Manfred Sumper

11.9k citations

106 papers · 9.6k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

Biomaterials top 0.05%
- Diatoms and Algae Research
- Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
Paleontology top 0.5%
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Papers in

Biomaterials 43
- Diatoms and Algae Research 39
Paleontology 15
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils 15

Co-authors: Nils Kröger Rainer Deutzmann Eike Brunner Sonja Lorenz Christian Bergsdorf Stephan Wenzl Armin Hallmann J. Lechner
Journals: FEBS Letters (22 papers)European Journal of Biochemistry (10 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (8 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (8 papers)The EMBO Journal (6 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Switzerland Australia

In The Last Decade

Manfred Sumper

106 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Self-Assembly of Highly Phosphorylated Silaffins and Their Function in Biosilica Morphogenesis 2002 · 662 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2002 Science
2000 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1999 Science

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1	PSCD Domains of Pleuralin-1 from the Diatom Cylindrotheca fusiformis : NMR Structures and Interactions with Other Biosilica-Associated Proteins Structure ·WU Zhao-ya, O'Halloran Lj, Nils Kröger, Ka‐Long Leung, Manfred Sumper, Rainer Deutzmann, Maria P.R. Lima, Eike Brunner, Werner Kremer, Hans Robert Kalbitzer	2016	8
2	Analytical studies of silica biomineralization: towards an understanding of silica processing by diatoms Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Eike Brunner, Christian Gröger, Bethany J. Bookout, Patrick Richthammer, Yuanjiao Liu, Manfred Sumper	2009	69
3	Silacidins: Highly Acidic Phosphopeptides from Diatom Shells Assist in Silica Precipitation In Vitro Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Stephan Wenzl, Robert Hett, Patrick Richthammer, Manfred Sumper	2008	143
4	Putative spermine synthases from Thalassiosira pseudonana and Arabidopsis thaliana synthesize thermospermine rather than spermine FEBS Letters ·Lin Jinqiang, Piero Römer, Manfred Sumper	2007	169
5	Biomineralization in diatoms: Characterization of novel polyamines associated with silica FEBS Letters ·Manfred Sumper, Eike Brunner, G. Lehmann	2005	96
6	Biomimetic silica formation: Analysis of the phosphate-induced self-assembly of polyamines Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Bethany J. Bookout, Christian Gröger, Manfred Sumper, Eike Brunner	2005	111
7	Biomimetic Patterning of Silica by Long‐Chain Polyamines Angewandte Chemie ·Manfred Sumper	2004	26
8	Quaternary Ammonium Groups in Silica‐Associated Proteins Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Stephan Wenzl, Rainer Deutzmann, Robert Hett, Václav Šorel, Manfred Sumper	2004	40
9	Diatom Cell Wall Proteins and the Cell Biology of Silica Biomineralization Protist ·Nils Kröger, Manfred Sumper	1998	41
10	Exchange of Ser-4 for Val, Leu or Asn in the sequon Asn-Ala-Ser does not prevent N-glycosylation of the cell surface glycoprotein from Halobacterium halobium Glycobiology ·Reinhard Zeitler, Václav Šorel, Rainer Deutzmann, Manfred Sumper	1998	37
11	Isolation and characterization of dolichol-linked oligosaccharides from Haloferax volcanii Glycobiology ·Jennifer A Harrelson, Johann Sonnenbichler, جورج لطیف زکی سیدهم, Manfred Sumper, Reinhard Zeitler	1997	56
12	Frustulins: Domain Conservation in a Protein Family Associated with Diatom Cell Walls European Journal of Biochemistry ·Nils Kröger, Christian Bergsdorf, Manfred Sumper	1996	115
13	An inducible arylsulfatase of Volvox carteri with properties suitable for a reporter‐gene system European Journal of Biochemistry ·Armin Hallmann, Manfred Sumper	1994	58
14	Gulose as a constituent of a glycoprotein FEBS Letters ·O Roudi Rashtabadi, Manfred Sumper	1992	11
15	Evidence for Tyrosine-Linked Glycosaminoglycan in a Bacterial Surface Protein Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler ·Jürgen Peters, J H Chen, Hartmut Oschkinat, O Roudi Rashtabadi, Manfred Sumper, Josef Kellermann, Friedrich Lottspeich, Wolfgang Baumeister	1992	17
16	A phosphodiester bridge between two arabinose residues as a structural element of an extracellular glycöprotein of Volvox carteri European Journal of Biochemistry ·Otto Holst, Volker Christoffel, Rüdiger Fründ, Hermann Moll, Manfred Sumper	1989	21
17	Halobacterial flagellins are encoded by a multigene family Identification of all five gene products FEBS Letters ·Li AoFu, Rainer Deutzmann, Manfred Sumper	1989	39
18	Development-dependent modification of the extracellular matrix by a sulphated glycoprotein in Volvox carteri The EMBO Journal ·Stephan Wenzl, S. Higuchi, Manfred Sumper	1984	25
19	Substrate specificity of fatty acid synthetase from yeast FEBS Letters ·Manfred Sumper, Frédéric Lynen	1972	7
20	Dissociation and reconstitution of the stable multienzyme complex fatty acid synthetase from yeast FEBS Letters ·Manfred Sumper, Pradipkumar Digambar Khokle, Frédéric Lynen	1969	23

About Manfred Sumper

Manfred Sumper is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Paleontology, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology and Aquatic Science, having authored 106 papers that have together received 9.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Diatoms and Algae Research (39 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (33 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (23 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (15 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (12 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (11 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biomaterials (5.5k citations), Paleontology (1.4k citations), Oceanography (940 citations), Molecular Biology (4.9k citations) and Bioengineering (397 citations). Manfred Sumper has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Nils Kröger, Rainer Deutzmann, Eike Brunner, Sonja Lorenz, Christian Bergsdorf, Stephan Wenzl, Armin Hallmann, J. Lechner, Felix Wieland and Nils Kröger. Their work appears in journals such as FEBS Letters, European Journal of Biochemistry, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The EMBO Journal.

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