Jan Löwe

21.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
147 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Jan Löwe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Löwe has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Molecular Biology, 71 papers in Genetics and 40 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Jan Löwe's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (68 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (32 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (31 papers). Jan Löwe is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (68 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (32 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (31 papers). Jan Löwe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Jan Löwe's co-authors include Linda Amos, F. van den Ent, Daniela Stock, Robert Huber, Lars Ditzel, Matthias Bochtler, H.D. Bartunik, M. Groll, Kim Nasmyth and Kenneth H. Downing and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jan Löwe

144 papers receiving 15.7k citations

Hit Papers

Structure of 20S proteasome from yeast at 2.4Å resolution 1995 2026 2005 2015 1997 1995 2001 1998 2001 500 1000 1.5k
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. Structure of 20S proteasome from yeast at 2.4Å resolution
    1997 1.9k citations Jan Löwe et al. Nature profile →
  2. Crystal Structure of the 20 S Proteasome from the Archaeon T. acidophilum at 3.4 Å Resolution
    1995 1.3k citations Jan Löwe et al. Science profile →
  3. Refined structure of αβ-tubulin at 3.5 Å resolution 1 1Edited by I. A. Wilson
    2001 972 citations Jan Löwe et al. profile →
  4. Crystal structure of the bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ
    1998 723 citations Jan Löwe, Linda Amos Nature profile →
  5. Prokaryotic origin of the actin cytoskeleton
    2001 607 citations F. van den Ent, Linda Amos et al. Nature profile →
  6. Molecular Architecture of SMC Proteins and the Yeast Cohesin Complex
    2002 590 citations Jan Löwe, Kim Nasmyth et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan Löwe United Kingdom 65 12.6k 4.7k 3.8k 2.7k 1.7k 147 15.9k
Tania A. Baker United States 66 11.5k 0.9× 5.0k 1.1× 2.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 184 13.4k
Mike O’Donnell United States 82 19.0k 1.5× 8.3k 1.8× 1.4k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 2.1k 1.2× 300 21.5k
Gabriel Waksman United Kingdom 75 11.2k 0.9× 4.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.3× 2.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 221 18.0k
G. Bunkóczi United Kingdom 21 15.4k 1.2× 2.5k 0.5× 2.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 1.7k 1.0× 28 21.3k
Bernhard Lohkamp Sweden 15 16.0k 1.3× 2.5k 0.5× 2.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 1.9k 1.1× 26 22.3k
Robert D. Oeffner United Kingdom 13 14.7k 1.2× 2.4k 0.5× 1.8k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 1.6k 0.9× 20 20.4k
Ben F. Luisi United Kingdom 64 10.9k 0.9× 5.5k 1.2× 1.0k 0.3× 2.5k 0.9× 968 0.6× 195 15.9k
Luke M. Rice United States 31 15.0k 1.2× 2.2k 0.5× 3.8k 1.0× 771 0.3× 1.3k 0.8× 57 19.2k
Robert T. Sauer United States 97 26.6k 2.1× 10.3k 2.2× 3.4k 0.9× 4.4k 1.7× 2.0k 1.1× 366 31.4k
Peter H. von Hippel United States 82 23.1k 1.8× 6.5k 1.4× 1.3k 0.3× 3.2k 1.2× 1.5k 0.9× 250 28.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Löwe

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sader, Kasim, et al.. (2025). Foam film vitrification for cryo-EM. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6199–6199.
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Kügelgen, Andriko von, C. Keith Cassidy, Christopher Batters, et al.. (2024). Membraneless channels sieve cations in ammonia-oxidizing marine archaea. Nature. 630(8015). 230–236. 15 indexed citations
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Liu, Yue, F. van den Ent, & Jan Löwe. (2024). Filament structure and subcellular organization of the bacterial intermediate filament–like protein crescentin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(7). e2309984121–e2309984121. 3 indexed citations
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Lee, Byung‐Gil, James Rhodes, & Jan Löwe. (2022). Clamping of DNA shuts the condensin neck gate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(14). e2120006119–e2120006119. 33 indexed citations
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Naydenova, Katerina, Kyle Muir, Long-Fei Wu, et al.. (2021). Structure of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in the presence of favipiravir-RTP. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(7). 142 indexed citations
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Petela, Naomi J, Andres Gonzalez Llamazares, Sarah E. Dixon, et al.. (2021). Folding of cohesin’s coiled coil is important for Scc2/4-induced association with chromosomes. eLife. 10. 38 indexed citations
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Coscia, Francesca & Jan Löwe. (2021). Cryo‐EM structure of the full‐length Lon protease from Thermus thermophilus. FEBS Letters. 595(21). 2691–2700. 12 indexed citations
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Rutherford, Trevor J., et al.. (2020). FtsK in motion reveals its mechanism for double-stranded DNA translocation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(25). 14202–14208. 35 indexed citations
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Löwe, Jan, et al.. (2018). Cryo-EM reconstruction of AlfA from Bacillus subtilis reveals the structure of a simplified actin-like filament at 3.4-Å resolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(13). 3458–3463. 7 indexed citations
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Fink, Gero, et al.. (2017). Four-stranded mini microtubules formed by Prosthecobacter BtubAB show dynamic instability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(29). E5950–E5958. 19 indexed citations
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Oliva, María A., et al.. (2017). A Polymerization-Associated Structural Switch in FtsZ That Enables Treadmilling of Model Filaments. mBio. 8(3). 87 indexed citations
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Bharat, Tanmay A. M., Danguole Kureisaite-Ciziene, Gail G. Hardy, et al.. (2017). Structure of the hexagonal surface layer on Caulobacter crescentus cells. Nature Microbiology. 2(7). 17059–17059. 78 indexed citations
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Ghosal, Debnath & Jan Löwe. (2015). Collaborative protein filaments. The EMBO Journal. 34(18). 2312–2320. 25 indexed citations
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Fink, Gero & Jan Löwe. (2015). Reconstitution of a prokaryotic minus end-tracking system using TubRC centromeric complexes and tubulin-like protein TubZ filaments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(15). E1845–50. 27 indexed citations
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Gayathri, Pananghat, T. Fujii, Jakob Møller‐Jensen, et al.. (2012). A Bipolar Spindle of Antiparallel ParM Filaments Drives Bacterial Plasmid Segregation. Science. 338(6112). 1334–1337. 71 indexed citations
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Aylett, C.H.S., Qing Wang, Katharine A. Michie, Linda Amos, & Jan Löwe. (2010). Filament structure of bacterial tubulin homologue TubZ. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(46). 19766–19771. 60 indexed citations
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Salje, Jeanne, Benoît Zuber, & Jan Löwe. (2008). Electron Cryomicroscopy of E. coli Reveals Filament Bundles Involved in Plasmid DNA Segregation. Science. 323(5913). 509–512. 77 indexed citations
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Ent, F. van den, Mark Leaver, Felipe O. Bendezú, et al.. (2006). Dimeric structure of the cell shape protein MreC and its functional implications. Molecular Microbiology. 62(6). 1631–1642. 82 indexed citations
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Schlieper, Daniel, María A. Oliva, José M. Andreu, & Jan Löwe. (2005). Structure of bacterial tubulin BtubA/B: Evidence for horizontal gene transfer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(26). 9170–9175. 116 indexed citations
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Löwe, Jan. (1998). Crystal Structure Determination of FtsZ fromMethanococcus jannaschii. Journal of Structural Biology. 124(2-3). 235–243. 39 indexed citations

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