| A phylogenomic data-driven exploration of viral origins and evolution A Nasir, G Caetano-Anollés Science advances 1 (8), e1500527, 2015 | 218 | 2015 |
| Lokiarchaea are close relatives of Euryarchaeota, not bridging the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes V Da Cunha, M Gaia, D Gadelle, A Nasir, P Forterre PLoS genetics 13 (6), e1006810, 2017 | 162 | 2017 |
| Giant viruses coexisted with the cellular ancestors and represent a distinct supergroup along with superkingdoms Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya A Nasir, KM Kim, G Caetano-Anolles BMC Evolutionary Biology 12, 1-19, 2012 | 138 | 2012 |
| Bivalent SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines increase breadth of neutralization and protect against the BA. 5 Omicron variant in mice SM Scheaffer, D Lee, B Whitener, B Ying, K Wu, CY Liang, H Jani, ... Nature medicine 29 (1), 247-257, 2023 | 127 | 2023 |
| Asgard archaea do not close the debate about the universal tree of life topology V Da Cunha, M Gaia, A Nasir, P Forterre PLoS genetics 14 (3), e1007215, 2018 | 94 | 2018 |
| Global patterns of protein domain gain and loss in superkingdoms A Nasir, KM Kim, G Caetano-Anollés PLoS computational biology 10 (1), e1003452, 2014 | 84 | 2014 |
| Horizontal gene transfer in human-associated microorganisms inferred by phylogenetic reconstruction and reconciliation H Jeong, B Arif, G Caetano-Anollés, KM Kim, A Nasir Scientific reports 9 (1), 5953, 2019 | 76 | 2019 |
| Investigating the concept and origin of viruses A Nasir, E Romero-Severson, JM Claverie Trends in microbiology 28 (12), 959-967, 2020 | 64 | 2020 |
| Viral evolution: primordial cellular origins and late adaptation to parasitism A Nasir, KM Kim, G Caetano-Anollés Mobile Genetic Elements 2 (5), 247-252, 2012 | 62 | 2012 |
| The distribution and impact of viral lineages in domains of life A Nasir, P Forterre, KM Kim, G Caetano-Anollés Frontiers in microbiology 5, 96170, 2014 | 55 | 2014 |
| Ancestrality and mosaicism of giant viruses supporting the definition of the fourth TRUC of microbes P Colson, A Levasseur, B La Scola, V Sharma, A Nasir, P Pontarotti, ... Frontiers in microbiology 9, 341093, 2018 | 47 | 2018 |
| Archaea: the first domain of diversified life G Caetano-Anollés, A Nasir, K Zhou, D Caetano-Anollés, JE Mittenthal, ... Archaea 2014, 2014 | 45 | 2014 |
| Benefits of using molecular structure and abundance in phylogenomic analysis G Caetano-Anollés, A Nasir Frontiers in genetics 3, 172, 2012 | 45 | 2012 |
| HGTree: database of horizontally transferred genes determined by tree reconciliation H Jeong, S Sung, T Kwon, M Seo, K Caetano-Anollés, SH Choi, S Cho, ... Nucleic acids research 44 (D1), D610-D619, 2016 | 42 | 2016 |
| A general framework of persistence strategies for biological systems helps explain domains of life LS Yafremava, M Wielgos, S Thomas, A Nasir, M Wang, JE Mittenthal, ... Frontiers in Genetics 4, 16, 2013 | 42 | 2013 |
| Phylogenetic tracings of proteome size support the gradual accretion of protein structural domains and the early origin of viruses from primordial cells A Nasir, KM Kim, G Caetano-Anollés Frontiers in Microbiology 8, 269352, 2017 | 40 | 2017 |
| Untangling the origin of viruses and their impact on cellular evolution A Nasir, FJ Sun, KM Kim, G Caetano‐Anollés Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1341 (1), 61-74, 2015 | 38 | 2015 |
| Do viruses exchange genes across superkingdoms of life? SS Malik, S Azem-e-Zahra, KM Kim, G Caetano-Anollés, A Nasir Frontiers in Microbiology 8, 297661, 2017 | 36 | 2017 |
| A tree of cellular life inferred from a genomic census of molecular functions KM Kim, A Nasir, K Hwang, G Caetano-Anollés Journal of Molecular Evolution 79, 240-262, 2014 | 35 | 2014 |
| Annotation of protein domains reveals remarkable conservation in the functional make up of proteomes across superkingdoms A Nasir, A Naeem, MJ Khan, HD Lopez-Nicora, G Caetano-Anollés Genes 2 (4), 869-911, 2011 | 35 | 2011 |
Gustavo Caetano-AnollesProfessor of Bioinformatics, University Scholar, University of IllinoisVerified email at illinois.edu
