Lothar Esser

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

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Lothar Esser is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lothar Esser has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Organic Chemistry and 18 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lothar Esser's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (19 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (12 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (8 papers). Lothar Esser is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (19 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (12 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (8 papers). Lothar Esser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Lothar Esser's co-authors include Di Xia, Herbert Schumann, Juliane A. Meese‐Marktscheffel, Chang‐An Yu, Linda Yu, J. Deisenhofer, Dick Van der Helm, Barbara Smith, Ranjan Chakraborty and Patrick G. Harran and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Lothar Esser

76 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Organometallic .pi.-Complexes of the Rare Earths in the Oxidation State Ln3+ with Aromatic Ligands

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Exploiting structural variations in highly conserved mitochondrial complex III to develop antifungal agents 2023 ·Biophysical Journal ·Di Xia, Fei Zhou, Lothar Esser, Zhaohai Qin	0
2	Structures of Cancer Antigen Mesothelin and Its Complexes with Therapeutic Antibodies 2023 ·Cancer Research Communications ·(unknown), Dong Lin, Nathan Watson, Lothar Esser, Wai Kwan Tang, Alex Zhang, Xiufen Liu, Raffit Hassan, Anne Gleinich, Asif Shajahan, Parastoo Azadi, Ira Pastan, Di Xia	15
3	Structure of complex III with bound antimalarial agent CK-2-68 provides insights into selective inhibition of Plasmodium cytochrome bc1 complexes 2023 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Lothar Esser, Fei Zhou, (unknown), Weimin Wu, Rick Huang, Chang‐An Yu, Kristin D. Lane, Thomas E. Wellems, Di Xia	5
4	Hydrogen Bonding to the Substrate Is Not Required for Rieske Iron-Sulfur Protein Docking to the Quinol Oxidation Site of Complex III 2016 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Lothar Esser, Fei Zhou, Yihui Zhou, Yumei Xiao, (unknown), Chang‐An Yu, Zhaohai Qin, Di Xia	20
5	Studies on Inhibition of Respiratory Cytochrome bc1 Complex by the Fungicide Pyrimorph Suggest a Novel Inhibitory Mechanism 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Yumei Xiao, Lothar Esser, Fei Zhou, Chang Li, Yihui Zhou, Chang‐An Yu, Zhaohai Qin, Di Xia	28
6	Structural analysis of cytochrome bc1 complexes: Implications to the mechanism of function 2012 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Di Xia, Lothar Esser, Wai‐Kwan Tang, Fei Zhou, Yihui Zhou, Linda Yu, Chang‐An Yu	139
7	Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of PsaA, the adhesive pilin subunit that forms the pH 6 antigen on the surface ofYersinia pestis 2012 ·Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications ·Rui Bao, Lothar Esser, (unknown), Manoj Kumar Mohan Nair, Dieter M. Schifferli, Di Xia	1
8	Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of disease-related mutants of p97 2009 ·Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Lothar Esser, Di Xia	2
9	The road to the crystal structure of the cytochrome bc 1 complex from the anoxigenic, photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2008 ·Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes ·Di Xia, Lothar Esser, Maria Elberry, Fei Zhou, Linda Yu, Chang‐An Yu	8
10	Domain conformational switch of the iron–sulfur protein in cytochrome bc1 complex is induced by the electron transfer from cytochrome bL to bH 2008 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Chang‐An Yu, (unknown), (unknown), Ying Yin, Linda Yu, Lothar Esser, Di Xia	19
11	Structural basis for the mechanism of electron bifurcation at the quinol oxidation site of the cytochrome bc 1 complex 2007 ·Photosynthesis Research ·Di Xia, Lothar Esser, Linda Yu, Chang‐An Yu	50
12	Inhibitor-complexed Structures of the Cytochrome bc1 from the Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2007 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Lothar Esser, Maria Elberry, Fei Zhou, Chang‐An Yu, Linda Yu, Di Xia	112
13	Towards understanding the mechanism of action of the multidrug resistance-linked half-ABC transporter ABCG2: A molecular modeling study 2006 ·Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling ·Yongfu Li, Orsolya Polgár, Masaki Okada, Lothar Esser, Susan E. Bates, Di Xia	36
14	Structural Basis of Gating by the Outer Membrane Transporter FecA 2002 ·Science ·Andrew D. Ferguson, Ranjan Chakraborty, Barbara Smith, Lothar Esser, Dick Van der Helm, J. Deisenhofer	287
15	Crystal Structure of ClpA, an Hsp100 Chaperone and Regulator of ClpAP Protease 2002 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Fusheng Guo, Michael R. Maurizi, Lothar Esser, Di Xia	171
16	Crystal Structure of the Heterodimeric Complex of the Adaptor, ClpS, with the N-domain of the AAA+ Chaperone, ClpA 2002 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Fusheng Guo, Lothar Esser, Satyendra Kumar Singh, Michael R. Maurizi, Di Xia	87
17	Total Synthesis of Nominal Diazonamides-Part 2: On the True Structure and Origin of Natural Isolates 2001 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Jing Li, Anthony W. G. Burgett, Lothar Esser, Carlos Amezcua, Patrick G. Harran	160
18	Revision of the Absolute Configuration of Salicylihalamide A through Asymmetric Total Synthesis 2000 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Yusheng Wu, Lothar Esser, Jef K. De Brabander	61
19	Crystal structure of the outer membrane active transporter FepA from Escherichia coli. 1999 ·Nature Structural Biology ·J. Deisenhofer, Susan K. Buchanan, Barbara Smith, Lalitha Venkatramani, (unknown), Lothar Esser, Maya Palnitkar, Ranjan Chakraborty, Dick Van der Helm	473
20	Identification, expression, and crystallization of the protease‐resistant conserved domain of synapsin I 1997 ·Protein Science ·Chyung‐Ru Wang, Lothar Esser, (unknown), Thomas C. Südhof, J. Deisenhofer	8

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