Alejandro Peña

853 total citations
16 papers, 623 citations indexed

About

Alejandro Peña is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Peña has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 623 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Peña's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (9 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (4 papers). Alejandro Peña is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (9 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (4 papers). Alejandro Peña collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and United States. Alejandro Peña's co-authors include Ignacio Aréchaga, Fernando de la Cruz, Elena Cabezón, Jorge Ripoll‐Rozada, Carolyn A. Moores, Julia Locke, Gad Frankel, Edward H. Egelman, Sandra Zunzunegui and Maya Topf and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Peña

16 papers receiving 609 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 Peña United Kingdom 14 316 215 198 171 115 16 623
Sebastián Poggio Mexico 17 701 2.2× 415 1.9× 262 1.3× 137 0.8× 135 1.2× 46 947
Martina Trokter United Kingdom 7 559 1.8× 306 1.4× 215 1.1× 195 1.1× 357 3.1× 7 1.2k
Debnath Ghosal United States 16 406 1.3× 235 1.1× 132 0.7× 69 0.4× 234 2.0× 43 807
Andrew K. Fenton United Kingdom 14 479 1.5× 321 1.5× 261 1.3× 116 0.7× 200 1.7× 20 795
Karen Otto Sweden 8 437 1.4× 197 0.9× 130 0.7× 74 0.4× 206 1.8× 11 737
Lucía Yim Uruguay 17 418 1.3× 150 0.7× 117 0.6× 86 0.5× 128 1.1× 31 727
Hanjeong Harvey Canada 15 546 1.7× 330 1.5× 225 1.1× 117 0.7× 124 1.1× 23 771
Ylan Nguyen Canada 7 401 1.3× 239 1.1× 157 0.8× 75 0.4× 100 0.9× 7 592
Tao Weitao United States 16 705 2.2× 309 1.4× 183 0.9× 167 1.0× 117 1.0× 25 925
Karine A. Gibbs United States 13 520 1.6× 333 1.5× 182 0.9× 128 0.7× 279 2.4× 18 968

Countries citing papers authored by Alejandro Peña

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alejandro Peña

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandro Peña

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Low, Wen Wen, Joshua L. C. Wong, Leticia C. Beltrán, et al.. (2022). Mating pair stabilization mediates bacterial conjugation species specificity. Nature Microbiology. 7(7). 1016–1027. 59 indexed citations
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Kreutzberger, Mark A. B., Sharanya Chatterjee, Alejandro Peña, et al.. (2022). Flagellin outer domain dimerization modulates motility in pathogenic and soil bacteria from viscous environments. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1422–1422. 26 indexed citations
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Zheng, Weili, Alejandro Peña, Aravindan Ilangovan, et al.. (2021). Cryoelectron-microscopy structure of the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli type III secretion system EspA filament. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(2). 12 indexed citations
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Zheng, Weili, Alejandro Peña, Wen Wen Low, et al.. (2020). Cryoelectron-Microscopic Structure of the pKpQIL Conjugative Pili from Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Structure. 28(12). 1321–1328.e2. 28 indexed citations
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Peña, Alejandro, et al.. (2020). Structure of Microtubule-Trapped Human Kinesin-5 and Its Mechanism of Inhibition Revealed Using Cryoelectron Microscopy. Structure. 28(4). 450–457.e5. 24 indexed citations
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Atherton, Joseph, J.J.A. Hummel, Natacha Olieric, et al.. (2020). The mechanism of kinesin inhibition by kinesin-binding protein. eLife. 9. 20 indexed citations
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Loeffelholz, Ottilie von, Alejandro Peña, Douglas R. Drummond, Robert A. Cross, & Carolyn A. Moores. (2019). Cryo-EM Structure (4.5-Å) of Yeast Kinesin-5–Microtubule Complex Reveals a Distinct Binding Footprint and Mechanism of Drug Resistance. Journal of Molecular Biology. 431(4). 864–872. 16 indexed citations
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Aliaga, Luis, et al.. (2018). Nocardia paucivorans brain abscess. Clinical and microbiological characteristics. IDCases. 13. e00422–e00422. 8 indexed citations
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Locke, Julia, Agnel Praveen Joseph, Alejandro Peña, et al.. (2017). Structural basis of human kinesin-8 function and inhibition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(45). E9539–E9548. 42 indexed citations
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Cabezón, Elena, Jorge Ripoll‐Rozada, Alejandro Peña, Fernando de la Cruz, & Ignacio Aréchaga. (2014). Towards an integrated model of bacterial conjugation. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 39(1). n/a–n/a. 215 indexed citations
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Peña, Alejandro & Ignacio Aréchaga. (2013). Molecular Motors in Bacterial Secretion. Microbial Physiology. 23(4-5). 357–369. 13 indexed citations
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Peña, Alejandro, Jaime Martín‐Benito, José Valpuesta, et al.. (2012). The Hexameric Structure of a Conjugative VirB4 Protein ATPase Provides New Insights for a Functional and Phylogenetic Relationship with DNA Translocases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(47). 39925–39932. 56 indexed citations
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Peña, Alejandro, Antonio Busquets, Margarita Gomila, et al.. (2012). Draft Genome of Pseudomonas stutzeri Strain ZoBell (CCUG 16156), a Marine Isolate and Model Organism for Denitrification Studies. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(5). 1277–1278. 30 indexed citations
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Ripoll‐Rozada, Jorge, Alejandro Peña, Susana Arias-Rivas, et al.. (2012). Regulation of the Type IV Secretion ATPase TrwD by Magnesium. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(21). 17408–17414. 17 indexed citations
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Peña, Alejandro, Jorge Ripoll‐Rozada, Sandra Zunzunegui, et al.. (2011). Autoinhibitory Regulation of TrwK, an Essential VirB4 ATPase in Type IV Secretion Systems. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(19). 17376–17382. 17 indexed citations
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Aréchaga, Ignacio, Alejandro Peña, Sandra Zunzunegui, et al.. (2008). ATPase Activity and Oligomeric State of TrwK, the VirB4 Homologue of the Plasmid R388 Type IV Secretion System. Journal of Bacteriology. 190(15). 5472–5479. 40 indexed citations

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