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

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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.

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 →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A novel DNA modification by sulphur 2005 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Xiufen Zhou, Xinyi He, Jingdan Liang, Aiying Li, Tiegang Xu, Tobias Kieser, John D. Helmann, Zixin Deng	101
2	PCR-targeted Streptomyces gene replacement identifies a protein domain needed for biosynthesis of the sesquiterpene soil odor geosmin breakdown → 2003 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Bertolt Gust, Gregory L. Challis, Kay Fowler, Tobias Kieser, Keith Chater	1266
3	NAD⁺‐dependent DNA ligases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Streptomyces coelicolor 2003 ·Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·Adam C. Wilkinson, (unknown), (unknown), Andrew J. O. Smith, Jonathan P. Day, Tobias Kieser, Richard P. Bowater	19
4	Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) plasmid SCP2: deductions from the complete sequence 2003 ·Microbiology* ·(unknown), Anke Weißenborn, (unknown), Stephen D. Bentley, Tobias Kieser, Josef Altenbuchner	33
5	Transposition of Tn4560ofStreptomyces fradiaeinMycobacterium smegmatis 2002 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Apoorva Bhatt, Graham R. Stewart, Tobias Kieser	5
6	Plasmid transfer from Streptomyces to Mycobacterium smegmatis by spontaneous transformation 2002 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Apoorva Bhatt, Rachel E. Melton, Tobias Kieser	11
7	Azole antifungals are potent inhibitors of cytochrome P450 mono-oxygenases and bacterial growth in mycobacteria and streptomycetes 2002 ·Microbiology ·Kirsty J. McLean, Ker R. Marshall, Alison Richmond, Iain S. Hunter, Kay Fowler, Tobias Kieser, Sudagar S. Gurcha, Gurdyal S. Besra, Andrew W. Munro	149
8	The ram-dependence of Streptomyces lividans differentiation is bypassed by copper. 2000 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Gilles P. van Wezel, (unknown), Tobias Kieser, Erik Vijgenboom	52
9	Transposition of IS 117, the 2.5 kb Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) ‘minicircle’: roles of open reading frames and origin of tandem insertions 1994 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Tamara Smokvina, Duncan J. Henderson, Rachel E. Melton, (unknown), Tobias Kieser, David A. Hopwood	11
10	High‐frequency homologous plasmid‐plasmid recombination coupled with conjugation of plasmid SCP2* in Streptomyces 1994 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Jiannan Xiao, Rachel E. Melton, Tobias Kieser	6
11	Streptomyces lividans 66 contains a gene for phage resistance which is similar to the phage λea59 endonuclease gene 1994 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Xing Zhou, (unknown), David A. Hopwood, Tobias Kieser	16
12	Analysis of the transfer region of the Streptomyces plasmid SCP2* 1993 ·Molecular Microbiology ·(unknown), H. Pape, David A. Hopwood, Tobias Kieser	23
13	[21] Genetic manipulation of Streptomyces: Integrating vectors and gene replacement 1991 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Tobias Kieser, David A. Hopwood	69
14	Transposition of IS117 (the Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) mini-circle) to and from a cloned target site and into secondary chromosomal sites 1990 ·Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Duncan J. Henderson, (unknown), Tobias Kieser, Rachel E. Melton, David A. Hopwood	14
15	Isolation and characterization of efficient plasmid transformation mutants of Mycobacterium smegmatis breakdown → 1990 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Scott B. Snapper, Rachel E. Melton, Shuhaimi Mustafa, Tobias Kieser, William R. Jacobs	1062
16	Plasmid pIJ699, a multi-copy positive-selection vector for Streptomyces 1988 ·Gene ·Tobias Kieser, Rachel E. Melton	115
17	Site-specific degradation ofStreptomyces lividansDNA during electrophoresis in buffers contaminated with ferrous iron 1988 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Xiufen Zhou, Zixin Deng, J. L. Firmin, David A. Hopwood, Tobias Kieser	110
18	“Strong incompatibility” between derivatives of the Streptomyces multi-copy plasmid pIJ101 1988 ·Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·(unknown), Tobias Kieser, David A. Hopwood	50
19	Gene Cloning in Streptomyces 1982 ·Current topics in microbiology and immunology ·Keith Chater, David A. Hopwood, Tobias Kieser, Charles J. Thompson	298
20	Restriction analysis of the Streptomyces glaucescens genome by agarose gel electrophoresis 1981 ·Archives of Microbiology ·Gilberto Hintermann, Reto Crameri, Tobias Kieser, (unknown)	66

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