Julius Brennecke

20.2k total citations · 11 hit papers
60 papers, 14.4k citations indexed

About

Julius Brennecke is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Julius Brennecke has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 14.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Plant Science and 15 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Julius Brennecke's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (35 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (24 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (15 papers). Julius Brennecke is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (35 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (24 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (15 papers). Julius Brennecke collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Germany. Julius Brennecke's co-authors include Alexander Stark, Stephen M. Cohen, Gregory J. Hannon, Robert B. Russell, Alexei A. Aravin, Ravi Sachidanandam, Robert B. Russell, Monica Dus, Manolis Kellis and David R. Hipfner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Julius Brennecke

58 papers receiving 14.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Discrete Small RNA-Generating Loci as Master Regulators of Transposon Activity in Drosophila

2007 1.9k citations Julius Brennecke, Alexei A. Aravin et al. Cell profile →
Principles of MicroRNA–Target Recognition

2005 1.8k citations Julius Brennecke, Alexander Stark et al. PLoS Biology profile →
bantam Encodes a Developmentally Regulated microRNA that Controls Cell Proliferation and Regulates the Proapoptotic Gene hid in Drosophila

2003 1.7k citations Julius Brennecke, Alexander Stark et al. Cell profile →
Animal MicroRNAs Confer Robustness to Gene Expression and Have a Significant Impact on 3′UTR Evolution

2005 845 citations Alexander Stark, Julius Brennecke et al. Cell profile →
The Piwi-piRNA Pathway Provides an Adaptive Defense in the Transposon Arms Race

2007 797 citations Alexei A. Aravin, Gregory J. Hannon et al. Science profile →
Specialized piRNA Pathways Act in Germline and Somatic Tissues of the Drosophila Ovary

2009 671 citations Colin D. Malone, Julius Brennecke et al. Cell profile →
Identification of Drosophila MicroRNA Targets

2003 622 citations Alexander Stark, Julius Brennecke et al. PLoS Biology profile →
A genome-scale shRNA resource for transgenic RNAi in Drosophila

2011 605 citations Jian-Quan Ni, Rui Zhou et al. Nature Methods profile →
An Epigenetic Role for Maternally Inherited piRNAs in Transposon Silencing

2008 567 citations Julius Brennecke, Colin D. Malone et al. Science profile →
An endogenous small interfering RNA pathway in Drosophila

2008 546 citations B. Czech, Colin D. Malone et al. Nature profile →
Transcriptional Silencing of Transposons by Piwi and Maelstrom and Its Impact on Chromatin State and Gene Expression

2012 491 citations Grzegorz Sienski, Julius Brennecke et al. Cell profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Co-evolving infectivity and expression patterns drive the diversification of endogenous retroviruses 2025 ·The EMBO Journal ·Kirsten-André Senti, (unknown), Dominik Handler, Carolin Kosiol, Christian Schlötterer, Julius Brennecke	2
2	An ATP-gated molecular switch orchestrates human mRNA export 2025 ·Nature ·Ulrich Hohmann, (unknown), László Tirián, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Dominik Handler, Alexander William Phillips, (unknown), Rupert Faraway, (unknown), (unknown), Elisabeth Roitinger, Julius Brennecke, Clemens Plaschka	1
3	Multi-tissue characterization of the constitutive heterochromatin proteome in Drosophila identifies a link between satellite DNA organization and transposon repression 2025 ·PLoS Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Federico Uliana, (unknown), (unknown), László Tirián, Delora Baptista, (unknown), David F. Burke, Anna Sintsova, Pedro Beltrão, Julius Brennecke, Madhav Jagannathan	0
4	Target RNA recognition drives PIWI∗ complex assembly for transposon silencing 2025 ·Molecular Cell ·(unknown), László Tirián, (unknown), (unknown), Ulrich Hohmann, Dominik Handler, Peter Duchek, (unknown), Clemens Plaschka, Julius Brennecke	2
5	In-cell structure and snapshots of copia retrotransposons in intact tissue by cryo-ET 2025 ·Cell ·Sven Klumpe, Kirsten-André Senti, (unknown), (unknown), Bernhard Hampoelz, Paolo Ronchi, Viola Oorschot, Marlene Brandstetter, Assa Yeroslaviz, John A. G. Briggs, Julius Brennecke, Martin Beck, Jürgen M. Plitzko	8
6	Proteome-scale tagging and functional screening in mammalian cells by ORFtag 2024 ·Nature Methods ·(unknown), (unknown), Vincent Loubière, Ramesh Yelagandula, Michaela Pagani, (unknown), Julius Brennecke, Ulrich Elling, Alexander Stark, Stefan L. Ameres	4
7	A genetic toolkit for studying transposon control in the Drosophila melanogaster ovary 2021 ·Genetics ·(unknown), László Tirián, Kirsten-André Senti, Katharina Meixner, Julius Brennecke	5
8	A Heterochromatin-Specific RNA Export Pathway Facilitates piRNA Production 2019 ·Cell ·(unknown), Peter Refsing Andersen, (unknown), Ulrich Hohmann, Katharina Meixner, Thomas Lendl, László Tirián, Julius Brennecke	69
9	The nascent RNA binding complex SFiNX licenses piRNA-guided heterochromatin formation 2019 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Júlia Batki, Jakob Schnabl, Juncheng Wang, Dominik Handler, (unknown), Christian E. Stieger, Maria Novatchkova, Lisa Lampersberger, (unknown), Wei Xie, Karl Mechtler, Dinshaw J. Patel, Julius Brennecke	71
10	piRNA-guided slicing of transposon transcripts enforces their transcriptional silencing via specifying the nuclear piRNA repertoire 2015 ·Genes & Development ·Kirsten-André Senti, (unknown), Ravi Sachidanandam, Julius Brennecke	101
11	The Rhino-Deadlock-Cutoff Complex Licenses Noncanonical Transcription of Dual-Strand piRNA Clusters in Drosophila 2014 ·Cell ·Fabio Mohn, Grzegorz Sienski, Dominik Handler, Julius Brennecke	280
12	Drosophila Gtsf1 is an essential component of the Piwi-mediated transcriptional silencing complex 2013 ·Genes & Development ·(unknown), Grzegorz Sienski, Julius Brennecke	118
13	The Cochaperone Shutdown Defines a Group of Biogenesis Factors Essential for All piRNA Populations in Drosophila 2012 ·Molecular Cell ·Daniel Olivieri, Kirsten-André Senti, Sai Lakshmi Subramanian, Ravi Sachidanandam, Julius Brennecke	107
14	A genome-scale shRNA resource for transgenic RNAi in Drosophila breakdown → 2011 ·Nature Methods ·Jian-Quan Ni, Rui Zhou, B. Czech, (unknown), (unknown), Donghui Yang‐Zhou, (unknown), Rong Tao, Dominik Handler, Phillip Karpowicz, Richard Binari, Matthew A. Booker, Julius Brennecke, Lizabeth A. Perkins, Gregory J. Hannon, Norbert Perrimon	605
15	The piRNA pathway: a fly's perspective on the guardian of the genome 2010 ·Trends in Genetics ·Kirsten-André Senti, Julius Brennecke	195
16	Hierarchical Rules for Argonaute Loading in Drosophila 2009 ·Molecular Cell ·B. Czech, Rui Zhou, Yaniv Erlich, Julius Brennecke, Richard Binari, Christians Villalta, Assaf Gordon, Norbert Perrimon, Gregory J. Hannon	205
17	An Epigenetic Role for Maternally Inherited piRNAs in Transposon Silencing breakdown → 2008 ·Science ·Julius Brennecke, Colin D. Malone, Alexei A. Aravin, Ravi Sachidanandam, Alexander Stark, Gregory J. Hannon	567
18	An endogenous small interfering RNA pathway in Drosophila breakdown → 2008 ·Nature ·B. Czech, Colin D. Malone, Rui Zhou, Alexander Stark, (unknown), Monica Dus, Norbert Perrimon, Manolis Kellis, James A. Wohlschlegel, Ravi Sachidanandam, Gregory J. Hannon, Julius Brennecke	546
19	Discrete Small RNA-Generating Loci as Master Regulators of Transposon Activity in Drosophila breakdown → 2007 ·Cell ·Julius Brennecke, Alexei A. Aravin, Alexander Stark, Monica Dus, Manolis Kellis, Ravi Sachidanandam, Gregory J. Hannon	1881
20	Not miR-ly muscular: microRNAs and muscle development 2005 ·Genes & Development ·Julius Brennecke, Alexander Stark, Stephen M. Cohen	28

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