Gianluca Petris

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Gianluca Petris is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gianluca Petris has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Gianluca Petris's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (4 papers). Gianluca Petris is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (4 papers). Gianluca Petris collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and South Sudan. Gianluca Petris's co-authors include Anna Cereseto, Óscar R. Burrone, Antonio Casini, Claudia Montagna, Giulia Maule, Francesca Demichelis, Alessandro Romanel, Francesca Lorenzin, Davide Prandi and Alberto Inga and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Gianluca Petris

23 papers receiving 997 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. A highly specific SpCas9 variant is identified by in vivo screening in yeast
    2018 367 citations Antonio Casini, Michele Olivieri et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gianluca Petris Italy 17 857 183 80 75 57 23 1.0k
Seung‐Joo Lee United States 14 1.0k 1.2× 286 1.6× 44 0.6× 50 0.7× 32 0.6× 26 1.2k
Ruth E. Hanna United States 11 1.0k 1.2× 166 0.9× 35 0.4× 35 0.5× 43 0.8× 13 1.2k
Kendall R Sanson United States 5 949 1.1× 160 0.9× 30 0.4× 27 0.4× 41 0.7× 5 1.1k
Aamir Mir United States 15 1.2k 1.4× 294 1.6× 44 0.6× 143 1.9× 79 1.4× 18 1.2k
Christine Strand United States 7 819 1.0× 146 0.8× 32 0.4× 20 0.3× 35 0.6× 7 995
Vincent Brondani Switzerland 12 1.0k 1.2× 196 1.1× 49 0.6× 27 0.4× 35 0.6× 17 1.2k
Pilar Negrete Redondo Spain 12 731 0.9× 186 1.0× 115 1.4× 37 0.5× 16 0.3× 36 888
C. Davies United States 12 678 0.8× 125 0.7× 106 1.3× 42 0.6× 17 0.3× 18 830
Shuren Liao United States 14 803 0.9× 240 1.3× 156 1.9× 15 0.2× 25 0.4× 21 886
Antoine Cléry Switzerland 26 2.4k 2.8× 94 0.5× 43 0.5× 17 0.2× 86 1.5× 36 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gianluca Petris

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gianluca Petris

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Petris, Gianluca, Pierre Murat, Kim C. Liu, et al.. (2025). High-fidelity human chromosome transfer and elimination. Science. 390(6777). 1038–1043. 1 indexed citations
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Maule, Giulia, Carmelo Gentile, Gianluca Petris, et al.. (2025). Functional rescue of F508del-CFTR through revertant mutations introduced by CRISPR base editing. Molecular Therapy. 33(3). 970–985. 1 indexed citations
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Kleefeldt, Askar A., Louise F. H. Funke, Jakob Birnbaum, et al.. (2023). Continuous synthesis of E. coli genome sections and Mb-scale human DNA assembly. Nature. 619(7970). 555–562. 30 indexed citations
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Destefanis, Eliana, Federica Alessandrini, Sara Longhi, et al.. (2022). Translational enhancement by base editing of the Kozak sequence rescues haploinsufficiency. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(18). 10756–10771. 12 indexed citations
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Tang, Shan, Gianluca Petris, Nicolas Huguenin‐Dezot, et al.. (2022). Mechanism-based traps enable protease and hydrolase substrate discovery. Nature. 602(7898). 701–707. 46 indexed citations
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Robertson, Wesley E., et al.. (2022). Refactored genetic codes enable bidirectional genetic isolation. Science. 378(6619). 516–523. 39 indexed citations
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Petris, Gianluca, et al.. (2021). Synthetic genomics for curing genetic diseases. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 182. 477–520. 1 indexed citations
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Papa, Guido, Luca Braga, Edoardo Schneider, et al.. (2020). CRISPR-Csy4-Mediated Editing of Rotavirus Double-Stranded RNA Genome. Cell Reports. 32(13). 108205–108205. 24 indexed citations
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Casini, Antonio, Michele Olivieri, Gianluca Petris, et al.. (2018). A highly specific SpCas9 variant is identified by in vivo screening in yeast. Nature Biotechnology. 36(3). 265–271. 367 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sasset, Linda, et al.. (2018). BiP/GRP78 Mediates ERAD Targeting of Proteins Produced by Membrane-Bound Ribosomes Stalled at the STOP-Codon. Journal of Molecular Biology. 431(2). 123–141. 17 indexed citations
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Montagna, Claudia, Gianluca Petris, Antonio Casini, et al.. (2018). VSV-G-Enveloped Vesicles for Traceless Delivery of CRISPR-Cas9. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 12. 453–462. 94 indexed citations
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Romanel, Alessandro, Sonia Garritano, Blerta Stringa, et al.. (2017). Inherited determinants of early recurrent somatic mutations in prostate cancer. Nature Communications. 8(1). 48–48. 23 indexed citations
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Petris, Gianluca, Antonio Casini, Claudia Montagna, et al.. (2017). Hit and go CAS9 delivered through a lentiviral based self-limiting circuit. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15334–15334. 71 indexed citations
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Burrone, Óscar R., et al.. (2016). Tobacco Etch Virus protease: A shortcut across biotechnologies. Journal of Biotechnology. 231. 239–249. 47 indexed citations
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Sasset, Linda, et al.. (2015). The VCP/p97 and YOD1 Proteins Have Different Substrate-dependent Activities in Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated Degradation (ERAD). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(47). 28175–28188. 29 indexed citations
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López‐Requena, Alejandro, et al.. (2015). Engineered tobacco etch virus (TEV) protease active in the secretory pathway of mammalian cells. Journal of Biotechnology. 212. 159–166. 22 indexed citations
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Petris, Gianluca, Marco Bestagno, Francesca Arnoldi, & Óscar R. Burrone. (2014). New Tags for Recombinant Protein Detection and O-Glycosylation Reporters. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e96700–e96700. 17 indexed citations
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Petris, Gianluca, Antonio Casini, Linda Sasset, et al.. (2013). CD4 and BST-2/Tetherin Proteins Retro-translocate from Endoplasmic Reticulum to Cytosol as Partially Folded and Multimeric Molecules. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(1). 1–12. 25 indexed citations
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Vecchi, Lara, Gianluca Petris, Marco Bestagno, & Óscar R. Burrone. (2012). Selective Targeting of Proteins within Secretory Pathway for Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated Degradation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(24). 20007–20015. 12 indexed citations
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Petris, Gianluca, Lara Vecchi, Marco Bestagno, & Óscar R. Burrone. (2011). Efficient Detection of Proteins Retro-Translocated from the ER to the Cytosol by In Vivo Biotinylation. PLoS ONE. 6(8). e23712–e23712. 23 indexed citations

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