Pierre Murat

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Pierre Murat is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Murat has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cancer Research and 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Pierre Murat's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (20 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (16 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (13 papers). Pierre Murat is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (20 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (16 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (13 papers). Pierre Murat collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Pierre Murat's co-authors include Shankar Balasubramanian, Éric Defrancq, Yashveer Singh, Julian E. Sale, Michael C. Chen, A.R. Ferré-D′Amaré, Guillaume Guilbaud, Dario Beraldi, Peter Sarkies and N. Demeshkina and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Murat

40 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. METTL1 Promotes let-7 MicroRNA Processing via m7G Methylation
    2019 349 citations Luca Pandolfini, Isaia Barbieri et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pierre Murat United Kingdom 26 3.0k 422 191 179 137 42 3.2k
Aldo Galeone Italy 29 2.0k 0.7× 181 0.4× 122 0.6× 103 0.6× 88 0.6× 110 2.2k
Luigi Martino Italy 25 1.5k 0.5× 170 0.4× 324 1.7× 171 1.0× 38 0.3× 44 2.0k
Tharan Srikumar Canada 25 1.8k 0.6× 311 0.7× 46 0.2× 417 2.3× 162 1.2× 35 2.3k
Simon J. Elsässer Sweden 24 2.0k 0.7× 101 0.2× 247 1.3× 146 0.8× 218 1.6× 43 2.3k
J. Christopher Fromme United States 28 2.4k 0.8× 153 0.4× 66 0.3× 132 0.7× 395 2.9× 61 3.1k
Laurence Choulier France 26 984 0.3× 204 0.5× 57 0.3× 190 1.1× 247 1.8× 51 1.6k
Robert Hänsel‐Hertsch United Kingdom 15 2.5k 0.8× 112 0.3× 76 0.4× 85 0.5× 51 0.4× 20 2.7k
Walt F. Lima United States 30 3.1k 1.0× 431 1.0× 73 0.4× 83 0.5× 236 1.7× 42 3.4k
Jochen Spiegel Germany 16 2.9k 1.0× 72 0.2× 461 2.4× 195 1.1× 47 0.3× 19 3.1k
Shigeo Matsuda United States 26 2.6k 0.9× 236 0.6× 341 1.8× 100 0.6× 233 1.7× 41 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pierre Murat

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pierre Murat

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Petris, Gianluca, Pierre Murat, Kim C. Liu, et al.. (2025). High-fidelity human chromosome transfer and elimination. Science. 390(6777). 1038–1043. 1 indexed citations
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Murat, Pierre, Guillaume Guilbaud, & Julian E. Sale. (2024). DNA replication initiation drives focal mutagenesis and rearrangements in human cancers. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10850–10850. 3 indexed citations
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Kleefeldt, Askar A., Louise F. H. Funke, Jakob Birnbaum, et al.. (2023). Continuous synthesis of E. coli genome sections and Mb-scale human DNA assembly. Nature. 619(7970). 555–562. 30 indexed citations
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Guilbaud, Guillaume, et al.. (2022). Determination of human DNA replication origin position and efficiency reveals principles of initiation zone organisation. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(13). 7436–7450. 36 indexed citations
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Murat, Pierre, et al.. (2022). DNA replication initiation shapes the mutational landscape and expression of the human genome. Science Advances. 8(45). eadd3686–eadd3686. 13 indexed citations
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Lerner, Letícia Koch, M.L. Kilkenny, Saša Šviković, et al.. (2020). Timeless couples G‐quadruplex detection with processing by DDX 11 helicase during DNA replication. The EMBO Journal. 39(18). e104185–e104185. 55 indexed citations
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Murat, Pierre, Guillaume Guilbaud, & Julian E. Sale. (2020). DNA polymerase stalling at structured DNA constrains the expansion of short tandem repeats. Genome biology. 21(1). 209–209. 40 indexed citations
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Pandolfini, Luca, Isaia Barbieri, Andrew J. Bannister, et al.. (2019). METTL1 Promotes let-7 MicroRNA Processing via m7G Methylation. Molecular Cell. 74(6). 1278–1290.e9. 349 indexed citations breakdown →
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Murat, Pierre, Giovanni Marsico, Barbara Herdy, et al.. (2018). RNA G-quadruplexes at upstream open reading frames cause DHX36- and DHX9-dependent translation of human mRNAs. Genome biology. 19(1). 229–229. 120 indexed citations
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Raiber, Eun‐Ang, Guillem Portella, Sergio Martínez Cuesta, et al.. (2018). 5-Formylcytosine organizes nucleosomes and forms Schiff base interactions with histones in mouse embryonic stem cells. Nature Chemistry. 10(12). 1258–1266. 87 indexed citations
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Chen, Michael C., Ramreddy Tippana, N. Demeshkina, et al.. (2018). Structural basis of G-quadruplex unfolding by the DEAH/RHA helicase DHX36. Nature. 558(7710). 465–469. 241 indexed citations
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Guilbaud, Guillaume, et al.. (2017). Local epigenetic reprogramming induced by G-quadruplex ligands. Nature Chemistry. 9(11). 1110–1117. 85 indexed citations
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Chen, Michael C., Pierre Murat, Keren Abecassis, A.R. Ferré-D′Amaré, & Shankar Balasubramanian. (2015). Insights into the mechanism of a G-quadruplex-unwinding DEAH-box helicase. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(4). 2223–2231. 79 indexed citations
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Murat, Pierre, Jie Zhong, Lea Lekieffre, et al.. (2014). G-quadruplexes regulate Epstein-Barr virus–encoded nuclear antigen 1 mRNA translation. Nature Chemical Biology. 10(5). 358–364. 213 indexed citations
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Raiber, Eun‐Ang, Pierre Murat, Dimitri Y. Chirgadze, et al.. (2014). 5-Formylcytosine alters the structure of the DNA double helix. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 22(1). 44–49. 123 indexed citations
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Bonnet, Romaric, Pierre Murat, Nicolas Spinelli, & Éric Defrancq. (2012). Click–click chemistry on a peptidic scaffold for easy access to tetrameric DNA structures. Chemical Communications. 48(48). 5992–5992. 11 indexed citations
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Sarkies, Peter, et al.. (2011). FANCJ coordinates two pathways that maintain epigenetic stability at G-quadruplex DNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(4). 1485–1498. 171 indexed citations
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Murat, Pierre, Yashveer Singh, & Éric Defrancq. (2011). Methods for investigating G-quadruplex DNA/ligand interactions. Chemical Society Reviews. 40(11). 5293–5293. 209 indexed citations
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Murat, Pierre. (2010). Droit de la famille. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1390–1395. 2 indexed citations
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Singh, Yashveer, Pierre Murat, & Éric Defrancq. (2010). Recent developments in oligonucleotide conjugation. Chemical Society Reviews. 39(6). 2054–2054. 195 indexed citations

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