Mariano Barbacid
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Mariano Barbacid Montalbán is a Spanish molecular biochemist who discovered the first oncogene HRAS.
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Mariano Barbacid Montalbán is a Spanish molecular biochemist who discovered the first oncogene HRAS.
Affiliation
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Top Publications
- Cell cycle, CDKs and cancer: a changing paradigm (2009) - 4,042 citations
- ras GENES (1987) - 3,895 citations
- RAS oncogenes: the first 30 years (2003) - 1,912 citations
- Senescence in premalignant tumours (2005) - 1,496 citations
- To cycle or not to cycle: a critical decision in cancer (2001) - 1,489 citations
At a glance
- Full name
- Mariano Barbacid
- ORCID
- 0000-0002-1480-2624
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5056668478
Research interests
- Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling, Cancer-related Molecular Pathways, Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Melanoma and MAPK Pathways, T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
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Most-cited linked publications
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- Cell cycle, CDKs and cancer: a changing paradigm ↗2009 · Nature reviews. Cancer4,042OpenAlex citations
- ras GENES ↗1987 · Annual Review of Biochemistry3,895OpenAlex citations
- RAS oncogenes: the first 30 years ↗2003 · Nature reviews. Cancer1,912OpenAlex citations
- Senescence in premalignant tumours ↗2005 · Nature1,496OpenAlex citations
- To cycle or not to cycle: a critical decision in cancer ↗2001 · Nature reviews. Cancer1,489OpenAlex citations
Recent linked publications
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- Cell cycle, CDKs and cancer: a changing paradigm ↗2009 · Nature reviews. Cancer
- ras GENES ↗1987 · Annual Review of Biochemistry
- RAS oncogenes: the first 30 years ↗2003 · Nature reviews. Cancer
- Senescence in premalignant tumours ↗2005 · Nature
- To cycle or not to cycle: a critical decision in cancer ↗2001 · Nature reviews. Cancer
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