Francesca Collu

560 total citations
17 papers, 450 citations indexed

About

Francesca Collu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Collu has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 450 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Francesca Collu's work include Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (6 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (5 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers). Francesca Collu is often cited by papers focused on Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (6 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (5 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers). Francesca Collu collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Germany. Francesca Collu's co-authors include Paolo Ruggerone, Attilio V. Vargiu, Michele Cascella, Robert Schulz, Ulrich Kleinekathöfer, Franca Fraternali, Matteo Dal Peraro, Davide Alemani, Klaas M. Pos and Martin Zacharias and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, PLoS ONE and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Collu

17 papers receiving 443 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesca Collu Italy 11 243 177 116 88 55 17 450
Shilpa Palan France 7 211 0.9× 81 0.5× 155 1.3× 54 0.6× 24 0.4× 8 469
Kerry E. Murphy-Benenato United States 8 314 1.3× 94 0.5× 35 0.3× 76 0.9× 64 1.2× 9 492
Donald E. Awrey Canada 16 653 2.7× 82 0.5× 68 0.6× 110 1.3× 32 0.6× 17 912
Marje Kasari Estonia 12 281 1.2× 82 0.5× 54 0.5× 62 0.7× 13 0.2× 14 454
Hao‐Wei Shih Taiwan 12 439 1.8× 57 0.3× 39 0.3× 153 1.7× 61 1.1× 21 635
Tao Cui United States 11 424 1.7× 71 0.4× 49 0.4× 54 0.6× 30 0.5× 19 639
Ellene H. Mashalidis United States 10 380 1.6× 70 0.4× 32 0.3× 85 1.0× 62 1.1× 13 531
Abdessamad Ababou United Kingdom 12 308 1.3× 74 0.4× 40 0.3× 30 0.3× 27 0.5× 20 512
Sanjay S. Khandekar United States 15 335 1.4× 55 0.3× 50 0.4× 84 1.0× 117 2.1× 22 749
Solmaz Sobhanifar Canada 12 599 2.5× 81 0.5× 45 0.4× 81 0.9× 56 1.0× 14 845

Countries citing papers authored by Francesca Collu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesca Collu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Collu

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Rosa, Carmelo La, Marcello Condorelli, Giuseppe Compagnini, et al.. (2020). Symmetry-breaking transitions in the early steps of protein self-assembly. European Biophysics Journal. 49(2). 175–191. 29 indexed citations
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Haga, Raquel Brandão, Ritu Garg, Francesca Collu, et al.. (2019). RhoBTB1 interacts with ROCKs and inhibits invasion. Biochemical Journal. 476(17). 2499–2514. 12 indexed citations
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Claus, Jeroen, Gargi Patel, Flavia Autore, et al.. (2018). Inhibitor-induced HER2-HER3 heterodimerisation promotes proliferation through a novel dimer interface. eLife. 7. 51 indexed citations
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Collu, Francesca, et al.. (2018). Probing the early stages of prion protein (PrP) aggregation with atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. Chemical Communications. 54(57). 8007–8010. 9 indexed citations
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Pappalardo, Morena, Francesca Collu, James Macpherson, et al.. (2017). Investigating Ebola virus pathogenicity using molecular dynamics. BMC Genomics. 18(S5). 566–566. 8 indexed citations
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Collu, Francesca, et al.. (2015). Assembly of Influenza Hemagglutinin Fusion Peptides in a Phospholipid Bilayer by Coarse-grained Computer Simulations. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 2. 66–66. 10 indexed citations
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Ruggerone, Paolo, et al.. (2013). MOLECULAR DYNAMICS COMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF MULTIDRUG RND EFFLUX PUMPS. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 5(6). e201302008–e201302008. 38 indexed citations
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Collu, Francesca & Michele Cascella. (2013). Multidrug Resistance and Efflux Pumps: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 13(24). 3165–3183. 19 indexed citations
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Collu, Francesca, Matteo Ceccarelli, & Paolo Ruggerone. (2012). Exploring Binding Properties of Agonists Interacting with a δ-Opioid Receptor. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52633–e52633. 10 indexed citations
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Collu, Francesca, Attilio V. Vargiu, Jürg Dreier, Michele Cascella, & Paolo Ruggerone. (2012). Recognition of Imipenem and Meropenem by the RND-Transporter MexB Studied by Computer Simulations. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(46). 19146–19158. 40 indexed citations
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Vargiu, Attilio V., Francesca Collu, Robert Schulz, et al.. (2011). Effect of the F610A Mutation on Substrate Extrusion in the AcrB Transporter: Explanation and Rationale by Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(28). 10704–10707. 73 indexed citations
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Schulz, Robert, Attilio V. Vargiu, Francesca Collu, Ulrich Kleinekathöfer, & Paolo Ruggerone. (2010). Functional Rotation of the Transporter AcrB: Insights into Drug Extrusion from Simulations. PLoS Computational Biology. 6(6). e1000806–e1000806. 83 indexed citations
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Schulz, Robert, Attilio V. Vargiu, Francesca Collu, Ulrich Kleinekathöfer, & Paolo Ruggerone. (2010). Functional Rotation of the Transporter AcrB: The Essentials of Peristaltic Motion and Subsequent Substrate Extrusion. Biophysical Journal. 98(3). 685a–685a. 2 indexed citations
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Vargiu, Attilio V., et al.. (2010). Functional Rotation of the Transporter AcrB: Insights into Drug Extrusion from Simulations. Biophysical Journal. 98(3). 628a–628a. 3 indexed citations
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Alemani, Davide, Francesca Collu, Michele Cascella, & Matteo Dal Peraro. (2009). A Nonradial Coarse-Grained Potential for Proteins Produces Naturally Stable Secondary Structure Elements. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 6(1). 315–324. 42 indexed citations
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Collu, Francesca, Leonardo Bonsignore, Mariano Casu, et al.. (2008). New cytotoxic saturated and unsaturated cyclohexanones from Anthemis maritima. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(5). 1559–1562. 20 indexed citations
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Casula, Giovanni Andrea, Francesca Collu, & Giuseppe Mazzarella. (2008). Effect of the beam forming network on the behavior of broadband planar waveguide slot arrays. 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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