Christiane Schaffitzel

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Christiane Schaffitzel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christiane Schaffitzel has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Genetics and 16 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Christiane Schaffitzel's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (43 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (16 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers). Christiane Schaffitzel is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (43 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (16 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers). Christiane Schaffitzel collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Switzerland. Christiane Schaffitzel's co-authors include Imre Berger, Andreas Plückthun, Jozef Hanes, Nenad Ban, Hans J. Lipps, Jan Postberg, Philipp Berger, Daniel J. Fitzgerald, Timothy J. Richmond and Achim Knappik and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christiane Schaffitzel

87 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

1 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.

In vitrogenerated antibodies specific for telomeric guanine-quadruplex DNA react withStylonychia lemnaemacronuclei

2001 512 citations Christiane Schaffitzel, Imre Berger et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christiane Schaffitzel United Kingdom	38	3.9k	849	562	495	445	90	4.7k
Imre Berger United Kingdom	42	4.9k 1.2×	658 0.8×	253 0.5×	644 1.3×	413 0.9×	133	6.0k
J.D. Pédelacq France	19	2.3k 0.6×	537 0.6×	285 0.5×	245 0.5×	268 0.6×	35	3.0k
Daniel Boehringer Switzerland	38	4.7k 1.2×	573 0.7×	458 0.8×	148 0.3×	367 0.8×	105	6.0k
Niek Dekker Netherlands	35	3.4k 0.9×	868 1.0×	185 0.3×	215 0.4×	154 0.3×	71	4.4k
IngMarie Nilsson Sweden	37	3.7k 0.9×	939 1.1×	161 0.3×	259 0.5×	261 0.6×	66	4.9k
Robert Seckler Germany	37	2.7k 0.7×	645 0.8×	357 0.6×	262 0.5×	1.3k 2.9×	73	3.7k
Hannah Alexander United States	30	2.6k 0.7×	343 0.4×	906 1.6×	446 0.9×	201 0.5×	69	4.4k
Dietrich Stüber Switzerland	23	1.9k 0.5×	488 0.6×	463 0.8×	372 0.8×	339 0.8×	34	3.0k
Gino Cingolani United States	37	4.2k 1.1×	551 0.6×	163 0.3×	549 1.1×	1.2k 2.8×	106	5.6k
Patrick Stanssens Belgium	25	2.8k 0.7×	928 1.1×	365 0.6×	149 0.3×	599 1.3×	40	3.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schaffitzel, Christiane, et al.. (2025). The versatile role of YidC in membrane protein biosynthesis and quality control. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1872(5). 119956–119956.

Capin, Julien, Alexandra Harrison, Sathish K.N. Yadav, et al.. (2024). An engineered baculoviral protein and DNA co-delivery system for CRISPR-based mammalian genome editing. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(6). 3450–3468. 7 indexed citations

Deniaud, Aurélien, et al.. (2024). Sample Preparation for Electron Cryo-Microscopy of Macromolecular Machines. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 3234. 173–190. 1 indexed citations

Mattioli, M., et al.. (2024). Tuning VSV-G Expression Improves Baculovirus Integrity, Stability and Mammalian Cell Transduction Efficiency. Viruses. 16(9). 1475–1475. 2 indexed citations

Oliveira, A. Sofia F., Deborah K. Shoemark, Andrew D. Davidson, et al.. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 spike variants differ in their allosteric responses to linoleic acid. Journal of Molecular Cell Biology. 15(3). 8 indexed citations

Mailliot, J., et al.. (2023). Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay Factor Functions in Human Health and Disease. Biomedicines. 11(3). 722–722. 16 indexed citations

Aulicino, Francesco, Christine Toelzer, Julien Capin, et al.. (2022). Highly efficient CRISPR-mediated large DNA docking and multiplexed prime editing using a single baculovirus. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(13). 7783–7799. 35 indexed citations

Mailliot, J., Mirella Vivoli, & Christiane Schaffitzel. (2022). No-nonsense: insights into the functional interplay of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay factors. Biochemical Journal. 479(9). 973–993. 14 indexed citations

Toelzer, Christine, Kapil Gupta, Sathish K.N. Yadav, et al.. (2022). The free fatty acid–binding pocket is a conserved hallmark in pathogenic β-coronavirus spike proteins from SARS-CoV to Omicron. Science Advances. 8(47). eadc9179–eadc9179. 28 indexed citations

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Toelzer, Christine, Kapil Gupta, Sathish K.N. Yadav, et al.. (2020). Free fatty acid binding pocket in the locked structure of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Science. 370(6517). 725–730. 282 indexed citations

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Sari, Duygu, Shervin Bahrami, Magdalena Janina Laska, et al.. (2019). High-Throughput Production of Influenza Virus-Like Particle (VLP) Array by Using VLP-factory™, a MultiBac Baculoviral Genome Customized for Enveloped VLP Expression. Methods in molecular biology. 2025. 213–226. 9 indexed citations

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Karuppasamy, Manikandan, Beata Kuśmider, Taianá Maia de Oliveira, et al.. (2017). Cryo-EM structure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae target of rapamycin complex 2. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1729–1729. 40 indexed citations

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Neu‐Yilik, Gabriele, Etienne Raimondeau, Boris Eliseev, et al.. (2017). Dual function of UPF3B in early and late translation termination. The EMBO Journal. 36(20). 2968–2986. 73 indexed citations

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Köhler, Rebecca, Daniel Boehringer, Basil J. Greber, et al.. (2009). YidC and Oxa1 Form Dimeric Insertion Pores on the Translating Ribosome. Molecular Cell. 34(3). 344–353. 96 indexed citations

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Merz, Frieder, Daniel Boehringer, Christiane Schaffitzel, et al.. (2008). Molecular mechanism and structure of Trigger Factor bound to the translating ribosome. The EMBO Journal. 27(11). 1622–1632. 125 indexed citations

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Fitzgerald, Daniel J., Christiane Schaffitzel, Philipp Berger, et al.. (2007). Multiprotein Expression Strategy for Structural Biology of Eukaryotic Complexes. Structure. 15(3). 275–279. 47 indexed citations

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Schaffitzel, Christiane & Nenad Ban. (2007). Generation of ribosome nascent chain complexes for structural and functional studies. Journal of Structural Biology. 158(3). 463–471. 65 indexed citations

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Gemperli, Anja C., Christiane Schaffitzel, Claude A. Jakob, & Julia Steuber. (2007). Transport of Na+ and K+ by an antiporter-related subunit from the Escherichia coli NADH dehydrogenase I produced in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Archives of Microbiology. 188(5). 509–521. 17 indexed citations

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Rutkowska, Anna, Matthias P. Mayer, Anja Hoffmann, et al.. (2007). Dynamics of Trigger Factor Interaction with Translating Ribosomes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(7). 4124–4132. 77 indexed citations

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Plückthun, Andreas, Christiane Schaffitzel, Jozef Hanes, & Lutz Jermutus. (2001). In vitro selection and evolution of proteins. Advances in protein chemistry. 55. 367–403. 42 indexed citations

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