Pablo Lara-González

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Pablo Lara-González is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, Pablo Lara-González has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Cell Biology and 5 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in Pablo Lara-González's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (19 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (10 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers). Pablo Lara-González is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (19 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (10 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers). Pablo Lara-González collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Belgium. Pablo Lara-González's co-authors include Stephen S. Taylor, Frederick G. Westhorpe, Arshad Desai, Jonathon Pines, Karen Oegema, Anthony Tighe, Dhanya K. Cheerambathur, Bram Prevo, Mark W. Moyle and Andrew K. Shiau and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Pablo Lara-González

25 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Spindle Assembly Checkpoint 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. The Spindle Assembly Checkpoint
    2012 602 citations Pablo Lara-González, Frederick G. Westhorpe et al. Current Biology profile →

Peers

Pablo Lara-González
John R. Daum United States
Lenno Krenning Netherlands
Taesaeng Choi South Korea
Matthew K. Summers United States
Jack Rosa United States
Steven D. Cappell United States
Nannette Jelluma Netherlands
Jocelyn H. Wright United States
Rose Boutros France
Ashley Craig United Kingdom
John R. Daum United States
Pablo Lara-González
Citations per year, relative to Pablo Lara-González Pablo Lara-González (= 1×) peers John R. Daum

Countries citing papers authored by Pablo Lara-González

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pablo Lara-González

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pablo Lara-González

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pablo Lara-González. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pablo Lara-González 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 Pablo Lara-González. Pablo Lara-González 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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Lara-González, Pablo, et al.. (2024). Cyclin B3 is a dominant fast-acting cyclin that drives rapid early embryonic mitoses. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(11). 2 indexed citations
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Houston, Jack, Amar Deep, Hiroyuki Hakozaki, et al.. (2024). Phospho-KNL-1 recognition by a TPR domain targets the BUB-1–BUB-3 complex to C. elegans kinetochores. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(7).
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Lara-González, Pablo, et al.. (2023). Nuclear-enriched protein phosphatase 4 ensures outer kinetochore assembly prior to nuclear dissolution. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(3). 3 indexed citations
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Heffner, Caleb, Sangmoon Lee, Pablo Lara-González, et al.. (2023). TMEM161B modulates radial glial scaffolding in neocortical development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(4). e2209983120–e2209983120. 5 indexed citations
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Houston, Jack, Bethany Davis, Adina Gerson‐Gurwitz, et al.. (2021). The N-terminal tail of C. elegans CENP-A interacts with KNL-2 and is essential for centromeric chromatin assembly. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 32(12). 1193–1201. 11 indexed citations
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Lara-González, Pablo, Jonathon Pines, & Arshad Desai. (2021). Spindle assembly checkpoint activation and silencing at kinetochores. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 117. 86–98. 137 indexed citations
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Lara-González, Pablo, et al.. (2020). BUB-1 targets PP2A:B56 to regulate chromosome congression during meiosis I in C. elegans oocytes. eLife. 9. 17 indexed citations
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Lara-González, Pablo, Taekyung Kim, Karen Oegema, Kevin D. Corbett, & Arshad Desai. (2020). A tripartite mechanism catalyzes Mad2-Cdc20 assembly at unattached kinetochores. Science. 371(6524). 64–67. 39 indexed citations
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Houston, Jack, Pablo Lara-González, & Arshad Desai. (2020). Rashomon at the kinetochore: Function(s) of the Mad1–cyclin B1 complex. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(8). 2 indexed citations
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Gómez-Cavazos, J. Sebastián, Kian-Yong Lee, Pablo Lara-González, et al.. (2020). A Non-canonical BRCT-Phosphopeptide Recognition Mechanism Underlies RhoA Activation in Cytokinesis. Current Biology. 30(16). 3101–3115.e11. 26 indexed citations
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Lum, Kenneth M., Pablo Lara-González, Daisuke Ogasawara, et al.. (2019). Pharmacological convergence reveals a lipid pathway that regulates C. elegans lifespan. Nature Chemical Biology. 15(5). 453–462. 33 indexed citations
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Lara-González, Pablo, et al.. (2019). The G2-to-M Transition Is Ensured by a Dual Mechanism that Protects Cyclin B from Degradation by Cdc20-Activated APC/C. Developmental Cell. 51(3). 313–325.e10. 55 indexed citations
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Hattersley, Neil, Pablo Lara-González, Dhanya K. Cheerambathur, et al.. (2018). Employing the one-cell C. elegans embryo to study cell division processes. Methods in cell biology. 144. 185–231. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Shaohe, Ngang Heok Tang, Pablo Lara-González, et al.. (2017). A toolkit for GFP-mediated tissue-specific protein degradation in C. elegans. Development. 144(14). 2694–2701. 81 indexed citations
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Lara-González, Pablo, Tae‐Kyung Kim, & Arshad Desai. (2017). Taming the Beast: Control of APC/CCdc20-Dependent Destruction. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 82. 111–121. 8 indexed citations
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Espeut, Julien, et al.. (2015). Natural Loss of Mps1 Kinase in Nematodes Uncovers a Role for Polo-like Kinase 1 in Spindle Checkpoint Initiation. Cell Reports. 12(1). 58–65. 52 indexed citations
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Lara-González, Pablo & Stephen S. Taylor. (2012). Cohesion Fatigue Explains Why Pharmacological Inhibition of the APC/C Induces a Spindle Checkpoint-Dependent Mitotic Arrest. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e49041–e49041. 35 indexed citations
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Lara-González, Pablo, Frederick G. Westhorpe, & Stephen S. Taylor. (2012). The Spindle Assembly Checkpoint. Current Biology. 22(22). R966–R980. 602 indexed citations breakdown →
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Westhorpe, Frederick G., Anthony Tighe, Pablo Lara-González, & Stephen S. Taylor. (2011). p31comet-mediated extraction of Mad2 from the MCC promotes efficient mitotic exit. Journal of Cell Science. 124(22). 3905–3916. 110 indexed citations
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Soto, Ximena, et al.. (2007). xRic‐8 is a GEF for Gsα and participates in maintaining meiotic arrest in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 214(3). 673–680. 19 indexed citations

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