Birgit E. Scharf

3.6k total citations
80 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Birgit E. Scharf is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit E. Scharf has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Plant Science, 35 papers in Molecular Biology and 30 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Birgit E. Scharf's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (37 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (21 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (18 papers). Birgit E. Scharf is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (37 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (21 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (18 papers). Birgit E. Scharf collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Birgit E. Scharf's co-authors include Martin Engelhard, Rüdiger Schmitt, Richard F. Helm, Gladys Alexandre, Michael F. Hynes, Howard C. Berg, Karen Fahrner, Linda Turner, Paul Muschler and Sherry B. Hildreth and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Birgit E. Scharf

78 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Birgit E. Scharf United States 30 1.4k 875 739 496 489 80 2.8k
George H. Wadhams United Kingdom 23 2.2k 1.5× 485 0.6× 538 0.7× 1.1k 2.2× 410 0.8× 33 3.4k
Gladys Alexandre United States 28 992 0.7× 863 1.0× 358 0.5× 367 0.7× 151 0.3× 63 1.9k
Devaki Bhaya United States 34 3.2k 2.3× 676 0.8× 1.4k 1.9× 426 0.9× 279 0.6× 70 4.5k
Arthur Prindle United States 18 1.6k 1.2× 363 0.4× 363 0.5× 498 1.0× 359 0.7× 24 2.8k
Rüdiger Schmitt Germany 31 1.8k 1.3× 808 0.9× 807 1.1× 798 1.6× 108 0.2× 62 3.0k
Munehiro Asally United Kingdom 19 1.4k 1.0× 330 0.4× 231 0.3× 306 0.6× 301 0.6× 33 2.3k
George Ordal United States 41 3.5k 2.5× 434 0.5× 1.3k 1.8× 2.6k 5.3× 604 1.2× 114 4.8k
Rainer Merkl Germany 33 2.7k 1.9× 355 0.4× 455 0.6× 475 1.0× 232 0.5× 105 3.8k
Katrina T. Forest United States 37 3.5k 2.4× 1.2k 1.3× 758 1.0× 1.1k 2.2× 661 1.4× 88 5.1k
Gert Bange Germany 42 3.7k 2.6× 691 0.8× 774 1.0× 1.5k 3.1× 91 0.2× 167 5.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Birgit E. Scharf

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgit E. Scharf

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pelt, Daniël M., et al.. (2025). Insights into the structure and initial host attachment of the flagellotropic bacteriophage 7-7-1. Communications Biology. 9(1). 55–55.
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Sonani, Ravi R., Fengbin Wang, Mark A. B. Kreutzberger, et al.. (2024). An extensive disulfide bond network prevents tail contraction in Agrobacterium tumefaciens phage Milano. Nature Communications. 15(1). 756–756. 13 indexed citations
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Sonani, Ravi R., et al.. (2024). Cryo-EM structure of flagellotropic bacteriophage Chi. Structure. 32(7). 856–865.e3. 7 indexed citations
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Scharf, Birgit E., et al.. (2024). Serratia marcescens ATCC 274 increases production of the red pigment prodigiosin in response to Chi phage infection. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 17750–17750. 2 indexed citations
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Scharf, Birgit E., et al.. (2024). Vibrio cholerae Bacteremia: An Enigma in Cholera-Endemic African Countries. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 9(5). 103–103. 6 indexed citations
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Sonani, Ravi R., Fengbin Wang, Mark A. B. Kreutzberger, et al.. (2023). Neck and capsid architecture of the robust Agrobacterium phage Milano. Communications Biology. 6(1). 921–921. 11 indexed citations
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Nix, Jay C., et al.. (2023). The structural analysis of the periplasmic domain of Sinorhizobium meliloti chemoreceptor McpZ reveals a novel fold and suggests a complex mechanism of transmembrane signaling. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 91(10). 1394–1406. 5 indexed citations
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Kreutzberger, Mark A. B., Ravi R. Sonani, Junfeng Liu, et al.. (2022). Convergent evolution in the supercoiling of prokaryotic flagellar filaments. Cell. 185(19). 3487–3500.e14. 35 indexed citations
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Scharf, Birgit E., et al.. (2021). Rhizobial Chemoattractants, the Taste and Preferences of Legume Symbionts. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 686465–686465. 23 indexed citations
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Ray, W. Keith, et al.. (2020). Cellular Stoichiometry of Chemotaxis Proteins in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Journal of Bacteriology. 202(14). 12 indexed citations
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Scharf, Birgit E., et al.. (2020). Formation of phage lysis patterns and implications on co-propagation of phages and motile host bacteria. PLoS Computational Biology. 16(3). e1007236–e1007236. 20 indexed citations
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Jensen, Roderick V., et al.. (2015). Rescuing chemotaxis of the anticancer agent Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium VNP20009. Journal of Biotechnology. 211. 117–120. 17 indexed citations
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Dogra, G. S., Volker Wagner, Martin Haslbeck, et al.. (2011). Sinorhizobium meliloti CheA Complexed with CheS Exhibits Enhanced Binding to CheY1, Resulting in Accelerated CheY1 Dephosphorylation. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(5). 1075–1087. 25 indexed citations
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Scharf, Birgit E.. (2010). Summary of useful methods for two-component system research. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 13(2). 246–252. 33 indexed citations
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Scharf, Birgit E., et al.. (2004). Solution Structures of the Inactive and BeF3-activated Response Regulator CheY2. Journal of Molecular Biology. 338(2). 287–297. 15 indexed citations
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Brischwein, Martin, Birgit E. Scharf, Martin Engelhard, & W. Maentele. (1993). Analysis of the redox reaction of an archaebacterial copper protein, halocyanin, by electrochemistry and FTIR difference spectroscopy. Biochemistry. 32(49). 13710–13717. 19 indexed citations
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Scharf, Birgit E., B. Hess, & Martin Engelhard. (1992). Chromophore of sensory rhodopsin II from Halobacterium halobium. Biochemistry. 31(49). 12486–12492. 31 indexed citations
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Scharf, Birgit E., et al.. (1992). Biochemical and photochemical properties of the photophobic receptors from Halobacterium halobium and Natronobacterium pharaonis. European Journal of Biochemistry. 206(2). 359–366. 68 indexed citations

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