Ulf Gerth

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Ulf Gerth is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulf Gerth has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Genetics and 24 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ulf Gerth's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (31 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (24 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (14 papers). Ulf Gerth is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (31 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (24 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (14 papers). Ulf Gerth collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and India. Ulf Gerth's co-authors include Michael Hecker, J I Bell, David G. Jackson, Gavin Screaton, Holger Kock, Stephan Michalik, Hanne Ingmer, Dorte Frees, Kürşad Turgay and Alexander Elsholz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ulf Gerth

44 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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Genomic structure of DNA encoding the lymphocyte homing receptor CD44 reveals at least 12 alternatively spliced exons.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ulf Gerth Germany	29	2.2k	1.1k	721	536	420	44	3.0k
Roger S. Buxton United Kingdom	36	2.2k 1.0×	728 0.7×	650 0.9×	281 0.5×	171 0.4×	84	3.6k
Barbara Lipińska Poland	30	1.7k 0.8×	724 0.7×	258 0.4×	261 0.5×	431 1.0×	82	2.7k
Keith McKenney United States	23	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	178 0.2×	444 0.8×	357 0.8×	38	2.6k
Hans‐Joachim Fritz Germany	27	2.8k 1.3×	948 0.9×	146 0.2×	404 0.8×	252 0.6×	62	3.3k
William D. Huse United States	17	2.3k 1.0×	381 0.3×	137 0.2×	355 0.7×	79 0.2×	25	3.4k
Jeffrey C. Edman United States	32	2.2k 1.0×	335 0.3×	1.0k 1.4×	127 0.2×	76 0.2×	49	5.2k
Tomas Moks Sweden	22	2.1k 0.9×	426 0.4×	148 0.2×	325 0.6×	159 0.4×	30	2.7k
Nicole T. Liberati United States	17	3.2k 1.5×	946 0.9×	112 0.2×	368 0.7×	68 0.2×	19	4.0k
Dennis G. Kleid United States	18	2.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	159 0.2×	567 1.1×	93 0.2×	30	4.1k
Karen Beemon United States	39	3.9k 1.8×	1.4k 1.3×	183 0.3×	168 0.3×	90 0.2×	94	5.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ulf Gerth

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Michalik, Stephan, Petra Hildebrandt, Marc Schaffer, et al.. (2024). Activation of the general stress response sigma factor SigB prevents competence development in Bacillus subtilis. mBio. 15(12). e0227424–e0227424. 2 indexed citations

Reder, Alexander, et al.. (2020). Complementation studies with human ClpP in Bacillus subtilis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1867(9). 118744–118744. 2 indexed citations

Lilge, Lars, Alexander Reder, Frank Tippmann, et al.. (2020). The Involvement of the McsB Arginine Kinase in Clp-Dependent Degradation of the MgsR Regulator in Bacillus subtilis. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 900–900. 7 indexed citations

Reder, Alexander, Stephan Michalik, & Ulf Gerth. (2018). How to Assess Protein Stability: Half-Life Determination of a Regulatory Protein in Bacillus subtilis. Methods in molecular biology. 1841. 131–140. 4 indexed citations

Arora, Gunjan, Andaleeb Sajid, R Virmani, et al.. (2017). Ser/Thr protein kinase PrkC-mediated regulation of GroEL is critical for biofilm formation in Bacillus anthracis. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 3(1). 7–7. 34 indexed citations

Singhal, Anshika, Gunjan Arora, R Virmani, et al.. (2015). Systematic Analysis of Mycobacterial Acylation Reveals First Example of Acylation-mediated Regulation of Enzyme Activity of a Bacterial Phosphatase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(43). 26218–26234. 38 indexed citations

Gunka, Katrin, et al.. (2015). Factors that mediate and prevent degradation of the inactive and unstable GudB protein in Bacillus subtilis. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. 758–758. 13 indexed citations

Molière, Noël, Etienne Maisonneuve, Alexander Elsholz, et al.. (2014). The role of thiol oxidative stress response in heat‐induced protein aggregate formation during thermotolerance in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 91(5). 1036–1052. 49 indexed citations

Larsen, M., Josué L. Castro‐Mejía, Michael Hecker, et al.. (2013). Initial adhesion of Listeria monocytogenes to fine polished stainless steel under flow conditions is determined by prior growth conditions. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 165(1). 35–42. 15 indexed citations

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Elsholz, Alexander, Kürşad Turgay, Stephan Michalik, et al.. (2012). Global impact of protein arginine phosphorylation on the physiology of Bacillus subtilis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(19). 7451–7456. 116 indexed citations

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Reder, Alexander, Dierk‐Christoph Pöther, Ulf Gerth, & Michael Hecker. (2012). The modulator of the general stress response, MgsR, of Bacillus subtilis is subject to multiple and complex control mechanisms. Environmental Microbiology. 14(10). 2838–2850. 17 indexed citations

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Reder, Alexander, Dirk Albrecht, Ulf Gerth, & Michael Hecker. (2012). Cross‐talk between the general stress response and sporulation initiation in Bacillus subtilis – the σ ^B promoter of spo0E represents an AND‐gate. Environmental Microbiology. 14(10). 2741–2756. 22 indexed citations

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Michalik, Stephan, Jörg Bernhardt, Andreas Otto, et al.. (2012). Life and Death of Proteins: A Case Study of Glucose-starved Staphylococcus aureus. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 11(9). 558–570. 37 indexed citations

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Elsholz, Alexander, Ulf Gerth, & Michael Hecker. (2010). Regulation of CtsR Activity in Low GC, Gram+ Bacteria. Advances in microbial physiology. 57. 119–144. 22 indexed citations

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Elsholz, Alexander, Stephan Michalik, Daniela Zühlke, Michael Hecker, & Ulf Gerth. (2010). CtsR, the Gram‐positive master regulator of protein quality control, feels the heat. The EMBO Journal. 29(21). 3621–3629. 71 indexed citations

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Michalik, Stephan, Manuel Liebeke, Daniela Zühlke, et al.. (2009). Proteolysis during long‐term glucose starvation in Staphylococcus aureus COL. PROTEOMICS. 9(19). 4468–4477. 28 indexed citations

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Reder, Alexander, et al.. (2008). The Spx paralogue MgsR (YqgZ) controls a subregulon within the general stress response of Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 69(5). 1104–1120. 33 indexed citations

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Kirstein, Janine, David A. Dougan, Ulf Gerth, Michael Hecker, & Kürşad Turgay. (2007). The tyrosine kinase McsB is a regulated adaptor protein for ClpCP. The EMBO Journal. 26(8). 2061–2070. 78 indexed citations

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Heidrich, Nadja, et al.. (2006). The small untranslated RNA SR1 from the Bacillus subtilis genome is involved in the regulation of arginine catabolism. Molecular Microbiology. 62(2). 520–536. 100 indexed citations

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Gerth, Ulf, Elke Krüger, Isabelle Derré, Tarek Msadek, & Michael Hecker. (1998). Stress induction of the Bacillus subtilis clpP gene encoding a homologue of the proteolytic component of the Clp protease and the involvement of ClpP and ClpX in stress tolerance. Molecular Microbiology. 28(4). 787–802. 165 indexed citations

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