Rainer P. Birkenbihl

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Rainer P. Birkenbihl is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer P. Birkenbihl has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Plant Science and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Rainer P. Birkenbihl's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (11 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (9 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Rainer P. Birkenbihl is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (11 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (9 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Rainer P. Birkenbihl collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Rainer P. Birkenbihl's co-authors include Imre E. Somssich, Peter Huijser, Heinz Saedler, Celia Diezel, Suresh Subramani, Shouan Liu, Barbara Kracher, Dierk Wanke, Susanne Höhmann and Guillermo H. Cardon and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Rainer P. Birkenbihl

29 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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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.

Arabidopsis WRKY33 Is a Key Transcriptional Regulator of Hormonal and Metabolic Responses toward Botrytis cinerea Infection

2012 437 citations Rainer P. Birkenbihl, Celia Diezel et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer P. Birkenbihl Germany	23	2.7k	2.4k	192	175	106	29	3.5k
Nemo Peeters France	28	3.4k 1.3×	3.2k 1.3×	209 1.1×	163 0.9×	82 0.8×	43	5.5k
Nadim W. Alkharouf United States	29	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	207 1.1×	74 0.4×	121 1.1×	65	2.6k
Lalit Ponnala United States	23	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	101 0.5×	236 1.3×	281 2.7×	38	2.9k
Dominique Pontier France	28	3.1k 1.2×	1.9k 0.8×	136 0.7×	53 0.3×	162 1.5×	34	3.7k
Tsuneaki Asai United States	17	3.3k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	342 1.8×	342 2.0×	128 1.2×	21	4.1k
Kenzo Nakamura Japan	35	3.1k 1.2×	3.0k 1.3×	90 0.5×	183 1.0×	99 0.9×	64	4.2k
Henry‐York Steiner United States	17	3.4k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	372 1.9×	125 0.7×	246 2.3×	20	4.1k
Joseph D. Clarke United States	17	3.6k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	188 1.0×	492 2.8×	251 2.4×	23	4.0k
Debasis Chattopadhyay India	30	2.3k 0.8×	943 0.4×	80 0.4×	226 1.3×	51 0.5×	74	2.8k
Christian Godon France	9	1.7k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	158 0.8×	70 0.4×	147 1.4×	11	2.9k

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Birkenbihl, Rainer P., Shouan Liu, & Imre E. Somssich. (2017). Transcriptional events defining plant immune responses. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 38. 1–9. 150 indexed citations

Birkenbihl, Rainer P., Barbara Kracher, Mario Roccaro, & Imre E. Somssich. (2016). Induced Genome-Wide Binding of Three Arabidopsis WRKY Transcription Factors during Early MAMP-Triggered Immunity. The Plant Cell. 29(1). 20–38. 188 indexed citations

Liu, Shouan, Barbara Kracher, Jörg Ziegler, Rainer P. Birkenbihl, & Imre E. Somssich. (2015). Negative regulation of ABA signaling by WRKY33 is critical for Arabidopsis immunity towards Botrytis cinerea 2100. eLife. 4. e07295–e07295. 211 indexed citations

Pesch, Martina, et al.. (2014). Arabidopsis TTG2 Regulates TRY Expression through Enhancement of Activator Complex-Triggered Activation . The Plant Cell. 26(10). 4067–4083. 58 indexed citations

Birkenbihl, Rainer P., Celia Diezel, & Imre E. Somssich. (2012). Arabidopsis WRKY33 Is a Key Transcriptional Regulator of Hormonal and Metabolic Responses toward Botrytis cinerea Infection . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 159(1). 266–285. 437 indexed citations breakdown →

Birkenbihl, Rainer P. & Imre E. Somssich. (2011). Transcriptional Plant Responses Critical for Resistance Towards Necrotrophic Pathogens. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 76–76. 36 indexed citations

Wang, Zhen, Shuping Xing, Rainer P. Birkenbihl, & Sabine Zachgo. (2009). Conserved Functions of Arabidopsis and Rice CC-Type Glutaredoxins in Flower Development and Pathogen Response. Molecular Plant. 2(2). 323–335. 78 indexed citations

Wanke, Dierk, et al.. (2008). Studies on DNA-binding selectivity of WRKY transcription factors lend structural clues into WRKY-domain function. Plant Molecular Biology. 68(1-2). 81–92. 357 indexed citations

Lippok, Bernadette, et al.. (2007). Expression of AtWRKY33 Encoding a Pathogen- or PAMP-Responsive WRKY Transcription Factor Is Regulated by a Composite DNA Motif Containing W Box Elements. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 20(4). 420–429. 131 indexed citations

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Birkenbihl, Rainer P., et al.. (2007). The miRNA156/157 recognition element in the 3′ UTR of the Arabidopsis SBP box gene SPL3 prevents early flowering by translational inhibition in seedlings. The Plant Journal. 49(4). 683–693. 495 indexed citations

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Logemann, Elke, Rainer P. Birkenbihl, Bekir Ülker, & Imre E. Somssich. (2006). An improved method for preparing Agrobacterium cells that simplifies the Arabidopsis transformation protocol. Plant Methods. 2(1). 16–16. 140 indexed citations

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Ennifar, Eric, J. Basquin, Rainer P. Birkenbihl, & Dietrich Suck. (2005). Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of the archaeal virus resolvase SIRV2. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 61(5). 507–509. 3 indexed citations

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Neef, Klaus, Rainer P. Birkenbihl, & B Kemper. (2002). Holliday junction-resolving enzymes from eight hyperthermophilic archaea differ in reactions with cruciform DNA. Extremophiles. 6(5). 359–367. 4 indexed citations

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Birkenbihl, Rainer P. & Börries Kemper. (2002). High Affinity of Endonuclease VII for the Holliday Structure Containing One Nick Ensures Productive Resolution. Journal of Molecular Biology. 321(1). 21–28. 3 indexed citations

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Birkenbihl, Rainer P., Klaus Neef, David Prangishvili, & B Kemper. (2001). Holliday junction resolving enzymes of archaeal viruses SIRV1 and SIRV2. Journal of Molecular Biology. 309(5). 1067–1076. 32 indexed citations

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Raaijmakers, H.C.A., I Törö, Rainer P. Birkenbihl, Börries Kemper, & Dietrich Suck. (2001). Conformational flexibility in T4 endonuclease VII revealed by crystallography: implications for substrate binding and cleavage1 1Edited by K. Morikawa. Journal of Molecular Biology. 308(2). 311–323. 38 indexed citations

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Birkenbihl, Rainer P.. (1998). Endonuclease VII has two DNA-binding sites each composed from one N- and one C-terminus provided by different subunits of the protein dimer. The EMBO Journal. 17(15). 4527–4534. 14 indexed citations

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Birkenbihl, Rainer P. & B Kemper. (1998). Localization and characterization of the dimerization domain of Holliday structure resolving endonuclease VII of phage T4. Journal of Molecular Biology. 280(1). 73–83. 10 indexed citations

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Birkenbihl, Rainer P. & Suresh Subramani. (1992). Cloning and characterization ofrad21an essential gene ofSchizosaccharomyces pombeinvolved in DNA double-strand-break repair. Nucleic Acids Research. 20(24). 6605–6611. 207 indexed citations

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Birkenbihl, Rainer P. & Walter Vielmetter. (1991). Completion of the IS map in E. coli: IS186 positions on the E. coli K12 chromosome. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 226-226(1-2). 318–320. 32 indexed citations

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