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Elmar G. Weinhold

Elmar G. Weinhold

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Chemistry

D-Index
42
Citations
6286
World Ranking
17551
National Ranking
1272

Overview

Elmar G. Weinhold is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and engineering. Their work spans 30 publications in the broader field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a subset of 10 publications also connecting to Engineering.

The scientist's primary subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Genetics, Information Systems, and Infectious Diseases. Their research interests focus on several main topics:

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • ICT in Developing Communities
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Frequent publication venues for Weinhold comprise:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 4 publications
  • RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen) with 3 publications
  • ACS Nano with 2 publications
  • ChemBioChem with 2 publications
  • Nanoscale with 2 publications

Some of their recent scientific papers include:

  • "Electrical DNA Sequence Mapping Using Oligodeoxynucleotide Labels and Nanopores," 2021, ACS Nano
  • "Chemoenzymatic labeling of DNA methylation patterns for single-molecule epigenetic mapping," 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Label as you fold: methyltransferase-assisted functionalization of DNA nanostructures," 2020, Nanoscale
  • "Chemo-Enzymatic Fluorescence Labeling Of Genomic DNA For Simultaneous Detection Of Global 5-Methylcytosine And 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine," 2023, ChemBioChem
  • "DNA modification and visualization on an origami-based enzyme nano-factory," 2020, Nanoscale

Elmar G. Weinhold collaborates frequently with a number of researchers including:

  • Yael Michaeli
  • Leonie Schütz
  • Yuval Ebenstein
  • Sapir Margalit
  • Gil Nifker

Best Publications

  • Structure of the N6-adenine DNA methyltransferase M.TaqI in complex with DNA and a cofactor analog.

    Karsten Goedecke;Marc Pignot;Roger S. Goody;Axel J. Scheidig

  • Direct transfer of extended groups from synthetic cofactors by DNA methyltransferases

    Christian Dalhoff;Gražvydas Lukinavičius;Saulius Klimas̆auskas;Elmar Weinhold

  • 2-Aminopurine as a fluorescent probe for DNA base flipping by methyltransferases

    Birgit Holz;Saulius Klimasauskas;Saulius Serva;Elmar Weinhold

  • Enzymatic Site‐Specific Functionalization of Protein Methyltransferase Substrates with Alkynes for Click Labeling

    Wibke Peters;Sophie Willnow;Mike Duisken;Henning Kleine

  • Targeted labeling of DNA by methyltransferase-directed transfer of activated groups (mTAG)

    Gražvydas Lukinavičius;Vidmantas Lapienė;Zdislav Staševskij;Christian Dalhoff

  • METAL-CATALYZED ASYMMETRIC 1,3-DIPOLAR CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS

    Kurt V. Gothelf;Karl Anker Jørgensen;Carl E. Olsen;Birgitte R. Rassing

  • Differential binding of S-adenosylmethionine S-adenosylhomocysteine and Sinefungin to the adenine-specific DNA methyltransferase M.TaqI.

    Gerd Schluckebier;Maciej Kozak;Nathalie Bleimling;Elmar Weinhold

  • A new tool for biotechnology: AdoMet-dependent methyltransferases

    Saulius Klimašauskas;Elmar Weinhold

  • Expanding the chemical scope of RNA:methyltransferases to site-specific alkynylation of RNA for click labeling

    Yuri Motorin;Jürgen Burhenne;Roman Teimer;Kaloian Koynov

  • The Mechanism of DNA Cytosine-5 Methylation KINETIC AND MUTATIONAL DISSECTION OF HhaI METHYLTRANSFERASE

    Giedrius Vilkaitis;Egle˙ Merkiene˙;Saulius Serva;Elmar Weinhold

  • SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS : UNLABELLED AND RADIOLABELLED TETRA-, PENTA- AND HEXA-BROMODIPHENYL ETHERS

    Ulrika Örn;Lars Eriksson;Eva Jakobsson;Åke Bergman

  • A Selenium‐Based Click AdoMet Analogue for Versatile Substrate Labeling with Wild‐Type Protein Methyltransferases

    Sophie Willnow;Michael Martin;Bernhard Lüscher;Elmar Weinhold

  • Light-Enhancing Plasmonic-Nanopore Biosensor for Superior Single-Molecule Detection.

    Ossama N. Assad;Ossama N. Assad;Tal Gilboa;Joshua Spitzberg;Matyas Juhasz

  • Programmable sequence-specific click-labeling of RNA using archaeal box C/D RNP methyltransferases

    Miglė Tomkuvienė;Béatrice Clouet-d’Orval;Ignas Černiauskas;Elmar Weinhold

  • Synthesis of S-adenosyl-L-methionine analogs and their use for sequence-specific transalkylation of DNA by methyltransferases.

    Christian Dalhoff;Gražvydas Lukinavičius;Saulius Klimašauskas;Elmar Weinhold

  • A vitamin-C-derived DNA modification catalysed by an algal TET homologue

    Jian Huang Xue;Guo Dong Chen;Fuhua Hao;Hui Chen;Hui Chen

  • Polycyclic Aromatic DNA-Base Surrogates: High-Affinity Binding to an Adenine-Specific Base-Flipping DNA Methyltransferase†

    Christine Beuck;Ishwar Singh;Anupam Bhattacharya;Walburga Hecker

  • Design of a new fluorescent cofactor for DNA methyltransferases and sequence-specific labeling of DNA.

    Goran Pljevaljcic;Marc Pignot;Elmar Weinhold

  • ASYMMETRIC HYDROSILYLATION OF OLEFINS CATALYZED BY MOP-PALLADIUM COMPLEXES

    Tamio Hayashi;Thomas M. Jermann;Jochen G. Opitz;Sun Ai Raillard

  • Sequence-specific methyltransferase-induced labeling of DNA (SMILing DNA).

    Goran Pljevaljčić;Falk Schmidt;Elmar Weinhold

  • Functional roles of the conserved threonine 250 in the target recognition domain of HhaI DNA methyltransferase.

    Giedrius Vilkaitis;Aiping Dong;Elmar Weinhold;Xiaodong Cheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl Erik Olsen
Carl Erik Olsen University of Copenhagen
Markku Leskelä
Markku Leskelä University of Helsinki
Reijo Sillanpää
Reijo Sillanpää University of Jyväskylä
Clara Viñas
Clara Viñas Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Francesc Teixidor
Francesc Teixidor Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Markus Albrecht
Markus Albrecht RWTH Aachen University
Bernhard Lüscher
Bernhard Lüscher RWTH Aachen University
Steven A. Benner
Steven A. Benner University of Florida
Klaus Bechgaard
Klaus Bechgaard University of Copenhagen
Shimon Weiss
Shimon Weiss University of California, Los Angeles

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