Emily Helgesen

725 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 506 citations indexed

About

Emily Helgesen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Emily Helgesen has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 506 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Emily Helgesen's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (8 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (3 papers). Emily Helgesen is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (8 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (3 papers). Emily Helgesen collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Denmark and Chile. Emily Helgesen's co-authors include Magnar Bjørås, James A. Booth, Henrik Franzyk, Kirsten Skarstad, Olav Haraldseth, Peter A. Jarzyna, Willem J. M. Mulder, Else Marie Huuse, Catharina de Lange Davies and Sjoerd Hak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, ACS Nano and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Emily Helgesen

9 papers receiving 502 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Optimization of the Hemolysis Assay for the Assessment of Cytotoxicity

2023 240 citations Magnar Bjørås, Henrik Franzyk et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences profile →

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Lyubov Y. Filatova Russia

Lihao Wang China

Tayebeh Saleh Iran

Pavlína Turánek Knötigová Czechia

Rossella Tarallo Italy

Jacob Witten United States

Liam Martin United Kingdom

Alicja Warowicka Poland

Masoumeh Zahmatkeshan Iran

Kosuke Minamihata Japan

Lyubov Y. Filatova Russia

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98 ×0.6

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29 ×0.4

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47 ×0.8

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Countries citing papers authored by Emily Helgesen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Emily Helgesen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emily Helgesen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Emily Helgesen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Emily Helgesen 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 Emily Helgesen. Emily Helgesen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Bjørås, Magnar, et al.. (2025). RecN and RecA orchestrate an ordered DNA supercompaction response following ciprofloxacin-induced DNA damage in Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(10).

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Roque‐Borda, Cesar Augusto, Emily Helgesen, James A. Booth, et al.. (2025). Integrating Docking, Dynamics, and Assays to Predict Antimicrobial Peptide Interactions with Mycolic Acid Membranes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ACS Measurement Science Au. 5(6). 981–1000.

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Franzyk, Henrik, et al.. (2025). Rational design of synthetic antimicrobial peptides based on the Escherichia coli ShoB toxin. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 14354–14354.

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Bjørås, Magnar, et al.. (2023). Optimization of the Hemolysis Assay for the Assessment of Cytotoxicity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2914–2914. 240 indexed citations breakdown →

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Helgesen, Emily, Frank Sætre, & Kirsten Skarstad. (2021). Topoisomerase IV tracks behind the replication fork and the SeqA complex during DNA replication in Escherichia coli. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 474–474. 23 indexed citations

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Nedal, Aina, Bjørn Dalhus, Emily Helgesen, et al.. (2020). Peptides containing the PCNA interacting motif APIM bind to the β-clamp and inhibit bacterial growth and mutagenesis. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(10). 5540–5554. 17 indexed citations

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Helgesen, Emily, et al.. (2017). SeqA structures behind Escherichia coli replication forks affect replication elongation and restart mechanisms. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(11). 6471–6485. 13 indexed citations

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Helgesen, Emily, et al.. (2017). Phenotypes of dnaX _E145A Mutant Cells Indicate that the Escherichia coli Clamp Loader Has a Role in the Restart of Stalled Replication Forks. Journal of Bacteriology. 199(24). 1 indexed citations

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Helgesen, Emily, et al.. (2016). Lack of the H-NS Protein Results in Extended and Aberrantly Positioned DNA during Chromosome Replication and Segregation in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 198(8). 1305–1316. 11 indexed citations

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Helgesen, Emily, et al.. (2015). Dynamic Escherichia coli SeqA complexes organize the newly replicated DNA at a considerable distance from the replisome. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(5). 2730–2743. 24 indexed citations

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Helgesen, Emily, et al.. (2014). Escherichia coli SeqA Structures Relocalize Abruptly upon Termination of Origin Sequestration during Multifork DNA Replication. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e110575–e110575. 8 indexed citations

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Hak, Sjoerd, Emily Helgesen, Else Marie Huuse, et al.. (2012). The Effect of Nanoparticle Polyethylene Glycol Surface Density on Ligand-Directed Tumor Targeting Studiedin Vivoby Dual Modality Imaging. ACS Nano. 6(6). 5648–5658. 169 indexed citations

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