Alexander Wagner

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 823 citations indexed

About

Alexander Wagner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Wagner has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 823 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alexander Wagner's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers). Alexander Wagner is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers). Alexander Wagner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Alexander Wagner's co-authors include Sonja‐Verena Albers, Marleen van Wolferen, Michaela Wagner, Chris van der Does, Benjamin H. Meyer, Julia Reimann, Kerstin Lassak, Jonathan Chuck, Enbo Ma and Basem Al-Shayeb and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Wagner

17 papers receiving 813 citations

Hit Papers

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  1. CasX enzymes comprise a distinct family of RNA-guided genome editors
    2019 316 citations Junjie Liu, N. S. Orlova et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Wagner Germany 11 711 255 141 100 70 17 823
Julia Reimann Germany 15 752 1.1× 283 1.1× 224 1.6× 191 1.9× 76 1.1× 18 878
Kyle E. Watters United States 16 1.2k 1.7× 208 0.8× 144 1.0× 39 0.4× 68 1.0× 19 1.3k
Jurate Bitinaite United States 16 1.2k 1.7× 358 1.4× 99 0.7× 55 0.6× 125 1.8× 27 1.3k
Yun Xiang Liang China 18 1.4k 2.0× 386 1.5× 199 1.4× 135 1.4× 104 1.5× 28 1.5k
Florian Altegoer Germany 20 735 1.0× 418 1.6× 204 1.4× 87 0.9× 198 2.8× 38 1.0k
Edward L. Bolt United Kingdom 22 1.1k 1.6× 427 1.7× 161 1.1× 61 0.6× 128 1.8× 57 1.2k
B. Chevalier United States 11 1.2k 1.6× 286 1.1× 175 1.2× 42 0.4× 112 1.6× 12 1.3k
Konstantin Kuznedelov United States 22 1.2k 1.7× 594 2.3× 498 3.5× 28 0.3× 78 1.1× 51 1.4k
Thawatchai Chaijarasphong Thailand 11 396 0.6× 34 0.1× 116 0.8× 48 0.5× 45 0.6× 18 615
Xiaoshu Xu United States 10 1.1k 1.6× 241 0.9× 30 0.2× 18 0.2× 200 2.9× 13 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Alexander Wagner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Wagner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Wagner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexander Wagner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexander Wagner 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 Wagner. Alexander Wagner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Wagner, Alexander, Andreas Sakkas, Sebastian Pietzka, et al.. (2024). Influence of analytical procedures on miRNA expression analyses in saliva samples. Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. 52(6). 748–754. 3 indexed citations
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Wagner, Alexander, et al.. (2024). 5′-untranslated region sequences enhance plasmid-based protein production in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1443342–1443342. 2 indexed citations
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Wagner, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Application of the endogenous CRISPR-Cas type I-D system for genetic engineering in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1254891–1254891. 5 indexed citations
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Wagner, Alexander & Hannes Mutschler. (2023). Design principles and applications of synthetic self‐replicating RNAs. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - RNA. 14(6). e1803–e1803. 3 indexed citations
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Wagner, Alexander, et al.. (2022). In vitro characterisation of the MS2 RNA polymerase complex reveals host factors that modulate emesviral replicase activity. Communications Biology. 5(1). 264–264. 8 indexed citations
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Wolferen, Marleen van, Asif Shajahan, Susanne Brenzinger, et al.. (2020). Species-Specific Recognition of Sulfolobales Mediated by UV-Inducible Pili and S-Layer Glycosylation Patterns. mBio. 11(2). 25 indexed citations
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Trahan, Christian, Alexander Wagner, Winfried Hausner, et al.. (2020). Insights into synthesis and function of KsgA/Dim1-dependent rRNA modifications in archaea. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(3). 1662–1687. 18 indexed citations
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Liu, Junjie, N. S. Orlova, Benjamin L. Oakes, et al.. (2019). CasX enzymes comprise a distinct family of RNA-guided genome editors. Nature. 566(7743). 218–223. 316 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wagner, Alexander, Ingo Feldmann, Albert Sickmann, et al.. (2017). Activity-based protein profiling as a robust method for enzyme identification and screening in extremophilic Archaea. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15352–15352. 37 indexed citations
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Wagner, Alexander, Rachel J. Whitaker, David Krause, et al.. (2017). Mechanisms of gene flow in archaea. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 15(8). 492–501. 63 indexed citations
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Wagner, Alexander, et al.. (2017). A conserved hexanucleotide motif is important in UV-inducible promoters in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Microbiology. 163(5). 778–788. 8 indexed citations
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Wolferen, Marleen van, Alexander Wagner, Chris van der Does, & Sonja‐Verena Albers. (2016). The archaeal Ced system imports DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(9). 2496–2501. 49 indexed citations
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Jain, Samta, Mariam T. Webber-Birungi, Dmitry A. Semchonok, et al.. (2014). Peptidoglycan-binding protein TsaP functions in surface assembly of type IV pili. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(10). E953–61. 54 indexed citations
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Wagner, Michaela, Alexander Wagner, Xiaoqing Ma, et al.. (2013). Investigation of the malE Promoter and MalR, a Positive Regulator of the Maltose Regulon, for an Improved Expression System in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80(3). 1072–1081. 29 indexed citations
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Wagner, Michaela, Marleen van Wolferen, Alexander Wagner, et al.. (2012). Versatile Genetic Tool Box for the Crenarchaeote Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Frontiers in Microbiology. 3. 214–214. 163 indexed citations
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Wagner, Alexander. (2011). Skeletochronology of phalanges underestimates the true age of long-lived Alpine newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris). Herpetological Journal. 21(2). 145–148. 19 indexed citations

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