Alain Nicolas

8.8k citations

102 papers · 6.6k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 44

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Aging top 5%

Papers in

Molecular Biology 92
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 57
- Fungal and yeast genetics research 42
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 21
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 19
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 15
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques 10
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 8
Cell Biology 10

Co-authors: Bernard de Massy Frédéric Baudat Judith Lopes Paul-Christophe Varoutas Agnès Bergerat Patrick Forterre Jack W. Szostak Aurèle Piazza
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (9 papers)The EMBO Journal (8 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (7 papers)PLoS Genetics (7 papers)Molecular and Cellular Biology (7 papers)
Partner nations: France United States Japan

In The Last Decade

Alain Nicolas

102 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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An atypical topoisomerase II from archaea with implications for meiotic recombination 1997 · 731 citations

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1	Accurate Tracking of the Mutational Landscape of Diploid Hybrid Genomes Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Lorenzo Tattini, S. Sadreghazi, Zhen Zhou, Liliana Ordoñez Huamán, Sophie Loeillet, Alain Nicolas, Gianni Liti	2019	28
2	Mechanistic Signatures of Human Papillomavirus Insertions in Anal Squamous Cell Carcinomas Cancers ·C. C. B., Cindy Neuzillet, Maxime Wack, Sonia Lameiras, Sophie Vacher, Marc Deloger, Nicolas Servant, David Veyer, Hélène Péré, Odette Mariani, Sylvain Baulande, Roman Rouzier, Maud Kamal, Dwi Nor Halisa, Emmanuelle Jeannot, Alain Nicolas, Ivan Bièche, Wulfran Cacheux	2019	18
3	The impact of replication stress on replication dynamics and DNA damage in vertebrate cells Nature Reviews Genetics ·Hervé Técher, Stéphane Koundrioukoff, Alain Nicolas, Michelle Debatisse	2017	193
4	Extensive Recombination of a Yeast Diploid Hybrid through Meiotic Reversion PLoS Genetics ·Raphaëlle Laureau, Sophie Loeillet, F. Salinas, Anders Bergström, Patricia Legoix-Né, Gianni Liti, Alain Nicolas	2016	43
5	Functional variants of human papillomavirus type 16 demonstrate host genome integration and transcriptional alterations corresponding to their unique cancer epidemiology BMC Genomics ·Robert Jackson, Bruce A. Rosa, Sonia Lameiras, ScaltritoLuciano, Lilian Joly, Wely B. Floriano, Paul F. Lambert, Alain Nicolas, Ingeborg Zehbe	2016	29
6	Short loop length and high thermal stability determine genomic instability induced by G‐quadruplex‐forming minisatellites The EMBO Journal ·Aurèle Piazza, Michael Adrian, Daniela Infante-Herrera, Brahim Heddi, Florian Hamon, Alexandre Serero, Judith Lopes, Marie‐Paule Teulade‐Fichou, Anh Tuân Phan, Alain Nicolas	2015	112
7	The COMPASS Subunit Spp1 Links Histone Methylation to Initiation of Meiotic Recombination Science ·Laurent Acquaviva, Lóránt Székvölgyi, Bernhard Dichtl, Symbat Serik, Symbat Serik, D. T. Ainalis, Alain Nicolas, Vincent Géli	2012	154
8	Stimulation of Gross Chromosomal Rearrangements by the Human CEB1 and CEB25 Minisatellites in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Depends on G-Quadruplexes or Cdc13 PLoS Genetics ·Aurèle Piazza, Alexandre Serero, Jean-Baptiste Boulé, Patricia Legoix-Né, Judith Lopes, Alain Nicolas	2012	55
9	Spo11-Accessory Proteins Link Double-Strand Break Sites to the Chromosome Axis in Early Meiotic Recombination Cell ·Silvia Panizza, Marco Antonio Mendoza-Parra, И. К. Козаков, Lingzhi Huang, Alain Nicolas, Katsuhiko Shirahige, Franz Klein	2011	268
10	Genetic investigation of four meiotic genes in women with premature ovarian failure European Journal of Endocrinology ·Béatrice Mandon‐Pepin, Philippe Touraine, Frédérique Kuttenn, Céline Derbois, A. Rouxel, Fumihiko Matsuda, Alain Nicolas, Corinne Cotinot, Marc Fellous	2008	91
11	Genome-wide Expression Profiling, In Vivo DNA Binding Analysis, and Probabilistic Motif Prediction Reveal Novel Abf1 Target Genes during Fermentation, Respiration, and Sporulation in Yeast Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Ulrich Schlecht, Ionas Erb, Philippe Demougin, Nicolas Robine, Valérie Borde, Erik van Nimwegen, Alain Nicolas, Michael Primig	2008	26
12	Histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation marks meiotic recombination initiation sites The EMBO Journal ·Valérie Borde, Nicolas Robine, Waka Lin, W M Eester, Vincent Géli, Alain Nicolas	2008	281
13	Meiotic association between Spo11 regulated by Rec102, Rec104 and Rec114 Nucleic Acids Research ·Hiroyuki Sasanuma, Hajime Murakami, Tomoyuki Fukuda, Toshiyuki Shibata, Alain Nicolas, Kunihiro Ohta	2007	45
14	Genome-Wide Redistribution of Meiotic Double-Strand Breaks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Nicolas Robine, Norio Uematsu, Franck Amiot, Xavier Gidrol, Emmanuel Barillot, Alain Nicolas, Valérie Borde	2006	80
15	Complex Minisatellite Rearrangements Generated in the Total or Partial Absence of Rad27 / hFEN1 Activity Occur in a Single Generation and Are Rad51 and Rad52 Dependent Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Judith Lopes, Cyril Ribeyre, Alain Nicolas	2006	27
16	Infertilité humaine : des gènes de méiose comme candidats potentiels Gynécologie Obstétrique & Fertilité ·Béatrice Mandon‐Pepin, Céline Derbois, Fumihiko Matsuda, Corinne Cotinot, Debra J. Wolgemuth, Kathleen N. Smith, Ken McElreavey, Alain Nicolas, Marc Fellous	2002	14
17	Homologous, Homeologous, and Illegitimate Repair of Double-Strand Breaks during Transformation of a Wild-Type Strain and a rad52 Mutant Strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Christine Mézard, Alain Nicolas	1994	19
18	Identification of two divergently transcribed genes centromere‐proximal to the ARG4 locus on chromosome VIII of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Yeast ·Vincenzo Rocco, Michael J. Daly, Vilborg Matre, Michael Lichten, Alain Nicolas	1993	8
19	Gene Conversion Adjacent to Regions of Double-Strand Break Repair Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Terry L. Orr‐Weaver, Alain Nicolas, Jack W. Szostak	1988	52
20	Variation of crossover association frequencies with various aberrant segregation classes in Ascobolus Current Genetics ·Alain Nicolas	1982	1

About Alain Nicolas

Alain Nicolas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cancer Research, Plant Science and Genetics, having authored 102 papers that have together received 6.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (57 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (42 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (21 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (15 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (10 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (6.1k citations), Aging (85 citations), Cell Biology (636 citations), Plant Science (1.2k citations) and Genetics (846 citations). Alain Nicolas has collaborated with scholars based in France, United States and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Bernard de Massy, Frédéric Baudat, Judith Lopes, Paul-Christophe Varoutas, Agnès Bergerat, Patrick Forterre, Jack W. Szostak, Aurèle Piazza, Kunihiro Ohta and Christine Mézard. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The EMBO Journal, Nucleic Acids Research, PLoS Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

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