Alexandre Maréchal

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Alexandre Maréchal is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandre Maréchal has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Oncology and 7 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Alexandre Maréchal's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (24 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (6 papers). Alexandre Maréchal is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (24 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (6 papers). Alexandre Maréchal collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. Alexandre Maréchal's co-authors include Lili Zou, Normand Brisson, Lee Zou, Jean‐Sébastien Parent, Shizhou Liu, Hai Dang Nguyen, Bunsyo Shiotani, Darrell Desveaux, Rachel Litman Flynn and B. Franz Lang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alexandre Maréchal

28 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

DNA Damage Sensing by the ATM and ATR Kinases 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. DNA Damage Sensing by the ATM and ATR Kinases
    2013 1.1k citations Alexandre Maréchal et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexandre Maréchal Canada 16 2.7k 753 548 311 293 33 3.1k
Li Zheng United States 35 3.1k 1.2× 475 0.6× 577 1.1× 466 1.5× 318 1.1× 92 3.7k
Motohiro Mihara Japan 17 1.8k 0.7× 1.1k 1.5× 427 0.8× 306 1.0× 137 0.5× 28 2.8k
Timothy S. Davison United Kingdom 13 2.7k 1.0× 638 0.8× 1.6k 2.8× 713 2.3× 106 0.4× 25 3.5k
Jeanine A. Harrigan United States 19 2.1k 0.8× 539 0.7× 233 0.4× 516 1.7× 186 0.6× 26 2.4k
William Burkhart United States 24 2.0k 0.8× 417 0.6× 572 1.0× 265 0.9× 218 0.7× 42 2.9k
Zhanyun Tang United States 28 4.3k 1.6× 612 0.8× 531 1.0× 320 1.0× 1.8k 6.0× 33 4.9k
Alex Vassilev United States 24 3.2k 1.2× 1.0k 1.3× 142 0.3× 342 1.1× 749 2.6× 32 4.1k
Birgit Samans Germany 29 1.6k 0.6× 259 0.3× 1.3k 2.3× 379 1.2× 326 1.1× 42 2.8k
Woojin An United States 33 3.5k 1.3× 515 0.7× 229 0.4× 383 1.2× 117 0.4× 66 3.9k
Hiraku Takebe Japan 33 2.2k 0.8× 601 0.8× 239 0.4× 984 3.2× 177 0.6× 127 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Alexandre Maréchal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexandre Maréchal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandre Maréchal

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Khan, Muhammad Riaz, et al.. (2025). The single-stranded DNA–binding factor SUB1/PC4 alleviates replication stress at telomeres and is a vulnerability of ALT cancer cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(2). e2419712122–e2419712122.
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Maréchal, Alexandre, et al.. (2025). Detection of γ-H2A.X for Rapid Assessment of Genotoxic Agent-induced Double-strand DNA Breaks by Immunofluorescence. Methods in molecular biology. 2919. 83–89.
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Fortier, Anne-Marie, Zubaidah M. Ramdzan, Shen Gu, et al.. (2025). The function of MYC in base excision repair protects against RAS-induced senescence. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(14).
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Cappadocia, Laurent, et al.. (2024). An E3 ubiquitin ligase localization screen uncovers DTX2 as a novel ADP-ribosylation-dependent regulator of DNA double-strand break repair. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(8). 107545–107545. 8 indexed citations
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Ronato, Daryl A., Ian Hammond-Martel, Elliot Drobetsky, et al.. (2024). SMARCAL1 ubiquitylation controls its association with RPA-coated ssDNA and promotes replication fork stability. PLoS Biology. 22(3). e3002552–e3002552. 5 indexed citations
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Maréchal, Alexandre, et al.. (2023). Differential effects of pesticides on dioxin receptor signaling and p53 activation. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 21211–21211.
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Ramdzan, Zubaidah M., et al.. (2023). The function of BCL11B in base excision repair contributes to its dual role as an oncogene and a haplo-insufficient tumor suppressor gene. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(1). 223–242. 10 indexed citations
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Jacques, Pierre‐Étienne, et al.. (2022). The mutational impact of Illudin S on human cells. DNA repair. 122. 103433–103433. 7 indexed citations
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Heath, John A., Vincent Luo, Xiaoru Chen, et al.. (2021). POGZ promotes homology‐directed DNA repair in an HP1‐dependent manner. EMBO Reports. 23(1). e51041–e51041. 13 indexed citations
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Garneau, Daniel, et al.. (2018). Investigation of Protein Recruitment to DNA Lesions Using 405 Nm Laser Micro-irradiation. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 11 indexed citations
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Clément, Geneviève, et al.. (2017). A phosphorylation-and-ubiquitylation circuitry driving ATR activation and homologous recombination. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(15). 8859–8872. 39 indexed citations
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Maréchal, Alexandre, et al.. (2016). SMARCAL1 Resolves Replication Stress at ALT Telomeres. Cell Reports. 14(5). 1032–1040. 90 indexed citations
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Maréchal, Alexandre & Lee Zou. (2014). RPA-coated single-stranded DNA as a platform for post-translational modifications in the DNA damage response. Cell Research. 25(1). 9–23. 331 indexed citations
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Wu, Ching-Shyi, Jian Ouyang, Eiichiro Mori, et al.. (2014). SUMOylation of ATRIP potentiates DNA damage signaling by boosting multiple protein interactions in the ATR pathway. Genes & Development. 28(13). 1472–1484. 55 indexed citations
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Maréchal, Alexandre, Ching-Shyi Wu, Stephanie A. Yazinski, et al.. (2013). PRP19 Transforms into a Sensor of RPA-ssDNA after DNA Damage and Drives ATR Activation via a Ubiquitin-Mediated Circuitry. Molecular Cell. 53(2). 235–246. 197 indexed citations
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Shiotani, Bunsyo, et al.. (2013). Two Distinct Modes of ATR Activation Orchestrated by Rad17 and Nbs1. Cell Reports. 3(5). 1651–1662. 111 indexed citations
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Liu, Shizhou, Bunsyo Shiotani, Mayurika Lahiri, et al.. (2011). ATR Autophosphorylation as a Molecular Switch for Checkpoint Activation. Molecular Cell. 43(2). 192–202. 198 indexed citations
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Maréchal, Alexandre & Normand Brisson. (2010). Recombination and the maintenance of plant organelle genome stability. New Phytologist. 186(2). 299–317. 391 indexed citations
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Maréchal, Alexandre, et al.. (2009). Whirly proteins maintain plastid genome stability in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(34). 14693–14698. 168 indexed citations
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Desveaux, Darrell, Alexandre Maréchal, & Normand Brisson. (2005). Whirly transcription factors: defense gene regulation and beyond. Trends in Plant Science. 10(2). 95–102. 111 indexed citations

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