Juan A. Ayala

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
106 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Juan A. Ayala is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Juan A. Ayala has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 52 papers in Molecular Medicine and 38 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Juan A. Ayala's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (52 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (36 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers). Juan A. Ayala is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (52 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (36 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers). Juan A. Ayala collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Argentina and France. Juan A. Ayala's co-authors include Mohammed Terrak, P. Charlier, E. Sauvage, Frédéric Kerff, Miguel A. de Pedro, Gabriel Gutkind, Martine Nguyen‐Distèche, Guillaume Arlet, Gian María Rossolini and N. Woodford and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Juan A. Ayala

105 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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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.

The penicillin-binding proteins: structure and role in peptidoglycan biosynthesis

2008 966 citations Mohammed Terrak, Juan A. Ayala et al. profile →
CTX-M: changing the face of ESBLs in Europe

2006 739 citations Juan A. Ayala et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Susceptibility testing of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica to plant essential oils and commercial antibiotics 2025 ·Letters in Drug Design & Discovery ·Rosario Castro, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Juan A. Ayala, (unknown), Gerardo Leyva‐Gómez, Juan Ledesma, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
2	Novel Resistance Regions Carrying TnaphA6, blaVIM-2, and blaPER-1, Embedded in an ISPa40-Derived Transposon from Two Multi-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolates 2023 ·Antibiotics ·(unknown), Nicolás F. Cordeiro, (unknown), Virginia García-Fulgueiras, (unknown), Verónica Seija, Juan A. Ayala, Inés Bado, Rafael Vignoli	7
3	A Secreted NlpC/P60 Endopeptidase from Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida Cleaves the Peptidoglycan of Potentially Competing Bacteria 2021 ·mSphere ·(unknown), Cassilda Pereira, Aline Rifflet, Juan A. Ayala, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Pedro José Barbosa Pereira, Carlos R. Osorio, Francisco García‐del Portillo, Ivo G. Boneca, Ana do Vale, Nuno M.S. dos Santos	7
4	Regulation of AmpC-Driven β-Lactam Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Different Pathways, Different Signaling 2019 ·mSystems ·Gabriel Torrens, Sara B. Hernández, Juan A. Ayala, Bartolomé Moyá, Carlos Juan, Felipe Cava, Antonio Oliver	59
5	Remote induction of cellular immune response in mice by anti-meningococcal nanocochleates - nanoproteoliposomes 2019 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Viviana Pérez, Antonio Mouriño, Juan A. Ayala, Alexis Labrada, Lotfi Aleya, Simona Bungău, (unknown)	5
6	Targeting the permeability barrier and peptidoglycan recycling pathways to disarm Pseudomonas aeruginosa against the innate immune system 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Gabriel Torrens, (unknown), Bartolomé Moyá, (unknown), Laura Zamorano, Gabriel Cabot, Jesús Blázquez, Juan A. Ayala, Antonio Oliver, Carlos Juan	30
7	Genetic Dissection of the Type VI Secretion System in Acinetobacter and Identification of a Novel Peptidoglycan Hydrolase, TagX, Required for Its Biogenesis 2016 ·mBio ·Brent S. Weber, Seth W. Hennon, Meredith S. Wright, Nichollas E. Scott, Véronique de Berardinis, Leonard J. Foster, Juan A. Ayala, Mark D. Adams, Mario F. Feldman	82
8	In vivo functional and molecular characterization of the Penicillin-Binding Protein 4 (DacB) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2016 ·BMC Microbiology ·(unknown), Paulino Gómez‐Puertas, Juan A. Ayala	18
9	Rapid identification and discrimination of bacterial strains by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy and neural networks 2014 ·Talanta ·Sadia Manzoor, S. Moncayo, Fernando Navarro-Villoslada, Juan A. Ayala, R. Izquierdo‐Hornillos, F. Villena, Jorge O. Cáceres	56
10	Identification of the first blaCMY-2 gene in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates obtained from cases of paediatric diarrhoea illness detected in South America 2013 ·Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance ·Nicolás F. Cordeiro, Lucía Yim, Laura Betancor, Daniela Cejas, Virginia García-Fulgueiras, María Inés Mota, Gustavo Varela, (unknown), Gabriela Algorta, Gabriel Gutkind, Juan A. Ayala, José A. Chabalgoity, Rafael Vignoli	14
11	Protección inducida por nanococleatos derivados de proteoliposomas de Leptospira interrogans serovar Canicola 2012 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Juan A. Ayala, (unknown)	1
12	Construcción de mutantes de Salmonella enterica por inactivación de los genes invG/invE y ssaJ/ssaK de las islas de patogenicidad 1 y 2 2010 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Marı́a Araque, Juan A. Ayala	0
13	Identification of the full set of Listeria monocytogenes penicillin-binding proteins and characterization of PBPD2 (Lmo2812) 2010 ·BMC Microbiology ·Dorota Korsak, Z Markiewicz, Gabriel Gutkind, Juan A. Ayala	29
14	Detection of class 1 and 2 integrons, extended-spectrum β-lactamases and qnr alleles in enterobacterial isolates from the digestive tract of Intensive Care Unit inpatients 2010 ·International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents ·Inés Bado, Nicolás F. Cordeiro, Luciana Robino, Virginia García-Fulgueiras, Verónica Seija, (unknown), Gabriel Gutkind, Juan A. Ayala, Rafael Vignoli	36
15	Unstable Escherichia coli L Forms Revisited: Growth Requires Peptidoglycan Synthesis 2007 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Danièle Joseleau‐Petit, Jean-Claude Liébart, Juan A. Ayala, Richard D’Ari	81
16	Characterization of HMW‐PBPs from the rod‐shaped actinomycete Corynebacterium glutamicum: peptidoglycan synthesis in cells lacking actin‐like cytoskeletal structures 2007 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Noelia Valbuena, Michal Letek, Efrén Ordóñez, Juan A. Ayala, Richard A. Daniel, José A. Gil, Luís M. Mateos	35
17	Characterization and chromosomal organization of the murD–murC–ftsQ region of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13869 2003 ·Research in Microbiology ·Angelina Ramos, (unknown), (unknown), Juan A. Ayala, Ahmed Bouhss, Dominique Mengin‐Lecreulx, José A. Gil	10
18	The catalytic, glycosyl transferase and acyl transferase modules of the cell wall peptidoglycan‐polymerizing penicillin‐binding protein 1b of Escherichia coli 1999 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Mohammed Terrak, Tushar K. Ghosh, Jean van Heijenoort, Jozef Van Beeumen, Maxime Lampilas, József Aszódi, Juan A. Ayala, Jean‐Marie Ghuysen, Martine Nguyen‐Distèche	145
19	Site-directed mutagenesis of penicillin-binding protein 3 ofEscherichia coli: Role of Val-545 1994 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Juan A. Ayala, Colette Goffin, (unknown), Jean‐Marie Ghuysen	4
20	Site-directed mutagenesis of dicarboxylic acid residues of the penicillin-binding module of theEscherichia colipenicillin-binding protein 3 1993 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Colette Goffin, Juan A. Ayala, (unknown), Jean‐Marie Ghuysen	1

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