Werner Arber

Werner Arber publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Werner Arber sits on this spectrum.

Werner Arber D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

Research.com Recognitions

• 1997 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
• 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea
• 1984 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1984 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 1978 - Nobel Prize for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

• DNA Modification and Restriction

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  969
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• Host specificity of DNA produced by Escherichia coli

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  459
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• Genetic variation: molecular mechanisms and impact on microbial evolution

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  403
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• Genomic evolution during a 10,000-generation experiment with bacteria

  Dimitri Papadopoulos;Dominique Schneider;Jessica Meier-Eiss;Werner Arber

  355
  Citations

• CHAPTER 4 – Prokaryotic IS Elements

  Shigeru Iida;Jürg Meyer;Werner Arber

  241
  Citations

• Host-Controlled Modification of Bacteriophage

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  232
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• Host specificity of DNA produced by Escherichia coli

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  224
  Citations

• Physical Mapping of BglII, BamHI, EcoRI, HindIII and PstI Restriction Fragments of Bacteriophage P1 DNA

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  224
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• Experimental Methods for Use with Lambda

  Werner Arber;Lynn Enquist;Barbara Hohn;Noreen E. Murray

  220
  Citations

• Host specificity of DNA produced by Escherichia coli 9. Host-controlled modification of bacteriophage fd

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  207
  Citations

• Insertion sequence-related genetic variation in resting Escherichia coli K-12.

  T Naas;M Blot;W M Fitch;W Arber

  198
  Citations

• Transduction of chromosomal genes and episomes in Escherichia coli

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  182
  Citations

• Electron microscopical studies of phage multiplication

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  179
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• Nucleotide sequence of IS26, a new prokaryotic mobile genetic etement

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  168
  Citations

• Host specificity of DNA produced by Escherichia coli. XII. The two restriction and modification systems of strain 15T

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  140
  Citations

• Dynamics of IS-related genetic rearrangements in resting Escherichia coli K-12.

  T Naas;M Blot;W M Fitch;W Arber

  136
  Citations

• Two DNA antirestriction systems of bacteriophage P1, darA, and darB: characterization of darA− phages

  Shigeru Iida;Markus B. Streiff;Thomas A. Bickle;Werner Arber

  132
  Citations

• A site-specific, conservative recombination system carried by bacteriophage P1. Mapping the recombinase gene cin and the cross-over sites cix for the inversion of the C segment.

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  131
  Citations

• E. coli K-12 pel mutants, which block phage lambda DNA injection, coincide with ptsM, which determines a component of a sugar transport system.

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  120
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• Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

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  10
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