Marcel Méchali

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
122 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Marcel Méchali is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel Méchali has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Cell Biology and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Marcel Méchali's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (65 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (57 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (20 papers). Marcel Méchali is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (65 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (57 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (20 papers). Marcel Méchali collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Marcel Méchali's co-authors include Domenico Maiorano, Olivier Hyrien, Philippe Coulombe, Geneviève Almouzni, Jean-Marc Lemaı̂tre, Stephen Kearsey, Olivier Ganier, Jacques Moreau, Christelle Cayrou and Chrystelle Maric and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Marcel Méchali

121 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

Transition in Specification of Embryonic Metazoan DNA Rep... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Transition in Specification of Embryonic Metazoan DNA Replication Origins
    1995 276 citations Olivier Hyrien, Chrystelle Maric et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marcel Méchali France 47 6.1k 1.1k 1000 847 601 122 6.7k
Juan Méndez Spain 39 5.5k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 1.3k 1.5× 344 0.6× 92 6.2k
Douglas K. Bishop United States 40 6.7k 1.1× 1.4k 1.3× 959 1.0× 973 1.1× 1.1k 1.9× 62 7.1k
Philippe Pasero France 50 6.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 801 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 646 1.1× 119 7.0k
Wolf‐Dietrich Heyer United States 52 8.4k 1.4× 843 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 1.6k 1.9× 1.1k 1.9× 128 9.0k
Raymond J. Monnat United States 49 6.3k 1.0× 416 0.4× 1.0k 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 702 1.2× 124 7.3k
Hisao Masai Japan 45 6.4k 1.0× 1.6k 1.5× 1.4k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 398 0.7× 167 7.4k
Jean‐Marc Egly France 57 9.1k 1.5× 591 0.5× 1.8k 1.8× 1.5k 1.8× 470 0.8× 129 10.3k
Robert J. Duronio United States 45 5.9k 1.0× 1.6k 1.4× 525 0.5× 1.0k 1.2× 908 1.5× 114 6.9k
Zuzana Štorchová Germany 35 3.5k 0.6× 2.1k 1.9× 812 0.8× 876 1.0× 876 1.5× 80 5.0k
Nobuo Nomura Japan 31 3.4k 0.6× 871 0.8× 619 0.6× 1.2k 1.4× 294 0.5× 70 4.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marcel Méchali

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcel Méchali

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marcel Méchali. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marcel Méchali based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Marcel Méchali. Marcel Méchali is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Prorok, Paulina, et al.. (2023). Loss of Ezh2 function remodels the DNA replication initiation landscape. Cell Reports. 42(4). 112280–112280. 7 indexed citations
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Akerman, İldem, Alina Bazarova, Pau Biak Sang, et al.. (2020). A predictable conserved DNA base composition signature defines human core DNA replication origins. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4826–4826. 54 indexed citations
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Basbous, Jihane, Antoine Aze, Laurent Chaloin, et al.. (2019). Dihydropyrimidinase protects from DNA replication stress caused by cytotoxic metabolites. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(4). 1886–1904. 15 indexed citations
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Ganier, Olivier, Paulina Prorok, İldem Akerman, & Marcel Méchali. (2019). Metazoan DNA replication origins. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 58. 134–141. 42 indexed citations
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Coulombe, Philippe, et al.. (2019). The ORC ubiquitin ligase OBI1 promotes DNA replication origin firing. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2426–2426. 25 indexed citations
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Grimaud, Charlotte, Paulina Prorok, Christelle Cayrou, et al.. (2017). Histone H4K20 tri‐methylation at late‐firing origins ensures timely heterochromatin replication. The EMBO Journal. 36(18). 2726–2741. 51 indexed citations
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Bell, Stephen D., Marcel Méchali, & Melvin L. DePamphilis. (2013). DNA replication : a subject collection from Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology. 3 indexed citations
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Hua, Hui, et al.. (2013). Sequential steps in DNA replication are inhibited to ensure reduction of ploidy in meiosis. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 24(5). 578–587. 6 indexed citations
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Coulombe, Philippe, Damien Grégoire, Nikolay Tsanov, & Marcel Méchali. (2013). A spontaneous Cdt1 mutation in 129 mouse strains reveals a regulatory domain restraining replication licensing. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2065–2065. 17 indexed citations
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Cayrou, Christelle, Philippe Coulombe, Slavica Stanojčić, et al.. (2011). Genome-scale analysis of metazoan replication origins reveals their organization in specific but flexible sites defined by conserved features. Genome Research. 21(9). 1438–1449. 258 indexed citations
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Lutzmann, Malik, Domenico Maiorano, & Marcel Méchali. (2005). Identification of full genes and proteins of MCM9, a novel, vertebrate-specific member of the MCM2–8 protein family. Gene. 362. 51–56. 46 indexed citations
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Lemaı̂tre, Jean-Marc, Marie‐Emilie Terret, Ounissa Aït‐Ahmed, et al.. (2004). The regulation of competence to replicate in meiosis by Cdc6 is conserved during evolution. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 69(1). 94–100. 14 indexed citations
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Tada, Shusuke, Anatoliy Li, Domenico Maiorano, Marcel Méchali, & J. Julian Blow. (2001). Repression of origin assembly in metaphase depends on inhibition of RLF-B/Cdt1 by geminin. Nature Cell Biology. 3(2). 107–113. 387 indexed citations
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Cohen, Sarit, et al.. (1999). Regulated Formation of Extrachromosomal Circular DNA Molecules during Development in Xenopus laevis. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19(10). 6682–6689. 50 indexed citations
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Moreau, Jacques, et al.. (1999). Characterization ofXenopusRalB and Its Involvement in F-Actin Control during Early Development. Developmental Biology. 209(2). 268–281. 14 indexed citations
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Lemaı̂tre, Jean-Marc, Robin Buckle, & Marcel Méchali. (1996). c-Myc in the Controlm of Cell Proliferation and Embryonic Development. Advances in cancer research. 70. 95–144. 61 indexed citations
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Hyrien, Olivier, Chrystelle Maric, & Marcel Méchali. (1995). Transition in Specification of Embryonic Metazoan DNA Replication Origins. Science. 270(5238). 994–997. 276 indexed citations breakdown →
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Méchali, Marcel, et al.. (1992). Localization of ras proto‐oncogene expression during development in Xenopus Laevis. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 32(3). 187–195. 4 indexed citations
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Leibovici, Michel, Michel Gusse, Rodrigo Bravo, & Marcel Méchali. (1990). Characterization and developmental expression of Xenopus proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). Developmental Biology. 141(1). 183–192. 39 indexed citations
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Gusse, Michel, et al.. (1990). Characterization and expression of a Xenopus ras during oogenesis and development. Developmental Biology. 139(1). 24–34. 24 indexed citations

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