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6592
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18147
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7414

Theo W. Dreher 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 Theo W. Dreher sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 99 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Theo W. Dreher 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 Theo W. Dreher sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Theo W. Dreher is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in the study of aquatic and microbial ecosystems.

Their work covers several subfields, including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Molecular Biology, and Biomaterials. The main topics addressed in their research involve Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology, Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity, and Diatoms and Algae Research.

Theo W. Dreher has published extensively in scientific journals, with a notable concentration in the journal Harmful Algae, where they have contributed eight papers. They have also published in the Journal of Virological Methods.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Dreher include:

  • Complete genomes derived by directly sequencing freshwater bloom populations emphasize the significance of the genus level ADA clade within the Nostocales (2021, Harmful Algae)
  • Comparative genomics of the ADA clade within the Nostocales (2021, Harmful Algae)
  • 7-epi-cylindrospermopsin and microcystin producers among diverse Anabaena/Dolichospermum/Aphanizomenon CyanoHABs in Oregon, USA (2022, Harmful Algae)
  • Woronichinia naegeliana: A common nontoxigenic component of temperate freshwater cyanobacterial blooms with 30% of its genome in transposons (2023, Harmful Algae)

They have also contributed to research beyond their direct authorship, such as the paper titled Using a lake sediment record to infer the long-term history of cyanobacteria and the recent rise of an anatoxin producing Dolichospermum sp. (2020, Harmful Algae).

Dreher collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Edward W. Davis, Ryan Mueller, Timothy G. Otten, William O. Hobbs, and Rolf D. Vinebrooke. These collaborations reflect a network of partnerships supporting studies related to cyanobacterial blooms, microbial ecology, and environmental impacts on aquatic systems.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of brome mosaic virus subgenomic RNA in vitro by internal initiation on (-)-sense genomic RNA.

    W A Miller;T W Dreher;T C Hall

  • FUNCTIONS OF THE 3'-UNTRANSLATED REGIONS OF POSITIVE STRAND RNA VIRAL GENOMES.

    Theo W. Dreher

  • Translational control in positive strand RNA plant viruses

    Theo W. Dreher;W. Allen Miller

  • Minus-strand initiation by brome mosaic virus replicase within the 3' tRNA-like structure of native and modified RNA templates.

    Miller Wa;Bujarski Jj;Dreher Tw;Hall Tc

  • Mutational analysis of the sequence and structural requirements in brome mosaic virus RNA for minus strand promoter activity.

    T.W. Dreher;T.C. Hall

  • An overview of diversity, occurrence, genetics and toxin production of bloom-forming Dolichospermum (Anabaena) species.

    Xiaochuang Li;Theo W. Dreher;Renhui Li

  • Telomeric function of the tRNA-like structure of brome mosaic virus RNA

    A. L. N. Rao;T. W. Dreher;L. E. Marsh;T. C. Hall

  • Control of Translation by the 5′- and 3′-Terminal Regions of the Dengue Virus Genome

    Wei-Wei Chiu;Richard M. Kinney;Theo W. Dreher

  • Mutational analysis of the core and modulator sequences of the BMV RNA3 subgenomlc promoter

    Loren E. Marsh;Theo W. Dreher;Timothy C. Hall

  • Role of tRNA-like structures in controlling plant virus replication.

    Theo W. Dreher

  • Inhibition of Dengue Virus Serotypes 1 to 4 in Vero Cell Cultures with Morpholino Oligomers

    Richard M. Kinney;Claire Y.-H. Huang;Becky C. Rose;Andrew D. Kroeker

  • The family Tymoviridae

    G. P. Martelli;S. Sabanadzovic;N. Abou-Ghanem Sabanadzovic;M. C. Edwards

  • Replication in vivo of mutant brome mosaic virus RNAs defective in aminoacylation.

    T.W. Dreher;A.L.N. Rao;T.C. Hall

  • The tRNA-like structure of Turnip yellow mosaic virus RNA is a 3'-translational enhancer.

    Daiki Matsuda;Theo W Dreher

  • Infectious TYMV RNA from cloned cDNA: effects in vitro and in vivo of point substitutions in the initiation codons of two extensively overlapping ORFs

    John J. Weiland;Theo W. Dreher

  • Mutant viral RNAs synthesized in vitro show altered aminoacylation and replicase template activities.

    T. W. Dreher;T. W. Dreher;J. J. Bujarski;T. C. Hall;T. C. Hall

  • tRNA elements mediate the assembly of an icosahedral RNA virus

    Yoon Gi Choi;Theo W. Dreher;A. L. N. Rao

  • Molecular characterization and phylogenetic studies of a wound-inducible proteinase inhibitor I gene in Lycopersicon species.

    Jong S. Lee;Willis E. Brown;John S. Graham;Gregory Pearce

  • Modulation of replication, aminoacylation and adenylation in vitro and infectivity in vivo of BMV RNAs containing deletions within the multifunctional 3′ end.

    J.J. Bujarski;P. Ahlquist;T.C. Hall;T.W. Dreher

  • Quantitative Assessment of EF-1α·GTP Binding to Aminoacyl-tRNAs, Aminoacyl-viral RNA, and tRNA Shows Close Correspondence to the RNA Binding Properties of EF-Tu

    Theo W. Dreher;Olke C. Uhlenbeck;Karen S. Browning

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy C. Hall
Timothy C. Hall Texas A&M University
Catherine Florentz
Catherine Florentz University of Strasbourg
Richard Giegé
Richard Giegé Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Donald R. Buhler
Donald R. Buhler Oregon State University
W. Allen Miller
W. Allen Miller Iowa State University
Richard M. Kinney
Richard M. Kinney Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Giovanni P. Martelli
Giovanni P. Martelli University of Bari Aldo Moro
Anne E. Simon
Anne E. Simon University of Maryland, College Park
Brian A. Larkins
Brian A. Larkins University of Arizona
Young Hee Lee
Young Hee Lee Sungkyunkwan University

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