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D-Index
68
Citations
13454
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2455
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176

Erich Lanka publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erich Lanka sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 140 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Erich Lanka D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erich Lanka sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Erich Lanka is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular emphasis on molecular biology and genetics as subfields.

The main topics covered in Lanka's work include:

  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Recent publications by Lanka feature research on primase enzymes and their molecular mechanisms. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Helix Bundle Domain of Primase RepB' Is Required for Dinucleotide Formation and Extension" (2021), published in ACS Omega
  • "The helix bundle domain of primase RepB' is required for dinucleotide formation and extension" (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Lanka frequently collaborates with a consistent group of coauthors across multiple publications. These frequent coauthors are:

  • Sofia Banchenko
  • Christoph Weise
  • Wolfram Saenger
  • Sebastian Geibel

Publication venues where Lanka's work has appeared include:

  • ACS Omega
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Molecular cloning of the plasmid RP4 primase region in a multi-host-range tacP expression vector.

    Jens P. Fürste;Werner Pansegrau;Ronald Frank;Helmut Blöcker

  • Complete nucleotide sequence of Birmingham IncP alpha plasmids. Compilation and comparative analysis.

    Werner Pansegrau;Erich Lanka;Peter T. Barth;David H. Figurski

  • DNA Processing Reactions in Bacterial Conjugation

    Erich Lanka;Brian M. Wilkins

  • Common mechanisms in bacterial conjugation and Ti-mediated T-DNA transfer to plant cells

    Monika Lessl;Erich Lanka

  • The mating pair formation system of conjugative plasmids—A versatile secretion machinery for transfer of proteins and DNA

    Gunnar Schröder;Erich Lanka

  • Crystal structure of the hexameric traffic ATPase of the Helicobacter pylori type IV secretion system.

    Hye-Jeong Yeo;Savvas N Savvides;Andrew B Herr;Erich Lanka

  • Complete sequence of the IncPβ plasmid R751: implications for evolution and organisation of the IncP backbone

    Peter B Thorsted;Donia P Macartney;Parveen Akhtar;Anthony S Haines

  • VirB11 ATPases are dynamic hexameric assemblies: new insights into bacterial type IV secretion.

    Savvas N. Savvides;Hye‐Jeong Yeo;Hye‐Jeong Yeo;Moriah R Beck;Franca Blaesing

  • Dissection of IncP conjugative plasmid transfer: definition of the transfer region Tra2 by mobilization of the Tra1 region in trans.

    M Lessl;D Balzer;R Lurz;V L Waters

  • Conjugative pili of IncP plasmids, and the Ti plasmid T pilus are composed of cyclic subunits.

    Ralf Eisenbrandt;Markus Kalkum;Erh-Min Lai;Rudi Lurz

  • Sequence similarities between the RP4 Tra2 and the Ti VirB region strongly support the conjugation model for T-DNA transfer.

    M Lessl;D Balzer;W Pansegrau;E Lanka

  • Site-specific cleavage and joining of single-stranded DNA by VirD2 protein of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmids: analogy to bacterial conjugation.

    Werner Pansegrau;Fabrice Schoumacher;Barbara Hohn;Erich Lanka

  • KorB protein of promiscuous plasmid RP4 recognizes inverted sequence repetitions in regions essential for conjugative plasmid transfer.

    Dietmar Balzer;Güunter Ziegelin;Werner Pansegrau;Volker Kruft

  • TraG-Like Proteins of DNA Transfer Systems and of the Helicobacter pylori Type IV Secretion System: Inner Membrane Gate for Exported Substrates?

    Gunnar Schröder;Sabine Krause;Ellen L. Zechner;Beth Traxler

  • In vitro assembly of relaxosomes at the transfer origin of plasmid RP4.

    Werner Pansegrau;Dietmar Balzer;Volker Kruft;Rudi Lurz

  • Enzymology of DNA Transfer by Conjugative Mechanisms

    Werner Pansegrau;Erich Lanka

  • Bacterial conjugation mediated by plasmid RP4: RSF1010 mobilization, donor-specific phage propagation, and pilus production require the same Tra2 core components of a proposed DNA transport complex.

    J Haase;R Lurz;A. M. Grahn;Dennis Bamford

  • The mating pair formation system of plasmid RP4 defined by RSF1010 mobilization and donor-specific phage propagation.

    M Lessl;D Balzer;K Weyrauch;E Lanka

  • TraG from RP4 and TraG and VirD4 from Ti Plasmids Confer Relaxosome Specificity to the Conjugal Transfer System of pTiC58

    Claire M. Hamilton;Hyewon Lee;Pei-Li Li;David M. Cook

  • Relaxase (TraI) of IncP alpha plasmid RP4 catalyzes a site-specific cleaving-joining reaction of single-stranded DNA.

    Werner Pansegrau;Werner Schroder;Erich Lanka

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudi Lurz
Rudi Lurz Max Planck Society
Gabriel Waksman
Gabriel Waksman University College London
Jens A. Hammerl
Jens A. Hammerl Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Christopher M. Thomas
Christopher M. Thomas University of Birmingham
Olaf Pongs
Olaf Pongs Universität Hamburg
Wolfram Saenger
Wolfram Saenger Freie Universität Berlin
Udo Heinemann
Udo Heinemann Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
José María Carazo
José María Carazo Spanish National Research Council
Fernando de la Cruz
Fernando de la Cruz University of Cantabria
Alfred Pühler
Alfred Pühler Bielefeld University

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