François Bontems

2.4k total citations
49 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

François Bontems is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, François Bontems has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in François Bontems's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (10 papers). François Bontems is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (10 papers). François Bontems collaborates with scholars based in France, Switzerland and United States. François Bontems's co-authors include Andre Ménèz, Flavio Toma, Christian Roumestand, Bernard Gilquin, Marc Uzan, Christina Sizun, Benoı̂t Odaert, Françoise Bouet, Marco Bisaglia and Stéphane Cociancich and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

François Bontems

48 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
François Bontems France 23 1.5k 610 242 176 172 49 1.9k
Trevor F. Moraes Canada 30 1.5k 1.0× 506 0.8× 344 1.4× 270 1.5× 218 1.3× 76 2.4k
C.A. Innis France 21 1.6k 1.1× 381 0.6× 468 1.9× 180 1.0× 65 0.4× 29 1.9k
Christos G. Savva United Kingdom 27 1.5k 1.0× 410 0.7× 95 0.4× 503 2.9× 89 0.5× 48 2.3k
Hans‐Joachim Wieden Canada 23 1.9k 1.3× 668 1.1× 102 0.4× 279 1.6× 45 0.3× 63 2.2k
Richard L. Karpel United States 23 1.4k 1.0× 313 0.5× 72 0.3× 224 1.3× 61 0.4× 46 1.8k
Hyun Kim Sweden 17 2.0k 1.4× 509 0.8× 69 0.3× 131 0.7× 77 0.4× 43 2.6k
Sarah E. Ades United States 21 1.4k 1.0× 997 1.6× 150 0.6× 346 2.0× 38 0.2× 27 2.2k
Kurt Fredrick United States 35 2.7k 1.8× 1.1k 1.8× 48 0.2× 456 2.6× 54 0.3× 72 3.0k
Louise E. Bird United Kingdom 26 1.7k 1.2× 531 0.9× 46 0.2× 137 0.8× 212 1.2× 72 2.6k
Erin D. Goley United States 25 1.5k 1.0× 763 1.3× 26 0.1× 368 2.1× 80 0.5× 48 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by François Bontems

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Bontems

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Valenzuela, Camila, François Bontems, Anastasia D. Gazi, et al.. (2025). The bacterial type three secretion system induces mechanoporation of vacuolar membranes. PLoS Biology. 23(5). e3003135–e3003135.
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Prevost, Marie S., Nathalie Barilone, Stéphanie Pons, et al.. (2023). An original potentiating mechanism revealed by the cryo-EM structures of the human α7 nicotinic receptor in complex with nanobodies. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5964–5964. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Yinghui, Ewen Lescop, Françoise Guerlesquin, et al.. (2021). Structural and dynamic characterization of the C-terminal tail of ErbB2: Disordered but not random. Biophysical Journal. 120(10). 1869–1882. 8 indexed citations
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Giraud, Pierre, Jean‐Bernard Créchet, Marc Uzan, François Bontems, & Christina Sizun. (2014). Resonance assignment of the ribosome binding domain of E. coli ribosomal protein S1. Biomolecular NMR Assignments. 9(1). 107–111. 13 indexed citations
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Blondot, Marie-Lise, Virginie Dubosclard, Jenna Fix, et al.. (2012). Structure and Functional Analysis of the RNA- and Viral Phosphoprotein-Binding Domain of Respiratory Syncytial Virus M2-1 Protein. PLoS Pathogens. 8(5). e1002734–e1002734. 69 indexed citations
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Mareuil, Fabien, et al.. (2011). DADIMODO: a program for refining the structure of multidomain proteins and complexes against small-angle scattering data and NMR-derived restraints. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 44(6). 1264–1271. 53 indexed citations
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Plateau, Pierre, Gavin O’Mahony, Michel Fromant, et al.. (2011). NMR-Based Substrate Analog Docking to Escherichia coli Peptidyl-tRNA Hydrolase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 412(4). 619–633. 19 indexed citations
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Machebœuf, Pauline, Stéphanie Finet, François Bontems, et al.. (2011). Solution X-ray scattering study of a full-length class A penicillin-binding protein. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 405(1). 107–111. 3 indexed citations
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Dubosclard, Virginie, Marie-Lise Blondot, Jean‐François Eléouët, François Bontems, & Christina Sizun. (2011). 1H, 13C, and 15N resonance assignment of the central domain of hRSV transcription antitermination factor M2-1. Biomolecular NMR Assignments. 5(2). 237–239. 5 indexed citations
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Mareuil, Fabien, Christina Sizun, Javier Pérez, et al.. (2007). A simple genetic algorithm for the optimization of multidomain protein homology models driven by NMR residual dipolar coupling and small angle X-ray scattering data. European Biophysics Journal. 37(1). 95–104. 22 indexed citations
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Odaert, Benoı̂t, et al.. (2006). Structural and Functional Studies of RegB, a New Member of a Family of Sequence-specific Ribonucleases Involved in mRNA Inactivation on the Ribosome. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(3). 2019–2028. 17 indexed citations
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Durand, Sylvain, et al.. (2006). Activation of RegB endoribonuclease by S1 ribosomal protein requires an 11 nt conserved sequence. Nucleic Acids Research. 34(22). 6549–6560. 15 indexed citations
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Bontems, François, Pascal Le Floch, Francis Duffieux, et al.. (2003). Homology modeling and calculation of the cobalt cluster charges of the Encephazlitozoon cuniculi methionine aminopeptidase, a potential target for drug design. Biophysical Chemistry. 105(1). 29–43. 11 indexed citations
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Lebars, Isabelle, Maude Guillier, Claude Chiaruttini, et al.. (2002). NMR Structure of Bacterial Ribosomal Protein L20: Implications for Ribosome Assembly and Translational Control. Journal of Molecular Biology. 323(1). 143–151. 21 indexed citations
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Stoven, Véronique, et al.. (1997). Insight into cystic fibrosis by structural modelling of CFTR first nucleotide binding fold (NBF1). Comptes Rendus de l Académie des Sciences - Series III - Sciences de la Vie. 320(2). 113–121. 2 indexed citations
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Vuidepot, Annelise, et al.. (1996). 1H,15N Resonance Assignment and Three-dimensional Structure of CYP1 (HAP1) DNA-binding Domain. Journal of Molecular Biology. 259(4). 792–804. 23 indexed citations
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Stoven, Véronique, et al.. (1996). What function for human lithostathine?: structural investigations by three-dimensional structure modeling and high-resolution NMR spectroscopy. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 9(11). 949–957. 14 indexed citations
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Cociancich, Stéphane, M. Goyffon, François Bontems, et al.. (1993). Purification and Characterization of a Scorpion Defensin, a 4kDa Antibacterial Peptide Presenting Structural Similarities with Insect Defensins and Scorpion Toxins. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 194(1). 17–22. 142 indexed citations
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Vita, Claudio, François Bontems, Françoise Bouet, et al.. (1993). Synthesis of charybdotoxin and of two N‐terminal truncated analogues. European Journal of Biochemistry. 217(1). 157–169. 26 indexed citations

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