Rainer Frank

15.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
164 papers, 13.8k citations indexed

About

Rainer Frank is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Frank has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 13.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Immunology and 21 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Rainer Frank's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (17 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (15 papers). Rainer Frank is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (17 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (15 papers). Rainer Frank collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and France. Rainer Frank's co-authors include Patricia A. Blundell, Heather Macdonald-Bravo, Rodrigo Bravo, Michael O. Westendorp, Fritz G. Rathjen, J M Wolff, P H Krammer, Heinrich Gausepohlꝉ, J. P. Ruppersberg and Wieland Β. Huttner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Frank

160 papers receiving 13.4k 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.

Cyclin/PCNA is the auxiliary protein of DNA polymerase-δ

1987 1.6k citations Rainer Frank et al. profile →
Sensitization of T cells to CD95-mediated apoptosis by HIV-1 Tat and gp120

1995 844 citations Rainer Frank et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer Frank Germany	58	8.7k	2.6k	1.9k	1.7k	1.6k	164	13.8k
Marilyn D. Resh United States	62	9.0k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	938 0.6×	868 0.5×	122	12.7k
Hiroto Okayama Japan	53	14.4k 1.6×	2.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	3.1k 1.9×	136	20.7k
Ari Helenius Switzerland	48	10.5k 1.2×	5.5k 2.1×	3.0k 1.6×	787 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	65	16.8k
Dick Hoekstra Netherlands	64	11.9k 1.4×	2.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	688 0.4×	1.9k 1.2×	257	16.5k
Steffan N. Ho United States	31	9.6k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	2.2k 1.2×	957 0.6×	2.0k 1.2×	51	14.6k
Marilyn Kozak United States	38	16.7k 1.9×	1.7k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	3.6k 2.2×	49	22.8k
Yoji Ikawa Japan	48	7.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	689 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	221	11.9k
Marc Pypaert United States	61	7.4k 0.9×	4.1k 1.6×	2.2k 1.2×	919 0.5×	901 0.6×	85	13.8k
Robert Liddington United States	66	9.4k 1.1×	4.4k 1.7×	2.8k 1.5×	517 0.3×	2.1k 1.3×	145	18.1k
B. Robert Franza United States	39	8.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	2.4k 1.3×	827 0.5×	2.2k 1.4×	62	12.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Frank

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Rothammer, Benedict, Rainer Frank, Marcel Bartz, et al.. (2024). Ti₃C₂T_x‐UHMWPE Nanocomposites—Towards an Enhanced Wear‐Resistance of Biomedical Implants. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 113(1). e37819–e37819. 3 indexed citations

Frank, Rainer, et al.. (2002). The proteome of the bacteriumMycoplasma pneumoniae: Comparing predicted open reading frames to identified gene products. PROTEOMICS. 2(6). 754–764. 47 indexed citations

Bayer, Peter, Dieter Willbold, Silke Hoffmann, et al.. (1997). The Interaction of HIV-1 Tat(32-72) with its Target RNA: A Fluorescence and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 241(1). 31–36. 16 indexed citations

Klostermeier, Dagmar, Peter Bayer, Margot Kraft, Rainer Frank, & Paul Rösch. (1997). Spectroscopic investigations of HIV-1 trans-activator and related peptides in aqueous solutions. Biophysical Chemistry. 63(2-3). 87–96. 6 indexed citations

Hampe, Wolfgang, et al.. (1996). Photoaffinity Labeling of the Head‐Activator Receptor from Hydra. European Journal of Biochemistry. 235(3). 814–820. 13 indexed citations

Reinhold, Dirk, Sabine Wrenger, Ute Bank, et al.. (1996). CD26 Mediates the Action of HIVA Tat Protein on DNA Synthesis and Cytokine Production in U937 Cells. Immunobiology. 195(1). 119–128. 25 indexed citations

Prior, Reinhard, Donatella D’Urso, Rainer Frank, Ingrid Prikulis, & Goran Pavlaković. (1995). Experimental deposition of Alzheimer amyloid β- protein in canine leptomeningeal vessels. Neuroreport. 6(13). 1747–1751. 9 indexed citations

Döring, Frank, Rolf Kinne, Josef Deutscher, et al.. (1994). Interaction of phlorizin, a potent inhibitor of the Na⁺/D‐glucose cotransporter, with the NADPH‐binding site of mammalian catalases. Protein Science. 3(4). 696–700. 11 indexed citations

Sticht, Heinrich, Dieter Willbold, Peter Bayer, et al.. (1993). Equine infectious anemia virus Tat is a predominantly helical protein. European Journal of Biochemistry. 218(3). 973–976. 22 indexed citations

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Frank, Rainer, et al.. (1993). 6-Phospho-β-galactosidases of Gram-positive and 6-phospho-β-glucosidase B of Gram-negative bacteria: comparison of structure and function by kinetic and immunological methods and mutagenesis of the lacG gene of staphylococcus aureus. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 6(8). 913–920. 32 indexed citations

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Willbold, Dieter, et al.. (1993). Sequence-specific resonance assignments of the proton NMR spectra of a synthetic, biologically active EIAV-Tat Protein. Biochemistry. 32(33). 8439–8445. 20 indexed citations

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Klinz, Franz‐Josef, Roland Seifert, Ingo Schwaner, et al.. (1992). Generation of specific antibodies against the rap1A, rap1B and rap2 small GTP‐binding proteins. European Journal of Biochemistry. 207(1). 207–213. 29 indexed citations

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Jansen‐Dürr, Pidder, et al.. (1992). The rat poly Pyrimidine Tract binding protein (PTB) interacts with a single-stranded DNA motif in a liver-specific enhancer. Nucleic Acids Research. 20(6). 1243–1249. 39 indexed citations

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Kozak, Yvonne de, et al.. (1992). Humoral immune response against the S-antigen/TNFα common epitope in rat EAU suppressed by the monoclonal antibody S2D2. Current Eye Research. 11(sup1). 119–127. 6 indexed citations

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Duden, Rainer, Gareth Griffiths, Rainer Frank, Patrick Argos, & Thomas E. Kreis. (1991). β-COP, a 110 kd protein associated with non-clathrin-coated vesicles and the golgi complex, shows homology to β-adaptin. Cell. 64(3). 649–665. 446 indexed citations

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Humbert, Peter, Feraydoon Niroomand, Bernd Mayer, et al.. (1990). Purification of soluble guanylyl cyclase from bovine lung by a new immunoaffinity chromatographic method. European Journal of Biochemistry. 190(2). 273–278. 144 indexed citations

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Prehn, Siegfried, Joachim Herz, Enno Hartmann, et al.. (1990). Structure and biosynthesis of the signal‐sequence receptor. European Journal of Biochemistry. 188(2). 439–445. 50 indexed citations

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Rödel, W., Wulf Plaga, Rainer Frank, & J Knappe. (1988). Primary structures of Escherichia coli pyruvate formate-lyase and pyruvate-formate-lyase-activating enzyme deduced from the DNA nucleotide sequences. European Journal of Biochemistry. 177(1). 153–158. 46 indexed citations

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Hinsch, Klaus‐Dieter, Walter Rosenthal, Karsten Spicher, et al.. (1988). Adipocyte plasma membranes contain two G_i subtypes but are devoid of G_o. FEBS Letters. 238(1). 191–196. 47 indexed citations

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Ashman, Keith, Anja‐Katrin Bosserhoff, & Rainer Frank. (1987). High-speed preparative reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography of synthetic oligonucleotides. Journal of Chromatography A. 397. 137–140. 5 indexed citations

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