Kai Papenfort

Kai Papenfort publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

Kai Papenfort D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

Best Publications

• Quorum sensing signal–response systems in Gram-negative bacteria

  Kai Papenfort;Bonnie L. Bassler

  2267
  Citations

• Deep sequencing analysis of small noncoding RNA and mRNA targets of the global post-transcriptional regulator, Hfq.

  Alexandra Sittka;Sacha Lucchini;Kai Papenfort;Cynthia Mira Sharma

  694
  Citations

• The transcriptional landscape and small RNAs of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

  Carsten Kröger;Shane C. Dillon;Andrew D. S. Cameron;Kai Papenfort

  483
  Citations

• σE-dependent small RNAs of Salmonella respond to membrane stress by accelerating global omp mRNA decay

  Kai Papenfort;Verena Pfeiffer;Franziska Mika;Sacha Lucchini

  455
  Citations

• An atlas of Hfq-bound transcripts reveals 3' UTRs as a genomic reservoir of regulatory small RNAs.

  Yanjie Chao;Kai Papenfort;Richard Reinhardt;Cynthia M Sharma

  426
  Citations

• Regulatory RNA in Bacterial Pathogens

  Kai Papenfort;Jörg Vogel

  399
  Citations

• Coding sequence targeting by MicC RNA reveals bacterial mRNA silencing downstream of translational initiation

  Verena Pfeiffer;Kai Papenfort;Sacha Lucchini;Jay C. D. Hinton;Jay C. D. Hinton

  397
  Citations

• Small non-coding RNAs and the bacterial outer membrane

  Jörg Vogel;Kai Papenfort

  334
  Citations

• In Vivo Cleavage Map Illuminates the Central Role of RNase E in Coding and Non-coding RNA Pathways.

  Yanjie Chao;Lei Li;Dylan Girodat;Konrad U Förstner

  296
  Citations

• Comparative genomics boosts target prediction for bacterial small RNAs

  Patrick R. Wright;Andreas S. Richter;Kai Papenfort;Kai Papenfort;Martin Mann

  285
  Citations

• Specific and pleiotropic patterns of mRNA regulation by ArcZ, a conserved, Hfq-dependent small RNA

  Kai Papenfort;Nelly Said;Tim Welsink;Sacha Lucchini

  267
  Citations

• Pervasive post-transcriptional control of genes involved in amino acid metabolism by the Hfq-dependent GcvB small RNA

  Cynthia M. Sharma;Kai Papenfort;Sandy R. Pernitzsch;Hans-Joachim Mollenkopf

  261
  Citations

• Superfolder GFP reporters validate diverse new mRNA targets of the classic porin regulator, MicF RNA

  Colin P. Corcoran;Dimitri Podkaminski;Kai Papenfort;Johannes H. Urban

  255
  Citations

• Small RNA-Mediated Activation of Sugar Phosphatase mRNA Regulates Glucose Homeostasis

  Kai Papenfort;Yan Sun;Masatoshi Miyakoshi;Carin K. Vanderpool

  248
  Citations

• Differential RNA-seq of Vibrio cholerae identifies the VqmR small RNA as a regulator of biofilm formation

  Kai Papenfort;Konrad U. Förstner;Jian Ping Cong;Cynthia M. Sharma

  236
  Citations

• Evidence for an autonomous 5′ target recognition domain in an Hfq-associated small RNA

  Kai Papenfort;Marie Bouvier;Franziska Mika;Cynthia Mira Sharma

  235
  Citations

• Target activation by regulatory RNAs in bacteria.

  Unknown

  234
  Citations

• Small RNAs endow a transcriptional activator with essential repressor functions for single-tier control of a global stress regulon

  Emily B. Gogol;Virgil A. Rhodius;Kai Papenfort;Jörg Vogel

  210
  Citations

• Systematic deletion of Salmonella small RNA genes identifies CyaR, a conserved CRP‐dependent riboregulator of OmpX synthesis

  Kai Papenfort;Verena Pfeiffer;Sacha Lucchini;Avinash Sonawane

  203
  Citations

• A Vibrio cholerae autoinducer-receptor pair that controls biofilm formation

  Kai Papenfort;Justin E. Silpe;Kelsey R. Schramma;Jian Ping Cong

  197
  Citations