Wolfgang Oppliger

5.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
22 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Oppliger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Oppliger has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Oppliger's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (13 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (6 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (4 papers). Wolfgang Oppliger is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (13 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (6 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (4 papers). Wolfgang Oppliger collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United Kingdom. Wolfgang Oppliger's co-authors include Michael N. Hall, Gottfried Schatz, Stephan Wullschleger, Robbie Loewith, Anja Lorberg, Débora Bonenfant, Paul Jenoe, Estela Jacinto, José L. Crespo and Vittoria Zinzalla and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Oppliger

22 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Two TOR Complexes, Only One of which Is Rapamycin Sensitive, Have Distinct Roles in Cell Growth Control

2002 1.5k citations Robbie Loewith, Estela Jacinto et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Glutaminolysis Activates Rag-mTORC1 Signaling

2012 556 citations Raúl V. Durán, Wolfgang Oppliger et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Activation of mTORC2 by Association with the Ribosome

2011 519 citations Vittoria Zinzalla, Wolfgang Oppliger et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wolfgang Oppliger Switzerland	22	3.7k	548	367	355	337	22	4.4k
Mai Nguyen Canada	24	2.7k 0.7×	789 1.4×	733 2.0×	234 0.7×	454 1.3×	41	3.6k
Arthur Edelman United States	19	3.6k 0.9×	544 1.0×	413 1.1×	326 0.9×	194 0.6×	25	4.4k
Beat Nyfeler Switzerland	15	1.7k 0.5×	551 1.0×	523 1.4×	479 1.3×	304 0.9×	19	2.6k
Christopher R. McMaster Canada	36	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 2.3×	242 0.7×	131 0.4×	192 0.6×	99	3.6k
Luca Pellegrini Canada	28	2.9k 0.8×	793 1.4×	419 1.1×	122 0.3×	198 0.6×	39	3.7k
Nicholas A. Morrice United Kingdom	36	3.3k 0.9×	653 1.2×	335 0.9×	383 1.1×	432 1.3×	64	4.2k
Stefan Grimm United Kingdom	28	3.2k 0.8×	483 0.9×	455 1.2×	1.0k 2.9×	929 2.8×	51	4.2k
Annie Valette France	31	2.6k 0.7×	364 0.7×	175 0.5×	283 0.8×	224 0.7×	59	3.5k
William J. Roesler Canada	28	2.3k 0.6×	294 0.5×	194 0.5×	268 0.8×	256 0.8×	64	3.3k
K L Luskey United States	26	2.7k 0.7×	528 1.0×	151 0.4×	332 0.9×	160 0.5×	38	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Wolfgang Oppliger

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Oppliger

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Shimobayashi, Mitsugu, Wolfgang Oppliger, Suzette Moes, Paul Jenö, & Michael N. Hall. (2013). TORC1-regulated protein kinase Npr1 phosphorylates Orm to stimulate complex sphingolipid synthesis. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 24(6). 870–881. 89 indexed citations

Durán, Raúl V., Wolfgang Oppliger, Aaron M. Robitaille, et al.. (2012). Glutaminolysis Activates Rag-mTORC1 Signaling. Molecular Cell. 47(3). 349–358. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

Zinzalla, Vittoria, et al.. (2011). Activation of mTORC2 by Association with the Ribosome. Cell. 144(5). 757–768. 519 indexed citations breakdown →

Wullschleger, Stephan, Robbie Loewith, Wolfgang Oppliger, & Michael N. Hall. (2005). Molecular Organization of Target of Rapamycin Complex 2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(35). 30697–30704. 184 indexed citations

Loewith, Robbie, Estela Jacinto, Stephan Wullschleger, et al.. (2002). Two TOR Complexes, Only One of which Is Rapamycin Sensitive, Have Distinct Roles in Cell Growth Control. Molecular Cell. 10(3). 457–468. 1519 indexed citations breakdown →

Murphy, Michael P., Danielle Leuenberger, Sean P. Curran, Wolfgang Oppliger, & Carla M. Koehler. (2001). The Essential Function of the Small Tim Proteins in the TIM22 Import Pathway Does Not Depend on Formation of the Soluble 70-Kilodalton Complex. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 21(18). 6132–6138. 30 indexed citations

Koehler, Carla M., Michael P. Murphy, Danielle Leuenberger, et al.. (2000). Tim18p, a New Subunit of the TIM22 Complex That Mediates Insertion of Imported Proteins into the Yeast Mitochondrial Inner Membrane. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(4). 1187–1193. 82 indexed citations

Weiss, Celeste, Wolfgang Oppliger, Guy Vergères, et al.. (1999). Domain structure and lipid interaction of recombinant yeast Tim44. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(16). 8890–8894. 45 indexed citations

Azem, Abdussalam, Wolfgang Oppliger, Ariel Lustig, et al.. (1997). The Mitochondrial hsp70 Chaperone System. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(33). 20901–20906. 60 indexed citations

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Horst, Martin, et al.. (1996). The mitochondrial protein import motor: Dissociation of mitochondrial hsp70 from its membrane anchor requires ATP binding rather than ATP hydrolysis. Protein Science. 5(4). 759–767. 74 indexed citations

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Schneider, André, Wolfgang Oppliger, & Paul Jenö. (1994). Purified inner membrane protease I of yeast mitochondria is a heterodimer.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269(12). 8635–8638. 27 indexed citations

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Kronidou, Nafsika G., Wolfgang Oppliger, Luca Bolliger, et al.. (1994). Dynamic interaction between Isp45 and mitochondrial hsp70 in the protein import system of the yeast mitochondrial inner membrane.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(26). 12818–12822. 151 indexed citations

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Horst, Marc A. ter, Paul Jenö, Nafsika G. Kronidou, et al.. (1993). Protein import into yeast mitochondria: the inner membrane import site protein ISP45 is the MPI1 gene product.. The EMBO Journal. 12(8). 3035–3041. 66 indexed citations

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Yang, Meijia, et al.. (1991). The MAS-encoded processing protease of yeast mitochondria. Interaction of the purified enzyme with signal peptides and a purified precursor protein.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 266(10). 6416–6423. 59 indexed citations

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Dihanich, Melitta, Angela Schmid, Wolfgang Oppliger, & Roland Benz. (1989). Identification of a new pore in the mitochondrial outer membrane of a porin‐deficient yeast mutant. European Journal of Biochemistry. 181(3). 703–708. 43 indexed citations

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Hay, R., et al.. (1988). Apolipoproteins of the orotic acid fatty liver: implications for the biogenesis of plasma lipoproteins.. Journal of Lipid Research. 29(8). 981–996. 24 indexed citations

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Yang, Meijia, Robert E. Jensen, Michael P. Yaffe, Wolfgang Oppliger, & Gottfried Schatz. (1988). Import of proteins into yeast mitochondria: the purified matrix processing protease contains two subunits which are encoded by the nuclear MAS1 and MAS2 genes.. The EMBO Journal. 7(12). 3857–3862. 178 indexed citations

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Eilers, Martin, Wolfgang Oppliger, & Gottfried Schatz. (1987). Both ATP and an energized inner membrane are required to import a purified precursor protein into mitochondria.. The EMBO Journal. 6(4). 1073–1077. 174 indexed citations

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Hurt, Eduard C., B. Pesold-Hurt, Kitaru Suda, Wolfgang Oppliger, & Gottfried Schatz. (1985). The first twelve amino acids (less than half of the pre-sequence) of an imported mitochondrial protein can direct mouse cytosolic dihydrofolate reductase into the yeast mitochondrial matrix.. The EMBO Journal. 4(8). 2061–2068. 241 indexed citations

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Steffens, Guy, John B. Buse, Wolfgang Oppliger, & Bernd Ludwig. (1983). Sequence homology of bacterial and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidases. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 116(1). 335–340. 34 indexed citations

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