Eva Kummer

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Eva Kummer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Eva Kummer has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Eva Kummer's work include RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (5 papers). Eva Kummer is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (5 papers). Eva Kummer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and France. Eva Kummer's co-authors include Nenad Ban, Bernd Bukau, Axel Mogk, Yuki Oguchi, Regina Zahn, Victor Sourjik, Marc Leibundgut, Richard G. Lee, Oliver Rackham and Mohit Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Eva Kummer

20 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanisms and regulation of protein synthesis in mitocho... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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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. Mechanisms and regulation of protein synthesis in mitochondria
    2021 223 citations Eva Kummer, Nenad Ban Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eva Kummer Switzerland 15 941 173 161 143 104 20 1.2k
Kausik Chakraborty India 19 810 0.9× 78 0.5× 227 1.4× 188 1.3× 100 1.0× 32 1.1k
Chi-Hao Luan United States 18 606 0.6× 162 0.9× 65 0.4× 81 0.6× 63 0.6× 29 1.1k
Qinglian Liu United States 21 1.8k 1.9× 60 0.3× 290 1.8× 328 2.3× 70 0.7× 55 2.1k
Human Rezaei France 23 1.5k 1.6× 66 0.4× 149 0.9× 77 0.5× 45 0.4× 62 1.8k
Melanie Schwarten Germany 19 647 0.7× 60 0.3× 83 0.5× 172 1.2× 30 0.3× 37 1.0k
Cesira de Chiara United Kingdom 17 630 0.7× 55 0.3× 99 0.6× 56 0.4× 101 1.0× 29 761
Junsang Ko South Korea 9 400 0.4× 36 0.2× 97 0.6× 66 0.5× 125 1.2× 14 620
Dean J. Naylor Australia 16 1.4k 1.5× 51 0.3× 460 2.9× 270 1.9× 126 1.2× 17 1.6k
Valerie L. Sim Canada 20 1.6k 1.7× 62 0.4× 85 0.5× 153 1.1× 46 0.4× 51 2.0k
Marie‐France Giraud France 25 1.6k 1.7× 73 0.4× 300 1.9× 58 0.4× 108 1.0× 53 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eva Kummer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eva Kummer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leibundgut, Marc, Alain Scaiola, Richard G. Lee, et al.. (2023). Molecular basis of translation termination at noncanonical stop codons in human mitochondria. Science. 380(6644). 531–536. 20 indexed citations
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Kummer, Eva, et al.. (2023). Structural insights into the role of GTPBP10 in the RNA maturation of the mitoribosome. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7991–7991. 6 indexed citations
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Kummer, Eva & Nenad Ban. (2021). Mechanisms and regulation of protein synthesis in mitochondria. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 22(5). 307–325. 223 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kummer, Eva, et al.. (2021). Transcriptional control of mycobacterial DNA damage response by sigma adaptation. Science Advances. 7(49). eabl4064–eabl4064. 14 indexed citations
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Kummer, Eva, et al.. (2021). Structural basis of translation termination, rescue, and recycling in mammalian mitochondria. Molecular Cell. 81(12). 2566–2582.e6. 38 indexed citations
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Kummer, Eva & Nenad Ban. (2020). Structural insights into mammalian mitochondrial translation elongation catalyzed by mt EFG 1. The EMBO Journal. 39(15). e104820–e104820. 28 indexed citations
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Kummer, Eva, Marc Leibundgut, Oliver Rackham, et al.. (2018). Unique features of mammalian mitochondrial translation initiation revealed by cryo-EM. Nature. 560(7717). 263–267. 94 indexed citations
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Kummer, Eva & Nenad Ban. (2018). Conformational Switching of the Nuclear Exosome during Ribosome Biogenesis. Biochemistry. 57(32). 4765–4766. 3 indexed citations
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Kummer, Eva, et al.. (2016). Bacterial and Yeast AAA + Disaggregases ClpB and Hsp104 Operate through Conserved Mechanism Involving Cooperation with Hsp70. Journal of Molecular Biology. 428(21). 4378–4391. 19 indexed citations
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Mogk, Axel, Eva Kummer, & Bernd Bukau. (2015). Cooperation of Hsp70 and Hsp100 chaperone machines in protein disaggregation. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 2. 22–22. 129 indexed citations
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Carroni, Marta, Eva Kummer, Yuki Oguchi, et al.. (2014). Head-to-tail interactions of the coiled-coil domains regulate ClpB activity and cooperation with Hsp70 in protein disaggregation. eLife. 3. e02481–e02481. 108 indexed citations
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Vuille‐dit‐Bille, Raphael N., Simone M. R. Camargo, Tom Sasse, et al.. (2014). Human intestine luminal ACE2 and amino acid transporter expression increased by ACE-inhibitors. Amino Acids. 47(4). 693–705. 222 indexed citations
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Kummer, Eva, et al.. (2013). Mechanism of Hsp104/ClpB inhibition by prion curing Guanidinium hydrochloride. FEBS Letters. 587(6). 810–817. 20 indexed citations
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Kummer, Eva, Yuki Oguchi, Juliane Winkler, et al.. (2012). Hsp70 proteins bind Hsp100 regulatory M domains to activate AAA+ disaggregase at aggregate surfaces. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 19(12). 1347–1355. 138 indexed citations
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Oguchi, Yuki, Eva Kummer, Regina Zahn, et al.. (2012). A tightly regulated molecular toggle controls AAA+ disaggregase. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 19(12). 1338–1346. 114 indexed citations
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Carrer, Dolores C., Eva Kummer, Grzegorz Chwastek, Salvatore Chiantia, & Petra Schwille. (2009). Asymmetry determines the effects of natural ceramides on model membranes. Soft Matter. 5(17). 3279–3279. 20 indexed citations
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LANGLOIS, M., et al.. (1994). Determination of a PAF antagonist pharmacophore using combined Molecular Electrostatic Potential and Molecular Lipophilicity Potential.. PubMed. 12(2). 149–67. 4 indexed citations
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Laguerre, Michel S., et al.. (1994). Molecular modeling of 5-HT3 receptor antagonists: geometrical, electronic and lipophilic features of the pharmacophore and 3D-QSAR study.. PubMed. 11(3). 205–22. 6 indexed citations
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Convard, Thierry, et al.. (1994). SmilogP: A Program for a Fast Evaluation of Theoretical Log P from the Smiles Code of a Molecule. Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships. 13(1). 34–37. 24 indexed citations

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