Christelle Breton

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Christelle Breton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christelle Breton has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Organic Chemistry and 15 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Christelle Breton's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (27 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (20 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (14 papers). Christelle Breton is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (27 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (20 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (14 papers). Christelle Breton collaborates with scholars based in France, Denmark and Morocco. Christelle Breton's co-authors include Anne Imberty, Charlotte Jeanneau, Lenka Šnajdrová, Jaroslav Koča, Monica M. Palcic, Sylvie Fournel‐Gigleux, C. Jeanneau, V. Chazalet, E. Bettler and Roberto A. Geremia and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Christelle Breton

57 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Structures and mechanisms of glycosyltransferases 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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. Structures and mechanisms of glycosyltransferases
    2005 547 citations Christelle Breton, Jaroslav Koča et al. Glycobiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christelle Breton France 28 2.3k 850 654 481 468 58 3.1k
Ivo Tews Germany 32 2.5k 1.1× 353 0.4× 396 0.6× 582 1.2× 523 1.1× 70 3.4k
Peter Orlean United States 31 2.7k 1.2× 587 0.7× 745 1.1× 345 0.7× 302 0.6× 58 3.6k
Ramón Hurtado‐Guerrero Spain 34 2.1k 0.9× 965 1.1× 240 0.4× 531 1.1× 306 0.7× 122 3.0k
Sumihiro Hase Japan 37 3.6k 1.6× 1.9k 2.2× 608 0.9× 809 1.7× 581 1.2× 151 4.9k
T.M. Gloster United Kingdom 35 2.9k 1.2× 1.8k 2.1× 471 0.7× 518 1.1× 1.2k 2.5× 72 3.9k
Stephen G. Withers Canada 15 1.8k 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 398 0.6× 145 0.3× 791 1.7× 17 2.5k
Kazuhito Fujiyama Japan 31 2.4k 1.0× 277 0.3× 845 1.3× 434 0.9× 1.1k 2.4× 173 3.2k
Jan S. Tkacz United States 27 1.7k 0.7× 562 0.7× 472 0.7× 226 0.5× 343 0.7× 38 2.8k
John Glushka United States 26 1.5k 0.6× 623 0.7× 765 1.2× 198 0.4× 150 0.3× 60 2.5k
Kaoru Takegawa Japan 38 4.8k 2.0× 935 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 291 0.6× 935 2.0× 254 6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Christelle Breton

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Christelle Breton's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Christelle Breton with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Christelle Breton more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Christelle Breton

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Christelle Breton. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Christelle Breton. The network helps show where Christelle Breton may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christelle Breton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christelle Breton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christelle Breton 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 Christelle Breton. Christelle Breton 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
1.
Sanctis, Daniele de, et al.. (2016). Structure of Arabidopsis thaliana FUT1 Reveals a Variant of the GT-B Class Fold and Provides Insight into Xyloglucan Fucosylation. The Plant Cell. 28(10). 2352–2364. 34 indexed citations
2.
Bastien, Olivier, Florian Chevalier, Maryse A. Block, et al.. (2016). New Insights on Thylakoid Biogenesis in Plant Cells. International review of cell and molecular biology. 323. 1–30. 21 indexed citations
3.
Lerouxel, Olivier, et al.. (2016). The galactoside 2-α-L-fucosyltransferase FUT1 fromArabidopsis thaliana: crystallization and experimental MAD phasing. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 72(7). 564–568. 6 indexed citations
4.
Hansen, Sara Fasmer, et al.. (2016). Expression, purification and biochemical characterization of AtFUT1, a xyloglucan-specific fucosyltransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochimie. 128-129. 183–192. 14 indexed citations
5.
Jørgensen, René, Karin Mannerstedt, Anne Imberty, et al.. (2014). Structures of a human blood group glycosyltransferase in complex with a photo-activatable UDP-Gal derivative reveal two different binding conformations. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 70(8). 1015–1021. 3 indexed citations
6.
Boudière, Laurence, Cyrille Y. Botté, Nadia Saïdani, et al.. (2012). Galvestine-1, a novel chemical probe for the study of the glycerolipid homeostasis system in plant cells. Molecular BioSystems. 8(8). 2023–2035. 29 indexed citations
7.
8.
Both, Peter, Christelle Breton, Stephan Hann, et al.. (2011). Distantly related plant and nematode core α1,3-fucosyltransferases display similar trends in structure–function relationships. Glycobiology. 21(11). 1401–1415. 21 indexed citations
9.
Hansen, Sara Fasmer, E. Bettler, Åsmund Rinnan, Søren Balling Engelsen, & Christelle Breton. (2010). Exploring genomes for glycosyltransferases. Molecular BioSystems. 6(10). 1773–1781. 28 indexed citations
10.
Dubots, Emmanuelle, Magali Audry, Yoshiki Yamaryo‐Botté, et al.. (2009). Activation of the Chloroplast Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol Synthase MGD1 by Phosphatidic Acid and Phosphatidylglycerol. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(9). 6003–6011. 92 indexed citations
11.
12.
Imberty, Anne, Michaela Wimmerová, Jaroslav Koča, & Christelle Breton. (2006). Molecular Modeling of Glycosyltransferases. Humana Press eBooks. 347. 145–156. 8 indexed citations
13.
Breton, Christelle, et al.. (2005). REVIEW Structures and mechanisms of glycosyltransferases.
14.
Chazalet, V., Claudine Augé, Dikeos Mario Soumpasis, et al.. (2004). Structure-function analysis of the human sialyltransferase ST3Gal I - Role of N-glycosylation and a novel conserved sialylmotif. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 1 indexed citations
15.
Dubois, Christophe, Gwennaële Fichant, Laurent Roybon, et al.. (2003). Recognition of cell surface acceptors by two human α-2,6-sialyltransferases produced in CHO cells. Biochimie. 85(3-4). 311–321. 10 indexed citations
16.
Goldberg, Renée, Monique Pierron, Marianne Bordenave, et al.. (2001). Control of Mung Bean Pectinmethylesterase Isoform Activities. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(12). 8841–8847. 49 indexed citations
17.
Videira, Paula A., Arsénio M. Fialho, Roberto A. Geremia, Christelle Breton, & Isabel Sá‐Correia. (2001). Biochemical characterization of the β-1,4-glucuronosyltransferase GelK in the gellan gum-producing strain Sphingomonas paucimobilis A.T.C.C. 31461. Biochemical Journal. 358(2). 457–457. 29 indexed citations
18.
Breton, Christelle, Assou El Battari, Jean‐Claude Guillemot, et al.. (2001). Exploring the Acceptor Substrate Recognition of the Human β-Galactoside α2,6-Sialyltransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(24). 21608–21617. 46 indexed citations
19.
Breton, Christelle, et al.. (1997). Structural basis of the properties of an industrially relevant thermophilic xylanase. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 29(1). 77–86. 68 indexed citations
20.
Bordenave, Marianne, et al.. (1996). Pectinmethylesterase isoforms fromVigna radiata hypocotyl cell walls: kinetic properties and molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding the most alkaline isoform. Plant Molecular Biology. 31(5). 1039–1049. 23 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ivo Tews Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter Orlean Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ramón Hurtado‐Guerrero Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Sumihiro Hase Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by T.M. Gloster Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Stephen G. Withers Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kazuhito Fujiyama Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jan S. Tkacz Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by John Glushka Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kaoru Takegawa
Rankless by CCL
2026