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Markus C. Wahl

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
14614
World Ranking
11275
National Ranking
804

Markus C. Wahl publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 345 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Markus C. Wahl D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Markus C. Wahl sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Markus C. Wahl is affiliated with the Freie Universität Berlin in Germany and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a primary focus on Molecular Biology.

The scope of Wahl's work covers several subfields including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Ecology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cell Biology

The main topics addressed in Wahl's research include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications

The scientist has published extensively, frequently appearing in these venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 15 publications
  • Nature Communications with 10 publications
  • Nucleic Acids Research with 3 publications
  • Molecular Cell with 2 publications
  • Molecular Microbiology with 2 publications

Recent published papers include:

  • A Conserved Kinase-Based Body-Temperature Sensor Globally Controls Alternative Splicing and Gene Expression, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • Steps toward translocation-independent RNA polymerase inactivation by terminator ATPase ρ, 2020, Science
  • Structure-Based Mechanisms of a Molecular RNA Polymerase/Chaperone Machine Required for Ribosome Biosynthesis, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • The δ subunit and NTPase HelD institute a two-pronged mechanism for RNA polymerase recycling, 2020, Nature Communications
  • RIM-binding protein couples synaptic vesicle recruitment to release sites, 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology

Frequent collaborators in Wahl's work include:

  • Bernhard Loll with 22 joint publications
  • Tarek Hilal with 18 joint publications
  • Nelly Said with 17 joint publications
  • Irina Artsimovitch with 13 joint publications
  • Bing Wang with 9 joint publications

Best Publications

  • The Spliceosome: Design Principles of a Dynamic RNP Machine

    Markus C. Wahl;Cindy L. Will;Reinhard Lührmann

  • Structural Basis for the Function of the Ribosomal L7/12 Stalk in Factor Binding and GTPase Activation

    Mihaela Diaconu;Ute Kothe;Frank Schlünzen;Niels Fischer

  • Helical extension of the neuronal SNARE complex into the membrane.

    Alexander Stein;Gert Weber;Markus C. Wahl;Reinhard Jahn

  • C-H...O HYDROGEN BONDING IN BIOLOGY

    Markus C. Wahl;Muttaiya Sundaralingam

  • A NusE:NusG Complex Links Transcription and Translation

    Björn M. Burmann;Kristian Schweimer;Xiao Luo;Markus C. Wahl

  • Structural basis for reversible photoswitching in Dronpa

    Martin Andresen;Andre C. Stiel;Simon Trowitzsch;Gert Weber

  • Structure and mechanism of the reversible photoswitch of a fluorescent protein

    Martin Andresen;Markus C. Wahl;André C. Stiel;Frauke Gräter

  • A reversibly photoswitchable GFP-like protein with fluorescence excitation decoupled from switching

    Tanja Brakemann;Andre C Stiel;Gert Weber;Martin Andresen

  • CASK Functions as a Mg2+-Independent Neurexin Kinase

    Konark Mukherjee;Manu Sharma;Henning Urlaub;Gleb P. Bourenkov

  • 1.8 Å bright-state structure of the reversibly switchable fluorescent protein Dronpa guides the generation of fast switching variants

    Andre C. Stiel;Simon Trowitzsch;Gert Weber;Martin Andresen

  • The Polypeptide Tunnel System in the Ribosome and Its Gating in Erythromycin Resistance Mutants of L4 and L22

    Irene S. Gabashvili;Steven T. Gregory;Mikel Valle;Robert Grassucci

  • Active zone scaffolds differentially accumulate Unc13 isoforms to tune Ca2+ channel-vesicle coupling

    Mathias A Böhme;Christina Beis;Suneel Reddy-Alla;Eric Reynolds

  • Crystal structures of A‐DNA duplexes

    Markus C. Wahl;Muttaiya Sundaralingam

  • Binding of the human Prp31 Nop domain to a composite RNA-protein platform in U4 snRNP.

    Sunbin Liu;Ping Li;Olexandr Dybkov;Stephanie Nottrott

  • Determinants of enzymatic specificity in the Cys-Met-metabolism PLP-dependent enzyme family: Crystal structure of cystathionine γ-lyase from yeast and intrafamiliar structure comparison

    Albrecht Messerschmidt;Michael Worbs;Clemens Steegborn;Markus C Wahl

  • Functional organization of the Sm core in the crystal structure of human U1 snRNP

    Gert Weber;Gert Weber;Simon Trowitzsch;Berthold Kastner;Reinhard Lührmann

  • Structure of a multipartite protein-protein interaction domain in splicing factor prp8 and its link to retinitis pigmentosa.

    Vladimir Pena;Sunbin Liu;Janusz M. Bujnicki;Janusz M. Bujnicki;Reinhard Lührmann

  • Shrink-wrapping an ion cloud for high-performance Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

    Shenheng Guan;Hyun Sik Kim;Alan G. Marshall;Markus C. Wahl

  • Structural and Functional Analysis of the E. coli NusB-S10 Transcription Antitermination Complex

    Xiao Luo;He-Hsuan Hsiao;Mikhail Bubunenko;Gert Weber

  • Inhibition of RNA Helicase Brr2 by the C-Terminal Tail of the Spliceosomal Protein Prp8

    Sina Mozaffari-Jovin;Traudy Wandersleben;Karine F. Santos;Cindy L. Will

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhard Lührmann
Reinhard Lührmann Max Planck Society
Stephan J. Sigrist
Stephan J. Sigrist Freie Universität Berlin
Stefan W. Hell
Stefan W. Hell Max Planck Society
Henning Urlaub
Henning Urlaub University of Göttingen
Alan G. Marshall
Alan G. Marshall Florida State University
Robert Huber
Robert Huber University of Duisburg-Essen
Robert Huber
Robert Huber Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Cindy L. Will
Cindy L. Will Max Planck Society
Janusz M. Bujnicki
Janusz M. Bujnicki United Way
Tim Clausen
Tim Clausen Research Institute of Molecular Pathology

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