Thomas Gerster

3.9k total citations
30 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas Gerster is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Gerster has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Gerster's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (10 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (5 papers). Thomas Gerster is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (10 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (5 papers). Thomas Gerster collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Thomas Gerster's co-authors include Giselbert Hauptmann, Robert G. Roeder, R G Roeder, Walter Schaffner, Michael M. Müller, Hiroshi Fujii, Yan Luo, Peter Pfeffer, Meinrad Busslinger and Michael Brand and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Gerster

30 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Gerster Switzerland 24 2.5k 724 719 521 356 30 3.5k
Karen Artzt United States 40 3.8k 1.5× 1.5k 2.0× 798 1.1× 554 1.1× 424 1.2× 112 5.2k
Yoshihito Taniguchi Japan 34 2.4k 1.0× 604 0.8× 343 0.5× 516 1.0× 333 0.9× 53 3.5k
Simon Saule France 34 2.4k 0.9× 939 1.3× 386 0.5× 435 0.8× 193 0.5× 95 3.2k
Frédérique Logeat France 15 3.7k 1.5× 566 0.8× 911 1.3× 555 1.1× 853 2.4× 21 4.9k
Masanori Taira Japan 42 5.0k 2.0× 957 1.3× 263 0.4× 728 1.4× 307 0.9× 133 6.0k
Yoshiko Takahashi Japan 34 2.7k 1.1× 902 1.2× 439 0.6× 554 1.1× 167 0.5× 111 3.9k
Michel Cohen‐Tannoudji France 32 2.6k 1.0× 756 1.0× 294 0.4× 338 0.6× 217 0.6× 73 3.5k
Anne K. Voss Australia 45 4.1k 1.6× 981 1.4× 681 0.9× 433 0.8× 553 1.6× 113 5.6k
Thomas D. Sargent United States 40 3.6k 1.4× 909 1.3× 201 0.3× 788 1.5× 266 0.7× 71 4.6k
Masami Kanai‐Azuma Japan 33 2.7k 1.1× 1.1k 1.5× 320 0.4× 340 0.7× 525 1.5× 82 3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Gerster

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hauptmann, Giselbert & Thomas Gerster. (2003). Multicolor Whole-Mount In Situ Hybridization. Humana Press eBooks. 137. 139–148. 126 indexed citations
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Hauptmann, Giselbert, Iris Söll, & Thomas Gerster. (2002). The early embryonic zebrafish forebrain is subdivided into molecularly distinct transverse and longitudinal domains. Brain Research Bulletin. 57(3-4). 371–375. 51 indexed citations
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Hauptmann, Giselbert & Thomas Gerster. (2000). Combinatorial expression of zebrafishBrn-1- andBrn-2-related POU genes in the embryonic brain, pronephric primordium, and pharyngeal arches. Developmental Dynamics. 218(2). 345–358. 34 indexed citations
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Hauptmann, Giselbert & Thomas Gerster. (2000). Regulatory gene expression patterns reveal transverse and longitudinal subdivisions of the embryonic zebrafish forebrain. Mechanisms of Development. 91(1-2). 105–118. 94 indexed citations
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Vogel, Andreas M. & Thomas Gerster. (1999). Promoter activity of the zebrafish bhikhari retroelement requires an intact activin signaling pathway. Mechanisms of Development. 85(1-2). 133–146. 23 indexed citations
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Vogel, Andreas M. & Thomas Gerster. (1999). A zebrafish homolog of the serum response factor gene is highly expressed in differentiating embryonic myocytes. Mechanisms of Development. 81(1-2). 217–221. 12 indexed citations
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Hagmann, Michael, Rémy Bruggmann, Lei Xue, et al.. (1998). Homologous Recombination and DNA-End Joining Reactions in Zygotes and Early Embryos of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Drosophila melanogaster. Biological Chemistry. 379(6). 673–682. 52 indexed citations
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Vogel, Andreas M. & Thomas Gerster. (1997). Expression of a zebrafish Cathepsin L gene in anterior mesendoderm and hatching gland. Development Genes and Evolution. 206(7). 477–479. 52 indexed citations
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Bornmann, Caroline, et al.. (1996). Class III POU Genes of Zebrafish Are Predominantly Expressed in the Central Nervous System. Nucleic Acids Research. 24(24). 4874–4881. 46 indexed citations
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Hauptmann, Giselbert & Thomas Gerster. (1996). Multicolour whole-mount in situ hybridization to Drosophila embryos. Development Genes and Evolution. 206(4). 292–295. 24 indexed citations
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Hauptmann, Giselbert & Thomas Gerster. (1995). Pou-2 — a zebrafish gene active during cleavage stages and in the early hindbrain. Mechanisms of Development. 51(1). 127–138. 47 indexed citations
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Turner, Philip, et al.. (1995). Functional Redundancy of Promoter Elements Ensures Efficient Transcription of the Human 7SK Genein vivo. Journal of Molecular Biology. 253(5). 677–690. 18 indexed citations
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Lillycrop, Karen A., et al.. (1994). Repression of a Herpes Simplex Virus Immediate-Early Promoter by the Oct-2 Transcription Factor Is Dependent on an Inhibitory Region at the N Terminus of the Protein. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(11). 7633–7642. 14 indexed citations
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Luo, Yan, Hiroshi Fujii, Thomas Gerster, & Robert G. Roeder. (1992). A novel B cell-derived coactivator potentiates the activation of immunoglobulin promoters by octamer-binding transcription factors. Cell. 71(2). 231–241. 251 indexed citations
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Scheuermann, Richard H., et al.. (1991). Anti-IgM antibodies down modulate mu-enhancer activity and OTF2 levels in LPS-stimuulated mouse splenic B-cells. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(21). 5981–5989. 12 indexed citations
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Scheidereit, Claus, James A. Cromlish, Thomas Gerster, et al.. (1988). A human lymphoid- specific transcription factor that activates immunoglobulin genes is a homoeobox protein. Nature. 336(6199). 551–557. 364 indexed citations
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Müller, Michael M., Thomas Gerster, & Walter Schaffner. (1988). Enhancer sequences and the regulation of gene transcription. European Journal of Biochemistry. 176(3). 485–495. 130 indexed citations
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Westin, Gunnar, Thomas Gerster, Michael M. Müller, G. Schaffner, & Walter Schaffner. (1987). OVEC, a versatile system to study transcription in mammalian cells and cell-free extracts. Nucleic Acids Research. 15(17). 6787–6798. 241 indexed citations
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Gerster, Thomas, Patrick Matthias, Markus Thali, Josef Jiricny, & W. Schaffner. (1987). Cell type-specificity elements of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene enhancer.. The EMBO Journal. 6(5). 1323–1330. 242 indexed citations

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