Ben F. Luisi

20.8k citations

195 papers · 15.9k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 64

Molecular Biology top 0.2%
Genetics top 0.1%
Ecology top 0.5%
Molecular Medicine top 0.1%
Materials Chemistry top 5%

Co-authors: Jörg Vogel Paul B. Sigler Leonard P. Freedman Dijun Du Zbyszek Otwinowski Keith R. Yamamoto Andrew SharffWei Xu
Topics: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (83 papers)Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (82 papers)Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (36 papers)
Cited by: Molecular Medicine Endocrinology Genetics
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Ben F. Luisi

189 papers receiving 15.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Crystallographic analysis of the interaction of the glucocorticoid receptor with DNA

1991 1.2k citations Ben F. Luisi, Leonard P. Freedman et al. Nature profile →
Crystal structure of the bacterial membrane protein TolC central to multidrug efflux and protein export

2000 856 citations Ben F. Luisi et al. Nature profile →
Hfq and its constellation of RNA

2011 827 citations Ben F. Luisi et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
Crystal structure of trp represser/operator complex at atomic resolution

1988 789 citations Ben F. Luisi et al. Nature profile →
Multidrug efflux pumps: structure, function and regulation

2018 696 citations Dijun Du, Xuan Wang‐Kan et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
Structure of the AcrAB–TolC multidrug efflux pump

2014 473 citations Dijun Du, Zhao Wang et al. Nature profile →
High thermodynamic stability of parametrically designed helical bundles

2014 211 citations Xue Pei, Ben F. Luisi et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Structural basis for human mitochondrial tRNA maturation 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown),Steven W. Hardwick,Marjorie Catala,(unknown),Stephanie Oerum,Dimitri Y. Chirgadze,Pierre Barraud,Wyatt W. Yue,Ben F. Luisi,Carine Tisné	17
2	Plastid translocon recycling in dinoflagellates demonstrates the portability of complex plastids between hosts 2024 ·Current Biology ·William H. Lewis,(unknown),Girish Beedessee,Luděk Kořený,Víctor Flores,Tom Dendooven,Benoît Gallet,(unknown),Simon Lam,Johan Decelle,Ben F. Luisi,Ross F. Waller	2
3	Catabolite repression control protein antagonist, a novel player in Pseudomonas aeruginosa carbon catabolite repression control 2023 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Elisabeth Sonnleitner,(unknown),(unknown),P. Brear,(unknown),(unknown),Armin Resch,Ben F. Luisi,Isabella Moll,Udo Bläsi	5
4	Acetylation regulates the oligomerization state and activity of RNase J, the Helicobacter pylori major ribonuclease 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown),Aleksei Lulla,(unknown),Évelyne Turlin,Xue-Yuan Pei,Thibaut Douché,Mariette Matondo,Allison H. Williams,Bertrand Raynal,Ben F. Luisi,Hilde De Reuse	4
5	Structure of a bacterial ribonucleoprotein complex central to the control of cell envelope biogenesis 2022 ·The EMBO Journal ·Md. Saiful Islam,Steven W. Hardwick,(unknown),(unknown),Dimitri Y. Chirgadze,Boris Görke,Ben F. Luisi	6
6	Translational regulation by Hfq–Crc assemblies emerges from polymorphic ribonucleoprotein folding 2022 ·The EMBO Journal ·Tom Dendooven,Elisabeth Sonnleitner,Udo Bläsi,Ben F. Luisi	9
7	Cryo-EM structures of staphylococcal IsdB bound to human hemoglobin reveal the process of heme extraction 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown),Marialaura Marchetti,Luca Ronda,Eleonora Gianquinto,Loretta Lazzarato,Dimitri Y. Chirgadze,Steven W. Hardwick,(unknown),Francesca Spyrakis,Ben F. Luisi,Barbara Campanini,Stefano Bettati	9
8	A Model for Allosteric Communication in Drug Transport by the AcrAB-TolC Tripartite Efflux Pump 2022 ·Antibiotics ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Ben F. Luisi,Véronique Yvette Ntsogo Enguéné	5
9	In situ structure of the AcrAB-TolC efflux pump at subnanometer resolution 2021 ·Structure ·Muyuan Chen,Xiaodong Shi,Zhili Yu,Guizhen Fan,Irina I. Serysheva,Matthew L. Baker,Ben F. Luisi,Steven J. Ludtke,Zhao Wang	35
10	Interactions of a Bacterial RND Transporter with a Transmembrane Small Protein in a Lipid Environment 2020 ·Structure ·Dijun Du,Arthur Neuberger,Mona W. Orr,(unknown),Pin‐Chia Hsu,Firdaus Samsudin,(unknown),(unknown),Mekdes Debela,Syma Khalid,Gisela Storz,Ben F. Luisi	57
11	Control of Bacterial Virulence through the Peptide Signature of the Habitat 2019 ·Cell Reports ·Emilia Krypotou,Mariela Scortti,Christin Grundström,(unknown),Ben F. Luisi,A.E. Sauer-Eriksson,José A. Vázquez‐Boland	36
12	Author Correction: Multidrug efflux pumps: structure, function and regulation 2018 ·Nature Reviews Microbiology ·Dijun Du,Xuan Wang‐Kan,Arthur Neuberger,Hendrik W. van Veen,Klaas M. Pos,Laura J. V. Piddock,Ben F. Luisi	13
13	Multidrug efflux pumps: structure, function and regulationbreakdown → 2018 ·Nature Reviews Microbiology ·Dijun Du,Xuan Wang‐Kan,Arthur Neuberger,Hendrik W. van Veen,Klaas M. Pos,Laura J. V. Piddock,Ben F. Luisi	696
14	Interplay between the catabolite repression control protein Crc, Hfq and RNA in Hfq-dependent translational regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2017 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Elisabeth Sonnleitner,(unknown),Sébastien Campagne,Xue-Yuan Pei,Michael T. Wolfinger,(unknown),(unknown),Laetitia Abdou,Armin Resch,Frédéric H.‐T. Allain,Ben F. Luisi,Henning Urlaub,Udo Bläsi	72
15	A critical role of a carboxylate in proton conduction by the ATP‐binding cassette multidrug transporter LmrA 2005 ·The FASEB Journal ·Richard A. Shilling,Luca Federici,(unknown),Henrietta Venter,Saroj Velamakanni,(unknown),Lekshmy Balakrishnan,Ben F. Luisi,Hendrik W. van Veen	26
16	Structure of Escherichia coli RNase E catalytic domain and implications for RNA turnover 2005 ·Nature ·Anastasia J. Callaghan,María J. Marcaida,Jonathan A. Stead,Kenneth J. McDowall,W. G. Scott,Ben F. Luisi	235
17	The Molecular Origins of Specificity in the Assembly of a Multienzyme Complex 2005 ·Structure ·René Frank,J. Venkatesh Pratap,Xue Pei,Richard N. Perham,Ben F. Luisi	60
18	The structure and mechanism of the TolC outer membrane transport protein 2004 ·Current Science ·Luca Federici,(unknown),Ben F. Luisi	12
19	Studies of the RNA Degradosome-organizing Domain of the Escherichia coli Ribonuclease RNase E 2004 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Anastasia J. Callaghan,(unknown),Leopold L. Ilag,J. Günter Grossmann,Vidya Chandran,Karin Kühnel,Leonora Poljak,Agamemnon J. Carpousis,Carol V. Robinson,Martyn F. Symmons,Ben F. Luisi	143
20	The Steroid/Nuclear Receptors: From Three-Dimensional Structure to Complex Function 1994 ·Vitamins and hormones ·Ben F. Luisi,John W. R. Schwabe,Leonard P. Freedman	25

About Ben F. Luisi

Ben F. Luisi is a scholar working on Molecular Medicine, Genetics and Structural Biology, having authored 195 papers that have together received 15.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (83 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (82 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (36 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Medicine (2.1k citations), Endocrinology (1.1k citations) and Genetics (5.5k citations). Ben F. Luisi has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Jörg Vogel, Paul B. Sigler, Leonard P. Freedman, Dijun Du, Zbyszek Otwinowski, Keith R. Yamamoto, Andrew Sharff, Wei Xu, Kathryn Phillips and Agamemnon J. Carpousis. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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