2026 Jan-Willem de Gier: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	55	15118	13883	228	204	99	10242

Overview

Jan-Willem de Gier is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a notable focus on molecular biology and epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers several key research topics, including:

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Influenza Virus Research Studies
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
Respiratory viral infections research
Escherichia coli research studies

Jan-Willem de Gier has published in a variety of academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Journal of Biological Chemistry
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature
Journal of Virology

Recent publications include:

A mycobacterial ABC transporter mediates the uptake of hydrophilic compounds, 2020, Nature
Strategies to Enhance Periplasmic Recombinant Protein Production Yields in Escherichia coli, 2021, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
N-Linked Glycan Sites on the Influenza A Virus Neuraminidase Head Domain Are Required for Efficient Viral Incorporation and Replication, 2020, Journal of Virology
Influenza virus and pneumococcal neuraminidases enhance catalysis by similar yet distinct sialic acid-binding strategies, 2023, Journal of Biological Chemistry
Cotranslational folding of alkaline phosphatase in the periplasm of Escherichia coli, 2020, Protein Science

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

Alexandros Karyolaimos
Robert Daniels
Rageia Elfageih
Jin Gao
Henrik Østbye

Best Publications

Tuning Escherichia coli for membrane protein overexpression

Samuel Wagner;Mirjam M. Klepsch;Susan Schlegel;Ansgar Appel

586
Citations
YidC, the Escherichia coli homologue of mitochondrial Oxa1p, is a component of the Sec translocase

Pier A. Scotti;Malene L. Urbanus;Josef Brunner;Jan‐Willem L. de Gier

517
Citations
Consequences of Membrane Protein Overexpression in Escherichia coli

Samuel Wagner;Louise Baars;A. Jimmy Ytterberg;Anja Klussmeier

439
Citations
Optimization of membrane protein overexpression and purification using GFP fusions

David Drew;Mirjam Lerch;Edmund Kunji;Dirk-Jan Slotboom

413
Citations
The Escherichia coli SRP and SecB targeting pathways converge at the translocon

Quido A. Valent;Pier A. Scotti;Stephen High;Jan Willem L De Gier

391
Citations
Biogenesis of inner membrane proteins in Escherichia coli.

Joen Luirink;Gunnar von Heijne;Edith Houben;Jan-Willem de Gier

390
Citations
Competition between Sec- and TAT-dependent protein translocation in Escherichia coli.

S. Cristóbal;J.-W. de Gier;Henrik Nielsen;G. von Heijne

379
Citations
Rationalizing membrane protein overexpression

Samuel Wagner;Mirjam Lerch Bader;David Drew;Jan-Willem de Gier

371
Citations
Green fluorescent protein as an indicator to monitor membrane protein overexpression in Escherichia coli.

David E Drew;Gunnar von Heijne;Pär Nordlund;Jan-Willem L de Gier

307
Citations
Sec-dependent membrane protein insertion: sequential interaction of nascent FtsQ with SecY and YidC.

Malene L Urbanus;Pier A Scotti;Linda Fröderberg;Annika Sääf

246
Citations
Rapid topology mapping of Escherichia coli inner-membrane proteins by prediction and PhoA/GFP fusion analysis.

David Drew;Dan Sjöstrand;Johan Nilsson;Thomas Urbig

234
Citations
Nascent membrane and presecretory proteins synthesized in Escherichia coli associate with signal recognition particle and trigger factor.

Quido A. Valent;Jan‐Willem L. De Gier;Gunnar von Heijne;Debra A. Kendall

226
Citations
Assembly of a cytoplasmic membrane protein in Escherichia coli is dependent on the signal recognition particle

Jan-Willem L. de Gier;Parvaneh Mansournia;Quido A. Valent;Gregory J. Phillips

198
Citations
Function of YidC for the Insertion of M13 Procoat Protein inEscherichia coli TRANSLOCATION OF MUTANTS THAT SHOW DIFFERENCES IN THEIR MEMBRANE POTENTIAL DEPENDENCE AND Sec REQUIREMENT

James C. Samuelson;Fenglei Jiang;Liang Yi;Minyong Chen

196
Citations
YidC/Oxa1p/Alb3: evolutionarily conserved mediators of membrane protein assembly.

Joen Luirink;Tore Samuelsson;Jan-Willem de Gier

192
Citations
Assembly and overexpression of membrane proteins in Escherichia coli.

David Drew;Linda Fröderberg;Louise Baars;Jan-Willem L de Gier

186
Citations
A scalable, GFP-based pipeline for membrane protein overexpression screening and purification

David Drew;Dirk-Jan Slotboom;Giulia Friso;Torsten Reda

182
Citations
Optimizing Membrane Protein Overexpression in the Escherichia coli strain Lemo21(DE3)

Susan Schlegel;John Lofblom;Chiara Lee;Anna Hjelm

174
Citations
Optimizing heterologous protein production in the periplasm of E. coli by regulating gene expression levels

Susan Schlegel;Edurne Rujas;Anders Jimmy Ytterberg;Roman A Zubarev

166
Citations
Consequences of membrane protein overexpression in Escherichia coli

Samuel Wagner;Louise Baars;A. Jimmy Ytterberg;Anja Klußmeier

1
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