Herbert Nar

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

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Herbert Nar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Herbert Nar has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Materials Chemistry and 17 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Herbert Nar's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (22 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (14 papers) and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (14 papers). Herbert Nar is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (22 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (14 papers) and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (14 papers). Herbert Nar collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Herbert Nar's co-authors include Albrecht Messerschmidt, Robert Huber, Gerard W. Canters, Mart van de Kamp, Wolfgang Wienen, Norbert Hauel, Henning Priepke, Jean–Marie Stassen, Uwe J. Ries and Joanne van Ryn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Herbert Nar

95 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

A specific antidote for dabigatran: functional and structural characterization

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Author						Papers	Cites
Herbert Nar	2.9k	824	744	620	577	97	5.4k
Lucy Waskell	2.7k 0.9×	504 0.6×	767 1.0×	724 1.2×	162 0.3×	136	5.6k
George H. Reed	3.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.7×	301 0.4×	234 0.4×	389 0.7×	152	6.0k
Roberta F. Colman	3.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.8×	322 0.4×	240 0.4×	337 0.6×	236	5.7k
Theodore R. Holman	1.8k 0.6×	141 0.2×	288 0.4×	257 0.4×	977 1.7×	116	4.4k
István Komáromi	1.3k 0.4×	790 1.0×	190 0.3×	104 0.2×	931 1.6×	75	4.1k
Gary L. Nelsestuen	3.5k 1.2×	336 0.4×	305 0.4×	256 0.4×	187 0.3×	158	6.6k
Nicola Ferri	1.8k 0.6×	372 0.5×	513 0.7×	938 1.5×	431 0.7×	208	6.3k
Daniel Picot	2.0k 0.7×	398 0.5×	140 0.2×	235 0.4×	432 0.7×	32	3.4k
Joel D. Morrisett	3.3k 1.1×	185 0.2×	366 0.5×	1.3k 2.1×	237 0.4×	167	8.3k
Craig M. Jackson	1.9k 0.6×	178 0.2×	287 0.4×	512 0.8×	251 0.4×	103	6.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Herbert Nar

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Nar, Herbert, Gisela Schnapp, Holger Klein, et al.. (2025). Engineering oxypurinol-responsive riboswitches based on bacterial xanthine aptamers for gene expression control in mammalian cell culture. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(5). 1 indexed citations

Magarkar, Aniket, et al.. (2025). Structural basis for lipid-mediated activation of G protein-coupled receptor GPR55. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1973–1973. 5 indexed citations

Kiechle, Tobias, Heike Neubauer, Birgit Stierstorfer, et al.. (2024). GPR180 is a new member of the Golgi-dynamics domain seven-transmembrane helix protein family. Communications Biology. 7(1).

Igney, Frederik H., et al.. (2023). Anti-GARP Antibodies Inhibit Release of TGF-β by Regulatory T Cells via Different Modes of Action, but Do Not Influence Their Function In Vitro. ImmunoHorizons. 7(3). 200–212. 2 indexed citations

Kapur, B.M., et al.. (2023). Protons taken hostage: Dynamic H-bond networks of the pH-sensing GPR68. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 21. 4370–4384. 5 indexed citations

Fiegen, Dennis, Margit Bauer, Florian Binder, et al.. (2020). Locking mixed-lineage kinase domain-like protein in its auto-inhibited state prevents necroptosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(52). 33272–33281. 36 indexed citations

Reboll, Marc R., Mortimer Korf‐Klingebiel, Priyanka Gupta, et al.. (2019). Crystal structure and receptor-interacting residues of MYDGF — a protein mediating ischemic tissue repair. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5379–5379. 21 indexed citations

Ryn, Joanne van, Ashley Goss, Norbert Hauel, et al.. (2013). The Discovery of Dabigatran Etexilate. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 4. 12–12. 58 indexed citations

Nar, Herbert. (2012). The role of structural information in the discovery of direct thrombin and factor Xa inhibitors. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 33(5). 279–288. 37 indexed citations

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Nienhaus, G. Ulrich, Karin Nienhaus, Sergey Ivanchenko, et al.. (2005). Photoconvertible Fluorescent Protein EosFP: Biophysical Properties and Cell Biology Applications. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 82(2). 351–358. 104 indexed citations

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Auerbach, Günter, Gerd Bader, Andreas Bracher, et al.. (2003). Biosynthesis of Pteridines. Reaction Mechanism of GTP Cyclohydrolase I. Journal of Molecular Biology. 326(2). 503–516. 60 indexed citations

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Dinnebier, Robert E., Peter Sieger, Herbert Nar, Kenneth Shankland, & William I. F. David. (2000). Structural Characterization of Three Crystalline Modifications of Telmisartan by Single Crystal and High‐Resolution X‐ray Powder Diffraction. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 89(11). 1465–1479. 52 indexed citations

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Thöny, Beat, Jeongbin Yim, Soojin Lee, et al.. (1999). Crystallographic and kinetic investigations on the mechanism of 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase 1 1Edited by K. Nagai. Journal of Molecular Biology. 286(3). 851–860. 35 indexed citations

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Bracher, Andreas, Markus Fischer, Wolfgang Eisenreich, et al.. (1999). Histidine 179 Mutants of GTP Cyclohydrolase I Catalyze the Formation of 2-Amino-5-formylamino-6-ribofuranosylamino-4(3H)-pyrimidinone Triphosphate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(24). 16727–16735. 35 indexed citations

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Hammann, Christian, Albrecht Messerschmidt, Robert Huber, et al.. (1996). X-ray Crystal Structure of the Two Site-specific Mutants Ile7Ser and Phe110Ser of Azurin fromPseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Molecular Biology. 255(3). 362–366. 24 indexed citations

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Nar, Herbert, et al.. (1995). Atomic structure of GTP cyclohydrolase I. Structure. 3(5). 459–466. 96 indexed citations

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Sjölin, L., Vratislav Langer, Nicklas Bonander, et al.. (1995). Structure of the azurin mutant nickel–Trp48Met fromPseudomonas aeruginosaat 2.2 Å resolution. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 51(5). 711–717. 14 indexed citations

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Romero, Antonio, Herbert Nar, Robert Huber, et al.. (1994). Crystal structure analysis and refinement at 2·15Å resolution of amicyanin, a type I blue copper protein, from Thiobacillus versutus. Journal of Molecular Biology. 236(4). 1196–1211. 59 indexed citations

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Meining, Winfried, Sevil Weinkauf, Luis Bachmann, et al.. (1993). Studies on GTP Cyclohydrolase I of Escherichia Coli. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 338. 157–162. 7 indexed citations

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Nar, Herbert, Albrecht Messerschmidt, Robert Huber, Mart van de Kamp, & Gerard W. Canters. (1991). Crystal structure analysis of oxidized Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin at pH 5·5 and pH 9·0. Journal of Molecular Biology. 221(3). 765–772. 416 indexed citations

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