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J Craig Venter

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1 The diploid genome sequence of an individual human. PLoS Biol 2007 44.80
2 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Nature 2002 37.89
3 Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution. Nature 2004 24.40
4 The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling expedition: northwest Atlantic through eastern tropical Pacific. PLoS Biol 2007 23.58
5 Enzymatic assembly of DNA molecules up to several hundred kilobases. Nat Methods 2009 22.47
6 The genome sequence of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Science 2002 20.36
7 Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny. Nature 2007 18.01
8 Evolutionary and biomedical insights from the rhesus macaque genome. Science 2007 16.21
9 The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling expedition: expanding the universe of protein families. PLoS Biol 2007 13.99
10 Creation of a bacterial cell controlled by a chemically synthesized genome. Science 2010 13.45
11 Complete chemical synthesis, assembly, and cloning of a Mycoplasma genitalium genome. Science 2008 10.90
12 A comparison of whole-genome shotgun-derived mouse chromosome 16 and the human genome. Science 2002 9.59
13 Genome sequence and comparative analysis of the model rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium yoelii yoelii. Nature 2002 8.92
14 A Sanger/pyrosequencing hybrid approach for the generation of high-quality draft assemblies of marine microbial genomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 7.17
15 Genome sequence of the dissimilatory metal ion-reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis. Nat Biotechnol 2002 6.96
16 Genetic variation in an individual human exome. PLoS Genet 2008 6.68
17 Essential genes of a minimal bacterium. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 6.31
18 Whole-genome shotgun assembly and comparison of human genome assemblies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 6.08
19 The dog genome: survey sequencing and comparative analysis. Science 2003 5.84
20 Generating a synthetic genome by whole genome assembly: phiX174 bacteriophage from synthetic oligonucleotides. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 5.10
21 An agenda for personalized medicine. Nature 2009 4.14
22 The dynamic genome of Hydra. Nature 2010 4.00
23 Genome transplantation in bacteria: changing one species to another. Science 2007 3.95
24 Structural and functional diversity of the microbial kinome. PLoS Biol 2007 3.74
25 Cell-free cloning using phi29 DNA polymerase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 3.54
26 Plasmodium, human and Anopheles genomics and malaria. Nature 2002 3.42
27 Genomic islands in the pathogenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. PLoS Genet 2008 3.23
28 The complete genome sequence of Chlorobium tepidum TLS, a photosynthetic, anaerobic, green-sulfur bacterium. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 3.19
29 Human chromosome 7: DNA sequence and biology. Science 2003 3.02
30 Genomic insights to SAR86, an abundant and uncultivated marine bacterial lineage. ISME J 2011 2.97
31 Genomic and functional adaptation in surface ocean planktonic prokaryotes. Nature 2010 2.93
32 The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: metagenomic characterization of viruses within aquatic microbial samples. PLoS One 2008 2.91
33 Survey sequencing and comparative analysis of the elephant shark (Callorhinchus milii) genome. PLoS Biol 2007 2.90
34 One-step assembly in yeast of 25 overlapping DNA fragments to form a complete synthetic Mycoplasma genitalium genome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 2.82
35 Towards a comprehensive structural variation map of an individual human genome. Genome Biol 2010 2.79
36 Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 2.76
37 Creating bacterial strains from genomes that have been cloned and engineered in yeast. Science 2009 2.74
38 Genome sequence of Theileria parva, a bovine pathogen that transforms lymphocytes. Science 2005 2.71
39 It's all relative: ranking the diversity of aquatic bacterial communities. Environ Microbiol 2008 2.61
40 Transcriptome-guided characterization of genomic rearrangements in a breast cancer cell line. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 2.57
41 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 2, 10, 11 and 14. Nature 2002 2.49
42 Sequence survey of receptor tyrosine kinases reveals mutations in glioblastomas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 2.38
43 Chemical synthesis of the mouse mitochondrial genome. Nat Methods 2010 2.15
44 Genomics: massively parallel sequencing. Nature 2005 2.05
45 Metagenomics and the global ocean survey: what's in it for us, and why should we care? ISME J 2007 1.90
46 Viral photosynthetic reaction center genes and transcripts in the marine environment. ISME J 2007 1.84
47 Assessing diversity and biogeography of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in surface waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans using the Global Ocean Sampling expedition metagenomes. Environ Microbiol 2007 1.80
48 Candidate phylum TM6 genome recovered from a hospital sink biofilm provides genomic insights into this uncultivated phylum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013 1.69
49 Stalking the fourth domain in metagenomic data: searching for, discovering, and interpreting novel, deep branches in marker gene phylogenetic trees. PLoS One 2011 1.56
50 Ancient noncoding elements conserved in the human genome. Science 2006 1.53
51 Characterization of Prochlorococcus clades from iron-depleted oceanic regions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 1.49
52 Synthetic generation of influenza vaccine viruses for rapid response to pandemics. Sci Transl Med 2013 1.47
53 Evolution of allostery in the cyclic nucleotide binding module. Genome Biol 2007 1.44
54 Cloning whole bacterial genomes in yeast. Nucleic Acids Res 2010 1.43
55 Genome of the pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis recovered from a biofilm in a hospital sink using a high-throughput single-cell genomics platform. Genome Res 2013 1.35
56 Single-cell genomics. Nat Biotechnol 2006 1.25
57 Metagenomic exploration of viruses throughout the Indian Ocean. PLoS One 2012 1.23
58 On the sequencing and assembly of the human genome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 1.23
59 Influence of nutrients and currents on the genomic composition of microbes across an upwelling mosaic. ISME J 2012 1.20
60 Sequencing of isolated sperm cells for direct haplotyping of a human genome. Genome Res 2013 1.11
61 The independence of our genome assemblies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 1.07
62 Genetics. FDA races in wrong direction. Science 2003 1.05
63 Direct transfer of whole genomes from bacteria to yeast. Nat Methods 2013 0.99
64 Assembly of large, high G+C bacterial DNA fragments in yeast. ACS Synth Biol 2012 0.98
65 Sequence analysis of a complete 1.66 Mb Prochlorococcus marinus MED4 genome cloned in yeast. Nucleic Acids Res 2012 0.97
66 The HuRef Browser: a web resource for individual human genomics. Nucleic Acids Res 2008 0.96
67 A systems biology tour de force for a near-minimal bacterium. Mol Syst Biol 2009 0.95
68 A part of the human genome sequence. Science 2003 0.95
69 Discovery of [NiFe] hydrogenase genes in metagenomic DNA: cloning and heterologous expression in Thiocapsa roseopersicina. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009 0.89
70 Taking metagenomic studies in context. Trends Microbiol 2005 0.85
71 Assembly of eukaryotic algal chromosomes in yeast. J Biol Eng 2013 0.84
72 Application of the human genome to obstetrics and gynecology. Clin Obstet Gynecol 2002 0.76
73 Pond scum to the rescue. Interview by David Biello. Sci Am 2012 0.75
74 Time 100 scientists & thinkers. Svante Paabo. Time 2007 0.75
75 J. Craig Venter the biologist who led the for-profit effort to sequence the human genome shares his thoughts on commercializing science. Harv Bus Rev 2014 0.75