Walter Schaffner

Walter Schaffner 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 Walter Schaffner sits on this spectrum.

Walter Schaffner 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 Walter Schaffner sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
• 1991 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Best Publications

• Rapid detection of octamer binding proteins with ‘mini extracts’, prepared from a small number of cells

  Edgar Schreiber;Patrick Matthias;Michael M. Müller;Walter Schaffner

  4880
  Citations

• A rapid, sensitive, and specific method for the determination of protein in dilute solution

  W. Schaffner;C. Weissmann

  2983
  Citations

• Expression of a β-globin gene is enhanced by remote SV40 DNA sequences

  Julian Banerji;Sandro Rusconi;Walter Schaffner

  2162
  Citations

• A very strong enhancer is located upstream of an immediate early gene of human cytomegalovirus

  Michael Boshart;Frank Weber;Gerhard Jahn;Karoline Dorsch-Häsler

  1814
  Citations

• A lymphocyte-specific cellular enhancer is located downstream of the joining region in immunoglobulin heavy chain genes

  Julian Banerji;Laura Olson;Walter Schaffner

  1758
  Citations

• Transcriptional activation modulated by homopolymeric glutamine and proline stretches.

  Hans-Peter Gerber;Katja Seipel;Oleg Georgiev;Manuela Höfferer

  766
  Citations

• CpG methylation of the cAMP-responsive enhancer/promoter sequence TGACGTCA abolishes specific factor binding as well as transcriptional activation.

  S. M. M. Iguchi-Ariga;W. Schaffner

  729
  Citations

• Enhancers and eukaryotic gene transcription

  Edgar Serfling;Maria Jasin;Walter Schaffner

  712
  Citations

• The transcription factor MTF-1 is essential for basal and heavy metal-induced metallothionein gene expression.

  R Heuchel;F Radtke;O Georgiev;G Stark

  615
  Citations

• A cloned octamer transcription factor stimulates transcription from lymphoid-specific promoters in non-B cells.

  Michael M. Müller;Siegfried Ruppert;Walter Schaffner;Patrick Matthias

  524
  Citations

• Cloned transcription factor MTF-1 activates the mouse metallothionein I promoter.

  F Radtke;R Heuchel;O Georgiev;M Hergersberg

  485
  Citations

• Different activation domains stimulate transcription from remote ('enhancer') and proximal ('promoter') positions.

  K Seipel;O Georgiev;W Schaffner

  456
  Citations

• A lymphocyte-specific enhancer in the mouse immunoglobulin κ gene

  Didier Picard;Walter Schaffner

  456
  Citations

• The taste of heavy metals: gene regulation by MTF-1.

  Viola Günther;Uschi Lindert;Walter Schaffner

  406
  Citations

• A small segment of polyoma virus DNA enhances the expression of a cloned beta-globin gene over a distance of 1400 base pairs.

  Jean de Villiers;Walter Schaffner

  406
  Citations

• Sp1 transcription factor binds DNA and activates transcription even when the binding site is CpG methylated.

  M Höller;G Westin;J Jiricny;W Schaffner

  396
  Citations

• Molecular Genetic Analyses of the Tyrolean Ice Man

  Oliva Handt;Martin Richards;Marion Trommsdorff;Christian Kilger

  384
  Citations

• Transcriptional Repression by RING Finger Protein TIF1β That Interacts with the KRAB Repressor Domain of KOX1

  P Moosmann;O Georgiev;B Le Douarin;J P Bourquin

  380
  Citations

• Direct transfer of cloned genes from bacteria to mammalian cells

  Walter Schaffner

  379
  Citations

• The Transcription Factor Mtf-1 Is Essential for Basal and Heavy Metal-Induced Metallothionein-I Gene-Expression

  F. Radtke;R. Heuchel;O. Georgiev;G. Stark

  0
  Citations