Axel Rienitz

805 total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 639 citations indexed

About

Axel Rienitz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Rienitz has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 639 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 1 paper in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Axel Rienitz's work include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (5 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (3 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (2 papers). Axel Rienitz is often cited by papers focused on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (5 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (3 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (2 papers). Axel Rienitz collaborates with scholars based in Germany. Axel Rienitz's co-authors include Heinrich Betz, Bertram Schmitt, Gabriele Grenningloh, Eckart D. Gundelfinger, Konrad Beyreuther, Christoph Methfessel, Joachim Kirsch, Uriel Z. Littauer, Peter Prior and Irm Hermans‐Borgmeyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Axel Rienitz

7 papers receiving 626 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.

The strychnine-binding subunit of the glycine receptor shows homology with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

1987 581 citations Gabriele Grenningloh, Axel Rienitz et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Axel Rienitz Germany	5	554	404	52	26	26	7	639
T. J. Lea United Kingdom	14	547 1.0×	367 0.9×	62 1.2×	24 0.9×	14 0.5×	25	763
Janis L. Corey United States	7	405 0.7×	468 1.2×	71 1.4×	40 1.5×	35 1.3×	9	644
Christian Napias France	13	354 0.6×	249 0.6×	35 0.7×	73 2.8×	32 1.2×	25	531
Anita L. Zimmerman United States	14	1.0k 1.9×	983 2.4×	65 1.3×	33 1.3×	14 0.5×	30	1.3k
S. Levy United States	13	519 0.9×	482 1.2×	50 1.0×	41 1.6×	27 1.0×	18	765
I. Pribilla Germany	8	705 1.3×	664 1.6×	101 1.9×	13 0.5×	10 0.4×	10	868
Jesse Baumgold United States	18	653 1.2×	475 1.2×	61 1.2×	8 0.3×	23 0.9×	47	838
David Lichtshtein United States	7	406 0.7×	325 0.8×	24 0.5×	16 0.6×	25 1.0×	8	567
David Naranjo Chile	17	736 1.3×	370 0.9×	32 0.6×	24 0.9×	17 0.7×	31	912
Albert J. Pahk United States	8	433 0.8×	356 0.9×	64 1.2×	18 0.7×	49 1.9×	9	530

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Axel Rienitz

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Rienitz, Axel, Gabriele Grenningloh, Irm Hermans‐Borgmeyer, et al.. (1989). Neuraxin, a novel putative structural protein of the rat central nervous system that is immunologically related to microtubule-associated protein 5.. The EMBO Journal. 8(10). 2879–2888. 24 indexed citations

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Grenningloh, Gabriele, Axel Rienitz, Bertram Schmitt, et al.. (1988). Molecular Cloning of the Antagonist-Binding Subunit of the Glycine Receptor. Journal of Receptor Research. 8(1-4). 183–193. 7 indexed citations

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Grenningloh, Gabriele, Axel Rienitz, Bertram Schmitt, et al.. (1987). The strychnine-binding subunit of the glycine receptor shows homology with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Nature. 328(6127). 215–220. 581 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rienitz, Axel, Cord‐Michael Becker, Heinrich Betz, & Bertram Schmitt. (1987). The chloride channel blocking agent, t-butyl bicyclophosphorothionate, binds to the γ-aminobutyric acid-benzodiazepine, but not to the glycine receptor in rodents. Neuroscience Letters. 76(1). 91–95. 11 indexed citations

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Betz, Heinrich, Bertram Schmitt, Cord‐Michael Becker, et al.. (1987). Structure and biology of central nervous system neurotransmitter receptors. Biochemical Society Transactions. 15(1). 107–108. 3 indexed citations

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Betz, Heinrich, et al.. (1986). The vertebrate glycine receptor protein.. PubMed. 52. 57–63. 3 indexed citations

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Rienitz, Axel, Frank Große, Helmut Blöcker, Ronald Frank, & Gerhard Krauss. (1985). On the fidelity of DNA polymerase α: the influence of α-thio dNTPs, Mn²⁺and mismatch repair. Nucleic Acids Research. 13(15). 5685–5695. 10 indexed citations

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