Harmit S. Malik

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

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Chromosomal and Genetic Variations(88), interferon and immune responses(37), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics(36), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering(35), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(30)

Publications231 total

The <i>Drosophila</i> maternal-effect gene <i>abnormal oocyte</i> ( <i>ao</i> ) does not repress histone gene expression
Genetics·2026Open Access
Fitness Landscapes of APOBEC3G Antagonism by HIV-1 Vif proteins
2025Open Access
A conserved in-frame stop codon acts as a multipotent defense mechanism in alphaviruses
2025Open Access
Molecular exaptation by the integrin αI domain
Science Advances·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Rapid protamine evolution suppresses meiotic drive in Drosophila
2025· 3 citedOpen Access
The viral arms race: an interview with Harmit Malik
Disease Models & Mechanisms·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Author Reply to Peer Reviews of Magnesium depletion unleashes two unusual modes of colistin resistancewith different fitness costs
2025
Coronavirus protein interaction mapping in bat and human cells identifies molecular and genetic switches for immune evasion and replication
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Yellow Fever Virus Interactomes Reveal Common and Divergent Strategies of Replication and Evolution for Mosquito-borne Flaviviruses
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Heterozygous and generalist MxA super-restrictors overcome breadth-specificity trade-offs in antiviral restriction
Science Advances·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
A conserved opal termination codon optimizes a temperature-dependent trade-off between protein production and processing in alphaviruses
Science Advances·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Indels allow antiviral proteins to evolve functional novelty inaccessible by missense mutations
Cell Genomics·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Antiviral Mx proteins have an ancient origin and widespread distribution among eukaryotes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
Yellow Fever Virus Interactomes Reveal Common and Divergent Strategies of Replication and Evolution for Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Author Reply to Peer Reviews of The Drosophila maternal-effect gene abnormal oocyte (ao) does not repress histone gene expression
2024
Magnesium depletion unleashes two unusual modes of colistin resistance with different fitness costs
2024Open Access
Heterozygous and generalist MxA super-restrictors overcome breadth-specificity tradeoffs in antiviral restriction
2024Open Access
Recognition of phylogenetically diverse pathogens through enzymatically amplified recruitment of RNF213
EMBO Reports·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Recognition of phylogenetically diverse pathogens through enzymatically amplified recruitment of RNF213
2024· 2 cited
The <i>Drosophila</i> maternal-effect gene <i>abnormal oocyte</i> ( <i>ao</i> ) does not repress histone gene expression
2024Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Michael Emerman(14), Steven Henikoff(10), Thomas H. Eickbush(7), Matthew D. Daugherty(5), Janet M. Young(4), Julie A. Kerns(4), Sara L. Sawyer(3), Nels C. Elde(3), Michael T. Eickbush(3), Danielle Vermaak(3), Kami Ahmad(2), Stephanie J. Child(2), Adam P. Geballe(2), Joshua J. Bayes(2), Efrem S. Lim(2), Molly OhAinle(2), Jonathan S. Yu(2), Gerald R. Smith(2), Sarah E. Zanders(2), Lily I. Wu(1)