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Ulf Pettersson

Ulf Pettersson

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Molecular Biology
Sweden
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
85
Citations
27663
World Ranking
1308
National Ranking
14

Molecular Biology

D-Index
85
Citations
27663
World Ranking
849
National Ranking
16

Ulf Pettersson publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ulf Pettersson sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 345 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Ulf Pettersson D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ulf Pettersson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 1993 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Ulf Pettersson is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and conducts research primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans various subfields, including molecular biology, genetics, biophysics, cancer research, and biomedical engineering.

The main topics covered in their research include virus-based gene therapy, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, cell image analysis techniques, genetics, bioinformatics, biomedical research, RNA research and splicing, advanced proteomics techniques and applications, and interferon and immune responses.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ulf Pettersson include:

  • The Human Adenovirus 2 Transcriptome: an Amazing Complexity of Alternatively Spliced mRNAs (2020, Journal of Virology)
  • Phosphorylation Time-Course Study of the Response during Adenovirus Type 2 Infection (2020, PROTEOMICS)
  • Front Cover: Phosphorylation Time-Course Study of the Response during Adenovirus Type 2 Infection (2020, PROTEOMICS)
  • Faculty Opinions recommendation of A latent lineage potential in resident neural stem cells enables spinal cord repair. (2020, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature)
  • Faculty Opinions recommendation of Recovering signals of ghost archaic introgression in African populations. (2020, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Sara Bergström Lind
  • Hongxing Zhao
  • Alberto Valdés
  • Amanda Westergren Jakobsson
  • Bo Segerman

Ulf Pettersson has published multiple times in the following venues:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • PROTEOMICS
  • Journal of Virology

In 1993, Ulf Pettersson was honored as a Member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • Severe psoriasis--oral therapy with a new retinoid.

    T. Fredriksson;U. Pettersson

  • 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

  • DNA hypomethylation leads to elevated mutation rates

    Richard Z. Chen;Ulf Pettersson;Ulf Pettersson;Caroline Beard;Caroline Beard;Laurie Jackson-Grusby

  • Structure of two spliced mRNAs from the transforming region of human subgroup C adenoviruses

    Michel Perricaudet;Göran Akusjärvi;Anders Virtanen;Ulf Pettersson

  • Virus-Receptor Interaction in an Adenovirus System

    Lennart Philipson;Karl Lonberg-Holm;Ulf Pettersson

  • Viral DNA in transformed cells. II. A study of the sequences of adenovirus 2 DNA IN NINE LINES OF TRANSFORMED RAT CELLS USING SPECIFIC FRAGMENTS OF THE VIRAL GENOME

    Phillip A. Sharp;Ulf Pettersson;Joe Sambrook

  • Coherence effects in deep inelastic scattering

    Bo Andersson;Gosta Gustafson;Leif Lonnblad;Ulf Pettersson

  • Targeting of adenovirus E1A and E4-ORF3 proteins to nuclear matrix-associated PML bodies.

    T Carvalho;J S Seeler;K Ohman;P Jordan

  • Dipole formulation of QCD cascades

    Gösta Gustafson;Ulf Pettersson

  • Amount of viral DNA in the genome of cells transformed by adenovirus type 2

    Ulf Pettersson;Joe Sambrook

  • A deletion in the amelogenin gene (AMG) causes X-linked amelogenesis imperfecta (AIH1).

    Maria Lagerström;Niklas Dahl;Yutaka Nakahori;Yasuo Nakagome

  • A putative vulnerability locus to multiple sclerosis maps to 5p14-p12 in a region syntenic to the murine locus Eae2.

    Satu Kuokkanen;Mats Sundvall;Joseph D. Terwilliger;Pentti J. Tienari

  • Arthritis induced in rats with non-immunogenic adjuvants as models for rheumatoid arthritis

    Rikard Holmdahl;Johnny C. Lorentzen;Johnny C. Lorentzen;Shemin Lu;Peter Olofsson

  • The genetics of primary nocturnal enuresis: inheritance and suggestion of a second major gene on chromosome 12q.

    Henrik Arnell;Kelm Hjalmas;Martin Jagervall;Göran Läckgren

  • A new species of virus-coded low molecular weight RNA from cells infected with adenovirus type 2

    Hans Söderlund;Ulf Pettersson;Björn Vennström;Lennart Philipson

  • Cleavage of Adenovirus Type 2 DNA into Six Unique Fragments by Endonuclease R·RI

    Ulf Pettersson;Carel Mulder;Hajo Delius;Phillip A. Sharp

  • Genetic control of arthritis onset, severity and chronicity in a model for rheumatoid arthritis in rats

    Carina Vingsbo-Lundberg;Niklas Nordquist;Peter Olofsson;Mats Sundvall

  • The gene for polypeptide IX of adenovirus type 2 and its unspliced messenger RNA

    Peter Aleström;Goran Akusjärvi;Michel Perricaudet;Michael B. Mathews

  • Structural proteins of adenoviruses: II. Purification and characterization of the adenovirus type 2 fiber antigen☆

    Ulf Pettersson;Stefan Höglund

  • Genome of coxsackievirus B3.

    A. M. Lindberg;P. O. K. Stalhandske;U. Pettersson

Frequent Co-Authors

Lennart Philipson
Lennart Philipson Uppsala University
Göran Akusjärvi
Göran Akusjärvi Uppsala University
Niklas Dahl
Niklas Dahl Uppsala University
Rikard Holmdahl
Rikard Holmdahl Karolinska Institute
Alberto C.C. Frasch
Alberto C.C. Frasch National University of General San Martín
Lars Hellman
Lars Hellman Uppsala University
Juan José Cazzulo
Juan José Cazzulo National University of General San Martín
Louis H. Philipson
Louis H. Philipson University of Chicago
Michel Perricaudet
Michel Perricaudet Institut Gustave Roussy
Gösta Holmgren
Gösta Holmgren Umeå University

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