Matthias Thoms

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Matthias Thoms is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Thoms has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Oncology and 1 paper in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Matthias Thoms's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (33 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (27 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (25 papers). Matthias Thoms is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (33 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (27 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (25 papers). Matthias Thoms collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Matthias Thoms's co-authors include Ed Hurt, Roland Beckmann, Otto Berninghausen, Jingdong Cheng, Jochen Baßler, Dirk Flemming, Emma Thomson, Michael Ameismeier, Robert Buschauer and Timo Denk and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Thoms

34 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Structural basis for translational shutdown and immune evasion by the Nsp1 protein of SARS-CoV-2

2020 549 citations Matthias Thoms, Robert Buschauer et al. Science profile →

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Jingdong Cheng Germany

Erik Verschueren United States

Alain Scaiola Switzerland

Ira Palmer United States

Irwin Jungreis United States

J.K. Everett United States

Hanna Kratzat Germany

Kathleen Börner Germany

Yu-Chih Lo Taiwan

Gabriela C. Pérez-Alvarado United States

Jingdong Cheng Germany

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Thoms, Matthias, Benjamin H.S. Lau, Timo Denk, et al.. (2025). H/ACA snR30 snoRNP guides independent 18S rRNA subdomain formation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4720–4720.

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Thoms, Matthias, Benjamin H.S. Lau, Jingdong Cheng, et al.. (2023). Structural insights into coordinating 5S RNP rotation with ITS2 pre‐ RNA processing during ribosome formation. EMBO Reports. 24(12). e57984–e57984. 6 indexed citations

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Mitterer, Valentin, Matthias Thoms, Robert Buschauer, et al.. (2023). Concurrent remodelling of nucleolar 60S subunit precursors by the Rea1 ATPase and Spb4 RNA helicase. eLife. 12. 9 indexed citations

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Cheng, Jingdong, Benjamin H.S. Lau, Matthias Thoms, et al.. (2022). The nucleoplasmic phase of pre-40S formation prior to nuclear export. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(20). 11924–11937. 14 indexed citations

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Flemming, Dirk, et al.. (2022). Emergence of the primordial pre-60S from the 90S pre-ribosome. Cell Reports. 39(1). 110640–110640. 20 indexed citations

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Thoms, Matthias, Robert Buschauer, Michael Ameismeier, et al.. (2020). Structural basis for translational shutdown and immune evasion by the Nsp1 protein of SARS-CoV-2. Science. 369(6508). 1249–1255. 549 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sinha, Niladri K., Alban Ordureau, James A. Saba, et al.. (2020). EDF1 coordinates cellular responses to ribosome collisions. eLife. 9. 113 indexed citations

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Kater, Lukas, Valentin Mitterer, Matthias Thoms, et al.. (2020). Construction of the Central Protuberance and L1 Stalk during 60S Subunit Biogenesis. Molecular Cell. 79(4). 615–628.e5. 43 indexed citations

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Su, Ting, Toshiaki Izawa, Matthias Thoms, et al.. (2019). Structure and function of Vms1 and Arb1 in RQC and mitochondrial proteome homeostasis. Nature. 570(7762). 538–542. 72 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Yasar Luqman, Matthias Thoms, Valentin Mitterer, Irmgard Sinning, & Ed Hurt. (2019). Crystal structures of Rea1-MIDAS bound to its ribosome assembly factor ligands resembling integrin–ligand-type complexes. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3050–3050. 16 indexed citations

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Thoms, Matthias, Valentin Mitterer, Lukas Kater, et al.. (2018). Suppressor mutations in Rpf2–Rrs1 or Rpl5 bypass the Cgr1 function for pre-ribosomal 5S RNP-rotation. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4094–4094. 21 indexed citations

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Falk, Sebastian, Dirk Flemming, Jan M. Schuller, et al.. (2017). Reconstitution of the complete pathway of ITS2 processing at the pre-ribosome. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1787–1787. 60 indexed citations

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Kater, Lukas, Matthias Thoms, C. Barrio-Garcia, et al.. (2017). Visualizing the Assembly Pathway of Nucleolar Pre-60S Ribosomes. Cell. 171(7). 1599–1610.e14. 143 indexed citations

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Turk, Martin, Nikola Kellner, Jingdong Cheng, et al.. (2016). Architecture of the 90S Pre-ribosome: A Structural View on the Birth of the Eukaryotic Ribosome. Cell. 166(2). 380–393. 167 indexed citations

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Barrio-Garcia, C., Matthias Thoms, Dirk Flemming, et al.. (2015). Architecture of the Rix1–Rea1 checkpoint machinery during pre-60S-ribosome remodeling. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 23(1). 37–44. 91 indexed citations

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Thoms, Matthias, Yasar Luqman Ahmed, Karthik Maddi, Ed Hurt, & Irmgard Sinning. (2015). Concerted removal of the Erb1–Ytm1 complex in ribosome biogenesis relies on an elaborate interface. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(2). 926–939. 27 indexed citations

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Leidig, Christoph, Matthias Thoms, Iris Holdermann, et al.. (2014). 60S ribosome biogenesis requires rotation of the 5S ribonucleoprotein particle. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3491–3491. 109 indexed citations

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Thierbach, Karsten, Alexander von Appen, Matthias Thoms, et al.. (2013). Protein Interfaces of the Conserved Nup84 Complex from Chaetomium thermophilum Shown by Crosslinking Mass Spectrometry and Electron Microscopy. Structure. 21(9). 1672–1682. 37 indexed citations

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Stelter, Philipp, Ruth Kunze, Emma Thomson, et al.. (2012). Monitoring Spatiotemporal Biogenesis of Macromolecular Assemblies by Pulse-Chase Epitope Labeling. Molecular Cell. 47(5). 788–796. 22 indexed citations

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Baßler, Jochen, et al.. (2010). The AAA-ATPase Rea1 Drives Removal of Biogenesis Factors during Multiple Stages of 60S Ribosome Assembly. Molecular Cell. 38(5). 712–721. 100 indexed citations

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