Michael Rau

1.7k total citations
36 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Rau is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Rau has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Rau's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers). Michael Rau is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers). Michael Rau collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Michael Rau's co-authors include Simon Morley, Virginia M. Pain, Théophile Ohlmann, James A. J. Fitzpatrick, Peng Yuan, Zengqin Deng, Grigory Maksaev, Enrico Di, Wenjuan Zhang and Kausik Si and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michael Rau

35 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Rau United States 17 866 219 115 90 90 36 1.1k
Véronique Pons France 18 626 0.7× 111 0.5× 108 0.9× 70 0.8× 100 1.1× 28 1.1k
Sharon Jiang United States 8 722 0.8× 73 0.3× 120 1.0× 75 0.8× 104 1.2× 17 1.2k
José Rivera Spain 16 911 1.1× 90 0.4× 112 1.0× 109 1.2× 159 1.8× 35 1.5k
Nancy Villa United States 19 593 0.7× 47 0.2× 50 0.4× 57 0.6× 236 2.6× 33 944
Chinatsu Otomo United States 11 865 1.0× 169 0.8× 146 1.3× 19 0.2× 38 0.4× 13 1.8k
Sabine Gilch Canada 27 2.3k 2.6× 37 0.2× 369 3.2× 134 1.5× 75 0.8× 75 2.7k
Katarzyna Kulej United States 18 688 0.8× 41 0.2× 33 0.3× 41 0.5× 144 1.6× 30 1.0k
Vince Guerriero United States 18 1.0k 1.2× 89 0.4× 77 0.7× 37 0.4× 77 0.9× 29 1.4k
Gary Eitzen Canada 22 1.6k 1.9× 41 0.2× 204 1.8× 75 0.8× 107 1.2× 44 2.3k
Jurgen R. Haanstra Netherlands 20 686 0.8× 62 0.3× 123 1.1× 31 0.3× 97 1.1× 29 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Rau

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Rau

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Rau

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Rau. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Rau 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 Michael Rau. Michael Rau is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Burgie, E. Sethe, Katherine Basore, Michael Rau, et al.. (2024). Signaling by a bacterial phytochrome histidine kinase involves a conformational cascade reorganizing the dimeric photoreceptor. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6853–6853. 3 indexed citations
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Rau, Michael, Julius O. Smith, & Jonathan S. Abel. (2024). A Comparison of Modal Parameter Extraction Methods When Applied to Measurements of Stringed Instruments. 2425–2431. 1 indexed citations
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Strickland, Michael R., Michael Rau, Katherine Basore, et al.. (2024). Apolipoprotein E secreted by astrocytes forms antiparallel dimers in discoidal lipoproteins. Neuron. 112(7). 1100–1109.e5. 11 indexed citations
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Dalal, Vikram L., Mark J. Arcario, John T. Petroff, et al.. (2024). Lipid nanodisc scaffold and size alter the structure of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel. Nature Communications. 15(1). 25–25. 30 indexed citations
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He, Zhihui, Yonghui Zhao, Michael Rau, et al.. (2023). Structural and functional analysis of human pannexin 2 channel. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1712–1712. 15 indexed citations
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Deveryshetty, Jaigeeth, Rahul Chadda, Michael Rau, et al.. (2023). Yeast Rad52 is a homodecamer and possesses BRCA2-like bipartite Rad51 binding modes. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6215–6215. 16 indexed citations
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Ruben, Eliza A., et al.. (2022). Cryo-EM structure of the prothrombin-prothrombinase complex. Blood. 139(24). 3463–3473. 38 indexed citations
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Petroff, John T., Kirby T. Moreland, Zengqin Deng, et al.. (2022). Open-channel structure of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel reveals a mechanism of leaflet-specific phospholipid modulation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7017–7017. 23 indexed citations
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Deng, Zengqin, Yonghui Zhao, Jing Feng, et al.. (2021). Cryo-EM structure of a proton-activated chloride channel TMEM206. Science Advances. 7(9). 37 indexed citations
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Hervás, Rubén, Michael Rau, Wenjuan Zhang, et al.. (2020). Cryo-EM structure of a neuronal functional amyloid implicated in memory persistence in Drosophila. Science. 367(6483). 1230–1234. 133 indexed citations
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Deng, Zengqin, Zhihui He, Grigory Maksaev, et al.. (2020). Cryo-EM structures of the ATP release channel pannexin 1. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(4). 373–381. 91 indexed citations
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Deng, Zengqin, Grigory Maksaev, Michael Rau, et al.. (2020). Gating of human TRPV3 in a lipid bilayer. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(7). 635–644. 52 indexed citations
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Deng, Zengqin, Grigory Maksaev, Jingying Zhang, et al.. (2020). Structural mechanism for gating of a eukaryotic mechanosensitive channel of small conductance. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3690–3690. 37 indexed citations
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Rau, Michael & Kathleen B. Hall. (2015). 2-Aminopurine Fluorescence as a Probe of Local RNA Structure and Dynamics and Global Folding. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 558. 99–124. 6 indexed citations
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Rau, Michael, et al.. (2015). Formation of Tertiary Interactions during rRNA GTPase Center Folding. Journal of Molecular Biology. 427(17). 2799–2815. 6 indexed citations
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Rau, Michael, W. Tom Stump, & Kathleen B. Hall. (2012). Intrinsic flexibility of snRNA hairpin loops facilitates protein binding. RNA. 18(11). 1984–1995. 14 indexed citations
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Cristofari, Gaël, et al.. (2000). Nucleocapsid protein of human immunodeficiency virus as a model protein with chaperoning functions and as a target for antiviral drugs. Advances in pharmacology. 48. 345–372. 51 indexed citations
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Meuret, G., et al.. (1973). Neutrophil kinetics in man studies using autotransfusion of3H-DFP labeled blood cells and autoradiography. Annals of Hematology. 26(2). 97–109. 14 indexed citations

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