Birgit Czermin

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Birgit Czermin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Czermin has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Birgit Czermin's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (17 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (9 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (8 papers). Birgit Czermin is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (17 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (9 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (8 papers). Birgit Czermin collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Birgit Czermin's co-authors include Axel Imhof, Vincenzo Pirrotta, Donna McCabe, Raffaella Melfi, Rita Horváth, Elke Holinski‐Feder, Bastian B. Hülsmann, Günter Reuter, Gunnar Schotta and Peter B. Becker and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Brain and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Czermin

27 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Drosophila Enhancer of Zeste/ESC Complexes Have a Histone H3 Methyltransferase Activity that Marks Chromosomal Polycomb Sites

2002 1.2k citations Birgit Czermin, Raffaella Melfi et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Birgit Czermin Germany	19	2.1k	292	258	248	112	27	2.3k
Barbara K. Goodman United States	25	811 0.4×	199 0.7×	109 0.4×	360 1.5×	146 1.3×	48	1.5k
Payam A. Gammage United Kingdom	17	1.6k 0.8×	481 1.6×	32 0.1×	109 0.4×	275 2.5×	25	1.8k
Metodi D. Metodiev France	15	1.4k 0.7×	291 1.0×	29 0.1×	77 0.3×	200 1.8×	21	1.6k
Sabine Endele Germany	14	701 0.3×	60 0.2×	57 0.2×	309 1.2×	69 0.6×	22	908
Kevin Ha Canada	20	1.2k 0.6×	49 0.2×	61 0.2×	335 1.4×	249 2.2×	31	1.5k
Robert Kopajtich Germany	16	1.4k 0.6×	92 0.3×	109 0.4×	132 0.5×	60 0.5×	30	2.0k
Mohammed A. Aldahmesh Saudi Arabia	32	1.2k 0.6×	63 0.2×	25 0.1×	815 3.3×	92 0.8×	61	2.0k
Sarah Ball United Kingdom	14	518 0.2×	77 0.3×	40 0.2×	141 0.6×	70 0.6×	26	814
Emélie Braschi Canada	6	1.5k 0.7×	262 0.9×	18 0.1×	40 0.2×	118 1.1×	7	1.8k
Kathleen Wallis United States	18	1.1k 0.5×	62 0.2×	43 0.2×	152 0.6×	54 0.5×	29	1.4k

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Nolte, Kay, Sonja Trepels‐Kottek, D Honnef, et al.. (2012). Early muscle and brain ultrastructural changes in polymerase gamma 1‐related encephalomyopathy. Neuropathology. 33(1). 59–67. 6 indexed citations

Marina, Adela Della, Ulrike Schara, Angela Pyle, et al.. (2012). NDUFS8-related Complex I Deficiency Extends Phenotype from “PEO Plus” to Leigh Syndrome. JIMD Reports. 10. 17–22. 14 indexed citations

Czermin, Birgit, et al.. (2012). 003 Adult-onset cerebellar ataxia due to mutations in the CABC1/ADCK3 gene. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 83(3). e1.164–e1. 2 indexed citations

Mayr, Johannes A., Franz Zimmermann, Rita Horváth, et al.. (2011). Deficiency of the mitochondrial phosphate carrier presenting as myopathy and cardiomyopathy in a family with three affected children. Neuromuscular Disorders. 21(11). 803–808. 60 indexed citations

Horváth, Rita, Birgit Czermin, Stephanie Demuth, et al.. (2011). Adult-onset cerebellar ataxia due to mutations inCABC1/ADCK3. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 83(2). 174–178. 79 indexed citations

Reilich, Peter, Rita Horváth, Sabine Krause, et al.. (2011). The phenotypic spectrum of neutral lipid storage myopathy due to mutations in the PNPLA2 gene. Journal of Neurology. 258(11). 1987–1997. 71 indexed citations

Seeger, Jürgen, Bertold Schrank, Angela Pyle, et al.. (2010). Clinical and neuropathological findings in patients with TACO1 mutations. Neuromuscular Disorders. 20(11). 720–724. 26 indexed citations

Tuppen, Helen, Janev Fehmi, Birgit Czermin, et al.. (2010). Long-term survival of neonatal mitochondrial complex III deficiency associated with a novel BCS1L gene mutation. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 100(4). 345–348. 24 indexed citations

Yu‐Wai‐Man, Patrick, Philip G. Griffiths, P W Sellar, et al.. (2010). The Prevalence and Natural History of Dominant Optic Atrophy Due to OPA1 Mutations. Ophthalmology. 117(8). 1538–1546.e1. 137 indexed citations

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Kemp, John P., Paul Smith, Angela Pyle, et al.. (2010). Nuclear factors involved in mitochondrial translation cause a subgroup of combined respiratory chain deficiency. Brain. 134(1). 183–195. 55 indexed citations

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Walter, Maggie C., Birgit Czermin, Stefanie Bulst, et al.. (2010). Late-onset ptosis and myopathy in a patient with a heterozygous insertion in POLG2. Journal of Neurology. 257(9). 1517–1523. 35 indexed citations

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Baruffini, Enrico, Rita Horváth, Cristina Dallabona, et al.. (2010). Predicting the contribution of novel POLG mutations to human disease through analysis in yeast model. Mitochondrion. 11(1). 182–190. 22 indexed citations

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Horváth, Rita, Andreas Bender, Angela Abicht, et al.. (2009). Heteroplasmic mutation in the anticodon-stem of mitochondrial tRNAVal causing MNGIE-like gastrointestinal dysmotility and cachexia. Journal of Neurology. 256(5). 810–815. 23 indexed citations

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Poulton, Joanna, Michio Hirano, Antonella Spinazzola, et al.. (2009). Collated mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion syndrome (excluding the mitochondrial gamma polymerase, POLG1). Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1792(12). 1109–1112. 33 indexed citations

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Kornblum, Cornelia, G Lutterbey, Birgit Czermin, et al.. (2009). Whole-body high-field MRI shows no skeletal muscle degeneration in young patients with recessive myotonia congenita. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 121(2). 131–135. 24 indexed citations

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Ohno, Katsuhito, Donna McCabe, Birgit Czermin, Axel Imhof, & Vincenzo Pirrotta. (2008). ESC, ESCL and their roles in Polycomb Group mechanisms. Mechanisms of Development. 125(5-6). 527–541. 29 indexed citations

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Eskeland, Ragnhild, et al.. (2004). The N-Terminus of Drosophila SU(VAR)3−9 Mediates Dimerization and Regulates Its Methyltransferase Activity. Biochemistry. 43(12). 3740–3749. 43 indexed citations

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Czermin, Birgit & Axel Imhof. (2003). The Sounds of Silence – Histone Deacetylation Meets hisTone Methylation. Genetica. 117(2-3). 159–164. 16 indexed citations

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Czermin, Birgit, et al.. (2002). Drosophila Enhancer of Zeste/ESC Complexes Have a Histone H3 Methyltransferase Activity that Marks Chromosomal Polycomb Sites. Cell. 111(2). 185–196. 1238 indexed citations breakdown →

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Czermin, Birgit, Gunnar Schotta, Bastian B. Hülsmann, et al.. (2001). Physical and functional association of SU(VAR)3‐9 and HDAC1 in Drosophila. EMBO Reports. 2(10). 915–919. 216 indexed citations

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