Alejandro Franco

998 total citations
36 papers, 727 citations indexed

About

Alejandro Franco is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Franco has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 727 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cell Biology and 5 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Franco's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (33 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (8 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (6 papers). Alejandro Franco is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (33 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (8 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (6 papers). Alejandro Franco collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and United States. Alejandro Franco's co-authors include José Cansado, Jero Vicente‐Soler, Teresa Soto, Mariano Gacto, Marisa Madrid, John C. Meadows, Jonathan Millar, Pilar Pérez, Ursula Fleig and Takashi Toda and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The EMBO Journal and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Franco

36 papers receiving 721 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alejandro Franco Spain 16 614 299 177 61 51 36 727
Joep Schothorst Belgium 5 473 0.8× 67 0.2× 146 0.8× 40 0.7× 30 0.6× 6 567
Chizu Ishii Japan 14 717 1.2× 125 0.4× 354 2.0× 95 1.6× 9 0.2× 32 897
Johnny Roosen Belgium 7 731 1.2× 112 0.4× 166 0.9× 52 0.9× 151 3.0× 8 790
Jochen Strayle Germany 6 481 0.8× 205 0.7× 217 1.2× 20 0.3× 8 0.2× 6 697
Kevin Madden United States 7 921 1.5× 318 1.1× 226 1.3× 125 2.0× 19 0.4× 8 1.0k
Balaji Santhanam United States 14 315 0.5× 132 0.4× 45 0.3× 65 1.1× 26 0.5× 20 514
Patrick Zarzov France 7 532 0.9× 238 0.8× 97 0.5× 30 0.5× 6 0.1× 7 573
Jianying Luo United States 9 414 0.7× 180 0.6× 128 0.7× 33 0.5× 12 0.2× 11 530
G. Tevzadze United States 9 550 0.9× 118 0.4× 195 1.1× 14 0.2× 12 0.2× 9 687
Joci Neuby Alves Macêdo Brazil 12 329 0.5× 124 0.4× 137 0.8× 19 0.3× 30 0.6× 13 490

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alejandro Franco

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandro Franco

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alejandro Franco. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alejandro Franco based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alejandro Franco. Alejandro Franco is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vicente‐Soler, Jero, Alejandro Franco, Teresa Soto, et al.. (2023). Myosin II regulatory light chain phosphorylation and formin availability modulate cytokinesis upon changes in carbohydrate metabolism. eLife. 12. 3 indexed citations
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Cansado, José, Teresa Soto, Alejandro Franco, Jero Vicente‐Soler, & Marisa Madrid. (2021). The Fission Yeast Cell Integrity Pathway: A Functional Hub for Cell Survival upon Stress and Beyond. Journal of Fungi. 8(1). 32–32. 19 indexed citations
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Franco, Alejandro, et al.. (2021). Specific Functional Features of the Cell Integrity MAP Kinase Pathway in the Dimorphic Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces japonicus. Journal of Fungi. 7(6). 482–482. 3 indexed citations
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Vicente‐Soler, Jero, Teresa Soto, Alejandro Franco, José Cansado, & Marisa Madrid. (2021). The Multiple Functions of Rho GTPases in Fission Yeasts. Cells. 10(6). 1422–1422. 7 indexed citations
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Vicente‐Soler, Jero, Alejandro Franco, Teresa Soto, et al.. (2020). Stress-activated MAPK signaling controls fission yeast actomyosin ring integrity by modulating formin For3 levels. eLife. 9. 11 indexed citations
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Franco, Alejandro, Marisa Madrid, Mariano Gacto, et al.. (2019). Quorum sensing and stress-activated MAPK signaling repress yeast to hypha transition in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces japonicus. PLoS Genetics. 15(5). e1008192–e1008192. 24 indexed citations
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Madrid, Marisa, Teresa Soto, Alejandro Franco, et al.. (2017). Differential functional regulation of protein kinase C (PKC) orthologs in fission yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(27). 11374–11387. 10 indexed citations
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Franco, Alejandro, Teresa Soto, Marisa Madrid, et al.. (2017). Distinct functional relevance of dynamic GTPase cysteine methylation in fission yeast. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6057–6057. 4 indexed citations
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Soto, Teresa, Alejandro Franco, Marisa Madrid, et al.. (2014). Rho1 GTPase and PKC Ortholog Pck1 Are Upstream Activators of the Cell Integrity MAPK Pathway in Fission Yeast. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e88020–e88020. 31 indexed citations
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Madrid, Marisa, Rafael Jiménez, Teresa Soto, et al.. (2014). Multiple regulatory levels influence cell integrity control by PKC ortholog Pck2 in fission yeast. Journal of Cell Science. 128(2). 266–80. 19 indexed citations
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Franco, Alejandro, Marisa Madrid, Jero Vicente‐Soler, et al.. (2012). Biological Significance of Nuclear Localization of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Pmk1 in Fission Yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(31). 26038–26051. 14 indexed citations
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Núñez, Andrés, Alejandro Franco, Marisa Madrid, et al.. (2009). Role for RACK1 Orthologue Cpc2 in the Modulation of Stress Response in Fission Yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20(18). 3996–4009. 34 indexed citations
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Sánchez‐Pérez, Isabel, Vicky Buck, John C. Meadows, et al.. (2005). The DASH complex and Klp5/Klp6 kinesin coordinate bipolar chromosome attachment in fission yeast. The EMBO Journal. 24(16). 2931–2943. 104 indexed citations
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Franco, Alejandro, Teresa Soto, Marisa Madrid, et al.. (2005). Functional characterization of Schizosaccharomyces pombe neutral trehalase altered in phosphorylatable serine residues. Archives of Microbiology. 183(6). 394–400. 4 indexed citations
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Madrid, Marisa, Teresa Soto, Alejandro Franco, et al.. (2005). Stress-induced Response, Localization, and Regulation of the Pmk1 Cell Integrity Pathway in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(4). 2033–2043. 86 indexed citations
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Madrid, Marisa, Teresa Soto, Alejandro Franco, et al.. (2004). A Cooperative Role for Atf1 and Pap1 in the Detoxification of the Oxidative Stress Induced by Glucose Deprivation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(40). 41594–41602. 59 indexed citations
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Franco, Alejandro, Marisa Madrid, Teresa Soto, et al.. (2004). Transcriptional and post‐translational regulation of neutral trehalase in Schizosaccharomyces pombe during thermal stress. Yeast. 21(7). 593–603. 8 indexed citations
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Franco, Alejandro, et al.. (2003). Characterization ofgdp1+as encoding a GDPase in the fission yeastSchizosaccharomyces pombe. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 228(1). 33–38. 5 indexed citations
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Soto, Teresa, Alejandro Franco, S. Padmanabhan, et al.. (2002). Molecular interaction of neutral trehalase with other enzymes of trehalose metabolism in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. European Journal of Biochemistry. 269(15). 3847–3855. 7 indexed citations

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