Carsten Münk

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Carsten Münk is a scholar working on Virology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carsten Münk has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Virology, 37 papers in Epidemiology and 29 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Carsten Münk's work include HIV Research and Treatment (67 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (22 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (17 papers). Carsten Münk is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (67 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (22 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (17 papers). Carsten Münk collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Russia. Carsten Münk's co-authors include Nathaniel R. Landau, Renate König, Klaus Cichutek, Roberto Mariani, Bärbel Schröfelbauer, Francisco Navarro, Egbert Flory, Ignacio G. Bravo, Ginger Lucero and Martin Löchelt and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Carsten Münk

82 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Species-Specific Exclusion of APOBEC3G from HIV-1 Virions... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 250 500 750
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.

  1. Species-Specific Exclusion of APOBEC3G from HIV-1 Virions by Vif
    2003 753 citations Renate König, Carsten Münk et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carsten Münk Germany 27 2.3k 1.4k 1.4k 1.1k 950 82 3.5k
Priscilla Turelli Switzerland 28 1.8k 0.8× 2.3k 1.7× 1.1k 0.8× 922 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 39 4.2k
Angela Ciuffi Switzerland 32 1.7k 0.8× 2.2k 1.6× 609 0.4× 808 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 65 3.7k
Stefan Schwartz Sweden 38 1.4k 0.6× 2.6k 1.9× 1.6k 1.1× 896 0.9× 714 0.8× 94 4.2k
Ann M. Sheehy United States 16 4.0k 1.8× 1.9k 1.3× 1.9k 1.4× 1.9k 1.8× 2.1k 2.2× 22 5.5k
Ali Saı̈b France 33 1.4k 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 968 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 680 0.7× 63 3.4k
Falko G. Falkner Austria 25 1.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 789 0.7× 517 0.5× 56 2.9k
Torsten Schaller United Kingdom 24 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 866 0.8× 822 0.9× 40 3.1k
Melvyn W. Yap United Kingdom 23 1.7k 0.8× 949 0.7× 897 0.7× 1.4k 1.3× 548 0.6× 32 2.7k
Klaus Cichutek Germany 32 1.1k 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 618 0.6× 772 0.8× 114 3.5k
Malcolm A. Martin United States 38 3.6k 1.6× 868 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 2.4k 2.2× 1.7k 1.8× 70 4.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carsten Münk

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gertzen, Christoph G. W., et al.. (2024). The ISG15-Protease USP18 Is a Pleiotropic Enhancer of HIV-1 Replication. Viruses. 16(4). 485–485. 3 indexed citations
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Luedde, Tom, et al.. (2023). The cyclophilin A-binding loop of the capsid regulates the human TRIM5α sensitivity of nonpandemic HIV-1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(48). e2306374120–e2306374120. 3 indexed citations
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Mohareer, Krishnaveni, U. Deva Priyakumar, Tom Luedde, et al.. (2022). Staufen‐2 functions as a cofactor for enhanced Rev‐mediated nucleocytoplasmic trafficking of HIV ‐1 genomic RNA via the CRM1 pathway. FEBS Journal. 289(21). 6731–6751. 3 indexed citations
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Skowron, Margaretha A., Katharina Raba, Patrick Petzsch, et al.. (2022). Profiling the 3D interaction between germ cell tumors and microenvironmental cells at the transcriptome and secretome level. Molecular Oncology. 16(17). 3107–3127. 9 indexed citations
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Vasudevan, Ananda Ayyappan Jaguva, et al.. (2021). Murine leukemia virus resists producer cell APOBEC3A by its Glycosylated Gag but not target cell APOBEC3A. Virology. 557. 1–14. 3 indexed citations
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Vasudevan, Ananda Ayyappan Jaguva, et al.. (2018). MXB inhibits murine cytomegalovirus. Virology. 522. 158–167. 25 indexed citations
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Häussinger, Dieter, et al.. (2018). Post-entry Restriction Factors of SIVcpz. Future Virology. 13(10). 727–745. 3 indexed citations
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Vasudevan, Ananda Ayyappan Jaguva, Wolfgang Goering, Dieter Häussinger, & Carsten Münk. (2017). Detection of APOBEC3 Proteins and Catalytic Activity in Urothelial Carcinoma. Methods in molecular biology. 1655. 97–107. 4 indexed citations
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Vasudevan, Ananda Ayyappan Jaguva, Henning Hofmann, Dieter Willbold, et al.. (2017). Enhancing the Catalytic Deamination Activity of APOBEC3C Is Insufficient to Inhibit Vif-Deficient HIV-1. Journal of Molecular Biology. 429(8). 1171–1191. 13 indexed citations
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Widera, Marek, et al.. (2014). A functional conserved intronic G run in HIV-1 intron 3 is critical to counteract APOBEC3G-mediated host restriction. Retrovirology. 11(1). 72–72. 1 indexed citations
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Münk, Carsten, Björn‐Erik Ole Jensen, Jörg Zielonka, Dieter Häussinger, & Christel Kamp. (2012). Running Loose or Getting Lost: How HIV-1 Counters and Capitalizes on APOBEC3-Induced Mutagenesis through Its Vif Protein. Viruses. 4(11). 3132–3161. 20 indexed citations
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Stauch, Benjamin, Henning Hofmann, Mario Perković, et al.. (2009). Model structure of APOBEC3C reveals a binding pocket modulating ribonucleic acid interaction required for encapsidation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(29). 12079–12084. 38 indexed citations
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Perković, Mario, Stanislaw Schmidt, Daniela Marino, et al.. (2008). Species-specific Inhibition of APOBEC3C by the Prototype Foamy Virus Protein Bet. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(9). 5819–5826. 61 indexed citations
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Kremer, Melanie, et al.. (2006). Vaccinia virus replication is not affected by APOBEC3 family members. Virology Journal. 3(1). 86–86. 24 indexed citations
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Muckenfuß, Heide, Matthias Hamdorf, Ulrike Held, et al.. (2006). APOBEC3 Proteins Inhibit Human LINE-1 Retrotransposition. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(31). 22161–22172. 296 indexed citations
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Münk, Carsten, et al.. (2004). α-Complementation assay for HIV envelope glycoprotein-mediated fusion. Virology. 319(2). 343–352. 42 indexed citations
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Münk, Carsten, Ge Wei, Otto O. Yang, et al.. (2003). The θ-Defensin, Retrocyclin, Inhibits HIV-1 Entry. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 19(10). 875–881. 117 indexed citations
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Münk, Carsten, Stephanie M. Brandt, Ginger Lucero, & Nathaniel R. Landau. (2002). A dominant block to HIV-1 replication at reverse transcription in simian cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(21). 13843–13848. 193 indexed citations
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Prassolov, Vladimir, Sibyll Hein, Gabriel Rütter, et al.. (2001). The Mus cervicolor MuLV Isolate M813 Is Highly Fusogenic and Induces a T-Cell Lymphoma Associated with Large Multinucleated Cells. Virology. 290(1). 39–49. 6 indexed citations

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