Alexander Schleiffer

9.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Alexander Schleiffer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Schleiffer has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Cell Biology and 25 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alexander Schleiffer's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (29 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (21 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (17 papers). Alexander Schleiffer is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (29 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (21 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (17 papers). Alexander Schleiffer collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Alexander Schleiffer's co-authors include Kim Nasmyth, Karl Mechtler, Frank Eisenhaber, Jan‐Michael Peters, Attila Tóth, Marta Gálová, Gustav Ammerer, Frank Uhlmann, Rafal Ciosk and Javier Martı̂nez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Schleiffer

81 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Yeast Cohesin complex requires a conserved protein, Eco1p(Ctf7), to establish cohesion between sister chromatids during DNA replication

1999 505 citations Attila Tóth, Marta Gálová et al. Genes & Development profile →

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Alexander Schleiffer

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Cláudio E. Sunkel Portugal

Michael L. Goldberg United States

Roger E. Karess France

Cayetano González Spain

Maurizio Gatti Italy

Maria Giovanna Riparbelli Italy

Hiroyuki Ohkura United Kingdom

M. Andrew Hoyt United States

Douglas R. Kellogg United States

Susan M. Abmayr United States

Cláudio E. Sunkel Portugal

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Schleiffer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexander Schleiffer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexander Schleiffer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alexander Schleiffer. Alexander Schleiffer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Grabarczyk, Daniel B., Paul V. Murphy, R Kurzbauer, et al.. (2025). Architecture of the UBR4 complex, a giant E4 ligase central to eukaryotic protein quality control. Science. 389(6763). 909–914. 2 indexed citations

Reiter, Franziska, et al.. (2024). A genome-wide screen identifies silencers with distinct chromatin properties and mechanisms of repression. Molecular Cell. 84(23). 4503–4521.e14. 2 indexed citations

Panser, Karin, Joachim M. Surm, Alexander Schleiffer, et al.. (2023). Divergent molecular signatures in fish Bouncer proteins define cross-fertilization boundaries. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3506–3506. 5 indexed citations

Nagasaka, Kota, Iain F. Davidson, Roman R. Stocsits, et al.. (2023). Cohesin mediates DNA loop extrusion and sister chromatid cohesion by distinct mechanisms. Molecular Cell. 83(17). 3049–3063.e6. 24 indexed citations

Dobbelaere, Jeroen, Tiffany Y Su, Balázs Érdi, Alexander Schleiffer, & Alexander Dammermann. (2023). A phylogenetic profiling approach identifies novel ciliogenesis genes in Drosophila and C. elegans. The EMBO Journal. 42(16). e113616–e113616. 15 indexed citations

Grishkovskaya, Irina, Hanna L. Brunner, Katarina Belačić, et al.. (2023). Cryo‐EM structure of the chain‐elongating E3 ubiquitin ligase UBR5. The EMBO Journal. 42(16). e113348–e113348. 24 indexed citations

Schleiffer, Alexander, et al.. (2023). SPOC domain proteins in health and disease. Genes & Development. 37(5-6). 140–170. 6 indexed citations

Almeida, Melanie de, Martin Schneider, Marlene Brandstetter, et al.. (2022). Lysosomal enzyme trafficking factor LYSET enables nutritional usage of extracellular proteins. Science. 378(6615). eabn5637–eabn5637. 57 indexed citations

Almeida, Melanie de, Matthias Hinterndorfer, Hanna L. Brunner, et al.. (2021). AKIRIN2 controls the nuclear import of proteasomes in vertebrates. Nature. 599(7885). 491–496. 64 indexed citations

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Silva, Nicola, et al.. (2021). Caenorhabditis elegans RMI2 functional homolog-2 (RMIF-2) and RMI1 (RMH-1) have both overlapping and distinct meiotic functions within the BTR complex. PLoS Genetics. 17(7). e1009663–e1009663. 4 indexed citations

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Neumann, Tobias, et al.. (2020). LSD 1 inhibition induces differentiation and cell death in Merkel cell carcinoma. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 12(11). e12525–e12525. 42 indexed citations

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Deszcz, Luiza, Anoop Kavirayani, David Hoffmann, et al.. (2020). Site‐specific ubiquitination of the E3 ligase HOIP regulates apoptosis and immune signaling. The EMBO Journal. 39(24). e103303–e103303. 8 indexed citations

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Schleiffer, Alexander, et al.. (2020). ANGEL2 is a member of the CCR4 family of deadenylases with 2′,3′-cyclic phosphatase activity. Science. 369(6503). 524–530. 27 indexed citations

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Papanikos, Frantzeskos, Julie A. J. Clément, Corinne Grey, et al.. (2019). Mouse ANKRD31 Regulates Spatiotemporal Patterning of Meiotic Recombination Initiation and Ensures Recombination between X and Y Sex Chromosomes. Molecular Cell. 74(5). 1069–1085.e11. 65 indexed citations

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Schleiffer, Alexander, et al.. (2018). The Ly6/uPAR protein Bouncer is necessary and sufficient for species-specific fertilization. Science. 361(6406). 1029–1033. 51 indexed citations

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Watrin, Erwan, Alexander Schleiffer, Kōichi Tanaka, et al.. (2006). Human Scc4 Is Required for Cohesin Binding to Chromatin, Sister-Chromatid Cohesion, and Mitotic Progression. Current Biology. 16(9). 863–874. 198 indexed citations

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Žigman, Mihaela, Michel Cayouette, C. Charalambous, et al.. (2005). Mammalian Inscuteable Regulates Spindle Orientation and Cell Fate in the Developing Retina. Neuron. 48(4). 539–545. 101 indexed citations

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Ivanov, Dmitri, Alexander Schleiffer, Frank Eisenhaber, et al.. (2002). Eco1 Is a Novel Acetyltransferase that Can Acetylate Proteins Involved in Cohesion. Current Biology. 12(4). 323–328. 204 indexed citations

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Tóth, Attila, Marta Gálová, Alexander Schleiffer, et al.. (2001). A screen for genes required for meiosis and spore formation based on whole-genome expression. Current Biology. 11(13). 1001–1009. 224 indexed citations

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Schleiffer, Alexander, et al.. (1995). Mcm1 Is Required To Coordinate G ₂ -Specific Transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(11). 5917–5928. 106 indexed citations

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