Allison E. McDonald

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

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Allison E. McDonald is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Allison E. McDonald has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Allison E. McDonald's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (17 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (5 papers). Allison E. McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (17 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (5 papers). Allison E. McDonald collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Portugal. Allison E. McDonald's co-authors include Greg C. Vanlerberghe, William C. Plaxton, Bruce R. Grant, Jukka Kallijärvi, Janne Purhonen, Vineta Fellman, Rishi Banerjee, Sasan Amirsadeghi, James F. Staples and Norman P. A. Hüner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Environmental Science & Technology and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Allison E. McDonald

32 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A sensitive assay for dNTPs based on long synthetic oligonucleotides, EvaGreen dye and inhibitor-resistant high-fidelity DNA polymerase

2020 307 citations Janne Purhonen, Rishi Banerjee et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Allison E. McDonald Canada	21	1.1k	760	222	103	97	32	1.8k
Ester Feldmesser Israel	26	1.3k 1.1×	465 0.6×	277 1.2×	67 0.7×	166 1.7×	53	2.3k
Takao Ojima Japan	28	1.2k 1.1×	324 0.4×	189 0.9×	177 1.7×	159 1.6×	129	2.6k
Benoı̂t Chénais France	25	968 0.9×	393 0.5×	142 0.6×	174 1.7×	66 0.7×	72	2.0k
John Love United Kingdom	27	1.0k 0.9×	708 0.9×	99 0.4×	105 1.0×	34 0.4×	72	2.0k
John H. Bothwell United Kingdom	18	1.2k 1.1×	1.7k 2.3×	199 0.9×	134 1.3×	336 3.5×	28	2.8k
Francesca Sparla Italy	33	1.9k 1.7×	1.4k 1.8×	154 0.7×	269 2.6×	80 0.8×	77	3.2k
Robert Webb United States	24	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	120 0.5×	86 0.8×	28 0.3×	38	2.4k
Changsheng Chen China	23	621 0.6×	370 0.5×	86 0.4×	113 1.1×	199 2.1×	72	1.3k
Aurelio Serrano Spain	27	1.2k 1.1×	380 0.5×	190 0.9×	221 2.1×	74 0.8×	92	1.9k
Anne Rokka Finland	23	1.1k 0.9×	491 0.6×	69 0.3×	139 1.3×	75 0.8×	45	1.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Weaver, Ryan J. & Allison E. McDonald. (2023). Mitochondrial alternative oxidase across the tree of life: Presence, absence, and putative cases of lateral gene transfer. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1864(4). 149003–149003. 8 indexed citations

McDonald, Allison E.. (2022). Unique opportunities for future research on the alternative oxidase of plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 191(4). 2084–2092. 7 indexed citations

Birceanu, Oana, et al.. (2021). At the intersection between toxicology and physiology: What we have learned about sea lampreys and bony fish physiology from studying the mode of action of lampricides. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 47. S673–S689. 5 indexed citations

Del‐Saz, Néstor Fernández, Cyril Douthe, Marc Carriquí, et al.. (2021). Different Metabolic Roles for Alternative Oxidase in Leaves of Palustrine and Terrestrial Species. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 752795–752795. 2 indexed citations

Purhonen, Janne, Rishi Banerjee, Allison E. McDonald, Vineta Fellman, & Jukka Kallijärvi. (2020). A sensitive assay for dNTPs based on long synthetic oligonucleotides, EvaGreen dye and inhibitor-resistant high-fidelity DNA polymerase. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(15). e87–e87. 307 indexed citations breakdown →

Singh, Jaspreet, et al.. (2018). Identification of the alternative oxidase gene and its expression in the copepod Tigriopus californicus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 228. 41–50. 18 indexed citations

Del‐Saz, Néstor Fernández, Miquel Ribas‐Carbó, Allison E. McDonald, et al.. (2017). An In Vivo Perspective of the Role(s) of the Alternative Oxidase Pathway. Trends in Plant Science. 23(3). 206–219. 126 indexed citations

Robertson, Aaron, et al.. (2016). Heterologous expression of the Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) alternative oxidase in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 48(5). 509–520. 13 indexed citations

Costa, José Hélio, Allison E. McDonald, Birgit Arnholdt‐Schmitt, & Dirce Fernandes de Melo. (2014). A classification scheme for alternative oxidases reveals the taxonomic distribution and evolutionary history of the enzyme in angiosperms. Mitochondrion. 19. 172–183. 56 indexed citations

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Staples, James F., et al.. (2013). Identification, expression, and taxonomic distribution of alternative oxidases in non-angiosperm plants. Gene. 526(2). 275–286. 21 indexed citations

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McDonald, Allison E., Alexander G. Ivanov, Rainer Bode, et al.. (2010). Flexibility in photosynthetic electron transport: The physiological role of plastoquinol terminal oxidase (PTOX). Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1807(8). 954–967. 127 indexed citations

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Frederico, António Miguel, Maria Amely Zavattieri, Maria Doroteia Campos, et al.. (2009). The gymnosperm Pinus pinea contains both AOX gene subfamilies, AOX1 and AOX2. Physiologia Plantarum. 137(4). 566–577. 18 indexed citations

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McDonald, Allison E.. (2008). Alternative oxidase: an inter-kingdom perspective on the function and regulation of this broadly distributed ‘cyanide-resistant’ terminal oxidase. Functional Plant Biology. 35(7). 535–552. 106 indexed citations

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Amirsadeghi, Sasan, Allison E. McDonald, & Greg C. Vanlerberghe. (2007). A glucocorticoid-inducible gene expression system can cause growth defects in tobacco. Planta. 226(2). 453–463. 29 indexed citations

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Amirsadeghi, Sasan, et al.. (2006). Changes in Plant Mitochondrial Electron Transport Alter Cellular Levels of Reactive Oxygen Species and Susceptibility to Cell Death Signaling Molecules. Plant and Cell Physiology. 47(11). 1509–1519. 102 indexed citations

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McDonald, Allison E. & Greg C. Vanlerberghe. (2006). Origins, evolutionary history, and taxonomic distribution of alternative oxidase and plastoquinol terminal oxidase. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D Genomics and Proteomics. 1(3). 357–364. 94 indexed citations

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McDonald, Allison E. & Greg C. Vanlerberghe. (2005). Alternative oxidase and plastoquinol terminal oxidase in marine prokaryotes of the Sargasso Sea. Gene. 349. 15–24. 60 indexed citations

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McDonald, Allison E. & Greg C. Vanlerberghe. (2004). Branched Mitochondrial Electron Transport in the Animalia: Presence of Alternative Oxidase in Several Animal Phyla. IUBMB Life. 56(6). 333–341. 90 indexed citations

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McDonald, Allison E., Julie O. Niere, & William C. Plaxton. (2001). Phosphite disrupts the acclimation of <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> to phosphate starvation. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 47(11). 969–978. 4 indexed citations

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McDonald, Allison E., Julie O. Niere, & William C. Plaxton. (2001). Phosphite disrupts the acclimation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to phosphate starvation. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 47(11). 969–978. 37 indexed citations

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