Lothar Eggeling

14.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
164 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Lothar Eggeling is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lothar Eggeling has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Molecular Biology, 51 papers in Materials Chemistry and 44 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Lothar Eggeling's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (109 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (51 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (44 papers). Lothar Eggeling is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (109 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (51 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (44 papers). Lothar Eggeling collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Lothar Eggeling's co-authors include Hermann Sahm, Michael Bott, Gurdyal S. Besra, Albert A. de Graaf, Karin Krumbach, Luke J. Alderwick, Claudia N. Keilhauer, Jan Marienhagen, Bernhard J. Eikmanns and Wolfgang Wiechert and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Lothar Eggeling

163 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

Handbook of Corynebacterium glutamicum 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Handbook of Corynebacterium glutamicum
    2005 656 citations Lothar Eggeling, Michael Bott profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lothar Eggeling Germany 61 9.0k 2.7k 1.9k 1.9k 1.3k 164 10.5k
Hidehiko Kumagai Japan 56 6.3k 0.7× 766 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 1000 0.5× 2.2k 1.7× 290 9.2k
Haike Antelmann Germany 51 5.3k 0.6× 346 0.1× 970 0.5× 2.7k 1.5× 676 0.5× 127 8.0k
Tzu‐Ping Ko Taiwan 46 4.4k 0.5× 676 0.2× 971 0.5× 655 0.4× 280 0.2× 217 7.3k
J.P. Turkenburg United Kingdom 43 5.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 863 0.4× 380 0.2× 347 0.3× 121 7.1k
Peter Ruhdal Jensen Denmark 46 5.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.4× 505 0.3× 1.7k 0.9× 244 0.2× 160 6.5k
Juan F. Martı́n Spain 62 8.5k 0.9× 663 0.2× 520 0.3× 1.7k 0.9× 198 0.2× 352 12.8k
Takeshi Ara Japan 19 6.2k 0.7× 500 0.2× 833 0.4× 3.8k 2.0× 371 0.3× 43 8.2k
Herman van Tilbeurgh France 48 4.5k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 689 0.4× 594 0.3× 247 0.2× 148 6.5k
P.W. Postma Netherlands 41 4.0k 0.4× 435 0.2× 1.4k 0.7× 2.3k 1.2× 854 0.7× 91 5.7k
Wolfgang Liebl Germany 45 4.3k 0.5× 2.3k 0.8× 687 0.4× 630 0.3× 291 0.2× 191 6.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lothar Eggeling

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Radek, Andreas, Jochem Gätgens, Lothar Eggeling, et al.. (2016). Formation of xylitol and xylitol-5-phosphate and its impact on growth of d-xylose-utilizing Corynebacterium glutamicum strains. Journal of Biotechnology. 231. 160–166. 16 indexed citations
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Mishra, Arun Kumar, Joana Alves, Karin Krumbach, et al.. (2012). Differential Arabinan Capping of Lipoarabinomannan Modulates Innate Immune Responses and Impacts T Helper Cell Differentiation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(53). 44173–44183. 13 indexed citations
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Grünberger, Alexander, Jan van Ooyen, Nicole Paczia, et al.. (2012). Beyond growth rate 0.6: Corynebacterium glutamicum cultivated in highly diluted environments. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 110(1). 220–228. 56 indexed citations
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Binder, Stephan, Georg Schendzielorz, Karin Krumbach, et al.. (2012). A high-throughput approach to identify genomic variants of bacterial metabolite producers at the single-cell level. Genome biology. 13(5). R40–R40. 212 indexed citations
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Grünberger, Alexander, Nicole Paczia, Christopher Probst, et al.. (2012). A disposable picolitre bioreactor for cultivation and investigation of industrially relevant bacteria on the single cell level. Lab on a Chip. 12(11). 2060–2060. 101 indexed citations
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Krumbach, Karin, Doris Rittmann, Ben J. Appelmelk, et al.. (2011). Lipoarabinomannan biosynthesis in Corynebacterineae : the interplay of two α(1→2)‐mannopyranosyltransferases MptC and MptD in mannan branching. Molecular Microbiology. 80(5). 1241–1259. 31 indexed citations
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Ooyen, Jan van, Denise Emer, Michael Bußmann, et al.. (2010). Citrate synthase in Corynebacterium glutamicum is encoded by two gltA transcripts which are controlled by RamA, RamB, and GlxR. Journal of Biotechnology. 154(2-3). 140–148. 38 indexed citations
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Alderwick, Luke J., Georgina S. Lloyd, Adrian J. Lloyd, et al.. (2010). Biochemical characterization of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate synthetase. Glycobiology. 21(4). 410–425. 38 indexed citations
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Schultz, Christian, et al.. (2010). The FHA domain of OdhI interacts with the carboxyterminal 2‐oxoglutarate dehydrogenase domain of OdhA in Corynebacterium glutamicum. FEBS Letters. 584(8). 1463–1468. 23 indexed citations
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Mishra, Arun Kumar, Luke J. Alderwick, Doris Rittmann, et al.. (2008). Identification of a novel α(1→6) mannopyranosyltransferase MptB from Corynebacterium glutamicum by deletion of a conserved gene, NCgl1505, affords a lipomannan‐ and lipoarabinomannan‐deficient mutant. Molecular Microbiology. 68(6). 1595–1613. 50 indexed citations
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Bathe, Brigitte, et al.. (2008). Activity of Exporters of <i>Escherichia coli</i> in <i>Corynebacterium glutamicum</i>, and Their Use to Increase <i>L</i>-Threonine Production. Microbial Physiology. 16(3-4). 198–207. 35 indexed citations
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Alderwick, Luke J., Doris Rittmann, Raju V. V. Tatituri, et al.. (2007). Identification of an α(1→6) mannopyranosyltransferase (MptA), involved in Corynebacterium glutamicum lipomanann biosynthesis, and identification of its orthologue in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Molecular Microbiology. 65(6). 1503–1517. 63 indexed citations
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Seidel, Mathias, Luke J. Alderwick, Hermann Sahm, Gurdyal S. Besra, & Lothar Eggeling. (2006). Topology and mutational analysis of the single Emb arabinofuranosyltransferase of Corynebacterium glutamicum as a model of Emb proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Glycobiology. 17(2). 210–219. 32 indexed citations
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Gibson, Kevin J., Alistair K. Brown, Karin Krumbach, et al.. (2004). Acyl-CoA Carboxylases (accD2 and accD3), Together with a Unique Polyketide Synthase (Cg-pks), Are Key to Mycolic Acid Biosynthesis in Corynebacterianeae Such as Corynebacterium glutamicum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(43). 44847–44857. 137 indexed citations
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Kruse, Douglas, Lothar Eggeling, Walter Pfefferle, et al.. (2002). Influence of threonine exporters on threonine production in Escherichia coli. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 59(2-3). 205–210. 72 indexed citations
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Peters‐Wendisch, Petra, Roman Netzer, Lothar Eggeling, & Hermann Sahm. (2002). 3-Phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase from Corynebacterium glutamicum : the C-terminal domain is not essential for activity but is required for inhibition by L -serine. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 60(4). 437–441. 58 indexed citations
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Sahm, Hermann, Lothar Eggeling, & Albert A. de Graaf. (2000). Pathway Analysis and Metabolic Engineering in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Biological Chemistry. 381(9-10). 899–910. 99 indexed citations
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Petersen, Søren D., Albert A. de Graaf, Lothar Eggeling, et al.. (2000). In Vivo Quantification of Parallel and Bidirectional Fluxes in the Anaplerosis of Corynebacterium glutamicum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(46). 35932–35941. 160 indexed citations
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Sahm, Hermann, Lothar Eggeling, Bernhard J. Eikmanns, & Reinhard Krämer. (1996). Construction of l‐Lysine‐, l‐Threonine‐, or l‐Isoleucine‐Overproducing Strains of Corynebacterium glutamicum. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 782(1). 25–39. 34 indexed citations
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Eggeling, Lothar, et al.. (1993). Flux partitioning in the split pathway of lysine synthesis in Corynebacterium glutamicum. European Journal of Biochemistry. 213(3). 1325–1331. 115 indexed citations

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