Wolfgang Zachariae

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
33 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

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Wolfgang Zachariae is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Zachariae has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Zachariae's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (25 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (15 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (9 papers). Wolfgang Zachariae is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (25 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (15 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (9 papers). Wolfgang Zachariae collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United Kingdom. Wolfgang Zachariae's co-authors include Kim Nasmyth, Gislene Pereira, Barbara Winsor, Michael Knop, Katja Siegers, Rafal Ciosk, Aliona Bogdanova, Andrej Shevchenko, Marta Gálová and Michael Schwab and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Zachariae

33 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Epitope tagging of yeast genes using a PCR-based strategy: more tags and improved practical routines

1999 888 citations Wolfgang Zachariae, Kim Nasmyth et al. profile →
Whose end is destruction: cell division and the anaphase-promoting complex

1999 566 citations Wolfgang Zachariae, Kim Nasmyth Genes & Development profile →
An ESP1/PDS1 Complex Regulates Loss of Sister Chromatid Cohesion at the Metaphase to Anaphase Transition in Yeast

1998 501 citations Rafal Ciosk, Wolfgang Zachariae et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wolfgang Zachariae Germany	25	4.5k	2.9k	850	529	224	33	5.0k
Marta Gálová Austria	13	3.9k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	347 0.7×	187 0.8×	15	4.2k
Étienne Schwob France	26	4.6k 1.0×	1.9k 0.7×	628 0.7×	595 1.1×	253 1.1×	46	5.0k
M. Andrew Hoyt United States	40	5.3k 1.2×	4.6k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	340 0.6×	210 0.9×	50	6.0k
Iain Hagan United Kingdom	40	6.2k 1.4×	4.5k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	527 1.0×	308 1.4×	82	6.8k
Curt Wittenberg United States	36	5.3k 1.2×	2.0k 0.7×	783 0.9×	982 1.9×	357 1.6×	61	5.7k
Uttam Surana Singapore	30	3.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	694 0.8×	443 0.8×	181 0.8×	68	3.7k
Clarence S.M. Chan United States	25	3.1k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	304 0.6×	172 0.8×	28	3.4k
Margarete M. S. Heck United Kingdom	24	3.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	785 0.9×	585 1.1×	298 1.3×	44	3.9k
Nick Rhind United States	34	3.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	483 0.6×	610 1.2×	421 1.9×	69	4.2k
Tomohiro Matsumoto Japan	25	2.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	684 0.8×	266 0.5×	180 0.8×	62	2.9k

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Jonak, Katarzyna, et al.. (2023). Spo13/ MEIKIN ensures a Two‐Division meiosis by preventing the activation of APC / C ^Ama1 at meiosis I. The EMBO Journal. 42(20). e114288–e114288. 3 indexed citations

Jonak, Katarzyna, et al.. (2021). Deprotection of centromeric cohesin at meiosis II requires APC/C activity but not kinetochore tension. The EMBO Journal. 40(7). e106812–e106812. 18 indexed citations

Argüello‐Miranda, Orlando, et al.. (2016). Casein Kinase 1 Coordinates Cohesin Cleavage, Gametogenesis, and Exit from M Phase in Meiosis II. Developmental Cell. 40(1). 37–52. 37 indexed citations

Argüello‐Miranda, Orlando, Aliona Bogdanova, P. K. Vinod, et al.. (2012). Meiotic Prophase Requires Proteolysis of M Phase Regulators Mediated by the Meiosis-Specific APC/CAma1. Cell. 151(3). 603–618. 74 indexed citations

Katis, V.L., Jesse Lipp, Richard Imre, et al.. (2010). Rec8 Phosphorylation by Casein Kinase 1 and Cdc7-Dbf4 Kinase Regulates Cohesin Cleavage by Separase during Meiosis. Developmental Cell. 18(3). 397–409. 143 indexed citations

Matos, Joao, Jesse Lipp, Aliona Bogdanova, et al.. (2008). Dbf4-Dependent Cdc7 Kinase Links DNA Replication to the Segregation of Homologous Chromosomes in Meiosis I. Cell. 135(4). 662–678. 135 indexed citations

Yan, Dong, Aliona Bogdanova, Bianca Habermann, Wolfgang Zachariae, & Julie Ahringer. (2007). Identification of the C. elegansanaphase promoting complex subunit Cdc26 by phenotypic profiling and functional rescue in yeast. BMC Developmental Biology. 7(1). 19–19. 12 indexed citations

Petronczki, Mark, Joao Matos, Saori Mori, et al.. (2006). Monopolar Attachment of Sister Kinetochores at Meiosis I Requires Casein Kinase 1. Cell. 126(6). 1049–1064. 146 indexed citations

Schwickart, Martin, Joao Matos, Aliona Bogdanova, et al.. (2005). The Yeast APC/C Subunit Mnd2 Prevents Premature Sister Chromatid Separation Triggered by the Meiosis-Specific APC/C-Ama1. Cell. 120(6). 773–788. 80 indexed citations

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Zachariae, Wolfgang. (2005). Emi1 and Erp1: Who Can Stop These Eggs?. Developmental Cell. 8(3). 301–303. 2 indexed citations

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Katis, V.L., Joao Matos, Saori Mori, et al.. (2004). Spo13 Facilitates Monopolin Recruitment to Kinetochores and Regulates Maintenance of Centromeric Cohesion during Yeast Meiosis. Current Biology. 14(24). 2183–2196. 75 indexed citations

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Camasses, Alain, Aliona Bogdanova, Andrej Shevchenko, & Wolfgang Zachariae. (2003). The CCT Chaperonin Promotes Activation of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex through the Generation of Functional Cdc20. Molecular Cell. 12(1). 87–100. 161 indexed citations

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Seol, Jaeho, R. M. Renny Feldman, Wolfgang Zachariae, et al.. (1999). Cdc53/cullin and the essential Hrt1 RING-H2 subunit of SCF define a ubiquitin ligase module that activates the E2 enzyme Cdc34. Genes & Development. 13(12). 1614–1626. 343 indexed citations

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Zachariae, Wolfgang. (1999). Progression into and out of mitosis. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 11(6). 708–716. 42 indexed citations

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Alexandru, Gabriela, Wolfgang Zachariae, Alexander Schleiffer, & Kim Nasmyth. (1999). Sister chromatid separation and chromosome re-duplication are regulated by different mechanisms in response to spindle damage. The EMBO Journal. 18(10). 2707–2721. 162 indexed citations

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Gieffers, Christian, Wolfgang Zachariae, Alexandre V. Podtelejnikov, et al.. (1999). Characterization of the DOC1/APC10 Subunit of the Yeast and the Human Anaphase-promoting Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(20). 14500–14507. 80 indexed citations

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Ciosk, Rafal, Wolfgang Zachariae, Christine Michaelis, et al.. (1998). An ESP1/PDS1 Complex Regulates Loss of Sister Chromatid Cohesion at the Metaphase to Anaphase Transition in Yeast. Cell. 93(6). 1067–1076. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zachariae, Wolfgang & Kim Nasmyth. (1996). TPR proteins required for anaphase progression mediate ubiquitination of mitotic B-type cyclins in yeast.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 7(5). 791–801. 104 indexed citations

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Zenke, Frank T., Wolfgang Zachariae, Astrid Lunkes, & Karin D. Breunig. (1993). Gal80 Proteins of Kluyveromyces lactis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Are Highly Conserved but Contribute Differently to Glucose Repression of the Galactose Regulon. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 13(12). 7566–7576. 48 indexed citations

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Gödecke, Axel, et al.. (1991). Coregulation of theKluyveromyces lactislactose permease and β-galactoidase genes is achieved by interaction of multiple LAC9 binding sites in a 2.6 kbp divergnent promoter. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(19). 5351–5358. 51 indexed citations

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