Didier Rocancourt

7.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
37 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Didier Rocancourt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Didier Rocancourt has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Didier Rocancourt's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (20 papers), Congenital heart defects research (13 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (9 papers). Didier Rocancourt is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (20 papers), Congenital heart defects research (13 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (9 papers). Didier Rocancourt collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Didier Rocancourt's co-authors include Margaret Buckingham, Frédéric Relaix, Shahragim Tajbakhsh, Ahmed Mansouri, Giulio Cossu, Didier Montarras, Philippe Daubas, Barbara Gayraud-Morel, Lola Bajard and Ted Hung‐Tse Chang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Didier Rocancourt

37 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

A Pax3/Pax7-dependent population of skeletal muscle proge... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2005 1997 2003 2005 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. A Pax3/Pax7-dependent population of skeletal muscle progenitor cells
    2005 859 citations Frédéric Relaix, Didier Rocancourt et al. Nature profile →
  2. Redefining the Genetic Hierarchies Controlling Skeletal Myogenesis: Pax-3 and Myf-5 Act Upstream of MyoD
    1997 685 citations Shahragim Tajbakhsh, Didier Rocancourt et al. profile →
  3. The formation of skeletal muscle: from somite to limb
    2003 680 citations Margaret Buckingham, Lola Bajard et al. Journal of Anatomy profile →
  4. Pax3 and Pax7 have distinct and overlapping functions in adult muscle progenitor cells
    2005 531 citations Frédéric Relaix, Didier Montarras et al. profile →
  5. Mrf4 determines skeletal muscle identity in Myf5:Myod double-mutant mice
    2004 503 citations Lina Kassar-Duchossoy, Barbara Gayraud-Morel et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Didier Rocancourt
Didier Montarras France
Hans-Henning Arnold Germany
Konstantinos Anastassiadis Germany
Hirofumi Suemori Japan
Chi‐chung Hui Canada
Dominique Weil France
Petra Knaus Germany
Dirk Büscher United States
Beate Brand‐Saberi Germany
Kathryn S.E. Cheah Hong Kong
Didier Montarras France
Didier Rocancourt
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Countries citing papers authored by Didier Rocancourt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Didier Rocancourt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Didier Rocancourt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Didier Rocancourt 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 Didier Rocancourt. Didier Rocancourt 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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Lima, Joana Esteves de, et al.. (2021). M-Cadherin Is a PAX3 Target During Myotome Patterning. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 652652–652652. 6 indexed citations
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Saadaoui, Mehdi, Didier Rocancourt, Julian Roussel, Francis Corson, & Jérôme Gros. (2020). A tensile ring drives tissue flows to shape the gastrulating amniote embryo. Science. 367(6476). 453–458. 111 indexed citations
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Vartanian, Audrey Der, Stéphanie Michineau, Frédéric Aurade, et al.. (2019). PAX3 Confers Functional Heterogeneity in Skeletal Muscle Stem Cell Responses to Environmental Stress. Cell stem cell. 24(6). 958–973.e9. 61 indexed citations
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Rocancourt, Didier, et al.. (2018). Timed Collinear Activation of Hox Genes during Gastrulation Controls the Avian Forelimb Position. Current Biology. 29(1). 35–50.e4. 46 indexed citations
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Rocancourt, Didier, et al.. (2016). Cell Division Drives Epithelial Cell Rearrangements during Gastrulation in Chick. Developmental Cell. 36(3). 249–261. 105 indexed citations
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Relaix, Frédéric, Josiane Demignon, Christine Laclef, et al.. (2013). Six Homeoproteins Directly Activate Myod Expression in the Gene Regulatory Networks That Control Early Myogenesis. PLoS Genetics. 9(4). e1003425–e1003425. 55 indexed citations
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Lagha, Mounia, Alicia Mayeuf-Louchart, Ted Hung‐Tse Chang, et al.. (2013). Itm2a Is a Pax3 Target Gene, Expressed at Sites of Skeletal Muscle Formation In Vivo. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e63143–e63143. 23 indexed citations
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Lagha, Mounia, Jay D. Kormish, Didier Rocancourt, et al.. (2008). Pax3 regulation of FGF signaling affects the progression of embryonic progenitor cells into the myogenic program. Genes & Development. 22(13). 1828–1837. 117 indexed citations
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Daubas, Philippe, Colin Crist, Lola Bajard, et al.. (2008). The regulatory mechanisms that underlie inappropriate transcription of the myogenic determination gene Myf5 in the central nervous system. Developmental Biology. 327(1). 71–82. 19 indexed citations
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Buckingham, Margaret, Lola Bajard, Philippe Daubas, et al.. (2006). Myogenic progenitor cells in the mouse embryo are marked by the expression of Pax3/7 genes that regulate their survival and myogenic potential. Anatomy and Embryology. 211(S1). 51–56. 39 indexed citations
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Relaix, Frédéric, Didier Rocancourt, Ahmed Mansouri, & Margaret Buckingham. (2005). A Pax3/Pax7-dependent population of skeletal muscle progenitor cells. Nature. 435(7044). 948–953. 859 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lagha, Mounia, Didier Rocancourt, & Frédéric Relaix. (2005). Origine du muscle squelettique : rôles de Pax3/Pax7. médecine/sciences. 21(10). 801–803. 8 indexed citations
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Kassar-Duchossoy, Lina, Barbara Gayraud-Morel, Danielle Gomès, et al.. (2004). Mrf4 determines skeletal muscle identity in Myf5:Myod double-mutant mice. Nature. 431(7007). 466–471. 503 indexed citations breakdown →
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Relaix, Frédéric, Didier Rocancourt, Ahmed Mansouri, & Margaret Buckingham. (2004). Divergent functions of murine Pax3 and Pax7 in limb muscle development. Genes & Development. 18(9). 1088–1105. 250 indexed citations
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Chang, Ted Hung‐Tse, Michael Primig, Juliette Hadchouel, et al.. (2004). An enhancer directs differential expression of the linked Mrf4 and Myf5 myogenic regulatory genes in the mouse. Developmental Biology. 269(2). 595–608. 28 indexed citations
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Buckingham, Margaret, Lola Bajard, Ted Hung‐Tse Chang, et al.. (2003). The formation of skeletal muscle: from somite to limb. Journal of Anatomy. 202(1). 59–68. 680 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meilhac, Sigolène M., Robert G. Kelly, Didier Rocancourt, et al.. (2003). A retrospective clonal analysis of the myocardium reveals two phases of clonal growth in the developing mouse heart. Development. 130(16). 3877–3889. 129 indexed citations
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Tajbakhsh, Shahragim, Didier Rocancourt, & Margaret Buckingham. (1996). Muscle progenitor cells failing to respond to positional cues adopt non-myogenic fates in myf-5 null mice. Nature. 384(6606). 266–270. 258 indexed citations
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Rocancourt, Didier, et al.. (1989). A novel system for screening antiretroviral agents. Journal of Virological Methods. 26(2). 229–235. 9 indexed citations

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