Ece Karatan

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Ece Karatan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ece Karatan has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Endocrinology and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Ece Karatan's work include Vibrio bacteria research studies (10 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (9 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers). Ece Karatan is often cited by papers focused on Vibrio bacteria research studies (10 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (9 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers). Ece Karatan collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ece Karatan's co-authors include Paula I. Watnick, George Ordal, Zhaozhong Han, Brian K. Kay, Dmitri Y. Boudko, M. Shahid Alam, Randy W. Larsen, Shaobin Hou, Mike Zimmer and Youngeun Kwon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ece Karatan

20 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Signals, Regulatory Networks, and Materials That Build an... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 250 500 750
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. Signals, Regulatory Networks, and Materials That Build and Break Bacterial Biofilms
    2009 751 citations Ece Karatan, Paula I. Watnick Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ece Karatan United States 15 1.2k 335 298 278 141 20 1.7k
Gérard Prensier France 16 1.3k 1.0× 319 1.0× 360 1.2× 349 1.3× 142 1.0× 24 2.3k
Russell D. Monds United States 16 1.3k 1.1× 339 1.0× 742 2.5× 429 1.5× 129 0.9× 16 1.9k
Abdul Kader India 18 1.3k 1.1× 516 1.5× 506 1.7× 263 0.9× 46 0.3× 51 2.0k
Mathias Müsken Germany 21 952 0.8× 157 0.5× 236 0.8× 196 0.7× 67 0.5× 77 1.4k
Olga Petrova Russia 23 1.5k 1.3× 446 1.3× 513 1.7× 307 1.1× 101 0.7× 64 2.1k
Steve Atkinson United Kingdom 20 1.5k 1.2× 382 1.1× 600 2.0× 271 1.0× 49 0.3× 33 2.3k
Max Schobert Germany 28 1.8k 1.4× 388 1.2× 587 2.0× 626 2.3× 91 0.6× 45 2.6k
Qing Wei China 15 941 0.8× 198 0.6× 274 0.9× 198 0.7× 45 0.3× 28 1.5k
Boo Shan Tseng United States 15 2.4k 2.0× 349 1.0× 400 1.3× 316 1.1× 269 1.9× 20 2.9k
Catherine M. Buckley United Kingdom 18 1.3k 1.1× 137 0.4× 296 1.0× 118 0.4× 407 2.9× 19 2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ece Karatan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ece Karatan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ece Karatan 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 Ece Karatan. Ece Karatan 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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Karatan, Ece, et al.. (2021). A mutagenic screen reveals NspS residues important for regulation of Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation. Microbiology. 167(3). 6 indexed citations
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Zayner, Josiah P., et al.. (2017). Relative contributions of norspermidine synthesis and signaling pathways to the regulation of Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation. PLoS ONE. 12(10). e0186291–e0186291. 12 indexed citations
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Zayner, Josiah P., Nicolas Fernandez, Eric L. Bruger, et al.. (2017). Spermine inhibits Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation through the NspS–MbaA polyamine signaling system. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(41). 17025–17036. 32 indexed citations
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Karatan, Ece, et al.. (2013). Effects of Polyamines on Vibrio cholerae Virulence Properties. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e60765–e60765. 20 indexed citations
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Parker, Zachary M., et al.. (2009). Spermidine regulatesVibrio choleraebiofilm formation via transport and signaling pathways. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 299(2). 166–174. 71 indexed citations
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Karatan, Ece & Paula I. Watnick. (2009). Signals, Regulatory Networks, and Materials That Build and Break Bacterial Biofilms. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 73(2). 310–347. 751 indexed citations breakdown →
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Karatan, Ece, et al.. (2005). NspS, a Predicted Polyamine Sensor, Mediates Activation of Vibrio cholerae Biofilm Formation by Norspermidine. Journal of Bacteriology. 187(21). 7434–7443. 146 indexed citations
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Karatan, Ece, et al.. (2005). Biofilm Development in Bacteria. Advances in applied microbiology. 57. 79–111. 74 indexed citations
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Han, Zhaozhong, Ece Karatan, & Brian K. Kay. (2005). Mapping Intracellular Protein Networks. 341–366. 2 indexed citations
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Karatan, Ece, et al.. (2005). Role for Glycine Betaine Transport in Vibrio cholerae Osmoadaptation and Biofilm Formation within Microbial Communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71(7). 3840–3847. 64 indexed citations
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Karatan, Ece, et al.. (2004). Molecular Recognition Properties of FN3 Monobodies that Bind the Src SH3 Domain. Chemistry & Biology. 11(6). 835–844. 51 indexed citations
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Han, Zhaozhong, Ece Karatan, Michael D. Scholle, John McCafferty, & Brian K. Kay. (2004). (Research Papers) Accelerated Screening of Phage-Display Output with Alkaline Phosphatase Fusions. Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening. 7(1). 55–62. 19 indexed citations
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Kwon, Youngeun, Zhaozhong Han, Ece Karatan, Milan Mrksich, & Brian K. Kay. (2004). Antibody Arrays Prepared by Cutinase-Mediated Immobilization on Self-Assembled Monolayers. Analytical Chemistry. 76(19). 5713–5720. 94 indexed citations
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Karatan, Ece, et al.. (2004). Effect of loss of CheC and other adaptational proteins on chemotactic behaviour in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology. 150(3). 581–589. 15 indexed citations
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Karatan, Ece, et al.. (2001). Phosphorylation of the Response Regulator CheV Is Required for Adaptation to Attractants during Bacillus subtilisChemotaxis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(47). 43618–43626. 67 indexed citations
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Hou, Shaobin, Randy W. Larsen, Dmitri Y. Boudko, et al.. (2000). Myoglobin-like aerotaxis transducers in Archaea and Bacteria. Nature. 403(6769). 540–544. 212 indexed citations
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Karatan, Ece. (2000). Characterization of the Response Regulator *Chev and Its Role in Bacillus Subtilis Chemotaxis. 1 indexed citations

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