Tamar Unger

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Tamar Unger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tamar Unger has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Biotechnology and 11 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Tamar Unger's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (9 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (9 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (9 papers). Tamar Unger is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (9 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (9 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (9 papers). Tamar Unger collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Tamar Unger's co-authors include Peter M. Howley, Yoav Peleg, Shira Albeck, Judy A. Mietz, Jon M. Huibregtse, Orly Dym, John D. Minna, Shoshana Segal, Marion M. Nau and Carole Yee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Tamar Unger

65 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Biosynthesis of Antinutritional Alkaloids in Solanaceous ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2016 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Biosynthesis of Antinutritional Alkaloids in Solanaceous Crops Is Mediated by Clustered Genes
    2013 428 citations Maxim Itkin, Uwe Heinig et al. Science profile →
  2. Automated Structure- and Sequence-Based Design of Proteins for High Bacterial Expression and Stability
    2016 411 citations Orly Dym, Tamar Unger et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers

Tamar Unger
Jacek Otlewski Poland
Ido Goldstein United States
Jean‐Paul Mornon France
Oriano Marin Italy
Assaf Friedler Israel
Takeshi Nagasu Japan
Ivo Tews Germany
Jac A. Nickoloff United States
Jeremy Minshull United States
Lanette Fee United States
Jacek Otlewski Poland
Tamar Unger
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Fields of papers citing papers by Tamar Unger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tamar Unger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tamar Unger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tamar Unger based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tamar Unger. Tamar Unger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McBride, J. Michael, Marta Siek, Jacques Rougemont, et al.. (2025). Enzymes as viscoelastic catalytic machines. Nature Physics. 21(5). 787–798. 4 indexed citations
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Avram, Liat, et al.. (2024). Unnatural enzyme activation by a metal-responsive regulatory protein. Chemical Science. 15(35). 14209–14217.
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Unger, Tamar, Shira Albeck, Gary Weisinger, et al.. (2024). Treating late-onset Tay Sachs disease: Brain delivery with a dual trojan horse protein. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 32(3). 101300–101300. 2 indexed citations
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Franz, Florian, Rafael Tapia‐Rojo, Sabina Winograd‐Katz, et al.. (2023). Allosteric activation of vinculin by talin. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4311–4311. 20 indexed citations
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Giannoulis, Angeliki, Anna Vanyushkina, Tamar Unger, et al.. (2023). C-terminal domain dimerization in yeast Hsp90 is moderately modulated by the other domains. Biophysical Journal. 123(2). 172–183. 4 indexed citations
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Schütz, Anja, Frank Bernhard, Nicholas S. Berrow, et al.. (2023). A concise guide to choosing suitable gene expression systems for recombinant protein production. STAR Protocols. 4(4). 102572–102572. 36 indexed citations
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Sonawane, Prashant D., Adam Jóźwiak, Ranjit S. Barbole, et al.. (2022). 2‐oxoglutarate‐dependent dioxygenases drive expansion of steroidal alkaloid structural diversity in the genus Solanum. New Phytologist. 234(4). 1394–1410. 21 indexed citations
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Hatai, Joydev, Pragati K. Prasad, Tamar Unger, et al.. (2020). Assessing changes in the expression levels of cell surface proteins with a turn-on fluorescent molecular probe. Chemical Communications. 57(15). 1875–1878. 9 indexed citations
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Prasad, Pragati K., Tali Dadosh, Tamar Unger, et al.. (2020). Decorating bacteria with self-assembled synthetic receptors. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1299–1299. 37 indexed citations
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Georgeson, Joseph M., Tal Ilani, Vladimir Kiss, et al.. (2017). Protein recognition by a pattern-generating fluorescent molecular probe. Nature Nanotechnology. 12(12). 1161–1168. 110 indexed citations
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Sun, Liping, Anat Bashan, Ella Zimmerman, et al.. (2015). A Recombinant Collagen–mRNA Platform for Controllable Protein Synthesis. ChemBioChem. 16(10). 1415–1419. 2 indexed citations
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Itkin, Maxim, Uwe Heinig, Oren Tzfadia, et al.. (2013). Biosynthesis of Antinutritional Alkaloids in Solanaceous Crops Is Mediated by Clustered Genes. Science. 341(6142). 175–179. 428 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vazana, Yael, Yoav Barak, Tamar Unger, et al.. (2013). A synthetic biology approach for evaluating the functional contribution of designer cellulosome components to deconstruction of cellulosic substrates. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 6(1). 182–182. 72 indexed citations
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Sobolev, V. M., Marvin Edelman, Orly Dym, et al.. (2013). Structure of ALD1, a plant-specific homologue of the universal diaminopimelate aminotransferase enzyme of lysine biosynthesis. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 69(2). 84–89. 8 indexed citations
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Peleg, Yoav & Tamar Unger. (2011). Resolving Bottlenecks for Recombinant Protein Expression in E. coli. Methods in molecular biology. 800. 173–186. 19 indexed citations
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Unger, Tamar & Yoav Peleg. (2011). Recombinant Protein Expression in the Baculovirus-Infected Insect Cell System. Methods in molecular biology. 800. 187–199. 20 indexed citations
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Karanicolas, John, Jacob E. Corn, Irwin Chen, et al.. (2011). A De Novo Protein Binding Pair By Computational Design and Directed Evolution. Molecular Cell. 42(2). 250–260. 136 indexed citations
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Dym, Orly, Shira Albeck, Tamar Unger, et al.. (2008). Crystal structure of the Agrobacterium virulence complex VirE1-VirE2 reveals a flexible protein that can accommodate different partners. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(32). 11170–11175. 37 indexed citations
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Liberman, Noa, Orly Dym, Tamar Unger, et al.. (2008). The Crystal Structure of the C-Terminal DAP5/p97 Domain Sheds Light on the Molecular Basis for Its Processing by Caspase Cleavage. Journal of Molecular Biology. 383(3). 539–548. 13 indexed citations
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