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Ricardo Benavente

Ricardo Benavente

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Molecular Biology

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7850
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Overview

Ricardo Benavente is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany. Their research spans several disciplines within the broad areas of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, alongside Medicine.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these domains, their subfields of study cover:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Biophysics
  • Plant Science
  • Structural Biology

Benavente's research topics focus on:

  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility

Their recent notable papers include:

  • "Tracking down the molecular architecture of the synaptonemal complex by expansion microscopy" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Familial primary ovarian insufficiency associated with an SYCE1 point mutation: defective meiosis elucidated in humanized mice" (2020), published in Molecular Human Reproduction
  • "Transcriptomics of Meiosis in the Male Mouse" (2021), published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "The TERB1-TERB2-MAJIN complex of mouse meiotic telomeres dates back to the common ancestor of metazoans" (2020), published in BMC Evolutionary Biology
  • "Super-Resolution Imaging by Dual Iterative Structured Illumination Microscopy" (2021), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent publication venues for Benavente's work include:

  • Molecular Human Reproduction
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • BMC Evolutionary Biology

Collaborations are evident in their frequent co-authors, who have several joint publications with them. These include:

  • Adriana Geisinger
  • Rosana Rodríguez-Casuriaga
  • Diego Hernández-López
  • María F. Trovero
  • Federico F. Santiñaque

Best Publications

  • The nuclear lamins: A multigene family of proteins in evolution and differentiation

    Georg Krohne;Ricardo Benavente

  • Functional and dynamic aspects of the mammalian nucleolus.

    Ulrich Scheer;Ricardo Benavente

  • Cell type-specific expression of nuclear lamina proteins during development of Xenopus laevis.

    Ricardo Benavente;Georg Krohne;Werner W. Franke

  • Two novel proteins recruited by synaptonemal complex protein 1 (SYCP1) are at the centre of meiosis

    Yael Costa;Robert Speed;Rupert Öllinger;Manfred Alsheimer

  • Mutation of the mouse Syce1 gene disrupts synapsis and suggests a link between synaptonemal complex structural components and DNA repair.

    Ewelina Bolcun-Filas;Robert Speed;Mary Taggart;Corinne Grey

  • SYCE2 is required for synaptonemal complex assembly, double strand break repair, and homologous recombination.

    Ewelina Bolcun-Filas;Yael Costa;Robert Speed;Mary Taggart

  • A Novel Mouse Synaptonemal Complex Protein Is Essential for Loading of Central Element Proteins, Recombination, and Fertility

    Sabine Schramm;Johanna Fraune;Ronald Naumann;Abrahan Hernandez-Hernandez

  • The mammalian synaptonemal complex: protein components, assembly and role in meiotic recombination.

    Johanna Fraune;Sabine Schramm;Manfred Alsheimer;Ricardo Benavente

  • Transmembrane protein Sun2 is involved in tethering mammalian meiotic telomeres to the nuclear envelope

    Johannes Schmitt;Ricardo Benavente;Didier Hodzic;Christer Höög

  • Involvement of the cohesin Rad21 and SCP3 in monopolar attachment of sister kinetochores during mouse meiosis I.

    María Teresa Parra;Alberto Viera;Rocío Gómez;Jesús Page

  • Meiotic failure in male mice lacking an X-linked factor

    Fang Yang;Katarina Gell;Godfried W. van der Heijden;Sigrid Eckardt

  • Involvement of nuclear lamins in postmitotic reorganization of chromatin as demonstrated by microinjection of lamin antibodies.

    R Benavente;G Krohne

  • Characterization of a novel meiosis-specific protein within the central element of the synaptonemal complex

    Geert Hamer;Katarina Gell;Anna Kouznetsova;Ivana Novak

  • Mammalian sperm head formation involves different polarization of two novel LINC complexes.

    Eva Göb;Johannes Schmitt;Ricardo Benavente;Manfred Alsheimer

  • MEIOB exhibits single-stranded DNA-binding and exonuclease activities and is essential for meiotic recombination

    Mengcheng Luo;Fang Yang;N. Adrian Leu;Jessica Landaiche

  • Telomere Attachment, Meiotic Chromosome Condensation, Pairing, and Bouquet Stage Duration Are Modified in Spermatocytes Lacking Axial Elements

    Bodo Liebe;Manfred Alsheimer;Christer Höög;Ricardo Benavente

  • Progression of meiotic recombination requires structural maturation of the central element of the synaptonemal complex

    Geert Hamer;Hong Wang;Ewelina Bolcun-Filas;Howard J. Cooke

  • Transcriptome analysis of highly purified mouse spermatogenic cell populations: gene expression signatures switch from meiotic-to postmeiotic-related processes at pachytene stage

    Irene da Cruz;Rosana Rodríguez-Casuriaga;Federico F. Santiñaque;Joaquina Farías

  • Inhibition of nucleolar reformation after microinjection of antibodies to RNA polymerase I into mitotic cells.

    R Benavente;K M Rose;G Reimer;B Hügle-Dörr

  • Change of karyoskeleton during mammalian spermatogenesis: expression pattern of nuclear lamin C2 and its regulation.

    Manfred Alsheimer;Ricardo Benavente

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Krohne
Georg Krohne University of Würzburg
Ulrich Scheer
Ulrich Scheer University of Würzburg
Christer Höög
Christer Höög Karolinska Institute
Howard J. Cooke
Howard J. Cooke University of Edinburgh
Céline Brochier-Armanet
Céline Brochier-Armanet Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Markus Sauer
Markus Sauer University of Würzburg
Dirk G. de Rooij
Dirk G. de Rooij Utrecht University
Jean-Nicolas Volff
Jean-Nicolas Volff École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Werner W. Franke
Werner W. Franke German Cancer Research Center
Harry Scherthan
Harry Scherthan University of Ulm

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