Jean‐Paul Behr

16.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
109 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

About

Jean‐Paul Behr is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean‐Paul Behr has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Jean‐Paul Behr's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (66 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (48 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (40 papers). Jean‐Paul Behr is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (66 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (48 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (40 papers). Jean‐Paul Behr collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Italy. Jean‐Paul Behr's co-authors include Otmane Boussif, Barbara Demeneix, Daniel Scherman, Frank Lezoualc’h, Jean-Serge Rémy, Pascale Belguise-Valladier, Patrick Erbacher, Jean-Philippe Loeffler, Guy Zuber and Jean‐Marie Lehn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jean‐Paul Behr

108 papers receiving 13.1k citations

Hit Papers

A versatile vector for gene and oligonucleotide transfer ... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1995 1997 1989 1999 1998 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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.

  1. A versatile vector for gene and oligonucleotide transfer into cells in culture and in vivo: polyethylenimine.
    1995 5.2k citations Frank Lezoualc’h, Barbara Demeneix et al. profile →
  2. The Proton Sponge: a Trick to Enter Cells the Viruses Did Not Exploit
    1997 766 citations Jean‐Paul Behr profile →
  3. Efficient gene transfer into mammalian primary endocrine cells with lipopolyamine-coated DNA.
    1989 584 citations Jean‐Paul Behr, Barbara Demeneix et al. profile →
  4. Gene delivery: A single nuclear localization signal peptide is sufficient to carry DNA to the cell nucleus
    1999 581 citations Pascale Belguise-Valladier, Jean‐Paul Behr et al. profile →
  5. Polyethylenimine but Not Cationic Lipids Promotes Transgene Delivery to the Nucleus in Mammalian Cells
    1998 568 citations Jean-Serge Rémy, Jean‐Paul Behr et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers

Jean‐Paul Behr
Shiroh Futaki Japan
Muthiah Manoharan United States
Leonard W. Seymour United Kingdom
Daniel W. Pack United States
Patrick Midoux France
Dan W. Urry United States
Hidetaka Akita Japan
David Oupický United States
Suzie H. Pun United States
Manfred Ogris Germany
Shiroh Futaki Japan
Jean‐Paul Behr
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jean‐Paul Behr

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jean‐Paul Behr. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jean‐Paul Behr 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 Jean‐Paul Behr. Jean‐Paul Behr 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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Kedinger, Valérie, Aline Meulle, Marie-Elise Bonnet, et al.. (2013). Sticky siRNAs targeting survivin and cyclin B1 exert an antitumoral effect on melanoma subcutaneous xenografts and lung metastases. BMC Cancer. 13(1). 338–338. 54 indexed citations
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Behr, Jean‐Paul. (2012). Synthetic Gene Transfer Vectors II: Back to the Future.. Accounts of Chemical Research. 45(7). 980–984. 78 indexed citations
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Paris, Clément, Mitsuharu Kotera, Marc Nothisen, et al.. (2009). Zip Nucleic Acids: new high affinity oligonucleotides as potent primers for PCR and reverse transcription. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(19). e130–e130. 34 indexed citations
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Behr, Jean‐Paul, et al.. (2007). Versatile synthesis of oligodeoxyribonucleotide–oligospermine conjugates. Nature Protocols. 2(6). 1360–1367. 24 indexed citations
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Kotera, Mitsuharu, et al.. (2006). Online Synthesis of Diblock Cationic Oligonucleotides for Enhanced Hybridization to their Complementary Sequence. ChemBioChem. 7(8). 1173–1176. 26 indexed citations
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Adib, Abdennaji, et al.. (2006). ω‐Hydrazino Linear Polyethylenimine: A Monoconjugation Building Block for Nucleic Acid Delivery. ChemBioChem. 7(2). 303–309. 14 indexed citations
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Dolivet, Gilles, Anders Høgset, Agnès Leroux, et al.. (2006). Eradication of p53-Mutated Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Xenografts Using Nonviral p53 Gene Therapy and Photochemical Internalization. Molecular Therapy. 13(6). 1156–1162. 52 indexed citations
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Demeneix, Barbara A. & Jean‐Paul Behr. (2005). Polyethylenimine (PEI). Advances in genetics. 53PA. 215–230. 64 indexed citations
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Zaric, Violeta, D Weltin, Patrick Erbacher, et al.. (2004). Effective polyethylenimine‐mediated gene transfer into human endothelial cells. The Journal of Gene Medicine. 6(2). 176–184. 63 indexed citations
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Dolivet, Gilles, Christophe Dubessy, L. Verneuil, et al.. (2001). Improvement of nonviral p53 gene transfer in human carcinoma cells using glucosylated polyethylenimine derivatives. Cancer Gene Therapy. 8(3). 203–210. 30 indexed citations
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Potìer, Pierre & Jean‐Paul Behr. (2001). RECOGNITION OF DNA BY STRAND INVASION WITH OLIGONUCLEOTIDE-SPERMINE CONJUGATES. Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids. 20(4-7). 809–813. 2 indexed citations
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Toumaniantz, Gilles, et al.. (2001). Ca2+-sensitive cytosolic nucleases prevent efficient delivery to the nucleus of injected plasmids. The Journal of Gene Medicine. 3(2). 153–164. 127 indexed citations
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Erbacher, Patrick, Thierry Bettinger, Pascale Belguise-Valladier, et al.. (1999). Transfection and physical properties of various saccharide, poly(ethylene glycol), and antibody‐derivatized polyethylenimines (PEI). The Journal of Gene Medicine. 1(3). 210–222. 6 indexed citations
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Coll, Jean‐Luc, et al.. (1999). In Vivo Delivery to Tumors of DNA Complexed with Linear Polyethylenimine. Human Gene Therapy. 10(10). 1659–1666. 164 indexed citations
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Erbacher, Patrick, Thierry Bettinger, Pascale Belguise-Valladier, et al.. (1999). Transfection and physical properties of various saccharide, poly(ethylene glycol), and antibody-derivatized polyethylenimines (PEI). The Journal of Gene Medicine. 1(3). 210–222. 238 indexed citations
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Sola, Brigitte, et al.. (1997). Lipospermine-mediated gene transfer technique into murine cultured cortical cells. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 71(2). 183–186. 10 indexed citations
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Lezoualc’h, Frank, et al.. (1995). Inhibition of Neurogenic Precursor Proliferation by Antisense α Thyroid Hormone Receptor Oligonucleotides. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(20). 12100–12108. 36 indexed citations
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Behr, Jean‐Paul. (1994). The Lock-and-key principle : the state of the art -- 100 years on. 21 indexed citations
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Loeffler, Jean‐Philippe & Jean‐Paul Behr. (1993). [41] Gene transfer into primary and established mammalian cell lines with lipopolyamine-coated DNA. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 217. 599–618. 54 indexed citations
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Behr, Jean‐Paul & Jean‐Marie Lehn. (1972). Stability constants for the complexation of alkali and alkaline‐earth cations byN‐acetyl‐neuraminic acid. FEBS Letters. 22(2). 178–180. 30 indexed citations

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