Sigrun Helms

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Sigrun Helms is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sigrun Helms has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Biomaterials and 2 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Sigrun Helms's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers). Sigrun Helms is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers). Sigrun Helms collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and France. Sigrun Helms's co-authors include Angela Vincent, Werner Hoch, John Newsom–Davis, Arthur Melms, John McConville, Elisa Izaurralde, Ana Eulálio, Anne Uv, Heinz Schwarz and Bernard Moussian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Medicine and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Sigrun Helms

12 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Auto-antibodies to the receptor tyrosine kinase MuSK in patients with myasthenia gravis without acetylcholine receptor antibodies

2001 839 citations Werner Hoch, John McConville et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sigrun Helms Germany	12	763	671	255	157	105	12	1.5k
Eric M. Oshiro United States	14	404 0.5×	484 0.7×	79 0.3×	101 0.6×	66 0.6×	15	1.4k
Susanne Stuffers Norway	7	173 0.2×	957 1.4×	42 0.2×	170 1.1×	73 0.7×	8	1.5k
Marianna Szemes United Kingdom	18	119 0.2×	715 1.1×	10 0.0×	62 0.4×	62 0.6×	38	1.0k
Michael V. Gonzalez United States	15	33 0.0×	275 0.4×	46 0.2×	140 0.9×	170 1.6×	42	701
Karen S. Gustafson United States	17	74 0.1×	563 0.8×	10 0.0×	109 0.7×	145 1.4×	26	1.1k
Nicholas Sanderson United States	18	190 0.2×	186 0.3×	58 0.2×	386 2.5×	48 0.5×	30	915
Simon R. Bababeygy United States	13	42 0.1×	271 0.4×	29 0.1×	33 0.2×	69 0.7×	26	723
Alessio Colantoni Italy	18	176 0.2×	1.8k 2.7×	16 0.1×	78 0.5×	31 0.3×	40	2.0k
Ian J. McGough United Kingdom	12	107 0.1×	803 1.2×	13 0.1×	62 0.4×	98 0.9×	13	1.1k
Caroline Le Guiner France	20	46 0.1×	1.3k 1.9×	68 0.3×	81 0.5×	145 1.4×	47	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sigrun Helms

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Peter, Daniel, Praveen Bawankar, Ramona Weber, et al.. (2019). Molecular basis for GIGYF–Me31B complex assembly in 4EHP-mediated translational repression. Genes & Development. 33(19-20). 1355–1360. 22 indexed citations

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Bawankar, Praveen, et al.. (2019). Direct role for the Drosophila GIGYF protein in 4EHP-mediated mRNA repression. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(13). 7035–7048. 23 indexed citations

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Peter, Daniel, Ramona Weber, Lara Wohlbold, et al.. (2017). GIGYF1/2 proteins use auxiliary sequences to selectively bind to 4EHP and repress target mRNA expression. Genes & Development. 31(11). 1147–1161. 59 indexed citations

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Raisch, Tobias, Dipankar Bhandari, Sigrun Helms, et al.. (2016). Distinct modes of recruitment of the CCR 4– NOT complex by Drosophila and vertebrate Nanos. The EMBO Journal. 35(9). 974–990. 49 indexed citations

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Kuzuoğlu‐Öztürk, Duygu, et al.. (2016). mi RISC and the CCR 4– NOT complex silence mRNA targets independently of 43S ribosomal scanning. The EMBO Journal. 35(11). 1186–1203. 62 indexed citations

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Eulálio, Ana, et al.. (2009). A C-terminal silencing domain in GW182 is essential for miRNA function. RNA. 15(6). 1067–1077. 97 indexed citations

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Tritschler, Felix, Ana Eulálio, Sigrun Helms, et al.. (2008). Similar Modes of Interaction Enable Trailer Hitch and EDC3 To Associate with DCP1 and Me31B in Distinct Protein Complexes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 28(21). 6695–6708. 73 indexed citations

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Jínek, Martin, Ana Eulálio, Andreas Lingel, et al.. (2008). The C-terminal region of Ge-1 presents conserved structural features required for P-body localization. RNA. 14(10). 1991–1998. 30 indexed citations

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Tritschler, Felix, Ana Eulálio, Vincent Truffault, et al.. (2007). A Divergent Sm Fold in EDC3 Proteins Mediates DCP1 Binding and P-Body Targeting. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 27(24). 8600–8611. 65 indexed citations

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Helms, Sigrun, et al.. (2005). Hormonal regulation of mummy is needed for apical extracellular matrix formation and epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila. Development. 133(2). 331–341. 65 indexed citations

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Moussian, Bernard, et al.. (2005). DrosophilaKnickkopf and Retroactive are needed for epithelial tube growth and cuticle differentiation through their specific requirement for chitin filament organization. Development. 133(1). 163–171. 136 indexed citations

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Hoch, Werner, John McConville, Sigrun Helms, et al.. (2001). Auto-antibodies to the receptor tyrosine kinase MuSK in patients with myasthenia gravis without acetylcholine receptor antibodies. Nature Medicine. 7(3). 365–368. 839 indexed citations breakdown →

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