Bao‐Cai Tan

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Bao‐Cai Tan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Bao‐Cai Tan has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Bao‐Cai Tan's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (45 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (26 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers). Bao‐Cai Tan is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (45 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (26 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers). Bao‐Cai Tan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Bao‐Cai Tan's co-authors include Donald R. McCarty, Kenneth Cline, Feng Sun, Wen‐Tao Deng, Qin‐Bao Li, Lijuan Liu, Zhihui Xiu, Yan‐Zhuo Yang, Yun Shen and Jonathan T. Vogel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Bao‐Cai Tan

57 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Molecular characterization of the Arabidopsis 9‐cis epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase gene family

2003 646 citations Bao‐Cai Tan, Donald R. McCarty et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bao‐Cai Tan China	24	1.8k	1.4k	276	248	92	61	2.5k
Seong‐Ryong Kim South Korea	23	1.5k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	98 0.4×	251 1.0×	98 1.1×	47	2.3k
Yoshihiro Ugawa Japan	4	2.0k 1.1×	2.4k 1.7×	82 0.3×	135 0.5×	54 0.6×	8	2.9k
Jianli Liang China	23	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	100 0.4×	223 0.9×	96 1.0×	54	1.8k
Kyoko Matsui Japan	16	2.3k 1.2×	2.3k 1.6×	209 0.8×	59 0.2×	54 0.6×	16	2.9k
Marc C. Albertsen United States	24	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	80 0.3×	334 1.3×	202 2.2×	59	1.9k
Andan Zhu China	24	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	150 0.5×	188 0.8×	424 4.6×	40	1.9k
Chaozhi Ma China	29	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	64 0.2×	262 1.1×	149 1.6×	95	2.2k
Harin Jung South Korea	22	1.4k 0.8×	2.5k 1.7×	41 0.1×	205 0.8×	44 0.5×	27	2.8k
D. S. Robertson United States	26	1.4k 0.8×	2.1k 1.4×	182 0.7×	375 1.5×	63 0.7×	61	2.6k
Runze Wang China	16	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	173 0.6×	111 0.4×	109 1.2×	33	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Bao‐Cai Tan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bao‐Cai Tan

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Zhao, Jinhong, Jie Chen, Xing Tian, et al.. (2025). Phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase is required for kernel development and defines a predominant serine synthesis pathway in maize. The Plant Cell. 37(6).

Yang, Yan‐Zhuo, et al.. (2024). PPR21 is involved in the splicing of nad2 introns via interacting with PPR-SMR1 and SPR2 and is essential to maize seed development. Journal of genetics and genomics. 52(3). 379–387.

Wang, Yong, et al.. (2024). Maize requires Embryo defective27 for embryogenesis and seedling development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 195(1). 430–445. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Hui, Xiaojie Li, Yafeng Zhang, et al.. (2024). A sucrose ferulate cycle linchpin for feruloylation of arabinoxylans in plant commelinids. Nature Plants. 10(9). 1389–1399. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Yong, et al.. (2024). Multiple factors interact in editing of PPR-E+-targeted sites in maize mitochondria and plastids. Plant Communications. 5(5). 100836–100836. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Yong, et al.. (2024). PPR596 Is Required for nad2 Intron Splicing and Complex I Biogenesis in Arabidopsis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(6). 3542–3542. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yong & Bao‐Cai Tan. (2024). Pentatricopeptide repeat proteins in plants: Cellular functions, action mechanisms, and potential applications. Plant Communications. 6(2). 101203–101203. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Le, et al.. (2024). Maize Dek51 encodes a DEAD-box RNA helicase essential for pre-rRNA processing and seed development. Cell Reports. 43(9). 114673–114673.

Zu, Xiaofeng, Lilan Luo, Jie Gong, et al.. (2023). A mitochondrial pentatricopeptide repeat protein enhances cold tolerance by modulating mitochondrial superoxide in rice. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6789–6789. 29 indexed citations

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Wei, Qingqing, et al.. (2023). PHB3 Is Required for the Assembly and Activity of Mitochondrial ATP Synthase in Arabidopsis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(10). 8787–8787. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Yan‐Zhuo, et al.. (2023). The DEAD‐box RNA helicase ZmRH48 is required for the splicing of multiple mitochondrial introns, mitochondrial complex biosynthesis, and seed development in maize. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 65(11). 2456–2468. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Hui, Zhihui Xiu, Huanhuan Yang, et al.. (2023). Defective kernel 58 encodes an Rrp15p domain‐containing protein essential to ribosome biogenesis and seed development in maize. New Phytologist. 241(4). 1662–1675. 4 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jiao, Xiulan Li, Rui Liu, et al.. (2022). EMP80 mediates the C‐to‐U editing of nad7 and atp4 and interacts with ZmDYW2 in maize mitochondria. New Phytologist. 234(4). 1237–1248. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Rui, et al.. (2022). The small PPR protein SPR2 interacts with PPR–SMR1 to facilitate the splicing of introns in maize mitochondria. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 190(3). 1763–1776. 11 indexed citations

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Zheng, Peng, Yujun Liu, Xuejiao Liu, et al.. (2021). OsPPR939, a nad5 splicing factor, is essential for plant growth and pollen development in rice. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 134(3). 923–940. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Xiulan, Huanhuan Yang, Feng Sun, et al.. (2018). EMP18 functions in mitochondrial atp6 and cox2 transcript editing and is essential to seed development in maize. New Phytologist. 221(2). 896–907. 44 indexed citations

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Tan, Bao‐Cai, et al.. (2017). Structure and Origin of the White Cap Locus and Its Role in Evolution of Grain Color in Maize. Genetics. 206(1). 135–150. 23 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yafeng, Masaharu Suzuki, Feng Sun, & Bao‐Cai Tan. (2017). The Mitochondrion-Targeted PENTATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT78 Protein Is Required for nad5 Mature mRNA Stability and Seed Development in Maize. Molecular Plant. 10(10). 1321–1333. 47 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yafeng, Mingming Hou, & Bao‐Cai Tan. (2013). The Requirement of WHIRLY1 for Embryogenesis Is Dependent on Genetic Background in Maize. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e67369–e67369. 34 indexed citations

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Vogel, Jonathan T., Bao‐Cai Tan, Donald R. McCarty, & Harry J. Klee. (2008). The Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase 1 Enzyme Has Broad Substrate Specificity, Cleaving Multiple Carotenoids at Two Different Bond Positions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(17). 11364–11373. 222 indexed citations

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