Markus Babst

9.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
52 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Markus Babst is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Babst has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Cell Biology, 30 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Markus Babst's work include Cellular transport and secretion (37 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (15 papers) and Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (12 papers). Markus Babst is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (37 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (15 papers) and Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (12 papers). Markus Babst collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Markus Babst's co-authors include Scott D. Emr, David J. Katzmann, Greg Odorizzi, Timo Meerloo, Beverly Wendland, William B. Snyder, Christopher J. Stefan, Hauke Hennecke, Brian A. Davies and Hans‐Martin Fischer and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Markus Babst

52 papers receiving 7.7k 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.

Ubiquitin-Dependent Sorting into the Multivesicular Body Pathway Requires the Function of a Conserved Endosomal Protein Sorting Complex, ESCRT-I

2001 1.1k citations David J. Katzmann, Markus Babst et al. profile →
Escrt-III

2002 716 citations Markus Babst, David J. Katzmann et al. Developmental Cell profile →
The Vps4p AAA ATPase regulates membrane association of a Vps protein complex required for normal endosome function

1998 652 citations Markus Babst The EMBO Journal profile →
Fab1p PtdIns(3)P 5-Kinase Function Essential for Protein Sorting in the Multivesicular Body

1998 555 citations Markus Babst, Scott D. Emr et al. profile →
Endosome-Associated Complex, ESCRT-II, Recruits Transport Machinery for Protein Sorting at the Multivesicular Body

2002 539 citations Markus Babst, David J. Katzmann et al. Developmental Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Markus Babst United States	37	5.1k	4.8k	1.2k	1.1k	705	52	7.8k
Camilla Raiborg Norway	41	5.2k 1.0×	4.7k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.6×	957 1.4×	62	8.3k
Greg Odorizzi United States	27	3.5k 0.7×	3.4k 0.7×	741 0.6×	656 0.6×	505 0.7×	47	5.2k
Bernard Hoflack Germany	47	4.7k 0.9×	4.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	901 0.8×	975 1.4×	104	7.8k
Linton M. Traub United States	44	4.9k 1.0×	4.4k 0.9×	872 0.8×	392 0.4×	536 0.8×	71	6.9k
Stefan Höning Germany	38	3.0k 0.6×	2.6k 0.5×	734 0.6×	396 0.4×	325 0.5×	66	4.8k
Angela Wandinger‐Ness United States	40	3.8k 0.7×	3.1k 0.6×	789 0.7×	565 0.5×	504 0.7×	84	6.3k
Andrej Hasilík Germany	52	5.3k 1.1×	3.7k 0.8×	3.3k 2.8×	756 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	165	8.9k
Masatoshi Maki Japan	44	3.9k 0.8×	2.8k 0.6×	409 0.4×	397 0.4×	136 0.2×	147	6.3k
Charles Barlowe United States	42	5.0k 1.0×	5.6k 1.2×	924 0.8×	614 0.6×	402 0.6×	83	7.6k
David Teis Austria	34	2.6k 0.5×	2.0k 0.4×	486 0.4×	485 0.4×	345 0.5×	53	4.0k

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Silva, Malan, et al.. (2025). Recovery of plasma membrane tension after a hyperosmotic shock. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 36(4). ar45–ar45. 1 indexed citations

Babst, Markus, et al.. (2024). ER–plasma membrane contact sites deliver ER lipids and proteins for rapid cell surface expansion. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(12). 3 indexed citations

Beaver, Kevin, et al.. (2023). Extracellular Poly(hydroxybutyrate) Bioplastic Production Using Surface Display Techniques. ACS Materials Au. 4(2). 174–178. 2 indexed citations

Babst, Markus. (2019). Eisosomes at the intersection of TORC1 and TORC2 regulation. Traffic. 20(8). 543–551. 18 indexed citations

Keener, James P., et al.. (2018). Eisosomes are metabolically regulated storage compartments for APC-type nutrient transporters. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 29(17). 2113–2127. 37 indexed citations

Ma, Mengxiao, Santosh Kumar, Markus Babst, et al.. (2018). Lipid trafficking by yeast Snx4 family SNX-BAR proteins promotes autophagy and vacuole membrane fusion. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 29(18). 2190–2200. 37 indexed citations

Adell, Manuel Alonso Y, Simona M. Migliano, Srigokul Upadhyayula, et al.. (2017). Recruitment dynamics of ESCRT-III and Vps4 to endosomes and implications for reverse membrane budding. eLife. 6. 123 indexed citations

Kim, Hyung J., Mi-Young Jeong, Timothy J. Parnell, et al.. (2016). The Plasma Membrane Protein Nce102 Implicated in Eisosome Formation Rescues a Heme Defect in Mitochondria. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(33). 17417–17426. 8 indexed citations

Hill, Christopher P. & Markus Babst. (2011). Structure and function of the membrane deformation AAA ATPase Vps4. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1823(1). 172–181. 45 indexed citations

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Babst, Markus, Brian A. Davies, & David J. Katzmann. (2011). Regulation of Vps4 During MVB Sorting and Cytokinesis. Traffic. 12(10). 1298–1305. 45 indexed citations

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Arlt, Henning, Clemens W. Ostrowicz, Cornelia Bröcker, et al.. (2010). The Rab GTPase Ypt7 is linked to retromer-mediated receptor recycling and fusion at the yeast late endosome. Journal of Cell Science. 123(23). 4085–4094. 92 indexed citations

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Davies, Brian A., Ishara F. Azmi, Johanna A. Payne, et al.. (2010). Coordination of Substrate Binding and ATP Hydrolysis in Vps4-Mediated ESCRT-III Disassembly. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 21(19). 3396–3408. 49 indexed citations

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Pontes, Mauricio H., et al.. (2008). Quorum Sensing Primes the Oxidative Stress Response in the Insect Endosymbiont, Sodalis glossinidius. PLoS ONE. 3(10). e3541–e3541. 35 indexed citations

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Jones, Charles B., et al.. (2006). Efficient Cargo Sorting by ESCRT-I and the Subsequent Release of ESCRT-I from Multivesicular Bodies Requires the Subunit Mvb12. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 18(2). 636–645. 54 indexed citations

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Babst, Markus, et al.. (2002). Escrt-III. Developmental Cell. 3(2). 271–282. 716 indexed citations breakdown →

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Babst, Markus, David J. Katzmann, William B. Snyder, Beverly Wendland, & Scott D. Emr. (2002). Endosome-Associated Complex, ESCRT-II, Recruits Transport Machinery for Protein Sorting at the Multivesicular Body. Developmental Cell. 3(2). 283–289. 539 indexed citations breakdown →

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Babst, Markus. (1997). Endosomal transport function in yeast requires a novel AAA-type ATPase, Vps4p. The EMBO Journal. 16(8). 1820–1831. 355 indexed citations

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Narberhaus, Franz, et al.. (1997). The dnaKJ operon belongs to the σ32-dependent class of heat shock genes in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 254(2). 195–206. 37 indexed citations

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Babst, Markus, et al.. (1996). Two different mechanisms are involved in the heat‐shock regulation of chaperonin gene expression in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Molecular Microbiology. 19(4). 827–839. 100 indexed citations

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Babst, Markus, et al.. (1991). Single amino acid substitutions in the B870 α and β light‐harvesting polypeptides of Rhodobacter capsulatus. European Journal of Biochemistry. 202(2). 277–284. 23 indexed citations

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