Dieter Oesterhelt

35.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
451 papers, 28.2k citations indexed

About

Dieter Oesterhelt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Dieter Oesterhelt has authored 451 papers receiving a total of 28.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 329 papers in Molecular Biology, 273 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 71 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Dieter Oesterhelt's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (273 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (133 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (115 papers). Dieter Oesterhelt is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (273 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (133 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (115 papers). Dieter Oesterhelt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Dieter Oesterhelt's co-authors include Walther Stoeckenius, Jörg Tittor, Ernst Bamberg, Hartmut Michel, Wolfgang Zinth, Ulrich Haupts, Lars‐Oliver Essen, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Lorenz Kerscher and Wolfgang Marwan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dieter Oesterhelt

448 papers receiving 26.9k citations

Hit Papers

Rhodopsin-like Protein from the Purple Membrane of Haloba... 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 1974 1973 2000 1993 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Rhodopsin-like Protein from the Purple Membrane of Halobacterium halobium
    1971 1.6k citations Dieter Oesterhelt, Walther Stoeckenius profile →
  2. [69] Isolation of the cell membrane of Halobacterium halobium and its fractionation into red and purple membrane
    1974 1.5k citations Dieter Oesterhelt, Walther Stoeckenius Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →
  3. Functions of a New Photoreceptor Membrane
    1973 823 citations Dieter Oesterhelt, Walther Stoeckenius Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Unfolding Pathways of Individual Bacteriorhodopsins
    2000 549 citations Dieter Oesterhelt et al. profile →
  5. Electron diffraction analysis of structural changes in the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin.
    1993 377 citations Dieter Oesterhelt et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dieter Oesterhelt Germany 85 18.8k 16.3k 3.5k 3.3k 2.7k 451 28.2k
Richard A. Henderson United Kingdom 67 14.6k 0.8× 7.2k 0.4× 1.9k 0.5× 1.9k 0.6× 3.6k 1.3× 320 24.5k
Lubert Stryer United States 78 20.4k 1.1× 7.5k 0.5× 1.9k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 2.6k 1.0× 276 27.9k
Roderick MacKinnon United States 95 36.7k 2.0× 16.5k 1.0× 2.6k 0.8× 1.4k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 168 42.8k
Richard A. Mathies United States 102 10.9k 0.6× 9.2k 0.6× 4.0k 1.2× 7.3k 2.2× 3.0k 1.1× 413 32.9k
Janos Κ. Lanyi United States 70 10.4k 0.6× 13.2k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.3× 844 0.3× 274 16.5k
Norman Davidson United States 90 19.2k 1.0× 6.5k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 942 0.3× 1.2k 0.4× 322 27.7k
Mitsuhiko Ikura Canada 86 22.1k 1.2× 4.3k 0.3× 3.2k 0.9× 942 0.3× 4.0k 1.5× 305 29.8k
Eric Gouaux United States 76 17.0k 0.9× 10.9k 0.7× 2.3k 0.7× 396 0.1× 1.2k 0.4× 141 23.4k
Walther Stoeckenius United States 54 8.2k 0.4× 10.3k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 952 0.3× 495 0.2× 127 14.0k
Koji Nakanishi United States 77 12.5k 0.7× 4.0k 0.2× 3.1k 0.9× 705 0.2× 3.3k 1.2× 596 24.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Paithankar, Karthik S., David C. Wirthensohn, A. Dusty Miller, et al.. (2019). Structure of the archaeal chemotaxis protein CheY in a domain-swapped dimeric conformation. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 75(9). 576–585. 9 indexed citations
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Knabe, Nicole, Frank Siedler, Beatrix Scheffer, et al.. (2017). Osmoregulation in the halophilic bacterium halomonas elongata. PLoS ONE. 12(1). 1–22. 3 indexed citations
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Gonzalez, Orland, Locedie Mansueto, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, et al.. (2010). Characterization of Growth and Metabolism of the Haloalkaliphile Natronomonas pharaonis. PLoS Computational Biology. 6(6). e1000799–e1000799. 21 indexed citations
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Tehei, Moeava, Bruno Franzetti, Kathleen Wood, et al.. (2007). Neutron scattering reveals extremely slow cell water in a Dead Sea organism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(3). 766–771. 74 indexed citations
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Gonzalez, Orland, Susanne von Gronau, Michaela Falb, et al.. (2007). Reconstruction, modeling & analysis of Halobacterium salinarum R-1metabolism. Molecular BioSystems. 4(2). 148–159. 49 indexed citations
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Oesterhelt, Dieter, et al.. (2005). MpcT is the transducer for membrane potential changes in Halobacterium salinarum. Molecular Microbiology. 55(6). 1681–1694. 37 indexed citations
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Horst, Michael, et al.. (2005). From primary photochemistry to biological function in the blue-light photoreceptors PYP and AppA. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 4(9). 688–693. 33 indexed citations
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Falb, Michaela, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Peter Palm, et al.. (2005). Living with two extremes: Conclusions from the genome sequence of Natronomonas pharaonis. Genome Research. 15(10). 1336–1343. 148 indexed citations
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Cattani‐Scholz, Anna, Christian Renner, Dieter Oesterhelt, & Luis Moroder. (2001). Photoresponsive Dendritic Azobenzene Peptides. ChemBioChem. 2(7-8). 542–549. 14 indexed citations
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Vallée, Béatrice, et al.. (2001). Lag1p and Lac1p Are Essential for the Acyl-CoA–dependent Ceramide Synthase Reaction inSaccharomyces cerevisae. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 12(11). 3417–3427. 229 indexed citations
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Riesle, Jens, et al.. (1997). Spin-labeling studies of the conformational changes in the vicinity of D36, D38, T46, and E161 of bacteriorhodopsin during the photocycle. Biophysical Journal. 73(2). 983–993. 41 indexed citations
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Barz, Wolfgang, Francesco Francia, Giovanni Venturoli, et al.. (1995). Role of PufX protein in photosynthetic growth of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. 1. PufX is required for efficient light-driven electron transfer and photophosphorylation under anaerobic conditions.. Biochemistry. 34(46). 15235–15247. 60 indexed citations
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Bamberg, Ernst, Dieter Oesterhelt, & Jörg Tittor. (1994). Function of Halorhodopsin as a Light-Driven H<sup>+</sup>Pump. Kidney & Blood Pressure Research. 17(3-4). 194–197. 2 indexed citations
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Tittor, Jörg & Dieter Oesterhelt. (1990). The quantum yield of bacteriorhodopsin. FEBS Letters. 263(2). 269–273. 133 indexed citations
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Ernst, Dieter, et al.. (1987). Phytochrome regulation of mRNA levels of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in etiolated rye seedlings (Secale cereale). Plant Molecular Biology. 10(1). 21–33. 22 indexed citations
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Oesterhelt, Dieter, et al.. (1987). The halo-opsin gene. II. Sequence, primary structure of halorhodopsin and comparison with bacteriorhodopsin. The EMBO Journal. 6(1). 265–273. 159 indexed citations
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Oesterhelt, Dieter, et al.. (1977). Photochemical and chemical studies on the chromophore of bacteriorhodopsin.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 36(6). 1810–4. 5 indexed citations
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Oesterhelt, Dieter & Walther Stoeckenius. (1974). [69] Isolation of the cell membrane of Halobacterium halobium and its fractionation into red and purple membrane. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 31. 667–678. 1525 indexed citations breakdown →

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