Angelika Gründling

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Angelika Gründling is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Angelika Gründling has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Genetics and 32 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Angelika Gründling's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (38 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (32 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers). Angelika Gründling is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (38 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (32 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers). Angelika Gründling collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Angelika Gründling's co-authors include Rebecca M. Corrigan, Olaf Schneewind, Nathalie T. Reichmann, Volkhard Kaever, Ry Young, Darren E. Higgins, Udo Bläsi, Christopher F. Schuster, Heike Burhenne and James Abbott and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Angelika Gründling

84 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Lipoteichoic Acid Synthesis and Function in Gram-Positive Bacteria

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Angelika Gründling United Kingdom	39	3.1k	1.4k	1.4k	1.0k	704	87	5.0k
Tarek Msadek France	45	3.7k 1.2×	2.3k 1.6×	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	780 1.1×	64	6.1k
William Wiley Navarre Canada	35	3.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	890 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	929 1.3×	54	5.4k
Susanne Engelmann Germany	50	4.6k 1.5×	1.9k 1.3×	3.0k 2.2×	920 0.9×	546 0.8×	125	7.0k
Jean‐Philippe Nougayrède France	39	3.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	447 0.4×	879 1.2×	67	5.7k
Alain Charbit France	41	2.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	725 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	772 1.1×	147	4.9k
Renato Morona Australia	44	2.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	1.7k 1.7×	1.2k 1.7×	145	6.2k
Sophie Hélaine United Kingdom	29	1.9k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	765 0.5×	765 0.8×	663 0.9×	54	4.2k
Thorsten Mascher Germany	37	3.0k 1.0×	2.1k 1.5×	646 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	517 0.7×	90	4.9k
David E. Heinrichs Canada	56	3.7k 1.2×	2.2k 1.5×	2.2k 1.6×	543 0.5×	452 0.6×	128	7.0k
Henri De Greve Belgium	42	3.6k 1.2×	841 0.6×	748 0.5×	754 0.8×	447 0.6×	126	5.7k

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Gründling, Angelika, et al.. (2025). PgpP is a broadly conserved phosphatase required for phosphatidylglycerol lipid synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(5). e2418775122–e2418775122.

Sisley, Tyler A., et al.. (2025). SpbR controls lipoteichoic acid length by directly inhibiting signal peptidase SpsB in Staphylococcus aureus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(27). e2426464122–e2426464122.

Schuster, Christopher F., et al.. (2024). Histidine transport is essential for the growth of Staphylococcus aureus at low pH. PLoS Pathogens. 20(1). e1011927–e1011927. 14 indexed citations

Vaidya, Sanika, et al.. (2024). Identification of novel genetic factors that regulate c-di-AMP production in Staphylococcus aureus using a riboswitch-based biosensor. mSphere. 9(10). e0032124–e0032124. 2 indexed citations

Zeden, Merve S., Christopher F. Schuster, & Angelika Gründling. (2023). Staphylococcus aureusColony Polymerase Chain Reaction. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2023(8). pdb.prot107949–pdb.prot107949. 4 indexed citations

Gründling, Angelika & Stephen J. Salipante. (2023). Oligonucleotide Design and Construction of a Gene-Targeting CRISPR–Cas9 Plasmid inEscherichia colifor Generating a Gene-Deletion Strain inStaphylococcus aureus. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2024(2). pdb.prot107920–pdb.prot107920. 4 indexed citations

Zeden, Merve S., et al.. (2022). Purine Nucleosides Interfere with c-di-AMP Levels and Act as Adjuvants To Re-Sensitize MRSA To β-Lactam Antibiotics. mBio. 14(1). e0247822–e0247822. 34 indexed citations

Rismondo, Jeanine, Annika Gillis, & Angelika Gründling. (2021). Modifications of cell wall polymers in Gram-positive bacteria by multi-component transmembrane glycosylation systems. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 60. 24–33. 26 indexed citations

Zeden, Merve S., et al.. (2020). Identification of the main glutamine and glutamate transporters in Staphylococcus aureus and their impact on c‐di‐AMP production. Molecular Microbiology. 113(6). 1085–1100. 26 indexed citations

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Rismondo, Jeanine, et al.. (2020). EslB Is Required for Cell Wall Biosynthesis and Modification in Listeria monocytogenes. Journal of Bacteriology. 203(4). 9 indexed citations

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Rismondo, Jeanine, Sven Halbedel, & Angelika Gründling. (2019). Cell Shape and Antibiotic Resistance Are Maintained by the Activity of Multiple FtsW and RodA Enzymes in Listeria monocytogenes. mBio. 10(4). 27 indexed citations

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Schuster, Christopher F., et al.. (2019). High‐throughput transposon sequencing highlights the cell wall as an important barrier for osmotic stress in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and underlines a tailored response to different osmotic stressors. Molecular Microbiology. 113(4). 699–717. 30 indexed citations

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Karinou, Eleni, Christopher F. Schuster, Manuel Pazos, Waldemar Vollmer, & Angelika Gründling. (2018). Inactivation of the Monofunctional Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferase SgtB Allows Staphylococcus aureus To Survive in the Absence of Lipoteichoic Acid. Journal of Bacteriology. 201(1). 28 indexed citations

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Pompeo, Frédérique, Jeanine Rismondo, Angelika Gründling, & Anne Galinier. (2018). Investigation of the phosphorylation of Bacillus subtilis LTA synthases by the serine/threonine kinase PrkC. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 17344–17344. 6 indexed citations

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Bowman, Lisa, Merve S. Zeden, Christopher F. Schuster, Volkhard Kaever, & Angelika Gründling. (2016). New Insights into the Cyclic Di-adenosine Monophosphate (c-di-AMP) Degradation Pathway and the Requirement of the Cyclic Dinucleotide for Acid Stress Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(53). 26970–26986. 75 indexed citations

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Frees, Dorte, et al.. (2014). of the ClpXP Protease aureus USA300 Is Increased by Inactivation Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus -Lactam Resistance in β. 1 indexed citations

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Reichmann, Nathalie T., et al.. (2013). Revised mechanism of d-alanine incorporation into cell wall polymers in Gram-positive bacteria. Microbiology. 159(Pt_9). 1868–1877. 78 indexed citations

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Gründling, Angelika & Olaf Schneewind. (2007). Synthesis of glycerol phosphate lipoteichoic acid in Staphylococcus aureus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(20). 8478–8483. 232 indexed citations

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Gründling, Angelika & Olaf Schneewind. (2007). Genes Required for Glycolipid Synthesis and Lipoteichoic Acid Anchoring in Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Bacteriology. 189(6). 2521–2530. 158 indexed citations

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Gründling, Angelika, Laura S. Burrack, H. G. Archie Bouwer, & Darren E. Higgins. (2004). Listeria monocytogenes regulates flagellar motility gene expression through MogR, a transcriptional repressor required for virulence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(33). 12318–12323. 177 indexed citations

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