Markus Affolter

18.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
186 papers, 14.0k citations indexed

About

Markus Affolter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Affolter has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 14.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Molecular Biology, 78 papers in Cell Biology and 26 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Markus Affolter's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (80 papers), Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (38 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (25 papers). Markus Affolter is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (80 papers), Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (38 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (25 papers). Markus Affolter collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Markus Affolter's co-authors include Walter J. Gehring, Konrad Basler, Thomas R. Bürglin, Emmanuel Caussinus, Heinz‐Georg Belting, Martin Müller, Kurt Wüthrich, Gottfried Otting, Denise Nellen and Richard S. Mann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Markus Affolter

185 papers receiving 13.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS

1994 746 citations Walter J. Gehring, Markus Affolter et al. profile →
Homeodomain-DNA recognition

1994 675 citations Walter J. Gehring, Markus Affolter et al. profile →
Protein-DNA contacts in the structure of a homeodomain-DNA complex determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in solution.

1990 399 citations Markus Affolter, Walter J. Gehring et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Markus Affolter

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Functionalized Protein Binders in Developmental Biology 2024 ·Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology ·(unknown), M Viganò, Markus Affolter, (unknown)	4
2	Oscillatory contractile forces refine endothelial cell-cell interactions for continuous lumen formation governed by Heg1/Ccm1 2024 ·Angiogenesis ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Markus Affolter, Heinz‐Georg Belting	1
3	Vinculin strengthens the endothelial barrier during vascular development 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Miesje M. van der Stoel, Maria P. Kotini, (unknown), Markus Affolter, Heinz‐Georg Belting, Stephan Huveneers	16
4	Engineered kinases as a tool for phosphorylation of selected targets in vivo 2022 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Katarzyna Łepeta, Chantal Roubinet, (unknown), M Viganò, (unknown), Oguz Kanca, Amanda Ochoa‐Espinosa, (unknown), Clemens Cabernard, Emmanuel Caussinus, Markus Affolter	3
5	Control of dynamic cell behaviors during angiogenesis and anastomosis by Rasip1 2021 ·Development ·(unknown), Charles Betz, (unknown), Ilkka Paatero, (unknown), (unknown), Christopher W. Wilson, Weilan Ye, Markus Affolter, Heinz‐Georg Belting	7
6	Protein manipulation using single copies of short peptide tags in cultured cells and in Drosophila melanogaster 2021 ·Development ·M Viganò, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Shinya Matsuda, (unknown), Timothy J. Stasevich, Markus Affolter, George Pyrowolakis	17
7	The tight junction protein Claudin-5 limits endothelial cell motility 2020 ·Journal of Cell Science ·Zhenguo Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Yanyu Li, Wei Xiao, (unknown), Alice Krudewig, Markus Affolter, Heinz‐Georg Belting, Salim Abdelilah‐Seyfried, Jingjing Zhang	15
8	DARPins recognizing mTFP1 as novel reagents for in vitro and in vivo protein manipulations 2018 ·Biology Open ·M Viganò, (unknown), Jonas V. Schaefer, Roman P. Jakob, Shinya Matsuda, Timm Maier, Andreas Plückthun, Markus Affolter	10
9	Wnt/β-catenin signaling regulates VE-cadherin-mediated anastomosis of brain capillaries by counteracting S1pr1 signaling 2018 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Pauline Cabochette, Rodrigo Diéguez‐Hurtado, (unknown), Yuki Wakayama, (unknown), (unknown), Stefan Günther, Heinz‐Georg Belting, Markus Affolter, Ralf H. Adams, Benoît Vanhollebeke, Wiebke Herzog	64
10	Myosin II is not required for Drosophila tracheal branch elongation and cell intercalation 2017 ·Development ·Amanda Ochoa‐Espinosa, Stefan Harmansa, Emmanuel Caussinus, Markus Affolter	23
11	Live imaging molecular changes in junctional tension upon VE-cadherin in zebrafish 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Anne K. Lagendijk, Guillermo A. Gómez, Sungmin Baek, Daniel Hesselson, William E. Hughes, Scott Paterson, Daniel E. Conway, Heinz‐Georg Belting, Markus Affolter, K. A. Smith, Martin A. Schwartz, Alpha S. Yap, Benjamin M. Hogan	76
12	Seeing is Believing, or How GFP Changed My Approach to Science 2016 ·Current topics in developmental biology ·Markus Affolter	1
13	Blood Flow Changes Coincide with Cellular Rearrangements during Blood Vessel Pruning in Zebrafish Embryos 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Anna Lenard, Elín Ellertsdóttir, Lukas Herwig, Markus Affolter, Heinz‐Georg Belting, Arndt F. Siekmann	89
14	Effects of the Protein Kinase Inhibitor PKC412 on Gene Expression and Link to Physiological Effects in Zebrafish Danio rerio Eleuthero-Embryos 2010 ·Toxicological Sciences ·(unknown), Anna Lenard, (unknown), Birgit Hoeger, Markus Affolter, Karl Fent	11
15	A noncoding antisense RNA in tie-1 locus regulates tie-1 function in vivo 2009 ·Blood ·Keguo Li, Yannick Blum, Anjali Verma, Liu Z, Kallal Pramanik, (unknown), Chang Zoon Chun, Ganesh V. Samant, Baofeng Zhao, Maija Garnaas, Mark Horswill, Stephen A. Stanhope, Paula E. North, Qing Miao, George A. Wilkinson, Markus Affolter, Ramani Ramchandran	130
16	17 TGF-β Family Signaling in Drosophila 2008 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·George Pyrowolakis, Britta Hartmann, Markus Affolter	2
17	Conserved Regulation of the Caenorhabditis elegans labial/Hox1 Gene ceh-13 2002 ·Developmental Biology ·Adrian Streit, Reto S. Kohler, Thomas Marty, Marco Belfiore, Krisztina Takács‐Vellai, M Viganò, Ralf Schnabel, Markus Affolter, Fritz Müller	56
18	Purification, Cloning, and Characterization of a Second Arylalkylamine N-Acetyltransferase from Drosophila melanogaster 2000 ·DNA and Cell Biology ·(unknown), Edith Hintermann, D. Walz, Markus Affolter, Urs Meyer	50
19	Homeodomain proteins in development and therapy 1994 ·Pharmacology & Therapeutics ·Arnulf Dorn, Markus Affolter, Walter J. Gehring, Werner Leupin	17
20	cDNA Clones for Liver Cytochrome P-450s from Individual Aroclor-Treated Rats: Constitutive Expression of a New P-450 Gene Related to Phenobarbital-Inducible Forms 1986 ·DNA ·Markus Affolter, Diane Labbé, (unknown), Martine Raymond, (unknown), Yves Labelle, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alan Anderson	45

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