Chérine Bechara

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Chérine Bechara is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Chérine Bechara has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Oncology and 6 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Chérine Bechara's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (10 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (9 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers). Chérine Bechara is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (10 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (9 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers). Chérine Bechara collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Germany. Chérine Bechara's co-authors include Sandrine Sagan, Carol V. Robinson, Isabel D. Alves, Astrid Walrant, Yefim Zaltsman, Fabienne Burlina, Idlir Liko, Joseph Gault, Jonathan T. S. Hopper and Kallol Gupta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Chérine Bechara

30 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chérine Bechara France	17	1.5k	309	247	152	151	31	1.9k
Kaori Wakamatsu Japan	28	1.4k 0.9×	169 0.5×	350 1.4×	60 0.4×	221 1.5×	85	2.1k
Roberto Fattorusso Italy	29	1.9k 1.2×	122 0.4×	137 0.6×	242 1.6×	144 1.0×	129	2.7k
Mark Okon Canada	26	1.4k 0.9×	140 0.5×	155 0.6×	66 0.4×	112 0.7×	55	1.9k
Roger Strömberg Sweden	32	2.4k 1.6×	91 0.3×	188 0.8×	96 0.6×	101 0.7×	172	3.3k
Chuen‐Shang C. Wu United States	14	2.4k 1.5×	374 1.2×	195 0.8×	150 1.0×	178 1.2×	26	3.2k
Kevin J. Lumb United States	29	2.2k 1.5×	246 0.8×	54 0.2×	148 1.0×	188 1.2×	51	2.9k
Timothy A. Hill Australia	28	1.9k 1.2×	78 0.3×	220 0.9×	172 1.1×	66 0.4×	66	2.7k
Sajith Jayasinghe United States	16	1.9k 1.2×	132 0.4×	333 1.3×	216 1.4×	99 0.7×	19	2.4k
Еlena А. Kotova Russia	27	1.5k 0.9×	151 0.5×	226 0.9×	53 0.3×	54 0.4×	131	2.1k

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Crudden, Caitrin, Jan Paul Bebelman, Noureldine Youssef, et al.. (2025). Constitutive activity of an atypical chemokine receptor revealed by inverse agonistic nanobodies. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10828–10828.

Bosma, Reggie, Barbara Zarzycka, Cédric Leyrat, et al.. (2024). Conformational dynamics underlying atypical chemokine receptor 3 activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(30). e2404000121–e2404000121. 14 indexed citations

Gruszczyk, Jakub, Joséphine Lai‐Kee‐Him, Matteo Paloni, et al.. (2022). Cryo-EM structure of the agonist-bound Hsp90-XAP2-AHR cytosolic complex. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7010–7010. 85 indexed citations

Ladner, Yoann, et al.. (2021). In-capillary (electrophoretic) digestion-reduction-separation: A smart tool for middle-up analysis of mAb. Journal of Chromatography A. 1648. 462213–462213. 9 indexed citations

Grison, Claire M., Rémy Sounier, Thierry Durroux, et al.. (2021). Molecular insights into mechanisms of GPCR hijacking by Staphylococcus aureus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(42). 12 indexed citations

Saied, Essa M., Xiaojing Cong, Gergely Karsai, et al.. (2021). Discovery and Mechanism of Action of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Ceramidases**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(2). e202109967–e202109967. 32 indexed citations

Héquet, Arnaud, Carine Ganem‐Elbaz, Chérine Bechara, et al.. (2019). Small AntiMicrobial Peptide with In Vivo Activity Against Sepsis. Molecules. 24(9). 1702–1702. 16 indexed citations

Gupta, Kallol, Jingwen Li, Idlir Liko, et al.. (2018). Identifying key membrane protein lipid interactions using mass spectrometry. Nature Protocols. 13(5). 1106–1120. 89 indexed citations

Bechara, Chérine, et al.. (2018). The lipid environment of Escherichia coli Aquaporin Z. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1861(2). 431–440. 34 indexed citations

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Berry, Laurence, Chun‐Ti Chen, María E. Francia, et al.. (2018). Toxoplasma gondii chromosomal passenger complex is essential for the organization of a functional mitotic spindle: a prerequisite for productive endodyogeny. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 75(23). 4417–4443. 15 indexed citations

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Vasiliauskaité-Brooks, Ieva, Rémy Sounier, Gaëtan Bellot, et al.. (2017). Structural insights into adiponectin receptors suggest ceramidase activity. Nature. 544(7648). 120–123. 165 indexed citations

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Gault, Joseph, Idlir Liko, Jonathan T. S. Hopper, et al.. (2016). High-resolution mass spectrometry of small molecules bound to membrane proteins. Nature Methods. 13(4). 333–336. 199 indexed citations

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Bechara, Chérine, A. Noll, Nina Morgner, et al.. (2015). A subset of annular lipids is linked to the flippase activity of an ABC transporter. Nature Chemistry. 7(3). 255–262. 106 indexed citations

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Bechara, Chérine, A. Noll, Nina Morgner, et al.. (2015). A Subset of Annular Lipids is Linked to the Flippase Activity of an ABC Transporter. Biophysical Journal. 108(2). 202a–202a. 2 indexed citations

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Sagan, Sandrine, Chérine Bechara, & Fabienne Burlina. (2015). Study of CPP Mechanisms by Mass Spectrometry. Methods in molecular biology. 1324. 107–121. 3 indexed citations

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Bechara, Chérine, Pallerla Manjula, Fabienne Burlina, et al.. (2014). Massive glycosaminoglycan-dependent entry of Trp-containing cell-penetrating peptides induced by exogenous sphingomyelinase or cholesterol depletion. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 72(4). 809–820. 32 indexed citations

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Garza-Garcı́a, Acely, Chérine Bechara, Diego Esposito, et al.. (2014). Flexible Stoichiometry and Asymmetry of the PIDDosome Core Complex by Heteronuclear NMR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Molecular Biology. 427(4). 737–752. 14 indexed citations

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Alves, Isabel D., Astrid Walrant, Chérine Bechara, & Sandrine Sagan. (2012). Is There Anybody in There? On The Mechanisms of Wall Crossing of Cell Penetrating Peptides. Current Protein and Peptide Science. 13(7). 658–671. 16 indexed citations

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Bechara, Chérine, Pallerla Manjula, Yefim Zaltsman, et al.. (2012). Tryptophan within basic peptide sequences triggers glycosaminoglycan‐dependent endocytosis. The FASEB Journal. 27(2). 738–749. 101 indexed citations

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Alves, Isabel D., Chérine Bechara, Astrid Walrant, et al.. (2011). Relationships between Membrane Binding, Affinity and Cell Internalization Efficacy of a Cell-Penetrating Peptide: Penetratin as a Case Study. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24096–e24096. 86 indexed citations

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