Frédéric Barras

10.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
134 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Frédéric Barras is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Frédéric Barras has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 34 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Frédéric Barras's work include Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (43 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (25 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (21 papers). Frédéric Barras is often cited by papers focused on Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (43 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (25 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (21 papers). Frédéric Barras collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Frédéric Barras's co-authors include Béatrice Py, Benjamin Ezraty, Laurent Loiseau, Marc Fontecave, Sandrine Ollagnier de Choudens, Laurent Aussel, Jean‐François Collet, Alexandra Gennaris, Frederique F. van Gijsegem and Asita Chatterjee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Frédéric Barras

130 papers receiving 8.2k 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.

Oxidative stress, protein damage and repair in bacteria

2017 737 citations Benjamin Ezraty, Alexandra Gennaris et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
Species-specific activity of antibacterial drug combinations

2018 267 citations Ana Rita Brochado, Manuel Banzhaf et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frédéric Barras France	52	4.2k	1.9k	1.6k	1.1k	955	134	8.4k
Dieter Jahn Germany	57	8.9k 2.1×	828 0.4×	939 0.6×	1.8k 1.6×	528 0.6×	255	12.2k
R. Gary Sawers Germany	52	4.8k 1.2×	2.8k 1.5×	787 0.5×	1.7k 1.5×	717 0.8×	206	9.3k
Simon C. Andrews United Kingdom	42	3.7k 0.9×	526 0.3×	1.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	1.7k 1.8×	116	7.8k
Colin Ratledge United Kingdom	56	8.7k 2.1×	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	931 1.0×	266	13.8k
Patricia J. Kiley United States	49	3.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	481 0.3×	1.7k 1.5×	692 0.7×	91	6.3k
Manfred Nimtz Germany	58	7.1k 1.7×	443 0.2×	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	345 0.4×	251	11.4k
Gottfried Unden Germany	48	4.4k 1.1×	651 0.3×	629 0.4×	2.6k 2.3×	432 0.5×	152	7.2k
William W. Metcalf United States	57	6.4k 1.5×	669 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	947 0.8×	187 0.2×	150	10.6k
Robert J. Maier United States	48	2.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	2.0k 1.3×	325 0.3×	884 0.9×	220	7.2k
John R. Guest United Kingdom	54	4.9k 1.2×	679 0.4×	739 0.5×	2.2k 1.9×	756 0.8×	142	8.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frédéric Barras

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Saudemont, Baptiste, Florence Depardieu, Marina V. Serebryakova, et al.. (2025). Specificity and mechanism of tRNA cleavage by the AriB Toprim nuclease of the PARIS bacterial immune system. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1934). 20240074–20240074.

D’Angelo, Francesca, et al.. (2024). A molecular comparison of [Fe-S] cluster-based homeostasis in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. mBio. 15(11). e0120624–e0120624. 2 indexed citations

Garcia, Pierre, Frédéric Barras, & Simonetta Gribaldo. (2023). Components of iron–Sulfur cluster assembly machineries are robust phylogenetic markers to trace the origin of mitochondria and plastids. PLoS Biology. 21(11). e3002374–e3002374. 7 indexed citations

Tichit, Laurent, et al.. (2023). Analysis of a logical regulatory network reveals how Fe-S cluster biogenesis is controlled in the face of stress. PubMed. 4. uqad003–uqad003. 4 indexed citations

Félix, Jan, Ladislav Bumba, Clarissa Liesche, et al.. (2022). The AAA+ ATPase RavA and its binding partner ViaA modulate E. coli aminoglycoside sensitivity through interaction with the inner membrane. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5502–5502. 6 indexed citations

D’Angelo, Francesca, Elena Fernández‐Fueyo, Pierre Garcia, et al.. (2022). Cellular assays identify barriers impeding iron-sulfur enzyme activity in a non-native prokaryotic host. eLife. 11. 15 indexed citations

Garcia, Pierre, Francesca D’Angelo, Sandrine Ollagnier de Choudens, et al.. (2022). An early origin of iron–sulfur cluster biosynthesis machineries before Earth oxygenation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(10). 1564–1572. 61 indexed citations

Henry, Camille, Laurent Loiseau, Alexandra Vergnes, et al.. (2021). Redox controls RecA protein activity via reversible oxidation of its methionine residues. eLife. 10. 23 indexed citations

Aubert, Corinne, et al.. (2020). Making iron-sulfur cluster: structure, regulation and evolution of the bacterial ISC system. Advances in microbial physiology. 76. 1–39. 30 indexed citations

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Barras, Frédéric, et al.. (2019). A small RNA controls bacterial sensitivity to gentamicin during iron starvation. PLoS Genetics. 15(4). e1008078–e1008078. 20 indexed citations

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Pélosi, Ludovic, Chau-Duy-Tam Vo, Sophie S. Abby, et al.. (2019). Ubiquinone Biosynthesis over the Entire O ₂ Range: Characterization of a Conserved O ₂ -Independent Pathway. mBio. 10(4). 33 indexed citations

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Ezraty, Benjamin, Alexandra Gennaris, Frédéric Barras, & Jean‐François Collet. (2017). Oxidative stress, protein damage and repair in bacteria. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 15(7). 385–396. 737 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ezraty, Benjamin, Alexandra Vergnes, Manuel Banzhaf, et al.. (2013). Fe-S Cluster Biosynthesis Controls Uptake of Aminoglycosides in a ROS-Less Death Pathway. Science. 340(6140). 1583–1587. 178 indexed citations

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Aussel, Laurent, Weidong Zhao, Julie P. M. Viala, et al.. (2011). Salmonella detoxifying enzymes are sufficient to cope with the host oxidative burst. Molecular Microbiology. 80(3). 628–640. 85 indexed citations

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Angelini, Sandra, Catherine Gerez, Sandrine Ollagnier de Choudens, et al.. (2008). NfuA, a New Factor Required for Maturing Fe/S Proteins in Escherichia coli under Oxidative Stress and Iron Starvation Conditions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(20). 14084–14091. 121 indexed citations

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Barras, Frédéric. (1994). Extracellular enzymes and soft-rot Erwinia. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 32. 201–234. 4 indexed citations

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Barras, Frédéric, et al.. (1992). Stereochemistry of the hydrolysis reaction catalyzed by endoglucanase Z from Erwinia chrysanthemi. FEBS Letters. 300(2). 145–148. 33 indexed citations

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Salmond, George P. C., et al.. (1991). Secretion of cellulases inErwinia chrysanthemiandE. carotovorain species-specific. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 79(2-3). 315–322. 34 indexed citations

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Barras, Frédéric, Kerry K. Thurn, & Arun Chatterjee. (1986). Export ofErwinia chrysanthemi(EC16) protease byEscherichia coli. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 34(3). 343–348. 14 indexed citations

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Barras, Frédéric, et al.. (1985). Control by cAMP-CRP complex of the expression of the PTS-dependentErwinia chrysanthemi clbgenes inEscherichia coli. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 30(1-2). 209–212. 6 indexed citations

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