Roland Benz

26.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
445 papers, 21.4k citations indexed

About

Roland Benz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Roland Benz has authored 445 papers receiving a total of 21.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 314 papers in Molecular Biology, 125 papers in Genetics and 66 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Roland Benz's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (147 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (119 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (58 papers). Roland Benz is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (147 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (119 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (58 papers). Roland Benz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Roland Benz's co-authors include Elke Maier, Robert E. W. Hancock, P. Läuger, Angela Schmid, U. Zimmermann, K. Janko, G. Stark, Stuart McLaughlin, Dieter Brdiczka and Werner Goebel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Roland Benz

443 papers receiving 20.7k 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.

Mechanism of Interaction of Different Classes of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides with Planar Bilayers and with the Cytoplasmic Membrane ofEscherichia coli

1999 636 citations Elke Maier, Roland Benz et al. profile →
Formation of large, ion-permeable membrane channels by the matrix protein (porin) of Escherichia coli

1978 459 citations Roland Benz et al. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Conformational Dynamics of Loop L3 in OmpF: Implications toward Antibiotic Translocation and Voltage Gating 2022 ·Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling ·(unknown), Ishan Ghai, (unknown), Jigneshkumar Dahyabhai Prajapati, Roland Benz, Mathias Winterhalter, Ulrich Kleinekathöfer	14
2	Central residues of the amphipathic β-hairpin loop control the properties of Clostridium perfringens epsilon-toxin channel 2020 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Oliver Knapp, Elke Maier, (unknown), Roland Benz, (unknown), Michel R. Popoff	2
3	Structure of a Tc holotoxin pore provides insights into the translocation mechanism 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Daniel Roderer, Oliver Hofnagel, Roland Benz, Stefan Raunser	32
4	Chloroquine derivatives block the translocation pores and inhibit cellular entry of Clostridium botulinum C2 toxin and Bacillus anthracis lethal toxin 2016 ·Archives of Toxicology ·(unknown), Roland Benz, Holger Barth	11
5	Pore-forming activity of clostridial binary toxins 2015 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Oliver Knapp, Roland Benz, Michel R. Popoff	35
6	β‐synuclein aggregates and induces neurodegeneration in dopaminergic neurons 2013 ·Annals of Neurology ·Grit Taschenberger, (unknown), (unknown), Jasper Akerboom, Pauline Wales, Roland Benz, Stefan Becker, Tiago F. Outeiro, Loren L. Looger, Mathias Bähr, Markus Zweckstetter, Sebastian Kügler	54
7	An RND-Type Efflux System in Borrelia burgdorferi Is Involved in Virulence and Resistance to Antimicrobial Compounds 2008 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Ignas Bunikis, (unknown), Yngve Östberg, Christian Andersen, Roland Benz, Sven Bergström	73
8	Binding of N-terminal fragments of anthrax edema factor (EFN) and lethal factor (LFN) to the protective antigen pore 2008 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·(unknown), (unknown), Fiorella Tonello, Federica Dal Molin, Roland Benz	6
9	Pore formation by the Bordetella adenylate cyclase toxin in lipid bilayer membranes: Role of voltage and pH 2007 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Oliver Knapp, Elke Maier, Jiří Mašín, Peter Šebo, Roland Benz	18
10	Identification and characterization of PorH, a new cell wall channel of Corynebacterium glutamicum 2005 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·(unknown), (unknown), D. Palm, Friedrich Lottspeich, Roland Benz	20
11	Discovery of a novel channel-forming protein in the cell wall of the non-pathogenic Nocardia corynebacteroides 2000 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·(unknown), Roland Benz	15
12	Evidence for a small anion‐selective channel in the cell wall ofMycobacterium bovis BCG besides a wide cation‐selective pore 1999 ·FEBS Letters ·(unknown), Béate Heym, Elke Maier, (unknown), S.T. Cole, Roland Benz	40
13	The Adsorption of Phloretin to Lipid Monolayers and Bilayers Cannot Be Explained by Langmuir Adsorption Isotherms Alone 1998 ·Biophysical Journal ·(unknown), Roland Benz	51
14	haemolysin of Escherichia coli: Comparison of pore-forming properties between chromosome and plasmid-encoded haemolysins 1992 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Roland Benz	1
15	haemolysin ofEscherichia coli: Comparison of pore-forming properties between chromosome and plasmid-encoded haemolysins 1992 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Roland Benz, (unknown), Albrecht Ludwig, Werner Goebel	19
16	Partial purification of a potassium channel with low permeability for sodium from tonoplast membranes of Hordeum vulgare cv. Gerbel 1992 ·The Journal of Membrane Biology ·Barbara Klughammer, (unknown), Roland Benz, Karl‐Josef Dietz	5
17	Positive residues involved in the voltage‐gating of the mitochondrial porin‐channel are localized in the external moiety of the pore 1990 ·FEBS Letters ·Vito De Pinto, (unknown), Roland Benz, F. Palmieri	10
18	Porin fromThiobacillus versutus 1989 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·(unknown), Roland Benz, Ariel Lustig, J. Weckesser	3
19	Permeation of hydrophilic molecules through the outer membrane of gram‐negativ bacteria 1988 ·European Journal of Biochemistry ·Roland Benz, K. H. Bauer	226
20	A water-soluble form of porin from the mitochondrial outer membrane of Neurospora crassa 1985 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Rupert Pfaller, Helmut Freitag, Matthew A. Harmey, Roland Benz, Walter Neupert	16

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