Benoı̂t Gigant

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Benoı̂t Gigant is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Benoı̂t Gigant has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Cell Biology and 14 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Benoı̂t Gigant's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (39 papers), 14-3-3 protein interactions (20 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers). Benoı̂t Gigant is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (39 papers), 14-3-3 protein interactions (20 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers). Benoı̂t Gigant collaborates with scholars based in France, China and United Kingdom. Benoı̂t Gigant's co-authors include M. Knossow, Raimond B. G. Ravelli, Patrick A. Curmi, André Sobel, Sylvie Lachkar, Isabelle Jourdain, Chunguang Wang, Michel O. Steinmetz, Fanny Roussi and J.J. Skehel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Benoı̂t Gigant

63 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Insight into tubulin regulation from a complex with colchicine and a stathmin-like domain

2004 1.4k citations Raimond B. G. Ravelli, Benoı̂t Gigant et al. Nature profile →
Structural basis for the regulation of tubulin by vinblastine

2005 594 citations Benoı̂t Gigant, Chunguang Wang et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benoı̂t Gigant France	32	3.2k	2.0k	1.5k	629	476	63	5.1k
M. Knossow France	38	3.8k 1.2×	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	632 1.0×	1.4k 2.9×	81	6.7k
Fred Naider United States	42	5.4k 1.7×	616 0.3×	907 0.6×	835 1.3×	289 0.6×	269	7.2k
Hideharu Ishida Japan	48	6.2k 1.9×	1.1k 0.6×	3.9k 2.6×	386 0.6×	874 1.8×	376	8.2k
Janet Finer-Moore United States	38	4.6k 1.4×	1.1k 0.6×	427 0.3×	843 1.3×	720 1.5×	97	6.4k
Gijsbert A. van der Marel Netherlands	41	3.9k 1.2×	411 0.2×	3.4k 2.2×	603 1.0×	336 0.7×	220	5.3k
Trevor J. Rutherford United Kingdom	35	3.7k 1.1×	457 0.2×	719 0.5×	913 1.5×	445 0.9×	87	4.6k
Dirk Daelemans Belgium	36	2.6k 0.8×	364 0.2×	1.1k 0.8×	367 0.6×	914 1.9×	173	5.8k
Steven H. L. Verhelst Germany	33	2.1k 0.6×	386 0.2×	1.2k 0.8×	642 1.0×	149 0.3×	111	3.3k
Lance P. Encell United States	21	4.0k 1.3×	537 0.3×	618 0.4×	402 0.6×	188 0.4×	34	5.2k
Amy E. Keating United States	36	3.7k 1.2×	455 0.2×	508 0.3×	284 0.5×	142 0.3×	94	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Benoı̂t Gigant

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benoı̂t Gigant

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Moradi, Shoeib, Vladimir A. Volkov, Shasha Hua, et al.. (2025). Centriolar cap proteins CP110 and CPAP control slow elongation of microtubule plus ends. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(3). 7 indexed citations

Campanacci, Valérie, et al.. (2024). The structure of a Tau fragment bound to tubulin prompts new hypotheses on Tau mechanism and oligomerization. PNAS Nexus. 3(11). pgae487–pgae487. 2 indexed citations

Campanacci, Valérie, Agathe Urvoas, Magali Aumont‐Nicaise, et al.. (2022). Structural convergence for tubulin binding of CPAP and vinca domain microtubule inhibitors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(19). e2120098119–e2120098119. 4 indexed citations

Kamimura, Shinji, Masahito Hayashi, Kien Xuan Ngo, et al.. (2021). GTP-dependent formation of straight tubulin oligomers leads to microtubule nucleation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(4). 26 indexed citations

Campanacci, Valérie, Agathe Urvoas, Magali Aumont‐Nicaise, et al.. (2019). Insight into microtubule nucleation from tubulin-capping proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(20). 9859–9864. 17 indexed citations

Lippens, Guy & Benoı̂t Gigant. (2019). Elucidating Tau function and dysfunction in the era of cryo-EM. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(24). 9316–9325. 38 indexed citations

Provot, Olivier, Jérôme Bignon, Hélène Levaïque, et al.. (2018). 1,1-Diheterocyclic Ethylenes Derived from Quinaldine and Carbazole as New Tubulin-Polymerization Inhibitors: Synthesis, Metabolism, and Biological Evaluation. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 62(4). 1902–1916. 51 indexed citations

Cao, Luyan, et al.. (2017). The structural switch of nucleotide-free kinesin. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 42558–42558. 15 indexed citations

Cao, Luyan, Weiyi Wang, Qiyang Jiang, et al.. (2014). The structure of apo-kinesin bound to tubulin links the nucleotide cycle to movement. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5364–5364. 104 indexed citations

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Gigant, Benoı̂t, Weiyi Wang, Birgit Dreier, et al.. (2013). Structure of a kinesin–tubulin complex and implications for kinesin motility. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 20(8). 1001–1007. 130 indexed citations

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Cormier, Anthony, M. Knossow, Chunguang Wang, & Benoı̂t Gigant. (2010). The Binding of Vinca Domain Agents to Tubulin. Methods in cell biology. 95. 373–390. 21 indexed citations

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Dorléans, Audrey, Benoı̂t Gigant, Raimond B. G. Ravelli, et al.. (2009). Variations in the colchicine-binding domain provide insight into the structural switch of tubulin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(33). 13775–13779. 216 indexed citations

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Hertzog, Maud, Carine van Heijenoort, Dominique Didry, et al.. (2004). The β-Thymosin/WH2 Domain. Cell. 117(5). 611–623. 170 indexed citations

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Ravelli, Raimond B. G., Benoı̂t Gigant, Patrick A. Curmi, et al.. (2004). Insight into tubulin regulation from a complex with colchicine and a stathmin-like domain. Nature. 428(6979). 198–202. 1360 indexed citations breakdown →

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Knossow, M., Thierry Bizebard, Benoı̂t Gigant, et al.. (2002). The mechanism of neutralization of influenza virus infectivity by antibodies. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 58(s1). c281–c281. 9 indexed citations

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Knossow, M., Martin Gaudier, A. R. Douglas, et al.. (2002). Mechanism of Neutralization of Influenza Virus Infectivity by Antibodies. Virology. 302(2). 294–298. 120 indexed citations

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Gigant, Benoı̂t, Patrick A. Curmi, Elodie Charbaut, et al.. (2000). The 4 Å X-Ray Structure of a Tubulin:Stathmin-like Domain Complex. Cell. 102(6). 809–816. 211 indexed citations

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Gigant, Benoı̂t, Takeshi Tsumuraya, Ikuo Fujii, & M. Knossow. (1999). Diverse structural solutions to catalysis in a family of antibodies. Structure. 7(11). 1385–1393. 17 indexed citations

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Gigant, Benoı̂t, et al.. (1998). Crossreactivity, efficiency and catalytic specificity of an esterase-like antibody. Journal of Molecular Biology. 284(3). 741–750. 9 indexed citations

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Gigant, Benoı̂t, Damien Fleury, Thierry Bizebard, J.J. Skehel, & M. Knossow. (1995). Crystallization and preliminary X‐ray diffraction studies of complexes between an influenza hemagglutinin and fab fragments of two different monoclonal antibodies. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 23(1). 115–117. 15 indexed citations

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