Jürgen Engel

15.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
162 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Jürgen Engel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Allergy and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jürgen Engel has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Molecular Biology, 52 papers in Immunology and Allergy and 45 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Jürgen Engel's work include Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (52 papers), Collagen: Extraction and Characterization (29 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (23 papers). Jürgen Engel is often cited by papers focused on Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (52 papers), Collagen: Extraction and Characterization (29 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (23 papers). Jürgen Engel collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Jürgen Engel's co-authors include Therese Schulthess, Rupert Timpl, Konrad Beck, Irene Hunter, Richard A. Kammerer, Heinz Furthmayr, Hans Peter Bächinger, Ariel Lustig, Erhard Hohenester and Ruth Landwehr and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jürgen Engel

160 papers receiving 11.8k citations

Hit Papers

Structure-Function Studie... 1981 2026 1996 2011 2003 1990 2005 1994 1981 250 500 750
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-Function Studies of the Adipocyte-secreted Hormone Acrp30/Adiponectin
    2003 900 citations Utpal B. Pajvani, Xueliang Du et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  2. Structure and function of laminin: anatomy of a multidomain glycoprotein
    1990 681 citations Jürgen Engel et al. profile →
  3. A simplified laminin nomenclature
    2005 666 citations Jürgen Engel et al. Matrix Biology profile →
  4. A new nomenclature for the laminins
    1994 644 citations Jürgen Engel, Mats Paulsson et al. Matrix Biology profile →
  5. Shapes, domain organizations and flexibility of laminin and fibronectin, two multifunctional proteins of the extracellular matrix
    1981 556 citations Jürgen Engel, Andreas Engel et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jürgen Engel Switzerland 56 6.2k 3.6k 3.0k 1.8k 1.3k 162 12.3k
Heinz Furthmayr United States 63 6.0k 1.0× 4.6k 1.3× 3.6k 1.2× 1.3k 0.7× 1.6k 1.3× 135 14.0k
Manuel Koch Germany 64 7.9k 1.3× 1.9k 0.5× 2.4k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 311 16.3k
Yoshihiko Yamada United States 68 7.8k 1.3× 4.0k 1.1× 3.4k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 2.0k 1.5× 254 14.5k
George E. Davis United States 64 6.9k 1.1× 2.3k 0.7× 2.8k 0.9× 875 0.5× 2.0k 1.6× 149 12.4k
Victor Koteliansky United States 57 10.3k 1.7× 2.2k 0.6× 2.1k 0.7× 782 0.4× 2.2k 1.7× 125 17.2k
Renata Pasqualini United States 69 12.0k 1.9× 2.2k 0.6× 1.5k 0.5× 2.4k 1.3× 2.4k 1.9× 243 20.5k
Deane F. Mosher United States 79 7.9k 1.3× 6.9k 1.9× 4.4k 1.5× 705 0.4× 4.7k 3.7× 314 20.3k
Jean E. Schwarzbauer United States 57 3.6k 0.6× 4.6k 1.3× 3.6k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 2.2k 1.7× 152 11.0k
Johanna Ivaska Finland 62 6.9k 1.1× 3.6k 1.0× 5.0k 1.7× 765 0.4× 1.7k 1.3× 150 13.5k
Elizabeth D. Hay United States 68 8.2k 1.3× 2.0k 0.6× 4.0k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 1.6k 1.2× 114 15.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jürgen Engel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Boudko, Sergei P., Jürgen Engel, & Hans Peter Bächinger. (2011). The crucial role of trimerization domains in collagen folding. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 44(1). 21–32. 55 indexed citations
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Mizuno, Kazunori, Sergei P. Boudko, Jürgen Engel, & Hans Peter Bächinger. (2010). Kinetic Hysteresis in Collagen Folding. Biophysical Journal. 98(12). 3004–3014. 61 indexed citations
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Boudko, Sergei P., Takako Sasaki, Jürgen Engel, et al.. (2009). Crystal Structure of Human Collagen XVIII Trimerization Domain: A Novel Collagen Trimerization Fold. Journal of Molecular Biology. 392(3). 787–802. 38 indexed citations
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Courjean, Olivier, Guillaume Chevreux, Emilie Perret, et al.. (2008). Modulation of E-Cadherin Monomer Folding by Cooperative Binding of Calcium Ions. Biochemistry. 47(8). 2339–2349. 24 indexed citations
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Mizuno, Kazunori, David H. Peyton, Toshihiko Hayashi, Jürgen Engel, & Hans Peter Bächinger. (2008). Effect of the ‐Gly‐3(S)‐hydroxyprolyl‐4(R)‐hydroxyprolyl‐ tripeptide unit on the stability of collagen model peptides. FEBS Journal. 275(23). 5830–5840. 29 indexed citations
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Bachmann, Annett, Thomas Kiefhaber, Sergei P. Boudko, Jürgen Engel, & Hans Peter Bächinger. (2005). Collagen triple-helix formation in all-trans chains proceeds by a nucleation/growth mechanism with a purely entropic barrier. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(39). 13897–13902. 48 indexed citations
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Özbek, Suat, Elena Pokidysheva, Therese Schulthess, et al.. (2004). The Glycoprotein NOWA and Minicollagens Are Part of a Disulfidelinked Polymer That Forms the Cnidarian Nematocyst Wall. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(50). 52016–52023. 33 indexed citations
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Pajvani, Utpal B., Xueliang Du, Terry P. Combs, et al.. (2003). Structure-Function Studies of the Adipocyte-secreted Hormone Acrp30/Adiponectin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(11). 9073–9085. 900 indexed citations breakdown →
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Özbek, Suat, Ulrike Engel, & Jürgen Engel. (2002). A Switch in Disulfide Linkage during Minicollagen Assembly in Hydra Nematocysts or How to Assemble a 150-Bar-Resistant Structure. Journal of Structural Biology. 137(1-2). 11–14. 21 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Takako, et al.. (2002). Functional Studies on Recombinant Domains of Mac-2-binding Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(18). 15690–15696. 46 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaohong, Toshitaka Oohashi, Matthias Mörgelin, et al.. (2002). All Four Members of the Ten-m/Odz Family of Transmembrane Proteins Form Dimers. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(29). 26128–26135. 77 indexed citations
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Stetefeld, Jörg, Richard A. Kammerer, Margrit Jenny, et al.. (2000). Crystal structure of a naturally occurring parallel right-handed coiled coil tetramer.. Nature Structural Biology. 7(9). 772–776. 154 indexed citations
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Müller, Shirley A., Takako Sasaki, Peer Bork, et al.. (1999). Domain organization of Mac-2 binding protein and its oligomerization to linear and ring-like structures. Journal of Molecular Biology. 291(4). 801–813. 40 indexed citations
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Brancaccio, Andrea, Markus A. Rüegg, & Jürgen Engel. (1995). Cloning and sequencing of mouse skeletal muscle α-dystroglycan. Matrix Biology. 14(8). 681–685. 14 indexed citations
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Dölz, R., Jürgen Engel, & Klaus Kühn. (1988). Folding of collagen IV. European Journal of Biochemistry. 178(2). 357–366. 75 indexed citations
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Paulsson, Mats, Peter D. Yurchenco, George C. Ruben, Jürgen Engel, & Rupert Timpl. (1987). Structure of low density heparan sulfate proteoglycan isolated from a mouse tumor basement membrane. Journal of Molecular Biology. 197(2). 297–313. 131 indexed citations
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Tschopp, Jürg & Jürgen Engel. (1980). Kinetics of the cooperative association of T4 tail sheath protein P18 to polysheaths. Biophysical Chemistry. 12(3-4). 307–315. 1 indexed citations
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Tschopp, Jürg, Fumio Arisaka, Roel van Driel, & Jürgen Engel. (1979). Purification, characterization and reassembly of the bacteriophage T4D tail sheath protein P18. Journal of Molecular Biology. 128(2). 247–258. 38 indexed citations
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Arisaka, Fumio, Jürg Tschopp, Roel van Driel, & Jürgen Engel. (1979). Reassembly of the bacteriophage T4 tail from the core-baseplate and the monomeric sheath protein P18: A co-operative association process. Journal of Molecular Biology. 132(3). 369–386. 24 indexed citations
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Beier, G & Jürgen Engel. (1966). The Renaturation of Soluble Collagen. Products Formed at Different Temperatures*. Biochemistry. 5(8). 2744–2755. 77 indexed citations

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