Ulrich K. Laemmli

284.2k total citations · 10 hit papers
84 papers, 261.7k citations indexed

About

Ulrich K. Laemmli is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulrich K. Laemmli has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 261.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ulrich K. Laemmli's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (40 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (22 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers). Ulrich K. Laemmli is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (40 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (22 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers). Ulrich K. Laemmli collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and France. Ulrich K. Laemmli's co-authors include Don W. Cleveland, Marc W. Kirschner, S G Fischer, Susan M. Gasser, Rodney A. Johnson, James R. Paulson, Jonathan King, Yasuhisa Adachi, Emmanuel Käs and Jovan Mirkovitch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ulrich K. Laemmli

84 papers receiving 244.5k citations

Hit Papers

Cleavage of Structural Proteins during the Assembly of th... 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 1970 1977 1973 1973 50.0k 100.0k 150.0k 200.0k
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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.

  1. Cleavage of Structural Proteins during the Assembly of the Head of Bacteriophage T4
    1970 232.4k citations Ulrich K. Laemmli Nature profile →
  2. Cleavage of structural proteins during the assemble of the head of bacterio-phage T4
    1970 5.4k citations Ulrich K. Laemmli Nature profile →
  3. Peptide mapping by limited proteolysis in sodium dodecyl sulfate and analysis by gel electrophoresis.
    1977 5.3k citations Ulrich K. Laemmli et al. profile →
  4. Maturation of the head of bacteriophage T4
    1973 3.6k citations Ulrich K. Laemmli et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  5. Maturation of the head of bacteriophage T4
    1973 1.1k citations Ulrich K. Laemmli et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  6. Organization of the higher-order chromatin loop: specific DNA attachment sites on nuclear scaffold
    1984 947 citations Jovan Mirkovitch, Marc-Édouard Mirault et al. Cell profile →
  7. Polypeptides of the tail fibres of bacteriophage T4
    1971 888 citations Ulrich K. Laemmli et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  8. The structure of histone-depleted metaphase chromosomes
    1977 837 citations Ulrich K. Laemmli et al. Cell profile →
  9. The detection of DNA-binding proteins by protein blotting
    1980 643 citations Ulrich K. Laemmli et al. profile →
  10. Cohabitation of scaffold binding regions with upstream/enhancer elements of three developmentally regulated genes of D. melanogaster
    1986 504 citations Susan M. Gasser, Ulrich K. Laemmli Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ulrich K. Laemmli Switzerland 62 154.2k 33.5k 30.2k 29.5k 24.1k 84 261.7k
A. Farr United States 7 143.2k 0.9× 33.7k 1.0× 22.6k 0.7× 18.5k 0.6× 14.4k 0.6× 7 295.7k
Tom Maniatis United States 137 121.0k 0.8× 27.6k 0.8× 11.2k 0.4× 35.1k 1.2× 24.2k 1.0× 278 190.2k
Marion M. Bradford United States 6 94.1k 0.6× 47.9k 1.4× 13.4k 0.4× 11.9k 0.4× 11.4k 0.5× 8 194.6k
Mark A. Bradford United States 72 109.9k 0.7× 57.1k 1.7× 16.3k 0.5× 14.9k 0.5× 12.8k 0.5× 229 239.7k
Matthias Mann Germany 214 150.8k 1.0× 10.2k 0.3× 24.0k 0.8× 12.0k 0.4× 18.1k 0.7× 845 215.4k
Bert Vogelstein United States 204 134.2k 0.9× 8.2k 0.2× 15.1k 0.5× 28.7k 1.0× 15.1k 0.6× 553 229.5k
Kenneth J. Livak United States 42 95.0k 0.6× 44.4k 1.3× 10.3k 0.3× 19.0k 0.6× 26.2k 1.1× 95 199.5k
Joseph Sambrook United States 49 78.4k 0.5× 24.3k 0.7× 10.8k 0.4× 25.9k 0.9× 9.6k 0.4× 339 127.1k
Thomas D. Schmittgen United States 40 89.2k 0.6× 37.3k 1.1× 8.6k 0.3× 14.1k 0.5× 23.7k 1.0× 95 181.3k
Robert A. Weinberg United States 176 135.1k 0.9× 3.4k 0.1× 20.7k 0.7× 18.3k 0.6× 25.8k 1.1× 382 223.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Blattes, Roxane, Caroline Monod, Olivier Cuvier, et al.. (2006). Displacement of D1, HP1 and topoisomerase II from satellite heterochromatin by a specific polyamide. The EMBO Journal. 25(11). 2397–2408. 49 indexed citations
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Schmid, Manfred, et al.. (2006). Nup-PI: The Nucleopore-Promoter Interaction of Genes in Yeast. Molecular Cell. 21(3). 379–391. 214 indexed citations
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Schmid, Manfred, et al.. (2004). ChIC and ChECGenomic Mapping of Chromatin Proteins. Molecular Cell. 16(1). 147–157. 76 indexed citations
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Maeshima, Kazuhiro & Ulrich K. Laemmli. (2003). A Two-Step Scaffolding Model for Mitotic Chromosome Assembly. Developmental Cell. 4(4). 467–480. 229 indexed citations
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Ishii, Kojiro & Ulrich K. Laemmli. (2003). Structural and Dynamic Functions Establish Chromatin Domains. Molecular Cell. 11(1). 237–248. 63 indexed citations
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Ishii, Kojiro, et al.. (2002). Chromatin Boundaries in Budding Yeast. Cell. 109(5). 551–562. 288 indexed citations
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Cuvier, Olivier, Craig M. Hart, & Ulrich K. Laemmli. (1998). Identification of a Class of Chromatin Boundary Elements. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 18(12). 7478–7486. 76 indexed citations
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Hart, Craig M. & Ulrich K. Laemmli. (1998). Facilitation of chromatin dynamics by SARs. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 8(5). 519–525. 83 indexed citations
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Laemmli, Ulrich K. & Robert Tjian. (1996). Nucleus and gene expression a nuclear traffic jam: unraveling multicomponent machines and compartments. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 8(3). 299–302. 13 indexed citations
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Zhao, Keji, Craig M. Hart, & Ulrich K. Laemmli. (1995). Visualization of chromosomal domains with boundary element-associated factor BEAF-32. Cell. 81(6). 879–889. 265 indexed citations
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Fankhauser, Christian, Elisa Izaurralde, Yasuhisa Adachi, Paul T. Wingfield, & Ulrich K. Laemmli. (1991). Specific Complex of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Rev and Nucleolar B23 Proteins: Dissociation by the Rev Response Element. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11(5). 2567–2575. 80 indexed citations
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Adachi, Yasuhisa, May M. Luke, & Ulrich K. Laemmli. (1991). Chromosome assembly in vitro: Topoisomerase II is required for condensation. Cell. 64(1). 137–148. 339 indexed citations
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Gasser, Susan M. & Ulrich K. Laemmli. (1987). A glimpse at chromosomal order. Trends in Genetics. 3. 16–22. 335 indexed citations
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Gasser, Susan M. & Ulrich K. Laemmli. (1986). The organisation of chromatin loops: characterization of a scaffold attachment site. The EMBO Journal. 5(3). 511–518. 267 indexed citations
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Gasser, Susan M., Thierry Laroche, Jacques Falquet, E. Boy de la Tour, & Ulrich K. Laemmli. (1986). Metaphase chromosome structure. Journal of Molecular Biology. 188(4). 613–629. 473 indexed citations
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Mirkovitch, Jovan, Marc-Édouard Mirault, & Ulrich K. Laemmli. (1984). Organization of the higher-order chromatin loop: specific DNA attachment sites on nuclear scaffold. Cell. 39(1). 223–232. 947 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lewis, Catherine D., Jane Lebkowski, Ann K. Daly, & Ulrich K. Laemmli. (1984). Interphase nuclear matrix and metaphase scaffolding structures. Journal of Cell Science. 1984(Supplement_1). 103–122. 76 indexed citations
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Adolph, Kenneth W., et al.. (1977). Role of nonhistone proteins in metaphase chromosome structure. Cell. 12(3). 805–816. 223 indexed citations
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Laemmli, Ulrich K.. (1970). Cleavage of Structural Proteins during the Assembly of the Head of Bacteriophage T4. Nature. 227(5259). 680–685. 232356 indexed citations breakdown →
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Laemmli, Ulrich K.. (1970). Cleavage of structural proteins during the assemble of the head of bacterio-phage T4. Nature. 277. 680–685. 5427 indexed citations breakdown →

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