are related to areas like Capsid and Protein subunit.
His Genetics and Gene, Whole genome sequencing, Plasmid, Siphoviridae and Escherichia coli investigations all form part of his Genetics research activities.
His Virology research focuses on subjects like Salmonella enterica, which are linked to Lineage and Genetic transfer.
Between 2013 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- Understanding the enormous diversity of bacteriophages: the tailed phages that infect the bacterial family Enterobacteriaceae. (154 citations)
- Bacteriophage lambda: Early pioneer and still relevant. (113 citations)
- Expansion of bacteriophages is linked to aggravated intestinal inflammation and colitis (108 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
His scientific interests lie mostly in Bacteriophage, Genome, Genetics, Virology and Microbiology.
His work in the fields of Prophage overlaps with other areas such as Colitis.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Plasmid, Caudovirales, Phylogenetics and Phylogenetic tree.
His study in Borrelia burgdorferi, Genotype, Gene, DNA microarray and Horizontal gene transfer falls under the purview of Genetics.
Sherwood R. Casjens has researched Virology in several fields, including Bacterial virus, Biophysics and Salmonella enterica, Salmonella.
His Microbiology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Escherichia, Immune system and Lactobacillus.
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