Vassilis Koronakis

10.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Vassilis Koronakis is a scholar working on Genetics, Endocrinology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vassilis Koronakis has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Genetics, 50 papers in Endocrinology and 42 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Vassilis Koronakis's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (69 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (38 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (32 papers). Vassilis Koronakis is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (69 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (38 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (32 papers). Vassilis Koronakis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Sudan and United States. Vassilis Koronakis's co-authors include Colin Hughes, Eva Koronakis, Richard D. Hayward, Peter Hume, Jeyanthy Eswaran, Daniel Humphreys, Emma J. McGhie, Andrew Sharff, Ben F. Luisi and Peter Stanley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Vassilis Koronakis

109 papers receiving 7.7k 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.

Crystal structure of the bacterial membrane protein TolC central to multidrug efflux and protein export

2000 856 citations Vassilis Koronakis, Andrew Sharff et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vassilis Koronakis United Kingdom	52	3.2k	3.0k	2.6k	2.3k	1.2k	111	7.9k
Rodney A. Welch United States	44	2.2k 0.7×	3.0k 1.0×	3.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	89	7.4k
I. Barry Holland United Kingdom	51	3.3k 1.0×	4.3k 1.4×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	148	7.5k
M. Stephen Trent United States	48	2.2k 0.7×	4.3k 1.4×	2.1k 0.8×	3.0k 1.3×	891 0.7×	125	9.1k
John S. Gunn United States	54	2.3k 0.7×	4.2k 1.4×	2.9k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	139	9.4k
Joan Mecsas United States	38	2.3k 0.7×	3.0k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	738 0.6×	72	6.8k
Brian K. Coombes Canada	46	1.4k 0.4×	2.5k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	795 0.6×	121	6.8k
V Braun Germany	55	4.4k 1.4×	4.5k 1.5×	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 1.3×	115	8.0k
Colin Manoil United States	44	3.9k 1.2×	6.3k 2.1×	1.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	85	9.1k
David A. Low United States	51	3.0k 0.9×	3.9k 1.3×	3.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	103	7.7k
Valerie Burland United States	27	4.3k 1.3×	7.1k 2.3×	2.7k 1.0×	914 0.4×	2.4k 1.9×	33	11.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vassilis Koronakis

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Szewczyk, Paul, Nicholas P. Greene, Martyn F. Symmons, Steven W. Hardwick, & Vassilis Koronakis. (2026). Liganded LolCDE structures reveal a common substrate-LolE interaction guiding bacterial lipoprotein transport. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 123(4). e2520579123–e2520579123.

Kaplan, Elise, et al.. (2022). Structural basis of lipoprotein recognition by the bacterial Lol trafficking chaperone LolA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(36). e2208662119–e2208662119. 13 indexed citations

Singh, Vikash, Anthony C. Davidson, Peter Hume, & Vassilis Koronakis. (2019). Pathogenic Escherichia coli Hijacks GTPase-Activated p21-Activated Kinase for Actin Pedestal Formation. mBio. 10(4). 10 indexed citations

Crow, Allister, Nicholas P. Greene, Elise Kaplan, & Vassilis Koronakis. (2017). Structure and mechanotransmission mechanism of the MacB ABC transporter superfamily. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(47). 12572–12577. 117 indexed citations

Humphreys, Daniel, Vikash Singh, & Vassilis Koronakis. (2016). Inhibition of WAVE Regulatory Complex Activation by a Bacterial Virulence Effector Counteracts Pathogen Phagocytosis. Cell Reports. 17(3). 697–707. 22 indexed citations

Hinchliffe, Philip, Nicholas P. Greene, Neil G. Paterson, et al.. (2014). Structure of the periplasmic adaptor protein from a major facilitator superfamily (MFS) multidrug efflux pump. FEBS Letters. 588(17). 3147–3153. 36 indexed citations

Humphreys, Daniel, Anthony C. Davidson, Peter Hume, Laura Makin, & Vassilis Koronakis. (2013). Arf6 coordinates actin assembly through the WAVE complex, a mechanism usurped by Salmonella to invade host cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(42). 16880–16885. 67 indexed citations

Greene, Nicholas P., Philip Hinchliffe, Allister Crow, et al.. (2013). Structure of an atypical periplasmic adaptor from a multidrug efflux pump of the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. FEBS Letters. 587(18). 2984–2988. 15 indexed citations

Bulmer, David M., Andrew J. Grant, Paul Dean, et al.. (2012). The Bacterial Cytoskeleton Modulates Motility, Type 3 Secretion, and Colonization in Salmonella. PLoS Pathogens. 8(1). e1002500–e1002500. 27 indexed citations

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Symmons, Martyn F., Evert Bokma, Eva Koronakis, Colin Hughes, & Vassilis Koronakis. (2009). The assembled structure of a complete tripartite bacterial multidrug efflux pump. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(17). 7173–7178. 228 indexed citations

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Hayward, Richard D., Robert J. Cain, Emma J. McGhie, et al.. (2005). Cholesterol binding by the bacterial type III translocon is essential for virulence effector delivery into mammalian cells. Molecular Microbiology. 56(3). 590–603. 125 indexed citations

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McGhie, Emma J., Richard D. Hayward, & Vassilis Koronakis. (2004). Control of Actin Turnover by a Salmonella Invasion Protein. Molecular Cell. 13(4). 497–510. 98 indexed citations

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Hayward, Richard D., Peter Hume, Emma J. McGhie, & Vassilis Koronakis. (2002). A Salmonella SipB‐derived polypeptide blocks the ‘trigger’ mechanism of bacterial entry into eukaryotic cells. Molecular Microbiology. 45(6). 1715–1727. 19 indexed citations

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Garner, Matthew, Richard D. Hayward, & Vassilis Koronakis. (2002). The Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 secretion system directs cellular cholesterol redistribution during mammalian cell entry and intracellular trafficking. Cellular Microbiology. 4(3). 153–165. 74 indexed citations

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Koronakis, Vassilis, Andrew Sharff, Eva Koronakis, Ben F. Luisi, & Colin Hughes. (2000). Crystal structure of the bacterial membrane protein TolC central to multidrug efflux and protein export. Nature. 405(6789). 914–919. 856 indexed citations breakdown →

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Koronakis, Vassilis & Colin Hughes. (1996). Synthesis, maturation and export of the E. coli hemolysin. Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 185(2). 65–71. 21 indexed citations

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Koronakis, Eva, et al.. (1995). Protein exporter function and in vitro ATPase activity are correlated in ABC‐domain mutants of HlyB. Molecular Microbiology. 16(1). 87–96. 65 indexed citations

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Koronakis, Vassilis, Peter Stanley, Eva Koronakis, & Colin Hughes. (1992). The HlyB/HlyD-dependent secretion of toxins by Gran-negative bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 105(1-3). 44–53. 23 indexed citations

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Gygi, Daniel, J. Nicolet, Joachim Frey, et al.. (1990). Isolation of the Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae haemolysin gene and the activation and secretion of the prohaemolysin by the HlyC, HlyB and HlyD proteins of Escherichia coli. Molecular Microbiology. 4(1). 123–128. 72 indexed citations

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Koronakis, Vassilis & Gregor Högenauer. (1986). The sequences of the traJ gene and the 5′ end of the traY gene of the resistance plasmid R1. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 203(1). 137–142. 14 indexed citations

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