Barbara E. Funnell

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Barbara E. Funnell is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara E. Funnell has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Genetics, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Barbara E. Funnell's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (36 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (13 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (12 papers). Barbara E. Funnell is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (36 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (13 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (12 papers). Barbara E. Funnell collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. Barbara E. Funnell's co-authors include Arthur Kornberg, Tania A. Baker, Robert S. Fuller, A Kornberg, Jennifer A. Surtees, Anthony G. Vecchiarelli, Maria A. Schumacher, Kiyoshi Mizuuchi, Megan J. Davey and Kazuhisa Sekimizu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Barbara E. Funnell

42 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

The dnaA protein complex with the E. coli chromosomal rep... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 200 400 600
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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.

  1. The dnaA protein complex with the E. coli chromosomal replication origin (oriC) and other DNA sites
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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Barbara E. Funnell Canada 29 2.3k 2.3k 873 513 407 42 3.1k
Steven W. Matson United States 38 1.9k 0.8× 3.8k 1.7× 555 0.6× 343 0.7× 515 1.3× 74 4.4k
David Bramhill United States 17 2.0k 0.9× 2.5k 1.1× 655 0.8× 267 0.5× 303 0.7× 21 3.3k
Stuart Austin United States 40 3.3k 1.4× 3.0k 1.3× 1.6k 1.8× 762 1.5× 681 1.7× 85 4.5k
Gouzel Karimova France 24 1.6k 0.7× 2.1k 0.9× 624 0.7× 250 0.5× 269 0.7× 39 3.1k
Deepak Bastia United States 38 2.3k 1.0× 3.2k 1.4× 636 0.7× 326 0.6× 364 0.9× 99 3.9k
Josette Rouvière‐Yaniv France 32 2.4k 1.0× 3.4k 1.5× 1.3k 1.5× 276 0.5× 220 0.5× 43 4.0k
Dhruba K. Chattoraj United States 33 2.0k 0.9× 2.2k 1.0× 979 1.1× 425 0.8× 294 0.7× 99 3.2k
Lionello Bossi France 32 1.7k 0.7× 2.6k 1.1× 1.5k 1.8× 283 0.6× 225 0.6× 82 4.0k
Nico Nouwen Netherlands 34 1.8k 0.8× 2.4k 1.1× 788 0.9× 235 0.5× 675 1.7× 72 3.6k
Nancy A. Woychik United States 35 956 0.4× 2.4k 1.1× 557 0.6× 291 0.6× 207 0.5× 66 3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara E. Funnell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Funnell, Barbara E.. (2016). ParB Partition Proteins: Complex Formation and Spreading at Bacterial and Plasmid Centromeres. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 3. 44–44. 69 indexed citations
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Vecchiarelli, Anthony G., et al.. (2013). Dissection of the ATPase Active Site of P1 ParA Reveals Multiple Active Forms Essential for Plasmid Partition. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(24). 17823–17831. 19 indexed citations
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Vecchiarelli, Anthony G. & Barbara E. Funnell. (2013). Probing the N-terminus of ParB using cysteine-scanning mutagenesis and thiol modification. Plasmid. 70(1). 86–93. 2 indexed citations
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Hwang, Ling Chin, Anthony G. Vecchiarelli, Michiyo Mizuuchi, et al.. (2013). ParA‐mediated plasmid partition driven by protein pattern self‐organization. The EMBO Journal. 32(9). 1238–1249. 118 indexed citations
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Vecchiarelli, Anthony G., Kiyoshi Mizuuchi, & Barbara E. Funnell. (2012). Surfing biological surfaces: exploiting the nucleoid for partition and transport in bacteria. Molecular Microbiology. 86(3). 513–523. 109 indexed citations
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Abdallah, Qusai Al, et al.. (2011). ParAB-mediated intermolecular association of plasmid P1 parS Sites. Virology. 421(2). 192–201. 3 indexed citations
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Vecchiarelli, Anthony G., Michiyo Mizuuchi, Rodolfo Ghirlando, et al.. (2010). ATP control of dynamic P1 ParA–DNA interactions: a key role for the nucleoid in plasmid partition. Molecular Microbiology. 78(1). 78–91. 135 indexed citations
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Xu, Weijun, et al.. (2009). Structural basis for ADP‐mediated transcriptional regulation by P1 and P7 ParA. The EMBO Journal. 28(12). 1792–1802. 58 indexed citations
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Vecchiarelli, Anthony G., Maria A. Schumacher, & Barbara E. Funnell. (2007). P1 Partition Complex Assembly Involves Several Modes of Protein-DNA Recognition. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(15). 10944–10952. 13 indexed citations
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Schumacher, Maria A., et al.. (2007). Structure of a Four-way Bridged ParB-DNA Complex Provides Insight into P1 Segrosome Assembly. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(14). 10456–10464. 25 indexed citations
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Schumacher, Maria A. & Barbara E. Funnell. (2005). Structures of ParB bound to DNA reveal mechanism of partition complex formation. Nature. 438(7067). 516–519. 97 indexed citations
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Funnell, Barbara E.. (2005). Partition-mediated plasmid pairing. Plasmid. 53(2). 119–125. 30 indexed citations
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Surtees, Jennifer A. & Barbara E. Funnell. (2003). Plasmid and Chromosome Traffic Control: How ParA and ParB Drive Partition. Current topics in developmental biology. 56. 145–180. 46 indexed citations
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Surtees, Jennifer A. & Barbara E. Funnell. (2001). The DNA Binding Domains of P1 ParB and the Architecture of the P1 Plasmid Partition Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(15). 12385–12394. 52 indexed citations
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Bouet, Jean‐Yves, Jennifer A. Surtees, & Barbara E. Funnell. (2000). Stoichiometry of P1 Plasmid Partition Complexes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(11). 8213–8219. 44 indexed citations
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Surtees, Jennifer A. & Barbara E. Funnell. (1999). P1 ParB Domain Structure Includes Two Independent Multimerization Domains. Journal of Bacteriology. 181(19). 5898–5908. 56 indexed citations
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Davey, Megan J. & Barbara E. Funnell. (1997). Modulation of the P1 Plasmid Partition Protein ParA by ATP, ADP, and P1 ParB. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(24). 15286–15292. 58 indexed citations
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Funnell, Barbara E.. (1993). Participation of the bacterial membrane in DNA replication and chromosome partition. Trends in Cell Biology. 3(1). 20–25. 9 indexed citations
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Funnell, Barbara E. & Liane Gagnier. (1993). The P1 plasmid partition complex at parS. II. Analysis of ParB protein binding activity and specificity.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 268(5). 3616–3624. 50 indexed citations
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Funnell, Barbara E. & Ross B. Inman. (1982). Physical evidence for early transcription in intracellular bacteriophage P2 DNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 154(1). 85–101. 8 indexed citations

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