Mario Mörl

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Mario Mörl is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mario Mörl has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Mario Mörl's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (74 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (67 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (30 papers). Mario Mörl is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (74 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (67 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (30 papers). Mario Mörl collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Mario Mörl's co-authors include Peter F. Stadler, Joern Pütz, Frank Jühling, Roland K. Hartmann, Mathias Sprinzl, Heike Betat, Christina E. Weinberg, Christian D. Lorenz, Svante Pääbo and Anita Marchfelder and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Mario Mörl

87 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

tRNAdb 2009: compilation of tRNA sequences and tRNA genes 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
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. tRNAdb 2009: compilation of tRNA sequences and tRNA genes
    2008 672 citations Frank Jühling, Mario Mörl et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Peers

Mario Mörl
Phillip Ordoukhanian United States
Vitaly Kuryavyi United States
Ming C. Hammond United States
Gregory D. Bowman United States
Benjamin Lang United States
Manju Hingorani United States
Basil J. Greber United States
Andrea J. Berman United States
Finn Werner United Kingdom
Maria Spies United States
Phillip Ordoukhanian United States
Mario Mörl
Citations per year, relative to Mario Mörl Mario Mörl (= 1×) peers Phillip Ordoukhanian

Countries citing papers authored by Mario Mörl

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mario Mörl

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mario Mörl

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mario Mörl. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mario Mörl based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Mario Mörl. Mario Mörl is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Betat, Heike, et al.. (2025). Vaspin identified as a DNA ‐binding serpin with functional consequences for protease inhibition. FEBS Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Mörl, Mario, et al.. (2025). An alternative adaptation strategy of the CCA-adding enzyme to accept noncanonical tRNA substrates in Ascaris suum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(4). 108414–108414.
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Hoffmann, Anne, Christian Lorenz, Jörg Fallmann, et al.. (2024). Temperature-Dependent tRNA Modifications in Bacillales. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(16). 8823–8823. 3 indexed citations
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Hartmann, Roland K., et al.. (2023). Led-Seq: ligation-enhanced double-end sequence-based structure analysis of RNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(11). e63–e63. 4 indexed citations
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Gornik, Sebastian G., Víctor Flores, Franziska Reinhardt, et al.. (2022). Mitochondrial Genomes in Perkinsus Decode Conserved Frameshifts in All Genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(10). 6 indexed citations
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Wijn, Raphaël de, Vincent Oliéric, Bernard Lorber, et al.. (2021). Crystallization and Structural Determination of an Enzyme:Substrate Complex by Serial Crystallography in a Versatile Microfluidic Chip. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations
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Arnold, Katharina, et al.. (2020). Beyond Plug and Pray: Context Sensitivity and in silico Design of Artificial Neomycin Riboswitches. RNA Biology. 18(4). 457–467. 7 indexed citations
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Wijn, Raphaël de, Sylvain Engilberge, Alastair G. McEwen, et al.. (2020). Monitoring the Production of High Diffraction-Quality Crystals of Two Enzymes in Real Time Using In Situ Dynamic Light Scattering. Crystals. 10(2). 65–65. 4 indexed citations
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Betat, Heike, et al.. (2020). Adaptation of the Romanomermis culicivorax CCA-Adding Enzyme to Miniaturized Armless tRNA Substrates. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(23). 9047–9047. 9 indexed citations
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Wijn, Raphaël de, Sylvain Engilberge, Pablo Fernández-Millán, et al.. (2019). A simple and versatile microfluidic device for efficient biomacromolecule crystallization and structural analysis by serial crystallography. IUCrJ. 6(3). 454–464. 26 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Anne, Jörg Fallmann, Elisa Vilardo, et al.. (2017). Accurate mapping of tRNA reads. Bioinformatics. 34(7). 1116–1124. 35 indexed citations
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Ernst, Felix G.M., et al.. (2017). Cold adaptation of tRNA nucleotidyltransferases: A tradeoff in activity, stability and fidelity. RNA Biology. 15(1). 144–155. 23 indexed citations
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Serfling, Robert, et al.. (2017). Designer tRNAs for efficient incorporation of non-canonical amino acids by the pyrrolysine system in mammalian cells. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(1). 1–10. 118 indexed citations
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Betat, Heike & Mario Mörl. (2015). The CCA‐adding enzyme: A central scrutinizer in tRNA quality control. BioEssays. 37(9). 975–982. 34 indexed citations
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Czech, Andreas, et al.. (2013). Reversible and Rapid Transfer-RNA Deactivation as a Mechanism of Translational Repression in Stress. PLoS Genetics. 9(8). e1003767–e1003767. 85 indexed citations
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Wachsmuth, Manja, et al.. (2012). De novo design of a synthetic riboswitch that regulates transcription termination. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(4). 2541–2551. 141 indexed citations
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Mörl, Mario, et al.. (2008). Evolution of tRNA nucleotidyltransferases: A small deletion generated CC-adding enzymes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(23). 7953–7958. 40 indexed citations
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Jühling, Frank, Mario Mörl, Roland K. Hartmann, et al.. (2008). tRNAdb 2009: compilation of tRNA sequences and tRNA genes. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(Database). D159–D162. 672 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hartmann, Roland K., Mario Mörl, & Mathias Sprinzl. (2004). The tRNA world. RNA. 10(3). 344–349. 4 indexed citations
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Pääbo, Svante, et al.. (2001). Evidence for Import of a Lysyl-tRNA into Marsupial Mitochondria. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 12(9). 2688–2698. 64 indexed citations

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