Pierre Nicolas

15.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
265 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Pierre Nicolas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Nicolas has authored 265 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Molecular Biology, 102 papers in Microbiology and 95 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Pierre Nicolas's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (80 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (54 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (46 papers). Pierre Nicolas is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (80 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (54 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (46 papers). Pierre Nicolas collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Niger. Pierre Nicolas's co-authors include Amram Mor, Mohamed Amiche, Antoine Delfour, Paul A. Cohen, Yechiel Shai, Ali Ladram, Doron Rapaport, Chahrazade El Amri, Francine Bruston and Mohamed Rholam and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Nicolas

260 papers receiving 10.5k citations

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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.

Interaction of antimicrobial dermaseptin and its fluorescently labeled analogs with phospholipid membranes

1992 562 citations Amram Mor, Pierre Nicolas et al. profile →
PEPTIDES AS WEAPONS AGAINST MICROORGANISMS IN THE CHEMICAL DEFENSE SYSTEM OF VERTEBRATES

1995 509 citations Pierre Nicolas, Amram Mor profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	RRNPP quorum-sensing repertoires in the salivarius group genomes: overrepresentation and synchronous activation of SHP/Rgg systems in Streptococcus thermophilus 2025 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·(unknown), Alain Guillot, (unknown), (unknown), Eugénie Huillet, Gwenaëlle André, Pierre Nicolas, Rozenn Gardan	0
2	Aquatic environment drives the emergence of cell wall-deficient dormant forms in Listeria 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Filipe Carvalho, (unknown), Anna Sartori-Rupp, (unknown), Anastasia D. Gazi, Pascal Courtin, Pierre Nicolas, Florence Dubois‐Brissonnet, (unknown), (unknown), Matthieu Bertrand, Karine Gloux, Catherine Schouler, Rut Carballido‐López, Marie‐Pierre Chapot‐Chartier, Eliane Milohanic, Hélène Bierne, Alessandro Pagliuso	8
3	Direct comparison of spatial transcriptional heterogeneity across diverse Bacillus subtilis biofilm communities 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Dominique Le Coq, Pierre Nicolas, Elena Bidnenko, Sandra Dérozier, Maxime Déforet, (unknown), Pilar Sanchez-Vizuete, Julien Deschamps, Kassem Hamze, Romain Briandet	14
4	Two functionally distinct heme/iron transport systems are virulence determinants of the fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum 2022 ·Virulence ·(unknown), Delphine Lechardeur, Jean‐François Bernardet, Brigitte Kerouault, Cyprien Guérin, (unknown), Pierre Nicolas, Éric Duchaud, Tatiana Rochat	12
5	Statistical modelling of bacterial promoter sequences for regulatory motif discovery with the help of transcriptome data: application to Listeria monocytogenes 2020 ·Journal of The Royal Society Interface ·(unknown), Vincent Fromion, Sophie Schbath, Pierre Nicolas	1
6	Unraveling the history of the genus Gallus through whole genome sequencing 2020 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Mahendra Mariadassou, (unknown), (unknown), Alain Vignal, (unknown), Pierre Nicolas, Thomas Faraut, Diane Esquerré, Masahide Nishibori, Agathe Vieaud, Chih‐Feng Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Tatiana Zerjal, Xavier Rognon, Michèle Tixier‐Boichard	6
7	Large-Scale Analysis of Flavobacterium psychrophilum Multilocus Sequence Typing Genotypes Recovered from North American Salmonids Indicates that both Newly Identified and Recurrent Clonal Complexes Are Associated with Disease 2019 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown), Gregory D. Wiens, Mohamed Faisal, Douglas R. Call, Kenneth D. Cain, Pierre Nicolas, (unknown), (unknown), Jayde A. Ferguson, (unknown), (unknown), Bridget B. Baker, Ling Shen, Thomas P. Loch	23
8	Bacillus subtilis RNase Y Activity In Vivo Analysed by Tiling Microarrays 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Soumaya Laalami, Philippe Bessières, Anna Rocca, Léna Zig, Pierre Nicolas, Harald Putzer	32
9	Intestinal epithelial stem cells do not protect their genome by asymmetric chromosome segregation 2011 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Pierre Nicolas, (unknown), Sabine Laurent‐Chabalier, Philippe Clair, Dominique Joubert, Philippe Jay, Catherine Legraverend	51
10	Rgg proteins associated with internalized small hydrophobic peptides: a new quorum‐sensing mechanism in streptococci 2011 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Betty Fleuchot, Christophe Gitton, Alain Guillot, Jasmina Vidić, Pierre Nicolas, Colette Besset, (unknown), Pascal Hols, Nathalie Leblond‐Bourget, Véronique Monnet, Rozenn Gardan	105
11	Multilocus sequence typing of Propionibacterium freudenreichii 2010 ·International Journal of Food Microbiology ·Marion Dalmasso, Pierre Nicolas, Hélène Falentin, Florence Valence, (unknown), (unknown), Tuomas Salusjärvi, Anne Thierry	21
12	Lipid reorganization induced by membrane-active peptides probed using differential scanning calorimetry 2009 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Pierre Joanne, Cécile Galanth, Nicole Goasdoué, Pierre Nicolas, Sandrine Sagan, Solange Lavielle, Gérard Chassaing, Chahrazade El Amri, Isabel D. Alves	91
13	Population structure of the fish-pathogenic bacterium Flavobacterium psychrophilum 2008 ·HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) ·Pierre Nicolas, Stanislas Mondot, (unknown), (unknown), Jean‐François Bernardet, Éric Duchaud	5
14	Portage rhino-pharyngé de méningocoque X dans une école primaire de Niamey (Niger) 2004 ·S. Djibo, Pierre Nicolas, G Campagne, Jean‐Philippe Chippaux	5
15	β-Amyloid protein aggregation: its implication in the physiopathology of Alzheimer's disease 2001 ·Pathologie Biologie ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Pierre Nicolas, (unknown)	45
16	Identification and cellular localization of thyrotropin-releasing hormone-related peptides in rat testis. 1996 ·Endocrinology ·(unknown), Ali Ladram, Dominique Grouselle, Pierre Nicolas, Marc Bulant	16
17	The putative immunity protein of the Gram-positive bacteriaLeuconostoc mesenteroidesis preferentially located in the cytoplasm compartment 1996 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Manal Abdel Dayem, Yannick Fleury, Ginette Devilliers, (unknown), Robert Girard, Pierre Nicolas, Antoine Delfour	23
18	Dermenkephalin and deltorphin I reveal similarities within ligand-binding domains of μ- and δ-opioid receptors and an additional address subsite on the δ-receptor 1991 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·(unknown), Sandrine Sagan, Antoine Delfour, Pierre Nicolas	30
19	Differential contribution of C-terminal regions of dermorphin and dermenkephalin to opioid-sites selection and binding potency 1989 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Sandrine Sagan, Mohamed Amiche, Antoine Delfour, (unknown), Amram Mor, Pierre Nicolas	55
20	Naissance d'une ville au Sénégal : évolution d'un groupe de six villages de Casamance vers une agglomération urbaine 1988 ·Karthala eBooks ·Pierre Nicolas, (unknown)	1

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