Joe Lutkenhaus

16.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Joe Lutkenhaus is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joe Lutkenhaus has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Genetics, 99 papers in Molecular Biology and 49 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Joe Lutkenhaus's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (101 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (46 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (44 papers). Joe Lutkenhaus is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (101 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (46 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (44 papers). Joe Lutkenhaus collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Joe Lutkenhaus's co-authors include Erfei Bi, Zonglin Hu, Sébastien Pichoff, Stephen G. Addinall, K Dai, Amit Mukherjee, Shishen Du, Amit Mukherjee, Bernard Beall and J E Ward and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Joe Lutkenhaus

123 papers receiving 12.9k citations

Hit Papers

FtsZ ring structure associated with division in Escherich... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 250 500 750 1000
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. FtsZ ring structure associated with division in Escherichia coli
    1991 1.2k citations Joe Lutkenhaus 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
Joe Lutkenhaus United States 69 10.1k 9.4k 4.8k 1.5k 1.3k 123 13.4k
Lucy Shapiro United States 75 11.8k 1.2× 8.9k 0.9× 4.4k 0.9× 667 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 189 15.6k
Alan D. Grossman United States 71 12.1k 1.2× 9.7k 1.0× 5.2k 1.1× 480 0.3× 1.5k 1.2× 152 15.6k
David J. Sherratt United Kingdom 66 10.0k 1.0× 7.4k 0.8× 3.7k 0.8× 425 0.3× 1.2k 0.9× 210 13.2k
Koreaki Ito Japan 62 10.0k 1.0× 6.4k 0.7× 2.1k 0.4× 1.8k 1.2× 440 0.3× 186 12.0k
William Margolin United States 54 6.1k 0.6× 5.0k 0.5× 3.1k 0.7× 665 0.5× 857 0.7× 139 8.4k
Jeff Errington United Kingdom 81 13.7k 1.3× 13.5k 1.4× 8.9k 1.9× 857 0.6× 2.3k 1.8× 245 19.9k
Carol A. Gross United States 84 20.2k 2.0× 12.9k 1.4× 5.3k 1.1× 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 193 25.5k
Sankar Adhya United States 67 10.9k 1.1× 6.8k 0.7× 5.3k 1.1× 347 0.2× 1.2k 0.9× 204 15.4k
Akira Ishihama Japan 77 16.8k 1.7× 12.1k 1.3× 4.9k 1.0× 343 0.2× 1.4k 1.0× 453 21.8k
Susan Gottesman United States 93 20.2k 2.0× 14.5k 1.5× 7.3k 1.5× 1.5k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 204 26.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joe Lutkenhaus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joe Lutkenhaus

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhao, Shan, Kira S. Makarova, Le Zhan, et al.. (2024). Widespread photosynthesis reaction centre barrel proteins are necessary for haloarchaeal cell division. Nature Microbiology. 9(3). 712–726. 11 indexed citations
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Männik, Jaana, Jaana Männik, Sébastien Pichoff, et al.. (2022). Cell Cycle-Dependent Recruitment of FtsN to the Divisome in Escherichia coli. mBio. 13(4). e0201722–e0201722. 12 indexed citations
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Park, Kyung‐Tae, Sébastien Pichoff, Shishen Du, & Joe Lutkenhaus. (2021). FtsA acts through FtsW to promote cell wall synthesis during cell division in Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(35). 30 indexed citations
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Alcorlo, Martín, Daniel Straume, Joe Lutkenhaus, Leiv Sigve Håvarstein, & J.A. Hermoso. (2020). Structural Characterization of the Essential Cell Division Protein FtsE and Its Interaction with FtsX in Streptococcus pneumoniae. mBio. 11(5). 17 indexed citations
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Du, Shishen, Sébastien Pichoff, Karsten Kruse, & Joe Lutkenhaus. (2018). FtsZ filaments have the opposite kinetic polarity of microtubules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(42). 10768–10773. 37 indexed citations
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Du, Shishen & Joe Lutkenhaus. (2017). The N ‐succinyl‐ l , l ‐diaminopimelic acid desuccinylase DapE acts through ZapB to promote septum formation in Escherichia coli. Molecular Microbiology. 105(2). 326–345. 6 indexed citations
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Lutkenhaus, Joe & Shishen Du. (2017). E. coli Cell Cycle Machinery. Sub-cellular biochemistry. 84. 27–65. 23 indexed citations
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Du, Shishen, Sébastien Pichoff, & Joe Lutkenhaus. (2016). FtsEX acts on FtsA to regulate divisome assembly and activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(34). E5052–61. 87 indexed citations
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Du, Shishen & Joe Lutkenhaus. (2014). SlmA Antagonism of FtsZ Assembly Employs a Two-pronged Mechanism like MinCD. PLoS Genetics. 10(7). e1004460–e1004460. 58 indexed citations
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Shen, Bang & Joe Lutkenhaus. (2010). Examination of the interaction between FtsZ and MinC N in E. coli suggests how MinC disrupts Z rings. Molecular Microbiology. 75(5). 1285–1298. 75 indexed citations
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Shen, Bang & Joe Lutkenhaus. (2009). The conserved C‐terminal tail of FtsZ is required for the septal localization and division inhibitory activity of MinCC/MinD. Molecular Microbiology. 72(2). 410–424. 89 indexed citations
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Pichoff, Sébastien & Joe Lutkenhaus. (2005). Tethering the Z ring to the membrane through a conserved membrane targeting sequence in FtsA. Molecular Microbiology. 55(6). 1722–1734. 338 indexed citations
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Hu, Zonglin & Joe Lutkenhaus. (2003). A conserved sequence at the C‐terminus of MinD is required for binding to the membrane and targeting MinC to the septum. Molecular Microbiology. 47(2). 345–355. 152 indexed citations
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Hu, Zonglin, Edward P. Gogol, & Joe Lutkenhaus. (2002). Dynamic assembly of MinD on phospholipid vesicles regulated by ATP and MinE. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(10). 6761–6766. 232 indexed citations
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Lutkenhaus, Joe. (2002). Unexpected Twist to the Z Ring. Developmental Cell. 2(5). 519–521. 4 indexed citations
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Hu, Zonglin & Joe Lutkenhaus. (2001). Topological Regulation of Cell Division in E. coli. Molecular Cell. 7(6). 1337–1343. 224 indexed citations
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Addinall, Stephen G., Chune Cao, & Joe Lutkenhaus. (1997). FtsN, a late recruit to the septum in Escherichia coli. Molecular Microbiology. 25(2). 303–309. 143 indexed citations
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Mukherjee, Amit & Joe Lutkenhaus. (1994). Guanine nucleotide-dependent assembly of FtsZ into filaments. Journal of Bacteriology. 176(9). 2754–2758. 317 indexed citations
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Lutkenhaus, Joe. (1990). The bacterial cell cycle. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 2(2). 241–245. 9 indexed citations
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Beall, Bernard & Joe Lutkenhaus. (1989). Nucleotide sequence and insertional inactivation of a Bacillus subtilis gene that affects cell division, sporulation, and temperature sensitivity. Journal of Bacteriology. 171(12). 6821–6834. 65 indexed citations

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