Alex Bortvin

2.7k total citations
24 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Alex Bortvin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Bortvin has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Alex Bortvin's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (14 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (6 papers). Alex Bortvin is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (14 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (6 papers). Alex Bortvin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Ireland. Alex Bortvin's co-authors include Godfried W. van der Heijden, Fred Winston, Julio M Castaneda, Safia Malki, Valeriya Gaysinskaya, David C. Page, Rudolf Jaenisch, Pavol Genzor, Deborah L. Berry and Hidenori Akutsu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Alex Bortvin

24 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alex Bortvin United States 19 1.8k 692 413 344 150 24 2.1k
Mihoko Hosokawa Japan 11 1.4k 0.7× 725 1.0× 400 1.0× 200 0.6× 201 1.3× 14 1.6k
C. Chen United States 18 1.3k 0.7× 317 0.5× 309 0.7× 218 0.6× 225 1.5× 40 1.8k
Ewelina Bolcun‐Filas United States 17 1.8k 1.0× 427 0.6× 411 1.0× 465 1.4× 238 1.6× 23 2.1k
Pedro N. Moreira Spain 17 1.1k 0.6× 248 0.4× 400 1.0× 582 1.7× 409 2.7× 25 1.6k
Peter J. I. Ellis United Kingdom 22 961 0.5× 341 0.5× 890 2.2× 179 0.5× 376 2.5× 48 1.6k
Hildo H. Offenberg Netherlands 20 2.0k 1.1× 605 0.9× 394 1.0× 243 0.7× 203 1.4× 24 2.2k
Monica Di Giacomo Italy 17 1.7k 0.9× 469 0.7× 219 0.5× 302 0.9× 220 1.5× 20 2.0k
Shihori Yokobayashi Japan 16 2.3k 1.3× 648 0.9× 403 1.0× 301 0.9× 109 0.7× 18 2.5k
Alberto Viera Spain 25 1.3k 0.7× 658 1.0× 407 1.0× 156 0.5× 84 0.6× 55 1.6k
Ramaiah Nagaraja United States 20 1.1k 0.6× 211 0.3× 609 1.5× 134 0.4× 50 0.3× 44 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Bortvin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Bortvin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Luca, Chiara De, Anuj Gupta, & Alex Bortvin. (2023). Retrotransposon LINE-1 bodies in the cytoplasm of piRNA-deficient mouse spermatocytes: Ribonucleoproteins overcoming the integrated stress response. PLoS Genetics. 19(6). e1010797–e1010797. 6 indexed citations
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Tharp, Marla E., Safia Malki, & Alex Bortvin. (2020). Maximizing the ovarian reserve in mice by evading LINE-1 genotoxicity. Nature Communications. 11(1). 330–330. 39 indexed citations
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Gaysinskaya, Valeriya, Brendan Miller, Chiara De Luca, et al.. (2018). Transient reduction of DNA methylation at the onset of meiosis in male mice. Epigenetics & Chromatin. 11(1). 15–15. 41 indexed citations
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Newkirk, Simon J., Suman Lee, Fiorella C. Grandi, et al.. (2017). Intact piRNA pathway prevents L1 mobilization in male meiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(28). E5635–E5644. 68 indexed citations
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Genzor, Pavol & Alex Bortvin. (2015). A Unique HMG-Box Domain of Mouse Maelstrom Binds Structured RNA but Not Double Stranded DNA. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0120268–e0120268. 14 indexed citations
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Malki, Safia, Marla E. Tharp, & Alex Bortvin. (2015). A Whole-Mount Approach for Accurate Quantitative and Spatial Assessment of Fetal Oocyte Dynamics in Mice1. Biology of Reproduction. 93(5). 113–113. 28 indexed citations
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Castaneda, Julio M, Pavol Genzor, Godfried W. van der Heijden, et al.. (2014). Reduced pachytene pi RNA s and translation underlie spermiogenic arrest in M aelstrom mutant mice. The EMBO Journal. 33(18). 1999–2019. 74 indexed citations
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Malki, Safia, Godfried W. van der Heijden, Kathryn A. O’Donnell, Sandra L. Martin, & Alex Bortvin. (2014). A Role for Retrotransposon LINE-1 in Fetal Oocyte Attrition in Mice. Developmental Cell. 29(5). 521–533. 157 indexed citations
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Bortvin, Alex. (2013). PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) — a mouse testis perspective. Biochemistry (Moscow). 78(6). 592–602. 18 indexed citations
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Guan, Lirui, Godfried W. van der Heijden, Alex Bortvin, & Marc M. Greenberg. (2011). Intracellular Detection of Cytosine Incorporation in Genomic DNA by Using 5‐Ethynyl‐2′‐Deoxycytidine. ChemBioChem. 12(14). 2184–2190. 41 indexed citations
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Castaneda, Julio M, Pavol Genzor, & Alex Bortvin. (2011). piRNAs, transposon silencing, and germline genome integrity. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 714(1-2). 95–104. 83 indexed citations
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Heijden, Godfried W. van der, Julio M Castaneda, & Alex Bortvin. (2010). Bodies of evidence — compartmentalization of the piRNA pathway in mouse fetal prospermatogonia. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 22(6). 752–757. 16 indexed citations
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Heijden, Godfried W. van der, et al.. (2010). Synaptonemal Complex Length Variation in Wild-Type Male Mice. Genes. 1(3). 505–520. 12 indexed citations
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Aravin, Alexei A., Godfried W. van der Heijden, Julio M Castaneda, et al.. (2009). Cytoplasmic Compartmentalization of the Fetal piRNA Pathway in Mice. PLoS Genetics. 5(12). e1000764–e1000764. 235 indexed citations
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Heijden, Godfried W. van der & Alex Bortvin. (2009). Transient relaxation of transposon silencing at the onset of mammalian meiosis. Epigenetics. 4(2). 76–79. 32 indexed citations
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Soper, Sarah F. Clatterbuck, Godfried W. van der Heijden, Mary L. Goodheart, et al.. (2008). Mouse Maelstrom, a Component of Nuage, Is Essential for Spermatogenesis and Transposon Repression in Meiosis. Developmental Cell. 15(2). 285–297. 273 indexed citations
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Natoli, Thomas A., Alex Bortvin, Mary Taglienti, et al.. (2004). Wt1 functions in the development of germ cells in addition to somatic cell lineages of the testis. Developmental Biology. 268(2). 429–440. 30 indexed citations
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Bortvin, Alex, et al.. (2004). Dppa3 / Pgc7 / stella is a maternal factor and is not required for germ cell specification in mice. BMC Developmental Biology. 4(1). 2–2. 1 indexed citations
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Bortvin, Alex & Fred Winston. (1996). Evidence That Spt6p Controls Chromatin Structure by a Direct Interaction with Histones. Science. 272(5267). 1473–1476. 302 indexed citations
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Buchman, Vladimir L., Natalia Ninkina, Yury D. Bogdanov, et al.. (1992). Differential splicing creates a diversity of transcripts from a neurospecific developmentally regulated gene encoding a protein with new zinc-finger motifs. Nucleic Acids Research. 20(21). 5579–5585. 23 indexed citations

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