Michel Franco

3.0k total citations
47 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Michel Franco is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michel Franco has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Michel Franco's work include Cellular transport and secretion (30 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (10 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (8 papers). Michel Franco is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (30 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (10 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (8 papers). Michel Franco collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United States. Michel Franco's co-authors include Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Marc Chabre, S Paris, Philippe Chavrier, Eric Macia, Frédéric Luton, Jacqueline Cherfils, Julie Ménétrey, Mariagrazia Partisani and Sebastiano Pasqualato and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michel Franco

47 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michel Franco France 28 1.8k 1.5k 344 263 225 47 2.4k
Antonino Colanzi Italy 27 1.8k 1.0× 1.7k 1.1× 262 0.8× 194 0.7× 188 0.8× 52 2.6k
Fubito Nakatsu Japan 25 1.8k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 209 0.6× 143 0.5× 282 1.3× 34 2.5k
Mary Munson United States 31 2.6k 1.4× 1.9k 1.3× 266 0.8× 176 0.7× 304 1.4× 49 3.4k
Hideki Shibata Japan 33 2.1k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 140 0.4× 171 0.7× 286 1.3× 83 2.9k
Andrew E. Wurmser United States 11 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 303 0.9× 102 0.4× 241 1.1× 12 2.3k
David J. Gillooly Norway 15 2.1k 1.1× 2.1k 1.4× 384 1.1× 133 0.5× 390 1.7× 19 3.2k
Jennifer Hirst United Kingdom 28 2.0k 1.1× 2.1k 1.4× 288 0.8× 158 0.6× 416 1.8× 37 3.0k
Gerald Hammond United States 29 2.2k 1.2× 1.8k 1.2× 401 1.2× 130 0.5× 412 1.8× 72 3.2k
Alison K. Gillingham United Kingdom 20 1.5k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 263 0.8× 212 0.8× 252 1.1× 24 2.2k
Heike Fölsch United States 27 2.1k 1.2× 1.7k 1.1× 118 0.3× 254 1.0× 364 1.6× 37 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Michel Franco

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michel Franco

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michel Franco

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michel Franco. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michel Franco 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 Michel Franco. Michel Franco 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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Partisani, Mariagrazia, Pascal Finetti, Sophie Abélanet, et al.. (2021). EFA6B regulates a stop signal for collective invasion in breast cancer. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2198–2198. 5 indexed citations
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Partisani, Mariagrazia, Carole Baron, Rania Ghossoub, et al.. (2021). EFA6A, an exchange factor for Arf6, regulates early steps in ciliogenesis. Journal of Cell Science. 134(2). 3 indexed citations
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Macia, Eric, Mariagrazia Partisani, Sandra Lacas‐Gervais, et al.. (2019). The C-terminal domain of EFA6A interacts directly with F-actin and assembles F-actin bundles. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 19209–19209. 3 indexed citations
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Disanza, Andrea, Francesca Senic-Matuglia, Michel Franco, et al.. (2018). A NUMB–EFA6B–ARF6 recycling route controls apically restricted cell protrusions and mesenchymal motility. The Journal of Cell Biology. 217(9). 3161–3182. 17 indexed citations
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Padovani, Dominique, Sonia Boulakirba, Valérie Campanacci, et al.. (2014). EFA6 controls Arf1 and Arf6 activation through a negative feedback loop. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(34). 12378–12383. 28 indexed citations
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Zangari, Joséphine, Mariagrazia Partisani, François Bertucci, et al.. (2014). EFA6B Antagonizes Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 74(19). 5493–5506. 21 indexed citations
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Boulakirba, Sonia, Eric Macia, Mariagrazia Partisani, et al.. (2014). Arf6 exchange factor EFA6 and endophilin directly interact at the plasma membrane to control clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(26). 9473–9478. 24 indexed citations
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Macia, Eric, et al.. (2012). Arf6 negatively controls the rapid recycling of the β2AR. Journal of Cell Science. 125(Pt 17). 4026–35. 35 indexed citations
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Partisani, Mariagrazia, Julie Milanini, Hiroyuki Sakagami, et al.. (2010). USP9x‐mediated deubiquitination of EFA6 regulates de novo tight junction assembly. The EMBO Journal. 29(9). 1499–1509. 47 indexed citations
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Isabet, T., Guillaume Montagnac, Karine Regazzoni, et al.. (2009). The structural basis of Arf effector specificity: the crystal structure of ARF6 in a complex with JIP4. The EMBO Journal. 28(18). 2835–2845. 62 indexed citations
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Klein, Stéphanie, Mariagrazia Partisani, Michel Franco, & Frédéric Luton. (2008). EFA6 Facilitates the Assembly of the Tight Junction by Coordinating an Arf6-dependent and -independent Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(44). 30129–30138. 18 indexed citations
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Klein, Stéphanie, Michel Franco, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, & Frédéric Luton. (2006). Role of the Arf6 GDP/GTP Cycle and Arf6 GTPase-activating Proteins in Actin Remodeling and Intracellular Transport. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(18). 12352–12361. 54 indexed citations
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Klein, Stéphanie, Michel Franco, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, & Frédéric Luton. (2005). AlFx affects the formation of focal complexes by stabilizing the Arf‐GAP ASAP1 in a complex with Arf1. FEBS Letters. 579(25). 5741–5745. 8 indexed citations
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Franco, Michel, Saı̈d Bendahhou, Richard Warth, et al.. (2004). ARF6‐dependent interaction of the TWIK1 K + channel with EFA6, a GDP/GTP exchange factor for ARF6. EMBO Reports. 5(12). 1171–1175. 63 indexed citations
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Luton, Frédéric, Stéphanie Klein, Jean‐Paul Chauvin, et al.. (2003). EFA6, Exchange Factor for ARF6, Regulates the Actin Cytoskeleton and Associated Tight Junction in Response to E-Cadherin Engagement. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15(3). 1134–1145. 46 indexed citations
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Chavrier, Philippe & Michel Franco. (2001). [29] Expression, purification, and biochemical properties of EFA6, a Sec7 domain-containing guanine exchange factor for ADP-ribosylation factor 6 (ARF6). Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 329. 272–279. 18 indexed citations
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Ménétrey, Julie, Eric Macia, Sebastiano Pasqualato, Michel Franco, & Jacqueline Cherfils. (2000). Structure of Arf6–GDP suggests a basis for guanine nucleotide exchange factors specificity. Nature Structural Biology. 7(6). 466–469. 81 indexed citations
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Franco, Michel. (1999). EFA6, a sec7 domain-containing exchange factor for ARF6, coordinates membrane recycling and actin cytoskeleton organization. The EMBO Journal. 18(6). 1480–1491. 243 indexed citations
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Franco, Michel, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Marc Chabre, & S Paris. (1995). Myristoylation of ADP-ribosylation Factor 1 Facilitates Nucleotide Exchange at Physiological Mg2+ Levels. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(3). 1337–1341. 159 indexed citations
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Franco, Michel, Bruno Fiévet, Hélène Guizouarn, et al.. (1990). Arrestin from nucleated red blood cells binds to bovine rhodopsin in a light‐dependent manner. FEBS Letters. 276(1-2). 192–196. 12 indexed citations

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