| A bacteriolytic agent that detects and kills Bacillus anthracis R Schuch, D Nelson, VA Fischetti Nature 418 (6900), 884-889, 2002 | 896 | 2002 |
| Prevention and elimination of upper respiratory colonization of mice by group A streptococci by using a bacteriophage lytic enzyme D Nelson, L Loomis, VA Fischetti Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (7), 4107-4112, 2001 | 791 | 2001 |
| Rapid killing of Streptococcus pneumoniae with a bacteriophage cell wall hydrolase JM Loeffler, D Nelson, VA Fischetti Science 294 (5549), 2170-2172, 2001 | 727 | 2001 |
| Endolysins as antimicrobials DC Nelson, M Schmelcher, L Rodriguez-Rubio, J Klumpp, DG Pritchard, ... Advances in virus research 83, 299-365, 2012 | 441 | 2012 |
| Identification of a broadly active phage lytic enzyme with lethal activity against antibiotic-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium P Yoong, R Schuch, D Nelson, VA Fischetti Journal of bacteriology 186 (14), 4808-4812, 2004 | 347 | 2004 |
| Removal of group B streptococci colonizing the vagina and oropharynx of mice with a bacteriophage lytic enzyme Q Cheng, D Nelson, S Zhu, VA Fischetti Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 49 (1), 111-117, 2005 | 326 | 2005 |
| Purification and characterization of biofilm-associated EPS exopolysaccharides from ESKAPE organisms and other pathogens PM Bales, EM Renke, SL May, Y Shen, DC Nelson PloS one 8 (6), e67950, 2013 | 279 | 2013 |
| PlyC: a multimeric bacteriophage lysin D Nelson, R Schuch, P Chahales, S Zhu, VA Fischetti Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (28), 10765-10770, 2006 | 267 | 2006 |
| Reinventing phage therapy: are the parts greater than the sum? VA Fischetti, D Nelson, R Schuch Nature biotechnology 24 (12), 1508-1511, 2006 | 245 | 2006 |
| Cysteine proteinase SpeB from Streptococcus pyogenes – a potent modifier of immunologically important host and bacterial proteins DC Nelson, J Garbe, M Collin Walter de Gruyter 392 (12), 1077-1088, 2011 | 212 | 2011 |
| Comparative Properties of Two Cysteine Proteinases (Gingipains R), the Products of Two Related but Individual Genes ofPorphyromonas gingivalis J Potempa, J Mikolajczyk-Pawlinska, D Brassell, D Nelson, IB Thøgersen, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 273 (34), 21648-21657, 1998 | 183 | 1998 |
| Evolutionarily distinct bacteriophage endolysins featuring conserved peptidoglycan cleavage sites protect mice from MRSA infection M Schmelcher, Y Shen, DC Nelson, MR Eugster, F Eichenseher, ... Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 70 (5), 1453-1465, 2015 | 177 | 2015 |
| Group A streptococcus (GAS) carbohydrate as an immunogen for protection against GAS infection H Sabharwal, F Michon, D Nelson, W Dong, K Fuchs, RC Manjarrez, ... The Journal of infectious diseases 193 (1), 129-135, 2006 | 154 | 2006 |
| Rapid degradation of Streptococcus pyogenes biofilms by PlyC, a bacteriophage-encoded endolysin Y Shen, T Köller, B Kreikemeyer, DC Nelson Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 68 (8), 1818-1824, 2013 | 134 | 2013 |
| PlyPH, a bacteriolytic enzyme with a broad pH range of activity and lytic action against Bacillus anthracis P Yoong, R Schuch, D Nelson, VA Fischetti Journal of bacteriology 188 (7), 2711-2714, 2006 | 127 | 2006 |
| X-ray crystal structure of the streptococcal specific phage lysin PlyC S McGowan, AM Buckle, MS Mitchell, JT Hoopes, DT Gallagher, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (31), 12752-12757, 2012 | 126 | 2012 |
| Phage taxonomy: we agree to disagree D Nelson Journal of bacteriology 186 (21), 7029-7031, 2004 | 124 | 2004 |
| Prolyl tripeptidyl peptidase from Porphyromonas gingivalis: a novel enzyme with possible pathological implications for the development of periodontitis A Banbula, P Mak, M Bugno, J Silberring, A Dubin, D Nelson, J Travis, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 274 (14), 9246-9252, 1999 | 117 | 1999 |
| The 1.6 Å crystal structure of the catalytic domain of PlyB, a bacteriophage lysin active against Bacillus anthracis CJ Porter, R Schuch, AJ Pelzek, AM Buckle, S McGowan, MCJ Wilce, ... Journal of molecular biology 366 (2), 540-550, 2007 | 116 | 2007 |
| Triple-acting Lytic Enzyme Treatment of Drug-Resistant and Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus SC Becker, DR Roach, VS Chauhan, Y Shen, J Foster-Frey, AM Powell, ... Scientific reports 6 (1), 25063, 2016 | 106 | 2016 |
Vincent A FischettiProfessor and Head of Laboratory, Rockefeller UniversityVerified email at rockefeller.edu