Daniel Hilger

8.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
42 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Daniel Hilger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Hilger has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Daniel Hilger's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (23 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (14 papers) and Electron Spin Resonance Studies (7 papers). Daniel Hilger is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (23 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (14 papers) and Electron Spin Resonance Studies (7 papers). Daniel Hilger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Denmark. Daniel Hilger's co-authors include Brian K. Kobilka, Matthieu Masureel, Heinrich Jung, Aashish Manglik, Gunnar Jeschke, Victor Chechik, Petre Ioniță, Christiane R. Timmel, Adelheid Godt and H. Zimmermann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Hilger

40 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

DeerAnalysis2006—a comprehensive software package for analyzing pulsed ELDOR data

2006 894 citations Gunnar Jeschke, Daniel Hilger et al. profile →
Structure and dynamics of GPCR signaling complexes

2017 649 citations Daniel Hilger, Matthieu Masureel et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →
Structural Insights into the Dynamic Process of β2-Adrenergic Receptor Signaling

2015 521 citations Aashish Manglik, Tae Hun Kim et al. Cell profile →
Structure of the µ-opioid receptor–Gi protein complex

2018 495 citations Hongli Hu, Shoji Maeda et al. Nature profile →
Yeast surface display platform for rapid discovery of conformationally selective nanobodies

2018 348 citations Marcin Wegrecki, Daniel Hilger et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →
Structure of a Signaling Cannabinoid Receptor 1-G Protein Complex

2019 318 citations Kaavya Krishna Kumar, Moran Shalev-Benami et al. Cell profile →
Time-resolved cryo-EM of G-protein activation by a GPCR

2024 53 citations Makaía M. Papasergi-Scott, Guillermo Pérez‐Hernández et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel Hilger United States	26	4.4k	2.1k	1.1k	827	815	42	5.7k
Ralf Langen United States	58	6.4k 1.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	679 0.8×	298 0.4×	128	10.2k
R. Scott Prosser Canada	41	5.4k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	549 0.5×	1.7k 2.1×	799 1.0×	109	7.4k
Charles R. Sanders United States	48	6.5k 1.5×	1.3k 0.6×	604 0.6×	1.6k 1.9×	285 0.3×	195	8.6k
Christian Altenbach United States	45	6.2k 1.4×	3.0k 1.4×	3.2k 3.0×	1.3k 1.6×	625 0.8×	75	9.0k
Oliver P. Ernst Germany	44	7.5k 1.7×	5.8k 2.7×	375 0.4×	701 0.8×	753 0.9×	115	9.3k
Hassane S. Mchaourab United States	49	5.6k 1.3×	1.0k 0.5×	2.6k 2.5×	1.3k 1.6×	265 0.3×	160	8.7k
Glenn L. Millhauser United States	54	4.7k 1.1×	543 0.3×	942 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	171 0.2×	160	8.4k
Sudipta Maiti India	33	2.5k 0.6×	705 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	279 0.3×	159 0.2×	118	4.4k
David Eliezer United States	57	4.7k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	470 0.4×	661 0.8×	203 0.2×	125	10.2k
Richard A. Stein United States	32	1.7k 0.4×	579 0.3×	601 0.6×	338 0.4×	1.3k 1.6×	106	4.2k

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Schihada, Hannes, Dovile Januliene, Kristian Parey, et al.. (2024). Cryo-EM structure of cell-free synthesized human histamine 2 receptor/Gs complex in nanodisc environment. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1831–1831. 6 indexed citations

Papasergi-Scott, Makaía M., Guillermo Pérez‐Hernández, Hossein Batebi, et al.. (2024). Time-resolved cryo-EM of G-protein activation by a GPCR. Nature. 629(8014). 1182–1191. 53 indexed citations breakdown →

Löhr, Frank, Johanna Becker‐Baldus, Gebhard F. X. Schertler, et al.. (2024). Structural response of G protein binding to the cyclodepsipeptide inhibitor FR900359 probed by NMR spectroscopy. Chemical Science. 15(32). 12939–12956. 1 indexed citations

Ermel, Utz H., Nina Morgner, Achilleas S. Frangakis, et al.. (2022). Biochemical Characterization of Cell-free Synthesized Human β1 Adrenergic Receptor Cotranslationally Inserted into Nanodiscs. Journal of Molecular Biology. 434(16). 167687–167687. 5 indexed citations

Kolb, Peter, et al.. (2022). Allosteric modulation of GPCRs: From structural insights to in silico drug discovery. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 237. 108242–108242. 24 indexed citations

Seven, Alpay B., Daniel Hilger, Makaía M. Papasergi-Scott, et al.. (2020). Structures of Gα Proteins in Complex with Their Chaperone Reveal Quality Control Mechanisms. Cell Reports. 30(11). 3699–3709.e6. 17 indexed citations

Hilger, Daniel, Kaavya Krishna Kumar, Hongli Hu, et al.. (2020). Structural insights into differences in G protein activation by family A and family B GPCRs. Science. 369(6503). 96 indexed citations

Wingler, Laura M., Matthias Elgeti, Daniel Hilger, et al.. (2019). Angiotensin Analogs with Divergent Bias Stabilize Distinct Receptor Conformations. Cell. 176(3). 468–478.e11. 191 indexed citations

Kumar, Kaavya Krishna, Moran Shalev-Benami, Michael J. Robertson, et al.. (2019). Structure of a Signaling Cannabinoid Receptor 1-G Protein Complex. Cell. 176(3). 448–458.e12. 318 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Xiangyu, Xinyu Xu, Daniel Hilger, et al.. (2019). Structural Insights into the Process of GPCR-G Protein Complex Formation. Cell. 177(5). 1243–1251.e12. 120 indexed citations

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Du, Yang, Nguyen Minh Duc, Søren G. F. Rasmussen, et al.. (2019). Assembly of a GPCR-G Protein Complex. Cell. 177(5). 1232–1242.e11. 150 indexed citations

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Kato, Hideaki, Yoon Seok Kim, Joseph M. Paggi, et al.. (2018). Structural mechanisms of selectivity and gating in anion channelrhodopsins. Nature. 561(7723). 349–354. 60 indexed citations

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Hilger, Daniel, Matthieu Masureel, & Brian K. Kobilka. (2017). Structure and dynamics of GPCR signaling complexes. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 25(1). 4–12. 649 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dror, Ron O., Thomas J. Mildorf, Daniel Hilger, et al.. (2015). Structural basis for nucleotide exchange in heterotrimeric G proteins. Science. 348(6241). 1361–1365. 216 indexed citations

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Manglik, Aashish, Tae Hun Kim, Matthieu Masureel, et al.. (2015). Structural Insights into the Dynamic Process of β2-Adrenergic Receptor Signaling. Cell. 161(5). 1101–1111. 521 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hilger, Daniel, Yevhen Polyhach, Gunnar Jeschke, et al.. (2014). Extracellular Loop 4 of the Proline Transporter PutP Controls the Periplasmic Entrance to Ligand Binding Sites. Structure. 22(5). 769–780. 20 indexed citations

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Zheng, Li, Lei Shi, Matthias Quick, et al.. (2013). The Sodium/Proline Transporter PutP of Helicobacter pylori. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e83576–e83576. 18 indexed citations

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Stengel, Anna, Irene L. Gügel, Daniel Hilger, et al.. (2012). Initial Steps of Photosystem II de Novo Assembly and Preloading with Manganese Take Place in Biogenesis Centers in Synechocystis. The Plant Cell. 24(2). 660–675. 74 indexed citations

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Olkhova, Elena, et al.. (2010). Homology Model of the Na+/Proline Transporter PutP of Escherichia coli and Its Functional Implications. Journal of Molecular Biology. 406(1). 59–74. 19 indexed citations

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Hilger, Daniel, et al.. (2008). Function of Transmembrane Domain IX in the Na+/Proline Transporter PutP. Journal of Molecular Biology. 382(4). 884–893. 18 indexed citations

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