Nils Birkholz

572 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 344 citations indexed

About

Nils Birkholz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nils Birkholz has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 344 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Nils Birkholz's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (13 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (4 papers). Nils Birkholz is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (13 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (4 papers). Nils Birkholz collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, South Korea and Denmark. Nils Birkholz's co-authors include Peter C. Fineran, Simon A. Jackson, Lucía M. Malone, Rafael Pinilla‐Redondo, David Mayo-Muñoz, Robert D. Fagerlund, Leah Smith, Chris M. Brown, So Yeon Lee and Hyun Ho Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Nils Birkholz

12 papers receiving 343 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.

Inhibitors of bacterial immune systems: discovery, mechanisms and applications

2024 49 citations David Mayo-Muñoz, Rafael Pinilla‐Redondo et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →

Peers

Nils Birkholz

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Lucía M. Malone New Zealand

Lina M León United States

Olga Musharova Russia

Diane Bona Canada

Rodrigo Ibarra‐Chávez United Kingdom

Ville Hoikkala Finland

Mario Rodríguez Mestre Spain

Hannah K. Ratner United States

Artem Isaev Russia

Oren Auster Israel

Lucía M. Malone New Zealand

Nils Birkholz

254 ×0.9

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229 ×1.3

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61 ×1.0

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46 ×0.8

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67 ×1.4

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Countries citing papers authored by Nils Birkholz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nils Birkholz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nils Birkholz

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All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Lee, So Yeon, Nils Birkholz, Jun Hyuck Lee, Peter C. Fineran, & Hyun Ho Park. (2025). Regulation of anti-CRISPR operons by structurally distinct families of Aca proteins. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1698–1698.

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Mayo-Muñoz, David, et al.. (2024). Inhibitors of bacterial immune systems: discovery, mechanisms and applications. Nature Reviews Genetics. 25(4). 237–254. 49 indexed citations breakdown →

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Birkholz, Nils, et al.. (2024). Repurposing an Endogenous CRISPR-Cas System to Generate and Study Subtle Mutations in Bacteriophages. The CRISPR Journal. 7(6). 343–354. 1 indexed citations

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Birkholz, Nils & Peter C. Fineran. (2024). Anti-CRISPRs deconstruct bacterial defense. Molecular Cell. 84(17). 3172–3174.

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Birkholz, Nils, Max E. Wilkinson, Christian Cuba Samaniego, et al.. (2024). Phage anti-CRISPR control by an RNA- and DNA-binding helix–turn–helix protein. Nature. 631(8021). 670–677. 12 indexed citations

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Mayo-Muñoz, David, Rafael Pinilla‐Redondo, Nils Birkholz, & Peter C. Fineran. (2023). A host of armor: Prokaryotic immune strategies against mobile genetic elements. Cell Reports. 42(7). 112672–112672. 60 indexed citations

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Birkholz, Nils, Simon A. Jackson, Robert D. Fagerlund, & Peter C. Fineran. (2022). A mobile restriction–modification system provides phage defence and resolves an epigenetic conflict with an antagonistic endonuclease. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(6). 3348–3361. 31 indexed citations

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Birkholz, Nils, et al.. (2022). Widespread repression of anti-CRISPR production by anti-CRISPR-associated proteins. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(15). 8615–8625. 21 indexed citations

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Lee, So Yeon, Nils Birkholz, Jae‐Hee Jeong, et al.. (2022). Molecular basis of dual anti-CRISPR and auto-regulatory functions of AcrIF24. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(19). 11344–11358. 7 indexed citations

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Lee, So Yeon, Nils Birkholz, Peter C. Fineran, & Hyun Ho Park. (2022). Molecular basis of anti-CRISPR operon repression by Aca10. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(15). 8919–8928. 9 indexed citations

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Usher, B. F., Nils Birkholz, Robert D. Fagerlund, et al.. (2021). Crystal structure of the anti-CRISPR repressor Aca2. Journal of Structural Biology. 213(3). 107752–107752. 7 indexed citations

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Malone, Lucía M., Nils Birkholz, & Peter C. Fineran. (2020). Conquering CRISPR: how phages overcome bacterial adaptive immunity. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 68. 30–36. 53 indexed citations

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Jackson, Simon A., Nils Birkholz, Lucía M. Malone, & Peter C. Fineran. (2019). Imprecise Spacer Acquisition Generates CRISPR-Cas Immune Diversity through Primed Adaptation. Cell Host & Microbe. 25(2). 250–260.e4. 46 indexed citations

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Birkholz, Nils, Robert D. Fagerlund, Leah Smith, Simon A. Jackson, & Peter C. Fineran. (2019). The autoregulator Aca2 mediates anti-CRISPR repression. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(18). 9658–9665. 48 indexed citations

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