2026 Franz Narberhaus: Microbiology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Microbiology	64	2664	2441	204	187	211	10600

Overview

Franz Narberhaus is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and has a research focus primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans 73 publications in these fields, with particular attention to molecular biology, genetics, plant science, endocrinology, and ecology.

The scientist's research covers several main topics including:

Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Vibrio bacteria research studies
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
RNA modifications and cancer

Franz Narberhaus has contributed to multiple papers with notable recent publications as follows:

"Lead-seq: transcriptome-wide structure probing in vivo using lead(II) ions" (2020), published in Nucleic Acids Research
"An RNA thermometer dictates production of a secreted bacterial toxin" (2020), published in PLoS Pathogens
"A Salmonella Typhi RNA thermosensor regulates virulence factors and innate immune evasion in response to host temperature" (2021), published in PLoS Pathogens
"Arginine-Rich Small Proteins with a Domain of Unknown Function, DUF1127, Play a Role in Phosphate and Carbon Metabolism of Agrobacterium tumefaciens" (2020), published in Journal of Bacteriology
"RNA Thermometer-coordinated Assembly of the Yersinia Injectisome" (2022), published in Journal of Molecular Biology

Their research frequently appears in specialized journals and platforms, with a record of publications in venues such as:

Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nucleic Acids Research
PLoS Pathogens
Molecular Microbiology

Collaboration is evident in their work with frequent co-authors, notably:

Christian Twittenhoff
Stephan Pienkoß
Vivian B. Brandenburg
Meriyem Aktas
Julia Kleetz

Best Publications

α-Crystallin-Type Heat Shock Proteins: Socializing Minichaperones in the Context of a Multichaperone Network

Franz Narberhaus

688
Citations
Bacterial RNA thermometers: molecular zippers and switches

Jens Kortmann;Franz Narberhaus

485
Citations
Negative regulation of bacterial heat shock genes.

Franz Narberhaus

303
Citations
Structure and function of the bacterial AAA protease FtsH

Sina Langklotz;Ulrich Baumann;Franz Narberhaus

244
Citations
Microbial thermosensors

Birgit Klinkert;Franz Narberhaus

224
Citations
Molecular basis for temperature sensing by an RNA thermometer

Saheli Chowdhury;Saheli Chowdhury;Christophe Maris;Frédéric H.-T. Allain;Franz Narberhaus;Franz Narberhaus

198
Citations
Concerted Actions of a Thermo-labile Regulator and a Unique Intergenic RNA Thermosensor Control Yersinia Virulence

Katja Böhme;Rebekka Steinmann;Jens Kortmann;Stephanie Seekircher

194
Citations
FourU: a novel type of RNA thermometer in Salmonella

Torsten Waldminghaus;Nadja Heidrich;Sabine Brantl;Franz Narberhaus

192
Citations
A mRNA-based thermosensor controls expression of rhizobial heat shock genes

Andreas Nocker;Thomas Hausherr;Sylvia Balsiger;Nila-Pia Krstulovic

170
Citations
Two different stator systems drive a single polar flagellum in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1.

Anja Paulick;Andrea Koerdt;Jürgen Lassak;Stuart Huntley

163
Citations
Molecular characterization of the dnaK gene region of Clostridium acetobutylicum, including grpE, dnaJ, and a new heat shock gene.

F Narberhaus;K Giebeler;H Bahl

155
Citations
The C-terminal end of LpxC is required for degradation by the FtsH protease

Frank Führer;Sina Langklotz;Franz Narberhaus

144
Citations
Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and its significance in bacteria interacting with eukaryotic cells.

Meriyem Aktas;Mirja Wessel;Stephanie Hacker;Sonja Klüsener

141
Citations
Direct observation of the temperature-induced melting process of the Salmonella fourU RNA thermometer at base-pair resolution

Jörg Rinnenthal;Birgit Klinkert;Franz Narberhaus;Harald Schwalbe

139
Citations
Cloning, sequencing, and molecular analysis of the groESL operon of Clostridium acetobutylicum.

F Narberhaus;H Bahl

131
Citations
Translation on demand by a simple RNA-based thermosensor

Jens Kortmann;Simon Sczodrok;Jörg Rinnenthal;Harald Schwalbe

127
Citations
Multiple Small Heat Shock Proteins in Rhizobia

Martin Münchbach;Andreas Nocker;Franz Narberhaus

126
Citations
When, how and why? Regulated proteolysis by the essential FtsH protease in Escherichia coli.

Lisa-Marie Bittner;Jan Arends;Franz Narberhaus

126
Citations
Temperature-controlled Structural Alterations of an RNA Thermometer

Saheli Chowdhury;Curdin Ragaz;Emma Kreuger;Franz Narberhaus

123
Citations
Translational control of bacterial heat shock and virulence genes by temperature-sensing mRNAs.

Franz Narberhaus

116
Citations
Small Heat Shock Proteins: Dynamic Players in the Folding Game

Franz Narberhaus;Martin Haslbeck

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Hauke Hennecke ETH Zurich

Hans-Martin Fischer ETH Zurich

Hubert Bahl University of Rostock

Helmut E. Meyer Ruhr University Bochum

Harald Schwalbe Goethe University Frankfurt

Petra Dersch University of Münster

Katrin Marcus Ruhr University Bochum

Sydney Kustu University of California, Berkeley

Jörg Vogel University of Würzburg

Cynthia M. Sharma University of Würzburg

External Links

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