Helmut Blöcker

40.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
119 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Helmut Blöcker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Helmut Blöcker has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Helmut Blöcker's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (35 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (25 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers). Helmut Blöcker is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (35 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (25 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers). Helmut Blöcker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Russia. Helmut Blöcker's co-authors include Erik C. Böttger, Ronald Frank, Kenneth J. Breslauer, Luis A. Marky, Ronald Frank, Rolf Müller, Jens P. Fürste, Michael Bagdasarian, Werner Pansegrau and Peter Scholz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Helmut Blöcker

110 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

Isolation and direct comp... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1989 1986 1986 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

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. Isolation and direct complete nucleotide determination of entire genes. Characterization of a gene coding for 16S ribosomal RNA
    1989 2.4k citations Helmut Blöcker et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  2. Predicting DNA duplex stability from the base sequence.
    1986 1.4k citations Ronald Frank, Helmut Blöcker et al. profile →
  3. Molecular cloning of the plasmid RP4 primase region in a multi-host-range tacP expression vector
    1986 971 citations Ronald Frank, Helmut Blöcker et al. Gene profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Helmut Blöcker 5.5k 1.5k 1.4k 1.0k 1.0k 119 9.0k
Jozef Van Beeumen 6.3k 1.1× 637 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 576 0.6× 293 11.3k
Konstantin Arnold 8.3k 1.5× 642 0.4× 1.3k 1.0× 1.7k 1.7× 621 0.6× 11 13.0k
Bart Devreese 5.8k 1.1× 615 0.4× 1.2k 0.9× 961 0.9× 537 0.5× 306 10.9k
Michael Remmert 9.1k 1.7× 1.6k 1.1× 1.7k 1.2× 2.2k 2.1× 435 0.4× 14 14.0k
Patrice Gouet 7.2k 1.3× 909 0.6× 1.5k 1.1× 1.6k 1.6× 440 0.4× 78 11.3k
S Inouye 8.8k 1.6× 1.1k 0.7× 2.2k 1.6× 1.4k 1.4× 366 0.4× 337 13.6k
Richard G. Brennan 9.0k 1.7× 1.5k 1.0× 4.6k 3.3× 833 0.8× 710 0.7× 172 13.1k
Lawrence A. Kelley 10.0k 1.8× 1.4k 1.0× 1.9k 1.4× 2.6k 2.6× 496 0.5× 40 15.3k
Neil D. Rawlings 8.3k 1.5× 1.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 1.9k 1.9× 340 0.3× 79 13.9k
Martino Bertoni 8.4k 1.5× 737 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 1.8k 1.8× 664 0.7× 17 13.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Helmut Blöcker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helmut Blöcker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helmut Blöcker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Helmut Blöcker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Helmut Blöcker 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 Helmut Blöcker. Helmut Blöcker 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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Buntin, Kathrin, et al.. (2010). Biosynthesis of Thuggacins in Myxobacteria: Comparative Cluster Analysis Reveals Basis for Natural Product Structural Diversity. Chemistry & Biology. 17(4). 342–356. 49 indexed citations
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Deyneko, Igor V., et al.. (2010). Human–chimpanzee promoter comparisons: Property-conserved evolution?. Genomics. 96(3). 129–133. 12 indexed citations
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Rachid, Shwan, Maren Scharfe, Helmut Blöcker, Kira J. Weissman, & Rolf Müller. (2009). Unusual Chemistry in the Biosynthesis of the Antibiotic Chondrochlorens. Chemistry & Biology. 16(1). 70–81. 49 indexed citations
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Retter, Ida, Christophe Chevillard, Maren Scharfe, et al.. (2007). Sequence and Characterization of the Ig Heavy Chain Constant and Partial Variable Region of the Mouse Strain 129S1. The Journal of Immunology. 179(4). 2419–2427. 42 indexed citations
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Steinmetz, Heinrich, et al.. (2007). Spiroketal Polyketide Formation in Sorangium: Identification and Analysis of the Biosynthetic Gene Cluster for the Highly Cytotoxic Spirangienes. Chemistry & Biology. 14(2). 221–233. 56 indexed citations
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Rachid, Shwan, Daniel Krug, Brigitte Kunze, et al.. (2006). Molecular and Biochemical Studies of Chondramide Formation—Highly Cytotoxic Natural Products from Chondromyces crocatus Cm c5. Chemistry & Biology. 13(6). 667–681. 79 indexed citations
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Leeb, Tosso, Claus Vogl, Baoli Zhu, et al.. (2006). A human–horse comparative map based on equine BAC end sequences. Genomics. 87(6). 772–776. 48 indexed citations
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Deyneko, Igor V., et al.. (2006). FeatureScan: revealing property-dependent similarity of nucleotide sequences. Nucleic Acids Research. 34(Web Server). W591–W595. 11 indexed citations
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Silakowski, Barbara, Gabriele Nordsiek, Brigitte Kunze, Helmut Blöcker, & Rolf Müller. (2001). Novel features in a combined polyketide synthase/non-ribosomal peptide synthetase: the myxalamid biosynthetic gene cluster of the myxobacterium Stigmatella aurantiaca Sga15. Chemistry & Biology. 8(1). 59–69. 129 indexed citations
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Heß, Michael, Helmut Blöcker, & Petra Brandt. (1997). The Complete Nucleotide Sequence of the Egg Drop Syndrome Virus: An Intermediate between Mastadenoviruses and Aviadenoviruses. Virology. 238(1). 145–156. 100 indexed citations
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Blöcker, Helmut, et al.. (1994). The ‘shortmer’ approach to nucleic acid sequence analysis I: computer simulation of sequencing projects to find economical primer sets. Computer applications in the biosciences. 10(2). 193–197. 6 indexed citations
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Platzer, Cornelia, Günther Richter, Klaus Überla, et al.. (1992). Analysis of cytokine mRNA levels in interleukin‐4‐transgenic mice by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. European Journal of Immunology. 22(5). 1179–1184. 121 indexed citations
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Blöcker, Helmut. (1989). Advances in protein design, international workshop 1988. 2 indexed citations
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Baumann, Ulrich, Ronald Frank, & Helmut Blöcker. (1989). Probing hairpin structures of small DNAs by nondenaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Analytical Biochemistry. 183(1). 152–158. 4 indexed citations
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Roggentin, Peter, et al.. (1989). Cloning, Sequencing and Expression of a Sialidase Gene from Clostridium sordellii G12. Microbiology. 135(11). 3087–3096. 37 indexed citations
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Baumann, Ulrich, Ronald Frank, & Helmut Blöcker. (1988). Interaction of DNA hairpin loops and a complementary strand by a triplet of base pairs. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 157(3). 986–991. 5 indexed citations
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Quaas, Rainer, et al.. (1988). Expression of the chemically synthesized gene for ribonuclease T1 in Escherichia coli using a secretion cloning vector. European Journal of Biochemistry. 173(3). 617–622. 77 indexed citations

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