Rolf Knippers

11.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
197 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Rolf Knippers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rolf Knippers has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Ecology and 47 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Rolf Knippers's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (67 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (55 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (43 papers). Rolf Knippers is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (67 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (55 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (43 papers). Rolf Knippers collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Rolf Knippers's co-authors include H. Stahl, Frank O. Fackelmayer, R.-D. Hesch, Hannes Hentze, Susanne Englisch, Ellen Fanning, Christine Musahl, Wolf H. Strätling, Peter Dröge and Robert L. Sinsheimer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rolf Knippers

194 papers receiving 9.1k 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.

DNA fragments in the blood plasma of cancer patients: quantitations and evidence for their origin from apoptotic and necrotic cells.

2001 1.8k citations Rolf Knippers et al. profile →
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF SIMIAN VIRUS 40 LARGE TUMOR ANTIGEN

1992 457 citations Rolf Knippers et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Replicative Regulator Protein Geminin on Chromatin in the HeLa Cell Cycle 2004 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Rolf Knippers	25
2	Protein kinase CK2 phosphorylates the cell cycle regulatory protein Geminin 2004 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·(unknown), Ekkehard Hiller, Ferdinand Kappes, Lorenzo A. Pinna, Rolf Knippers	22
3	Baculovirus proteins IE-1, LEF-3, and P143 interact with DNA in vivo: a formaldehyde cross-linking study 2004 ·Virology ·Emma Ito, (unknown), Rolf Knippers, Eric B. Carstens	27
4	Identification of a Binding Region for Human Origin Recognition Complex Proteins 1 and 2 That Coincides with an Origin of DNA Replication 2002 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Eva‐Maria Ladenburger, Christian Keller, Rolf Knippers	123
5	The Complete DNA Sequence of the Ectocarpus siliculosus Virus EsV-1 Genome 2001 ·Virology ·Nicolas Delaroque, Dieter G. Müller, Gordana Bothe, Thomas Pohl, Rolf Knippers, Wilhelm Boland	95
6	The Brown Algal Virus EsV-1 Particle Contains a Putative Hybrid Histidine Kinase 2000 ·Virology ·Nicolas Delaroque, Susanne A. Wolf, (unknown), Rolf Knippers	8
7	Initiation of genome replication: assembly and disassembly of replication-competent chromatin 2000 ·Gene ·Marion Ritzi, Rolf Knippers	50
8	Viruses in Marine Brown Algae 1998 ·Advances in virus research ·Dieter G. Müller, Markus Kapp, Rolf Knippers	60
9	Human Minichromosome Maintenance Proteins and Human Origin Recognition Complex 2 Protein on Chromatin 1998 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Marion Ritzi, Martina Baack, Christine Musahl, Piotr Romanowski, R. A. Laskey, Rolf Knippers	95
10	Human Protein MCM6 on HeLa Cell Chromatin 1998 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Martina Baack, Andreas S. Richter, Marion Ritzi, Rolf Knippers	24
11	Coding sequence and chromosome mapping of the human gene (CDC46) for replication protein hCdc46/Mcm5 1996 ·Cytogenetic and Genome Research ·Rüdiger J. Paul, Baishi Hu, Christine Musahl, H. Hameister, Rolf Knippers	8
12	Coat protein of the Ectocarpus siliculosus virus 1995 ·Virology ·Michael L. Klein, (unknown), Rolf Knippers, (unknown)	21
13	The Human EPRS Locus (Formerly the QARS Locus): A Gene Encoding a Class I and a Class II Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase 1994 ·Genomics ·Eva Kaiser, Bing Hu, S. A. Becher, Dirk Eberhard, (unknown), Martina Baack, H. Hameister, Rolf Knippers	19
14	The P1 family: a new class of nuclear mammalian proteins related to the yeast Mem replication proteins 1993 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Bing Hu, Roland Burkhart, Dorothea Schulte, Christine Musahl, Rolf Knippers	82
15	Cycloheximide inhibits cellular, but not SV40, DNA replication 1992 ·FEBS Letters ·Dorothea Schulte, Rolf Knippers, Torsten Dreier, (unknown), Hans Christian Probst	10
16	Exons encoding the highly conserved part of human glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase 1992 ·Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Eva Kaiser, Dirk Eberhard, Rolf Knippers	8
17	Camptothecin, A Specific Inhibitor of Type I DNA Topoisomerase, Induces DNA Breakage at Replication Forks 1988 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·(unknown), Rolf Knippers, Theo Koller, José M. Sogo	57
18	Protein-induced bending of the simian virus 40 origin of replication 1988 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·(unknown), Rolf Knippers	31
19	The simian virus 40 large tumor antigen 1987 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression ·H. Stahl, Rolf Knippers	74
20	Renal excretion of Mg, Ca and K after increase of Mg in plasma of dogs. 1965 ·Research in Experimental Medicine ·Rolf Knippers, (unknown)	1

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