Francesca Tuorto

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Francesca Tuorto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Tuorto has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Francesca Tuorto's work include RNA modifications and cancer (24 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (13 papers). Francesca Tuorto is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (24 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (13 papers). Francesca Tuorto collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and United Kingdom. Francesca Tuorto's co-authors include Frank Lyko, Antonio Simeone, Dario Acampora, Mark Helm, Virginia Avantaggiato, Matthias Schaefer, Reinhard Liebers, Madeleine Meusburger, Katharina Hanna and Tim Pollex and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Tuorto

49 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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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.

RNA methylation by Dnmt2 protects transfer RNAs against stress-induced cleavage

2010 561 citations Matthias Schaefer, Francesca Tuorto et al. profile →

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Francesca Tuorto

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A. Paula Monaghan United States

G. Giacomo Consalez Italy

Qiuxia Guo United States

Eseng Lai United States

Jack Favor Germany

Robert J. McEvilly United States

Eric Bellefroid Belgium

Aimee K. Ryan Canada

Theresa K. Kelly United States

Alar Karis Estonia

A. Paula Monaghan United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Tuorto

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Marchand, Virginie, et al.. (2025). TGT Damages its Substrate tRNAs by the Formation of Abasic Sites in the Anticodon Loop. Journal of Molecular Biology. 437(16). 169000–169000. 2 indexed citations

Peschek, Jirka & Francesca Tuorto. (2025). Interplay Between tRNA Modifications and Processing. Journal of Molecular Biology. 437(16). 169198–169198. 1 indexed citations

Peschek, Jirka, et al.. (2025). Queuosine is incorporated into precursor tRNA before splicing. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7044–7044. 2 indexed citations

Espadas, Guadalupe, et al.. (2024). Spectral libraries from nucleobases and deoxyribonucleosides facilitate the identification of ribonucleosides by nano‐flow liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 38(13). e9759–e9759. 1 indexed citations

Legrand, Carine, Johanna Schott, Daniel Pérez-Hernández, et al.. (2023). Queuosine‐tRNA promotes sex‐dependent learning and memory formation by maintaining codon‐biased translation elongation speed. The EMBO Journal. 42(19). e112507–e112507. 24 indexed citations

Hayes, Patti, et al.. (2020). Queuine Micronutrient Deficiency Promotes Warburg Metabolism and Reversal of the Mitochondrial ATP Synthase in Hela Cells. Nutrients. 12(3). 871–871. 24 indexed citations

Navarro, Isabela Cunha, Francesca Tuorto, Carine Legrand, et al.. (2020). Translational adaptation to heat stress is mediated by RNA 5‐methylcytosine in Caenorhabditis elegans. The EMBO Journal. 40(6). e105496–e105496. 31 indexed citations

Zhang, Yunfang, Junchao Shi, Minoo Rassoulzadegan, Francesca Tuorto, & Qi Chen. (2019). Sperm RNA code programmes the metabolic health of offspring. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 15(8). 489–498. 179 indexed citations

Tuorto, Francesca & Rosanna Parlato. (2019). rRNA and tRNA Bridges to Neuronal Homeostasis in Health and Disease. Journal of Molecular Biology. 431(9). 1763–1779. 20 indexed citations

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Legrand, Carine, Francesca Tuorto, Mark Hartmann, et al.. (2017). Statistically robust methylation calling for whole-transcriptome bisulfite sequencing reveals distinct methylation patterns for mouse RNAs. Genome Research. 27(9). 1589–1596. 133 indexed citations

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Tuorto, Francesca & Frank Lyko. (2016). Genome recoding by tRNA modifications. Open Biology. 6(12). 160287–160287. 69 indexed citations

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Kiani, Jafar, Valérie Grandjean, Reinhard Liebers, et al.. (2013). RNA–Mediated Epigenetic Heredity Requires the Cytosine Methyltransferase Dnmt2. PLoS Genetics. 9(5). e1003498–e1003498. 140 indexed citations

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Tuorto, Francesca, Reinhard Liebers, Tanja Musch, et al.. (2012). RNA cytosine methylation by Dnmt2 and NSun2 promotes tRNA stability and protein synthesis. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 19(9). 900–905. 465 indexed citations

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Ball, Claudia R., Francesca Tuorto, Ali Nowrouzi, et al.. (2012). Extensive Methylation of Promoter Sequences Silences Lentiviral Transgene Expression During Stem Cell Differentiation In Vivo. Molecular Therapy. 20(5). 1014–1021. 78 indexed citations

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Zimmermann, Nici, Thomas Kirmeier, Francesca Tuorto, et al.. (2009). Valproate and Amitriptyline Exert Common and Divergent Influences on Global and Gene Promoter-Specific Chromatin Modifications in Rat Primary Astrocytes. Neuropsychopharmacology. 35(3). 792–805. 96 indexed citations

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Puelles, Eduardo, Dario Acampora, Francesca Tuorto, et al.. (2006). Otx2 Controls Identity and Fate of Glutamatergic Progenitors of the Thalamus by Repressing GABAergic Differentiation. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(22). 5955–5964. 51 indexed citations

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Acampora, Dario, Alessandro Annino, Francesca Tuorto, et al.. (2005). Otx genes in the evolution of the vertebrate brain. Brain Research Bulletin. 66(4-6). 410–420. 24 indexed citations

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Puelles, Eduardo, Alessandro Annino, Francesca Tuorto, et al.. (2004). Otx2 regulates the extent, identity and fate of neuronal progenitor domains in the ventral midbrain. Development. 131(9). 2037–2048. 178 indexed citations

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Tuorto, Francesca, et al.. (2003). Tangential migration of cells from the basal to the dorsal telencephalic regions in the chick. European Journal of Neuroscience. 18(12). 3388–3393. 32 indexed citations

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Cicirata, Federico, Rosalba Parenti, Francesca Spinella, et al.. (2000). Genomic organization and chromosomal localization of the mouse Connexin36 (mCx36) gene. Gene. 251(2). 123–130. 28 indexed citations

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