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François Jacob

François Jacob

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Biology and Biochemistry
France
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
40443
World Ranking
5185
National Ranking
146

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award

Overview

François Jacob was affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France. Their research spanned topics intersecting neurology, historical studies, and socio-cultural analysis, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach across these domains.

The scientist's publication record includes several recent papers, with contributions appearing primarily in the venue Classiques GARNIER or Classiques Garnier. Notable papers include:

  • La conspiration du silence, 2021, Classiques Garnier
  • L'affaire du Bonnet rouge de Miguel Almereyda, 2020, Classiques GARNIER

Other papers associated with contemporaries but within related venues include Cahiers Louis Dumur. 2020, n° 7 (2020, Classiques GARNIER) authored by Jacques Berchtold, as well as works by Jean-Jacques Rousseau published in 2021 in Classiques GARNIER: Tables de chiffrement utilisées par Jean-Jacques Rousseau en 1767 and Sentiments du public sur mon compte dans les divers états qui le composent.

François Jacob frequently collaborated with a set of recurring co-authors throughout their career. These include:

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Anne Chamayou
  • Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz
  • Christine Hammann
  • Érik Leborgne

The scientist's work was primarily disseminated through the following publication venues:

  • Classiques GARNIER
  • Classiques Garnier
  • Acta Fabula
  • Orages.

François Jacob also had involvement in book publications with Princeton University Press, with two titles of The Logic of Life released in 2022, each having citations associated.

The scholar's research contributed to subfields such as neurology and history and philosophy of science, evident in the thematic focus of their publications.

Best Publications

  • Genetic regulatory mechanisms in the synthesis of proteins.

    François Jacob;Jacques Monod

  • Evolution and tinkering

    François Jacob

  • Allosteric Proteins and Cellular Control Systems

    Jacques Monod;Jean-Pierre Changeux;François Jacob

  • On the Regulation of DNA Replication in Bacteria

    François Jacob;Sydney Brenner;François Cuzin

  • The genetic control and cytoplasmic expression of “Inducibility” in the synthesis of β-galactosidase by E. coli

    Arthur B. Pardee;Arthur B. Pardee;François Jacob;François Jacob;Jacques Monod;Jacques Monod

  • An Unstable Intermediate Carrying Information from Genes to Ribosomes for Protein Synthesis

    S. Brenner;F. Jacob;M. Meselson

  • Teleonomic mechanisms in cellular metabolism, growth, and differentiation.

    Jacques Monod;François Jacob

  • On the Regulation of Gene Activity

    François Jacob;Jacques Monod

  • Sexuality and the genetics of bacteria.

    F. Jacob;E. L. Wollman

  • Thermosensitive mutants of E. coli affected in the processes of DNA synthesis and cellular division.

    Y. Hirota;A. Ryter;F. Jacob

  • Heat shock proteins, first major products of zygotic gene activity in mouse embryo

    O. Bensaude;C. Babinet;M. Morange;F. Jacob

  • A cell surface glycoprotein involved in the compaction of embryonal carcinoma cells and cleavage stage embryos

    François Hyafil;Dominique Morello;Charles Babinet;François Jacob

  • Cell-cell interactions in early embryogenesis: A molecular approach to the role of calcium

    François Hyafil;Charles Babinet;François Jacob

  • Characterization by in vitro complementation of a peptide corresponding to an operator-proximal segment of the beta-galactosidase structural gene of Escherichia coli

    Agnes Ullmann;François Jacob;Jacques Monod

  • Surface Antigens Common to Mouse Cleavage Embryos and Primitive Teratocarcinoma Cells in Culture

    Karen Artzt;Philippe Dubois;Dorothea Bennett;Hubert Condamine

  • On the process of cellular division in Escherichia coli. 3. Thermosensitive mutants of Escherichia coli altered in the process of DNA initiation.

    Yukinori Hirota;José Mordoh;François Jacob

  • Monoclonal antibodies against trophectoderm-specific markers during mouse blastocyst formation

    Philippe Brulet;Charles Babinet;Rolf Kemler;Francois Jacob

  • Reactivity of monoclonal antibodies against intermediate filament proteins during embryonic development

    Rolf Kemler;Philippe Brûlet;Marie-Thérèse Schnebelen;Jean Gaillard

  • Regulation of Repressor Expression in λ

    H. Eisen;P. Brachet;L. Pereira da Silva;F. Jacob

  • Surface antigen in early differentiation.

    R Kemler;C Babinet;H Eisen;F Jacob

Frequent Co-Authors

John L.R. Rubenstein
John L.R. Rubenstein University of California, San Francisco
Jean-François Nicolas
Jean-François Nicolas Institut Pasteur
Jean-Louis Guénet
Jean-Louis Guénet Institut Pasteur
Arthur B. Pardee
Arthur B. Pardee Harvard University
Agnes Ullmann
Agnes Ullmann Institut Pasteur
Marc Fellous
Marc Fellous Bayer Pharmaceuticals
François Gros
François Gros Collège de France
Rolf Kemler
Rolf Kemler Max Planck Society
Denise Paulin
Denise Paulin Université Paris Cité
Daniel Louvard
Daniel Louvard Institute Curie

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