Ralf Schmid

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ralf Schmid is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Schmid has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ralf Schmid's work include Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (14 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (10 papers) and Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects (7 papers). Ralf Schmid is often cited by papers focused on Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (14 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (10 papers) and Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects (7 papers). Ralf Schmid collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Iraq. Ralf Schmid's co-authors include Mark Blaxter, Richard J. Evans, Claudia A. Blindauer, John Parkinson, Rebecca C. Allsopp, James D. Wasmuth, Ann Hedley, Russell Wallis, Anthony H. Keeble and Wilhelm Schwaeble 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

Ralf Schmid

51 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ralf Schmid United Kingdom	26	926	369	335	247	214	51	2.0k
Eric Beitz Germany	32	2.2k 2.3×	381 1.0×	83 0.2×	204 0.8×	97 0.5×	97	3.4k
José Roberto Meyer‐Fernandes Brazil	33	1.5k 1.6×	251 0.7×	844 2.5×	175 0.7×	342 1.6×	176	3.7k
Marc Dieu Belgium	35	1.8k 2.0×	323 0.9×	140 0.4×	196 0.8×	423 2.0×	122	3.7k
José M. Fuentes Spain	39	2.0k 2.2×	260 0.7×	159 0.5×	401 1.6×	658 3.1×	195	5.3k
Yan He China	29	791 0.9×	137 0.4×	276 0.8×	332 1.3×	634 3.0×	144	2.5k
Sudipta Maitra India	20	391 0.4×	111 0.3×	257 0.8×	65 0.3×	246 1.1×	88	1.9k
Tibor Vellai Hungary	33	2.2k 2.4×	270 0.7×	129 0.4×	127 0.5×	155 0.7×	93	4.1k
Sek C. Chow Sweden	30	1.9k 2.1×	149 0.4×	212 0.6×	62 0.3×	715 3.3×	72	3.4k
Lena Burri Norway	28	1.2k 1.3×	151 0.4×	48 0.1×	143 0.6×	237 1.1×	65	2.6k
Alexander G. McLennan United Kingdom	32	2.1k 2.2×	293 0.8×	787 2.3×	290 1.2×	138 0.6×	120	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Schmid

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Bilkei‐Gorzo, Orsolya, Tiaan Heunis, José Luis Marín‐Rubio, et al.. (2022). The E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF115 regulates phagosome maturation and host response to bacterial infection. The EMBO Journal. 41(23). e108970–e108970. 14 indexed citations

Evans, Richard J., et al.. (2019). Mapping the Site of Action of Human P2X7 Receptor Antagonists AZ11645373, Brilliant Blue G, KN-62, Calmidazolium, and ZINC58368839 to the Intersubunit Allosteric Pocket. Molecular Pharmacology. 96(3). 355–363. 35 indexed citations

Evans, Richard J., et al.. (2019). Identification of a distinct desensitisation gate in the ATP-gated P2X2 receptor. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 523(1). 190–195. 3 indexed citations

Haberkant, Per, Meenakshi Bhardwaj, María Pía Ferraz, et al.. (2019). Cytosolic glucosylceramide regulates endolysosomal function in Niemann-Pick type C disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 127. 242–252. 22 indexed citations

Schmid, Ralf, et al.. (2019). Homology Modeling of P2X Receptors. Methods in molecular biology. 2041. 65–75. 5 indexed citations

Allsopp, Rebecca C., et al.. (2018). Mapping the Allosteric Action of Antagonists A740003 and A438079 Reveals a Role for the Left Flipper in Ligand Sensitivity at P2X7 Receptors. Molecular Pharmacology. 93(5). 553–562. 26 indexed citations

Kapetanaki, Sofia M., Jaswir Basran, Chiasa Uragami, et al.. (2018). A mechanism for CO regulation of ion channels. Nature Communications. 9(1). 907–907. 47 indexed citations

Cullis, Paul M., et al.. (2016). Mechanistic insights from resolving ligand-dependent kinetics of conformational changes at ATP-gated P2X1R ion channels. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 32918–32918. 16 indexed citations

Pegoraro, Mirko, Shiv Bhutani, Avgi Tsolou, et al.. (2014). Molecular Evolution of a Pervasive Natural Amino-Acid Substitution in Drosophila cryptochrome. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e86483–e86483. 9 indexed citations

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Shafiq, Muhammad, Thomas Steinbrecher, & Ralf Schmid. (2012). FASCAPLYSIN as a Specific Inhibitor for CDK4: Insights from Molecular Modelling. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e42612–e42612. 43 indexed citations

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Barnett, James P., et al.. (2012). Mining Genomes of Marine Cyanobacteria for Elements of Zinc Homeostasis. Frontiers in Microbiology. 3. 142–142. 44 indexed citations

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Allsopp, Rebecca C., et al.. (2011). Cysteine Scanning Mutagenesis (Residues Glu52–Gly96) of the Human P2X1 Receptor for ATP. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(33). 29207–29217. 36 indexed citations

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Grant‐Downton, Robert, Gaël Le Trionnaire, Ralf Schmid, et al.. (2009). MicroRNA and tasiRNA diversity in mature pollen of Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Genomics. 10(1). 643–643. 89 indexed citations

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Wallis, Russell, Daniel A. Mitchell, Ralf Schmid, Wilhelm Schwaeble, & Anthony H. Keeble. (2009). Paths reunited: Initiation of the classical and lectin pathways of complement activation. Immunobiology. 215(1). 1–11. 118 indexed citations

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Schmid, Ralf & Mark Blaxter. (2008). annot8r: GO, EC and KEGG annotation of EST datasets. BMC Bioinformatics. 9(1). 180–180. 87 indexed citations

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Roberts, Scott J., Alan J. Stewart, Ralf Schmid, et al.. (2005). Probing the substrate specificities of human PHOSPHO1 and PHOSPHO2. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1752(1). 73–82. 32 indexed citations

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Parkinson, John, Makedonka Mitreva, Claire Whitton, et al.. (2004). A transcriptomic analysis of the phylum Nematoda. Nature Genetics. 36(12). 1259–1267. 204 indexed citations

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Schmid, Ralf & Dietlind L. Gerloff. (2004). Functional properties of the alternative NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase from E. coli through comparative 3‐D modelling. FEBS Letters. 578(1-2). 163–168. 23 indexed citations

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Stewart, Alan J., Ralf Schmid, Claudia A. Blindauer, Stephen J. Paisey, & Colin Farquharson. (2003). Comparative modelling of human PHOSPHO1 reveals a new group of phosphatases within the haloacid dehalogenase superfamily. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 16(12). 889–895. 42 indexed citations

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Hucke, Oliver, Ralf Schmid, & Andreas Labahn. (2002). Exploring the primary electron acceptor (Q_A)‐site of the bacterial reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. European Journal of Biochemistry. 269(4). 1096–1108. 6 indexed citations

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