J.R. Mesters

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

J.R. Mesters is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, J.R. Mesters has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Materials Chemistry and 11 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in J.R. Mesters's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (16 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (9 papers). J.R. Mesters is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (16 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (9 papers). J.R. Mesters collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Czechia. J.R. Mesters's co-authors include R. Hilgenfeld, K. Anand, John Ziebuhr, Parvesh Wadhwani, Bart P. H. J. Thomma, Andrea Sánchez‐Vallet, Guido Hansen, Rolf Hilgenfeld, Jinzhi Tan and Barend Kraal and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

J.R. Mesters

57 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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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.

Coronavirus Main Proteinase (3CL ^pro ) Structure: Basis for Design of Anti-SARS Drugs

2003 1.3k citations J.R. Mesters, R. Hilgenfeld et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J.R. Mesters Germany	26	1.6k	1.3k	815	670	332	58	3.6k
Pieter Leyssen Belgium	46	2.1k 1.4×	2.6k 2.0×	580 0.7×	560 0.8×	1.1k 3.3×	170	6.7k
M.M. Cherney Canada	31	1.9k 1.2×	783 0.6×	225 0.3×	174 0.3×	365 1.1×	75	3.4k
Xuejun C. Zhang China	38	2.5k 1.6×	921 0.7×	290 0.4×	236 0.4×	131 0.4×	108	4.4k
K.P. Battaile United States	34	2.1k 1.3×	739 0.6×	467 0.6×	121 0.2×	232 0.7×	131	3.6k
Shilong Fan China	18	2.5k 1.6×	3.4k 2.6×	676 0.8×	310 0.5×	134 0.4×	63	5.8k
Markus Wiederstein Austria	15	3.6k 2.3×	614 0.5×	499 0.6×	464 0.7×	234 0.7×	22	5.1k
Ute Curth Germany	23	2.0k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.7×	142 0.2×	511 1.5×	45	3.9k
Yu Guo China	31	1.2k 0.7×	862 0.7×	247 0.3×	238 0.4×	144 0.4×	95	2.6k
R. Hilgenfeld Germany	18	1.5k 0.9×	2.0k 1.5×	1.4k 1.7×	100 0.1×	471 1.4×	29	3.8k
K. Anand Germany	18	1.7k 1.1×	1.8k 1.4×	1.4k 1.7×	79 0.1×	474 1.4×	29	3.8k

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Galchenkova, M., Oleksandr Yefanov, Johanna Hakanpää, et al.. (2023). JINXED: just in time crystallization for easy structure determination of biological macromolecules. IUCrJ. 10(3). 253–260. 12 indexed citations

Tian, Hui, Gabriel L. Fiorin, Anja Kombrink, J.R. Mesters, & Bart P. H. J. Thomma. (2022). Fungal dual-domain LysM effectors undergo chitin-induced intermolecular, and not intramolecular, dimerization. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 190(3). 2033–2044. 10 indexed citations

Tian, Hui, Luis Rodríguez‐Moreno, Grardy C. M. van den Berg, et al.. (2021). Three LysM effectors of Zymoseptoria tritici collectively disarm chitin‐triggered plant immunity. Molecular Plant Pathology. 22(6). 683–693. 37 indexed citations

Sánchez‐Vallet, Andrea, Hui Tian, Luis Rodríguez‐Moreno, et al.. (2020). A secreted LysM effector protects fungal hyphae through chitin-dependent homodimer polymerization. PLoS Pathogens. 16(6). e1008652–e1008652. 53 indexed citations

Snelders, Nick C., Hanna Rövenich, Gabriella C. Petti, et al.. (2020). Microbiome manipulation by a soil-borne fungal plant pathogen using effector proteins. Nature Plants. 6(11). 1365–1374. 151 indexed citations

Brynda, J., Petr Pachl, J.R. Mesters, et al.. (2019). A novel structurally characterized haloacid dehalogenase superfamily phosphatase fromThermococcus thioreducenswith diverse substrate specificity. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 75(8). 743–752. 2 indexed citations

Sánchez‐Vallet, Andrea, J.R. Mesters, & Bart P. H. J. Thomma. (2015). The battle for chitin recognition in plant-microbe interactions. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 39(2). 171–183. 205 indexed citations

Qin, Zhen, et al.. (2015). A unique GCN5-related glucosamine N-acetyltransferase region exist in the fungal multi-domain glycoside hydrolase family 3 β-N-acetylglucosaminidase. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 18292–18292. 10 indexed citations

Mesters, J.R., Alena Stsiapanava, Radka Chaloupková, et al.. (2014). Crystallographic analysis of 1,2,3-trichloropropane biodegradation by the haloalkane dehalogenase DhaA31. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 70(2). 209–217. 11 indexed citations

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Brix, Britta, J.R. Mesters, Luc Pellerin, & Olaf Jöhren. (2012). Endothelial Cell-Derived Nitric Oxide Enhances Aerobic Glycolysis in Astrocytes via HIF-1 -Mediated Target Gene Activation. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(28). 9727–9735. 84 indexed citations

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Mesters, J.R., et al.. (2011). Crystal structure of the middle domain of human poly(A)-binding protein-interacting protein 1. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 408(4). 680–685. 4 indexed citations

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Tan, Jinzhi, Clemens Vonrhein, Oliver S. Smart, et al.. (2009). The SARS-unique domain of SARS-CoV contains two macrodomains that bind G-quadruplexes. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 65(a1). s143–s143. 1 indexed citations

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Verschueren, Koen H. G., Ksenia Pumpor, Stefan Anemüller, et al.. (2008). A Structural View of the Inactivation of the SARS Coronavirus Main Proteinase by Benzotriazole Esters. Chemistry & Biology. 15(6). 597–606. 65 indexed citations

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Mesters, J.R., J. Brynda, Rita Grandori, et al.. (2007). Crystallization and preliminary diffraction analysis ofEscherichia coliWrbA in complex with its cofactor flavin mononucleotide. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 63(7). 571–575. 5 indexed citations

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Weber, Jan, J.R. Mesters, Martin Lepšı́k, et al.. (2002). Unusual Binding Mode of an HIV-1 Protease Inhibitor Explains its Potency against Multi-drug-resistant Virus Strains. Journal of Molecular Biology. 324(4). 739–754. 43 indexed citations

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Vogeley, Lutz, Gottfried J. Palm, J.R. Mesters, & R. Hilgenfeld. (2001). Conformational Change of Elongation Factor Tu (EF-Tu) Induced by Antibiotic Binding. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(20). 17149–17155. 100 indexed citations

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Zeef, Leo, J.R. Mesters, Kathy Boon, et al.. (1995). Antibiotic resistance mechanisms of mutant EF-Tu species in Escherichia coli. Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 73(11-12). 1167–1177. 22 indexed citations

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Bilgin, N., Carsten Lindschau, J.R. Mesters, et al.. (1995). Phosphorylation of Elongation Factor Tu Prevents Ternary Complex Formation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(24). 14541–14547. 66 indexed citations

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Zeef, Leo, J.R. Mesters, Barend Kraal, & Leendert Bosch. (1995). A growth-defective kirromycin-resistant EF-Tu Escherichia coli mutant and a spontaneously evolved suppression of the defect. Gene. 165(1). 39–43. 5 indexed citations

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Sweere, A. P. J., et al.. (1988). Experimental simulation of oxygen profiles and their influence on baker's yeast production: I. One‐fermentor system. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 31(6). 567–578. 61 indexed citations

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