Walter Schaffner

19.8k citations
127 papers · 17.1k · 4 hit papers · h-index 57

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Papers in

    • RNA Research and Splicing 22
    • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 19
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 18
    • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 17
    • Trace Elements in Health 37

Walter Schaffner

127 papers receiving 16.3k citations

Walter Schaffner's Hit Papers

Transcriptional Activation Modulated by Homopolymeric Glutamine and Proline Stretches 1994 · 512 citations
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Walter Schaffner
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  • Nutrition and Dietetics 2.5k
  • Immunology 3.0k
  • Molecular Biology 9.8k
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1.7k
  • Genetics 3.2k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Walter Schaffner, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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Rapid detection of octamer binding proteins with ‘mini extracts’, prepared from a small number of cells
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19894069
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Expression of a β-globin gene is enhanced by remote SV40 DNA sequences
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19811405
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A lymphocyte-specific cellular enhancer is located downstream of the joining region in immunoglobulin heavy chain genes
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19831275
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Transcriptional Activation Modulated by Homopolymeric Glutamine and Proline Stretches
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1994512
5 1988465
6 1985440
7 1984369
8 1981310
9 2012275
10 1995271
11 1987242
12 1984229
13 1998223
14 1991211
15 2006208
16 2003204
17 1984195
18 1989179
19 1989168
20 1994168

About Walter Schaffner

Walter Schaffner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Genetics and Immunology, having authored 127 papers that have together received 17.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Trace Elements in Health (37 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (24 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (22 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (17 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (14 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nutrition and Dietetics (2.5k citations), Immunology (3.0k citations), Molecular Biology (9.8k citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (1.7k citations) and Genetics (3.2k citations). Walter Schaffner has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Michael M. Müller, Patrick Matthias, Edgar Schreiber, Julian Banerji, Oleg Georgiev, Sandro Rusconi, Jean de Villiers, Didier Picard, Kuppusamy Balamurugan and Edgar Serfling. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Biological Chemistry, Cell, Nature and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

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