Walter Messer

6.2k total citations
111 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Walter Messer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Messer has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 96 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Walter Messer's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (96 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (73 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (26 papers). Walter Messer is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (96 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (73 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (26 papers). Walter Messer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Poland and Denmark. Walter Messer's co-authors include Christoph Weigel, Angelika Roth, Sigrid Schaper, Heinz Lother, Christian Speck, Hendrik Gille, Mandy Meijer, Mario Noyer-Weidner, Christoph Schaefer and Hans Bergmans and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Walter Messer

110 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter Messer Germany 42 4.5k 4.0k 768 542 393 111 5.3k
Sota Hiraga Japan 33 3.3k 0.7× 2.8k 0.7× 1.1k 1.5× 612 1.1× 319 0.8× 74 4.2k
S Hiraga Japan 30 2.9k 0.6× 2.5k 0.6× 1.2k 1.5× 531 1.0× 368 0.9× 46 3.8k
J Beckwith United States 26 3.3k 0.7× 2.2k 0.6× 846 1.1× 253 0.5× 604 1.5× 35 4.7k
Claude Lazdunski France 44 3.8k 0.8× 2.7k 0.7× 893 1.2× 295 0.5× 767 2.0× 154 5.2k
Annie Kolb France 38 3.7k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 1.1k 1.4× 196 0.4× 469 1.2× 86 4.6k
Martin Marinus United States 40 3.7k 0.8× 1.8k 0.4× 711 0.9× 335 0.6× 362 0.9× 79 4.5k
David Bramhill United States 17 2.5k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 655 0.9× 267 0.5× 168 0.4× 21 3.3k
Shôji Mizushima Japan 37 3.8k 0.8× 2.3k 0.6× 887 1.2× 190 0.4× 400 1.0× 121 4.6k
Josette Rouvière‐Yaniv France 32 3.4k 0.8× 2.4k 0.6× 1.3k 1.7× 276 0.5× 169 0.4× 43 4.0k
Kenneth N. Kreuzer United States 36 4.5k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 1.0k 1.3× 568 1.0× 141 0.4× 89 5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Walter Messer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Messer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Messer

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

All Works

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Pascale, Gianfranco De, et al.. (2008). A robust screen for novel antibiotics: specific knockout of the initiator of bacterial DNA replication. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 281(2). 210–214. 21 indexed citations
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Messer, Walter. (2002). The bacterial replication initiator DnaA. DnaA andoriC, the bacterial mode to initiate DNA replication. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 26(4). 355–374. 266 indexed citations
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Weigel, Christoph, et al.. (2001). The sequence requirements for a functional Escherichia coli replication origin are different for the chromosome and a minichromosome. Molecular Microbiology. 40(2). 498–507. 53 indexed citations
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Schaper, Sigrid, Judith Nardmann, Gerhild Lüder, et al.. (2000). Identification of the chromosomal replication origin from Thermus thermophilus and its interaction with the replication initiator DnaA 1 1Edited by M. Yanagida. Journal of Molecular Biology. 299(3). 655–665. 27 indexed citations
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Jakimowicz, Dagmara, Jerzy Majka, Grażyna Konopa, et al.. (2000). Architecture of the streptomyces lividans DnaA protein-replication origin complexes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 298(3). 351–364. 31 indexed citations
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Nardmann, Judith & Walter Messer. (2000). Identification and characterization of the dnaA upstream region of Thermus thermophilus. Gene. 261(2). 299–303. 9 indexed citations
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Weigel, Christoph, et al.. (2000). Analysis of the DNA‐binding domain of Escherichia coli DnaA protein. Molecular Microbiology. 36(3). 557–569. 75 indexed citations
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Richter, Stefan, et al.. (1998). Unique organization of the dnaA region from Prochlorococcus marinus CCMP1375, a marine cyanobacterium. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 257(5). 534–541. 32 indexed citations
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Roth, Angelika & Walter Messer. (1998). High‐affinity binding sites for the initiator protein DnaA on the chromosome of Escherichia coli. Molecular Microbiology. 28(2). 395–401. 59 indexed citations
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Rückert, Beate, et al.. (1997). Complexes at the replication origin of Bacillus subtilis with homologous and heterologous DnaA protein. Journal of Molecular Biology. 274(3). 365–380. 103 indexed citations
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Langer, Uwe, Stefan Richter, Angelika Roth, Christoph Weigel, & Walter Messer. (1996). A comprehensive set of DnaA‐box mutations in the replication origin, oriC, of Escherichia coli. Molecular Microbiology. 21(2). 301–311. 68 indexed citations
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Roth, Angelika, et al.. (1994). Functions of histone-like proteins in the initiation of DNA replication at oriC of Escherichia coli. Biochimie. 76(10-11). 917–923. 54 indexed citations
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Diederich, Ludger, Angelika Roth, & Walter Messer. (1994). A versatile plasmid vector system for the regulated expression of genes in Escherichia coli.. PubMed. 16(5). 916–23. 41 indexed citations
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Messer, Walter, et al.. (1992). The complex for replication initiation ofEscherichia coli. Chromosoma. 102(S1). S1–S6. 19 indexed citations
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Diederich, Ludger, et al.. (1991). Transcription termination in the dnaA gene. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 230(3). 486–490. 7 indexed citations
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Messer, Walter, et al.. (1991). DNA lesions that block DNA replication are responsible for the dnaA induction caused by DNA damage. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 231(1). 81–87. 8 indexed citations
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Messer, Walter, et al.. (1988). Expression of the Escherichia coli dnaQ (mutD) gene is inducible. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 211(1). 106–112. 9 indexed citations

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