Mohamed Aittaleb

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Mohamed Aittaleb is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mohamed Aittaleb has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cell Biology and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Mohamed Aittaleb's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (5 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (4 papers). Mohamed Aittaleb is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (5 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (4 papers). Mohamed Aittaleb collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Qatar. Mohamed Aittaleb's co-authors include Georges Feller, Charles Gerday, Jean‐Pierre Chessa, Jean Louis Arpigny, Etienne Baise, J.J.G. Tesmer, C. Gerday, Daphné Georlette, Anne Hoyoux and Marie‐Alice Meuwis and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Mohamed Aittaleb

24 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Cold-adapted enzymes: from fundamentals to biotechnology

2000 512 citations C. Gerday, Mohamed Aittaleb et al. Trends in biotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mohamed Aittaleb United States	17	1.3k	364	285	267	137	24	1.7k
Daphné Georlette United States	14	1.1k 0.9×	290 0.8×	213 0.7×	202 0.8×	122 0.9×	14	1.4k
Maria Ciaramella Italy	22	1.1k 0.9×	360 1.0×	307 1.1×	261 1.0×	95 0.7×	54	1.4k
Alessandro Galizzi Italy	20	1.0k 0.8×	259 0.7×	213 0.7×	330 1.2×	162 1.2×	38	1.6k
Leila Birolo Italy	25	771 0.6×	304 0.8×	153 0.5×	100 0.4×	67 0.5×	65	1.6k
Daniel C. Ducat United States	22	1.8k 1.5×	82 0.2×	94 0.3×	323 1.2×	190 1.4×	44	2.5k
Laura Camardella Italy	29	1.0k 0.8×	219 0.6×	140 0.5×	301 1.1×	387 2.8×	63	2.6k
Madhu B. Tyagi India	14	471 0.4×	81 0.2×	163 0.6×	137 0.5×	58 0.4×	20	1.4k
Ernest Y.C. Lee United States	30	1.8k 1.4×	159 0.4×	172 0.6×	53 0.2×	356 2.6×	67	2.3k
David T. Osuga United States	26	767 0.6×	119 0.3×	86 0.3×	521 2.0×	104 0.8×	51	1.8k
Sawsan Khuri United States	18	973 0.8×	83 0.2×	107 0.4×	68 0.3×	87 0.6×	32	1.7k

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Aittaleb, Mohamed, et al.. (2025). Targeting Glioma Stem Cells: Therapeutic Opportunities and Challenges. Cells. 14(9). 675–675. 3 indexed citations

Hajj, Nady El, Mohamed Aittaleb, Yosra Bejaoui, et al.. (2024). DIAPH3 predicts survival of patients with MGMT-methylated glioblastoma. Frontiers in Oncology. 14. 1359652–1359652. 2 indexed citations

Ruiz-Reig, Nuria, Janne Hakanen, Mohamed Aittaleb, et al.. (2022). KIF2A deficiency causes early-onset neurodegeneration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(46). e2209714119–e2209714119. 14 indexed citations

Aittaleb, Mohamed, et al.. (2022). WNT signaling at the intersection between neurogenesis and brain tumorigenesis. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 15. 1017568–1017568. 24 indexed citations

Damiani, Devid, Nuria Ruiz-Reig, Yves Jossin, et al.. (2021). DIAPH3 deficiency links microtubules to mitotic errors, defective neurogenesis, and brain dysfunction. eLife. 10. 25 indexed citations

Hakanen, Janne, Nicolas Parmentier, Mohamed Aittaleb, et al.. (2021). The Celsr3-Kif2a axis directs neuronal migration in the postnatal brain. Progress in Neurobiology. 208. 102177–102177. 5 indexed citations

Aittaleb, Mohamed, Isabel Martinez-Peña y Valenzuela, & Mohammed Akaaboune. (2017). Spatial distribution and molecular dynamics of dystrophin glycoprotein components at the neuromuscular junction in vivo. Journal of Cell Science. 130(10). 1752–1759. 11 indexed citations

Aittaleb, Mohamed, Po-Ju Chen, & Mohammed Akaaboune. (2015). Failure of lysosome clustering and positioning in the juxtanuclear region in cells deficient in rapsyn. Journal of Cell Science. 128(20). 3744–56. 11 indexed citations

Valenzuela, Isabel Martinez-Peña y, Mohamed Aittaleb, Po-Ju Chen, & Mohammed Akaaboune. (2015). The Knockdown of αkap Alters the Postsynaptic Apparatus of Neuromuscular Junctions in Living Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(13). 5118–5127. 10 indexed citations

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Mouslim, Chakib, Mohamed Aittaleb, Richard I. Hume, & Mohammed Akaaboune. (2012). A Role for the Calmodulin Kinase II-Related Anchoring Protein (αkap) in Maintaining the Stability of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(15). 5177–5185. 18 indexed citations

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Aittaleb, Mohamed, Akiyuki Nishimura, Maurine E. Linder, & J.J.G. Tesmer. (2011). Plasma Membrane Association of p63 Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor (p63RhoGEF) Is Mediated by Palmitoylation and Is Required for Basal Activity in Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(39). 34448–34456. 17 indexed citations

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Shankaranarayanan, Aruna, Susanne Lutz, Christiane Vettel, et al.. (2010). Gαq allosterically activates and relieves autoinhibition of p63RhoGEF. Cellular Signalling. 22(7). 1114–1123. 38 indexed citations

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Aittaleb, Mohamed, Guang Gao, Chris R. Evelyn, Richard R. Neubig, & J.J.G. Tesmer. (2009). A conserved hydrophobic surface of the LARG pleckstrin homology domain is critical for RhoA activation in cells. Cellular Signalling. 21(11). 1569–1578. 22 indexed citations

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Aittaleb, Mohamed, et al.. (2009). Structure and Function of Heterotrimeric G Protein-Regulated Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors. Molecular Pharmacology. 77(2). 111–125. 123 indexed citations

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Aittaleb, Mohamed, Rumana Rashid, Qiong Chen, et al.. (2003). Structure and function of archaeal box C/D sRNP core proteins. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 10(4). 256–263. 106 indexed citations

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Rashid, Rumana, et al.. (2003). Functional Requirement for Symmetric Assembly of Archaeal Box C/D Small Ribonucleoprotein Particles. Journal of Molecular Biology. 333(2). 295–306. 55 indexed citations

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Bentahir, Mostafa, Georges Feller, Mohamed Aittaleb, et al.. (2000). Structural, Kinetic, and Calorimetric Characterization of the Cold-active Phosphoglycerate Kinase from the AntarcticPseudomonas sp. TACII18. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(15). 11147–11153. 77 indexed citations

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Gerday, C., Mohamed Aittaleb, Jean‐Pierre Chessa, et al.. (2000). Cold-adapted enzymes: from fundamentals to biotechnology. Trends in biotechnology. 18(3). 103–107. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aittaleb, Mohamed, et al.. (1997). Cold adaptation parameters derived from cDNA sequencing and molecular modelling of elastase from Antarctic fish Notothenia neglecta. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 10(5). 475–477. 27 indexed citations

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Gerday, Charles, Mohamed Aittaleb, Jean Louis Arpigny, et al.. (1997). Psychrophilic enzymes: a thermodynamic challenge. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1342(2). 119–131. 242 indexed citations

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