Xavier Robert

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Xavier Robert is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Xavier Robert has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Biotechnology and 10 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Xavier Robert's work include Enzyme Production and Characterization (14 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (10 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (9 papers). Xavier Robert is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Production and Characterization (14 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (10 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (9 papers). Xavier Robert collaborates with scholars based in France, Uruguay and Denmark. Xavier Robert's co-authors include Patrice Gouet, Richard Haser, N. Aghajari, Birte Svensson, Vladimir E. Shevchik, Fabien Ratajczak, Hugues Driguez, Hildegard Watzlawick, Ralf Mattes and Stéphanie Ravaud and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Xavier Robert

42 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Deciphering key features in protein structures with the new ENDscript server

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xavier Robert France	14	3.6k	951	884	669	633	42	5.8k
Marco Biasini Switzerland	8	4.7k 1.3×	863 0.9×	528 0.6×	639 1.0×	608 1.0×	10	7.2k
Tzu‐Ping Ko Taiwan	46	4.4k 1.2×	702 0.7×	716 0.8×	971 1.5×	579 0.9×	217	7.3k
Alexei Savchenko Canada	55	5.4k 1.5×	910 1.0×	694 0.8×	1.2k 1.7×	593 0.9×	215	8.2k
Florian Heer Switzerland	3	5.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.3×	567 0.6×	441 0.7×	925 1.5×	4	8.7k
Rosalba Lepore Italy	15	5.7k 1.6×	1.3k 1.3×	581 0.7×	514 0.8×	954 1.5×	27	9.3k
Rafal Gumienny Switzerland	10	6.2k 1.7×	1.3k 1.4×	615 0.7×	586 0.9×	996 1.6×	10	9.9k
Christine Rempfer Germany	5	5.7k 1.6×	1.3k 1.4×	625 0.7×	481 0.7×	991 1.6×	6	9.3k
Min Yao Japan	41	3.5k 1.0×	608 0.6×	623 0.7×	811 1.2×	384 0.6×	232	5.5k
Ambrish Roy United States	17	5.2k 1.4×	758 0.8×	358 0.4×	654 1.0×	573 0.9×	21	7.5k
Jean‐Charles Sanchez Switzerland	5	3.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	492 0.6×	312 0.5×	332 0.5×	6	5.4k

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Guillon, Christophe, et al.. (2025). Integrating different approaches for the identification of new disruptors of HIV-1 capsid multimerization. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 763. 151572–151572. 1 indexed citations

Laubreton, Daphné, Xavier Robert, Jacqueline Marvel, et al.. (2024). Unveiling a Shield of Hope: A Novel Multiepitope-Based Immunogen for Cross-Serotype Cellular Defense against Dengue Virus. Vaccines. 12(3). 316–316. 2 indexed citations

Guillon, Christophe, Xavier Robert, & Patrice Gouet. (2024). “It’s Only a Model”: When Protein Structure Predictions Need Experimental Validation, the Case of the HTLV-1 Tax Protein. Pathogens. 13(3). 241–241. 1 indexed citations

Wein, Sharon, Xavier Robert, Sébastien Violot, et al.. (2023). Purine containing carbonucleoside phosphonate analogues as novel chemotype for Plasmodium falciparum Inhibition. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 258. 115581–115581. 1 indexed citations

Álvarez, Guzmán, Xavier Robert, Ad C. van Nuenen, et al.. (2022). Identification of 2-(4-N,N-Dimethylaminophenyl)-5-methyl-1-phenethyl-1H-benzimidazole targeting HIV-1 CA capsid protein and inhibiting HIV-1 replication in cellulo. BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology. 23(1). 43–43. 1 indexed citations

Matiadis, Dimitris, Elena Aguilera, Xavier Robert, et al.. (2021). Pyrazol(in)e Derivatives of Curcumin Analogs As a New Class of Anti- Trypanosoma Cruzi Agents. Future Medicinal Chemistry. 13(8). 701–714. 6 indexed citations

Gonçalves, Isabelle, et al.. (2021). Structure–function analysis of pectate lyase Pel3 reveals essential facets of protein recognition by the bacterial type 2 secretion system. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100305–100305. 11 indexed citations

Robert, Xavier, et al.. (2021). CryoEM reconstructions of membrane proteins solved in several amphipathic solvents, nanodisc, amphipol and detergents, yield amphipathic belts of similar sizes corresponding to a common ordered solvent layer. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1863(11). 183693–183693. 7 indexed citations

Corvo, Ileana, Mauricio Cabrera, Jorge Gil, et al.. (2020). Novel and selective inactivators of Triosephosphate isomerase with anti-trematode activity. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 2587–2587. 16 indexed citations

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Robert, Xavier, Juliette Martin, M.R. Sawaya, et al.. (2017). X-ray diffraction reveals the intrinsic difference in the physical properties of membrane and soluble proteins. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17013–17013. 10 indexed citations

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Robert, Xavier, Csaba Miskey, Delphine Lapaillerie, et al.. (2017). Modulation of the functional association between the HIV-1 intasome and the nucleosome by histone amino-terminal tails. Retrovirology. 14(1). 54–54. 20 indexed citations

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Watzlawick, Hildegard, Stéphanie Ravaud, Xavier Robert, et al.. (2013). Mutations inducing an active-site aperture inRhizobiumsp. sucrose isomerase confer hydrolytic activity. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 69(2). 298–307. 10 indexed citations

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Ravaud, Stéphanie, Xavier Robert, Hildegard Watzlawick, et al.. (2009). Structural determinants of product specificity of sucrose isomerases. FEBS Letters. 583(12). 1964–1968. 21 indexed citations

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Ballandras-Colas, Allison, et al.. (2009). Crystallization and initial X-ray diffraction study of the three PASTA domains of the Ser/Thr kinase Stk1 from the human pathogenStaphylococcus aureus. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 65(11). 1187–1189. 2 indexed citations

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Ravaud, Stéphanie, Xavier Robert, Hildegard Watzlawick, et al.. (2007). Trehalulose Synthase Native and Carbohydrate Complexed Structures Provide Insights into Sucrose Isomerization. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(38). 28126–28136. 67 indexed citations

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Hachem, Maher Abou, Sophie Bozonnet, Martin Willemoës, et al.. (2006). Interactions of barley α-amylase isozymes with Ca ^2 + , substrates and proteinaceous inhibitors. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation. 24(1-2). 83–93. 1 indexed citations

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Gouet, Patrice, Xavier Robert, & Emmanuel Courcelle. (2005). ESPript/ENDscript: sequence and 3D information from protein structures. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 61(a1). c42–c43. 5 indexed citations

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Robert, Xavier, Richard Haser, Haruhide Mori, Birte Svensson, & N. Aghajari. (2005). Oligosaccharide Binding to Barley α-Amylase 1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(38). 32968–32978. 67 indexed citations

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Robert, Xavier, Richard Haser, Fabien Ratajczak, et al.. (2003). The Structure of Barley α-Amylase Isozyme 1 Reveals a Novel Role of Domain C in Substrate Recognition and Binding. Structure. 11(8). 973–984. 123 indexed citations

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Robert, Xavier. (2002). Expression, purification and preliminary crystallographic studies of α-amylase isozyme 1 from barley seeds. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 58. 683–686. 1 indexed citations

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