Peter Zuber

10.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
107 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Peter Zuber is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Zuber has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Genetics, 73 papers in Molecular Biology and 46 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Peter Zuber's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (80 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (36 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (27 papers). Peter Zuber is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (80 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (36 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (27 papers). Peter Zuber collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Peter Zuber's co-authors include Michiko Nakano, Richard Losick, Mohamed A. Marahiel, Shunji Nakano, Michael G. LaCelle, Christopher T. Walsh, Luis E. N. Quadri, Paul H. Weinreb, Guolu Zheng and Ming Lei and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Zuber

107 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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 new enzyme superfamily — the phosphopantetheinyl transferases

1996 677 citations Peter Zuber, Michael G. LaCelle et al. profile →
Characterization of Sfp, a Bacillus subtilis Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase for Peptidyl Carrier Protein Domains in Peptide Synthetases

1998 571 citations Michiko Nakano, Peter Zuber et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Zuber United States	48	5.6k	3.6k	2.5k	1.2k	985	107	8.1k
Michiko Nakano Japan	42	3.6k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	748 0.6×	575 0.6×	136	5.5k
Erhard Bremer Germany	62	7.3k 1.3×	4.4k 1.2×	2.8k 1.1×	345 0.3×	1.9k 1.9×	165	11.7k
Christopher M. Thomas United Kingdom	54	5.8k 1.0×	4.5k 1.2×	2.6k 1.0×	828 0.7×	387 0.4×	200	10.5k
Tracy Palmer United Kingdom	59	7.2k 1.3×	4.8k 1.3×	3.5k 1.4×	375 0.3×	860 0.9×	179	10.9k
Volkmar Braun Germany	57	5.2k 0.9×	4.5k 1.3×	1.8k 0.7×	348 0.3×	719 0.7×	179	9.3k
Haike Antelmann Germany	51	5.3k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	228 0.2×	970 1.0×	127	8.0k
Toshiaki Kudo Japan	59	4.5k 0.8×	3.5k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	313 0.3×	458 0.5×	282	10.3k
Gordon S.A.B. Stewart United Kingdom	52	8.0k 1.4×	2.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	413 0.3×	247 0.3×	110	11.4k
Ian R. Booth United Kingdom	58	6.6k 1.2×	2.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	189 0.2×	748 0.8×	166	10.9k
María‐Trinidad Gallegos Spain	33	3.4k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	336 0.3×	310 0.3×	67	5.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zuber, Peter & Jens Kreth. (2023). Aspects of oral streptococcal metabolic diversity: Imagining the landscape beneath the fog. Molecular Microbiology. 120(4). 508–524. 4 indexed citations

Kajfasz, Jessica K., Peter Zuber, Tridib Ganguly, Jacqueline Abranches, & José A. Lemos. (2021). Increased Oxidative Stress Tolerance of a Spontaneously Occurring perR Gene Mutation in Streptococcus mutans UA159. Journal of Bacteriology. 203(8). 16 indexed citations

Lin, Ashleigh, Don Walthers, & Peter Zuber. (2013). Residue Substitutions Near the Redox Center of Bacillus subtilis Spx Affect RNA Polymerase Interaction, Redox Control, and Spx-DNA Contact at a Conserved cis-Acting Element. Journal of Bacteriology. 195(17). 3967–3978. 23 indexed citations

Bräuer, Suzanna L., et al.. (2012). Ubiquitous Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Assimilation by Marine Bacteria in the Pacific Northwest Coastal Ocean as Determined by Stable Isotope Probing. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e46695–e46695. 44 indexed citations

Nakano, Michiko, et al.. (2010). Promoter Recognition by a Complex of Spx and the C-Terminal Domain of the RNA Polymerase α Subunit. PLoS ONE. 5(1). e8664–e8664. 44 indexed citations

Geng, Hao, Peter Zuber, & Michiko Nakano. (2007). Regulation of Respiratory Genes by ResD–ResE Signal Transduction System in Bacillus subtilis. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 422. 448–464. 16 indexed citations

Töwe, Stefanie, Montira Leelakriangsak, Kazuo Kobayashi, et al.. (2007). The MarR‐type repressor MhqR (YkvE) regulates multiple dioxygenases/glyoxalases and an azoreductase which confer resistance to 2‐methylhydroquinone and catechol in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 66(1). 40–54. 54 indexed citations

Nakano, Shunji, Kyle Erwin, Martina Ralle, & Peter Zuber. (2004). Redox‐sensitive transcriptional control by a thiol/disulphide switch in the global regulator, Spx. Molecular Microbiology. 55(2). 498–510. 127 indexed citations

Nakano, Shunji, Michiko Nakano, Ying Zhang, Montira Leelakriangsak, & Peter Zuber. (2003). A regulatory protein that interferes with activator-stimulated transcription in bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(7). 4233–4238. 121 indexed citations

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Kawulka, Karen E., Tara Sprules, Ryan T. McKay, et al.. (2003). Structure of Subtilosin A, an Antimicrobial Peptide from Bacillus s ubtilis with Unusual Posttranslational Modifications Linking Cysteine Sulfurs to α-Carbons of Phenylalanine and Threonine. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125(16). 4726–4727. 101 indexed citations

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Zuber, Peter. (2002). Control of gene expression in gram-positive bacteria extensions of and departures from enteric paradigms. Frontiers in bioscience. 7(4). d1857–1866. 1 indexed citations

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Nakano, Michiko, et al.. (2001). Loss‐of‐function mutations in yjbD result in ClpX‐ and ClpP‐independent competence development of Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 42(2). 383–394. 83 indexed citations

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Zuber, Peter. (2001). A peptide profile of the Bacillus subtilis genome. Peptides. 22(10). 1555–1577. 18 indexed citations

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Liu, Jiajian & Peter Zuber. (2000). The ClpX protein of Bacillus subtilis indirectly influences RNA polymerase holoenzyme composition and directly stimulates σ^H‐dependent transcription. Molecular Microbiology. 37(4). 885–897. 39 indexed citations

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Ogura, Mitsuo, Li Liu, Michael G. LaCelle, Michiko Nakano, & Peter Zuber. (1999). Mutational analysis of ComS: evidence for the interaction of ComS and MecA in the regulation of competence development in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 32(4). 799–812. 45 indexed citations

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Vater, Joachim, Torsten Stein, Dirk Vollenbroich, et al.. (1997). The Modular Organization of Multifunctional Peptide Synthetases. Journal of Protein Chemistry. 16(5). 557–564. 22 indexed citations

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Glaser, Philippe, Antoine Danchin, Frank Kunst, Peter Zuber, & Michiko Nakano. (1995). Identification and isolation of a gene required for nitrate assimilation and anaerobic growth of Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology. 177(4). 1112–1115. 54 indexed citations

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Fuma, Shoichi, Yoshiyuki Fujishima, Cletus A. D’Souza, et al.. (1993). Nucleotide sequence of 5' portion ofsrfAthat contains the region required for competence establishment inBacillus subtilus. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(1). 93–97. 81 indexed citations

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Nakano, Michiko, et al.. (1992). Isolation and characterization of sfp: a gene that functions in the production of the lipopeptide biosurfactant, surfactin, in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 232(2). 313–321. 221 indexed citations

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Zuber, Peter. (1991). Non-ribosomal peptide synthesis. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 3(6). 1046–1050. 16 indexed citations

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