Winfried Boos

11.4k citations

202 papers · 9.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 57

Impact in

Genetics top 0.2%
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Biochemistry top 0.2%
- Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism

Papers in

Genetics 134
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 126
Biochemistry 34
- Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism 33

Co-authors: Howard A. Shuman Reinhold Horlacher Michael Ehrmann Thomas J. Silhavy Roland Benz Martina Rimmele W. Klein Timothy J. Larson
Journals: Journal of Bacteriology (65 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (29 papers)Molecular Microbiology (14 papers)European Journal of Biochemistry (13 papers)Research in Microbiology (5 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States France

In The Last Decade

Winfried Boos

200 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Maltose/Maltodextrin System ofEscherichia coli: Transport, Metabolism, and Regulation 1998 · 519 citations

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it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1998 Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
1978 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes

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1	Structural rationale for the short branched substrate specificity of the glycogen debranching enzyme GlgX Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·Aral de Moor, Tae‐Yang Jung, Jong‐Tae Park, Byung‐Chul Park, Pyung Keun Myung, Winfried Boos, Eui‐Jeon Woo, Kwan‐Hwa Park	2010	27
2	The role of TrmB and TrmB-like transcriptional regulators for sugar transport and metabolism in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus Archives of Microbiology ·Sung‐Jae Lee, M.D. Abraham, Winfried Hausner, Michael Thomm, Winfried Boos	2008	41
3	The ABC of binding-protein-dependent transport in Archaea Trends in Microbiology ·Sung‐Jae Lee, Alex Böhm, Michael Krug, Winfried Boos	2007	30
4	Crystal Structure of the Sugar Binding Domain of the Archaeal Transcriptional Regulator TrmB Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Michael Krug, Sung‐Jae Lee, Kay Diederichs, Winfried Boos, Wolfram Welte	2006	29
5	Molecular and biochemical characterization of a fructose-6-phosphate-forming and ATP-dependent fructokinase of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus litoralis Extremophiles ·María Belén Ávalos Torres, Sung‐Jae Lee, Winfried Boos	2004	12
6	TreT, a Novel Trehalose Glycosyltransferring Synthase of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus litoralis Journal of Biological Chemistry ·María Belén Ávalos Torres, Sung‐Jae Lee, Winfried Boos	2004	82
7	Analysis of the Interaction between the Global Regulator Mlc and EIIBGlc of the Glucose-specific Phosphotransferase System in Escherichia coli Journal of Biological Chemistry ·A. C. Fernandes, Sung‐Jae Lee, Carole Pennetier, Winfried Boos, Jacqueline Plumbridge	2003	38
8	The Aes Protein Directly Controls the Activity of MalT, the Central Transcriptional Activator of the Escherichia coliMaltose Regulon Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Nicolas Joly, Olivier Danot, Anja Schlegel, Winfried Boos, Evelyne Richet	2002	27
9	The crystal structure of a liganded trehalose/maltose-binding protein from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus litoralis at 1.85 Å Journal of Molecular Biology ·Joachim Diez, Kay Diederichs, Gerhard Greller, Reinhold Horlacher, Winfried Boos, Wolfram Welte	2001	83
10	Negative transcriptional regulation of a positive regulator: the expression of malT, encoding the transcriptional activator of the maltose regulon of Escherichia coli, is negatively controlled by Mlc Molecular Microbiology ·Ruchi Tyagi, Jacqueline Plumbridge, Winfried Boos	1998	91
11	Crystal structure of the effector‐binding domain of the trehalose‐repressor of escherichia coli, a member of the LacI family, in its complexes with inducer trehalose‐6‐phosphate and noninducer trehalose Protein Science ·Lesley Rantell, Reinhold Horlacher, Winfried Boos, Wolfram Welte, Kay Diederichs	1998	32
12	Mathematical treatment of the kinetics of binding protein dependent transport systems reveals that both the substrate loaded and unloaded binding proteins interact with the membrane components Journal of Theoretical Biology ·Erich Bohl, Howard A. Shuman, Winfried Boos	1995	41
13	Mutations in phoB, the positive gene activator of the pho regulon in Escherichia coli, affect the carbohydrate phenotype on MacConkey indicator plates Research in Microbiology ·Anja Hartmann, Winfried Boos	1993	8
14	Glycerol uptake in Escherichia coli is sensitive to membrane lipid composition Research in Microbiology ·Verónica Truniger, Winfried Boos	1993	18
15	The repression of trehalose transport and metabolism in Escherichia coli by high osmolarity is mediated by trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase Research in Microbiology ·W. Klein, U Ehmann, Winfried Boos	1991	22
16	Analysis and DNA sequence of the osmoregulatedtreA gene encoding the periplasmic trehalase ofEscherichia coli K12 Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Claude Gutierrez, Maryvonne Ardourel, Erhard Bremer, Anke Middendorf, Winfried Boos, U Ehmann	1989	66
17	Convenient transfer of lacZ-gene fusions to phage M13 by in vivo recombination and their use for nucleotide sequencing Gene ·Peter Gött, Michael Ehrmann, Winfried Boos	1988	3
18	Nucleotide sequence of the ugp genes of Escherichia coli K‐12: homology to the maltose system Molecular Microbiology ·Piet Overduin, Winfried Boos, Jan Tommassen	1988	87
19	Nucleotide sequence and transcriptional startpoint of the glpT gene of Escherichia coli: extensive sequence homology of the glycerol‐3‐phosphate transport protein with components of the hexose‐6‐phosphate transport system Molecular Microbiology ·Karin Eiglmeier, Winfried Boos, Stewart T. Cole	1987	65
20	Aspects of maltose transport in Escherichia coli: established facts and educated guesses. PubMed ·Winfried Boos	1982	6

About Winfried Boos

Winfried Boos is a scholar working on Genetics, Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, having authored 202 papers that have together received 9.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (126 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (77 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (33 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (33 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (31 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (23 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (4.2k citations), Biochemistry (956 citations), Biotechnology (1.1k citations), Endocrinology (593 citations) and Molecular Medicine (567 citations). Winfried Boos has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Howard A. Shuman, Reinhold Horlacher, Michael Ehrmann, Thomas J. Silhavy, Roland Benz, Martina Rimmele, W. Klein, Timothy J. Larson, Ralf Peist and S Szmelcman. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular Microbiology, European Journal of Biochemistry and Research in Microbiology.

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