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Microbiology

D-Index
93
Citations
25456
World Ranking
602
National Ranking
36

Molecular Biology

D-Index
92
Citations
22528
World Ranking
711
National Ranking
60

Overview

August Böck is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. The research focus includes multiple areas related to biomedical engineering and materials science.

Major research topics covered by Böck's work include:

  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Subfields of study connected to Böck's work are:

  • Automotive Engineering
  • Biomaterials
  • Surgery

Frequent publication venues for Böck's research comprise:

  • Advanced Materials
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Significant recent publications include:

  • Volumetric 3D Printing and Melt-Electrowriting to Fabricate Implantable Reinforced Cardiac Tissue Patches, 2025, Advanced Materials
  • The functional divergence of plant ESCRT components TOL3, SNF7.1, and VPS4 during salt stress response, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Volumetric 3D Printing and Melt-Electrowriting to Fabricate Implantable Reinforced Cardiac Tissue Patches (Adv. Mater. 45/2025), 2025, Advanced Materials

Böck has collaborated multiple times with several researchers, reflecting an active collaborative research environment. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Héctor Rodríguez Cetina Biefer
  • Manuel Mekkattu
  • Alessio Amicone
  • Dennis Zorndt
  • Debora Meier

Best Publications

  • Selenocysteine: the 21st amino acid.

    A. Böck;K. Forchhammer;J. Heider;W. Leinfelder

  • Nucleotide sequence and expression of the selenocysteine-containing polypeptide of formate dehydrogenase (formate-hydrogen-lyase-linked) from Escherichia coli

    F Zinoni;A Birkmann;T C Stadtman;A Böck

  • Gene for a novel tRNA species that accepts L-serine and cotranslationally inserts selenocysteine.

    Walfred Leinfelder;Eva Zehelein;MarieAndree MandrandBerthelot;August Bock

  • Selenium in biology: facts and medical perspectives.

    J Köhrl;R Brigelius-Flohé;A Böck;R Gärtner

  • Mutational analysis of the operon (hyc) determining hydrogenase 3 formation in Escherichia coli.

    M. Sauter;R. Böhm;A. Böck

  • Maturation of hydrogenases.

    August Böck;Paul W. King;Melanie Blokesch;Matthew C. Posewitz

  • Nucleotide sequence and expression of an operon in Escherichia coli coding for formate hydrogenylase components

    R. Böhm;M. Sauter;A. Böck

  • Identification of a novel translation factor necessary for the incorporation of selenocysteine into protein

    Karl Forchhammer;Walfred Leinfelder;August Böck

  • Features of the formate dehydrogenase mRNA necessary for decoding of the UGA codon as selenocysteine.

    F Zinoni;J Heider;A Böck

  • High-level expression in Escherichia coli of selenocysteine-containing rat thioredoxin reductase utilizing gene fusions with engineered bacterial-type SECIS elements and co-expression with the selA, selB and selC genes.

    Elias S.J Arnér;Hakan Sarioglu;Friedrich Lottspeich;Arne Holmgren

  • Overexpression of Selenocysteine Methyltransferase in Arabidopsis and Indian Mustard Increases Selenium Tolerance and Accumulation

    Danika L. LeDuc;Alice S. Tarun;Maria Montes-Bayon;Juris Meija

  • The hyp operon gene products are required for the maturation of catalytically active hydrogenase isoenzymes in Escherichia coli

    A. Jacobi;R. Rossmann;A. Böck

  • Cotranslational insertion of selenocysteine into formate dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli directed by a UGA codon

    F Zinoni;A Birkmann;W Leinfelder;A Böck

  • Catalytic properties of an Escherichia coli formate dehydrogenase mutant in which sulfur replaces selenium

    Milton J. Axley;August Bock;Thressa C. Stadtman

  • Taming of a poison: biosynthesis of the NiFe-hydrogenase cyanide ligands.

    Stefanie Reissmann;Elisabeth Hochleitner;Haofan Wang;Athanasios Paschos

  • Molecular characterization of an operon (hyp) necessary for the activity of the three hydrogenase isoenzymes in Escherichia coli.

    S. Lutz;A. Jacobi;V. Schlensog;R. Böhm

  • Mechanism of regulation of the formate-hydrogenlyase pathway by oxygen, nitrate, and pH: definition of the formate regulon.

    R. Rossmann;G. Sawers;A. Böck

  • Selenocysteine synthase from Escherichia coli. Analysis of the reaction sequence.

    K Forchhammer;A Böck

  • Identification of a major facilitator protein from Escherichia coli involved in efflux of metabolites of the cysteine pathway.

    Tobias Dassler;Thomas Maier;Christoph Winterhalter;August Bock

  • In vitro synthesis of selenocysteinyl-tRNA(UCA) from seryl-tRNA(UCA): involvement and characterization of the selD gene product.

    W Leinfelder;K Forchhammer;B Veprek;E Zehelein

  • An improved method for two-dimensional gel-electrophoresis: analysis of mutationally altered ribosomal proteins of Escherichia coli.

    Dieter Geyl;August Böck;Katsumi Isono

  • The product of the hypB gene, which is required for nickel incorporation into hydrogenases, is a novel guanine nucleotide-binding protein.

    T Maier;A Jacobi;M Sauter;A Böck

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Maier
Thomas Maier Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Johann Heider
Johann Heider Philipp University of Marburg
Gary Sawers
Gary Sawers Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Melanie Blokesch
Melanie Blokesch École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Karl Forchhammer
Karl Forchhammer University of Tübingen
Friedrich Lottspeich
Friedrich Lottspeich Max Planck Society
Thressa C. Stadtman
Thressa C. Stadtman National Institutes of Health
Georg Stöffler
Georg Stöffler Innsbruck Medical University
Robert Huber
Robert Huber University of Duisburg-Essen
Hauke Hennecke
Hauke Hennecke ETH Zurich

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