Francesca Zito

2.6k total citations
40 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Francesca Zito is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Zito has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 9 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Zito's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (22 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (12 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (8 papers). Francesca Zito is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (22 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (12 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (8 papers). Francesca Zito collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and United States. Francesca Zito's co-authors include Françis-André Wollman, Giovanni Finazzi, Jean‐Luc Popot, Mark Fleischmann, Jean‐David Rochaix, Yves Choquet, Fabrice Rappaport, Bernard Pucci, Giorgio Forti and Manuela Zoonens and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Zito

39 papers receiving 1.7k 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 Zito France 24 1.5k 430 405 350 141 40 1.7k
Haijun Liu United States 29 1.8k 1.2× 313 0.7× 577 1.4× 390 1.1× 122 0.9× 85 2.3k
Catherine de Vitry France 26 1.5k 1.0× 374 0.9× 515 1.3× 322 0.9× 25 0.2× 40 1.7k
Laurie K. Frankel United States 26 1.8k 1.2× 409 1.0× 386 1.0× 761 2.2× 55 0.4× 56 2.1k
Xiaodong Su China 19 1.6k 1.0× 513 1.2× 307 0.8× 400 1.1× 36 0.3× 36 1.9k
Jacqueline Olive France 25 1.8k 1.2× 622 1.4× 558 1.4× 409 1.2× 47 0.3× 39 2.0k
Xiao‐Min An China 12 1.5k 1.0× 406 0.9× 245 0.6× 428 1.2× 55 0.4× 29 1.8k
Frederik Sommer Germany 27 1.7k 1.1× 228 0.5× 733 1.8× 746 2.1× 85 0.6× 58 2.4k
Francesco Francia Italy 24 1.3k 0.9× 324 0.8× 235 0.6× 267 0.8× 63 0.4× 60 1.7k
Natalia Battchikova Finland 25 2.0k 1.3× 338 0.8× 794 2.0× 566 1.6× 96 0.7× 43 2.3k
Lutz A. Eichacker Germany 39 3.3k 2.2× 519 1.2× 863 2.1× 949 2.7× 257 1.8× 81 3.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesca Zito

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Zito

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

All Works

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Romoli, Ottavia, Aurora Montali, Elisa Franzolin, et al.. (2019). Enhanced Silkworm Cecropin B Antimicrobial Activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Single Amino Acid Variation. ACS Infectious Diseases. 5(7). 1200–1213. 30 indexed citations
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Zito, Francesca, et al.. (2018). Methodological Development to Study Lipid Membranes of Intact Bacteria and Microalgae by 2H Solid-State NMR. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 159a–159a. 1 indexed citations
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Abou‐Hamdan, Abbas, et al.. (2018). A novel regulation mechanism of the T7 RNA polymerase based expression system improves overproduction and folding of membrane proteins. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8572–8572. 39 indexed citations
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Zito, Francesca, Stéphanie Blangy, Pascaline Auroy, et al.. (2017). A stromal region of cytochrome b 6 f subunit IV is involved in the activation of the Stt7 kinase in Chlamydomonas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(45). 12063–12068. 42 indexed citations
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Arnold, Alexandre A., Bertrand Génard, Francesca Zito, et al.. (2014). Identification of lipid and saccharide constituents of whole microalgal cells by 13C solid-state NMR. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1848(1). 369–377. 75 indexed citations
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Arnold, Alexandre A., Bertrand Génard, Réjean Tremblay, et al.. (2014). Screening the Dynamics of Membrane Constituents in Intact Microalgal Cells by Solid-State NMR. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 508a–508a. 1 indexed citations
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Santabarbara, Stefano, Anna Paola Casazza, Chloe K. Economou, et al.. (2012). The Requirement for Carotenoids in the Assembly and Function of the Photosynthetic Complexes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii    . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 161(1). 535–546. 36 indexed citations
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Bechara, Chérine, Gérard Bolbach, Grégory Durand, et al.. (2012). MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Amphipol-Trapped Membrane Proteins. Analytical Chemistry. 84(14). 6128–6135. 25 indexed citations
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Bazzacco, Paola, Emmanuelle Billon-Denis, K. Shivaji Sharma, et al.. (2012). Nonionic Homopolymeric Amphipols: Application to Membrane Protein Folding, Cell-Free Synthesis, and Solution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Biochemistry. 51(7). 1416–1430. 68 indexed citations
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Park, Kyu‐Ho, et al.. (2010). In the cauldron of cell-free synthesis of membrane proteins: playing with new surfactants. New Biotechnology. 28(3). 255–261. 24 indexed citations
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Lavalette, Agnès de Lacroix de, Romina Paola Barbagallo, & Francesca Zito. (2008). Why is it so difficult to construct Qi site mutants in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii?. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 331(7). 510–517. 2 indexed citations
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Zito, Francesca, et al.. (2004). Isolation and Characterization of a cDNA Coding for Cytoplasmic Glutamine Synthetase of Barley. Hereditas. 118(3). 281–284. 2 indexed citations
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Vitry, Catherine de, Alain Desbois, Virginie Redeker, Francesca Zito, & Françis-André Wollman. (2004). Biochemical and Spectroscopic Characterization of the Covalent Binding of Heme to Cytochromeb6. Biochemistry. 43(13). 3956–3968. 31 indexed citations
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Popot, J.-L., Edward A. Berry, Delphine Charvolin, et al.. (2003). Amphipols: polymeric surfactants for membrane biology research. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 60(8). 1559–1574. 151 indexed citations
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Finazzi, Giovanni, Fabrice Rappaport, Mark Fleischmann, et al.. (2002). Involvement of state transitions in the switch between linear and cyclic electron flow in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. EMBO Reports. 3(3). 280–285. 193 indexed citations
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Zito, Francesca, Joëlle Vinh, Jean‐Luc Popot, & Giovanni Finazzi. (2002). Chimeric Fusions of Subunit IV and PetL in the b6 f Complex of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(14). 12446–12455. 30 indexed citations
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Choquet, Yves, Katia Wostrikoff, Francesca Zito, et al.. (2001). Assembly-controlled regulation of chloroplast gene translation. Biochemical Society Transactions. 29(4). 421–426. 51 indexed citations
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Zito, Francesca. (1999). The Qo site of cytochrome b6f complexes controls the activation of the LHCII kinase. The EMBO Journal. 18(11). 2961–2969. 231 indexed citations
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Zito, Francesca, et al.. (1999). Functional Characterization of Chlamydomonas Mutants Defective in Cytochrome f Maturation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(33). 22957–22967. 12 indexed citations
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Zito, Francesca, Richard Kuras, Yves Choquet, Hans Kössel, & Françis-André Wollman. (1997). Mutations of cytochrome b6 in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii disclose the functional significance for a proline to leucine conversion by petB editing in maize and tobacco. Plant Molecular Biology. 33(1). 79–86. 66 indexed citations

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