Michael Messer

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Messer is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Messer has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 41 papers in Genetics and 31 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Messer's work include Infant Nutrition and Health (31 papers), Digestive system and related health (29 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (15 papers). Michael Messer is often cited by papers focused on Infant Nutrition and Health (31 papers), Digestive system and related health (29 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (15 papers). Michael Messer collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Japan and United States. Michael Messer's co-authors include Arne Dahlqvist, Tadasu Urashima, Tadao Saito, Tadashi Nakamura, Kenji Fukuda, Jane Bradbury, Knowles Kerry, J. Grant Collins, R. R. W. Townley and Olav T. Oftedal and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Michael Messer

89 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

A one-step ultramicro method for the assay of intestinal disaccharidases

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Messer Australia	34	1.5k	1.1k	1.1k	358	265	89	3.1k
Ian H. Mather United States	30	895 0.6×	530 0.5×	2.2k 2.0×	586 1.6×	210 0.8×	71	4.5k
Giulia Collodel Italy	39	388 0.3×	675 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	75 0.2×	178 0.7×	211	5.0k
Elena Moretti Italy	36	363 0.2×	532 0.5×	861 0.8×	68 0.2×	350 1.3×	206	4.3k
G. Bleau Canada	37	239 0.2×	629 0.6×	985 0.9×	71 0.2×	81 0.3×	95	3.3k
Mrinalini C. Rao United States	34	365 0.2×	488 0.4×	1.8k 1.6×	123 0.3×	136 0.5×	99	3.8k
Ikuma Kato Japan	29	525 0.4×	400 0.4×	2.3k 2.0×	264 0.7×	317 1.2×	119	4.7k
A.H. Schutte Germany	16	396 0.3×	448 0.4×	2.1k 1.9×	643 1.8×	233 0.9×	31	3.5k
Ana M. Rodríguez‐Piñeiro Sweden	21	367 0.2×	396 0.3×	2.0k 1.8×	564 1.6×	254 1.0×	32	3.4k
Aaron Barlow United Kingdom	19	166 0.1×	2.6k 2.3×	1.9k 1.7×	192 0.5×	386 1.5×	47	6.9k
Changxin Wu China	29	202 0.1×	858 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	176 0.5×	356 1.3×	257	3.8k

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Urashima, Tadasu, Takane Katayama, Mikiyasu Sakanaka, Kenji Fukuda, & Michael Messer. (2021). Evolution of milk oligosaccharides: Origin and selectivity of the ratio of milk oligosaccharides to lactose among mammals. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1866(1). 130012–130012. 32 indexed citations

Urashima, Tadasu, Tomoko Yamamoto, Kenji Fukuda, et al.. (2016). Chemical characterization of milk oligosaccharides of the tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), a marsupial. Glycoconjugate Journal. 33(5). 797–807. 5 indexed citations

Urashima, Tadasu, et al.. (2015). 4-O-Acetyl-sialic acid (Neu4,5Ac2) in acidic milk oligosaccharides of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and its evolutionary significance. Glycobiology. 25(6). 683–697. 14 indexed citations

Urashima, Tadasu, Kenji Fukuda, Epi Taufik, et al.. (2015). Chemical characterization of milk oligosaccharides of the eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus). Glycoconjugate Journal. 32(6). 361–370. 11 indexed citations

Urashima, Tadasu, Kenji Fukuda, Tadashi Nakamura, et al.. (2014). Chemical characterization of milk oligosaccharides of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). Glycoconjugate Journal. 31(5). 387–399. 15 indexed citations

Urashima, Tadasu, Sadaki Asakuma, Fiame Leo, et al.. (2012). The Predominance of Type I Oligosaccharides Is a Feature Specific to Human Breast Milk. Advances in Nutrition. 3(3). 473S–482S. 160 indexed citations

Urashima, Tadasu, Kenji Fukuda, & Michael Messer. (2011). Evolution of milk oligosaccharides and lactose: a hypothesis. animal. 6(3). 369–374. 46 indexed citations

Messer, Michael & Tadasu Urashima. (2002). Evolution of Milk Oligosacharides and Lactose.. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 14(77). 153–176. 35 indexed citations

Urashima, Tadasu, Tadao Saito, Tadashi Nakamura, & Michael Messer. (2001). Oligosaccharides of milk and colostrum in non-human mammals. Glycoconjugate Journal. 18(5). 357–371. 208 indexed citations

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Brand‐Miller, Jennie, Patricia McVeagh, Yvette McNeil, & Michael Messer. (1998). Digestion of human milk oligosaccharides by healthy infants evaluated by the lactulose hydrogen breath test. The Journal of Pediatrics. 133(1). 95–98. 62 indexed citations

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Urashima, Tadasu, et al.. (1994). Chemical characterization of sialyl oligosaccharides isolated from tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) milk. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1200(1). 64–72. 22 indexed citations

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Urashima, Tadasu, Michael Messer, & William A. Bubb. (1992). Biosynthesis of marsupial milk oligosaccharides II: characterization of a β6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase in lactating mammary glands of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1117(2). 223–231. 27 indexed citations

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Messer, Michael & Kevin R. Nicholas. (1991). Biosynthesis of marsupial milk oligosaccharides: characterization and developmental changes of two galactosyltransferases in lactating mammary glands of the tammar wallaby Macropus eugenii. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1077(1). 79–85. 30 indexed citations

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Messer, Michael, et al.. (1989). Changes in milk carbohydrates during lactation in the common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula (Marsupialia:Phalangeridae). Reproduction Fertility and Development. 1(4). 309–314. 40 indexed citations

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Messer, Michael, et al.. (1988). Studies on the carbohydrate content of milk of the crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry. 90(2). 367–370. 21 indexed citations

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Messer, Michael, et al.. (1988). Intestinal lactase and other disaccharidase activities of a suckling crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry. 90(2). 371–374. 3 indexed citations

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Nicholas, Kevin R., et al.. (1987). A novel whey protein synthesized only in late lactation by the mammary gland from the tammar (Macropus eugenii). Biochemical Journal. 241(3). 899–904. 33 indexed citations

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Messer, Michael, et al.. (1987). Absence of β-galactosidase (lactase) activity from intestinal brush borders of suckling macropods: Implications for mechanism of lactose absorption. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry. 88(3). 923–927. 11 indexed citations

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Messer, Michael, Patrick Fitzgerald, J. C. Merchant, & Brian Green. (1987). Changes in milk carbohydrates during lactation in the eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus (marsupialia). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry. 88(4). 1083–1086. 19 indexed citations

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Messer, Michael, et al.. (1983). Intestinal Glycosidase Activities in one Adult and two Suckling Echidnas: Absence of a Neutral Lactase (b-D-Galactosidase).. Australian Journal of Biological Sciences. 36(2). 139–146. 9 indexed citations

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