Christian Boucher

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Christian Boucher is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Boucher has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Plant Science, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Christian Boucher's work include Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (43 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (40 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (34 papers). Christian Boucher is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (43 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (40 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (34 papers). Christian Boucher collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Uruguay. Christian Boucher's co-authors include Stéphane Genin, Patrick Barberis, Frédérique Van Gijsegem, Matthieu Arlat, Sébastien Cunnac, Jean Dénarié, Nemo Peeters, J. S. Julliot, Francine Casse and M.F. Michel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The EMBO Journal and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Christian Boucher

49 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Physical interaction between RRS1-R, a protein conferring resistance to bacterial wilt, and PopP2, a type III effector targeted to the plant nucleus

2003 551 citations Laurent Deslandes, J. Olivier et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Identification and Characterization of Large Plasmids in Rhizobium meliloti using Agarose Gel Electrophoresis

1979 464 citations Christian Boucher et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Metabolic Adaptation of Ralstonia solanacearum during Plant Infection: A Methionine Biosynthesis Case Study 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Laure Plener, P. Boistard, Adriana González, Christian Boucher, Stéphane Genin	36
2	Ralstonia solanacearum requires F-box-like domain-containing type III effectors to promote disease on several host plants 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Aurélie Angot, Nemo Peeters, Esther Lechner, Fabienne Vailleau, Catherine Baud, Laurent Gentzbittel, Elodie Sartorel, Pascal Genschik, Christian Boucher, Stéphane Genin	171
3	Ralstonia solanacearum requires F-box-like domain-containing type III effectors to promote disease on several host plants 2006 ·HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) ·Aurélie Angot, Nemo Peeters, Esther Lechner, Fabienne Vailleau, Catherine Baud, Laurent Gentzbittel, Elodie Sartorel, Pascal Genschik, Christian Boucher, Stéphane Genin	7
4	Integrated Regulation of the Type III Secretion System and Other Virulence Determinants in Ralstonia solanacearum 2006 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Marc Valls, Stéphane Genin, Christian Boucher	170
5	Genome-Wide Analysis of Gene Expression in Ralstonia solanacearum Reveals That the hrpB Gene Acts as a Regulatory Switch Controlling Multiple Virulence Pathways 2005 ·Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Alessandra Occhialini, Sébastien Cunnac, Nancie Reymond, Stéphane Genin, Christian Boucher	82
6	Control of the Ralstonia solanacearum Type III secretion system (Hrp) genes by the global virulence regulator PhcA 2005 ·FEBS Letters ·Stéphane Genin, Belén Brito, Timothy P. Denny, Christian Boucher	77
7	Inventory and functional analysis of the large Hrp regulon in Ralstonia solanacearum: identification of novel effector proteins translocated to plant host cells through the type III secretion system 2004 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Sébastien Cunnac, Alessandra Occhialini, Patrick Barberis, Christian Boucher, Stéphane Genin	191
8	Physical interaction between RRS1-R, a protein conferring resistance to bacterial wilt, and PopP2, a type III effector targeted to the plant nucleus breakdown → 2003 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Laurent Deslandes, J. Olivier, Nemo Peeters, (unknown), (unknown), Christian Boucher, Imre E. Somssich, Stéphane Genin, Yves Marco	551
9	Genetic dissection of the Ralstonia solanacearum hrp gene cluster reveals that the HrpV and HrpX proteins are required for Hrp pilus assembly 2002 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Frédérique Van Gijsegem, Jacques Vasse, Riet De Rycke, (unknown), Christian Boucher	30
10	PopP1, a New Member of the YopJ/AvrRxv Family of Type III Effector Proteins, Acts as a Host-Specificity Factor and Modulates Aggressiveness of Ralstonia solanacearum 2002 ·Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Muriel Lavie, (unknown), (unknown), Nigel Grimsley, Christian Boucher	86
11	Concepts actuels sur la pathogénie chez les bactéries phytopathogènes 2001 ·Comptes Rendus de l Académie des Sciences - Series III - Sciences de la Vie ·Christian Boucher, Stéphane Genin, Matthieu Arlat	7
12	The hrpB and hrpG regulatory genes of Ralstonia solanacearum are required for different stages of the tomato root infection process 2000 ·SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository ·Jacques Vasse, Stéphane Genin, Pascal Frey, Christian Boucher, (unknown)	6
13	A bacterial sensor of plant cell contact controls the transcriptional induction of Ralstonia solanacearum pathogenicity genes 2000 ·The EMBO Journal ·Didier Aldon, Belén Brito, Christian Boucher, Stéphane Genin	142
14	Two novel proteins, PopB, which has functional nuclear localization signals, and PopC, which has a large leucine‐rich repeat domain, are secreted through the Hrp‐secretion apparatus of Ralstonia solanacearum 2000 ·Molecular Microbiology ·(unknown), Ton Timmers, Christian Boucher, Matthieu Arlat	75
15	The hrpB and hrpG Regulatory Genes of Ralstonia solanacearum Are Required for Different Stages of the Tomato Root Infection Process 2000 ·Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Jacques Vasse, Stéphane Genin, Pascal Frey, Christian Boucher, (unknown)	87
16	prhJ and hrpG, two new components of the plant signal‐dependent regulatory cascade controlled by PrhA in Ralstonia solanacearum 1999 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Belén Brito, Marc S. Marenda, Patrick Barberis, Christian Boucher, Stéphane Genin	89
17	The hrp gene locus of Pseudomonas solanacearum, which controls the production of a type III secretion system, encodes eight proteins related to components of the bacterial flagellar biogenesis complex 1995 ·SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository ·Frederique F. van Gijsegem, Clare Gough, Claudine Zischek, (unknown), Matthieu Arlat, Stéphane Genin, Patrick Barberis, Sylvie German‐Retana, (unknown), Christian Boucher	9
18	The hrp gene locus of Pseudomonas solanacearum, which controls the production of a type III secretion system, encodes eight proteins related to components of the bacterial flagellar biogenesis complex 1995 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Frédérique Van Gijsegem, Clare Gough, Claudine Zischek, Éric Niqueux, Matthieu Arlat, Stéphane Genin, Patrick Barberis, Sylvie German‐Retana, (unknown), Christian Boucher	166
19	Homology between the HrpO protein of Pseudomonas solanacearum and bacterial proteins implicated in a signal peptide-independent secretion mechanism 1993 ·Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Clare Gough, Stéphane Genin, (unknown), Christian Boucher	40
20	Evidence that the hrpB gene encodes a positive regulator of pathogenicity genes from Pseudomonas solanacearum 1992 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Stéphane Genin, Clare Gough, Claudine Zischek, Christian Boucher	141

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