C.M.T. Spahn

11.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
103 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

C.M.T. Spahn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, C.M.T. Spahn has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in C.M.T. Spahn's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (78 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (56 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (23 papers). C.M.T. Spahn is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (78 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (56 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (23 papers). C.M.T. Spahn collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. C.M.T. Spahn's co-authors include Joachim Frank, Pawel A. Penczek, Thorsten Mielke, Robert A. Grassucci, Roland Beckmann, Knud H. Nierhaus, J. Loerke, Rajendra K. Agrawal, Sean R. Connell and Günter Blobel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

C.M.T. Spahn

100 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Structure of the 80S Ribosome from Saccharomyces cerevisiae—tRNA-Ribosome and Subunit-Subunit Interactions

2001 402 citations C.M.T. Spahn, Pawel A. Penczek et al. Cell profile →
Structure of the signal recognition particle interacting with the elongation-arrested ribosome

2004 333 citations C.M.T. Spahn, Robert A. Grassucci et al. profile →
Solution Structure of the E. coli 70S Ribosome at 11.5 Å Resolution

2000 329 citations Irene S. Gabashvili, Rajendra K. Agrawal et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C.M.T. Spahn Germany	48	6.4k	1.3k	756	729	555	103	7.6k
Eugene Palovcak United States	10	4.1k 0.6×	675 0.5×	718 0.9×	308 0.4×	496 0.9×	13	5.9k
Mikel Valle Spain	39	4.4k 0.7×	913 0.7×	746 1.0×	227 0.3×	580 1.0×	69	5.5k
Thorsten Mielke Germany	43	5.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	355 0.5×	415 0.6×	301 0.5×	90	5.7k
Kliment A. Verba United States	9	4.3k 0.7×	643 0.5×	648 0.9×	295 0.4×	544 1.0×	19	5.9k
Alexis Rohou United States	18	3.8k 0.6×	658 0.5×	743 1.0×	271 0.4×	453 0.8×	27	5.4k
Michael S. Chapman United States	39	3.5k 0.5×	2.5k 2.0×	343 0.5×	796 1.1×	732 1.3×	117	5.6k
Dari Kimanius United Kingdom	14	4.1k 0.6×	531 0.4×	904 1.2×	228 0.3×	562 1.0×	22	5.8k
Scott M. Stagg United States	31	3.2k 0.5×	681 0.5×	793 1.0×	325 0.4×	425 0.8×	75	4.8k
Roland Beckmann Germany	70	12.0k 1.9×	2.6k 2.1×	494 0.7×	572 0.8×	647 1.2×	185	13.6k
Björn Forsberg Sweden	13	3.2k 0.5×	454 0.4×	588 0.8×	185 0.3×	425 0.8×	18	4.8k

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Krizsan, Andor, et al.. (2025). The proline-rich antimicrobial peptide Api137 disrupts large ribosomal subunit assembly and induces misfolding. Nature Communications. 16(1). 567–567. 1 indexed citations

Le‐Trilling, Vu Thuy Khanh, Andrea Graziadei, Jörg Bürger, et al.. (2023). Structural mechanism of CRL4‐instructed STAT2 degradation via a novel cytomegaloviral DCAF receptor. The EMBO Journal. 42(5). e112351–e112351. 5 indexed citations

Kleinau, Gunnar, Michal Szczepek, Andrea Schmidt, et al.. (2023). Intramolecular activity regulation of adhesion GPCRs in light of recent structural and evolutionary information. Pharmacological Research. 197. 106971–106971. 7 indexed citations

Loerke, J., Gunnar Kleinau, Andrea Schmidt, et al.. (2023). Structure of the actively translating plant 80S ribosome at 2.2 Å resolution. Nature Plants. 9(6). 987–1000. 19 indexed citations

Melo, Arthur A., Thiemo Sprink, Jeffrey K. Noel, et al.. (2022). Cryo-electron tomography reveals structural insights into the membrane remodeling mode of dynamin-like EHD filaments. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7641–7641. 10 indexed citations

Harnett, Dermot, Mateusz C. Ambrozkiewicz, Ulrike Zinnall, et al.. (2022). A critical period of translational control during brain development at codon resolution. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 29(12). 1277–1290. 31 indexed citations

Hilal, Tarek, Milica Grozdanović, Malgorzata Dobosz-Bartoszek, et al.. (2022). Structure of the mammalian ribosome as it decodes the selenocysteine UGA codon. Science. 376(6599). 1338–1343. 39 indexed citations

Bürger, Jörg, Andrea Graziadei, Francis J. O’Reilly, et al.. (2021). Structural insights into Cullin4-RING ubiquitin ligase remodelling by Vpr from simian immunodeficiency viruses. PLoS Pathogens. 17(8). e1009775–e1009775. 10 indexed citations

Grunwald, Stephan, et al.. (2020). Divergent architecture of the heterotrimeric NatC complex explains N-terminal acetylation of cognate substrates. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5506–5506. 24 indexed citations

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Said, Nelly, E. A. Anedchenko, Karine Santos, et al.. (2017). Structural basis for λN-dependent processive transcription antitermination. Nature Microbiology. 2(7). 17062–17062. 52 indexed citations

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Hegde, Balachandra G., Björn Morén, Elmar Behrmann, et al.. (2014). Structural Insights into Membrane Interaction and Caveolar Targeting of Dynamin-like EHD2. Structure. 22(3). 409–420. 39 indexed citations

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Ramrath, D.J.F., Laura Lancaster, Thiemo Sprink, et al.. (2013). Visualization of two transfer RNAs trapped in transit during elongation factor G-mediated translocation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(52). 20964–20969. 108 indexed citations

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Budkevich, T.V., Jan Giesebrecht, Russ B. Altman, et al.. (2011). Structure and Dynamics of the Mammalian Ribosomal Pretranslocation Complex. Molecular Cell. 44(2). 214–224. 93 indexed citations

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Sengupta, Jayati, Jakob Nilsson, Richard Gursky, et al.. (2004). Identification of the versatile scaffold protein RACK1 on the eukaryotic ribosome by cryo-EM. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 11(10). 957–962. 212 indexed citations

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Moccia, Robert, E Yaping, Sergey Kalachikov, et al.. (2003). An Unbiased cDNA Library Prepared from IsolatedAplysiaSensory Neuron Processes Is Enriched for Cytoskeletal and Translational mRNAs. Journal of Neuroscience. 23(28). 9409–9417. 138 indexed citations

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Bishop, Özlem Taştan, Sebastian Patzke, Gregor Blaha, et al.. (2002). Codon-Anticodon Interaction at the P Site Is a Prerequisite for tRNA Interaction with the Small Ribosomal Subunit. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(21). 19095–19105. 25 indexed citations

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Spahn, C.M.T., Gregor Blaha, Pawel A. Penczek, et al.. (2001). Localization of the Ribosomal Protection Protein Tet(O) on the Ribosome and the Mechanism of Tetracycline Resistance. Molecular Cell. 7(5). 1037–1045. 53 indexed citations

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Triana‐Alonso, Francisco J., et al.. (2000). [17] Experimental prerequisites for determination of tRNA binding to ribosomes from Escherichia coli. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 317. 261–276. 12 indexed citations

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Diedrich, Gundo, C.M.T. Spahn, Ulrich Stelzl, et al.. (2000). Ribosomal protein L2 is involved in the association of the ribosomal subunits, tRNA binding to A and P sites and peptidyl transfer. The EMBO Journal. 19(19). 5241–5250. 80 indexed citations

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Gabashvili, Irene S., Rajendra K. Agrawal, C.M.T. Spahn, et al.. (2000). Solution Structure of the E. coli 70S Ribosome at 11.5 Å Resolution. Cell. 100(5). 537–549. 329 indexed citations breakdown →

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