Åsa Fransson

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Åsa Fransson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Åsa Fransson has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Åsa Fransson's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (3 papers). Åsa Fransson is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (3 papers). Åsa Fransson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Åsa Fransson's co-authors include Pontus Aspenström, Aino Ruusala, Jan Saras, Josef T. Kittler, James Muir, Johanne Egge Rinholm, David Attwell, Andrew F. MacAskill, I. Lorena Arancibia‐Cárcamo and Alison E. Twelvetrees and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Åsa Fransson

13 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Miro1 Is a Calcium Sensor for Glutamate Receptor-Dependent Localization of Mitochondria at Synapses

2009 521 citations Andrew F. MacAskill, Johanne Egge Rinholm et al. Neuron profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Åsa Fransson Sweden	11	1.9k	594	433	282	281	13	2.4k
Joshua M. Baughman United States	10	2.1k 1.1×	280 0.5×	329 0.8×	288 1.0×	398 1.4×	11	2.4k
Yao Liang Wong United States	16	1.4k 0.8×	879 1.5×	210 0.5×	231 0.8×	528 1.9×	24	2.1k
José G. Castaño Spain	27	1.8k 0.9×	581 1.0×	510 1.2×	271 1.0×	521 1.9×	49	2.5k
Takeshi Iwata Japan	30	2.4k 1.3×	394 0.7×	247 0.6×	202 0.7×	190 0.7×	164	3.5k
Rodolfo Zunino Canada	15	3.1k 1.6×	456 0.8×	234 0.5×	409 1.5×	933 3.3×	16	3.5k
Manju Swaroop United States	27	1.5k 0.8×	298 0.5×	405 0.9×	301 1.1×	290 1.0×	42	2.6k
Cécile Delettre France	27	3.4k 1.8×	367 0.6×	384 0.9×	339 1.2×	278 1.0×	41	3.8k
Véronique Paquis‐Flucklinger France	27	2.0k 1.0×	356 0.6×	190 0.4×	175 0.6×	80 0.3×	88	2.5k
Kohsuke Kanekura Japan	27	1.4k 0.7×	791 1.3×	327 0.8×	418 1.5×	334 1.2×	56	2.7k
Jesús M. Ureña Spain	26	1.5k 0.8×	563 0.9×	524 1.2×	237 0.8×	55 0.2×	44	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Åsa Fransson

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13 of 13 papers shown

Fransson, Åsa, et al.. (2016). Strong synergy with APR-246 and DNA-damaging drugs in primary cancer cells from patients with TP53 mutant High-Grade Serous ovarian cancer. Journal of Ovarian Research. 9(1). 27–27. 54 indexed citations

Gaube, Friedemann, Åsa Fransson, Sandeep Ojha, et al.. (2015). A host factor supports retrotransposition of the TRE5-A population in Dictyostelium cells by suppressing an Argonaute protein. Mobile DNA. 6(1). 14–14. 4 indexed citations

Mohell, Nina, Jessica Alfredsson, Åsa Fransson, et al.. (2015). APR-246 overcomes resistance to cisplatin and doxorubicin in ovarian cancer cells. Cell Death and Disease. 6(6). e1794–e1794. 151 indexed citations

MacAskill, Andrew F., Johanne Egge Rinholm, Alison E. Twelvetrees, et al.. (2009). Miro1 Is a Calcium Sensor for Glutamate Receptor-Dependent Localization of Mitochondria at Synapses. Neuron. 61(4). 541–555. 521 indexed citations breakdown →

Reis, Katarina, Åsa Fransson, & Pontus Aspenström. (2009). The Miro GTPases: At the heart of the mitochondrial transport machinery. FEBS Letters. 583(9). 1391–1398. 76 indexed citations

Saotome, Masao, Dzhamilja Safiulina, György Szabadkai, et al.. (2008). Bidirectional Ca ²⁺ -dependent control of mitochondrial dynamics by the Miro GTPase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(52). 20728–20733. 443 indexed citations

Aspenström, Pontus, et al.. (2006). Pombe Cdc15 homology proteins: regulators of membrane dynamics and the actin cytoskeleton. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 31(12). 670–679. 39 indexed citations

Fransson, Åsa, Aino Ruusala, & Pontus Aspenström. (2006). The atypical Rho GTPases Miro-1 and Miro-2 have essential roles in mitochondrial trafficking. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 344(2). 500–510. 344 indexed citations

Fransson, Åsa, et al.. (2004). RICH-1 has a BIN/Amphiphysin/Rvsp domain responsible for binding to membrane lipids and tubulation of liposomes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 320(3). 1034–1042. 38 indexed citations

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Aspenström, Pontus, Åsa Fransson, & Jan Saras. (2004). Rho GTPases have diverse effects on the organization of the actin filament system. Biochemical Journal. 377(2). 327–337. 322 indexed citations

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Fransson, Åsa, Aino Ruusala, & Pontus Aspenström. (2003). Atypical Rho GTPases Have Roles in Mitochondrial Homeostasis and Apoptosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(8). 6495–6502. 317 indexed citations

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Буга, С.Г., В. Д. Бланк, Åsa Fransson, N. R. Serebryanaya, & Bertil Sundqvist. (2002). DSC study of annealing and phase transformations of C60 and C70 polymerized under pressures in the range 9.5–13 GPa. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 63(2). 331–343. 10 indexed citations

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Lundin, A. A., Bertil Sundqvist, Peter Skoglund, Åsa Fransson, & Sven Pettersson. (1992). Compressibility, specific heat capacity, and Grüneisen parameter for C60/C70. Solid State Communications. 84(9). 879–883. 34 indexed citations

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