Laura Masino

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Laura Masino is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Masino has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Laura Masino's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (13 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (10 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (6 papers). Laura Masino is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (13 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (10 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (6 papers). Laura Masino collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and France. Laura Masino's co-authors include Annalisa Pastore, Erich E. Wanker, Martin Herbst, Sabine Engemann, Dagmar E. Ehrnhoefer, Annett Boeddrich, Jan Bieschke, Rudi Lurz, Giuseppe Nicastro and Rajesh P. Menon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Laura Masino

34 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

EGCG redirects amyloidogenic polypeptides into unstructured, off-pathway oligomers

2008 1.2k citations Dagmar E. Ehrnhoefer, Jan Bieschke et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Masino United Kingdom	23	1.7k	860	796	353	236	35	2.7k
Philip V. LoGrasso United States	38	2.7k 1.6×	288 0.3×	332 0.4×	239 0.7×	88 0.4×	79	4.0k
Erik Hellstrand Sweden	12	1.6k 0.9×	1.7k 2.0×	145 0.2×	321 0.9×	297 1.3×	14	2.6k
Matthew Biancalana United States	14	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	131 0.2×	179 0.5×	302 1.3×	21	2.8k
Larissa A. Munishkina United States	16	1.1k 0.7×	969 1.1×	362 0.5×	963 2.7×	223 0.9×	18	2.3k
Vasanthy Narayanaswami United States	33	1.8k 1.1×	854 1.0×	271 0.3×	101 0.3×	298 1.3×	85	3.4k
Regina M. Murphy United States	35	2.8k 1.6×	2.4k 2.8×	431 0.5×	133 0.4×	334 1.4×	89	4.1k
Caroline Smet‐Nocca France	28	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	328 0.4×	135 0.4×	126 0.5×	55	2.3k
Robert Zamboni Canada	35	2.0k 1.2×	989 1.1×	410 0.5×	101 0.3×	61 0.3×	110	4.2k
Jung‐Ja P. Kim United States	36	2.2k 1.3×	318 0.4×	387 0.5×	491 1.4×	402 1.7×	70	3.3k
Danilo Milardi Italy	35	2.1k 1.2×	1.5k 1.7×	165 0.2×	82 0.2×	372 1.6×	126	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Masino

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20 of 20 papers shown

Masino, Laura, Sarah Maslen, Ilirjana Bajrami, et al.. (2024). Mechanism of single-stranded DNA annealing by RAD52–RPA complex. Nature. 629(8012). 697–703. 23 indexed citations

Balendra, Rubika, Igor Ruiz de los Mozos, Hana M. Odeh, et al.. (2023). Transcriptome-wide RNA binding analysis of C9orf72 poly(PR) dipeptides. Life Science Alliance. 6(9). e202201824–e202201824. 5 indexed citations

Chen, Qu, Rajesh P. Menon, Laura Masino, Pavel Tolar, & Peter B. Rosenthal. (2023). Structural basis for Fc receptor recognition of immunoglobulin M. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 30(7). 1033–1039. 9 indexed citations

Martin, Stephen R., Andres Ramos, & Laura Masino. (2021). Biolayer Interferometry: Protein–RNA Interactions. Methods in molecular biology. 2263. 351–368. 7 indexed citations

Macpherson, Jamie A., Laura Masino, Paul C. Driscoll, et al.. (2019). Functional cross-talk between allosteric effects of activating and inhibiting ligands underlies PKM2 regulation. eLife. 8. 31 indexed citations

Masino, Laura, et al.. (2019). On the mechanism of calcium‐dependent activation of NADPH oxidase 5 (NOX5). FEBS Journal. 287(12). 2486–2503. 34 indexed citations

Newman, J.A., Hannah Williams, Laura Masino, et al.. (2019). A Ubiquitin-Binding Domain that Binds a Structural Fold Distinct from that of Ubiquitin. Structure. 27(8). 1316–1325.e6. 25 indexed citations

Weber, Brandon, Laura Masino, Robin M. Warren, et al.. (2018). Rv1460, a SufR homologue, is a repressor of the suf operon in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PLoS ONE. 13(7). e0200145–e0200145. 26 indexed citations

Masino, Laura, Giuseppe Nicastro, Alfonso De Simone, et al.. (2011). The Josephin Domain Determines the Morphological and Mechanical Properties of Ataxin-3 Fibrils. Biophysical Journal. 100(8). 2033–2042. 44 indexed citations

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Nicastro, Giuseppe, Laura Masino, Veronica Esposito, et al.. (2009). Josephin domain of ataxin‐3 contains two distinct ubiquitin‐binding sites. Biopolymers. 91(12). 1203–1214. 71 indexed citations

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Ehrnhoefer, Dagmar E., Jan Bieschke, Annett Boeddrich, et al.. (2008). EGCG redirects amyloidogenic polypeptides into unstructured, off-pathway oligomers. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 15(6). 558–566. 1191 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nicastro, Giuseppe, Rajesh P. Menon, Laura Masino, et al.. (2005). The solution structure of the Josephin domain of ataxin-3: Structural determinants for molecular recognition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(30). 10493–10498. 148 indexed citations

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Masino, Laura. (2004). Polyglutamine and Neurodegeneration: Structural Aspects. Protein and Peptide Letters. 11(3). 239–248. 6 indexed citations

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Masino, Laura, Giuseppe Nicastro, Rajesh P. Menon, et al.. (2004). Characterization of the Structure and the Amyloidogenic Properties of the Josephin Domain of the Polyglutamine-containing Protein Ataxin-3. Journal of Molecular Biology. 344(4). 1021–1035. 103 indexed citations

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Masino, Laura, Geoff Kelly, Kevin Leonard, Yvon Trottier, & Annalisa Pastore. (2002). Solution structure of polyglutamine tracts in GST‐polyglutamine fusion proteins. FEBS Letters. 513(2-3). 267–272. 127 indexed citations

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Masino, Laura & Annalisa Pastore. (2002). Glutamine repeats: structural hypotheses and neurodegeneration. Biochemical Society Transactions. 30(4). 548–551. 24 indexed citations

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Biekofsky, Rodolfo R., et al.. (2002). Thermal Stability of Calmodulin and Mutants Studied by ¹H−¹⁵N HSQC NMR Measurements of Selectively Labeled [¹⁵N]Ile Proteins. Biochemistry. 41(21). 6850–6859. 19 indexed citations

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Abbruzzetti, Stefania, Laura Masino, A. Vecli, et al.. (2000). Fast Events in Protein Folding: Structural Volume Changes Accompanying the Early Events in the N→I Transition of Apomyoglobin Induced by Ultrafast pH Jump. Biophysical Journal. 78(1). 405–415. 77 indexed citations

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Masino, Laura, et al.. (2000). The effect of point mutations EF-hands on the conformation, stability, and calcium affinity of calmodulin.. Biophysical Journal. 78. 1 indexed citations

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Masino, Laura, Stephen R. Martin, & Peter M. Bayley. (2000). Ligand binding and thermodynamic stability of a multidomain protein, calmodulin. Protein Science. 9(8). 1519–1529. 105 indexed citations

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