Brian Sauer

10.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
66 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Brian Sauer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Sauer has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Genetics and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Brian Sauer's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (23 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (18 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (17 papers). Brian Sauer is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (23 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (18 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (17 papers). Brian Sauer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Canada. Brian Sauer's co-authors include Neil C. Henderson, Nancy Henderson, Jun‐Li Liu, Merja Lakso, Shoshana Yakar, Derek LeRoith, Andrew A. Butler, Bethel Stannard, Yoshiyuki Okamoto and H Westphal and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Brian Sauer

64 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Normal growth and development in the absence of hepatic insulin-like growth factor I

1999 1.2k citations Brian Sauer et al. profile →
Efficient in vivo manipulation of mouse genomic sequences at the zygote stage.

1996 939 citations Brian Sauer et al. profile →
Site-specific DNA recombination in mammalian cells by the Cre recombinase of bacteriophage P1.

1988 873 citations Brian Sauer et al. profile →
Inducible Gene Targeting in Mice Using the Cre/loxSystem

1998 551 citations Brian Sauer Methods profile →
Targeted oncogene activation by site-specific recombination in transgenic mice.

1992 535 citations Brian Sauer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Sauer United States	39	5.9k	2.7k	1.2k	737	652	66	8.4k
Stanley M. Hollenberg United States	19	6.6k 1.1×	3.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	425 0.6×	519 0.8×	28	9.6k
Rainer Renkawitz Germany	47	6.8k 1.2×	3.3k 1.2×	863 0.7×	393 0.5×	324 0.5×	102	9.7k
Jun Kudoh Japan	44	3.2k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	420 0.6×	542 0.8×	150	7.9k
J. Weissenbach France	48	4.6k 0.8×	2.6k 1.0×	378 0.3×	754 1.0×	891 1.4×	130	8.1k
T.B. Shows United States	45	4.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	370 0.3×	1.0k 1.4×	758 1.2×	145	7.4k
William Biggs United States	27	6.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	539 0.4×	952 1.3×	1.3k 1.9×	33	8.1k
Bogi Andersen United States	43	3.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	976 0.8×	486 0.7×	310 0.5×	95	6.3k
Pamela J. Mitchell United States	31	7.1k 1.2×	2.1k 0.8×	344 0.3×	412 0.6×	332 0.5×	44	9.5k
Björn Vennström Sweden	61	5.6k 1.0×	3.6k 1.3×	4.5k 3.7×	1.1k 1.4×	447 0.7×	136	11.1k
George E.O. Muscat Australia	52	6.1k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	600 0.5×	1.3k 1.8×	676 1.0×	128	9.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Sauer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Du, Zhongwei, Baoyang Hu, Melvin Ayala, Brian Sauer, & Su‐Chun Zhang. (2009). Cre Recombination-Mediated Cassette Exchange for Building Versatile Transgenic Human Embryonic Stem Cells Lines. Stem Cells. 27(5). 1032–1041. 32 indexed citations

Sauer, Brian. (2004). DNA recombination with a heterospecific Cre homolog identified from comparison of the pac-c1 regions of P1-related phages. Nucleic Acids Research. 32(20). 6086–6095. 113 indexed citations

Lo, Acy, Maggie K.L. Fung, Chak Leung Au, et al.. (2004). Transgenic Mice Over-expressing Endothelin-1 in Testis Transactivated by a Cre/loxP System Showed Decreased Testicular Capillary Blood Flow. Transgenic Research. 13(2). 119–134. 4 indexed citations

Petyuk, Vladislav, Jeffrey McDermott, Malcolm Cook, & Brian Sauer. (2004). Functional Mapping of Cre Recombinase by Pentapeptide Insertional Mutagenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(35). 37040–37048. 13 indexed citations

Adams, Larry D., Luke Choi, Aizhen Yang, et al.. (2003). Double lox targeting for neural cell transgenesis. Molecular Brain Research. 110(2). 220–233. 18 indexed citations

Le, Yun-Zheng, et al.. (2003). Far‐upstream elements are dispensable for tissue‐specific proenkephalin expression using a Cre‐mediated knock‐in strategy. Journal of Neurochemistry. 84(4). 689–697. 15 indexed citations

Sauer, Brian, et al.. (2003). Rapid Generation of Isogenic Mammalian Cell Lines Expressing Recombinant Transgenes by Use of Cre Recombinase. Humana Press eBooks. 133. 75–84.

Neuenschwander, Pierre F., et al.. (2002). Analysis of Cre–loxP interaction by surface plasmon resonance: Influence of spermidine on cooperativity. Analytical Biochemistry. 308(1). 90–99. 19 indexed citations

Sauer, Brian. (2002). Cre/lox: One More Step in the Taming of the Genome. Endocrine. 19(3). 221–228. 42 indexed citations

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Hirasawa, Motoyuki, Andrew Cho, Taduru Sreenath, et al.. (2001). Neuron-specific expression of Cre recombinase during the late phase of brain development. Neuroscience Research. 40(2). 125–132. 24 indexed citations

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Tomonaga, Takeshi, et al.. (1998). Unrestraining Genetic Processes with a Protein–DNA Hinge. Molecular Cell. 1(5). 759–764. 39 indexed citations

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Sauer, Brian. (1998). Inducible Gene Targeting in Mice Using the Cre/loxSystem. Methods. 14(4). 381–392. 551 indexed citations breakdown →

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Skorupski, Karen, Nat Sternberg, & Brian Sauer. (1994). Purification and DNA-Binding Activity of the PacA Subunit of the Bacteriophage P1 Pacase Enzyme. Journal of Molecular Biology. 243(2). 258–267. 9 indexed citations

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Chiu, Andrew T., et al.. (1993). Characterization of angiotensin AT1A receptor isoform by its ligand binding signature. Regulatory Peptides. 44(2). 141–147. 15 indexed citations

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Sauer, Brian, et al.. (1993). Genomic targeting with purified Cre recombinase. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(9). 2025–2029. 110 indexed citations

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Pierce, James C., Nat Sternberg, & Brian Sauer. (1992). A mouse genomic library in the bacteriophage P1 cloning system: organization and characterization. Mammalian Genome. 3(10). 550–558. 73 indexed citations

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Sauer, Brian, et al.. (1992). Stoichiometry of the Cre recombinase bound to theloxrecombining site. Nucleic Acids Research. 20(17). 4451–4455. 49 indexed citations

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Skorupski, Karen, James C. Pierce, Brian Sauer, & Nat Sternberg. (1992). Bacteriophage P1 genes involved in the recognition and cleavage of the phage packaging site (pac). Journal of Molecular Biology. 223(4). 977–989. 20 indexed citations

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Sauer, Brian, et al.. (1989). A screen for SVgptinE. coliDH5Δlac and DH5α: small colony phenotype. Nucleic Acids Research. 17(24). 10499–10499. 1 indexed citations

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Sauer, Brian & Nancy Henderson. (1988). The cyclization of linear DNA in Escherichia coli by site-specific recombination. Gene. 70(2). 331–341. 54 indexed citations

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