| Interaction network in cyanobacterial nitrogen regulation: PipX, a protein that interacts in a 2‐oxoglutarate dependent manner with PII and NtcA J Espinosa, K Forchhammer, S Burillo, A Contreras Molecular microbiology 61 (2), 457-469, 2006 | 186 | 2006 |
| Structural basis for the regulation of NtcA-dependent transcription by proteins PipX and PII JL Llácer, J Espinosa, MA Castells, A Contreras, K Forchhammer, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (35), 15397-15402, 2010 | 147 | 2010 |
| Role of the Synechococcus PCC 7942 nitrogen regulator protein PipX in NtcA-controlled processes J Espinosa, K Forchhammer, A Contreras Microbiology 153 (3), 711-718, 2007 | 95 | 2007 |
| PipX, the coactivator of NtcA, is a global regulator in cyanobacteria J Espinosa, F Rodríguez-Mateos, P Salinas, VF Lanza, R Dixon, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (23), E2423-E2430, 2014 | 80 | 2014 |
| Cross-talk and regulatory interactions between the essential response regulator RpaB and cyanobacterial circadian clock output J Espinosa, JS Boyd, R Cantos, P Salinas, SS Golden, A Contreras Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (7), 2198-2203, 2015 | 61 | 2015 |
| Environmental control of phosphorylation pathways in a branched two‐component system ML López‐Redondo, F Moronta, P Salinas, J Espinosa, R Cantos, ... Molecular microbiology 78 (2), 475-489, 2010 | 60 | 2010 |
| PipY, a member of the conserved COG0325 family of PLP-binding proteins, expands the cyanobacterial nitrogen regulatory network JI Labella, R Cantos, J Espinosa, A Forcada-Nadal, V Rubio, A Contreras Frontiers in microbiology 8, 279799, 2017 | 37 | 2017 |
| Mutations at pipX Suppress Lethality of PII-Deficient Mutants of Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 J Espinosa, MA Castells, KB Laichoubi, A Contreras Journal of bacteriology 191 (15), 4863-4869, 2009 | 37 | 2009 |
| In vivo features of signal transduction by the essential response regulator RpaB from Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 F Moronta-Barrios, J Espinosa, A Contreras Microbiology 158 (5), 1229-1237, 2012 | 32 | 2012 |
| Expanding the cyanobacterial nitrogen regulatory network: the GntR-like regulator PlmA interacts with the PII-PipX complex JI Labella, A Obrebska, J Espinosa, P Salinas, A Forcada-Nadal, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 7, 223742, 2016 | 30 | 2016 |
| Effects of spontaneous mutations in PipX functions and regulatory complexes on the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus strain PCC 7942 J Espinosa, MA Castells, KB Laichoubi, K Forchhammer, A Contreras Microbiology 156 (5), 1517-1526, 2010 | 30 | 2010 |
| The nitrogen interaction network in Synechococcus WH5701, a cyanobacterium with two PipX and two PII-like proteins KB Laichoubi, S Beez, J Espinosa, K Forchhammer, A Contreras Microbiology 157 (4), 1220-1228, 2011 | 29 | 2011 |
| Mutational analysis of the cyanobacterial nitrogen regulator PipX KB Laichoubi, J Espinosa, MA Castells, A Contreras PLoS One 7 (4), e35845, 2012 | 27 | 2012 |
| Negative control of cell size in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 by the essential response regulator RpaB F Moronta-Barrios, J Espinosa, A Contreras FEBS letters 587 (5), 504-509, 2013 | 26 | 2013 |
| Detecting KaiC phosphorylation rhythms of the cyanobacterial circadian oscillator in vitro and in vivo YI Kim, JS Boyd, J Espinosa, SS Golden Methods in enzymology 551, 153-173, 2015 | 25 | 2015 |
| SipA, a novel type of protein from Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942, binds to the kinase domain of NblS J Espinosa, I Fuentes, S Burillo, F Rodríguez‐Mateos, A Contreras FEMS Microbiology letters 254 (1), 41-47, 2006 | 25 | 2006 |
| Energy drives the dynamic localization of cyanobacterial nitrogen regulators during diurnal cycles J Espinosa, JI Labella, R Cantos, A Contreras Environmental microbiology 20 (3), 1240-1252, 2018 | 22 | 2018 |
| Distinctive features of PipX, a unique signaling protein of cyanobacteria JI Labella, R Cantos, P Salinas, J Espinosa, A Contreras Life 10 (6), 79, 2020 | 19 | 2020 |
| Functional and structural characterization of PII‐like protein CutA does not support involvement in heavy metal tolerance and hints at a small‐molecule carrying/signaling role KA Selim, L Tremino, C Marco‐Marín, V Alva, J Espinosa, A Contreras, ... The FEBS journal 288 (4), 1142-1162, 2021 | 16 | 2021 |
| The nitrogen regulator PipX acts in cis to prevent operon polarity R Cantos, JI Labella, J Espinosa, A Contreras Environmental microbiology reports 11 (4), 495-507, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
