A. Pflug

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

A. Pflug is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Pflug has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Epidemiology and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in A. Pflug's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (8 papers) and interferon and immune responses (3 papers). A. Pflug is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (8 papers) and interferon and immune responses (3 papers). A. Pflug collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Norway. A. Pflug's co-authors include S. Cusack, Delphine Guilligay, Patricia Resa‐Infante, Stefan Reich, Darren J. Hart, Maria Lukarska, Imre Berger, Hélène Malet, Rob W. H. Ruigrok and Thibaut Crépin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

A. Pflug

19 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Structural insight into cap-snatching and RNA synthesis by influenza polymerase

2014 354 citations Delphine Guilligay, A. Pflug et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Pflug Germany	13	885	773	385	316	191	20	1.4k
Rocío Coloma Spain	10	856 1.0×	790 1.0×	438 1.1×	277 0.9×	171 0.9×	14	1.3k
Patricia Resa‐Infante Spain	14	842 1.0×	664 0.9×	406 1.1×	230 0.7×	162 0.8×	20	1.2k
Jane Sharps United Kingdom	14	974 1.1×	639 0.8×	423 1.1×	236 0.7×	178 0.9×	18	1.2k
Delphine Guilligay France	15	1.3k 1.5×	1.3k 1.6×	547 1.4×	494 1.6×	265 1.4×	19	2.1k
Nicole C. Robb United Kingdom	17	856 1.0×	710 0.9×	741 1.9×	280 0.9×	135 0.7×	26	1.5k
Vanesa Madan Germany	14	432 0.5×	449 0.6×	115 0.3×	265 0.8×	171 0.9×	18	1.1k
Tadasuke Naito Japan	13	542 0.6×	460 0.6×	331 0.9×	205 0.6×	83 0.4×	24	912
Kevin L. McKnight United States	18	486 0.5×	630 0.8×	227 0.6×	765 2.4×	522 2.7×	32	1.8k
Rebecca M. DuBois United States	23	782 0.9×	719 0.9×	183 0.5×	590 1.9×	166 0.9×	50	1.8k
J.R. Keown United Kingdom	16	361 0.4×	383 0.5×	193 0.5×	235 0.7×	65 0.3×	35	806

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Kouba, Tomáš, Anna Dubánková, Petra Drncová, et al.. (2023). Direct observation of backtracking by influenza A and B polymerases upon consecutive incorporation of the nucleoside analog T1106. Cell Reports. 42(1). 111901–111901. 11 indexed citations

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Isel, Catherine, Petra Drncová, Maria Lukarska, et al.. (2022). Type B and type A influenza polymerases have evolved distinct binding interfaces to recruit the RNA polymerase II CTD. PLoS Pathogens. 18(5). e1010328–e1010328. 12 indexed citations

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Zhai, Xiang, et al.. (2022). Dissecting the Kinetic Mechanism of Human Lysine Methyltransferase 2D and Its Interactions with the WRAD2 Complex. Biochemistry. 61(18). 1974–1987.

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Kouba, Tomáš, Manikandan Karuppasamy, A. Pflug, et al.. (2020). A Structure-Based Model for the Complete Transcription Cycle of Influenza Polymerase. Cell. 181(4). 877–893.e21. 99 indexed citations

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Pflug, A., Marianne Schimpl, J. Willem M. Nissink, et al.. (2020). A-loop interactions in Mer tyrosine kinase give rise to inhibitors with two-step mechanism and long residence time of binding. Biochemical Journal. 477(22). 4443–4452. 13 indexed citations

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Pflug, A., Maria Lukarska, Patricia Resa‐Infante, Stefan Reich, & S. Cusack. (2017). Structural insights into RNA synthesis by the influenza virus transcription-replication machine. Virus Research. 234. 103–117. 124 indexed citations

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Pflug, A., Patricia Resa‐Infante, Mathilde Lethier, et al.. (2017). Capped RNA primer binding to influenza polymerase and implications for the mechanism of cap-binding inhibitors. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(2). 956–971. 40 indexed citations

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Lukarska, Maria, Guillaume Fournier, A. Pflug, et al.. (2016). Structural basis of an essential interaction between influenza polymerase and Pol II CTD. Nature. 541(7635). 117–121. 97 indexed citations

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Enkvist, Erki, Ganesh babu Manoharan, Gerda Raidaru, et al.. (2016). Bifunctional Ligands for Inhibition of Tight-Binding Protein–Protein Interactions. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 27(8). 1900–1910. 18 indexed citations

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Thierry, Éric, Delphine Guilligay, Jan Kosiński, et al.. (2015). Influenza Polymerase Can Adopt an Alternative Configuration Involving a Radical Repacking of PB2 Domains. Molecular Cell. 61(1). 125–137. 119 indexed citations

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Guilligay, Delphine, A. Pflug, Hélène Malet, et al.. (2014). Structural insight into cap-snatching and RNA synthesis by influenza polymerase. Nature. 516(7531). 361–366. 354 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pflug, A., et al.. (2014). Structure of influenza A polymerase bound to the viral RNA promoter. Nature. 516(7531). 355–360. 369 indexed citations

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Tosi, T., A. Pflug, Karen Fulan Discola, David Neves, & Andréa Dessen. (2013). Structural basis of eukaryotic cell targeting by type III secretion system (T3SS) effectors. Research in Microbiology. 164(6). 605–619. 22 indexed citations

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Pflug, A., Kenneth A. Johnson, & Richard A. Engh. (2012). Anomalous dispersion analysis of inhibitor flexibility: a case study of the kinase inhibitor H-89. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 68(8). 873–877. 10 indexed citations

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Pflug, A., et al.. (2012). Structural origins of AGC protein kinase inhibitor selectivities: PKA as a drug discovery tool. Biological Chemistry. 393(10). 1121–1129. 7 indexed citations

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Pflug, A., Taianá Maia de Oliveira, Dirk Bossemeyer, & Richard A. Engh. (2011). Mutants of protein kinase A that mimic the ATP-binding site of Aurora kinase. Biochemical Journal. 440(1). 85–93. 14 indexed citations

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Newell, C. A., Nick Brown, Zhiqiang Liu, et al.. (2010). Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Cleome gynandra L., a C4 dicotyledon that is closely related to Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany. 61(5). 1311–1319. 28 indexed citations

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Pflug, A., Darja Lavõgina, Erki Enkvist, et al.. (2010). Diversity of Bisubstrate Binding Modes of Adenosine Analogue–Oligoarginine Conjugates in Protein Kinase A and Implications for Protein Substrate Interactions. Journal of Molecular Biology. 403(1). 66–77. 24 indexed citations

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Spyridonidis, A., Wanja M. Bernhardt, Dirk Behringer, et al.. (1999). Proliferation and Survival of Mammary Carcinoma Cells Are Influenced by Culture Conditions Used for Ex Vivo Expansion of CD34+Blood Progenitor Cells. Blood. 93(2). 746–755. 10 indexed citations

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Spyridonidis, A., Wanja M. Bernhardt, Dirk Behringer, et al.. (1999). Proliferation and Survival of Mammary Carcinoma Cells Are Influenced by Culture Conditions Used for Ex Vivo Expansion of CD34+Blood Progenitor Cells. Blood. 93(2). 746–755. 2 indexed citations

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