F. Eckstein

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
141 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

F. Eckstein is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Eckstein has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Organic Chemistry and 15 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in F. Eckstein's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (51 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (42 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (19 papers). F. Eckstein is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (51 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (42 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (19 papers). F. Eckstein collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Israel. F. Eckstein's co-authors include Peter Burgers, Olaf Heidenreich, Roger S. Goody, Zvi Selinger, Dan Cassel, Bernard A. Connolly, Thomas Tuschl, Paul J. Romaniuk, D. A. Usher and Masaoki Imazawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

F. Eckstein

140 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
F. Eckstein 5.4k 839 514 493 408 141 6.5k
Paul S. Miller 5.1k 1.0× 508 0.6× 898 1.7× 259 0.5× 317 0.8× 125 6.2k
Oliver S. Smart 4.1k 0.8× 560 0.7× 806 1.6× 254 0.5× 364 0.9× 44 5.5k
Marc le Maire 5.1k 0.9× 391 0.5× 450 0.9× 111 0.2× 428 1.0× 143 6.6k
Milton T. Stubbs 3.4k 0.6× 598 0.7× 361 0.7× 202 0.4× 468 1.1× 117 5.6k
Saburo Aimoto 5.5k 1.0× 1.6k 1.9× 571 1.1× 112 0.2× 395 1.0× 195 7.6k
Lance P. Encell 4.0k 0.7× 618 0.7× 641 1.2× 218 0.4× 344 0.8× 34 5.2k
Peter H. Fishman 6.1k 1.1× 683 0.8× 1.3k 2.6× 241 0.5× 542 1.3× 173 8.5k
Shohei Koide 7.0k 1.3× 454 0.5× 623 1.2× 296 0.6× 530 1.3× 169 9.7k
Paul Otto 3.4k 0.6× 553 0.7× 531 1.0× 188 0.4× 265 0.6× 17 4.4k
Fritz K. Winkler 3.2k 0.6× 289 0.3× 244 0.5× 213 0.4× 506 1.2× 60 4.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by F. Eckstein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. Eckstein

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bohlmann, Michael K., F. Eckstein, Edouard Stauffer, Yves Allemann, & Thierry Carrel. (2002). Isolated amelanotic malignant melanoma of the heart. British Journal of Dermatology. 146(5). 912–915. 3 indexed citations
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Eckstein, F.. (2002). Developments in RNA chemistry, a personal view. Biochimie. 84(9). 841–848. 45 indexed citations
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Grisaru, Dan, Mirta Grifman, Naomi Melamed‐Book, et al.. (2001). Complex Host Cell Responses to Antisense Suppression of ACHE Gene Expression. Antisense and Nucleic Acid Drug Development. 11(1). 51–57. 16 indexed citations
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Seidman, Shlomo, F. Eckstein, Mirta Grifman, & Hermona Soreq. (1999). Antisense Technologies Have a Future Fighting Neurodegenerative Diseases. Antisense and Nucleic Acid Drug Development. 9(4). 333–340. 15 indexed citations
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Bramlage, Birgit, Stefan Alefelder, P. Marschall, & F. Eckstein. (1999). Inhibition of luciferase expression by synthetic hammerhead ribozymes and their cellular uptake. Nucleic Acids Research. 27(15). 3159–3167. 20 indexed citations
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Vaish, Narendra K., Anilkumar R. Kore, & F. Eckstein. (1998). Recent developments in the hammerhead ribozyme field. Nucleic Acids Research. 26(23). 5237–5242. 60 indexed citations
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Homann, Matthias, et al.. (1997). The subcellular localization and length of hammerhead ribozymes determine efficacy in human cells. Nucleic Acids Research. 25(4). 769–775. 50 indexed citations
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Thomson, J., et al.. (1996). In Vitro Selection of Hammerhead Ribozymes Containing a Bulged Nucleotide in Stem II. Nucleic Acids Research. 24(22). 4401–4406. 15 indexed citations
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Eckstein, F., et al.. (1996). Diastereomeric Specificity of 2',3'-Cyclic Nucleotide 3-Phosphodiesterase. Nucleic Acids Research. 24(5). 850–853. 15 indexed citations
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Eckstein, F. & J. Thomson. (1995). [16] Phosphate analogs for study of DNA polymerases. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 262. 189–202. 21 indexed citations
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Olsen, David B., Gerhard Wunderlich, A. Uy, & F. Eckstein. (1993). [8] Direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction products. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 218. 79–92. 3 indexed citations
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Ceska, T.A., Jon R. Sayers, F. Eckstein, & Dietrich Suck. (1993). Preliminary Crystallographic Studies on the D15 5′ to 3′ Exonuclease from Phage T5. Journal of Molecular Biology. 233(1). 179–182. 4 indexed citations
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Heidenreich, O. & F. Eckstein. (1991). Hiv 1 ltr rna cleavage by hammerhead ribozymes. Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler. 372(9). 673.
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Zimmerman, Anita L., Gregory Yamanaka, F. Eckstein, D. A. Baylor, & Lubert Stryer. (1985). Interaction of hydrolysis-resistant analogs of cyclic GMP with the phosphodiesterase and light-sensitive channel of retinal rod outer segments.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82(24). 8813–8817. 157 indexed citations
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Imazawa, Masaoki & F. Eckstein. (1979). Facile synthesis of 2 amino 2 deoxy ribofuranosyl purines. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 44(12). 2039–2041. 49 indexed citations
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Hobbs, J. B., Hans Sternbach, & F. Eckstein. (1971). Poly 2′‐deoxy‐2′‐chlorouridylic and ‐cytidylic acids. FEBS Letters. 15(5). 345–348. 18 indexed citations
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Sternbach, Hans & F. Eckstein. (1970). Unprimed synthesis of polymers with RNA‐polymerase. FEBS Letters. 8(4). 205–206. 3 indexed citations
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Eckstein, F., et al.. (1969). Polyribonucleotides containing a thiophosphate backbone. FEBS Letters. 2(4). 262–264. 22 indexed citations
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Eckstein, F.. (1968). Uridine 2′,3′‐O,O‐cyclophosphorothioate as substrate for pancreatic ribonuclease (I). FEBS Letters. 2(2). 85–86. 36 indexed citations

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