Luis Blanco

9.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

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Luis Blanco is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Luis Blanco has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Genetics and 30 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Luis Blanco's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (93 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (50 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (38 papers). Luis Blanco is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (93 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (50 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (38 papers). Luis Blanco collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and France. Luis Blanco's co-authors include Margarita Salas, António Bernad, José M. Lázaro, Miguel Garcı́a-Dı́az, Thomas A. Kunkel, Katarzyna Bębenek, Juan Méndez, Miguel de Vega, María I. Martínez-Jiménez and Cristina Garmendia and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Luis Blanco

144 papers receiving 7.2k citations

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Highly Efficient DNA Synthesis by the Phage ϕ 29 DNA Polymerase

1989 544 citations Luis Blanco, António Bernad et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	S-phase checkpoint protects from aberrant replication fork processing and degradation 2025 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), Lucy S. Drury, María I. Martínez-Jiménez, Luis Blanco, John F.X. Diffley, Andrés Aguilera, Belén Gómez‐González	1
2	Flexible structural arrangement and DNA-binding properties of protein p6 from Bacillus subtillis phage φ29 2024 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Martín Alcorlo, Juan R. Luque-Ortega, Federico Gago, Álvaro Ortega, Milagros Castellanos, Pablo Chacón, Miguel de Vega, Luis Blanco, José M. Hermoso, Manuel Serrano, Germán Rivas, J.A. Hermoso	2
3	A unique arginine cluster in PolDIP2 enhances nucleotide binding and DNA synthesis by PrimPol 2021 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Kazutoshi Kasho, Gorazd Stojkovič, (unknown), María I. Martínez-Jiménez, Mara Doimo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Luis Blanco, Sjoerd Wanrooij	10
4	Human PrimPol Discrimination against Dideoxynucleotides during Primer Synthesis 2021 ·Genes ·(unknown), Alberto Díaz‐Talavera, (unknown), Luis Blanco, María I. Martínez-Jiménez	5
5	A cancer-associated point mutation disables the steric gate of human PrimPol 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Alberto Díaz‐Talavera, (unknown), Daniel González‐Acosta, Marcos González, Guillermo Sastre-Moreno, (unknown), Susana Guerra, María I. Martínez-Jiménez, Juan Méndez, Luis Blanco	30
6	Molecular architecture of a multifunctional MCM complex 2011 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), Pablo Mesa, Arkaitz Ibarra, María I. Martínez-Jiménez, Luis Blanco, Juan Méndez, Jasminka Boskovic, Guillermo Montoya	22
7	Structures of phi29 DNA polymerase complexed with substrate: the mechanism of translocation in B‐family polymerases 2007 ·The EMBO Journal ·Andrea J. Berman, Satwik Kamtekar, Jessica L. Goodman, José M. Lázaro, Miguel de Vega, Luis Blanco, Margarita Salas, Thomas A. Steitz	130
8	Polymerase μ is up‐regulated during the T cell‐dependent immune response and its deficiency alters developmental dynamics of spleen centroblasts 2005 ·European Journal of Immunology ·Daniel Lucas, Teresa Laı́n de Lera, Manuel González‐Guerrero, José F. Ruiz, Orlando Domı́nguez, Jesús C. Casanova, Carlos Martı́nez-A, Luis Blanco, António Bernad	17
9	Comparison of functional properties of mammalian DNA polymerase λ and DNA polymerase β in reactions of DNA synthesis related to DNA repair 2005 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics ·N. Lebedeva, Н. И. Речкунова, (unknown), С. Н. Ходырева, Alain Favre, Luis Blanco, Olga I. Lavrik	31
10	A Structural Solution for the DNA Polymerase λ-Dependent Repair of DNA Gaps with Minimal Homology 2004 ·Molecular Cell ·Miguel Garcı́a-Dı́az, Katarzyna Bębenek, Joseph M. Krahn, Luis Blanco, Thomas A. Kunkel, Lars C. Pedersen	110
11	Insights into Strand Displacement and Processivity from the Crystal Structure of the Protein-Primed DNA Polymerase of Bacteriophage φ29 2004 ·Molecular Cell ·Satwik Kamtekar, Andrea J. Berman, Jimin Wang, José M. Lázaro, Miguel de Vega, Luis Blanco, Margarita Salas, Thomas A. Steitz	2
12	Aphidicolin-resistant and -sensitive base excision repair in wild-type and DNA polymerase β-defective mouse cells 2004 ·DNA repair ·Eleonora Parlanti, Barbara Pascucci, Gloria Terrados, Luis Blanco, Eugenia Dogliotti	19
13	Human DNA Polymerase λ Functionally and Physically Interacts with Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen in Normal and Translesion DNA Synthesis 2002 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Giovanni Maga, Giuseppe Villani, Kristijan Ramadan, I. A. Shevelev, Nicolas Tanguy Le Gac, Luis Blanco, (unknown), Silvio Spadari, Ulrich Hübscher	91
14	An aspartic acid residue in TPR-1, a specific region of protein-priming DNA polymerases, is required for the functional interaction with primer terminal protein 2000 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·(unknown), Juan Méndez, (unknown), Miguel de Vega, Luis Blanco, Margarita Salas	44
15	The RGD Sequence in Phage ø29 Terminal Protein Is Required for Interaction with ø29 DNA Polymerase 1998 ·Virology ·(unknown), Ángel Zaballos, Luis Blanco, Margarita Salas	15
16	ø29 DNA polymerase requires the N-terminal domain to bind terminal protein and DNA primer substrates 1998 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Verónica Truniger, José M. Lázaro, Margarita Salas, Luis Blanco	18
17	Characterization of an African Swine Fever Virus 20-kDa DNA Polymerase Involved in DNA Repair 1997 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Rafael J. Yáñez‐Muñoz, María Salas, José Salas, Eladio Viñuela, Luis Blanco	89
18	Primer Terminus Stabilization at the φ29 DNA Polymerase Active Site 1995 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Marı́a A. Blasco, Juan Méndez, José M. Lázaro, Luis Blanco, Margarita Salas	64
19	Metal activation of synthetic and degradative activities of .vphi.29 DNA polymerase, a model enzyme for protein-primed DNA replication 1992 ·Biochemistry ·José A. Esteban, António Bernad, (unknown), Luis Blanco	36
20	Site-directed mutagenesis of the YCDTDS amino acid motif of the Φ29 DNA polymerase 1990 ·Gene ·António Bernad, Luis Blanco, (unknown)	22

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