Eric Cascalès

11.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
119 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Eric Cascalès is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Cascalès has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Endocrinology, 75 papers in Genetics and 43 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Eric Cascalès's work include Vibrio bacteria research studies (69 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (68 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (61 papers). Eric Cascalès is often cited by papers focused on Vibrio bacteria research studies (69 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (68 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (61 papers). Eric Cascalès collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Eric Cascalès's co-authors include Peter J. Christie, Roland Lloubès, Laure Journet, Christian Cambillau, Yannick R. Brunet, Éric Durand, Krishnamohan Atmakuri, Marie‐Stéphanie Aschtgen, Marthe Gavioli and Vidhya Krishnamoorthy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Eric Cascalès

115 papers receiving 8.9k 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.

Colicin Biology

2007 780 citations Eric Cascalès et al. profile →
The versatile bacterial type IV secretion systems

2003 517 citations Eric Cascalès, Peter J. Christie profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Eric Cascalès	4.9k	3.6k	3.4k	2.1k	1.6k	119	9.1k
Joseph D. Mougous	5.1k 1.1×	4.0k 1.1×	2.0k 0.6×	2.4k 1.2×	963 0.6×	72	9.2k
Peter J. Christie	2.8k 0.6×	4.9k 1.4×	3.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	2.2k 1.4×	114	10.3k
Rodney A. Welch	3.3k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	89	7.4k
Bernt Eric Uhlin	2.7k 0.5×	4.3k 1.2×	3.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 1.0×	163	8.0k
Karl E. Klose	3.6k 0.7×	4.2k 1.2×	2.3k 0.7×	793 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	112	7.1k
Claude Parsot	5.6k 1.1×	2.6k 0.7×	3.5k 1.0×	704 0.3×	958 0.6×	85	8.9k
Hans Wolf‐Watz	6.0k 1.2×	5.2k 1.4×	8.7k 2.6×	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	140	14.0k
Stefan Pukatzki	4.2k 0.9×	1.9k 0.5×	1.1k 0.3×	2.1k 1.0×	603 0.4×	47	5.6k
Wim Gaastra	2.9k 0.6×	3.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.5×	891 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	170	8.9k
Guy R. Cornelis	6.8k 1.4×	5.6k 1.6×	10.3k 3.1×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	211	16.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Cascalès

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Liu, Xiangan, Liqiang Song, Christian Cambillau, et al.. (2025). Structure of the T9SS PorKN ring complex reveals conformational plasticity based on the repurposed FGE fold. mBio. 16(9). e0179925–e0179925.

Terradot, Laurent, et al.. (2025). Widespread deployment of the human CD38 ADP-ribosyl cyclase fold in antibacterial and anti-eukaryotic polymorphic toxins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(11). 110775–110775.

Terradot, Laurent, et al.. (2024). Thioredoxin 1 moonlights as a chaperone for an interbacterial ADP-ribosyltransferase toxin. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10388–10388. 4 indexed citations

Kosta, Artémis, et al.. (2024). Type 1 fimbriae-mediated collective protection against type 6 secretion system attacks. mBio. 15(4). e0255323–e0255323. 8 indexed citations

Bartoli, Julia, et al.. (2024). Structure–function analysis of PorXFj, the PorX homolog from Flavobacterium johnsioniae, suggests a role of the CheY-like domain in type IX secretion motor activity. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 6577–6577.

Le, Thi Thu, Christine Kellenberger, Pierre Santucci, et al.. (2023). Activity and Crystal Structure of the Adherent-Invasive Escherichia coli Tle3/Tli3 T6SS Effector/Immunity Complex Determined Using an AlphaFold2 Predicted Model. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(2). 1740–1740. 5 indexed citations

Doan, Thierry, Sylvie Chevalier, Corinne Barbey, et al.. (2023). Pseudomonas fluorescens MFE01 delivers a putative type VI secretion amidase that confers biocontrol against the soft‐rot pathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum. Environmental Microbiology. 25(11). 2564–2579. 5 indexed citations

Cascalès, Eric, et al.. (2023). A journey with type IX secretion system effectors: selection, transport, processing and activities. Microbiology. 169(4). 18 indexed citations

Jurėnas, Dukas, Martial Rey, Deborah Byrne, et al.. (2022). Salmonella antibacterial Rhs polymorphic toxin inhibits translation through ADP-ribosylation of EF-Tu P-loop. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(22). 13114–13127. 13 indexed citations

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Song, Liqiang, Chenggang Wu, Thierry Doan, et al.. (2022). A unique bacterial secretion machinery with multiple secretion centers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(18). e2119907119–e2119907119. 25 indexed citations

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Jurėnas, Dukas, et al.. (2021). Mounting, structure and autocleavage of a type VI secretion-associated Rhs polymorphic toxin. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6998–6998. 35 indexed citations

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Herrou, Julien, Lætitia My, Gaël Brasseur, et al.. (2021). A Tad-like apparatus is required for contact-dependent prey killing in predatory social bacteria. eLife. 10. 56 indexed citations

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Flaugnatti, Nicolas, Chiara Rapisarda, Martial Rey, et al.. (2020). Structural basis for loading and inhibition of a bacterial T6 SS phospholipase effector by the VgrG spike. The EMBO Journal. 39(11). e104129–e104129. 31 indexed citations

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Rapisarda, Chiara, Yassine Cherrak, Romain Kooger, et al.. (2019). In situ and high‐resolution cryo‐ EM structure of a bacterial type VI secretion system membrane complex. The EMBO Journal. 38(10). 74 indexed citations

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Cherrak, Yassine, Nicolas Flaugnatti, Éric Durand, Laure Journet, & Eric Cascalès. (2019). Structure and Activity of the Type VI Secretion System. Microbiology Spectrum. 7(4). 118 indexed citations

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Sana, Thibault G., Nicolas Flaugnatti, Kyler Lugo, et al.. (2016). Salmonella Typhimurium utilizes a T6SS-mediated antibacterial weapon to establish in the host gut. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(34). E5044–51. 258 indexed citations

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Cascalès, Eric, Krishnamohan Atmakuri, Mayukh K. Sarkar, & Peter J. Christie. (2013). DNA Substrate-Induced Activation of the Agrobacterium VirB/VirD4 Type IV Secretion System. Journal of Bacteriology. 195(11). 2691–2704. 47 indexed citations

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Sun, Mingzhai, Morgane Wartel, Eric Cascalès, Joshua W. Shaevitz, & Tâm Mignot. (2011). Motor-driven intracellular transport powers bacterial gliding motility. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(18). 7559–7564. 135 indexed citations

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Banta, Lois M., Jennifer Kerr, Eric Cascalès, et al.. (2011). An Agrobacterium VirB10 Mutation Conferring a Type IV Secretion System Gating Defect. Journal of Bacteriology. 193(10). 2566–2574. 39 indexed citations

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Cascalès, Eric & Peter J. Christie. (2004). Definition of a Bacterial Type IV Secretion Pathway for a DNA Substrate. Science. 304(5674). 1170–1173. 282 indexed citations

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