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2026
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Biology and Biochemistry
France
2023

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
111
Citations
43833
World Ranking
358
National Ranking
3

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
114
Citations
47233
World Ranking
834
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2003 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1998 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Dino Moras is affiliated with the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology in France. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology with a focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Surgery, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism as subfields.

Their work addresses a range of topics including:

  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Some of the recent papers authored include:

  • "Correlation between equi-partition of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and amino-acid biosynthesis pathways," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Structural insights into the HNF4 biology," 2023, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • "Nonsteroidal ecdysone receptor agonists use a water channel for binding to the ecdysone receptor complex EcR/USP," 2021, Journal of Pesticide Science
  • "A novel nuclear receptor subfamily enlightens the origin of heterodimerization," 2022, BMC Biology
  • "A structural signature motif enlightens the origin and diversification of nuclear receptors," 2021, PLoS Genetics

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Isabelle M. L. Billas
  • Gabriel V. Markov
  • Vincent Laudet
  • Alastair G. McEwen
  • Abdul Kareem Mohideen Patel

Publishing venues where their work appears include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Journal of Pesticide Science
  • BMC Biology

Best Publications

  • Chemical and biological evolution of nucleotide-binding protein.

    Michael G. Rossmann;Dino Moras;Kenneth W. Olsen

  • Partition of tRNA synthetases into two classes based on mutually exclusive sets of sequence motifs

    Gilbert Eriani;Marc Delarue;Olivier Poch;Jean Gangloff

  • Crystal structure of the ligand-binding domain of the human nuclear receptor RXR-alpha.

    William Bourguet;Marc Ruff;Pierre Chambon;Hinrich Gronemeyer

  • Crystal structure of the RAR-gamma ligand-binding domain bound to all-trans retinoic acid.

    Jean-Paul Renaud;Natacha Rochel;Marc Ruff;Valéria Vivat

  • A canonical structure for the ligand-binding domain of nuclear receptors.

    Jean Marie Wurtz;William Bourguet;Jean Paul Renaud;Valerie Vivat

  • Spontaneous assembly of double-stranded helicates from oligobipyridine ligands and copper(I) cations: structure of an inorganic double helix

    Jean-Marie Lehn;Annie Rigault;Jay Siegel;Jack Harrowfield

  • THE NUCLEAR RECEPTOR LIGAND-BINDING DOMAIN : STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

    Dino Moras;Hinrich Gronemeyer

  • The Crystal Structure of the Nuclear Receptor for Vitamin D Bound to Its Natural Ligand

    N. Rochel;J.M. Wurtz;A. Mitschler;B. Klaholz

  • An attempt to unify the structure of polymerases

    Marc Delarue;Olivier Poch;Noel Tordo;Dino Moras

  • Class II aminoacyl transfer RNA synthetases: crystal structure of yeast aspartyl-tRNA synthetase complexed with tRNA(Asp)

    M Ruff;S Krishnaswamy;M Boeglin;A Poterszman

  • Transmembrane signaling across the ligand-gated FhuA receptor: crystal structures of free and ferrichrome-bound states reveal allosteric changes.

    Kaspar P Locher;Bernard Rees;Ralf Koebnik;André Mitschler

  • Correlation between segmental mobility and the location of antigenic determinants in proteins

    E. Westhof;D. Altschuh;D. Moras;A. C. Bloomer

  • Crystallographic refinement of yeast aspartic acid transfer RNA.

    E. Westhof;P. Dumas;D. Moras

  • An operational RNA code for amino acids and possible relationship to genetic code.

    Paul Schimmel;Richard Giege;Dino Moras;Shigeyuki Yokoyama

  • Crystal structure of a heterodimeric complex of RAR and RXR ligand-binding domains.

    William Bourguet;Valérie Vivat;Jean-Marie Wurtz;Pierre Chambon

  • Structural and functional considerations of the aminoacylation reaction

    John G. Arnez;Dino Moras

  • Crystal structure of the human RXRα ligand-binding domain bound to its natural ligand: 9-cis retinoic acid

    Pascal F. Egea;André Mitschler;Natacha Rochel;Marc Ruff

  • Comparative analysis of ribosomal proteins in complete genomes: an example of reductive evolution at the domain scale

    Odile Lecompte;Raymond Ripp;Jean‐Claude Thierry;Dino Moras

  • Studies of asymmetry in the three-dimensional structure of lobster D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.

    D Moras;KW Olsen;MN Sabesan;M Buehner

  • Crystal structure of yeast tRNAAsp.

    D Moras;M B Comarmond;J Fischer;R Weiss

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Giegé
Richard Giegé Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Andre Mitschler
Andre Mitschler University of Strasbourg
Eric Westhof
Eric Westhof University of Strasbourg
Olivier Poch
Olivier Poch University of Strasbourg
Hinrich Gronemeyer
Hinrich Gronemeyer Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
William Bourguet
William Bourguet University of Montpellier
Patrick Schultz
Patrick Schultz Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Pierre Chambon
Pierre Chambon Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Pascale Romby
Pascale Romby Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Pierre Ebel
Jean-Pierre Ebel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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