Robert Eskes

4.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
10 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Robert Eskes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Eskes has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Epidemiology and 1 paper in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Robert Eskes's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (6 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers). Robert Eskes is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (6 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers). Robert Eskes collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Austria. Robert Eskes's co-authors include Jean‐Claude Martinou, Bruno Antonsson, Solange Desagher, Sylvie Montessuit, Astrid Osen‐Sand, Anthony C. Nichols, Kinsey Maundrell, Christoph Richter, Rémy Sadoul and Gonzalo J. Mazzei and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Robert Eskes

10 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Bid-induced Conformational Change of Bax Is Responsible f... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1999 2000 1998 2000 250 500 750 1000
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. Bid-induced Conformational Change of Bax Is Responsible for Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Release during Apoptosis
    1999 1.1k citations Solange Desagher, Astrid Osen‐Sand et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  2. Bid Induces the Oligomerization and Insertion of Bax into the Outer Mitochondrial Membrane
    2000 978 citations Robert Eskes, Solange Desagher et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology profile →
  3. Bax-induced Cytochrome C Release from Mitochondria Is Independent of the Permeability Transition Pore but Highly Dependent on Mg2+ Ions
    1998 568 citations Robert Eskes, Bruno Antonsson et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  4. Bax oligomerization is required for channel-forming activity in liposomes and to trigger cytochrome c release from mitochondria
    2000 516 citations Bruno Antonsson, Sylvie Montessuit et al. Biochemical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Eskes Switzerland 10 3.3k 457 409 401 285 10 3.8k
Céline Candé France 16 2.6k 0.8× 389 0.9× 379 0.9× 395 1.0× 259 0.9× 17 3.4k
Joshua C. Goldstein United States 15 2.7k 0.8× 445 1.0× 526 1.3× 587 1.5× 390 1.4× 15 3.7k
Ana Maria Ibrado United States 9 3.6k 1.1× 431 0.9× 605 1.5× 706 1.8× 476 1.7× 11 4.7k
Keith G. Wolter United States 10 2.4k 0.7× 339 0.7× 425 1.0× 474 1.2× 266 0.9× 15 3.0k
Étienne Jacotot France 18 3.7k 1.1× 712 1.6× 863 2.1× 589 1.5× 372 1.3× 22 5.1k
Lily Li United States 15 3.0k 0.9× 588 1.3× 624 1.5× 537 1.3× 360 1.3× 20 3.8k
Kelly M. Boatright United States 9 2.0k 0.6× 329 0.7× 503 1.2× 403 1.0× 311 1.1× 9 2.6k
V. Joulin France 29 2.0k 0.6× 358 0.8× 498 1.2× 369 0.9× 594 2.1× 67 3.4k
Howard O. Fearnhead Ireland 26 2.0k 0.6× 354 0.8× 496 1.2× 489 1.2× 327 1.1× 53 2.6k
Solange Desagher France 18 4.0k 1.2× 631 1.4× 645 1.6× 672 1.7× 447 1.6× 23 5.1k

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All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Eskes, Robert, Solange Desagher, Bruno Antonsson, & Jean‐Claude Martinou. (2000). Bid Induces the Oligomerization and Insertion of Bax into the Outer Mitochondrial Membrane. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(3). 929–935. 978 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kudla, Grzegorz, Sylvie Montessuit, Robert Eskes, et al.. (2000). The Destabilization of Lipid Membranes Induced by the C-terminal Fragment of Caspase 8-cleaved Bid Is Inhibited by the N-terminal Fragment. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(30). 22713–22718. 113 indexed citations
3.
Eskes, Robert, Lu Liu, Hongwen Ma, et al.. (2000). Multiple Homing Pathways Used by Yeast Mitochondrial Group II Introns. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(22). 8432–8446. 61 indexed citations
4.
Antonsson, Bruno, et al.. (2000). Bax oligomerization is required for channel-forming activity in liposomes and to trigger cytochrome c release from mitochondria. Biochemical Journal. 345(2). 271–278. 516 indexed citations breakdown →
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Desagher, Solange, Astrid Osen‐Sand, Anthony C. Nichols, et al.. (1999). Bid-induced Conformational Change of Bax Is Responsible for Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Release during Apoptosis. The Journal of Cell Biology. 144(5). 891–901. 1063 indexed citations breakdown →
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Martinou, Isabelle, Solange Desagher, Robert Eskes, et al.. (1999). The Release of Cytochrome c from Mitochondria during Apoptosis of NGF-deprived Sympathetic Neurons Is a Reversible Event. The Journal of Cell Biology. 144(5). 883–889. 253 indexed citations
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Eskes, Robert, Bruno Antonsson, Astrid Osen‐Sand, et al.. (1998). Bax-induced Cytochrome C Release from Mitochondria Is Independent of the Permeability Transition Pore but Highly Dependent on Mg2+ Ions. The Journal of Cell Biology. 143(1). 217–224. 568 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eskes, Robert, Jian Yang, Alan M. Lambowitz, & Philip S. Perlman. (1997). Mobility of Yeast Mitochondrial Group II Introns: Engineering a New Site Specificity and Retrohoming via Full Reverse Splicing. Cell. 88(6). 865–874. 97 indexed citations
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Moran, John V., Steven Zimmerly, Robert Eskes, et al.. (1995). Mobile Group II Introns of Yeast Mitochondrial DNA Are Novel Site-Specific Retroelements. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(5). 2828–2838. 97 indexed citations
10.
Mueller, Manfred W., et al.. (1993). Transposition of group II intron al1 in yeast and invasion of mitochondrial genes at new locations. Nature. 366(6451). 174–176. 80 indexed citations

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