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Thierry Meinnel publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thierry Meinnel sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 177 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Thierry Meinnel D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thierry Meinnel sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Thierry Meinnel is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France and has contributed extensively to the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology, with significant work addressing peptidase inhibition and analysis, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, and enzyme structure and function.

The scientist's publication record spans multiple key topics related to cell biology and biochemical processes, including signaling pathways in disease, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, cellular transport and secretion, and photosynthetic processes and mechanisms.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Thierry Meinnel include:

  • Myristoylation, an Ancient Protein Modification Mirroring Eukaryogenesis and Evolution, 2020, Trends in Biochemical Sciences
  • High-resolution snapshots of human N-myristoyltransferase in action illuminate a mechanism promoting N-terminal Lys and Gly myristoylation, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Dual lysine and N-terminal acetyltransferases reveal the complexity underpinning protein acetylation, 2020, Molecular Systems Biology
  • The Arabidopsis Nα-acetyltransferase NAA60 locates to the plasma membrane and is vital for the high salt stress response, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Evolution-Driven Versatility of N Terminal Acetylation in Photoautotrophs, 2020, Trends in Plant Science

Thierry Meinnel collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Carmela Giglione
  • J. Boyer
  • Cyril Dian
  • Frédéric Rivière
  • Markus Wirtz

Their work is regularly published in venues such as PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Frontiers in Plant Science, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology.

The scientist's research covers subfields including oncology, materials chemistry, cell biology, and spectroscopy, supplementing a broad expertise in the life sciences. This interdisciplinary approach supports their investigations into enzymatic activities and cellular mechanisms within plant and animal systems.

Best Publications

  • The proteomics of N-terminal methionine cleavage.

    Frédéric Frottin;Aude Martinez;Philippe Peynot;Sanghamitra Mitra;Sanghamitra Mitra

  • Protein N-terminal methionine excision.

    C. Giglione;A. Boularot;T. Meinnel

  • Paternal control of embryonic patterning in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Martin Bayer;Tal Nawy;Carmela Giglione;Mary Galli

  • Methionine as translation start signal: A review of the enzymes of the pathway in Escherichia coli

    T. Meinnel;Y. Mechulam;S. Blanquet

  • Identification of eukaryotic peptide deformylases reveals universality of N‐terminal protein processing mechanisms

    Carmela Giglione;Alexandre Serero;Michèle Pierre;Bertrand Boisson

  • Peptide deformylase as a target for new generation, broad spectrum antimicrobial agents.

    Carmela Giglione;Michèle Pierre;Thierry Meinnel

  • The Host Antimicrobial Peptide Bac71-35 Binds to Bacterial Ribosomal Proteins and Inhibits Protein Synthesis

    Mario Mardirossian;Renata Grzela;Carmela Giglione;Thierry Meinnel

  • Control of protein life-span by N-terminal methionine excision.

    Carmela Giglione;Olivier Vallon;Olivier Vallon;Thierry Meinnel

  • Comparative Large Scale Characterization of Plant versus Mammal Proteins Reveals Similar and Idiosyncratic N-α-Acetylation Features

    Willy V. Bienvenut;David Sumpton;Aude Martinez;Sergio Lilla

  • Extent of N-terminal modifications in cytosolic proteins from eukaryotes.

    Aude Martinez;José A. Traverso;Benoît Valot;Myriam Ferro

  • Unexpected protein families including cell defense components feature in the N-myristoylome of a higher eukaryote.

    Bertrand Boisson;Carmela Giglione;Thierry Meinnel

  • The crystal structures of four peptide deformylases bound to the antibiotic actinonin reveal two distinct types: a platform for the structure-based design of antibacterial agents.

    Jean-Pierre Guilloteau;Magali Mathieu;Carmela Giglione;Véronique Blanc

  • N-terminal protein modifications: Bringing back into play the ribosome.

    Carmela Giglione;Sonia Fieulaine;Thierry Meinnel;Thierry Meinnel

  • A High Content in Lipid-modified Peripheral Proteins and Integral Receptor Kinases Features in the Arabidopsis Plasma Membrane Proteome

    Anne Marmagne;Myriam Ferro;Thierry Meinnel;Christophe Bruley

  • Comparative metagenomics of microbial traits within oceanic viral communities

    Itai Sharon;Natalia Battchikova;Eva-Mari Aro;Carmela Giglione

  • Control of peptide deformylase activity by metal cations

    Stéphane Ragusa;Sylvain Blanquet;Thierry Meinnel

  • An Unusual Peptide Deformylase Features in the Human Mitochondrial N-terminal Methionine Excision Pathway

    Alexandre Serero;Carmela Giglione;Alessandro Sardini;Juan Martinez-Sanz

  • Characterization of the Thermus thermophilus locus encoding peptide deformylase and methionyl-tRNA(fMet) formyltransferase.

    T Meinnel;S Blanquet

  • A New Subclass of the Zinc Metalloproteases Superfamily Revealed by the Solution Structure of Peptide Deformylase

    Thierry Meinnel;Sylvain Blanquet;Frédéric Dardel

  • Solution structure of nickel-peptide deformylase

    Frédéric Dardel;Stéphane Ragusa;Christine Lazennec;Sylvain Blanquet

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Mechulam
Yves Mechulam École Polytechnique
Markus Wirtz
Markus Wirtz Heidelberg University
Michel Zivy
Michel Zivy University of Paris-Saclay
Sylvain Blanquet
Sylvain Blanquet École Polytechnique
Rüdiger Hell
Rüdiger Hell Heidelberg University
Alain Van Dorsselaer
Alain Van Dorsselaer University of Strasbourg
Bertrand Boisson
Bertrand Boisson Rockefeller University
Jean-Marie Pagès
Jean-Marie Pagès Aix-Marseille University
Irmgard Sinning
Irmgard Sinning Heidelberg University
Zach Adam
Zach Adam Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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