Carlo Petosa

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Carlo Petosa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlo Petosa has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Carlo Petosa's work include Nuclear Structure and Function (7 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers). Carlo Petosa is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Structure and Function (7 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers). Carlo Petosa collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Carlo Petosa's co-authors include Robert Liddington, Christoph W. Müller, R. John Collier, Stephen H. Leppla, Kurt R. Klimpel, Karsten Weis, Gino Cingolani, Jadwiga Biénkowska, Miguel A. Andrade‐Navarro and Séan O’Donoghue and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Carlo Petosa

39 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Crystal structure of the anthrax toxin protective antigen 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 200 400 600
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.

  1. Crystal structure of the anthrax toxin protective antigen
    1997 619 citations Carlo Petosa, R. John Collier et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carlo Petosa France 22 3.7k 670 383 349 272 39 4.2k
Achim Dickmanns Germany 33 2.4k 0.7× 375 0.6× 231 0.6× 388 1.1× 137 0.5× 70 3.1k
Hans E. Huber United States 32 3.2k 0.9× 710 1.1× 446 1.2× 835 2.4× 269 1.0× 66 4.4k
Lance P. Encell United States 21 4.0k 1.1× 344 0.5× 537 1.4× 402 1.2× 176 0.6× 34 5.2k
Dirk Kostrewa Switzerland 29 3.0k 0.8× 473 0.7× 291 0.8× 198 0.6× 422 1.6× 42 3.9k
T.H. Tahirov United States 31 3.2k 0.9× 952 1.4× 158 0.4× 401 1.1× 290 1.1× 115 4.0k
Christiane Schaffitzel United Kingdom 38 3.9k 1.1× 849 1.3× 352 0.9× 201 0.6× 276 1.0× 90 4.7k
Masao Kawakita Japan 38 3.3k 0.9× 508 0.8× 452 1.2× 392 1.1× 467 1.7× 138 4.1k
Ian A. Taylor United Kingdom 37 3.8k 1.0× 551 0.8× 289 0.8× 367 1.1× 835 3.1× 105 5.5k
Constance J. Jeffery United States 29 2.6k 0.7× 316 0.5× 342 0.9× 189 0.5× 250 0.9× 73 3.9k
Rachel B. Kapust United States 11 2.1k 0.6× 486 0.7× 205 0.5× 307 0.9× 206 0.8× 12 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Carlo Petosa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carlo Petosa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carlo Petosa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carlo Petosa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carlo Petosa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Carlo Petosa. Carlo Petosa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Özden, Burcu Çelet, Ramachandran Boopathi, Imtiaz Nisar Lone, et al.. (2023). Molecular Mechanism of Nucleosome Recognition by the Pioneer Transcription Factor Sox. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 63(12). 3839–3853. 5 indexed citations
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Erba, Elisabetta Boeri, Elise Delaforge, Luca Signor, et al.. (2022). Binding stoichiometry and structural model of the HIV-1 Rev/importin β complex. Life Science Alliance. 5(10). e202201431–e202201431. 3 indexed citations
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Kashemirov, B. A., et al.. (2022). Toward more potent imidazopyridine inhibitors of Candida albicans Bdf1: Modeling the role of structural waters in selective ligand binding. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 43(32). 2121–2130. 3 indexed citations
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Günther, Johannes, Alexander Buschle, Christine Göbel, et al.. (2021). Structural basis of DNA methylation-dependent site selectivity of the Epstein–Barr virus lytic switch protein ZEBRA/Zta/BZLF1. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(1). 490–511. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Tao, Daniel Perazza, Fayçal Boussouar, et al.. (2021). ATAD2 controls chromatin-bound HIRA turnover. Life Science Alliance. 4(12). e202101151–e202101151. 8 indexed citations
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Boopathi, Ramachandran, Radostin Danev, Maryam Khoshouei, et al.. (2020). Phase-plate cryo-EM structure of the Widom 601 CENP-A nucleosome core particle reveals differential flexibility of the DNA ends. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(10). 5735–5748. 33 indexed citations
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Garcia-Saez, I., Hervé Menoni, Ramachandran Boopathi, et al.. (2018). Structure of an H1-Bound 6-Nucleosome Array Reveals an Untwisted Two-Start Chromatin Fiber Conformation. Molecular Cell. 72(5). 902–915.e7. 83 indexed citations
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Erba, Elisabetta Boeri, et al.. (2018). Characterizing Intact Macromolecular Complexes Using Native Mass Spectrometry. Methods in molecular biology. 1764. 133–151. 9 indexed citations
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Coscia, Francesca, Leandro F. Estrozi, Hélène Malet, et al.. (2016). Fusion to a homo-oligomeric scaffold allows cryo-EM analysis of a small protein. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 30909–30909. 26 indexed citations
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Perrakis, Anastassis, et al.. (2011). Investigating a macromolecular complex: The toolkit of methods. Journal of Structural Biology. 175(2). 106–112. 15 indexed citations
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Dian, Cyril, et al.. (2011). Insights into the Function of the CRM1 Cofactor RanBP3 from the Structure of Its Ran-Binding Domain. PLoS ONE. 6(2). e17011–e17011. 15 indexed citations
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Rousseaux, Sophie, Carlo Petosa, Christoph W. Müller, & Saadi Khochbin. (2010). Du nouveau dans la compréhension de la reprogrammation postméiotique du génome mâle. médecine/sciences. 26(2). 130–132. 5 indexed citations
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Clapier, Cedric R., Srinivas Chakravarthy, Carlo Petosa, et al.. (2007). Structure of the Drosophila nucleosome core particle highlights evolutionary constraints on the H2A‐H2B histone dimer. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 71(1). 1–7. 43 indexed citations
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Petosa, Carlo, et al.. (2006). Structural Basis of Lytic Cycle Activation by the Epstein-Barr Virus ZEBRA Protein. Molecular Cell. 21(4). 565–572. 81 indexed citations
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Soler‐López, Montserrat, Carlo Petosa, Masashi Fukuzawa, et al.. (2004). Structure of an Activated Dictyostelium STAT in Its DNA-Unbound Form. Molecular Cell. 13(6). 791–804. 31 indexed citations
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Barna, T., Hanan L. Messiha, Carlo Petosa, et al.. (2002). Crystal Structure of Bacterial Morphinone Reductase and Properties of the C191A Mutant Enzyme. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(34). 30976–30983. 60 indexed citations
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Petosa, Carlo, Shane C. Masters, Laurie A. Bankston, et al.. (1998). 14-3-3ζ Binds a Phosphorylated Raf Peptide and an Unphosphorylated Peptide via Its Conserved Amphipathic Groove. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(26). 16305–16310. 293 indexed citations
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Petosa, Carlo, R. John Collier, Kurt R. Klimpel, Stephen H. Leppla, & Robert Liddington. (1997). Crystal structure of the anthrax toxin protective antigen. Nature. 385(6619). 833–838. 619 indexed citations breakdown →
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Morais‐Cabral, João H., Carlo Petosa, Michael J. Sutcliffe, et al.. (1996). Crystal structure of a PDZ domain. Nature. 382(6592). 649–652. 274 indexed citations
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Liu, Dong, et al.. (1995). Crystal structure of the zeta isoform of the 14-3-3 protein. Nature. 376(6536). 191–194. 450 indexed citations

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