Harmit S. Malik

Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa

Also affiliated with Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Agricultural and Biological SciencesImmunology and MicrobiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Driven by 38 papers. Top paper: “A SARS-CoV-2-Human Protein-Protein Interaction Map Reveals Drug Targets and Potential Drug-Repurposing”.

A SARS-CoV-2-Human Protein-Protein Interaction Map Reveals Drug Targets and Potential Drug-Repurposing

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.03.22.002386

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14.3DataRank · unranked

456 citations

Gwendolyn M. Jang, Mehdi Bouhaddou, Jiewei Xu, Kirsten Obernier, Matthew J. O’Meara +95 more

A functional map of HIV-host interactions in primary human T cells

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-29346-w

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1.2DataRank · unranked

52 citations

Judd F. Hultquist, Michael McGregor, Mehdi Bouhaddou, Ryan T. Leenay, Lacy M. Simons +17 more

Short H2A histone variants are expressed in cancer

Nature Communications(2021)10.1038/s41467-020-20707-x

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0.581DataRank · unranked

47 citations

Marie Bleakley, Robert K. Bradley, Harmit S. Malik, Steven Henikoff, Antoine Molaro +2 more

Gametic specialization of centromeric histone paralogs in Drosophila virilis

Life Science Alliance(2021)10.26508/lsa.202000992

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0.457DataRank · unranked

20 citations

Hannah McConnell, Aida Flor A. de la Cruz, Harmit S. Malik, Lisa E. Kursel

Widespread fungal–bacterial competition for magnesium lowers bacterial susceptibility to polymyxin antibiotics

PLoS Biology(2024)10.1371/journal.pbio.3002694

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0.438DataRank · unranked

12 citations

Wanting Sun, Janet M. Young, R Cheung, Deborah A. Hogan, Ajai A. Dandekar +2 more

Antiviral Mx proteins have an ancient origin and widespread distribution among eukaryotes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2025)10.1073/pnas.2416811122

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0.345DataRank · unranked

9 citations

Peter A. Dietzen, Michael Emerman, Jeannette L. Tenthorey, Harmit S. Malik, Caroline Langley

Genetic conflicts between sex chromosomes drive expansion and loss of sperm nuclear basic protein genes in Drosophila

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.06.08.495379

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0.277DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Harmit S. Malik, Ching-Ho Chang

Indels allow antiviral proteins to evolve functional novelty inaccessible by missense mutations

Cell Genomics(2025)10.1016/j.xgen.2025.100818

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0.241DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Serena del Banco, Ishrak Ramzan, Hayley Klingenberg, Chang Liu, Michael Emerman +2 more

A conserved in-frame stop codon acts as a multipotent defense mechanism in alphaviruses

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.09.27.679005

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0.208DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Theodore M. Freeman, Eva M. Alleman, Fang Wang, Lyuba Chechik, Michael Emerman +3 more

Putting the brakes on centromere drive in Mimulus

PLoS Genetics(2021)10.1371/journal.pgen.1009494

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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Harmit S. Malik, Ching-Ho Chang

Evolutionary origin and structural ligand mimicry by the inserted domain of alpha-integrin proteins

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.11.05.565221

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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Matthew C. Chan, Harmit S. Malik, Melody G. Campbell, Jeremy A. Hollis

Recurrent but short-lived duplications of centromeric proteins in holocentric Caenorhabditis species

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.03.31.486469

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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Pravrutha Raman, Florian Steiner, Michael Ailion, Harmit S. Malik, Lews Caro

Driving lessons: a brief (personal) history of centromere drive

Genetics(2022)10.1093/genetics/iyac155

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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Harmit S. Malik

Widespread fungal-bacterial competition for magnesium enhances antibiotic resistance

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.10.25.563990

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0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Wanting Wendy Sun, Janet M. Young, R Cheung, Deborah A. Hogan, Ajai A. Dandekar +2 more

A single polymorphic residue in humans underlies species-specific restriction of HSV-1 by the antiviral protein MxB

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.05.30.542951

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Stephanie J. Child, Harmit S. Malik, Adam P. Geballe, Avraham Bayer

The Diverse Evolutionary Histories of Domesticated Metaviral Capsid Genes in Mammals

Molecular Biology and Evolution(2024)10.1093/molbev/msae061

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0DataRank · unranked

32 citations

Janet M. Young, Artem Nemudryi, Anna Nemudraia, Blake Wiedenheft, Harmit S. Malik +1 more

Recognition of phylogenetically diverse pathogens through enzymatically amplified recruitment of RNF213

EMBO Reports(2024)10.1038/s44319-024-00280-w

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0DataRank · unranked

13 citations

Prathyush Pothukuchi, Katerina Naydenova, Matthew C. J. Yip, Janet M. Young, Jérôme Boulanger +9 more

Indels allow antiviral proteins to evolve functional novelty inaccessible by missense mutations

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.05.07.592993

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0DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Serena del Banco, Ishrak Ramzan, Hayley Klingenberg, Chang Liu, Michael Emerman +2 more

Antiviral Mx proteins have an ancient origin and widespread distribution among eukaryotes

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.08.06.606855

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0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Peter A. Dietzen, Michael Emerman, Jeannette L. Tenthorey, Harmit S. Malik, Caroline Langley

A conserved opal termination codon optimizes a temperature-dependent tradeoff between protein production and processing in alphaviruses

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.08.21.609082

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0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Eva M. Alleman, Alexander C. Noyola, Michael Emerman, Harmit S. Malik, Tamanash Bhattacharya

The Drosophila maternal-effect gene abnormal oocyte ( ao ) does not repress histone gene expression

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.09.17.613536

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Eric H. Albanese, Sierra M. Simmerman, Shilpi Verghese, Mandalay A.E. Maddox, Aida Flor de la Cruz +5 more

Heterozygous and generalist MxA super-restrictors overcome breadth-specificity tradeoffs in antiviral restriction

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.10.10.617484

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Damini Khera, Jeannette L. Tenthorey, Georg Kochs, Laura Graf, Michael Emerman +2 more

A conserved opal termination codon optimizes a temperature-dependent trade-off between protein production and processing in alphaviruses

Science Advances(2025)10.1126/sciadv.ads7933

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0DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Eva M. Alleman, Theodore M. Freeman, Alexander C. Noyola, Michael Emerman, Harmit S. Malik +1 more

Molecular exaptation by the integrin αI domain

Science Advances(2025)10.1126/sciadv.adx9567

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0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Matthew C. Chan, Harmit S. Malik, Melody G. Campbell, Jeremy A. Hollis

Dynamic Evolution of De Novo DNA Methyltransferases in Rodent and Primate Genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution(2020)10.1093/molbev/msaa044

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0DataRank · unranked

32 citations

Harmit S. Malik, Déborah Bourc’his, Antoine Molaro

Retention of a single Cenp-C gene in different syntenic locations in the montium group of Drosophila species

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.64898/2025.12.11.693522

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Ching-Ho Chang, Leonardo B. Koerich, Harmit S. Malik, Gustavo C.S. Kuhn, Rafaella F. Soares

Innovation of heterochromatin functions drives rapid evolution of essential ZAD-ZNF genes in Drosophila

eLife(2020)10.7554/elife.63368

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50 citations

Serafin U. Colmenares, Hannah McConnell, Janet M. Young, Gary H. Karpen, Harmit S. Malik +1 more

Biparental contributions of the H2A.B histone variant control embryonic development in mice

PLoS Biology(2020)10.1371/journal.pbio.3001001

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22 citations

Anna Wood, Derek H. Janssens, Selina Kindelay, Michael T. Eickbush, Steven J. Wu +5 more

Ancient Coretention of Paralogs of Cid Centromeric Histones and Cal1 Chaperones in Mosquito Species

Molecular Biology and Evolution(2020)10.1093/molbev/msaa056

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17 citations

Frances C. Welsh, Harmit S. Malik, Lisa E. Kursel

Retrocopying expands the functional repertoire of APOBEC3 antiviral proteins in primates

eLife(2020)10.7554/elife.58436

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42 citations

Michael Emerman, Harmit S. Malik, Richard N. McLaughlin, Lei Yang

The novel anti-CRISPR AcrIIA22 relieves DNA torsion in target plasmids and impairs SpyCas9 activity

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.09.28.317578

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8 citations

Danica T. Schmidtke, R. Werther, Ruben Vazquez-Uribe, Deanna Hausman, Morten Otto Alexander Sommer +4 more

Retrocopying expands the functional repertoire of APOBEC3 antiviral proteins in primates

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.02.12.944629

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0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Michael Emerman, Harmit S. Malik, Richard N. McLaughlin, Lei Yang

The novel anti-CRISPR AcrIIA22 relieves DNA torsion in target plasmids and impairs SpyCas9 activity

PLoS Biology(2021)10.1371/journal.pbio.3001428

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0DataRank · unranked

22 citations

Danica T. Schmidtke, R. Werther, Ruben Vazquez-Uribe, Deanna Hausman, Morten Otto Alexander Sommer +4 more

Novel classes and evolutionary turnover of histone H2B variants in the mammalian germline

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.09.05.459003

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0DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Callie Rominger, Janet M. Young, Antoine Molaro, Toshio Tsukiyama, Harmit S. Malik +1 more

Evolutionary Landscapes of Host-Virus Arms Races

Annual Review of Immunology(2022)10.1146/annurev-immunol-072621-084422

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0DataRank · unranked

98 citations

Michael Emerman, Harmit S. Malik, Jeannette L. Tenthorey

Expansion and loss of sperm nuclear basic protein genes in Drosophila correspond with genetic conflicts between sex chromosomes

eLife(2023)10.7554/elife.85249

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0DataRank · unranked

44 citations

Isabel Mejia Natividad, Harmit S. Malik, Ching-Ho Chang

A single polymorphic residue in humans underlies species-specific restriction of HSV-1 by the antiviral protein MxB

Journal of Virology(2023)10.1128/jvi.00830-23

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0DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Stephanie J. Child, Harmit S. Malik, Adam P. Geballe, Avraham Bayer

The diverse evolutionary histories of domesticated metaviral capsid genes in mammals

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.09.17.558119

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0DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Janet M. Young, Artem Nemudryi, Anna Nemudraia, Blake Wiedenheft, Harmit S. Malik +1 more