Aytug Tuncel

721 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 481 citations indexed

About

Aytug Tuncel is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Biotechnology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Aytug Tuncel has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 481 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 8 papers in Biotechnology and 7 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Aytug Tuncel's work include Enzyme Production and Characterization (7 papers), Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (6 papers) and Food composition and properties (5 papers). Aytug Tuncel is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Production and Characterization (7 papers), Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (6 papers) and Food composition and properties (5 papers). Aytug Tuncel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and India. Aytug Tuncel's co-authors include Thomas W. Okita, Seon‐Kap Hwang, Yiping Qi, Bilal Çakır, Özlem Keskin, İbrahim Halil Kavaklı, Suzanne Harris, Wendy Harwood, Mark A. Smedley and Erica Hawkins and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

Aytug Tuncel

14 papers receiving 476 citations

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CRISPR–Cas applications in agriculture and plant research

2025 25 citations Aytug Tuncel, Changtian Pan et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aytug Tuncel United States	11	358	178	164	77	60	14	481
Yongwei Sun China	7	377 1.1×	312 1.8×	84 0.5×	41 0.5×	35 0.6×	18	522
Qiaoquan Liu China	5	295 0.8×	103 0.6×	144 0.9×	22 0.3×	73 1.2×	6	369
Binquan Huang China	11	303 0.8×	133 0.7×	129 0.8×	39 0.5×	54 0.9×	16	438
Hiroaki Yamanouchi Japan	11	327 0.9×	158 0.9×	202 1.2×	87 1.1×	105 1.8×	28	480
Amy M. Clore United States	8	318 0.9×	242 1.4×	45 0.3×	45 0.6×	51 0.8×	9	444
Rob Joosten Netherlands	8	321 0.9×	331 1.9×	29 0.2×	160 2.1×	204 3.4×	9	584
Cindy Lorenz Austria	8	157 0.4×	111 0.6×	119 0.7×	71 0.9×	64 1.1×	9	367
Kazuko Morino Japan	5	359 1.0×	128 0.7×	105 0.6×	43 0.6×	58 1.0×	7	427
Anna T. Olek United States	11	419 1.2×	215 1.2×	33 0.2×	42 0.5×	157 2.6×	15	537
Sara Fasmer Hansen United States	9	295 0.8×	216 1.2×	49 0.3×	52 0.7×	136 2.3×	10	399

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14 of 14 papers shown

Tuncel, Aytug, et al.. (2025). CRISPR–Cas applications in agriculture and plant research. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 26(6). 419–441. 25 indexed citations breakdown →

Tuncel, Aytug, Changtian Pan, Thorben Sprink, et al.. (2023). Genome-edited foods. Nature Reviews Bioengineering. 1(11). 799–816. 31 indexed citations

Tuncel, Aytug & Yiping Qi. (2022). CRISPR/Cas mediated genome editing in potato: Past achievements and future directions. Plant Science. 325. 111474–111474. 14 indexed citations

Hwang, Seon‐Kap, Salvinder Singh, Jitendra Maharana, et al.. (2019). Mechanism Underlying Heat Stability of the Rice Endosperm Cytosolic ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. 70–70. 8 indexed citations

Tuncel, Aytug, Kendall R. Corbin, Jennifer Ahn‐Jarvis, et al.. (2019). Cas9‐mediated mutagenesis of potato starch‐branching enzymes generates a range of tuber starch phenotypes. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 17(12). 2259–2271. 104 indexed citations

Çakır, Bilal, Li Tian, Naoko Crofts, et al.. (2018). Re‐programming of gene expression in the CS8 rice line over‐expressing ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase induces a suppressor of starch biosynthesis. The Plant Journal. 97(6). 1073–1088. 13 indexed citations

Çakır, Bilal, Aytug Tuncel, Hiroaki Matsusaka, et al.. (2016). Analysis of the rice ADPglucose transporter (OsBT1) indicates the presence of regulatory processes in the amyloplast stroma that control ADPglucose flux into starch. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 170(3). pp.01911.2015–pp.01911.2015. 50 indexed citations

Çakır, Bilal, et al.. (2015). Substrate binding properties of potato tuber ADP‐glucose pyrophosphorylase as determined by isothermal titration calorimetry. FEBS Letters. 589(13). 1444–1449. 6 indexed citations

Tuncel, Aytug, Hiroaki Matsusaka, Aiko Nishi, et al.. (2014). The Rice Endosperm ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase Large Subunit is Essential for Optimal Catalysis and Allosteric Regulation of the Heterotetrameric Enzyme. Plant and Cell Physiology. 55(6). 1169–1183. 55 indexed citations

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Tuncel, Aytug, Bilal Çakır, Seon‐Kap Hwang, & Thomas W. Okita. (2014). The role of the large subunit in redox regulation of the rice endosperm ADP‐glucose pyrophosphorylase. FEBS Journal. 281(21). 4951–4963. 18 indexed citations

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Tuncel, Aytug & Thomas W. Okita. (2013). Improving starch yield in cereals by over-expression of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase: Expectations and unanticipated outcomes. Plant Science. 211. 52–60. 109 indexed citations

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Tuncel, Aytug & Thomas W. Okita. (2012). Redox Regulation of Rice Endosperm ADP‐glucose Pyrophosphorylase. The FASEB Journal. 26(S1). 2 indexed citations

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Barış, İbrahim, et al.. (2009). Investigation of the Interaction between the Large and Small Subunits of Potato ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase. PLoS Computational Biology. 5(10). e1000546–e1000546. 24 indexed citations

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Tuncel, Aytug, İbrahim Halil Kavaklı, & Özlem Keskin. (2008). Insights into Subunit Interactions in the Heterotetrameric Structure of Potato ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase. Biophysical Journal. 95(8). 3628–3639. 22 indexed citations

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