Álvaro Ortega

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Álvaro Ortega is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Álvaro Ortega has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Álvaro Ortega's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (25 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (13 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (11 papers). Álvaro Ortega is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (25 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (13 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (11 papers). Álvaro Ortega collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and France. Álvaro Ortega's co-authors include José Garcı́a de la Torre, D. Amorós, Tino Krell, Miguel A. Matilla, Igor B. Zhulin, Stephen E. Harding, David Martín‐Mora, Míriam Rico‐Jiménez, Andrés Corral‐Lugo and Abdelali Daddaoua and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nucleic Acids Research and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Álvaro Ortega

63 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Prediction of Hydrodynamic and Other Solution Properties of Rigid Proteins from Atomic- and Residue-Level Models

2011 547 citations Álvaro Ortega, D. Amorós et al. Biophysical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Álvaro Ortega Spain	28	1.6k	515	409	392	305	66	2.7k
Bjørn Dalhus Norway	34	2.2k 1.4×	219 0.4×	258 0.6×	400 1.0×	185 0.6×	94	3.4k
Lee Whitmore United Kingdom	13	3.5k 2.2×	372 0.7×	330 0.8×	638 1.6×	451 1.5×	21	5.3k
Ann H. Kwan Australia	31	1.9k 1.2×	204 0.4×	271 0.7×	293 0.7×	202 0.7×	93	2.8k
Véronique Receveur‐Brechot France	27	2.5k 1.6×	271 0.5×	272 0.7×	976 2.5×	151 0.5×	52	3.5k
Frank Wien France	26	3.1k 2.0×	494 1.0×	180 0.4×	768 2.0×	349 1.1×	112	4.9k
Marta Bruix Spain	38	3.0k 1.9×	287 0.6×	308 0.8×	748 1.9×	214 0.7×	164	4.6k
Lanette Fee United States	10	2.9k 1.9×	330 0.6×	231 0.6×	717 1.8×	100 0.3×	12	4.0k
Shigeki Mitaku Japan	26	2.5k 1.6×	311 0.6×	350 0.9×	310 0.8×	95 0.3×	110	3.8k
César A. López United States	22	2.2k 1.4×	177 0.3×	183 0.4×	457 1.2×	170 0.6×	60	3.5k
Se Won Suh South Korea	40	4.2k 2.7×	496 1.0×	650 1.6×	906 2.3×	142 0.5×	196	5.7k

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Alcorlo, Martín, Juan R. Luque-Ortega, Federico Gago, et al.. (2024). Flexible structural arrangement and DNA-binding properties of protein p6 from Bacillus subtillis phage φ29. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(4). 2045–2065. 2 indexed citations

Sánchez‐Romera, Beatriz, et al.. (2023). Sensing preferences for prokaryotic solute binding protein families. Microbial Biotechnology. 16(9). 1823–1833. 6 indexed citations

Rico‐Jiménez, Míriam, Álvaro Ortega, Yuri B. Porozov, et al.. (2023). Emergence of an Auxin Sensing Domain in Plant-Associated Bacteria. mBio. 14(1). e0336322–e0336322. 11 indexed citations

Terol, Gema Lozano, Julia Gallego‐Jara, Rosa Alba Sola Martínez, et al.. (2022). Regulation of the pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway by lysine acetylation of E. coli OPRTase. FEBS Journal. 290(2). 442–464. 3 indexed citations

Martín‐Mora, David, Wenhao Xu, Victor Sourjik, et al.. (2022). The pH Robustness of Bacterial Sensing. mBio. 13(5). e0165022–e0165022. 9 indexed citations

Ortega, Álvaro, Miguel A. Matilla, & Tino Krell. (2022). The Repertoire of Solute-Binding Proteins of Model Bacteria Reveals Large Differences in Number, Type, and Ligand Range. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(5). e0205422–e0205422. 8 indexed citations

Fernández, Matilde, Míriam Rico‐Jiménez, Álvaro Ortega, et al.. (2019). Determination of Ligand Profiles for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Solute Binding Proteins. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(20). 5156–5156. 25 indexed citations

Fernández, Matilde, Álvaro Ortega, Míriam Rico‐Jiménez, et al.. (2018). High-Throughput Screening to Identify Chemoreceptor Ligands. Methods in molecular biology. 1729. 291–301. 25 indexed citations

Martín‐Mora, David, et al.. (2018). Functional Annotation of Bacterial Signal Transduction Systems: Progress and Challenges. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(12). 3755–3755. 21 indexed citations

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Ortega, Álvaro, Igor B. Zhulin, & Tino Krell. (2017). Sensory Repertoire of Bacterial Chemoreceptors. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 81(4). 169 indexed citations

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Rico‐Jiménez, Míriam, et al.. (2016). Two different mechanisms mediate chemotaxis to inorganic phosphate in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 28967–28967. 62 indexed citations

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Corral‐Lugo, Andrés, Abdelali Daddaoua, Álvaro Ortega, et al.. (2016). Purification and characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa LasR expressed in acyl-homoserine lactone free Escherichia coli cultures. Protein Expression and Purification. 130. 107–114. 14 indexed citations

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Fernández, Matilde, Bertrand Morel, Andrés Corral‐Lugo, et al.. (2015). Identification of ligands for bacterial sensor proteins. Current Genetics. 62(1). 143–147. 6 indexed citations

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Díaz, F. G., et al.. (2013). Influence of ionic strength on the flexibility of alginate studied by size exclusion chromatography. Carbohydrate Polymers. 102. 223–230. 28 indexed citations

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Torre, José Garcı́a de la, Álvaro Ortega, D. Amorós, R. R. SCHMIDT, & José G. Hernández Cifre. (2010). Methods and Tools for the Prediction of Hydrodynamic Coefficients and Other Solution Properties of Flexible Macromolecules in Solution. A Tutorial Minireview. Macromolecular Bioscience. 10(7). 721–730. 4 indexed citations

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Ortega, Álvaro, D. Amorós, & José Garcı́a de la Torre. (2010). Global fit and structure optimization of flexible and rigid macromolecules and nanoparticles from analytical ultracentrifugation and other dilute solution properties. Methods. 54(1). 115–123. 8 indexed citations

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Zorrilla, Silvia, Álvaro Ortega, Carlos Alfonso, et al.. (2008). Characterization of the Control Catabolite Protein of Gluconeogenic Genes Repressor by Fluorescence Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy and Other Biophysical Approaches. Biophysical Journal. 95(9). 4403–4415. 9 indexed citations

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Lü, Yanling, Stephen E. Harding, Terje E. Michaelsen, et al.. (2007). Solution Conformation of Wild-Type and Mutant IgG3 and IgG4 Immunoglobulins Using Crystallohydrodynamics: Possible Implications for Complement Activation. Biophysical Journal. 93(11). 3733–3744. 41 indexed citations

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Lü, Yanling, Kenneth G. Davis, Álvaro Ortega, et al.. (2006). Crystallohydrodynamics of Protein Assemblies: Combining Sedimentation, Viscometry, and X-Ray Scattering. Biophysical Journal. 91(5). 1688–1697. 16 indexed citations

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Torre, José Garcı́a de la, et al.. (2005). MULTIHYDRO and MONTEHYDRO: Conformational search and Monte Carlo calculation of solution properties of rigid or flexible bead models. Biophysical Chemistry. 116(2). 121–128. 24 indexed citations

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