Axel Trefzer

1.8k total citations
21 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Axel Trefzer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Trefzer has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Pharmacology and 7 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Axel Trefzer's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (14 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (6 papers). Axel Trefzer is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (14 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (6 papers). Axel Trefzer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Axel Trefzer's co-authors include Andreas Bechthold, José A. Salas, Sigrid Stockert, Jürgen Rohr, Eva Künzel, Dirk Hoffmeister, Andreas Kirschning, Andreas Vente, Gabriele Weitnauer and Roel A. L. Bovenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Bioinformatics and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Axel Trefzer

20 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Axel Trefzer Germany 16 917 774 406 215 121 21 1.3k
Hei Chan Lee South Korea 19 777 0.8× 648 0.8× 208 0.5× 161 0.7× 126 1.0× 55 1.0k
Barbara Silakowski Germany 15 804 0.9× 881 1.1× 190 0.5× 400 1.9× 152 1.3× 15 1.3k
Evi Stegmann Germany 22 925 1.0× 950 1.2× 266 0.7× 233 1.1× 144 1.2× 49 1.3k
Yuriy Rebets Germany 24 1.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.6× 332 0.8× 439 2.0× 247 2.0× 58 1.8k
Yoshimitsu Hamano Japan 25 1.4k 1.5× 469 0.6× 213 0.5× 209 1.0× 94 0.8× 77 1.7k
Evelyn Wendt-Pienkowski United States 28 1.4k 1.5× 1.5k 1.9× 518 1.3× 393 1.8× 271 2.2× 40 2.0k
Olena Perlova Germany 13 729 0.8× 569 0.7× 141 0.3× 289 1.3× 169 1.4× 15 1.1k
Meifeng Tao China 26 1.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 311 0.8× 301 1.4× 203 1.7× 64 1.6k
Hamish A. I. McArthur United States 20 621 0.7× 543 0.7× 220 0.5× 126 0.6× 135 1.1× 36 929
Joshua A. V. Blodgett United States 13 614 0.7× 394 0.5× 223 0.5× 133 0.6× 145 1.2× 22 978

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Fields of papers citing papers by Axel Trefzer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Axel Trefzer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chiocchini, Claudia, et al.. (2020). From Electronic Sequence to Purified Protein Using Automated Gene Synthesis and In Vitro Transcription/Translation. ACS Synthetic Biology. 9(7). 1714–1724. 4 indexed citations
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Trefzer, Axel, et al.. (2018). Two C++ libraries for counting trees on a phylogenetic terrace. Bioinformatics. 34(19). 3399–3401. 7 indexed citations
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Trefzer, Axel, et al.. (2016). Enabling Next Generation Biological Research through Synthetic Biology Tools. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 88(9). 1414–1414.
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Turk, Stefan, Wigard P. Kloosterman, Dennis K. Ninaber, et al.. (2015). Metabolic Engineering toward Sustainable Production of Nylon-6. ACS Synthetic Biology. 5(1). 65–73. 91 indexed citations
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Stanton, Brynne C., Velia Siciliano, Amar Ghodasara, et al.. (2014). Systematic Transfer of Prokaryotic Sensors and Circuits to Mammalian Cells. ACS Synthetic Biology. 3(12). 880–891. 65 indexed citations
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Medema, Marnix H., Mohammad Tauqeer Alam, Wilbert H. M. Heijne, et al.. (2011). Genome-wide gene expression changes in an industrial clavulanic acid overproduction strain of Streptomyces clavuligerus.. Radboud Repository (Radboud University). 38 indexed citations
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Medema, Marnix H., Axel Trefzer, Andriy Kovalchuk, et al.. (2010). The Sequence of a 1.8-Mb Bacterial Linear Plasmid Reveals a Rich Evolutionary Reservoir of Secondary Metabolic Pathways. Genome Biology and Evolution. 2. 212–224. 150 indexed citations
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Trefzer, Axel, István Molnár, Gerhard Frey, et al.. (2007). Biocatalytic Conversion of Avermectin to 4″-Oxo-Avermectin: Improvement of Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase Specificity by Directed Evolution. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73(13). 4317–4325. 26 indexed citations
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Paradkar, Ashish S., et al.. (2003). StreptomycesGenetics: A Genomic Perspective. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. 23(1). 1–27. 58 indexed citations
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Trefzer, Axel, Gloria Blanco, Lily L. Remsing, et al.. (2002). Rationally Designed Glycosylated Premithramycins:  Hybrid Aromatic Polyketides Using Genes from Three Different Biosynthetic Pathways. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124(21). 6056–6062. 64 indexed citations
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Trefzer, Axel, Carsten Fischer, Sigrid Stockert, et al.. (2001). Elucidation of the function of two glycosyltransferase genes (lanGT1 and lanGT4) involved in landomycin biosynthesis and generation of new oligosaccharide antibiotics. Chemistry & Biology. 8(12). 1239–1252. 48 indexed citations
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Blanco, Gloria, Eugenio P. Patallo, Alfredo F. Braña, et al.. (2001). Identification of a sugar flexible glycosyltransferase from Streptomyces olivaceus, the producer of the antitumor polyketide elloramycin. Chemistry & Biology. 8(3). 253–263. 74 indexed citations
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Weitnauer, Gabriele, Sibylle Gaisser, Axel Trefzer, et al.. (2001). An ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter and Two rRNA Methyltransferases Are Involved in Resistance to Avilamycin in the Producer Organism Streptomyces viridochromogenes Tu57. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 45(3). 690–695. 21 indexed citations
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Trefzer, Axel, Dirk Hoffmeister, Eva Künzel, et al.. (2000). Function of glycosyltransferase genes involved in urdamycin A biosynthesis. Chemistry & Biology. 7(2). 133–142. 74 indexed citations
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Trefzer, Axel, et al.. (1999). Genes and enzymes involved in deoxysugar biosynthesis in bacteria. Natural Product Reports. 16(3). 283–299. 142 indexed citations
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Bechthold, Andreas, Silvie Domann, Bettina Faust, et al.. (1999). ChemInform Abstract: Glycosylated Natural Products: Perspectives for Combinatorial Biosynthesis. ChemInform. 30(49). 2 indexed citations
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Gaisser, Sibylle, Axel Trefzer, Sigrid Stockert, Andreas Kirschning, & Andreas Bechthold. (1997). Cloning of an avilamycin biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces viridochromogenes Tü57. Journal of Bacteriology. 179(20). 6271–6278. 86 indexed citations

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