Léon Espinosa

3.1k total citations
46 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Léon Espinosa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Léon Espinosa has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Léon Espinosa's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (18 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (5 papers). Léon Espinosa is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (18 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (5 papers). Léon Espinosa collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Léon Espinosa's co-authors include Didier Raoult, Lina Barrassi, Bernard La Scola, Tâm Mignot, Pierre D. Delmas, Chantal Chenu, Sandrine Sarrazin, E. Richard Stanley, Michael H. Sieweke and Jordan Moore and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Léon Espinosa

45 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Peers

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Ulrich Omasits Switzerland

Timo Glatter Germany

Mirita Franz‐Wachtel Germany

Rainer Merkl Germany

Xiang Gao China

Peter Chien United States

Aline Desmyter France

Graham D. Pavitt United Kingdom

Thomas Kruse Denmark

Chuck S. Farah Brazil

Ulrich Omasits Switzerland

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289 ×0.5

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Léon Espinosa

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Yang, Julie, B. Krämer, Léon Espinosa, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of a modified IDEXX method for antimicrobial resistance monitoring of extended Beta-lactamases-producing Escherichia coli in impacted waters near the U.S.-Mexico border. One Health. 20. 100997–100997. 1 indexed citations

Pompeo, Frédérique, Elodie Foulquier, Arnaud Chastanet, et al.. (2025). RagB stimulates the activity of the peptidoglycan polymerase RodA in Bacillus subtilis. EMBO Reports. 26(18). 4587–4606.

My, Lætitia, Léon Espinosa, Vivek Anantharaman, et al.. (2024). A molecular switch controls assembly of bacterial focal adhesions. Science Advances. 10(22). eadn2789–eadn2789. 2 indexed citations

Espinosa, Léon, et al.. (2023). Phage-antibiotic synergy: Cell filamentation is a key driver of successful phage predation. PLoS Pathogens. 19(9). e1011602–e1011602. 32 indexed citations

Zhang, Ao, Régine Lebrun, Léon Espinosa, Anne Galinier, & Frédérique Pompeo. (2022). PrkA is an ATP-dependent protease that regulates sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(10). 102436–102436. 3 indexed citations

Cordier, Baptiste, Stéphane Audebert, Matthieu Pophillat, et al.. (2021). Characterization of TseB: A new actor in cell wall elongation in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 116(4). 1099–1112. 4 indexed citations

Islam, Salim T., Annick Guiseppi, Evgeny Vinogradov, et al.. (2020). Modulation of bacterial multicellularity via spatio-specific polysaccharide secretion. PLoS Biology. 18(6). e3000728–e3000728. 29 indexed citations

Santini, Claire‐Lise, Artémis Kosta, Wenyan Zhang, et al.. (2019). Juxtaposed membranes underpin cellular adhesion and display unilateral cell division of multicellular magnetotactic prokaryotes. Environmental Microbiology. 22(4). 1481–1494. 29 indexed citations

Guzzo, Mathilde, Séan Murray, Sébastien Lhospice, et al.. (2018). A gated relaxation oscillator mediated by FrzX controls morphogenetic movements in Myxococcus xanthus. Nature Microbiology. 3(8). 948–959. 32 indexed citations

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Lemaire, Olivier N., Pascale Infossi, Léon Espinosa, et al.. (2018). Small membranous proteins of the TorE/NapE family, crutches for cognate respiratory systems in Proteobacteria. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 13576–13576. 14 indexed citations

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Faure, Laura M., Jean-Bernard Fiche, Léon Espinosa, et al.. (2016). The mechanism of force transmission at bacterial focal adhesion complexes. Nature. 539(7630). 530–535. 94 indexed citations

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Guzzo, Mathilde, Rym Agrebi, Léon Espinosa, et al.. (2015). Evolution and Design Governing Signal Precision and Amplification in a Bacterial Chemosensory Pathway. PLoS Genetics. 11(8). e1005460–e1005460. 29 indexed citations

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Agrebi, Rym, Léon Espinosa, John R. Kirby, et al.. (2014). Functional Organization of a Multimodular Bacterial Chemosensory Apparatus. PLoS Genetics. 10(3). e1004164–e1004164. 26 indexed citations

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Ezraty, Benjamin, Alexandra Vergnes, Manuel Banzhaf, et al.. (2013). Fe-S Cluster Biosynthesis Controls Uptake of Aminoglycosides in a ROS-Less Death Pathway. Science. 340(6140). 1583–1587. 178 indexed citations

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Mossadegh‐Keller, Noushin, Sandrine Sarrazin, Prashanth K. Kandalla, et al.. (2013). M-CSF instructs myeloid lineage fate in single haematopoietic stem cells. Nature. 497(7448). 239–243. 262 indexed citations

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Bun, Sok‐Sithikun, Frank Kober, Alexis Jacquier, et al.. (2012). Value of In Vivo T2 Measurement for Myocardial Fibrosis Assessment in Diabetic Mice at 11.75 T. Investigative Radiology. 47(5). 319–323. 35 indexed citations

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Espinosa, Léon, et al.. (2010). 3D reconstruction of granulomas from transmitted light images implemented for long-time microscope applications. Journal of Immunological Methods. 360(1-2). 10–19. 14 indexed citations

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Boyer, Mickaël, Natalya Yutin, Isabelle Pagnier, et al.. (2009). Giant Marseillevirus highlights the role of amoebae as a melting pot in emergence of chimeric microorganisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(51). 21848–21853. 304 indexed citations

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Suzan-Monti, Marie, Bernard La Scola, Lina Barrassi, Léon Espinosa, & Didier Raoult. (2007). Ultrastructural Characterization of the Giant Volcano-like Virus Factory of Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus. PLoS ONE. 2(3). e328–e328. 121 indexed citations

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Itzstein, Cécile, Brigitte Burt‐Pichat, Blandine Merle, et al.. (2001). Molecular identification of NMDA glutamate receptors expressed in bone cells. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 82(1). 134–144. 52 indexed citations

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