Michael Wacker

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Michael Wacker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Wacker has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Michael Wacker's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (11 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (9 papers). Michael Wacker is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (11 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (9 papers). Michael Wacker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Michael Wacker's co-authors include Markus Aebi, Michael Kowarik, Michael P. Godard, Jan Poolman, Paul G. Hitchen, Anne Dell, Howard R. Morris, Mihai Niţă‐Lazăr, Lynda F. Bonewald and Chad D. Touchberry and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michael Wacker

77 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

N-Linked Glycosylation in Campylobacter jejuni and Its Functional Transfer into E. coli

2002 602 citations Michael Wacker, Dennis Linton et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Wacker United States	30	2.2k	601	584	530	472	80	3.8k
Matthias Wittwer Switzerland	33	1.2k 0.6×	253 0.4×	138 0.2×	370 0.7×	206 0.4×	87	3.0k
Lennart S. Forsberg United States	28	1.7k 0.8×	131 0.2×	220 0.4×	173 0.3×	343 0.7×	51	3.0k
Yukari Fujimoto Japan	35	1.7k 0.7×	234 0.4×	118 0.2×	249 0.5×	538 1.1×	130	4.5k
Artur J. Ulmer Germany	36	1.6k 0.7×	212 0.4×	102 0.2×	235 0.4×	330 0.7×	77	5.3k
Hayyoung Lee South Korea	24	2.3k 1.0×	215 0.4×	78 0.1×	292 0.6×	159 0.3×	45	6.7k
Tsuyoshi Sugiyama Japan	30	1.4k 0.6×	268 0.4×	133 0.2×	281 0.5×	118 0.3×	134	3.3k
Henry Rosen United States	20	1.1k 0.5×	364 0.6×	260 0.4×	497 0.9×	72 0.2×	39	3.1k
Martin W. Bader United States	19	2.2k 1.0×	654 1.1×	224 0.4×	861 1.6×	53 0.1×	20	3.9k
Peter F. Mühlradt Germany	36	1.7k 0.8×	262 0.4×	208 0.4×	379 0.7×	229 0.5×	97	6.1k
Günter Schmidt Germany	15	2.3k 1.0×	413 0.7×	260 0.4×	349 0.7×	325 0.7×	22	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Wacker

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wacker, Michael, et al.. (2023). The Role of Zinc in Modulating Acid-Sensing Ion Channel Function. Biomolecules. 13(2). 229–229. 14 indexed citations

Wacker, Michael, et al.. (2023). Understanding the Contribution of Co-Fermenting Non-Saccharomyces and Saccharomyces Yeasts to Aroma Precursor Degradation and Formation of Sensory Profiles in Wine Using a Model System. Fermentation. 9(11). 931–931. 5 indexed citations

Lara-Castillo, Nuria, Leticia Brotto, Michael Wacker, et al.. (2023). Muscle secreted factors enhance activation of the PI3K/Akt and β-catenin pathways in murine osteocytes. Bone. 174. 116833–116833. 5 indexed citations

Vallejo, Julian, et al.. (2021). Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) induces ventricular arrhythmias and prolongs QTc interval in mice in an FGF receptor 4-dependent manner. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 320(6). H2283–H2294. 14 indexed citations

Kowarik, Michael, Michael Wetter, Micha A. Haeuptle, et al.. (2021). The development and characterization of an E. coli O25B bioconjugate vaccine. Glycoconjugate Journal. 38(4). 421–435. 16 indexed citations

Vallejo, Julian, Derek Wang, LeAnn M. Tiede-Lewis, et al.. (2020). Trimethylamine-N-oxide acutely increases cardiac muscle contractility. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 318(5). H1272–H1282. 24 indexed citations

Maurel, D, Tsutomu Matsumoto, Julian Vallejo, et al.. (2019). Characterization of a novel murine Sost ERT2 Cre model targeting osteocytes. PMC. 2 indexed citations

Huang, Jian, Kun Wang, Lora A. Shiflett, et al.. (2019). Fibroblast growth factor 9 (FGF9) inhibits myogenic differentiation of C2C12 and human muscle cells. Cell Cycle. 18(24). 3562–3580. 22 indexed citations

Kessler, Elizabeth R., Lih‐Jen Su, Dexiang Gao, et al.. (2018). Phase II Trial of Acai Juice Product in Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer. Integrative Cancer Therapies. 17(4). 1103–1108. 6 indexed citations

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Poolman, Jan & Michael Wacker. (2015). Extraintestinal PathogenicEscherichia coli, a Common Human Pathogen: Challenges for Vaccine Development and Progress in the Field. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 213(1). 6–13. 176 indexed citations

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Bonewald, Lynda F. & Michael Wacker. (2012). FGF23 production by osteocytes. Pediatric Nephrology. 28(4). 563–568. 88 indexed citations

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Silswal, Neerupma, Nikhil K. Parelkar, Michael Wacker, Marco Brotto, & Jon Andresen. (2011). Phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate increases intracellular free Ca²⁺in arterial smooth muscle cells and elicits vasocontraction. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 300(6). H2016–H2026. 13 indexed citations

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Ihssen, Julian, et al.. (2010). Production of glycoprotein vaccines in Escherichia coli. Microbial Cell Factories. 9(1). 61–61. 133 indexed citations

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Rush, Jeffrey S., et al.. (2009). A Novel Epimerase That Converts GlcNAc-P-P-undecaprenol to GalNAc-P-P-undecaprenol in Escherichia coli O157. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(3). 1671–1680. 58 indexed citations

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Wacker, Michael, et al.. (2008). Technique for quantitative RT-PCR analysis directly from single muscle fibers. Journal of Applied Physiology. 105(1). 308–315. 12 indexed citations

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Kowarik, Michael, N. Martin Young, Shin Numao, et al.. (2006). Definition of the bacterial N‐glycosylation site consensus sequence. The EMBO Journal. 25(9). 1957–1966. 283 indexed citations

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Feldman, Mario F., Michael Wacker, Paul G. Hitchen, et al.. (2005). Engineering N-linked protein glycosylation with diverse O antigen lipopolysaccharide structures in Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(8). 3016–3021. 343 indexed citations

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Bodmer, Daniel, et al.. (2005). The 3.4-kDa Ost4 protein is required for the assembly of two distinct oligosaccharyltransferase complexes in yeast. Glycobiology. 15(12). 1396–1406. 51 indexed citations

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Niţă‐Lazăr, Mihai, et al.. (2004). The N-X-S/T consensus sequence is required but not sufficient for bacterial N-linked protein glycosylation. Glycobiology. 15(4). 361–367. 89 indexed citations

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Wacker, Michael, Dennis Linton, Paul G. Hitchen, et al.. (2002). N-Linked Glycosylation in Campylobacter jejuni and Its Functional Transfer into E. coli. Science. 298(5599). 1790–1793. 602 indexed citations breakdown →

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