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Herta Steinkellner

Herta Steinkellner

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
13145
World Ranking
10288
National Ranking
93

Overview

Herta Steinkellner is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including biotechnology, molecular biology, immunology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and plant science.

Their work covers a range of main topics of investigation such as transgenic plants and applications, toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, CRISPR and genetic engineering, viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, and plant tissue culture and regeneration.

Several recent publications illustrate the scope of their research, including:

  • "Virus-induced senescence is a driver and therapeutic target in COVID-19" (2021), published in Nature
  • "Plant-based biopharmaceutical engineering" (2023), published in Nature Reviews Bioengineering
  • "Highly active engineered IgG3 antibodies against SARS-CoV-2" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Increased in vitro neutralizing activity of SARS-CoV-2 IgA1 dimers compared to monomers and IgG" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Plant-based production of highly potent anti-HIV antibodies with engineered posttranslational modifications" (2020), published in Scientific Reports

Steinkellner has published frequently in several scientific journals including Frontiers in Plant Science, Plant Biotechnology Journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, and Nature.

The following researchers have often collaborated with Steinkellner:

  • Somanath Kallolimath
  • Lin Sun
  • Qiang Chen
  • Benjamin Kogelmann
  • Roman Palt

Best Publications

  • Identification of microsatellite sequences in Vitis riparia and their applicability for genotyping of different Vitis species

    Kristina M Sefc;Ferdinand Regner;Eva Turetschek;Josef Glössl

  • Generation of glyco-engineered Nicotiana benthamiana for the production of monoclonal antibodies with a homogeneous human-like N-glycan structure.

    Richard Strasser;Johannes Stadlmann;Matthias Schähs;Gabriela Stiegler

  • Microsatellite variability in grapevine cultivars from different European regions and evaluation of assignment testing to assess the geographic origin of cultivars

    K. M. Sefc;M. S. Lopes;F. Lefort;R. Botta

  • Within‐population genetic structure in Quercus robur L. and Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. assessed with isozymes and microsatellites

    Rejane Streiff;Thierry Labbe;Roberto Bacilieri;Herta Steinkellner

  • Identification and characterization of (GA/CT)n-microsatellite loci from Quercus petraea.

    H. Steinkellner;S. Fluch;E. Turetschek;C. Lexer

  • Generation of Arabidopsis thaliana plants with complex N-glycans lacking β1,2-linked xylose and core α1,3-linked fucose

    R. Strasser;F. Altmann;L. Mach;J. Glössl

  • Virus-induced senescence is a driver and therapeutic target in COVID-19.

    Soyoung Lee;Soyoung Lee;Yong Yu;Jakob Trimpert;Fahad Benthani

  • Efficient transformation of Agrobacterium spp. by electroporation.

    D Mattanovich;F Rüker;A C Machado;M Laimer

  • Enhanced potency of a fucose-free monoclonal antibody being developed as an Ebola virus immunoprotectant

    Larry Zeitlin;James Pettitt;Corinne Scully;Natasha Bohorova

  • Characterization of (GA)n Microsatellite Loci from Quercus Robur

    Susanne Kampfer;Christian Lexer;Josef Glössl;Herta Steinkellner

  • The use of microsatellites for germplasm management in a Portuguese grapevine collection

    M. S. Lopes;K. M. Sefc;E. Eiras Dias;H. Steinkellner

  • A gene controlling sex in grapevines placed on a molecular marker-based genetic map.

    M A Dalbó;G N Ye;N F Weeden;H Steinkellner

  • A genetic linkage map of Quercus robur L. (pedunculate oak) based on RAPD, SCAR, microsatellite, minisatellite, isozyme and 5S rDNA markers.

    T. Barreneche;C. Bodenes;C. Lexer;J.-F. Trontin

  • In Planta Protein Sialylation through Overexpression of the Respective Mammalian Pathway

    Alexandra Castilho;Richard Strasser;Johannes Stadlmann;Josephine Grass

  • Genotyping of grapevine and rootstock cultivars using microsatellite markers

    Kristina Sefc;F. Regner;J. Glössl;Herta Steinkellner

  • Production of a monoclonal antibody in plants with a humanized N-glycosylation pattern

    Matthias Schähs;Richard Strasser;Johannes Stadlmann;Renate Kunert

  • MICROSATELLITE MARKERS FOR GRAPEVINE: A STATE OF THE ART

    K. M. Sefc;F. Lefort;M. S. Grando;K. D. Scott

  • Conservation of (GA)n microsatellite loci between Quercus species

    H. Steinkellner;C. Lexer;E. Turetschek;J. Glössl

  • A Unique β1,3-Galactosyltransferase Is Indispensable for the Biosynthesis of N-Glycans Containing Lewis a Structures in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Richard Strasser;Jayakumar Singh Bondili;Ulrike Vavra;Jennifer Schoberer

  • Mutational analysis of the virion-sense genes of maize streak virus.

    Margaret I. Boulton;Herta Steinkellner;Jonathan Donson;Peter G. Markham

Frequent Co-Authors

Friedrich Altmann
Friedrich Altmann BOKU University
Richard Strasser
Richard Strasser BOKU University
Josef Glössl
Josef Glössl BOKU University
Hermann Katinger
Hermann Katinger BOKU University
Kristina M. Sefc
Kristina M. Sefc University of Graz
Diethard Mattanovich
Diethard Mattanovich BOKU University
Christian Lexer
Christian Lexer University of Vienna
Iain B. H. Wilson
Iain B. H. Wilson BOKU University
Renate Kunert
Renate Kunert BOKU University
Antoine Kremer
Antoine Kremer University of Bordeaux

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