Manuel Espinosa

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
165 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Manuel Espinosa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Manuel Espinosa has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Molecular Biology, 96 papers in Genetics and 60 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Manuel Espinosa's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (95 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (58 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (50 papers). Manuel Espinosa is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (95 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (58 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (50 papers). Manuel Espinosa collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Germany. Manuel Espinosa's co-authors include Gloria del Solar, Paloma López, Sanford A. Lacks, Ramón Díaz‐Orejas, Elisabeth Grohmann, Rafael Giraldo, Maria J. Ruiz‐Echevarría, Günther Muth, Concha Nieto and Antonio Puyet and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Manuel Espinosa

158 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Replication and Control of Circular Bacterial Plasmids

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Manuel Espinosa Spain	40	3.5k	2.9k	1.9k	1.2k	861	165	5.8k
Tarek Msadek France	45	3.7k 1.1×	2.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	438 0.4×	502 0.6×	64	6.1k
Thorsten Mascher Germany	37	3.0k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	595 0.5×	376 0.4×	90	4.9k
Petra C. F. Oyston United Kingdom	41	3.9k 1.1×	2.8k 1.0×	941 0.5×	317 0.3×	808 0.9×	116	6.5k
William Wiley Navarre Canada	35	3.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	415 0.4×	385 0.4×	54	5.4k
Bernard Martin France	36	2.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	674 0.4×	778 0.7×	1.8k 2.1×	72	5.1k
Renato Morona Australia	44	2.3k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	476 0.4×	1.0k 1.2×	145	6.2k
Frank Kunst France	44	3.6k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	246 0.2×	712 0.8×	76	7.4k
Angelika Gründling United Kingdom	39	3.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	496 0.4×	366 0.4×	87	5.0k
David Bikard France	35	6.2k 1.8×	2.0k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	611 0.5×	376 0.4×	63	7.6k
Jonathan Livny United States	37	4.6k 1.3×	1.3k 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	311 0.3×	745 0.9×	65	6.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manuel Espinosa

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20 of 20 papers shown

Espinosa, Manuel & Cathy R. Cox. (2025). Feedback to video stimuli: A novel paradigm for manipulating existential isolation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 122. 104837–104837.

Chan, Wai Ting, M. Pilar Garcillán‐Barcia, Chew Chieng Yeo, & Manuel Espinosa. (2023). Type II bacterial toxin–antitoxins: hypotheses, facts, and the newfound plethora of the PezAT system. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 47(5). 7 indexed citations

Boer, Roeland, Fabián Lorenzo-Díaz, Silvia Russi, et al.. (2017). Structural basis of a histidine-DNA nicking/joining mechanism for gene transfer and promiscuous spread of antibiotic resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(32). E6526–E6535. 26 indexed citations

Díaz‐Orejas, Ramón, Manuel Espinosa, & Chew Chieng Yeo. (2017). The Importance of the Expendable: Toxin–Antitoxin Genes in Plasmids and Chromosomes. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 1479–1479. 51 indexed citations

Yeo, Chew Chieng, et al.. (2016). Heterologous Expression of Toxins from Bacterial Toxin-Antitoxin Systems in Eukaryotic Cells: Strategies and Applications. Toxins. 8(2). 49–49. 24 indexed citations

Espinosa, Manuel, et al.. (2016). MgaSpn and H-NS: Two Unrelated Global Regulators with Similar DNA-Binding Properties. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 3. 60–60. 11 indexed citations

Espinosa, Manuel, et al.. (2016). The Streptococcus pneumoniae pezAT Toxin–Antitoxin System Reduces β-Lactam Resistance and Genetic Competence. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 1322–1322. 21 indexed citations

Espinosa, Manuel, et al.. (2013). Efectos de las condiciones ambientales sobre el comportamiento ingestivo en bovinos de carne en un sistema intensivo en el Valle del Sinú. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(2). 207–212. 4 indexed citations

Lurz, Rudi, et al.. (2013). The pneumococcal MgaSpn virulence transcriptional regulator generates multimeric complexes on linear double-stranded DNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(14). 6975–6991. 15 indexed citations

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Espinosa, Manuel, et al.. (2010). IMPACT OF ROUTINE FLUCONAZOLE PROPHYLAXIS FOR PREMATURE INFANTS WITH BIRTH WEIGHTS OF LESS THAN 1250 GRAMS IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 29(11). 1050–1052. 15 indexed citations

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Boer, Roeland, José Á. Ruiz-Masó, José Ramón López‐Blanco, et al.. (2009). Plasmid replication initiator RepB forms a hexamer reminiscent of ring helicases and has mobile nuclease domains. The EMBO Journal. 28(11). 1666–1678. 44 indexed citations

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Ruiz-Masó, José Á., Rudi Lurz, Manuel Espinosa, & Gloria del Solar. (2007). Interactions between the RepB initiator protein of plasmid pMV158 and two distant DNA regions within the origin of replication. Nucleic Acids Research. 35(4). 1230–1244. 31 indexed citations

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Martı́nez, Silvina Pérez, Marcela A. Hermoso, Mariana Farina, et al.. (2006). 17-β-Estradiol upregulates COX-2 in the rat oviduct. Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators. 80(3-4). 155–164. 14 indexed citations

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Farı́as, Marı́a Eugenia, et al.. (2003). Features of the Plasmid pMV158-encoded MobM, a Protein Involved in its Mobilization. Journal of Molecular Biology. 335(3). 733–743. 23 indexed citations

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Espinosa, Manuel. (2002). Acidic pH and increasing [Ca2+] reduce the swelling of mucins in primary cultures of human cervical cells. Human Reproduction. 17(8). 1964–1972. 44 indexed citations

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Hernández‐Arriaga, Ana M., Manuel Espinosa, & Gloria del Solar. (2000). A Functional Lagging Strand Origin Does Not Stabilize Plasmid pMV158 Inheritance in Escherichia coli. Plasmid. 43(1). 49–58. 6 indexed citations

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Kramer, M. Gabriela, Gloria del Solar, & Manuel Espinosa. (1995). Lagging-strand origins of the promiscuous plasmid pMV158: physical and functional characterization. Microbiology. 141(3). 655–662. 32 indexed citations

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Solar, Gloria del & Manuel Espinosa. (1991). Labelling DNA ends with the Klenow fragment of theE.coliDNA polymerase I: a cautionary note. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(8). 1956–1956. 1 indexed citations

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Sandoval, H., et al.. (1987). Deoxyribonucleases of non-pathogenic corynebacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 44(3). 343–348. 1 indexed citations

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González, Susana Martínez, Paloma López, Manuel Espinosa, & Sanford A. Lacks. (1987). Complementation of Bacillus subtilis polA mutants by DNA polymerase I from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 210(2). 203–210. 15 indexed citations

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