Alejandra Bravo

16.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
235 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Alejandra Bravo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandra Bravo has authored 235 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 216 papers in Molecular Biology, 185 papers in Insect Science and 89 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alejandra Bravo's work include Insect Resistance and Genetics (210 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (148 papers) and Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (95 papers). Alejandra Bravo is often cited by papers focused on Insect Resistance and Genetics (210 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (148 papers) and Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (95 papers). Alejandra Bravo collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, China and United States. Alejandra Bravo's co-authors include Mário Soberón, Sarjeet S. Gill, Isabel Gómez, Liliana Pardo‐López, Jorge Sánchez, Supaporn Likitvivatanavong, Carlos Muñóz-Garay, Raúl Miranda-CasoLuengo, Luisa Elena Fernández and Neil Crickmore and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alejandra Bravo

230 papers receiving 10.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Mode of action of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry and Cyt toxins and their potential for insect control

2006 927 citations Alejandra Bravo, Mário Soberón et al. profile →
Bacillus thuringiensis: A story of a successful bioinsecticide

2011 774 citations Alejandra Bravo, Mário Soberón et al. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology profile →
Bacillus thuringiensisinsecticidal three-domain Cry toxins: mode of action, insect resistance and consequences for crop protection

2012 515 citations Liliana Pardo‐López, Mário Soberón et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alejandra Bravo Mexico	56	10.1k	8.4k	4.5k	415	298	235	11.0k
Mário Soberón Mexico	50	8.7k 0.9×	6.8k 0.8×	3.9k 0.9×	373 0.9×	264 0.9×	205	9.6k
Neil Crickmore United Kingdom	35	7.1k 0.7×	5.8k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	128 0.3×	162 0.5×	164	7.7k
Raymond J. St. Leger United States	64	6.1k 0.6×	8.8k 1.1×	4.8k 1.1×	169 0.4×	404 1.4×	143	11.3k
Donald H. Dean United States	41	6.6k 0.7×	5.1k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	100 0.2×	182 0.6×	111	7.0k
Jeroen Van Rie Belgium	35	6.9k 0.7×	5.5k 0.7×	3.6k 0.8×	71 0.2×	116 0.4×	55	7.5k
Walter R. Terra Brazil	49	4.7k 0.5×	4.9k 0.6×	2.0k 0.5×	436 1.1×	1.0k 3.4×	208	7.9k
Saskia A. Hogenhout United Kingdom	47	1.9k 0.2×	4.3k 0.5×	7.2k 1.6×	221 0.5×	142 0.5×	124	8.6k
Xueping Zhou China	65	4.0k 0.4×	3.7k 0.4×	13.0k 2.9×	686 1.7×	165 0.6×	416	14.6k
Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan United States	61	6.8k 0.7×	3.5k 0.4×	3.8k 0.8×	209 0.5×	1.8k 6.0×	133	10.3k
Hans Merzendorfer Germany	34	3.5k 0.3×	2.1k 0.2×	1.1k 0.2×	164 0.4×	907 3.0×	74	4.9k

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Xu, Jikai, Xudong Li, Pengfei Zhu, et al.. (2025). Evolutionary selection of trimethoprim-resistant dfrA genes in lytic phages affects phage and host fitness during infection. Science Advances. 11(39). eadt4817–eadt4817. 1 indexed citations

Soberón, Mário & Alejandra Bravo. (2025). The Future of Bt Proteins: From Pore Formation and Insect Resistance to the Next Generation of Pest Control. Toxins. 17(11). 522–522.

Lu, Xiao-Ming, Li Chen, Ziwei Zhao, et al.. (2025). Two novel trimethoprim resistance genes, dfra50 and dfra51 , identified in phage-plasmids. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 69(7). e0169524–e0169524.

Uleri, Alessandro, Josep María Gaya, Andrea Gallioli, et al.. (2024). V04-06 RETROPERITONEAL ROBOT-ASSISTED PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY WITH HUGO RAS SYSTEM: SURGICAL SETTINGS AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS. The Journal of Urology. 211(5S).

Huang, Guoqiang, Zhonglin Liu, Feng Chen, et al.. (2024). Silencing Ditylenchus destructor cathepsin L-like cysteine protease has negative pleiotropic effect on nematode ontogenesis. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 10030–10030. 3 indexed citations

Gaya, Josep María, Giuseppe Basile, Andrea Gallioli, et al.. (2023). Simultaneous Bilateral Video–Endoscopic Inguinal Lymphadenectomy for Penile Carcinoma: Surgical Setting, Feasibility, Safety, and Preliminary Oncological Outcomes. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(23). 7272–7272. 1 indexed citations

Pacheco, Sabino, Isabel Gómez, Mário Soberón, & Alejandra Bravo. (2022). A major conformational change of N‐terminal helices of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab insecticidal protein is necessary for membrane insertion and toxicity. FEBS Journal. 290(10). 2692–2705. 9 indexed citations

Guo, Zhaojiang, Shi Kang, Qingjun Wu, et al.. (2021). The regulation landscape of MAPK signaling cascade for thwarting Bacillus thuringiensis infection in an insect host. PLoS Pathogens. 17(9). e1009917–e1009917. 55 indexed citations

Zhang, Fengjuan, et al.. (2020). Systemic mitochondrial disruption is a key event in the toxicity of bacterial pore‐forming toxins to Caenorhabditis elegans . Environmental Microbiology. 23(9). 4896–4907. 6 indexed citations

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Quan, Yudong, et al.. (2018). Characterization of the Cry1Ah resistance in Asian corn Borer and its cross-resistance to other Bacillus thuringiensis toxins. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 234–234. 30 indexed citations

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Soberón, Mário, et al.. (2017). Cell lines as models for the study of Cry toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 93. 66–78. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Zeyu, Yuxiao Liu, Gemei Liang, et al.. (2016). Identification of ABCC2 as a binding protein of Cry1Ac on brush border membrane vesicles fromHelicoverpa armigeraby an improved pull‐down assay. MicrobiologyOpen. 5(4). 659–669. 31 indexed citations

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Muñóz-Garay, Carlos, Liliana Pardo‐López, Nuria Jiménez-Juárez, et al.. (2009). Characterization of the mechanism of action of the genetically modified Cry1AbMod toxin that is active against Cry1Ab-resistant insects. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1788(10). 2229–2237. 40 indexed citations

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Novella-Rausell, Claudio, et al.. (2007). A membrane associated metalloprotease cleaves Cry3Aa Bacillus thuringiensis toxin reducing pore formation in Colorado potato beetle brush border membrane vesicles. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1768(9). 2293–2299. 25 indexed citations

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Ibarra, Jorge E., Enrique Galindo, José Antonio Ortega Carrillo, et al.. (2006). Los microorganismos en el control biológico de insectos y fitopatógenos. 48(2). 113–120. 5 indexed citations

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Bravo, Alejandra, et al.. (2006). Use of Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin as an Alternative Method of Control against Haemonchus contortus. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1081(1). 347–354. 10 indexed citations

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Aranda, Eduardo, Jorge Sánchez, Laura Lina, M. Peferoen, & Alejandra Bravo. (1998). Análisis de la unión in vitro e in vivo de las delta-endotoxinas de Bacillus thuringiensis al epitelio intestinal medio de Diatraea grandiosella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). 3(2). 95–105. 1 indexed citations

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Lorence, Argelia, Alberto Darszon, & Alejandra Bravo. (1997). Aminopeptidase dependent pore formation of Bacillus thuringiensis CrylAc toxin on Trichoplusia ni membranes. FEBS Letters. 414(2). 303–307. 53 indexed citations

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Flores, Humberto, et al.. (1997). Isolated domain II and III from the Bacillus thuringiensis CrylAb δ‐endotoxin binds to lepidopteran midgut membranes. FEBS Letters. 414(2). 313–318. 13 indexed citations

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Núñez-Valdez, María Eugenia, et al.. (1996). Isolation of Cry1Ab protein mutants ofBacillus thuringiensisby a highly efficient PCR site-directed mutagenesis system. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 145(3). 333–339. 33 indexed citations

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