Gabriel Waksman

23.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
221 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

About

Gabriel Waksman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gabriel Waksman has authored 221 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Molecular Biology, 78 papers in Genetics and 63 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Gabriel Waksman's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (71 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (49 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (45 papers). Gabriel Waksman is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (71 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (49 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (45 papers). Gabriel Waksman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Gabriel Waksman's co-authors include Scott J. Hultgren, Rémi Fronzes, Han Remaut, Timothy M. Lohman, Jerome S. Pinkner, Tiago R. D. Costa, Peter J. Christie, J. Michael Bradshaw, Sergey Korolev and Jeffrey I. Gordon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Gabriel Waksman

218 papers receiving 17.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Secretion systems in Gram-negative bacteria: structural and mechanistic insights

2015 780 citations Tiago R. D. Costa, Catarina Felisberto‐Rodrigues et al. profile →
Binding of a high affinity phosphotyrosyl peptide to the Src SH2 domain: Crystal structures of the complexed and peptide-free forms

1993 647 citations Gabriel Waksman profile →
Crystal structure of the phosphotyrosine recognition domain SH2 of v-src complexed with tyrosine-phosphorylated peptides

1992 551 citations Gabriel Waksman et al. Nature profile →
Cryo-EM structure of a type IV secretion system

2022 72 citations Kevin Macé, Adam Redzej et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gabriel Waksman United Kingdom	75	11.2k	4.6k	3.8k	2.4k	1.8k	221	18.0k
Jan Tommassen Netherlands	70	9.5k 0.8×	7.2k 1.6×	2.8k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	303	16.0k
Ben F. Luisi United Kingdom	64	10.9k 1.0×	5.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.3×	2.5k 1.0×	2.1k 1.2×	195	15.9k
Frederick R. Blattner United States	65	16.3k 1.5×	8.0k 1.8×	3.9k 1.0×	5.2k 2.2×	1.5k 0.8×	135	24.5k
A. Joachimiak United States	72	14.6k 1.3×	3.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	931 0.5×	392	22.3k
Roland Benz Germany	78	13.8k 1.2×	4.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	445	21.4k
Susan Gottesman United States	93	20.2k 1.8×	14.5k 3.2×	3.2k 0.8×	7.3k 3.0×	1.8k 1.0×	204	26.6k
Carol A. Gross United States	84	20.2k 1.8×	12.9k 2.8×	2.4k 0.6×	5.3k 2.2×	1.7k 1.0×	193	25.5k
Andrei N. Lupas Germany	68	17.8k 1.6×	4.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.3×	3.7k 1.5×	520 0.3×	201	24.1k
Thomas J. Silhavy United States	93	19.2k 1.7×	16.7k 3.7×	4.9k 1.3×	5.2k 2.2×	3.9k 2.2×	265	28.5k
Trevor Lithgow Australia	69	11.7k 1.0×	1.9k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	242	15.4k

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Waksman, Gabriel. (2025). Molecular basis of conjugation-mediated DNA transfer by gram-negative bacteria. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 90. 102978–102978. 5 indexed citations

Waksman, Gabriel, et al.. (2025). Type IV secretion systems: reconciling diversity through a unified nomenclature. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 50.

Macé, Kevin & Gabriel Waksman. (2024). Cryo-EM structure of a conjugative type IV secretion system suggests a molecular switch regulating pilus biogenesis. The EMBO Journal. 43(15). 3287–3306. 8 indexed citations

Zyla, Dawid, Thomas Wiegand, P. Bachmann, et al.. (2024). The assembly platform FimD is required to obtain the most stable quaternary structure of type 1 pili. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3032–3032. 7 indexed citations

Macé, Kevin, Adam Redzej, Natalya Lukoyanova, et al.. (2022). Cryo-EM structure of a type IV secretion system. Nature. 607(7917). 191–196. 72 indexed citations breakdown →

Meir, Amit, Kevin Macé, Natalya Lukoyanova, et al.. (2020). Mechanism of effector capture and delivery by the type IV secretion system from Legionella pneumophila. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2864–2864. 42 indexed citations

Trokter, Martina & Gabriel Waksman. (2018). Translocation through the Conjugative Type IV Secretion System Requires Unfolding of Its Protein Substrate. Journal of Bacteriology. 200(6). 43 indexed citations

Pinotsis, Nikos & Gabriel Waksman. (2017). Structure of the WipA protein reveals a novel tyrosine protein phosphatase effector from Legionella pneumophila. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(22). 9240–9251. 15 indexed citations

Redzej, Adam, Martina Trokter, Catarina Felisberto‐Rodrigues, et al.. (2017). Structure of a VirD4 coupling protein bound to a VirB type IV secretion machinery. The EMBO Journal. 36(20). 3080–3095. 73 indexed citations

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Pinotsis, Nikos & Gabriel Waksman. (2017). Crystal structure of the Legionella pneumophila Lpg2936 in complex with the cofactor S‐adenosyl‐L‐methionine reveals novel insights into the mechanism of RsmE family methyltransferases. Protein Science. 26(12). 2381–2391. 9 indexed citations

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Ilangovan, Aravindan, et al.. (2015). Structural biology of the Gram-negative bacterial conjugation systems. Trends in Microbiology. 23(5). 301–310. 94 indexed citations

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Banta, Lois M., Jennifer Kerr, Eric Cascalès, et al.. (2011). An Agrobacterium VirB10 Mutation Conferring a Type IV Secretion System Gating Defect. Journal of Bacteriology. 193(10). 2566–2574. 39 indexed citations

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Fabritiis, Gianni De, et al.. (2008). Insights from the energetics binding at the domain-ligand of the Src SH2 domain of water interface. BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London). 1 indexed citations

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Jakubowski, Simon J., Jennifer Kerr, Vidhya Krishnamoorthy, et al.. (2008). Agrobacterium VirB10 domain requirements for type IV secretion and T pilus biogenesis. Molecular Microbiology. 71(3). 779–794. 69 indexed citations

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Fabritiis, Gianni De, et al.. (2008). Insights from the energetics of water binding at the domain‐ligand interface of the Src SH2 domain. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 72(4). 1290–1297. 9 indexed citations

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Hare, S., Richard Bayliss, Christian Baron, & Gabriel Waksman. (2006). A Large Domain Swap in the VirB11 ATPase of Brucella suis Leaves the Hexameric Assembly Intact. Journal of Molecular Biology. 360(1). 56–66. 59 indexed citations

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Remaut, Han, Rebecca Rose, Thomas J. Hannan, et al.. (2006). Donor-Strand Exchange in Chaperone-Assisted Pilus Assembly Proceeds through a Concerted β Strand Displacement Mechanism. Molecular Cell. 22(6). 831–842. 149 indexed citations

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Terradot, Laurent, Richard Bayliss, Clasien J. Oomen, et al.. (2005). Structures of two core subunits of the bacterial type IV secretion system, VirB8 from Brucella suis and ComB10 from Helicobacter pylori. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(12). 4596–4601. 103 indexed citations

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Remaut, Han & Gabriel Waksman. (2004). Structural biology of bacterial pathogenesis. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 14(2). 161–170. 62 indexed citations

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Lubman, Olga & Gabriel Waksman. (2003). Structural and Thermodynamic Basis for the Interaction of the Src SH2 Domain with the Activated Form of the PDGF β-receptor. Journal of Molecular Biology. 328(3). 655–668. 18 indexed citations

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