Egon Amann

4.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
46 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Egon Amann is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Egon Amann has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Egon Amann's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (10 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (8 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (6 papers). Egon Amann is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (10 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (8 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (6 papers). Egon Amann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Japan and United States. Egon Amann's co-authors include Jürgen Brosius, Mark Ptashne, Reiko Kikuno, S Takeshita, Kenichi Tezuka, M Bagdasarian, Michael Bagdasarian, Beate Rückert, R. Lurz and Akira Kudō and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Egon Amann

45 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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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.

Tightly regulated tac promoter vectors useful for the expression of unfused and fused proteins in Escherichia coli

1988 953 citations Egon Amann et al. Gene profile →
Vectors bearing a hybrid trp-lac promoter useful for regulated expression of cloned genes in Escherichia coli

1983 725 citations Egon Amann et al. Gene profile →
Osteoblast-specific factor 2: cloning of a putative bone adhesion protein with homology with the insect protein fasciclin I

1993 566 citations Reiko Kikuno, Egon Amann et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Egon Amann Germany	21	2.7k	1.2k	558	412	379	46	3.9k
John E.G. McCarthy United Kingdom	47	5.5k 2.1×	943 0.8×	377 0.7×	482 1.2×	277 0.7×	121	6.4k
Daniel G. Yansura United States	28	2.9k 1.1×	941 0.8×	429 0.8×	777 1.9×	386 1.0×	44	4.6k
Patricia Z. O’Farrell United States	10	2.8k 1.1×	789 0.7×	562 1.0×	248 0.6×	114 0.3×	10	4.2k
Mickey S. Urdea United States	33	2.7k 1.0×	468 0.4×	189 0.3×	448 1.1×	130 0.3×	68	5.7k
Bryan E. Roberts United States	34	3.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	512 0.9×	630 1.5×	170 0.4×	75	5.5k
R. Cortese Italy	49	4.5k 1.7×	1.3k 1.1×	247 0.4×	699 1.7×	111 0.3×	86	6.5k
Patrick M. Slocombe United Kingdom	20	2.4k 0.9×	673 0.6×	628 1.1×	1.0k 2.4×	96 0.3×	32	4.1k
Maria J. Ruiz‐Echevarría United States	24	2.3k 0.9×	674 0.6×	396 0.7×	170 0.4×	127 0.3×	35	3.1k
Norbert Roos Norway	31	1.3k 0.5×	432 0.4×	430 0.8×	125 0.3×	202 0.5×	72	3.4k
Lawrence A. Chasin United States	44	6.0k 2.3×	1.7k 1.4×	153 0.3×	632 1.5×	185 0.5×	91	7.3k

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Vassault, Anne, Anna Carobene, Ivan M. Blasutig, et al.. (2025). Ensuring internal quality control practices in medical Laboratories: IFCC recommendations for practical applications based on ISO 15189:2022. Clinica Chimica Acta. 571. 120240–120240. 2 indexed citations

Sugiura, Takeyuki & Egon Amann. (2000). Properties of two insect cell lines useful for the baculovirus expression system in serum-free culture. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 51(4). 494–499. 21 indexed citations

Sugiura, Takeyuki & Egon Amann. (1996). Properties of two insect cell lines useful for the baculovirus expression system in serumfree culture. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 51(4). 494–499. 11 indexed citations

Asami, Noriko, et al.. (1995). Sequences of two porcine glutamic acid decar☐ylases (65- and 67-kDa GAD). Gene. 152(2). 257–260. 9 indexed citations

Sugiura, Takeyuki, H. Takamatsu, Akira Kudō, & Egon Amann. (1995). Expression and Characterization of Murine Osteoblast-Specific Factor 2 (OSF-2) in a Baculovirus Expression System. Protein Expression and Purification. 6(3). 305–311. 54 indexed citations

Kawai, Shinji, Sunao Takeshita, Makoto Okazaki, et al.. (1994). Cloning and Characterization of OSF-3, a New Member of the MER5 Family, Expressed in Mouse Osteoblastic Cells. The Journal of Biochemistry. 115(4). 641–643. 46 indexed citations

Amann, Egon, et al.. (1994). Survival of genetically‐engineered and wild‐type strains of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under simulated environmental conditions: a contribution on risk assessment. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 77(6). 689–693. 7 indexed citations

Wagatsuma, Masako, et al.. (1993). Antibody recognition of the recombinant human nuclear antigens RNP 70 kD, SS-A, SS-B, Sm-B and Sm-D by autoimmune sera. Molecular Immunology. 30(16). 1491–1498. 10 indexed citations

Noguchi, Kohji, Mikihiko Naito, Shunsuke Ishii, et al.. (1993). cDNA Expression Cloning of the 85-kDa Protein Overexpressed in Adriamycin-Resistant Cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 192(1). 88–95. 16 indexed citations

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Sato, Masahiro, Norihiro Tada, Reiko Iwase, & Egon Amann. (1993). Gene introduction into mouse blastocysts via “pricking”. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 34(4). 349–356. 12 indexed citations

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Tada, Norio, Masahiro Sato, Egon Amann, & Shyoso OGAWA. (1993). A simple and rapid method for cryopreservation of mouse 2-cell embryos by vitrification: Beneficial effect of sucrose and raffinose on their cryosurvival rate. Theriogenology. 40(2). 333–344. 25 indexed citations

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Takamatsu, Hiroyuki, et al.. (1992). Expression and purification of biologically active human OSF-1 in Escherichia coli. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 185(1). 224–230. 19 indexed citations

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Takeshita, Sunao, et al.. (1992). Genomic Organization of the Mouse OSF-1 Gene. DNA and Cell Biology. 11(10). 735–743. 13 indexed citations

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Schorr, Joachim, Bernhard Knapp, Erika Hundt, Hans Küpper, & Egon Amann. (1991). Surface expression of malarial antigens in Salmonella typhimurium: induction of serum antibody response upon oral vaccination of mice. Vaccine. 9(9). 675–681. 59 indexed citations

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Grundmann, U., Jürgen Römisch, B Siebold, H. Bohn, & Egon Amann. (1990). Cloning and Expression of a cDNA Encoding Human Placental Protein 11, a Putative Serine Protease with Diagnostic Significance as a Tumor Marker. DNA and Cell Biology. 9(4). 243–250. 18 indexed citations

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Bröker, Michael, et al.. (1990). Escherichia coli-derived envelope protein gD but not gC antigens of herpes simplex virus protect mice against a lethal challenge with HSV-1 and HSV-2. Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 179(3). 145–159. 8 indexed citations

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Grundmann, U., et al.. (1990). Cloning and Prokaryotic Expression of a Biologically Active Human Placental Aldose Reductase. DNA and Cell Biology. 9(3). 149–157. 21 indexed citations

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Amann, Egon, et al.. (1988). Tightly regulated tac promoter vectors useful for the expression of unfused and fused proteins in Escherichia coli. Gene. 69(2). 301–315. 953 indexed citations breakdown →

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Amann, Egon, et al.. (1986). pUC12-STOP: An expression vector with portable translation stop signals. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 23(3-4). 3 indexed citations

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Amann, Egon & John N. Reeve. (1981). Cloning and expression of Bacillus subtilis phage SPP1 in E. coli. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 182(2). 299–303. 5 indexed citations

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