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Vyacheslav Yurchenko

Vyacheslav Yurchenko

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
9010
World Ranking
17207
National Ranking
23

Overview

Vyacheslav Yurchenko is affiliated with the University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad disciplines, their work focuses notably on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Insect Science, and Plant Science.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

Vyacheslav Yurchenko has published in various scientific venues with a notable frequency, including:

  • Pathogens
  • Trends in Parasitology
  • Parasitology
  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Nature

Their recent published papers include:

  • Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses, 2021, Open Biology
  • Lexis and Grammar of Mitochondrial RNA Processing in Trypanosomes, 2020, Trends in Parasitology
  • Short tRNA anticodon stem and mutant eRF1 allow stop codon reassignment, 2023, Nature
  • Development of Monoxenous Trypanosomatids and Phytomonads in Insects, 2021, Trends in Parasitology
  • Experimental infections and co-infections with Leishmania braziliensis and Leishmania infantum in two sand fly species, Lutzomyia migonei and Lutzomyia longipalpis, 2020, Scientific Reports

Co-authorship is a significant part of their work, collaborating frequently with several researchers. The most frequent co-authors are:

  • Julius Lukeš
  • Alexei Yu. Kostygov
  • Anzhelika Butenko
  • Evgeny S. Gerasimov
  • Jan Votýpka

Best Publications

  • PHD domain-mediated E3 ligase activity directs intramolecular sumoylation of an adjacent bromodomain required for gene silencing.

    Alexey V. Ivanov;Hongzhuang Peng;Vyacheslav Yurchenko;Kyoko L. Yap

  • Active site residues of cyclophilin A are crucial for its signaling activity via CD147.

    Vyacheslav Yurchenko;Gabriele Zybarth;Matthew O'Connor;Wei Wei Dai

  • CD147 facilitates HIV-1 infection by interacting with virus-associated cyclophilin A

    Tatiana Pushkarsky;Gabriele Zybarth;Larisa Dubrovsky;Vyacheslav Yurchenko

  • Cyclophilin–CD147 interactions: a new target for anti‐inflammatory therapeutics

    V Yurchenko;S Constant;E Eisenmesser;M Bukrinsky

  • Evolution of parasitism in kinetoplastid flagellates

    Julius Lukeš;Julius Lukeš;Tomáš Skalický;Jiří Týč;Jan Votýpka

  • Diversity and phylogeny of insect trypanosomatids: all that is hidden shall be revealed.

    Dmitri A. Maslov;Jan Votýpka;Vyacheslav Yurchenko;Julius Lukeš

  • Dealing with the family: CD147 interactions with cyclophilins

    Vyacheslav Yurchenko;Stephanie Constant;Michael Bukrinsky

  • Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses.

    Alexei Y. Kostygov;Alexei Y. Kostygov;Anna Karnkowska;Jan Votýpka;Jan Votýpka;Daria Tashyreva

  • Trypanosomatids Are Much More than Just Trypanosomes: Clues from the Expanded Family Tree

    Julius Lukeš;Julius Lukeš;Anzhelika Butenko;Anzhelika Butenko;Hassan Hashimi;Hassan Hashimi;Dmitri A. Maslov

  • CD147 is a signaling receptor for cyclophilin B.

    Vyacheslav Yurchenko;Matthew O'Connor;Wei Wei Dai;Huiming Guo

  • Recent advances in trypanosomatid research: genome organization, expression, metabolism, taxonomy and evolution

    Dmitri A Maslov;Fred R Opperdoes;Alexei Y Kostygov;Hassan Hashimi

  • Leptomonas seymouri: Adaptations to the Dixenous Life Cycle Analyzed by Genome Sequencing, Transcriptome Profiling and Co-infection with Leishmania donovani.

    Natalya Kraeva;Anzhelika Butenko;Jana Hlaváčová;Alexei Kostygov

  • SUMO Modification of Human XRCC4 Regulates Its Localization and Function in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair

    Vyacheslav Yurchenko;Zhu Xue;Moshe J. Sadofsky

  • New Approaches to Systematics of Trypanosomatidae: Criteria for Taxonomic (Re)description

    Jan Votýpka;Jan Votýpka;Claudia M. d’Avila-Levy;Philippe Grellier;Dmitri A. Maslov

  • Cell Surface Expression of CD147/EMMPRIN Is Regulated by Cyclophilin 60

    Tatiana Pushkarsky;Vyacheslav Yurchenko;Christophe Vanpouille;Beda Brichacek

  • Regulation of CD147 Cell Surface Expression INVOLVEMENT OF THE PROLINE RESIDUE IN THE CD147 TRANSMEMBRANE DOMAIN

    Vyacheslav Yurchenko;Tatiana Pushkarsky;Jian-Hua Li;Wei Wei Dai

  • An Unprecedented Non-canonical Nuclear Genetic Code with All Three Termination Codons Reassigned as Sense Codons.

    Kristína Záhonová;Alexei Y. Kostygov;Alexei Y. Kostygov;Tereza Ševčíková;Vyacheslav Yurchenko;Vyacheslav Yurchenko

  • Exploring the environmental diversity of kinetoplastid flagellates in the high-throughput DNA sequencing era.

    Claudia Masini d’Avila-Levy;Carolina Boucinha;Alexei Kostygov;Helena Lúcia Carneiro Santos

  • The RAG1 N-terminal domain is an E3 ubiquitin ligase

    Vyacheslav Yurchenko;Zhu Xue;Moshe Sadofsky

  • Solution characterization of the extracellular region of CD147 and its interaction with its enzyme ligand cyclophilin A.

    Jennifer Schlegel;Jasmina S. Redzic;Christopher C. Porter;Vyacheslav Yurchenko

Frequent Co-Authors

Julius Lukeš
Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences
Jan Votýpka
Jan Votýpka Charles University
Dmitri A. Maslov
Dmitri A. Maslov University of California, Riverside
Michael Bukrinsky
Michael Bukrinsky George Washington University
Petr Volf
Petr Volf Charles University
Fred R. Opperdoes
Fred R. Opperdoes Université Catholique de Louvain
Igor B. Rogozin
Igor B. Rogozin National Institutes of Health
Barbara Sherry
Barbara Sherry North Carolina State University
Youri I. Pavlov
Youri I. Pavlov University of Nebraska Medical Center
Milan Jirků
Milan Jirků Czech Academy of Sciences

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