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Molecular Biology

D-Index
127
Citations
70618
World Ranking
205
National Ranking
16

Rolf Müller publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rolf Müller sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 741 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Rolf Müller D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 127 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Rolf Müller is affiliated with Saarland University in Germany and works primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine. Their research addresses various topics related to cancer biology, immunology, and molecular signaling pathways.

The main areas of study in their work include molecular biology, immunology, oncology, cell biology, and cancer research. Research topics prominently involve cancer cells and metastasis, immune cells in cancer, immune cell function and interaction, fibroblast growth factor research, Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, renal and related cancers, and extracellular vesicles in disease.

Rolf Müller has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Tumor-associated macrophages promote ovarian cancer cell migration by secreting transforming growth factor beta induced (TGFBI) and tenascin C, 2020, Cell Death and Disease
  • Phosphoproteomics identify arachidonic-acid-regulated signal transduction pathways modulating macrophage functions with implications for ovarian cancer, 2020, Theranostics
  • Upregulation of mesothelial genes in ovarian carcinoma cells is associated with an unfavorable clinical outcome and the promotion of cancer cell adhesion, 2020, Molecular Oncology
  • Arachidonic acid, a clinically adverse mediator in the ovarian cancer microenvironment, impairs JAK-STAT signaling in macrophages by perturbing lipid raft structures, 2022, Molecular Oncology
  • The multicellular signalling network of ovarian cancer metastases, 2021, Clinical and Translational Medicine

Frequent co-authors in Rolf Müller's publications include:

  • Silke Reinartz
  • Johannes Graumann
  • Florian Finkernagel
  • Sabine Müller-Brüsselbach
  • Andrea Nist

The most common publication venues where Rolf Müller has published are:

  • Clinical and Translational Medicine
  • Molecular Oncology
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Theranostics
  • Cancers

Best Publications

  • Sharing and community curation of mass spectrometry data with Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking

    Mingxun Wang;Jeremy J Carver;Vanessa V Phelan;Laura M Sanchez

  • Yeast vectors for the controlled expression of heterologous proteins in different genetic backgrounds.

    Dominik Mumberg;Rolf Müller;Martin Funk

  • Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products: Overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature

    Paul G. Arnison;Mervyn J. Bibb;Gabriele Bierbaum;Albert Alexander Bowers

  • antiSMASH 3.0—a comprehensive resource for the genome mining of biosynthetic gene clusters

    Tilmann Weber;Kai Blin;Srikanth Duddela;Daniel Krug

  • Cyclin D1 Expression Is Regulated Positively by the p42/p44MAPK and Negatively by the p38/HOGMAPK Pathway

    Josée N. Lavoie;Gilles L'Allemain;Anne Brunet;Rolf Müller

  • Induction of c- fos gene and protein by growth factors precedes activation of c- myc

    Rolf Müller;Rodrigo Bravo;Jean Burckhardt;Tom Curran

  • Regulatable promoters of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: comparison of transcriptional activity and their use for heterologous expression

    Dominik Mumberg;Rolf Muller;Martin Funk

  • Towards the sustainable discovery and development of new antibiotics

    Marcus Miethke;Marco Pieroni;Tilmann Weber;Mark Brönstrup

  • De novo fatty acid synthesis controls the fate between regulatory T and T helper 17 cells

    Luciana Berod;Christin Friedrich;Amrita Nandan;Jenny Freitag

  • Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

    Marnix H. Medema;Marnix H. Medema;Renzo Kottmann;Pelin Yilmaz;Matthew Cummings

  • Differential expression of cellular oncogenes during pre- and postnatal development of the mouse

    Rolf Müller;Dennis J. Slamon;Joanne M. Tremblay;Martin J. Cline

  • Analysis of FBJ-MuSV provirus and c-fos (mouse) gene reveals that viral and cellular fos gene products have different carboxy termini

    Charles Van Beveren;Flip van Straaten;Tom Curran;Rolf Muller

  • The product of a novel growth factor activated gene, fos B, interacts with JUN proteins enhancing their DNA binding activity.

    M. Zerial;L. Toschi;R. P. Ryseck;M. Schuermann

  • Complete nucleotide sequence of a human c-onc gene: deduced amino acid sequence of the human c-fos protein.

    F van Straaten;R Müller;T Curran;C Van Beveren

  • Complete genome sequence of the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum

    Susanne Schneiker;Olena Perlova;Olaf Kaiser;Klaus Gerth

  • Endothelial-like cells derived from human CD14 positive monocytes.

    B. Fernandez Pujol;F. C. Lucibello;U. M. Gehling;K. Lindemann

  • Cell cycle regulation of the cyclin A, cdc25C and cdc2 genes is based on a common mechanism of transcriptional repression.

    J. Zwicker;F. C. Lucibello;L. A. Wolfraim;C. Gross

  • Full-length RecE enhances linear-linear homologous recombination and facilitates direct cloning for bioprospecting

    Jun Fu;Xiaoying Bian;Shengbaio Hu;Shengbaio Hu;Hailong Wang;Hailong Wang

  • Myxobacteria: proficient producers of novel natural products with various biological activities--past and future biotechnological aspects with the focus on the genus Sorangium.

    Klaus Gerth;Silke Pradella;Olena Perlova;Stefan Beyer

  • Synthesis and Characterization

    S. Behrens;H. Bönnemann;H. Modrow;V. Kempter

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Gerth
Klaus Gerth Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Rolf Jansen
Rolf Jansen Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Helge B. Bode
Helge B. Bode Goethe University Frankfurt
Andreas Kirschning
Andreas Kirschning University of Hannover
Marc Stadler
Marc Stadler Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Angelika A. Noegel
Angelika A. Noegel University of Cologne
Gerhard Höfle
Gerhard Höfle Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Uli Kazmaier
Uli Kazmaier Saarland University
Roland E. Kontermann
Roland E. Kontermann University of Stuttgart
Rolf W. Hartmann
Rolf W. Hartmann Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

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