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Walter Messer

Walter Messer

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Genetics

D-Index
51
Citations
8226
World Ranking
3871
National Ranking
261

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Walter Messer is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany, a prominent research organization known for its contributions to science. They have gained recognition through their election as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), an indication of their involvement within molecular biology communities.

The scientist's work spans various areas, although specific fields of study, subfields, main topics of research, and detailed publication records have not been provided. Likewise, data on coauthors, venues where they have frequently published, and book publications are unavailable.

While the details of their research output, including recent papers and citation impact, are not listed, their affiliation places them at the heart of a productive and collaborative scientific environment. The Max Planck Society is known for fostering interdisciplinary research, which suggests that their work likely intersects with various domains within biological sciences or related areas.

Best Publications

  • The bacterial replication initiator DnaA. DnaA and oriC, the bacterial mode to initiate DNA replication.

    Walter Messer

  • Interaction of the Initiator Protein DnaA of Escherichia coli with Its DNA Target

    Sigrid Schaper;Walter Messer

  • Nucleotide sequence of the origin of replication of the Escherichia coli K-12 chromosome.

    M Meijer;E Beck;F G Hansen;H E Bergmans

  • Mechanism of origin unwinding: sequential binding of DnaA to double‐ and single‐stranded DNA

    Christian Speck;Walter Messer

  • Timing and targeting: The biological functions of Dam methylation in E. coli

    Walter Messer;Mario Noyer-Weidner

  • ATP– and ADP–DnaA protein, a molecular switch in gene regulation

    Christian Speck;Christoph Weigel;Walter Messer

  • The FIS protein binds and bends the origin of chromosomal DNA replication, oriC, of Escherichia coli

    H Gille;J B Egan;A Roth;W Messer

  • Initiation of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Replication in Escherichia coli B/r: Chronology of Events and Transcriptional Control of Initiation

    Walter Messer

  • New cloning vectors for integration into the λ attachment site attB of the Escherichia coli chromosome

    Ludger Diederich;Lene Juel Rasmussen;Walter Messer

  • Regulation of transcription of the chromosomal dnaA gene of Escherichia coli.

    Claudia Kücherer;Heinz Lother;Ralf Kölling;Maria-Anna Schauzu

  • Complexes at the replication origin of Bacillus subtilis with homologous and heterologous DnaA protein.

    Margret Krause;Beate Rückert;Rudi Lurz;Walter Messer

  • The interaction domains of the DnaA and DnaB replication proteins of Escherichia coli

    Harald Seitz;Christoph Weigel;Walter Messer

  • Origin of Replication, oriC, of the Escherichia coli K12 Chromosome: Genetic Mapping and Minichromosome Replication

    K. von Meyenburg;F. G. Hansen;E. Riise;H. E. N. Bergmans

  • Regulation of polar cap formation in the life cycle of Escherichia coli.

    Björn Hoffmann;Walter Messer;Uli Schwarz

  • Localized DNA melting and structural pertubations in the origin of replication, oriC, of Escherichia coli in vitro and in vivo.

    H Gille;W Messer

  • The N-terminus promotes oligomerization of the Escherichia coli initiator protein DnaA

    Christoph Weigel;Andrea Schmidt;Harald Seitz;Doreen Tüngler

  • DnaA protein binding to individual DnaA boxes in the Escherichia coli replication origin, oriC

    Christoph Weigel;Andrea Schmidt;Beate Rückert;Rudi Lurz

  • Bacterial replication initiator DnaA. Rules for DnaA binding and roles of DnaA in origin unwinding and helicase loading.

    Walter Messer;Franca Blaesing;Dagmara Jakimowicz;Margret Krause

  • Analysis of the DNA‐binding domain of Escherichia coli DnaA protein

    Franca Blaesing;Christoph Weigel;Michaela Welzeck;Walter Messer

  • DnaA protein/DNA interaction. Modulation of the recognition sequence.

    Christoph Schaefer;Walter Messer

Frequent Co-Authors

Grzegorz Węgrzyn
Grzegorz Węgrzyn University of Gdańsk
Fritz Melchers
Fritz Melchers Leibniz Association
Rudi Lurz
Rudi Lurz Max Planck Society
Kirsten Skarstad
Kirsten Skarstad Oslo University Hospital
Flemming G. Hansen
Flemming G. Hansen Technical University of Denmark
Giovanna Morelli
Giovanna Morelli Max Planck Society
Stefano Donadio
Stefano Donadio University of Wisconsin–Madison
Olaf Pongs
Olaf Pongs Universität Hamburg
Detlev H. Krüger
Detlev H. Krüger Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Wolfgang R. Hess
Wolfgang R. Hess University of Freiburg

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