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Paul Messner

Paul Messner

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Biology and Biochemistry

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69
Citations
15012
World Ranking
7495
National Ranking
61

Overview

Paul Messner is a researcher affiliated with BOKU University in Austria. Their work spans multiple disciplines within the natural sciences, focusing primarily on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Science.

Their research covers a range of subfields that include Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, and Ecology. These areas reflect a broad approach to understanding biological and chemical processes, as well as environmental interactions.

Main topics central to Paul Messner's scientific investigations comprise Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis, and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions. These topics suggest an emphasis on the molecular and biochemical mechanisms underlying complex biological systems and microbial ecology.

Paul Messner collaborates frequently with several other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Christina Schäffer (2 co-authored papers)
  • Sara Ali (1 co-authored paper)
  • Francesca Berni (1 co-authored paper)
  • Francesco Berti (1 co-authored paper)
  • Ralph Biemans (1 co-authored paper)

While information on recent papers, book publications, and frequent publication venues is limited, the data available highlights a multidisciplinary research profile integrating biochemical, chemical, and environmental perspectives. This interdisciplinary approach is reflected in the diversity of the main fields and subfields of study associated with the researcher.

Best Publications

  • CRYSTALLINE SURFACE LAYERS ON BACTERIA

    Uwe B. Sleytr;Paul Messner

  • Multivalent glycoconjugates as anti-pathogenic agents

    Anna Bernardi;Jesus Jimenez-Barbero;Alessandro Casnati;Christina De Castro

  • Crystalline bacterial cell surface layers (s layers): from supramolecular cell structure to biomimetics and nanotechnology.

    Uwe B. Sleytr;Paul Messner;Dietmar Pum;Margit Sára

  • Crystalline bacterial cell-surface layers.

    Paul Messner;Uwe B. Sleytr

  • Cloning and functional characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhlC gene that encodes rhamnosyltransferase 2, an enzyme responsible for di-rhamnolipid biosynthesis.

    Rahim Rahim;Urs A. Ochsner;Clarita Olvera;Michael Graninger

  • Crystalline bacterial cell surface layers

    Uwe B. Sleytr;Paul Messner;Dietmar Pum;Margit Sára

  • Crystalline surface layers in procaryotes.

    U B Sleytr;P Messner

  • Biosynthesis Pathway of ADP-l-glycero-β-d-manno-Heptose in Escherichia coli

    Bernd Kneidinger;Cristina Marolda;Michael Graninger;Alla Zamyatina

  • The structure of secondary cell wall polymers: how Gram-positive bacteria stick their cell walls together.

    Christina Schäffer;Paul Messner

  • Thermococcus barophilus sp. nov., a new barophilic and hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated under high hydrostatic pressure from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent.

    Viggó Thór Marteinsson;Jean-Louis Birrien;Anna-Louise Reysenbach;Marc Vernet

  • Paracrystalline Cell Wall Surface Layers of Different Bacillus stearothermophilus Strains

    Paul Messner;Friedrich Hollaus;Uwe B. Sleytr

  • Structural and chemical characterization of S-layers of selected strains of Bacillus stearothermophilus and Desulfotomaculum nigrificans.

    Uwe B. Sleytr;Margit Sára;Zaruhi Küpcü;Paul Messner

  • Ultrastructure of the cell envelope of the archaebacteria Thermoproteus tenax and Thermoproteus neutrophilus.

    P Messner;D Pum;M Sára;K O Stetter

  • Secreted microvesicular miR-31 inhibits osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells.

    Sylvia Weilner;Elisabeth Schraml;Matthias Wieser;Paul Messner

  • Trichoplusia ni cells (High FiveTM) are highly efficient for the production of influenza A virus-like particles: a comparison of two insect cell lines as production platforms for influenza vaccines

    Florian Krammer;Theresa Schinko;Dieter Palmberger;Christopher Tauer

  • Novel pathways for biosynthesis of nucleotide-activated glycero-manno-heptose precursors of bacterial glycoproteins and cell surface polysaccharides.

    Miguel A. Valvano;Paul Messner;Paul Kosma

  • Role of the S layer in morphogenesis and cell division of the archaebacterium Methanocorpusculum sinense.

    D Pum;P Messner;U B Sleytr

  • Bacterial surface layer glycoproteins.

    Paul Messner;Uwe B. Sleytr

  • The crystal structure of dTDP-D-Glucose 4,6-dehydratase (RmlB) from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, the second enzyme in the dTDP-l-rhamnose pathway.

    Simon T.M Allard;Marie-France Giraud;Chris Whitfield;Michael Graninger

  • Crystalline bacterial cell surface layers: general principles and application potential

    U.B. Sleytr;P. Messner;D. Pum;M. Sára

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe B. Sleytr
Uwe B. Sleytr BOKU University
Dietmar Pum
Dietmar Pum BOKU University
Paul Kosma
Paul Kosma BOKU University
James H. Naismith
James H. Naismith Rosalind Franklin Institute
Chris Whitfield
Chris Whitfield University of Guelph
Friedrich Altmann
Friedrich Altmann BOKU University
Jasna Peter-Katalinić
Jasna Peter-Katalinić University of Münster
Heinz Redl
Heinz Redl Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology
Johannes Grillari
Johannes Grillari BOKU University
Daniel Prieur
Daniel Prieur University of Western Brittany

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