Alain Debec

1.9k total citations
45 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Alain Debec is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Debec has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Cell Biology and 10 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alain Debec's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (27 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (6 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (6 papers). Alain Debec is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (27 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (6 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (6 papers). Alain Debec collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Portugal. Alain Debec's co-authors include Yves Bobinnec, Christiane Marcaillou, William Sullivan, Xavier Morin, Michel Wright, Maurice Wegnez, Mónica Bettencourt‐Dias, Claire Marty‐Detraves, Pamela M. White and Philippe Huitorel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Alain Debec

44 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alain Debec France 21 947 821 210 202 178 45 1.4k
Otto Baumann Germany 23 719 0.8× 258 0.3× 154 0.7× 147 0.7× 199 1.1× 64 1.4k
Péter Deák Hungary 23 1.7k 1.8× 1.1k 1.4× 286 1.4× 206 1.0× 141 0.8× 52 2.3k
K. Saigo Japan 20 1.2k 1.2× 263 0.3× 129 0.6× 386 1.9× 117 0.7× 35 1.6k
Rita Sinka Hungary 18 995 1.1× 842 1.0× 142 0.7× 133 0.7× 146 0.8× 42 1.6k
Karen G. Hales United States 15 1.3k 1.4× 293 0.4× 111 0.5× 145 0.7× 50 0.3× 16 1.6k
Tasman Daish Australia 15 1.4k 1.4× 133 0.2× 216 1.0× 311 1.5× 115 0.6× 23 1.8k
Jeongsil Kim‐Ha South Korea 17 1.3k 1.4× 173 0.2× 174 0.8× 227 1.1× 150 0.8× 34 1.8k
Paul Badenhorst United Kingdom 18 1.5k 1.6× 90 0.1× 255 1.2× 221 1.1× 138 0.8× 23 1.9k
Yikang S. Rong United States 25 2.4k 2.5× 252 0.3× 811 3.9× 458 2.3× 241 1.4× 60 2.8k
René Le Guellec France 14 1.3k 1.3× 614 0.7× 146 0.7× 191 0.9× 40 0.2× 21 1.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Debec

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Debec, Alain, et al.. (2024). Primary cell cultures from the single-chromosome ant Myrmecia croslandi. Chromosome Research. 32(3). 10–10.
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Galenza, Anthony, Paola Moreno-Roman, Yu‐Han Su, et al.. (2023). Basal stem cell progeny establish their apical surface in a junctional niche during turnover of an adult barrier epithelium. Nature Cell Biology. 25(5). 658–671. 7 indexed citations
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Ramani, Anand, Aruljothi Mariappan, Marco Gottardo, et al.. (2018). Plk1/Polo Phosphorylates Sas-4 at the Onset of Mitosis for an Efficient Recruitment of Pericentriolar Material to Centrosomes. Cell Reports. 25(13). 3618–3630.e6. 19 indexed citations
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Debec, Alain, Timothy L. Megraw, & Antoine Guichet. (2016). Methods to Establish Drosophila Cell Lines. Methods in molecular biology. 1478. 333–351. 4 indexed citations
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Debec, Alain, William Sullivan, & Mónica Bettencourt‐Dias. (2010). Centrioles: active players or passengers during mitosis?. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 67(13). 2173–2194. 82 indexed citations
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Debec, Alain, et al.. (2009). Microtubule Cytoskeleton Remodeling by Acentriolar Microtubule-organizing Centers at the Entry and Exit from Mitosis inDrosophilaSomatic Cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20(11). 2796–2808. 34 indexed citations
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Villányi, Zoltán, Alain Debec, Gyula Timinszky, László Tirián, & János Szabad. (2008). Long persistence of importin-β explains extended survival of cells and zygotes that lack the encoding gene. Mechanisms of Development. 125(3-4). 196–206. 15 indexed citations
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Bobinnec, Yves, Xavier Morin, & Alain Debec. (2006). Shaggy/GSK-3β kinase localizes to the centrosome and to specialized cytoskeletal structures inDrosophila. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 63(6). 313–320. 18 indexed citations
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Karpova, Nina N., Yves Bobinnec, Sylvaine Fouix, Philippe Huitorel, & Alain Debec. (2006). Jupiter, a newDrosophila protein associated with microtubules. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 63(5). 301–312. 102 indexed citations
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Franco, Bénédicte, Laurent Bogdanik, Yves Bobinnec, et al.. (2004). Shaggy, the Homolog of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3, Controls Neuromuscular Junction Growth inDrosophila. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(29). 6573–6577. 91 indexed citations
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Bobinnec, Yves, Christiane Marcaillou, Xavier Morin, & Alain Debec. (2003). Dynamics of the endoplasmic reticulum during early development of Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 54(3). 217–225. 98 indexed citations
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Debec, Alain, et al.. (2001). Toucan protein is essential for the assembly of syncytial mitotic spindles in Drosophila melanogaster. genesis. 31(4). 167–175. 3 indexed citations
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Raynaud‐Messina, Brigitte, et al.. (2001). Differential properties of the two Drosophila γ-tubulin isotypes. European Journal of Cell Biology. 80(10). 643–649. 17 indexed citations
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Bobinnec, Yves, Christiane Marcaillou, & Alain Debec. (1999). Microtubule polyglutamylation in Drosophila melanogaster brain and testis. European Journal of Cell Biology. 78(9). 671–674. 18 indexed citations
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Chalvet, Fabienne, et al.. (1998). Morphological and molecular characterization of new drosophila cell lines established from a strain permissive for Gypsy transposition. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal. 34(10). 799–804. 1 indexed citations
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Debec, Alain & Christiane Marcaillou. (1997). Structural alterations of the mitotic apparatus induced by the heat shock response in Drosophila cells. Biology of the Cell. 89(1). 67–78. 39 indexed citations
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Debec, Alain, et al.. (1996). Live analysis of free centrosomes in normal and aphidicolin-treated Drosophila embryos.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 134(1). 103–115. 34 indexed citations
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Debec, Alain, et al.. (1992). Cyclin B is associated with centrosomes in Drosophila mitotic cells. Biology of the Cell. 75(2). 121–126. 18 indexed citations
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Debec, Alain, et al.. (1990). The response of the centrosome to heat shock and related stresses in a Drosophila cell line. Journal of Cell Science. 96(3). 403–412. 33 indexed citations

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