2026 Walter Keller: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	92	710	10	150	22883

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Walter Keller is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Immunology and Allergy, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Dermatology, and Food Science.

Their research topics cover diverse areas such as Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research, Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Contact Dermatitis and Allergies, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, and vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches.

Walter Keller has contributed to several scientific venues with frequent publications in:

Allergy
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
ChemBioChem
Frontiers in Immunology
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Walter Keller include:

"Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 requires antibodies against conformational receptor-binding domain epitopes" (2021, Allergy)
"Vaccine based on folded receptor binding domain-PreS fusion protein with potential to induce sterilizing immunity to SARS-CoV-2 variants" (2022, Allergy)
"Metal Ion Promiscuity and Structure of 2,3-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid Decarboxylase of Aspergillus oryzae" (2020, ChemBioChem)
"IgE Epitopes of the House Dust Mite Allergen Der p 7 Are Mainly Discontinuous and Conformational" (2021, Frontiers in Immunology)
"Expression in Escherichia coli and Purification of Folded rDer p 20, the Arginine Kinase From Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus: A Possible Biomarker for Allergic Asthma" (2020, Allergy Asthma and Immunology Research)

Throughout their career, Walter Keller has collaborated frequently with co-authors including Rudolf Valenta, Pia Gattinger, Gerhard Höfer, Margarete Focke-Tejkl, and Katarzyna Niespodziana.

Best Publications

Influenza Virus NS1 Protein Interacts with the Cellular 30 kDa Subunit of CPSF and Inhibits 3′ End Formation of Cellular Pre-mRNAs

Martin E. Nemeroff;Silvia M.L. Barabino;Yongzhong Li;Walter Keller

839
Citations
A new yeast poly(A) polymerase complex involved in RNA quality control.

Štěpánka Vaňáčová;Jeannette Wolf;Georges Martin;Diana Blank

815
Citations
The three-dimensional structure of canine parvovirus and its functional implications

Jun Tsao;Michael S. Chapman;Mavis Agbandje;Walter Keller

664
Citations
Determination of the number of superhelical turns in simian virus 40 DNA by gel electrophoresis.

Walter Keller

630
Citations
Stepwise assembly of a pre-mRNA splicing complex requires U-snRNPs and specific intron sequences.

David Frendewey;Walter Keller

572
Citations
The Biochemistry of 3′-End Cleavage and Polyadenylation of Messenger RNA Precursors

Elmar Wahle;Walter Keller

491
Citations
The 5′ terminus of the RNA moiety of U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles is required for the splicing of messenger RNA precursors

Angela Krämer;Walter Keller;Bernd Appel;Reinhard Lührmann

437
Citations
An Adenosine Deaminase that Generates Inosine at the Wobble Position of tRNAs

André P. Gerber;Walter Keller

404
Citations
Genome-wide Analysis of Pre-mRNA 3′ End Processing Reveals a Decisive Role of Human Cleavage Factor I in the Regulation of 3′ UTR Length

Georges Martin;Andreas R. Gruber;Walter Keller;Mihaela Zavolan

386
Citations
Coupling Termination of Transcription to Messenger RNA Maturation in Yeast

Charles E. Birse;Lionel Minvielle-Sebastia;Lionel Minvielle-Sebastia;Barbara A. Lee;Barbara A. Lee;Walter Keller;Walter Keller

368
Citations
Human Fip1 is a subunit of CPSF that binds to U‐rich RNA elements and stimulates poly(A) polymerase

Isabelle Kaufmann;Georges Martin;Arno Friedlein;Hanno Langen

346
Citations
tadA, an essential tRNA‐specific adenosine deaminase from Escherichia coli

Jeannette Wolf;André P. Gerber;Walter Keller

340
Citations
RNA editing by base deamination: more enzymes, more targets, new mysteries

André P Gerber;Walter Keller

332
Citations
Functions of the Abundant U-snRNPs

Joan A. Steitz;Douglas L. Black;Volker Gerke;Katherine A. Parker

329
Citations
Cloning of cDNAs encoding mammalian double-stranded RNA-specific adenosine deaminase.

Mary A. O'Connell;Sabine Krause;Miyoko Higuchi;J. Justin Hsuan

317
Citations
Assembly of a processive messenger RNA polyadenylation complex

S Bienroth;W Keller;E Wahle

315
Citations
Splicing of in vitro synthesized messenger RNA precursors in HeLa cell extracts

Nouria Hernandez;Walter Keller

314
Citations
WW domains provide a platform for the assembly of multiprotein networks.

Robert J. Ingham;Karen Colwill;Caley Howard;Sabine Dettwiler

300
Citations
A standardized nomenclature for adenosine deaminases that act on RNA.

B. L. Bass;Kazuko Nishikura;Walter Keller;Peter H. Seeburg

286
Citations
Cleavage and polyadenylation factor CPF specifically interacts with the pre-mRNA 3' processing signal AAUAAA.

W. Keller;S. Bienroth;K.M. Lang;G. Christofori

273
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Elmar Wahle Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Mihaela Zavolan University of Basel

Joachim Lingner École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Hanno Langen Roche (Switzerland)

Gerhard Christofori University of Basel

Hanswalter Zentgraf German Cancer Research Center

Stéphan Vagner Institute Curie

Niels H. Gehring University of Cologne

Thomas Dandekar University of Würzburg

Andreas E. Kulozik Heidelberg University

External Links

Personal website of Walter Keller

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