Brendan Davies

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Brendan Davies is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Brendan Davies has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Brendan Davies's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (38 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (33 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers). Brendan Davies is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (38 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (33 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers). Brendan Davies collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. Brendan Davies's co-authors include Barry Causier, Zsuzsanna Schwarz‐Sommer, Martin Kieffer, Holly Cook, Gerco C. Angenent, Chiara Airoldi, Wenjia Guo, Lucia Colombo, Martin M. Kater and Stefan de Folter and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Brendan Davies

57 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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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 and Phylogenetic Analyses of the Complete MADS-Box Transcription Factor Family in Arabidopsis

2003 718 citations Lucie Pařenicová, Stefan de Folter et al. The Plant Cell profile →
The TOPLESS Interactome: A Framework for Gene Repression in Arabidopsis

2011 435 citations Barry Causier, Wenjia Guo et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brendan Davies

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Specialized ribosomes: integrating new insights and current challenges 2025 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nan Zhao, Karl Norris, Chalmers Chau, Elton J. R. Vasconcelos, (unknown), Adrian Whitehouse, Paolo Actis, Brendan Davies, Juan Fontana, Mary J. O’Connell, Emma Thomson, Julie L. Aspden	1
2	Plants utilise ancient conserved peptide upstream open reading frames in stress‐responsive translational regulation 2022 ·Plant Cell & Environment ·Barry Causier, (unknown), M. Craig McKay, (unknown), Brendan Davies	17
3	Transcriptional reprogramming during floral fate acquisition 2022 ·iScience ·Antoine Larrieu, Géraldine Brunoud, (unknown), Stéphanie Lainé, (unknown), Arnaud Stigliani, (unknown), Jérémy Just, Ludivine Soubigou‐Taconnat, Sandrine Balzergue, Brendan Davies, Enrico Scarpella, Ykä Helariutta, François Parcy, Teva Vernoux	4
4	Conservation of Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay Complex Components Throughout Eukaryotic Evolution 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Barry Causier, Zhen Li, Riet De Smet, James P. B. Lloyd, Yves Van de Peer, Brendan Davies	32
5	MAF2 Is Regulated by Temperature-Dependent Splicing and Represses Flowering at Low Temperatures in Parallel with FLM 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Chiara Airoldi, M. Craig McKay, Brendan Davies	70
6	Flower Development in the Asterid Lineage 2013 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Barry Causier, Brendan Davies	7
7	TOPLESS co-repressor interactions and their evolutionary conservation in plants 2012 ·Plant Signaling & Behavior ·Barry Causier, James P. B. Lloyd, (unknown), Brendan Davies	50
8	Gene Duplication and the Evolution of Plant MADS-box Transcription Factors 2012 ·Journal of genetics and genomics ·Chiara Airoldi, Brendan Davies	114
9	The TOPLESS Interactome: A Framework for Gene Repression in Arabidopsis breakdown → 2011 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Barry Causier, (unknown), Wenjia Guo, Brendan Davies	435
10	TCP14 and TCP15 affect internode length and leaf shape in Arabidopsis 2011 ·The Plant Journal ·Martin Kieffer, (unknown), Richard Waites, Brendan Davies	236
11	Floral organ identity: 20 years of ABCs 2009 ·Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology ·Barry Causier, Zsuzsanna Schwarz‐Sommer, Brendan Davies	271
12	Conserved intragenic elements were critical for the evolution of the floral C‐function 2008 ·The Plant Journal ·Barry Causier, Desmond Bradley, Holly Cook, Brendan Davies	34
13	Analysis of the Transcription Factor WUSCHEL and Its Functional Homologue in Antirrhinum Reveals a Potential Mechanism for Their Roles in Meristem Maintenance 2006 ·The Plant Cell ·Martin Kieffer, (unknown), Holly Cook, Elena Clerici, (unknown), Thomas Laux, Brendan Davies	181
14	Comprehensive Interaction Map of the Arabidopsis MADS Box Transcription Factors 2005 ·The Plant Cell ·Stefan de Folter, Richard G. H. Immink, Martin Kieffer, Lucie Pařenicová, Stefan R. Henz, Detlef Weigel, Marco Busscher, Maarten Kooiker, Lucia Colombo, Martin M. Kater, Brendan Davies, Gerco C. Angenent	471
15	Arabidopsis group Ie formins localize to specific cell membrane domains, interact with actin‐binding proteins and cause defects in cell expansion upon aberrant expression 2005 ·New Phytologist ·Michael J. Deeks, Fatima Cvrčková, Laura M. Machesky, (unknown), Tijs Ketelaar, Viktor Žárský, Brendan Davies, Patrick J. Hussey	90
16	CUPULIFORMIS establishes lateral organ boundaries in Antirrhinum 2004 ·Development ·(unknown), Jianping Lu, Holly Cook, Barry Causier, Zsuzsanna Schwarz‐Sommer, Brendan Davies	148
17	Molecular and Phylogenetic Analyses of the Complete MADS-Box Transcription Factor Family in Arabidopsis breakdown → 2003 ·The Plant Cell ·Lucie Pařenicová, Stefan de Folter, Martin Kieffer, David S. Horner, (unknown), Jacqueline Busscher, Holly Cook, Richard M. Ingram, Martin M. Kater, Brendan Davies, Gerco C. Angenent, Lucia Colombo	718
18	Formins: intermediates in signal-transduction cascades that affect cytoskeletal reorganization 2002 ·Trends in Plant Science ·Michael J. Deeks, Patrick J. Hussey, Brendan Davies	118
19	PLENA and FARINELLI: redundancy and regulatory interactions between two Antirrhinum MADS-box factors controlling flower development 1999 ·The EMBO Journal ·Brendan Davies, Patrick Motté, Emma Keck, Heinz Saedler, Hans Sommer, Zsuzsanna Schwarz‐Sommer	209
20	The L19 ribosomal protein gene (RPL19): gene organization, chromosomal mapping, and novel promoter region 1995 ·Genomics ·Brendan Davies, Mike Fried	35

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