Christian Staehelin

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Christian Staehelin is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Staehelin has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Plant Science, 19 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christian Staehelin's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (69 papers), Nematode management and characterization studies (29 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (21 papers). Christian Staehelin is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (69 papers), Nematode management and characterization studies (29 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (21 papers). Christian Staehelin collaborates with scholars based in China, Switzerland and France. Christian Staehelin's co-authors include W. J. Broughton, Xavier Perret, Zhi‐Ping Xie, Éva Kondorosi, Andres Wiemken, Horst Vierheilig, Robert B. Mellor, Thomas Böller, Joachim Müller and Thomas Boller and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Christian Staehelin

89 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Molecular Basis of Symbiotic Promiscuity

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christian Staehelin China	35	3.4k	994	681	355	241	89	3.8k
Erik Limpens Netherlands	25	3.3k 1.0×	842 0.8×	423 0.6×	163 0.5×	96 0.4×	38	3.5k
Douglas R. Cook United States	39	5.5k 1.6×	1.0k 1.0×	883 1.3×	177 0.5×	121 0.5×	82	6.0k
R. Varma Penmetsa United States	36	5.2k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	559 0.8×	139 0.4×	64 0.3×	58	5.4k
K. J. Chalmers Australia	36	3.1k 0.9×	311 0.3×	748 1.1×	151 0.4×	73 0.3×	77	3.8k
Masayoshi Kawaguchi Japan	50	7.4k 2.2×	2.5k 2.5×	1.3k 1.8×	219 0.6×	128 0.5×	136	7.7k
Thierry Huguet France	40	3.9k 1.1×	724 0.7×	795 1.2×	202 0.6×	79 0.3×	78	4.2k
Gloria Burow United States	32	1.8k 0.5×	557 0.6×	672 1.0×	105 0.3×	89 0.4×	62	2.4k
Benjamin Kilian Germany	39	4.6k 1.3×	586 0.6×	859 1.3×	192 0.5×	56 0.2×	98	5.1k
Peter Wenzl Colombia	28	3.2k 0.9×	373 0.4×	617 0.9×	220 0.6×	46 0.2×	67	4.1k
Nicholas A. Tinker Canada	34	4.0k 1.2×	502 0.5×	624 0.9×	114 0.3×	43 0.2×	100	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Staehelin

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Cai, Wenjie, et al.. (2023). New Evolutionary Insights into RpoA: A Novel Quorum Sensing Reprograming Factor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(10). 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Chunxiao, Yihan Wang, Jiangqi Wen, et al.. (2022). The Medicago truncatula hydrolase MtCHIT5b degrades Nod factors of Sinorhizobium meliloti and cooperates with MtNFH1 to regulate the nodule symbiosis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 1034230–1034230. 5 indexed citations

Staehelin, Christian, et al.. (2021). Functional analysis of CYP6AE68, a cytochrome P450 gene associated with indoxacarb resistance in Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 178. 104946–104946. 45 indexed citations

Staehelin, Christian, et al.. (2021). First Report of Meloidogyne arenaria on Roots of Grona triflora in Guangdong Province, China. Plant Disease. 105(11). 3763–3763. 2 indexed citations

Cai, Wenjie, et al.. (2020). Bradyrhizobium sp. strain ORS278 promotes rice growth and its quorum sensing system is required for optimal root colonization. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 12(6). 656–666. 12 indexed citations

Li, Chunlian, et al.. (2020). A method for functional testing constitutive and ligand-induced interactions of lysin motif receptor proteins. Plant Methods. 16(1). 3–3. 8 indexed citations

Xie, Zhihong, Wei Liu, Yu Sun, et al.. (2019). The genome of Ensifer alkalisoli YIC4027 provides insights for host specificity and environmental adaptations. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 643–643. 12 indexed citations

Cai, Jie, Wei Liu, Ye Tian, et al.. (2018). Role of the Nod Factor Hydrolase MtNFH1 in Regulating Nod Factor Levels during Rhizobial Infection and in Mature Nodules of Medicago truncatula. The Plant Cell. 30(2). 397–414. 30 indexed citations

Zhang, Di, et al.. (2018). Biochemical properties and in planta effects of NopM, a rhizobial E3 ubiquitin ligase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(39). 15304–15315. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Qi, Xiaolin Li, Aimin Chen, et al.. (2015). The Small GTPase ROP10 of Medicago truncatula Is Required for Both Tip Growth of Root Hairs and Nod Factor-Induced Root Hair Deformation. The Plant Cell. 27(3). 806–822. 47 indexed citations

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Xin, Dawei, Sha Liao, Zhi‐Ping Xie, et al.. (2012). Functional Analysis of NopM, a Novel E3 Ubiquitin Ligase (NEL) Domain Effector of Rhizobium sp. Strain NGR234. PLoS Pathogens. 8(5). e1002707–e1002707. 93 indexed citations

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Staehelin, Christian, et al.. (2011). Long-distance transport of signals during symbiosis. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 6(3). 372–377. 29 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ling, et al.. (2011). Functional Analysis of the Type 3 Effector Nodulation Outer Protein L (NopL) from Rhizobium sp. NGR234. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(37). 32178–32187. 56 indexed citations

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Li, Yunhe, et al.. (2007). Characteristics of adventitious root formation in cotyledon segments of mango (Mangifera indica L. cv. Zihua): two induction patterns, histological origins and the relationship with polar auxin transport. Plant Growth Regulation. 54(2). 165–177. 8 indexed citations

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Dolgikh, Elena A., et al.. (2005). Nod Factors Induce Nod Factor Cleaving Enzymes in Pea Roots. Genetic and Pharmacological Approaches Indicate Different Activation Mechanisms. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 139(2). 1051–1064. 18 indexed citations

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Staehelin, Christian, et al.. (2001). Substrate specificity and antifungal activity of recombinant tobacco class I chitinases. Plant Molecular Biology. 45(5). 609–618. 35 indexed citations

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Schultze, M.O., И. А. Тихонович, Herman P. Spaink, et al.. (2000). Nod Factors of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae and Their Fucosylated Derivatives Stimulate a Nod Factor Cleaving Activity in Pea Roots and Are Hydrolyzed In Vitro by Plant Chitinases at Different Rates. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 13(8). 799–807. 38 indexed citations

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Kiss, Ernö, Peter Mergaert, Boglàrka Olàh, et al.. (1998). Conservation of noIR in the Sinorhizobium and Rhizobium Genera of the Rhizobiaceae Family. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 11(12). 1186–1195. 29 indexed citations

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Schultze, M.O., Christian Staehelin, Frédéric Brunner, et al.. (1998). Plant chitinase/lysozyme isoforms show distinct substrate specificity and cleavage site preference towards lipochitooligosaccharide Nod signals. The Plant Journal. 16(5). 571–580. 51 indexed citations

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Müller, Joachim, Christian Staehelin, Robert B. Mellor, Thomas Böller, & Andres Wiemken. (1992). Partial purification and characterization of trehalase from soybean nodules. Journal of Plant Physiology. 140(1). 8–13. 33 indexed citations

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