Patrick Forterre

23.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
286 papers, 16.4k citations indexed

About

Patrick Forterre is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Forterre has authored 286 papers receiving a total of 16.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 223 papers in Molecular Biology, 166 papers in Ecology and 79 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Patrick Forterre's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (137 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (95 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (66 papers). Patrick Forterre is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (137 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (95 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (66 papers). Patrick Forterre collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Japan. Patrick Forterre's co-authors include Simonetta Gribaldo, Céline Brochier‐Armanet, Mart Krupovìč, David Prangishvili, Danièle Gadelle, Bastien Boussau, Evelyne Marguet, Agnès Bergerat, Didier Raoult and Jonathan Filée and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Forterre

285 papers receiving 16.0k 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.

Mesophilic crenarchaeota: proposal for a third archaeal phylum, the Thaumarchaeota

2008 902 citations Patrick Forterre et al. profile →
An atypical topoisomerase II from archaea with implications for meiotic recombination

1997 731 citations Patrick Forterre et al. profile →
Extracellular membrane vesicles in the three domains of life and beyond

2018 340 citations Ryan Catchpole, Patrick Forterre et al. profile →
History of CRISPR-Cas from Encounter with a Mysterious Repeated Sequence to Genome Editing Technology

2018 319 citations Mart Krupovìč, Patrick Forterre et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A self-transmissible plasmid from a hyperthermophile that facilitates genetic modification of diverse Archaea 2023 ·Nature Microbiology ·Ryan Catchpole, Valérie Barbe, Ghislaine Magdelenat, Evelyne Marguet, Michael P. Terns, Jacques Oberto, Patrick Forterre, Violette Da Cunha	4
2	Viral origin of eukaryotic type IIA DNA topoisomerases 2022 ·Virus Evolution ·Julien Guglielmini, Morgan Gaïa, Violette Da Cunha, Alexis Criscuolo, Mart Krupovìč, Patrick Forterre	15
3	The expanding Asgard archaea and their elusive relationships with Eukarya 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Violette Da Cunha, Morgan Gaïa, Patrick Forterre	11
4	Expanded Dataset Reveals the Emergence and Evolution of DNA Gyrase in Archaea 2022 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Ryan Catchpole, Patrick Forterre, Jacques Oberto, Violette Da Cunha, Tamara Basta	10
5	Life at high temperature observed in vitro upon laser heating of gold nanoparticles 2022 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Aurore Gorlas, Violette Da Cunha, (unknown), Ryan Catchpole, Laurent Gallais, Patrick Forterre, Guillaume Baffou	13
6	Giant Viruses Encode Actin-Related Proteins 2022 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Violette Da Cunha, Morgan Gaïa, Hiroyuki Ogata, Olivier Jaillon, Tom O. Delmont, Patrick Forterre	32
7	Archaeal extracellular vesicles are produced in an ESCRT-dependent manner and promote gene transfer and nutrient cycling in extreme environments 2021 ·The ISME Journal ·Junfeng Liu, Virginija Cvirkaitė‐Krupovič, Pierre‐Henri Commère, Yunfeng Yang, Fan Zhou, Patrick Forterre, Yulong Shen, Mart Krupovìč	48
8	The hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis is resistant to pervasive negative supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase 2021 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), Violette Da Cunha, (unknown), Patrick Forterre, Jacques Oberto, Ryan Catchpole, Tamara Basta	6
9	Pervasive Suicidal Integrases in Deep-Sea Archaea 2020 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Violette Da Cunha, Patrick Forterre, Jacques Oberto	3
10	The Evolution of Reverse Gyrase Suggests a Nonhyperthermophilic Last Universal Common Ancestor 2019 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Ryan Catchpole, Patrick Forterre	32
11	Flipping chromosomes in deep-sea archaea 2017 ·PLoS Genetics ·(unknown), (unknown), Ryan Catchpole, Danièle Gadelle, Evelyne Marguet, Valérie Barbe, Patrick Forterre, Jacques Oberto	14
12	An abyssal mobilome: viruses, plasmids and vesicles from deep-sea hydrothermal vents 2015 ·Research in Microbiology ·Julien Lossouarn, (unknown), Aurore Gorlas, (unknown), Nadège Bienvenu, Evelyne Marguet, Patrick Forterre, Claire Geslin	25
13	In vitro biosynthesis of a universal t6A tRNA modification in Archaea and Eukarya 2012 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), Estelle Crozat, Arnaud Hecker, (unknown), Joseph Bareille, Bruno Collinet, Herman van Tilbeurgh, Patrick Forterre, Tamara Basta	69
14	Two novel families of plasmids from hyperthermophilic archaea encoding new families of replication proteins 2010 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Nicolás Soler, Evelyne Marguet, Diego Cortez, Nicole Desnoues, Jenny Keller, Herman van Tilbeurgh, Guennadi Sezonov, Patrick Forterre	44
15	A unique virus release mechanism in the Archaea 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ariane Bize, (unknown), (unknown), Tessa E. F. Quax, Mery Piña, Marie‐Christine Prévost, Patrick Forterre, Olivier Tenaillon, Rolf Bernander, David Prangishvili	109
16	Quand les évolutionnistes découvrent l’importance des virus 2007 ·Virologie ·Patrick Forterre	0
17	Three RNA cells for ribosomal lineages and three DNA viruses to replicate their genomes: A hypothesis for the origin of cellular domain 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Patrick Forterre	167
18	An Alternative Flavin-Dependent Mechanism for Thymidylate Synthesis 2002 ·Science ·Hannu Myllykallio, Gérard Lipowski, Damien Leduc, Jonathan Filée, Patrick Forterre, Ursula Liebl	213
19	DNA topological change in the hyperthermophilic archaeonPyrococcus abyssiexposed to low temperature 1996 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Evelyne Marguet, Yvan Zivanovic, Patrick Forterre	13
20	DNA intercalating drugs inhibit positive supercoiling induced by novobiocin in halophilic archaea 1994 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·(unknown), Patrick Forterre	2

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