Walter Schaffner

19.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
126 papers, 16.8k citations indexed

About

Walter Schaffner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Schaffner has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 16.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 26 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Walter Schaffner's work include Trace Elements in Health (37 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (25 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (22 papers). Walter Schaffner is often cited by papers focused on Trace Elements in Health (37 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (25 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (22 papers). Walter Schaffner collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Walter Schaffner's co-authors include Michael M. Müller, Patrick Matthias, Edgar Schreiber, Julian Banerji, Oleg Georgiev, Sandro Rusconi, Jean de Villiers, Didier Picard, Kuppusamy Balamurugan and Edgar Serfling and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Walter Schaffner

126 papers receiving 16.0k citations

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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.

Rapid detection of octamer binding proteins with ‘mini extracts’, prepared from a small number of cells

1989 4.1k citations Edgar Schreiber, Patrick Matthias et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Expression of a β-globin gene is enhanced by remote SV40 DNA sequences

1981 1.4k citations Sandro Rusconi, Walter Schaffner et al. profile →
A lymphocyte-specific cellular enhancer is located downstream of the joining region in immunoglobulin heavy chain genes

1983 1.3k citations Walter Schaffner et al. profile →
Transcriptional Activation Modulated by Homopolymeric Glutamine and Proline Stretches

1994 510 citations Oleg Georgiev, Sandro Rusconi et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Schaffner

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A conserved cysteine cluster, essential for transcriptional activity, mediates homodimerization of human metal-responsive transcription factor-1 (MTF-1) 2011 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research ·Viola Günther, (unknown), Oleg Georgiev, Walter Schaffner	30
2	Distorted copper homeostasis with decreased sensitivity to cisplatin upon chaperone Atox1 deletion in Drosophila 2011 ·BioMetals ·Haiqing Hua, Viola Günther, Oleg Georgiev, Walter Schaffner	39
3	Characterization of MtnE, the fifth metallothionein member in Drosophila 2011 ·JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry ·Lilit Atanesyan, Viola Günther, S Celniker, Oleg Georgiev, Walter Schaffner	39
4	Polyglutamine tracts as modulators of transcriptional activation from yeast to mammals 2011 ·Biological Chemistry ·Lilit Atanesyan, Viola Günther, Bernhard Dichtl, Oleg Georgiev, Walter Schaffner	35
5	Dissection of Drosophila MTF-1 reveals a domain for differential target gene activation upon copper overload vs. copper starvation 2011 ·The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology ·Viola Günther, (unknown), (unknown), Oleg Georgiev, Walter Schaffner	20
6	Dumpy-30 family members as determinants of male fertility and interaction partners of metal-responsive transcription factor 1 (MTF-1) in Drosophila 2008 ·BMC Developmental Biology ·(unknown), Lilit Atanesyan, Dieter Egli, Sunil Jayaramaiah Raja, Monica Steinmann‐Zwicky, Renate Renkawitz‐Pohl, Oleg Georgiev, Walter Schaffner	13
7	Copper homeostasis in Drosophila by complex interplay of import, storage and behavioral avoidance 2007 ·The EMBO Journal ·Kuppusamy Balamurugan, Dieter Egli, Haiqing Hua, (unknown), (unknown), Oleg Georgiev, Walter Schaffner	64
8	In Vivo Construction of Transgenes in Drosophila 2006 ·Genetics ·Hajime Takeuchi, Oleg Georgiev, Michael J. Fetchko, (unknown), Walter Schaffner, Dieter Egli	8
9	Transcriptome response to heavy metal stress in Drosophila reveals a new zinc transporter that confers resistance to zinc 2006 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Hasmik Yepiskoposyan, Dieter Egli, Tim Fergestad, Anand Selvaraj, Carina Treiber, Gerd Multhaup, Oleg Georgiev, Walter Schaffner	130
10	The nucleotide sequence and a first generation gene transfer vector of species B human adenovirus serotype 3 2005 ·Virology ·Dominique Sirena, Zsolt Ruzsics, Walter Schaffner, Urs F. Greber, Silvio Hemmi	46
11	An Efficient Method to Generate Chromosomal Rearrangements by Targeted DNA Double-Strand Breaks inDrosophila melanogaster 2004 ·Genome Research ·Dieter Egli, Ernst Hafen, Walter Schaffner	21
12	Activation of gene expression by metal-responsive signal transduction pathways. 2002 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·(unknown), Nurten Saydam, Florian Steiner, Walter Schaffner, Jonathan H. Freedman	43
13	Nucleo-cytoplasmic Trafficking of Metal-regulatory Transcription Factor 1 Is Regulated by Diverse Stress Signals 2001 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Nurten Saydam, Oleg Georgiev, Michel Y. Nakano, Urs F. Greber, Walter Schaffner	117
14	The Drosophila Homolog of Mammalian Zinc Finger Factor MTF-1 Activates Transcription in Response to Heavy Metals 2001 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Bo Zhang, Dieter Egli, Oleg Georgiev, Walter Schaffner	130
15	Conservation of Glutamine-Rich Transactivation Function between Yeast and Humans 2000 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Dominik Escher, (unknown), Alcide Barberis, Walter Schaffner	54
16	Transcription factors interacting with herpes simplex virus α gene promoters in sensory neurons 1995 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Michael Hagmann, Oleg Georgiev, Walter Schaffner, Philippe Douville	39
17	Positive and Negative Regulation at the Herpes Simplex Virus ICP4 and ICPO TAATGARAT Motifs 1995 ·Virology ·Philippe Douville, Michael Hagmann, Oleg Georgiev, Walter Schaffner	31
18	cDNA cloning of human N-Oct 3, a nervous-system specific POU domain transcription factor binding to the octamer DNA motif 1993 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Edgar Schreiber, Andreas Tobler, Ursula Malipiero, Walter Schaffner, A. Fontana	79
19	Long-range activation of transcription by SV40 enhancer is affected by ?inhibitory? or ?permissive? DNA sequences between enhancer and promoter 1989 ·Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics ·Edgar Schreiber, Walter Schaffner	10
20	Eukaryotic expression vectors for the analysis of mutant proteins 1989 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Patrick Matthias, Michael M. Müller, Edgar Schreiber, Sandro Rusconi, Walter Schaffner	122

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