Alex Van Moerkercke

1.4k total citations
20 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alex Van Moerkercke is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Van Moerkercke has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Alex Van Moerkercke's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (12 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (8 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (7 papers). Alex Van Moerkercke is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (12 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (8 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (7 papers). Alex Van Moerkercke collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and United Kingdom. Alex Van Moerkercke's co-authors include Robert C. Schuurink, Michel A. Haring, Alain Goossens, Jacob Pollier, Robin Vanden Bossche, Johan Memelink, Fabian Schweizer, Eran Pichersky, Karel Miettinen and Ines Schauvinhold and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and The Plant Journal.

In The Last Decade

Alex Van Moerkercke

20 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Yueli Tang China

Ling‐Jian Wang China

Rangcai Yu China

Yanping Fan China

Taiji Nomura Japan

Hexin Tan China

Jean‐Louis Magnard France

Katrin Geisler United Kingdom

Ok-Tae Kim South Korea

Niels J. Nieuwenhuizen New Zealand

Yueli Tang China

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Ding, Bao‐Jian, Honglei Wang, Magne Friberg, et al.. (2025). Plants as biofactories for production of the aphid sex pheromone nepetalactone. Physiologia Plantarum. 177(1). e70110–e70110. 2 indexed citations

Nguyen, Tràng Hiếu, Alex Van Moerkercke, Yuechen Bai, et al.. (2023). A redundant transcription factor network steers spatiotemporal Arabidopsis triterpene synthesis. Nature Plants. 9(6). 926–937. 20 indexed citations

Moerkercke, Alex Van, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of Antibiotic-Based Selection Methods for Camelina sativa Stable Transformants. Cells. 11(7). 1068–1068. 5 indexed citations

Darwish, Essam, Ritesh Ghosh, Huy Cuong Tran, et al.. (2022). Touch signaling and thigmomorphogenesis are regulated by complementary CAMTA3- and JA-dependent pathways. Science Advances. 8(20). eabm2091–eabm2091. 36 indexed citations

Moerkercke, Alex Van, Owen Duncan, Mark Zander, et al.. (2019). A MYC2/MYC3/MYC4-dependent transcription factor network regulates water spray-responsive gene expression and jasmonate levels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(46). 23345–23356. 111 indexed citations

Schweizer, Fabian, Maite Colinas, Jacob Pollier, et al.. (2018). An engineered combinatorial module of transcription factors boosts production of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus. Metabolic Engineering. 48. 150–162. 59 indexed citations

Larsen, Bo, Jacob Pollier, Alex Van Moerkercke, et al.. (2017). Identification of Iridoid Glucoside Transporters in Catharanthus roseus. Plant and Cell Physiology. 58(9). 1507–1518. 42 indexed citations

Moerkercke, Alex Van, Priscille Steensma, Fabian Schweizer, et al.. (2016). The basic helix‐loop‐helix transcription factor BIS2 is essential for monoterpenoid indole alkaloid production in the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus. The Plant Journal. 88(1). 3–12. 97 indexed citations

Mertens, Jan, Alex Van Moerkercke, Robin Vanden Bossche, Jacob Pollier, & Alain Goossens. (2016). Clade IVa Basic Helix–Loop–Helix Transcription Factors Form Part of a Conserved Jasmonate Signaling Circuit for the Regulation of Bioactive Plant Terpenoid Biosynthesis. Plant and Cell Physiology. 57(12). 2564–2575. 32 indexed citations

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Mühlemann, Joëlle K., Alex Van Moerkercke, Julian C. Verdonk, et al.. (2015). CCoAOMT Down-Regulation Activates Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Petunia. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 170(2). 717–731. 60 indexed citations

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Moerkercke, Alex Van, Priscille Steensma, Fabian Schweizer, et al.. (2015). The bHLH transcription factor BIS1 controls the iridoid branch of the monoterpenoid indole alkaloid pathway in Catharanthus roseus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(26). 8130–8135. 163 indexed citations

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Munkert, Jennifer, Jacob Pollier, Karel Miettinen, et al.. (2015). Iridoid Synthase Activity Is Common among the Plant Progesterone 5β-Reductase Family. Molecular Plant. 8(1). 136–152. 55 indexed citations

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Munkert, Jennifer, Jacob Pollier, Karel Miettinen, et al.. (2014). Iridoid Synthase Activity Is Common among the Plant Progesterone 5 -Reductase Family. Molecular Plant. 1 indexed citations

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Moerkercke, Alex Van, Michele Fabris, Jacob Pollier, et al.. (2013). CathaCyc, a Metabolic Pathway Database Built from Catharanthus roseus RNA-Seq Data. Plant and Cell Physiology. 54(5). 673–685. 85 indexed citations

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Colquhoun, Thomas A., Joo Young Kim, Michael L. Schwieterman, et al.. (2012). A peroxisomally localized acyl-activating enzyme is required for volatile benzenoid formation in a Petunia×hybrida cv. ‘Mitchell Diploid’ flower. Journal of Experimental Botany. 63(13). 4821–4833. 51 indexed citations

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Moerkercke, Alex Van, Michel A. Haring, & Robert C. Schuurink. (2012). A model for combinatorial regulation of the petunia R2R3-MYB transcription factorODORANT1. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 7(4). 518–520. 9 indexed citations

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Moerkercke, Alex Van, Carlos S. Galván-Ampudia, Julian C. Verdonk, Michel A. Haring, & Robert C. Schuurink. (2012). Regulators of floral fragrance production and their target genes in petunia are not exclusively active in the epidermal cells of petals. Journal of Experimental Botany. 63(8). 3157–3171. 33 indexed citations

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Moerkercke, Alex Van, Michel A. Haring, & Robert C. Schuurink. (2011). The transcription factor EMISSION OF BENZENOIDS II activates the MYB ODORANT1 promoter at a MYB binding site specific for fragrant petunias. The Plant Journal. 67(5). 917–928. 81 indexed citations

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Moerkercke, Alex Van. (2011). The floral volatile phenylpropanoid/benzenoid pathway in petunia. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1 indexed citations

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Moerkercke, Alex Van, Ines Schauvinhold, Eran Pichersky, Michel A. Haring, & Robert C. Schuurink. (2009). A plant thiolase involved in benzoic acid biosynthesis and volatile benzenoid production. The Plant Journal. 60(2). 292–302. 119 indexed citations

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