Wolfgang Wintermeyer

10.7k total citations
140 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Wintermeyer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Wintermeyer has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Molecular Biology, 49 papers in Genetics and 27 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Wintermeyer's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (134 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (85 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (49 papers). Wolfgang Wintermeyer is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (134 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (85 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (49 papers). Wolfgang Wintermeyer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Russia and United States. Wolfgang Wintermeyer's co-authors include Marina V. Rodnina, Andreas Savelsbergh, Vladimir I. Katunin, Frank Peske, Hans G. Zachau, James Robertson, Andrey L. Konevega, Roland Lill, Holger Stark and Dagmar Mohr and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Wintermeyer

140 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolfgang Wintermeyer Germany 56 7.9k 2.4k 870 439 390 140 8.3k
Knud H. Nierhaus Germany 57 8.0k 1.0× 2.2k 0.9× 854 1.0× 334 0.8× 583 1.5× 198 9.2k
Marat Yusupov France 40 7.9k 1.0× 1.5k 0.6× 639 0.7× 517 1.2× 423 1.1× 118 8.7k
William Clemons United States 30 7.3k 0.9× 2.4k 1.0× 845 1.0× 375 0.9× 246 0.6× 64 8.2k
G. Yusupova France 36 7.0k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 537 0.6× 441 1.0× 392 1.0× 67 7.6k
Alexander S. Spirin Russia 45 5.9k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 748 0.9× 315 0.7× 267 0.7× 182 6.8k
J.L. Hansen United States 12 5.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 434 0.5× 428 1.0× 292 0.7× 26 6.1k
Richard Brimacombe Germany 53 6.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 774 0.9× 149 0.3× 229 0.6× 134 6.7k
Ditlev E. Brodersen Denmark 35 6.7k 0.8× 2.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 378 0.9× 218 0.6× 74 8.0k
Ada Yonath Israel 48 7.3k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 626 0.7× 220 0.5× 482 1.2× 173 8.9k
Joseph D. Puglisi United States 61 11.8k 1.5× 1.7k 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 1.2k 2.7× 297 0.8× 173 13.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Wintermeyer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mercier, Evan, et al.. (2019). Total synthesis of (±)-fumimycin and analogues for biological evaluation as peptide deformylase inhibitors. Tetrahedron. 75(24). 3216–3230. 11 indexed citations
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Belardinelli, Riccardo, Heena Sharma, Neva Caliskan, et al.. (2016). Choreography of molecular movements during ribosome progression along mRNA. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 23(4). 342–348. 71 indexed citations
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Rodnina, Marina V. & Wolfgang Wintermeyer. (2016). Protein Elongation, Co-translational Folding and Targeting. Journal of Molecular Biology. 428(10). 2165–2185. 57 indexed citations
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Holtkamp, Wolf, et al.. (2014). GTP hydrolysis by EF-G synchronizes tRNA movement on small and large ribosomal subunits. The EMBO Journal. 33(9). 1073–1085. 75 indexed citations
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Ge, Yan, Albena Draycheva, Thomas Bornemann, Marina V. Rodnina, & Wolfgang Wintermeyer. (2014). Lateral opening of the bacterial translocon on ribosome binding and signal peptide insertion. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5263–5263. 46 indexed citations
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Fischer, N., Andrey L. Konevega, Wolfgang Wintermeyer, Marina V. Rodnina, & Holger Stark. (2010). Ribosome dynamics and tRNA movement by time-resolved electron cryomicroscopy. Nature. 466(7304). 329–333. 314 indexed citations
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Savelsbergh, Andreas, Marina V. Rodnina, & Wolfgang Wintermeyer. (2009). Distinct functions of elongation factor G in ribosome recycling and translocation. RNA. 15(5). 772–780. 97 indexed citations
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Bornemann, Thomas, Johannes Jöckel, Marina V. Rodnina, & Wolfgang Wintermeyer. (2008). Signal sequence–independent membrane targeting of ribosomes containing short nascent peptides within the exit tunnel. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 15(5). 494–499. 140 indexed citations
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Buskiewicz, Iwona A., Johannes Jöckel, Marina V. Rodnina, & Wolfgang Wintermeyer. (2008). Conformation of the signal recognition particle in ribosomal targeting complexes. RNA. 15(1). 44–54. 19 indexed citations
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Savelsbergh, Andreas, et al.. (2006). Role and timing of GTP binding and hydrolysis during EF-G-dependent tRNA translocation on the ribosome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(37). 13670–13675. 99 indexed citations
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Buskiewicz, Iwona A., Andriy V. Kubarenko, Frank Peske, Marina V. Rodnina, & Wolfgang Wintermeyer. (2005). Domain rearrangement of SRP protein Ffh upon binding 4.5S RNA and the SRP receptor FtsY. RNA. 11(6). 947–957. 36 indexed citations
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Peske, Frank, Marina V. Rodnina, & Wolfgang Wintermeyer. (2005). Sequence of Steps in Ribosome Recycling as Defined by Kinetic Analysis. Molecular Cell. 18(4). 403–412. 115 indexed citations
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Jöckel, Johannes, et al.. (2005). Conformation of 4.5S RNA in the signal recognition particle and on the 30S ribosomal subunit. RNA. 11(9). 1374–1384. 21 indexed citations
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Peske, Frank, Andreas Savelsbergh, Vladimir I. Katunin, Marina V. Rodnina, & Wolfgang Wintermeyer. (2004). Conformational Changes of the Small Ribosomal Subunit During Elongation Factor G-dependent tRNA–mRNA Translocation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 343(5). 1183–1194. 147 indexed citations
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Beringer, Malte, Sarah Adio, Wolfgang Wintermeyer, & Marina V. Rodnina. (2003). The G2447A mutation does not affect ionization of a ribosomal group taking part in peptide bond formation. RNA. 9(8). 919–922. 38 indexed citations
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Savelsbergh, Andreas, Vladimir I. Katunin, Dagmar Mohr, et al.. (2003). An Elongation Factor G-Induced Ribosome Rearrangement Precedes tRNA-mRNA Translocation. Molecular Cell. 11(6). 1517–1523. 241 indexed citations
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Peske, Frank, et al.. (2003). The signal recognition particle binds to protein L23 at the peptide exit of the Escherichia coli ribosome. RNA. 9(5). 566–573. 126 indexed citations
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Konevega, Andrey L., V.I. Makhno, Yuri P. Semenkov, et al.. (2003). Purine bases at position 37 of tRNA stabilize codon–anticodon interaction in the ribosomal A site by stacking and Mg2+-dependent interactions. RNA. 10(1). 90–101. 105 indexed citations
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Peske, Frank, Natalia Matassova, Andreas Savelsbergh, Marina V. Rodnina, & Wolfgang Wintermeyer. (2000). Conformationally Restricted Elongation Factor G Retains GTPase Activity but Is Inactive in Translocation on the Ribosome. Molecular Cell. 6(2). 501–505. 54 indexed citations
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Wintermeyer, Wolfgang, et al.. (1979). Studies on tRNA Conformation and Ribosome Interaction with Fluorescent tRNA Derivatives. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 445–457. 1 indexed citations

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