Franz Meitinger

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Franz Meitinger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Franz Meitinger has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Cell Biology and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Franz Meitinger's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (19 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (10 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (4 papers). Franz Meitinger is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (19 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (10 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (4 papers). Franz Meitinger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Franz Meitinger's co-authors include Gislene Pereira, Saravanan Palani, Karen Oegema, Arshad Desai, Birgit Hub, Andrew K. Shiau, John V. Anzola, Hanswalter Zentgraf, Martin E. Boehm and Wolf D. Lehmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Franz Meitinger

26 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Promoter-proximal CTCF binding promotes distal enhancer-d... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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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. Promoter-proximal CTCF binding promotes distal enhancer-dependent gene activation
    2021 184 citations Naoki Kubo, Haruhiko Ishii et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Franz Meitinger United States 16 951 519 152 128 79 28 1.0k
Alberto Sánchez‐Díaz Spain 14 1.3k 1.4× 423 0.8× 182 1.2× 101 0.8× 171 2.2× 25 1.4k
Yi-Jun Sheu United States 11 1.3k 1.4× 434 0.8× 199 1.3× 131 1.0× 127 1.6× 12 1.4k
Régis Courbeyrette France 13 764 0.8× 241 0.5× 101 0.7× 64 0.5× 49 0.6× 14 870
Gislene Pereira Germany 14 1.1k 1.2× 814 1.6× 296 1.9× 48 0.4× 127 1.6× 19 1.3k
Neus Colomina Spain 14 718 0.8× 225 0.4× 103 0.7× 87 0.7× 77 1.0× 23 808
John Lippincott United States 9 917 1.0× 463 0.9× 100 0.7× 108 0.8× 17 0.2× 13 1.0k
Scott C. Schuyler United States 15 880 0.9× 790 1.5× 223 1.5× 65 0.5× 30 0.4× 18 1.1k
Guendalina Rossi United States 18 1.3k 1.3× 1.1k 2.1× 159 1.0× 52 0.4× 73 0.9× 30 1.6k
Monica Boselli United States 9 830 0.9× 461 0.9× 267 1.8× 117 0.9× 211 2.7× 10 1.1k
Janet L. Burton United States 15 1.3k 1.4× 1.1k 2.2× 171 1.1× 182 1.4× 60 0.8× 19 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franz Meitinger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franz Meitinger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Franz Meitinger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Franz Meitinger based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Franz Meitinger. Franz Meitinger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Meitinger, Franz, et al.. (2025). PLK4 : Master Regulator of Centriole Duplication and Its Therapeutic Potential. Cytoskeleton. 82(11). 747–763. 2 indexed citations
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Ohta, Midori, et al.. (2025). Cancer-associated USP28 missense mutations disrupt 53BP1 interaction and p53 stabilization. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10310–10310.
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Deep, Amar, John V. Anzola, Franz Meitinger, et al.. (2025). TRIM37 prevents ectopic spindle pole assembly by peptide motif recognition and substrate-dependent oligomerization. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(9). 1800–1811. 1 indexed citations
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Meitinger, Franz, et al.. (2024). Prolonged mitosis: A key indicator for detecting stressed and damaged cells. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 92. 102449–102449. 3 indexed citations
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Meitinger, Franz, et al.. (2024). Genetic Engineering and Screening Using Base Editing and Inducible Gene Knockout. Methods in molecular biology. 2872. 167–187.
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Meitinger, Franz, et al.. (2024). 53BP1-mediated activation of the tumor suppressor p53. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 91. 102424–102424. 6 indexed citations
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Kubo, Naoki, Haruhiko Ishii, Xiong Xiong, et al.. (2021). Promoter-proximal CTCF binding promotes distal enhancer-dependent gene activation. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 28(2). 152–161. 184 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meitinger, Franz, Dong Kong, Midori Ohta, et al.. (2021). TRIM37 prevents formation of condensate-organized ectopic spindle poles to ensure mitotic fidelity. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(7). 9 indexed citations
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Meitinger, Franz, Midori Ohta, Kian-Yong Lee, et al.. (2020). TRIM37 controls cancer-specific vulnerability to PLK4 inhibition. Nature. 585(7825). 440–446. 93 indexed citations
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Gemble, Simon, Anthony Simon, Carole Pennetier, et al.. (2019). Centromere Dysfunction Compromises Mitotic Spindle Pole Integrity. Current Biology. 29(18). 3072–3080.e5. 20 indexed citations
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Fei, Jia, Haruhiko Ishii, Marten A. Hoeksema, et al.. (2018). NDF, a nucleosome-destabilizing factor that facilitates transcription through nucleosomes. Genes & Development. 32(9-10). 682–694. 31 indexed citations
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Meitinger, Franz & Gislene Pereira. (2017). The septin-associated kinase Gin4 recruits Gps1 to the site of cell division. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 28(7). 883–889. 6 indexed citations
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Meitinger, Franz & Saravanan Palani. (2016). Actomyosin ring driven cytokinesis in budding yeast. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 53. 19–27. 31 indexed citations
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Meitinger, Franz, John V. Anzola, Manuel Kaulich, et al.. (2016). 53BP1 and USP28 mediate p53 activation and G1 arrest after centrosome loss or extended mitotic duration. The Journal of Cell Biology. 214(2). 155–166. 167 indexed citations
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Meitinger, Franz, Saravanan Palani, & Gislene Pereira. (2015). Detection of Phosphorylation Status of Cytokinetic Components. Methods in molecular biology. 1369. 219–237. 5 indexed citations
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Meitinger, Franz & Gislene Pereira. (2015). Visualization of Cytokinesis Events in Budding Yeast by Transmission Electron Microscopy. Methods in molecular biology. 1369. 87–95. 2 indexed citations
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Palani, Saravanan, et al.. (2013). Lre1 Directly Inhibits the NDR/Lats Kinase Cbk1 at the Cell Division Site in a Phosphorylation-Dependent Manner. Current Biology. 23(18). 1736–1745. 15 indexed citations
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Meitinger, Franz, et al.. (2013). A Safeguard Mechanism Regulates Rho GTPases to Coordinate Cytokinesis with the Establishment of Cell Polarity. PLoS Biology. 11(2). e1001495–e1001495. 32 indexed citations
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Palani, Saravanan, Franz Meitinger, Martin E. Boehm, Wolf D. Lehmann, & Gislene Pereira. (2012). Cdc14-dependent dephosphorylation of Inn1 contributes to Inn1-Cyk3 complex formation. Journal of Cell Science. 125(Pt 13). 3091–6. 40 indexed citations
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Meitinger, Franz, Martin E. Boehm, Birgit Hub, et al.. (2011). Phosphorylation-dependent regulation of the F-BAR protein Hof1 during cytokinesis. Genes & Development. 25(8). 875–888. 84 indexed citations

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