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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
107
Citations
65974
World Ranking
891
National Ranking
66

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Wolfram Saenger is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to the subfields of Molecular Biology and Genetics.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Saenger has published in several venues with notable frequency, including:

  • ACS Omega
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Württembergisch Franken

Their recent publications include:

  • "Helix Bundle Domain of Primase RepB' Is Required for Dinucleotide Formation and Extension," 2021, ACS Omega
  • "The helix bundle domain of primase RepB' is required for dinucleotide formation and extension," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Rezension von: Saenger, Wolfgang, Die bäuerliche Kulturlandschaft der Hohenloher Ebene und ihre Entwicklung seit dem 16. Jahrhundert," 2024, Württembergisch Franken

Frequent co-authors in Saenger's work include:

  • Sofia Banchenko
  • Christoph Weise
  • Erich Lanka
  • Sebastian Geibel
  • Karl Schumm

Saenger is recognized as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Principles of Nucleic Acid Structure

    Wolfram Saenger

  • Hydrogen Bonding in Biological Structures

    George A. Jeffrey;Wolfram Saenger

  • Three-dimensional structure of cyanobacterial photosystem I at 2.5 Å resolution

    Patrick Jordan;Petra Fromme;Horst Toblas Witt;Olaf Klukas

  • Cyclodextrin Inclusion Compounds in Research and Industry

    Wolfram Saenger

  • Crystal structure of photosystem II from Synechococcus elongatus at 3.8 A resolution.

    Athina Zouni;Horst Tobias Witt;Jan Kern;Petra Fromme

  • Towards complete cofactor arrangement in the 3.0 Å resolution structure of photosystem II

    Bernhard Loll;Jana Kern;Wolfram Saenger;Athina Zouni

  • Cyanobacterial photosystem II at 2.9-Å resolution and the role of quinones, lipids, channels and chloride

    Albert Guskov;Jan Kern;Jan Kern;Azat Gabdulkhakov;Matthias Broser

  • Where water is oxidized to dioxygen: structure of the photosynthetic Mn4Ca cluster.

    Junko Yano;Jan Kern;Kenneth Sauer;Kenneth Sauer;Matthew J. Latimer

  • Structures of the Common Cyclodextrins and Their Larger Analogues-Beyond the Doughnut.

    Wolfram Saenger;Joël Jacob;Katrin Gessler;Thomas Steiner

  • Role of the Clathrin Terminal Domain in Regulating Coated Pit Dynamics Revealed by Small Molecule Inhibition.

    Lisa von Kleist;Wiebke Stahlschmidt;Haydar Bulut;Kira Gromova

  • Structural basis of gene regulation by the tetracycline inducible Tet repressor-operator system.

    Peter Orth;Dirk Schnappinger;Wolfgang Hillen;Wolfram Saenger

  • Structure of the Tet repressor-tetracycline complex and regulation of antibiotic resistance

    Winfried Hinrichs;Caroline Kisker;Martina Düvel;Alexander Müller

  • Topography of cyclodextrin inclusion complexes, part 20. Circular and flip-flop hydrogen bonding in .beta.-cyclodextrin undecahydrate: a neutron diffraction study

    Christian Betzel;Wolfram Saenger;Brian E. Hingerty;George M. Brown

  • Topography of cyclodextrin inclusion complexes. III. Crystal and molecular structure of cyclohexaamylose hexahydrate, the water dimer inclusion complex

    Philip C. Manor;Wolfram Saenger

  • Photosystem I at 4 A resolution represents the first structural model of a joint photosynthetic reaction centre and core antenna system.

    Norbert Krauß;Wolf Dieter Schubert;Olaf Klukas;Petra Fromme

  • DNA conformation is determined by economics in the hydration of phosphate groups

    Wolfram Saenger;William N. Hunter;Olga Kennard

  • Crystal and molecular structure of cyclohepta-amylose dodecahydrate

    Klaus Lindner;Wolfram Saenger

  • Three-dimensional structure of system I of photosynthesis at 6 Å resolution

    Norbert Krauss;Winfried Hinrichs;Ingrid Witt;Ingrid Witt;Petra Fromme

  • Geometry of carbon-hydrogen.cntdot..cntdot..cntdot.oxygen hydrogen bonds in carbohydrate crystal structures. Analysis of neutron diffraction data

    Thomas Steiner;Wolfram Saenger

  • The mycosubtilin synthetase of Bacillus subtilis ATCC6633: a multifunctional hybrid between a peptide synthetase, an amino transferase, and a fatty acid synthase.

    Erwin H. Duitman;Leendert W. Hamoen;Martina Rembold;Gerard Venema

Frequent Co-Authors

Udo Heinemann
Udo Heinemann Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Athina Zouni
Athina Zouni Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Thomas Steiner
Thomas Steiner Freie Universität Berlin
Horst Tobias Witt
Horst Tobias Witt Technical University of Berlin
Jan Kern
Jan Kern Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Christian Betzel
Christian Betzel Universität Hamburg
Petra Fromme
Petra Fromme Arizona State University
Volker Haucke
Volker Haucke Freie Universität Berlin
Andreas Ziegler
Andreas Ziegler University of Ulm
David Shugar
David Shugar Polish Academy of Sciences

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