M. Atger

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

M. Atger is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Atger has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Genetics, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in M. Atger's work include Estrogen and related hormone effects (21 papers), Reproductive System and Pregnancy (8 papers) and Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (6 papers). M. Atger is often cited by papers focused on Estrogen and related hormone effects (21 papers), Reproductive System and Pregnancy (8 papers) and Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (6 papers). M. Atger collaborates with scholars based in France. M. Atger's co-authors include Edwin Milgröm, Micheline Misrahi, Etienne‐Emile Baulieu, Hugues Loosfelt, Anne Guiochon‐Mantel, Sokhavuth Sar, E.E. Baulieu, H. Loosfelt, F. Fridlansky and André Jolivet and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

M. Atger

53 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

  1. Cloning and Sequencing of Porcine LH-hCG Receptor cDNA: Variants Lacking Transmembrane Domain
    1989 496 citations Hugues Loosfelt, Micheline Misrahi et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
M. Atger 2.1k 1.8k 1.0k 908 748 55 4.1k
Ernest J. Peck 2.5k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 653 0.7× 739 0.8× 798 1.1× 61 4.3k
Hugues Loosfelt 1.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 803 0.8× 786 0.9× 452 0.6× 35 3.0k
William T. Schrader 3.8k 1.8× 3.2k 1.8× 1.4k 1.4× 795 0.9× 729 1.0× 96 6.3k
Clara M. Szego 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 659 0.7× 501 0.6× 425 0.6× 70 3.2k
G. Shyamala 2.9k 1.4× 1.9k 1.1× 662 0.7× 912 1.0× 1.2k 1.5× 90 5.2k
R A Maurer 1.1k 0.5× 2.0k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 671 0.7× 209 0.3× 44 3.7k
Yoshio Osawa 1.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 434 0.4× 959 1.1× 312 0.4× 109 3.5k
Hannu Rajaniemi 602 0.3× 2.6k 1.5× 485 0.5× 1.0k 1.1× 254 0.3× 152 4.6k
Mario Ascoli 1.7k 0.8× 3.7k 2.1× 1.2k 1.2× 2.9k 3.2× 765 1.0× 145 7.1k
Angelο C. Notides 2.5k 1.2× 1.9k 1.1× 587 0.6× 413 0.5× 357 0.5× 66 3.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Atger

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Atger, M., Micheline Misrahi, Jacques Young, et al.. (1999). Autoantibodies interacting with purified native thyrotropin receptor. European Journal of Biochemistry. 265(3). 1022–1031. 28 indexed citations
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Misrahi, Micheline, Isabelle Beau, Geri Méduri, et al.. (1998). Gonadotropin receptors and the control of gonadal steroidogenesis: Physiology and pathology. Baillière s Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 12(1). 35–66. 31 indexed citations
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Atger, M., Micheline Misrahi, Sokhavuth Sar, et al.. (1995). Structure of the human luteinizing hormone-choriogonadotropin receptor gene: unusual promoter and 5′ non-coding regions. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 111(2). 113–123. 81 indexed citations
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Misrahi, Micheline, M. T. Vu Hai, Geri Méduri, et al.. (1994). [LH receptors. A new family of G-protein receptors].. PubMed. 55(2). 75–8. 2 indexed citations
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Rousseau-Merck, M.F., M. Atger, H. Loosfelt, Edwin Milgröm, & R Berger. (1993). The Chromosomal Localization of the Human Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor Gene (FSHR) on 2p21-p16 Is Similar to That of the Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Gene. Genomics. 15(1). 222–224. 64 indexed citations
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Atger, M., et al.. (1991). Origin of the high constitutive level of progesterone receptor in T47-D breast cancer cells. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 75(2). 157–162. 26 indexed citations
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Chauchereau, Anne, H. Loosfelt, Micheline Misrahi, et al.. (1991). Progress in the study of receptors involved in steroidogenesis and steroid hormone action. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 40(1-3). 21–23. 4 indexed citations
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Misrahi, Micheline, H. Loosfelt, M. Atger, et al.. (1990). Structural and Functional Studies of Mammalian Progesterone Receptors. Hormone Research. 33(2-4). 95–98. 1 indexed citations
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Rousseau-Merck, M.F., Micheline Misrahi, M. Atger, et al.. (1990). Localization of the human luteinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin receptor gene (LHCGR) to chromosome 2p21. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 54(1-2). 77–79. 77 indexed citations
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Rousseau-Merck, M.F., Micheline Misrahi, H. Loosfelt, et al.. (1990). Assignment of the human thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) gene to chromosome 14q31. Genomics. 8(2). 233–236. 55 indexed citations
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Misrahi, Micheline, Hugues Loosfelt, M. Atger, et al.. (1990). Cloning, sequencing and expression of human TSH receptor. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 166(1). 394–403. 253 indexed citations
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Vaisse, Christian, M. Atger, Brigitte Potier, & Edwin Milgröm. (1990). Human Placental Protein 14 Gene: Sequence and Characterization of a Short Duplication. DNA and Cell Biology. 9(6). 401–413. 62 indexed citations
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Guiochon‐Mantel, Anne, Hugues Loosfelt, P. Lescop, et al.. (1989). Mechanisms of nuclear localization of the progesterone receptor: Evidence for interaction between monomers. Cell. 57(7). 1147–1154. 260 indexed citations
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Guiochon‐Mantel, Anne, Hugues Loosfelt, Thierry Ragot, et al.. (1988). Receptors bound to antiprogestin form abortive complexes with hormone responsive elements. Nature. 336(6200). 695–698. 138 indexed citations
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Misrahi, Micheline, et al.. (1988). Organisation of the entire rabbit progesterone receptor mRNA and of the promoter and 5′ flanking region of the gene. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(12). 5459–5472. 63 indexed citations
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Misrahi, Micheline, M. Atger, & Edwin Milgröm. (1987). A novel progesterone-induced messenger RNA in rabbit and human endometria. Cloning and sequence analysis of the complementary DNA. Biochemistry. 26(13). 3975–3982. 17 indexed citations
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Prud’homme, Jean-François, F. Fridlansky, Martine Le Cunff, et al.. (1985). Cloning of a Gene Expressed in Human Breast Cancer and Regulated by Estrogen in MCF-7 Cells. DNA. 4(1). 11–21. 75 indexed citations
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Baulieu, Etienne‐Emile, M. Atger, Martin Best‐Belpomme, et al.. (1976). Steroid Hormone Receptors. Vitamins and hormones. 34. 649–736. 285 indexed citations
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Atger, M., Etienne‐Emile Baulieu, & Edwin Milgröm. (1974). An Investigation of Progesterone Receptors in Guinea Pig Vagina, Uterine Cervix, Mammary Glands, Pituitary and Hypothalamus*. Endocrinology. 94(1). 161–167. 54 indexed citations
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Milgröm, Edwin, M. Atger, Marc de Perrot, & E.E. Baulieu. (1972). Progesterone in Uterus and Plasma: VI. Uterine Progesterone Receptors during the Estrus Cycle and Implantation in the Guinea Pig. Endocrinology. 90(4). 1071–1078. 87 indexed citations

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