Christophe Himber

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Christophe Himber is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christophe Himber has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Plant Science, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Christophe Himber's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (11 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (9 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Christophe Himber is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (11 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (9 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Christophe Himber collaborates with scholars based in France, Switzerland and United States. Christophe Himber's co-authors include Olivier Voinnet, Patrice Dunoyer, Stéphanie Eyquem, Jacqueline Lehmann‐Che, Charles‐Henri Lecellier, Khalil Arar, Guillaume Moissiard, Abdelmalek Alioua, Virginia Ruíz‐Ferrer and Clément Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Christophe Himber

20 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Cellular MicroRNA Mediates Antiviral Defense in Human Cells

2005 738 citations Charles‐Henri Lecellier, Patrice Dunoyer et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christophe Himber France	14	1.7k	1.4k	430	302	180	20	2.5k
Patrice Dunoyer France	19	3.7k 2.2×	2.1k 1.5×	614 1.4×	435 1.4×	224 1.2×	34	4.7k
Zoltán Havelda Hungary	24	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	552 1.3×	527 1.7×	44 0.2×	43	2.6k
Tibor Csorba Hungary	19	2.2k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	248 0.6×	747 2.5×	54 0.3×	27	2.7k
Vanitharani Ramachandran United States	20	2.3k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	254 0.6×	331 1.1×	35 0.2×	23	2.7k
Florence Jay Switzerland	14	2.6k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	260 0.6×	136 0.5×	160 0.9×	17	3.2k
Adrián Vallí Spain	20	2.3k 1.4×	1.3k 0.9×	538 1.3×	714 2.4×	33 0.2×	33	2.9k
Dániel Silhavy Hungary	21	1.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	57 0.1×	603 2.0×	95 0.5×	40	2.7k
Mazhar Hussain Australia	29	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	268 0.6×	290 1.0×	452 2.5×	67	2.8k
Michael Wassenegger Germany	27	3.1k 1.8×	2.0k 1.5×	88 0.2×	724 2.4×	45 0.3×	57	3.7k
Vicki Vance United States	33	4.3k 2.5×	2.3k 1.7×	264 0.6×	1.1k 3.6×	63 0.3×	40	5.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rymen, Bart, Guanghui Xu, Christophe Himber, et al.. (2024). CLSY docking to Pol IV requires a conserved domain critical for small RNA biogenesis and transposon silencing. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10298–10298. 6 indexed citations

Thieme, Michael, Christophe Himber, Bettina Keller, et al.. (2024). Transposition of HOPPLA in siRNA-deficient plants suggests a limited effect of the environment on retrotransposon mobility in Brachypodium distachyon. PLoS Genetics. 20(3). e1011200–e1011200. 3 indexed citations

Rymen, Bart, Christophe Himber, David Pflieger, et al.. (2020). Integrated Genome-Scale Analysis and Northern Blot Detection of Retrotransposon siRNAs Across Plant Species. Methods in molecular biology. 2166. 387–411. 3 indexed citations

Pflieger, David, Jasleen Singh, Michael Thieme, et al.. (2019). The NRPD1 N-terminus contains a Pol IV-specific motif that is critical for genome surveillance in Arabidopsis. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(17). 9037–9052. 12 indexed citations

Himber, Christophe. (2015). The Tracking of Intercellular Small RNA Movement. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 5 indexed citations

Schmitt, Carine, Mireille Perrin, Elodie Chevalier, et al.. (2013). RNA Silencing Is Resistant to Low-Temperature in Grapevine. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e82652–e82652. 19 indexed citations

Schott, Gregory, Arturo Marí‐Ordóñez, Christophe Himber, et al.. (2012). Differential effects of viral silencing suppressors on siRNA and miRNA loading support the existence of two distinct cellular pools of ARGONAUTE1. The EMBO Journal. 31(11). 2553–2565. 68 indexed citations

Haas, Gabrielle, Jacinthe Azevedo, Guillaume Moissiard, et al.. (2008). Nuclear import of CaMV P6 is required for infection and suppression of the RNA silencing factor DRB4. The EMBO Journal. 27(15). 2102–2112. 141 indexed citations

Moissiard, Guillaume, Eneida Abreu Parizotto, Christophe Himber, & Olivier Voinnet. (2007). Transitivity in Arabidopsis can be primed, requires the redundant action of the antiviral Dicer-like 4 and Dicer-like 2, and is compromised by viral-encoded suppressor proteins. RNA. 13(8). 1268–1278. 137 indexed citations

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Dunoyer, Patrice, Christophe Himber, Virginia Ruíz‐Ferrer, Abdelmalek Alioua, & Olivier Voinnet. (2007). Intra- and intercellular RNA interference in Arabidopsis thaliana requires components of the microRNA and heterochromatic silencing pathways. Nature Genetics. 39(7). 848–856. 178 indexed citations

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Dunoyer, Patrice, Christophe Himber, & Olivier Voinnet. (2006). Induction, suppression and requirement of RNA silencing pathways in virulent Agrobacterium tumefaciens infections. Nature Genetics. 38(2). 258–263. 98 indexed citations

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Dunoyer, Patrice, Christophe Himber, & Olivier Voinnet. (2005). DICER-LIKE 4 is required for RNA interference and produces the 21-nucleotide small interfering RNA component of the plant cell-to-cell silencing signal. Nature Genetics. 37(12). 1356–1360. 323 indexed citations

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Lecellier, Charles‐Henri, Patrice Dunoyer, Khalil Arar, et al.. (2005). A Cellular MicroRNA Mediates Antiviral Defense in Human Cells. Science. 308(5721). 557–560. 738 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomas, Clément, Denise Meyer, Christophe Himber, & André Steinmetz. (2004). Spatial expression of a sunflower SERK gene during induction of somatic embryogenesis and shoot organogenesis. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 42(1). 35–42. 111 indexed citations

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Thomas, Clément, et al.. (2003). Molecular characterization and spatial expression of the sunflower ABP1 gene. Plant Molecular Biology. 52(5). 1025–1036. 36 indexed citations

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Himber, Christophe. (2003). Transitivity-dependent and -independent cell-to-cell movement of RNA silencing. The EMBO Journal. 22(17). 4523–4533. 442 indexed citations

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Friedt, W., et al.. (2002). Improved Agrobacterium -mediated transformation of sunflower ( Helianthus annuus L.): assessment of macerating enzymes and sonication. Plant Cell Reports. 21(5). 475–482. 58 indexed citations

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Molinier, Jean, Christophe Himber, Pilar Prieto‐Dapena, et al.. (2002). Modification of sunflower oil quality by seed‐specific expression of a heterologous Δ9‐stearoyl‐(acyl carrier protein) desaturase gene. Plant Breeding. 121(2). 108–116. 13 indexed citations

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Molinier, Jean, Christophe Himber, & G. Hahne. (2000). Use of green fluorescent protein for detection of transformed shoots and homozygous offspring. Plant Cell Reports. 19(3). 219–223. 44 indexed citations

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Burrus, Monique, et al.. (1996). Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) shoot apices: transformation patterns. Molecular Breeding. 2(4). 329–338. 32 indexed citations

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