Elke Maier

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Elke Maier is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Elke Maier has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Genetics and 19 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Elke Maier's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (28 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (14 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (13 papers). Elke Maier is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (28 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (14 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (13 papers). Elke Maier collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Czechia. Elke Maier's co-authors include Roland Benz, Robert E. W. Hancock, Manhong Wu, Peter Šebo, Oliver Knapp, Michel R. Popoff, Klaus Aktories, Beate Nürnberger, Ralph Tollrian and Ivaylo Gentschev and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Elke Maier

79 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Mechanism of Interaction of Different Classes of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides with Planar Bilayers and with the Cytoplasmic Membrane ofEscherichia coli

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elke Maier Germany	34	1.9k	969	708	653	550	80	3.5k
Bożena Korczak Switzerland	33	2.6k 1.4×	598 0.6×	368 0.5×	372 0.6×	417 0.8×	80	4.4k
Stuart J. Cordwell Australia	49	4.0k 2.1×	631 0.7×	544 0.8×	650 1.0×	465 0.8×	137	6.7k
Jeffrey L. Bose United States	28	2.0k 1.1×	393 0.4×	1.3k 1.8×	648 1.0×	249 0.5×	61	2.9k
Gianfranco Menestrina Italy	46	3.2k 1.7×	474 0.5×	688 1.0×	670 1.0×	615 1.1×	99	5.0k
Tone Tønjum Norway	35	1.9k 1.0×	769 0.8×	959 1.4×	1.1k 1.6×	241 0.4×	121	3.8k
Thomas H. Kawula United States	30	1.6k 0.8×	321 0.3×	458 0.6×	808 1.2×	357 0.6×	62	2.5k
Philip J. Hill United Kingdom	37	2.9k 1.6×	336 0.3×	924 1.3×	1.0k 1.5×	182 0.3×	87	4.7k
Martine Caroff France	38	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	238 0.3×	620 0.9×	1.9k 3.4×	99	4.9k
William L. Kelley Switzerland	37	3.0k 1.6×	277 0.3×	1.3k 1.9×	707 1.1×	304 0.6×	65	4.2k
Anne Marie Krachler United Kingdom	24	1.0k 0.6×	430 0.4×	266 0.4×	337 0.5×	385 0.7×	54	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elke Maier

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Knapp, Oliver, et al.. (2020). Central residues of the amphipathic β-hairpin loop control the properties of Clostridium perfringens epsilon-toxin channel. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1862(9). 183364–183364. 2 indexed citations

Benz, Roland, Elke Maier, Niraj Modi, et al.. (2015). OmpW of Caulobacter crescentus Functions as an Outer Membrane Channel for Cations. PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0143557–e0143557. 17 indexed citations

Reina, Simona, Andrea Magrì, Marco Lolicato, et al.. (2013). Deletion of β-strands 9 and 10 converts VDAC1 voltage-dependence in an asymmetrical process. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1827(6). 793–805. 33 indexed citations

Aistleitner, Karin, Christian Heinz, Alexandra Hörmann, et al.. (2013). Identification and Characterization of a Novel Porin Family Highlights a Major Difference in the Outer Membrane of Chlamydial Symbionts and Pathogens. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e55010–e55010. 15 indexed citations

Traidl‐Hoffmann, Claudia, et al.. (2010). Mukokutane Candida-Infektionen. DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift. 135(27). 1379–1388. 2 indexed citations

Knapp, Oliver, Elke Maier, Sanae Ben Mkaddem, et al.. (2009). Clostridium septicum alpha-toxin forms pores and induces rapid cell necrosis. Toxicon. 55(1). 61–72. 50 indexed citations

Knapp, Oliver, Elke Maier, Roland Benz, Blandine Geny, & Michel R. Popoff. (2009). Identification of the channel-forming domain of Clostridium perfringens Epsilon-toxin (ETX). Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1788(12). 2584–2593. 40 indexed citations

Knapp, Oliver, Elke Maier, Jiří Mašín, Peter Šebo, & Roland Benz. (2007). Pore formation by the Bordetella adenylate cyclase toxin in lipid bilayer membranes: Role of voltage and pH. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1778(1). 260–269. 18 indexed citations

Nagy, Gábor, Oliver Knapp, Elke Maier, et al.. (2006). Both α-haemolysin determinants contribute to full virulence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536. Microbes and Infection. 8(8). 2006–2012. 36 indexed citations

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Giesemann, Torsten, Thomas Jank, Ralf Gerhard, et al.. (2006). Cholesterol-dependent Pore Formation of Clostridium difficile Toxin A. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(16). 10808–10815. 73 indexed citations

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Runke, Greg, et al.. (2006). Deletion Variants of Neurospora Mitochondrial Porin: Electrophysiological and Spectroscopic Analysis. Biophysical Journal. 90(9). 3155–3164. 19 indexed citations

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Maier, Elke, et al.. (2004). Identification of a cation-specific channel (TipA) in the cell wall of the gram-positive mycolata Tsukamurella inchonensis: the gene of the channel-forming protein is identical to mspA of Mycobacterium smegmatis and mppA of Mycobacterium phlei. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1667(1). 47–55. 10 indexed citations

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Maier, Elke, et al.. (2002). Bacterial membrane injuries induced by lactacin F and nisin. International Microbiology. 5(2). 73–80. 22 indexed citations

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Braun, Michael H., Helmut Killmann, Elke Maier, Roland Benz, & Volkmar Braun. (2002). Diffusion through channel derivatives of the Escherichia coli FhuA transport protein. European Journal of Biochemistry. 269(20). 4948–4959. 45 indexed citations

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Barth, Holger, et al.. (2001). Low pH-induced Formation of Ion Channels by Clostridium difficile Toxin B in Target Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(14). 10670–10676. 127 indexed citations

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Petit, Laetitia, Elke Maier, Maryse Gibert, Michel R. Popoff, & Roland Benz. (2001). Clostridium perfringens Epsilon Toxin Induces a Rapid Change of Cell Membrane Permeability to Ions and Forms Channels in Artificial Lipid Bilayers. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(19). 15736–15740. 120 indexed citations

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Heym, Béate, et al.. (1999). Evidence for a small anion‐selective channel in the cell wall ofMycobacterium bovis BCG besides a wide cation‐selective pore. FEBS Letters. 454(3). 349–355. 40 indexed citations

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Reumann, Sigrun, Elke Maier, Hans Walter Heldt, & Roland Benz. (1998). Permeability properties of the porin of spinach leaf peroxisomes. European Journal of Biochemistry. 251(1-2). 359–366. 49 indexed citations

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Reumann, Sigrun, Elke Maier, Roland Benz, & Hans Walter Heldt. (1995). The Membrane of Leaf Peroxisomes Contains a Porin-like Channel. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(29). 17559–17565. 51 indexed citations

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Benz, Roland, et al.. (1992). Studies on Human Porin. VII. The Channel Properties of the Human B-Lymphocyte Membrane-Derived “Porin 31HL” are Similar to those of Mitochondrial Porins. Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler. 373(1). 295–304. 39 indexed citations

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