J.L. Llacer

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

J.L. Llacer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, J.L. Llacer has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in J.L. Llacer's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (9 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers). J.L. Llacer is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (9 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers). J.L. Llacer collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and United States. J.L. Llacer's co-authors include V. Ramakrishnan, Tanweer Hussain, Vicente Rubio, Alan G. Hinnebusch, Alan Brown, Xiao‐chen Bai, Fei Long, Garib N. Murshudov, Sjors H. W. Scheres and Paul Emsley and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

J.L. Llacer

18 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Structure of the Yeast Mitochondrial Large Ribosomal Subunit 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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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. Structure of the Yeast Mitochondrial Large Ribosomal Subunit
    2014 460 citations Alexey Amunts, Alan Brown et al. Science profile →

Peers

J.L. Llacer
Bertram Daum Germany
Soledad Funes Mexico
Yuriy Chaban United Kingdom
Fumiaki Yumoto Japan
Per Moberg Sweden
Galo García United States
Inga Hänelt Germany
Georg Kaim Switzerland
Karine Lapouge Germany
Diego González‐Halphen Mexico
Bertram Daum Germany
J.L. Llacer
Citations per year, relative to J.L. Llacer J.L. Llacer (= 1×) peers Bertram Daum

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J.L. Llacer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of J.L. Llacer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of J.L. Llacer 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 J.L. Llacer. J.L. Llacer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Gordiyenko, Yuliya, et al.. (2024). Structural basis of AUC codon discrimination during translation initiation in yeast. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(18). 11317–11335. 1 indexed citations
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Llacer, J.L., et al.. (2021). Large-scale movement of eIF3 domains during translation initiation modulate start codon selection. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(20). 11491–11511. 20 indexed citations
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Marco‐Marín, Clara, et al.. (2020). Δ1‐Pyrroline‐5‐carboxylate synthetase deficiency: An emergent multifaceted urea cycle‐related disorder. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 43(4). 657–670. 20 indexed citations
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Gordiyenko, Yuliya, J.L. Llacer, & V. Ramakrishnan. (2019). Structural basis for the inhibition of translation through eIF2α phosphorylation. Nature Communications. 10(1). 65 indexed citations
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Llacer, J.L., et al.. (2018). The PII-NAGK-PipX-NtcA Regulatory Axis of Cyanobacteria: A Tale of Changing Partners, Allosteric Effectors and Non-covalent Interactions. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 5. 91–91. 37 indexed citations
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Llacer, J.L., Tanweer Hussain, Adesh K. Saini, et al.. (2018). Translational initiation factor eIF5 replaces eIF1 on the 40S ribosomal subunit to promote start-codon recognition. eLife. 7. 71 indexed citations
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Hussain, Tanweer, J.L. Llacer, Brian T. Wimberly, Jeffrey S. Kieft, & V. Ramakrishnan. (2016). Large-Scale Movements of IF3 and tRNA during Bacterial Translation Initiation. Cell. 167(1). 133–144.e13. 116 indexed citations
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Llacer, J.L., Tanweer Hussain, Laura E. Marler, et al.. (2015). Conformational Differences between Open and Closed States of the Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Complex. Molecular Cell. 59(3). 399–412. 164 indexed citations
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Amunts, Alexey, Alan Brown, Xiao‐chen Bai, et al.. (2014). Structure of the Yeast Mitochondrial Large Ribosomal Subunit. Science. 343(6178). 1485–1489. 460 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hussain, Tanweer, J.L. Llacer, I.S. Fernandez, et al.. (2014). Structural Changes Enable Start Codon Recognition by the Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Complex. Cell. 159(3). 597–607. 154 indexed citations
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Brown, Alan, Alexey Amunts, Xiao‐chen Bai, et al.. (2014). The Structure of the Yeast Mitochondrial Large Ribosomal Subunit. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances. 70(a1). C1051–C1051. 2 indexed citations
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Amunts, Alexey, Alan Brown, Xiao‐chen Bai, et al.. (2014). Structure of the Yeast Mitochondrial Large Ribosomal Subunit. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 20(S3). 1252–1253. 1 indexed citations
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Llacer, J.L., et al.. (2010). Structural basis for the regulation of NtcA-dependent transcription by proteins PipX and PII. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(35). 15397–15402. 106 indexed citations
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Llacer, J.L., Ignacio Fita, & Vicente Rubio. (2008). Arginine and nitrogen storage. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 18(6). 673–681. 70 indexed citations
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Llacer, J.L., Asunción Contreras, Karl Forchhammer, et al.. (2007). The crystal structure of the complex of P II and acetylglutamate kinase reveals how P II controls the storage of nitrogen as arginine. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(45). 17644–17649. 100 indexed citations
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Fernández-Murga, María Leonor, F. Gil-Ortiz, J.L. Llacer, & Vicente Rubio. (2004). Arginine Biosynthesis inThermotoga maritima: Characterization of the Arginine-SensitiveN-Acetyl-l-Glutamate Kinase. Journal of Bacteriology. 186(18). 6142–6149. 44 indexed citations

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