Dirk Linke

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
137 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Dirk Linke is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Linke has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Molecular Biology, 55 papers in Genetics and 31 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Dirk Linke's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (37 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (30 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (29 papers). Dirk Linke is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (37 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (30 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (29 papers). Dirk Linke collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Norway and United States. Dirk Linke's co-authors include Nadeem Joudeh, Jack C. Leo, Andrei N. Lupas, Thomas Arnold, Volkhard A. J. Kempf, Iwan Grin, Ingo B. Autenrieth, Tanja Rieß, Monika Schütz and Philipp Oberhettinger and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Linke

135 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Nanoparticle classification, physicochemical properties, characterization, and applications: a comprehensive review for biologists

2022 860 citations Nadeem Joudeh, Dirk Linke profile →
Type V Secretion Systems: An Overview of Passenger Domain Functions

2019 120 citations Athanasios Saragliadis, Jack C. Leo et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Impact of different chemical debridement agents on early cellular responses to titanium dental implants: A transcriptome-based in vitro study on peri-implant tissue regeneration 2025 ·Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces ·Qiang Wang, Håvard Jostein Haugen, Dirk Linke, Ståle Petter Lyngstadaas, Ólafur E. Sigurjónsson, (unknown)	1
2	Surface-specific outcomes of mechanical debridement with titanium, chitosan and nitinol brushes on titanium dental implant surfaces 2025 ·Journal of Dentistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Jan Eirik Ellingsen, Ståle Petter Lyngstadaas, Dirk Linke, Håvard Jostein Haugen	1
3	A novel, proof-of-concept electrochemical impedimetric biosensor based on extracellular matrix protein–adhesin interaction 2022 ·Sensors & Diagnostics ·(unknown), (unknown), Dirk Linke, Paul A. Millner, Sally A. Peyman	5
4	The Role of Extracellular Loops in the Folding of Outer Membrane Protein X (OmpX) of Escherichia coli 2022 ·Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Marcella Orwick‐Rydmark, Athanasios Saragliadis, James C. Gumbart, Dirk Linke	6
5	Long-Read Sequencing Reveals Genetic Adaptation of Bartonella Adhesin A Among Different Bartonella henselae Isolates 2022 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown), Katharina Hipp, (unknown), (unknown), Johan Malmström, Athanasios Saragliadis, Wibke Ballhorn, Dirk Linke, Volkhard A. J. Kempf	11
6	Streptococcus pyogenes Forms Serotype- and Local Environment-Dependent Interspecies Protein Complexes 2021 ·mSystems ·(unknown), Hamed Khakzad, Gizem Ertürk, Rolf Lood, Simon Ekström, Dirk Linke, Lars Malmström, Lotta Happonen, Johan Malmström	14
7	Transcriptomic Response Analysis of Escherichia coli to Palladium Stress 2021 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Nadeem Joudeh, Athanasios Saragliadis, Christian Schulz, (unknown), Eivind Almaas, Dirk Linke	14
8	Inward-facing glycine residues create sharp turns in β-barrel membrane proteins 2021 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·(unknown), (unknown), Curtis Balusek, Atanu Acharya, (unknown), Dirk Linke, James C. Gumbart	6
9	The inverse autotransporters of Yersinia ruckeri , YrInv and YrIlm , contribute to biofilm formation and virulence 2020 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Agnieszka Wróbel, Athanasios Saragliadis, (unknown), (unknown), Stephan Göttig, (unknown), (unknown), K.J. Schneider, Jack C. Leo, Jesús Arenas, Dirk Linke	20
10	Colicin Z, a structurally and functionally novel colicin type that selectively kills enteroinvasive Escherichia coli and Shigella strains 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Lenka Micenková, Juraj Bosák, Jiří Kučera, (unknown), (unknown), Ondřej Šedo, Dirk Linke, Radovan Fišer, David Šmajs	25
11	Type V Secretion Systems: An Overview of Passenger Domain Functions breakdown → 2019 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown), Athanasios Saragliadis, Jack C. Leo, Dirk Linke	120
12	Secretion of the Intimin Passenger Domain Is Driven by Protein Folding 2016 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Jack C. Leo, Philipp Oberhettinger, (unknown), D.B.R.K. Gupta Udatha, Jens Preben Morth, Monika Schütz, Katsutoshi Hori, Dirk Linke	14
13	Structural Basis for Toughness and Flexibility in the C-terminal Passenger Domain of an Acinetobacter Trimeric Autotransporter Adhesin 2015 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Marcus D. Hartmann, Dirk Linke, Andrei N. Lupas, Katsutoshi Hori	37
14	The inverse autotransporter family: Intimin, invasin and related proteins 2014 ·International Journal of Medical Microbiology ·Jack C. Leo, Philipp Oberhettinger, Monika Schütz, Dirk Linke	59
15	Is the C-terminal insertional signal in Gram-negative bacterial outer membrane proteins species-specific or not? 2012 ·BMC Genomics ·Nagarajan Paramasivam, Michael Habeck, Dirk Linke	39
16	Type V secretion: mechanism(s) of autotransport through the bacterial outer membrane 2012 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Jack C. Leo, Iwan Grin, Dirk Linke	195
17	Bacterial adhesion : chemistry, biology and physics 2011 ·Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) ·Dirk Linke, Adrian Goldman	29
18	Mitochondria can recognize and assemble fragments of a β-barrel structure 2011 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Jonas E. N. Müller, Dražen Papić, Thomas Ulrich, Iwan Grin, Monika Schütz, Philipp Oberhettinger, Jan Tommassen, Dirk Linke, Kai Stefan Dimmer, Ingo B. Autenrieth, Doron Rapaport	21
19	The Structure of E. coli IgG-Binding Protein D Suggests a General Model for Bending and Binding in Trimeric Autotransporter Adhesins 2011 ·Structure ·Jack C. Leo, Andrzej Łyskowski, Katarina Hattula, Marcus D. Hartmann, Heinz Schwarz, Sarah J. Butcher, Dirk Linke, Andrei N. Lupas, Adrian Goldman	54
20	Bartonella spp.: Throwing light on uncommon human infections 2010 ·International Journal of Medical Microbiology ·Patrick Kaiser, Tanja Rieß, Fiona O’Rourke, Dirk Linke, Volkhard A. J. Kempf	86

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