Mark Kokoris

A mutant herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase reporter gene shows improved sensitivity for imaging reporter gene expression with positron emission tomography

Sanjiv S. Gambhir, Eileen Bauer, Margaret E. Black et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2000 · 456 citations · Full text

Diagnostic System for Rapid and Sensitive Differential Detection of Pathogens

Thomas Briese, Gustavo Palacios, Mark Kokoris et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 2005 · 161 citations · Full text

Herpes simplex virus-1 thymidine kinase mutants created by semi-random sequence mutagenesis improve prodrug-mediated tumor cell killing.

Margaret E. Black, Mark Kokoris, Peter J. Sabo · PubMed · 2001 · 157 citations

Viral Replication, Synthetic Virology, Immunology +17

Characterization of Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 thymidine kinase mutants engineered for improved ganciclovir or acyclovir activity

Mark Kokoris, Margaret E. Black · Protein Science · 2002 · 107 citations · Full text

Modeling Bacterial Evolution with Comparative-Genome-Based Marker Systems: Application to <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Evolution and Pathogenesis

David Alland, Thomas S. Whittam, Megan Murray et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 2003 · 104 citations · Full text

Comparative Genomics, Genetics, Bacteriology +23