Istvan Botos

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Istvan Botos is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Istvan Botos has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Istvan Botos's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (17 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers). Istvan Botos is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (17 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers). Istvan Botos collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and France. Istvan Botos's co-authors include David R. Davies, David M. Segal, Alexander Wlodawer, Joseph Shiloach, Lin Liu, Yan Wang, Joshua N. Leonard, Susan K. Buchanan, Т. В. Ротанова and Alla Gustchina and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Istvan Botos

46 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Structural Basis of Toll-Like Receptor 3 Signaling with Double-Stranded RNA

2008 574 citations Istvan Botos, Joseph Shiloach et al. profile →
The Structural Biology of Toll-like Receptors

2011 506 citations Istvan Botos, David M. Segal et al. Structure profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Istvan Botos United States	27	1.8k	1.3k	571	359	348	48	3.4k
Byong‐Seok Choi South Korea	26	2.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	383 0.7×	423 1.2×	418 1.2×	78	3.9k
Bart Hazes Canada	27	2.1k 1.1×	835 0.6×	394 0.7×	171 0.5×	102 0.3×	53	3.6k
Sandra Diaz United States	35	3.5k 1.9×	1.3k 1.0×	552 1.0×	404 1.1×	130 0.4×	65	5.2k
C. Erec Stebbins United States	30	3.1k 1.7×	713 0.5×	942 1.6×	421 1.2×	115 0.3×	59	5.1k
Muriel Delepierre France	40	3.5k 1.9×	509 0.4×	922 1.6×	353 1.0×	216 0.6×	158	5.4k
Sthanam V.L. Narayana United States	35	2.5k 1.4×	615 0.5×	469 0.8×	276 0.8×	223 0.6×	77	3.9k
Marc Kvansakul Australia	37	2.1k 1.1×	671 0.5×	456 0.8×	492 1.4×	502 1.4×	87	3.4k
Pawan Malhotra India	31	2.3k 1.2×	705 0.5×	326 0.6×	470 1.3×	142 0.4×	139	4.3k
Matthew J. Bottomley Italy	24	2.3k 1.3×	715 0.6×	231 0.4×	596 1.7×	442 1.3×	53	3.8k
Brian V. Geisbrecht United States	36	2.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	372 0.7×	392 1.1×	286 0.8×	109	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Istvan Botos

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Fields of papers citing papers by Istvan Botos

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Istvan Botos

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20 of 20 papers shown

Botos, Istvan, et al.. (2025). Structural insights into Cir-mediated killing by the antimicrobial protein Microcin V. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1449–1449.

Li, Hongzhen, et al.. (2025). Olfactomedin 4 promotes gastric cancer cell G2/M progression and serves as a therapeutic target in gastric adenocarcinoma. Carcinogenesis. 46(2).

Botos, Istvan, et al.. (2020). Structural insight into toxin secretion by contact-dependent growth inhibition transporters. eLife. 9. 15 indexed citations

Ni, Xiaodan, Sarah E. Rollauer, Istvan Botos, et al.. (2020). Structural insight into mitochondrial β-barrel outer membrane protein biogenesis. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3290–3290. 52 indexed citations

Botos, Istvan, G.T. Lountos, Weimin Wu, et al.. (2019). Cryo-EM structure of substrate-free E. coli Lon protease provides insights into the dynamics of Lon machinery. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 13–20. 19 indexed citations

Celia, Hervé, Istvan Botos, Xiaodan Ni, et al.. (2019). Cryo-EM structure of the bacterial Ton motor subcomplex ExbB–ExbD provides information on structure and stoichiometry. Communications Biology. 2(1). 358–358. 64 indexed citations

Botos, Istvan, Nadim Majdalani, Stephen J. Mayclin, et al.. (2016). Structural and Functional Characterization of the LPS Transporter LptDE from Gram-Negative Pathogens. Structure. 24(6). 965–976. 113 indexed citations

Strickland, Madeleine, Ann Marie Stanley, Guangshun Wang, et al.. (2016). Structure of the NPr:EINNtr Complex: Mechanism for Specificity in Paralogous Phosphotransferase Systems. Structure. 24(12). 2127–2137. 12 indexed citations

Moulaei, Tinoush, Istvan Botos, N.E. Ziolkowska, et al.. (2007). Atomic‐resolution crystal structure of the antiviral lectin scytovirin. Protein Science. 16(12). 2756–2760. 28 indexed citations

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Botos, Istvan & Alexander Wlodawer. (2007). The expanding diversity of serine hydrolases. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 17(6). 683–690. 30 indexed citations

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Bell, Jessica K., Istvan Botos, Pamela R. Hall, et al.. (2005). The molecular structure of the Toll-like receptor 3 ligand-binding domain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(31). 10976–10980. 301 indexed citations

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Dauter, Zbigniew, Istvan Botos, N. LaRonde-LeBlanc, & Alexander Wlodawer. (2005). Pathological crystallography: case studies of several unusual macromolecular crystals. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 61(7). 967–975. 24 indexed citations

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Botos, Istvan, Edward E. Melnikov, Scott Cherry, et al.. (2005). Atomic-resolution Crystal Structure of the Proteolytic Domain of Archaeoglobus fulgidus Lon Reveals the Conformational Variability in the Active Sites of Lon Proteases. Journal of Molecular Biology. 351(1). 144–157. 43 indexed citations

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Botos, Istvan & Alexander Wlodawer. (2004). Proteins that bind high-mannose sugars of the HIV envelope. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 88(2). 233–282. 79 indexed citations

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Botos, Istvan, Edward E. Melnikov, Scott Cherry, et al.. (2003). Crystal structure of the AAA+ α domain of E. coli Lon protease at 1.9Å resolution. Journal of Structural Biology. 146(1-2). 113–122. 69 indexed citations

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Botos, Istvan & Alexander Wlodawer. (2003). Cyanovirin-N: a sugar-binding antiviral protein with a new twist. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 60(2). 277–287. 54 indexed citations

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Barrientos, Laura G., John M. Louis, Istvan Botos, et al.. (2002). The Domain-Swapped Dimer of Cyanovirin-N Is in a Metastable Folded State. Structure. 10(5). 673–686. 105 indexed citations

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Botos, Istvan, Zhibin Wu, Wuyuan Lu, & Alexander Wlodawer. (2001). Crystal structure of a cyclic form of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor. FEBS Letters. 509(1). 90–94. 16 indexed citations

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Botos, Istvan, et al.. (2000). The structure of an insect chymotrypsin. Journal of Molecular Biology. 298(5). 895–901. 52 indexed citations

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Botos, Istvan, et al.. (1999). Structure of recombinant mouse collagenase-3 (MMP-13). Journal of Molecular Biology. 292(4). 837–844. 29 indexed citations

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