Tobias Kieser

15.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
51 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Tobias Kieser is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tobias Kieser has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Plant Science and 16 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Tobias Kieser's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (17 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (16 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (16 papers). Tobias Kieser is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (17 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (16 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (16 papers). Tobias Kieser collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Tobias Kieser's co-authors include David A. Hopwood, Keith Chater, Rachel E. Melton, William R. Jacobs, Kay Fowler, Bertolt Gust, Gregory L. Challis, Scott B. Snapper, Charles J. Thompson and Shuhaimi Mustafa and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Tobias Kieser

51 papers receiving 9.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Practical streptomyces genetics

2000 3.5k citations Tobias Kieser profile →
PCR-targeted Streptomyces gene replacement identifies a protein domain needed for biosynthesis of the sesquiterpene soil odor geosmin

2003 1.3k citations Bertolt Gust, Gregory L. Challis et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Isolation and characterization of efficient plasmid transformation mutants of Mycobacterium smegmatis

1990 1.1k citations Scott B. Snapper, Rachel E. Melton et al. Molecular Microbiology profile →
Factors affecting the isolation of CCC DNA from Streptomyces lividans and Escherichia coli

1984 655 citations Tobias Kieser profile →
pIJ101, a multi-copy broad host-range Streptomyces plasmid: Functional analysis and development of DNA cloning vectors

1982 351 citations Tobias Kieser, David A. Hopwood et al. Molecular and General Genetics MGG profile →

Peers

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Charles J. Thompson Switzerland

Keith Chater United Kingdom

Mark J. Buttner United Kingdom

Bernard Joris Belgium

Mervyn J. Bibb United Kingdom

Kozo Ochi Japan

Wolfgang Wohlleben Germany

Richard H. Baltz United States

William C. Nierman United States

Peter F. Leadlay United Kingdom

Charles J. Thompson Switzerland

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Citations per year, relative to Tobias Kieser Tobias Kieser (= 1×) peers Charles J. Thompson

Countries citing papers authored by Tobias Kieser

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tobias Kieser

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tobias Kieser

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tobias Kieser. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tobias Kieser 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 Tobias Kieser. Tobias Kieser is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Zhou, Xiufen, Xinyi He, Jingdan Liang, et al.. (2005). A novel DNA modification by sulphur. Molecular Microbiology. 57(5). 1428–1438. 101 indexed citations

Gust, Bertolt, Gregory L. Challis, Kay Fowler, Tobias Kieser, & Keith Chater. (2003). PCR-targeted Streptomyces gene replacement identifies a protein domain needed for biosynthesis of the sesquiterpene soil odor geosmin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(4). 1541–1546. 1266 indexed citations breakdown →

Wilkinson, Adam C., et al.. (2003). NAD⁺‐dependent DNA ligases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Streptomyces coelicolor. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 51(3). 321–326. 19 indexed citations

Weißenborn, Anke, et al.. (2003). Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) plasmid SCP2*: deductions from the complete sequence. Microbiology. 149(2). 505–513. 33 indexed citations

Bhatt, Apoorva, Graham R. Stewart, & Tobias Kieser. (2002). Transposition of Tn4560ofStreptomyces fradiaeinMycobacterium smegmatis. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 206(2). 241–246. 5 indexed citations

Bhatt, Apoorva, Rachel E. Melton, & Tobias Kieser. (2002). Plasmid transfer from Streptomyces to Mycobacterium smegmatis by spontaneous transformation. Molecular Microbiology. 43(1). 135–146. 11 indexed citations

McLean, Kirsty J., Ker R. Marshall, Alison Richmond, et al.. (2002). Azole antifungals are potent inhibitors of cytochrome P450 mono-oxygenases and bacterial growth in mycobacteria and streptomycetes. Microbiology. 148(10). 2937–2949. 149 indexed citations

Wezel, Gilles P. van, et al.. (2000). The ram-dependence of Streptomyces lividans differentiation is bypassed by copper.. PubMed. 2(4). 565–74. 52 indexed citations

Smokvina, Tamara, et al.. (1994). Transposition of IS 117, the 2.5 kb Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) ‘minicircle’: roles of open reading frames and origin of tandem insertions. Molecular Microbiology. 12(3). 459–468. 11 indexed citations

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Xiao, Jiannan, Rachel E. Melton, & Tobias Kieser. (1994). High‐frequency homologous plasmid‐plasmid recombination coupled with conjugation of plasmid SCP2* in Streptomyces. Molecular Microbiology. 14(3). 547–555. 6 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xing, et al.. (1994). Streptomyces lividans 66 contains a gene for phage resistance which is similar to the phage λea59 endonuclease gene. Molecular Microbiology. 12(5). 789–797. 16 indexed citations

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Pape, H., et al.. (1993). Analysis of the transfer region of the Streptomyces plasmid SCP2*. Molecular Microbiology. 10(1). 157–170. 23 indexed citations

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Kieser, Tobias & David A. Hopwood. (1991). [21] Genetic manipulation of Streptomyces: Integrating vectors and gene replacement. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 204. 430–458. 69 indexed citations

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Henderson, Duncan J., et al.. (1990). Transposition of IS117 (the Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) mini-circle) to and from a cloned target site and into secondary chromosomal sites. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 224(1). 65–71. 14 indexed citations

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Snapper, Scott B., Rachel E. Melton, Shuhaimi Mustafa, Tobias Kieser, & William R. Jacobs. (1990). Isolation and characterization of efficient plasmid transformation mutants of Mycobacterium smegmatis. Molecular Microbiology. 4(11). 1911–1919. 1062 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kieser, Tobias & Rachel E. Melton. (1988). Plasmid pIJ699, a multi-copy positive-selection vector for Streptomyces. Gene. 65(1). 83–91. 115 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiufen, Zixin Deng, J. L. Firmin, David A. Hopwood, & Tobias Kieser. (1988). Site-specific degradation ofStreptomyces lividansDNA during electrophoresis in buffers contaminated with ferrous iron. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(10). 4341–4352. 110 indexed citations

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Kieser, Tobias, et al.. (1988). “Strong incompatibility” between derivatives of the Streptomyces multi-copy plasmid pIJ101. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 214(2). 286–294. 50 indexed citations

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Chater, Keith, David A. Hopwood, Tobias Kieser, & Charles J. Thompson. (1982). Gene Cloning in Streptomyces. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 96. 69–95. 298 indexed citations

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Hintermann, Gilberto, et al.. (1981). Restriction analysis of the Streptomyces glaucescens genome by agarose gel electrophoresis. Archives of Microbiology. 130(3). 218–222. 66 indexed citations

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