Cécile Wandersman

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Cécile Wandersman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cécile Wandersman has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Genetics and 18 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Cécile Wandersman's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (25 papers), Hemoglobin structure and function (16 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (14 papers). Cécile Wandersman is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (25 papers), Hemoglobin structure and function (16 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (14 papers). Cécile Wandersman collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Cécile Wandersman's co-authors include Philippe Delepelaire, Sylvie Létoffé, Igor Stojiljković, Nadia Izadi‐Pruneyre, Anne Lecroisey, Muriel Delepierre, Jean‐Marc Ghigo, Rachel Binet, Virginie Redeker and Norbert Lange and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Cécile Wandersman

48 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Bacterial Iron Sources: From Siderophores to Hemophores 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 250 500 750
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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. Bacterial Iron Sources: From Siderophores to Hemophores
    2004 780 citations Cécile Wandersman, Philippe Delepelaire profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cécile Wandersman France 32 2.1k 1.4k 655 603 523 48 3.7k
Sylvie Létoffé France 30 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 497 0.8× 488 0.8× 518 1.0× 45 2.9k
Philippe Delepelaire France 36 2.9k 1.4× 1.5k 1.1× 442 0.7× 680 1.1× 678 1.3× 65 4.8k
Phillip E. Klebba United States 37 1.5k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 170 0.3× 335 0.6× 557 1.1× 72 3.0k
Robert J. Kadner United States 47 3.5k 1.7× 2.6k 1.9× 269 0.4× 592 1.0× 594 1.1× 102 5.6k
Kathleen Postle United States 38 3.0k 1.4× 2.8k 2.0× 216 0.3× 693 1.1× 780 1.5× 62 4.8k
José Pérez‐Martín Spain 35 2.9k 1.4× 1.4k 1.0× 427 0.7× 219 0.4× 190 0.4× 81 3.9k
Celia W. Goulding United States 35 1.9k 0.9× 562 0.4× 336 0.5× 387 0.6× 307 0.6× 78 3.6k
Bauke Oudega Netherlands 42 3.5k 1.7× 2.9k 2.1× 287 0.4× 1.1k 1.9× 386 0.7× 114 5.1k
Adriana I. Vasil United States 35 3.1k 1.5× 1.1k 0.8× 124 0.2× 498 0.8× 753 1.4× 45 4.5k
Andrew D. Ferguson United States 28 2.0k 1.0× 955 0.7× 239 0.4× 128 0.2× 292 0.6× 52 3.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Wandersman, Cécile. (2013). Concluding remarks on the special issue dedicated to Bacterial secretion systems: function and structural biology. Research in Microbiology. 164(6). 683–687. 4 indexed citations
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Wandersman, Cécile & Philippe Delepelaire. (2012). Haemophore functions revisited. Molecular Microbiology. 85(4). 618–631. 47 indexed citations
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Létoffé, Sylvie, et al.. (2009). Bacteria capture iron from heme by keeping tetrapyrrol skeleton intact. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(28). 11719–11724. 117 indexed citations
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Wolff, Nicolas, Nadia Izadi‐Pruneyre, Joël Couprie, et al.. (2007). Comparative Analysis of Structural and Dynamic Properties of the Loaded and Unloaded Hemophore HasA: Functional Implications. Journal of Molecular Biology. 376(2). 517–525. 31 indexed citations
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Létoffé, Sylvie, Philippe Delepelaire, & Cécile Wandersman. (2006). The housekeeping dipeptide permease is the Escherichia coli heme transporter and functions with two optional peptide binding proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(34). 12891–12896. 113 indexed citations
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Czjzek, Mirjam, Sylvie Létoffé, Cécile Wandersman, et al.. (2006). The Crystal Structure of the Secreted Dimeric Form of the Hemophore HasA Reveals a Domain Swapping with an Exchanged Heme Ligand. Journal of Molecular Biology. 365(4). 1176–1186. 39 indexed citations
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Huché, Frédéric, Philippe Delepelaire, Cécile Wandersman, & Wolfram Welte. (2005). Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the outer membrane complex HasA–HasR fromSerratia marcescens. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 62(1). 56–60. 6 indexed citations
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Biville, Francis, Hélène Cwerman‐Thibault, Sylvie Létoffé, et al.. (2004). Haemophore‐mediated signalling in Serratia marcescens: a new mode of regulation for an extra cytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factor involved in haem acquisition. Molecular Microbiology. 53(4). 1267–1277. 48 indexed citations
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Létoffé, Sylvie, Laurent Debarbieux, Nadia Izadi‐Pruneyre, Philippe Delepelaire, & Cécile Wandersman. (2003). Ligand delivery by haem carrier proteins: the binding of Serratia marcescens haemophore to its outer membrane receptor is mediated by two distinct peptide regions. Molecular Microbiology. 50(1). 77–88. 31 indexed citations
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Paquelin, Annick, Jean Marc Ghigo, Stéphane Bertin, & Cécile Wandersman. (2001). Characterization of HasB, a Serratia marcescens TonB‐like protein specifically involved in the haemophore‐dependent haem acquisition system. Molecular Microbiology. 42(4). 995–1005. 48 indexed citations
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Létoffé, Sylvie, Faridabano Nato, Michel Goldberg, & Cécile Wandersman. (1999). Interactions of HasA, a bacterial haemophore, with haemoglobin and with its outer membrane receptor HasR. Molecular Microbiology. 33(3). 546–555. 79 indexed citations
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Izadi‐Pruneyre, Nadia, Nicolas Wolff, Virginie Redeker, et al.. (1999). NMR studies of the C‐terminal secretion signal of the haem‐binding protein, HasA. European Journal of Biochemistry. 261(2). 562–568. 29 indexed citations
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Czjzek, Mirjam, Pascal Arnoux, R. Haser, et al.. (1999). The crystal structure of HasA, a hemophore secreted by Serratia marcescens.. Nature Structural Biology. 6(6). 516–520. 156 indexed citations
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Létoffé, Sylvie, Virginie Redeker, & Cécile Wandersman. (1998). Isolation and characterization of an extracellular haem‐binding protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa that shares function and sequence similarities with the Serratia marcescens HasA haemophore. Molecular Microbiology. 28(6). 1223–1234. 131 indexed citations
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Baumann, Ulrich, Margit Bauer, Sylvie Létoffé, Philippe Delepelaire, & Cécile Wandersman. (1995). Crystal Structure of a Complex BetweenSerratia marcescensMetallo-protease and an Inhibitor fromErwinia chrysanthemi. Journal of Molecular Biology. 248(3). 653–661. 69 indexed citations
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Wandersman, Cécile & Sylvie Létoffé. (1993). Involvement of lipopolysaccharide in the secretion of Escherichia coli α haemolysin and Erwinia chrysanthemi proteases. Molecular Microbiology. 7(1). 141–150. 72 indexed citations
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Wandersman, Cécile. (1993). The general secretory pathway in bacteria. Trends in Microbiology. 1(7). 249–250. 132 indexed citations
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Ghigo, Jean‐Marc & Cécile Wandersman. (1992). Cloning, nucleotide sequence and characterization of the gene encoding the Erwinia chrysanthemi B374 PrtA metalloprotease: a third metalloprotease secreted via a C-terminal secretion signal. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 236(1). 135–144. 41 indexed citations

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