Alfred Wittinghofer
Impact in
- Cell Biology top 0.02%
- Cellular transport and secretion
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
- Molecular Biology top 0.05%
- Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- RNA Research and Splicing
- Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Papers in
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- Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling 124
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 37
- Cell death mechanisms and regulation 24
- Protein Structure and Dynamics 21
- Biochemical and Molecular Research 20
- Cell Biology 86
- Cellular transport and secretion 52
- Co-authors
- Ingrid R. Vetter (32 shared papers)Johannes L. Bos (14 shared papers)Holger Rehmann (14 shared papers)Mohammad Reza Ahmadian (20 shared papers)Christian Herrmann (20 shared papers)Roger S. Goody (32 shared papers)Klaus Scheffzek (12 shared papers)Wolfgang Kabsch (8 shared papers)
- Journals
- Journal of Biological Chemistry (37 papers)Biochemistry (22 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (17 papers)Nature (16 papers)The EMBO Journal (16 papers)
- Partner nations
- GermanyNetherlandsUnited States
In The Last Decade
Alfred Wittinghofer
301 papers receiving 32.3k citations
Alfred Wittinghofer's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 165
- Cell Biology 8.5k
- Molecular Biology 26.8k
- Physiology 658
- Immunology and Allergy 798
- Aging 239
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Alfred Wittinghofer, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Epac is a Rap1 guanine-nucleotide-exchange factor directly activated by cyclic AMP Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 1704 |
| 2 | GEFs and GAPs: Critical Elements in the Control of Small G Proteins Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 1512 |
| 3 | The Guanine Nucleotide-Binding Switch in Three Dimensions Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 1501 |
| 4 | The Ras-RasGAP Complex: Structural Basis for GTPase Activation and Its Loss in Oncogenic Ras Mutants Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 1274 |
| 5 | Structure of the guanine-nucleotide-binding domain of the Ha-ras oncogene product p21 in the triphosphate conformation Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 798 |
| 6 | An Acylation Cycle Regulates Localization and Activity of Palmitoylated Ras Isoforms Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 706 |
| 7 | The ras protein family: evolutionary tree and role of conserved amino acids Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 507 |
| 8 | Small molecule inhibition of the KRAS–PDEδ interaction impairs oncogenic KRAS signalling Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 506 |
| 9 | 1994 | 460 | |
| 10 | 1990 | 425 | |
| 11 | 1990 | 377 | |
| 12 | 2011 | 370 | |
| 13 | 2007 | 360 | |
| 14 | 1998 | 360 | |
| 15 | 1990 | 349 | |
| 16 | 2000 | 334 | |
| 17 | 1995 | 318 | |
| 18 | 2003 | 303 | |
| 19 | 1999 | 303 | |
| 20 | 1996 | 294 |
About Alfred Wittinghofer
Alfred Wittinghofer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Materials Chemistry, Oncology and Genetics, having authored 304 papers that have together received 32.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (124 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (62 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (52 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (37 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (31 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (24 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (21 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (8.5k citations), Molecular Biology (26.8k citations), Physiology (658 citations), Immunology and Allergy (798 citations) and Aging (239 citations). Alfred Wittinghofer has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Frequent co-authors include Ingrid R. Vetter, Johannes L. Bos, Holger Rehmann, Mohammad Reza Ahmadian, Christian Herrmann, Roger S. Goody, Klaus Scheffzek, Wolfgang Kabsch, Robbert H. Cool and Johan de Rooij. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemistry, Journal of Molecular Biology, Nature and The EMBO Journal.
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