Christopher A. Brosnan

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Christopher A. Brosnan is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher A. Brosnan has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Plant Science, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in Christopher A. Brosnan's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (13 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (11 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (4 papers). Christopher A. Brosnan is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (13 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (11 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (4 papers). Christopher A. Brosnan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Switzerland and United States. Christopher A. Brosnan's co-authors include Olivier Voinnet, Neena Mitter, Bernard J. Carroll, Michael Christie, Neil A. Smith, Peter M. Waterhouse, Narelle Manzie, Stephen J. Fletcher, Alexis Sarazin and Zhi Ping Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Christopher A. Brosnan

22 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

  1. Foliar application of clay-delivered RNA interference for whitefly control
    2022 129 citations Ritesh G. Jain, Stephen J. Fletcher et al. Nature Plants profile →

Peers

Christopher A. Brosnan
Patricia Baldrich United States
Zhangxun Wang China
Maghsoud Pazhouhandeh Iran
Gabrielle Haas France
Rong Guo China
Yingjun Luo United States
Rena Shimizu United States
Muhammad Zuhaib Khan Pakistan
Kathy Walsh United Kingdom
Angela Chen United States
Patricia Baldrich United States
Christopher A. Brosnan
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher A. Brosnan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fletcher, Stephen J., JF Lawrence, Anne Sawyer, et al.. (2025). dsRNAmax: a multi-target chimeric dsRNA designer for safe and effective crop protection. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. 7(2). lqaf064–lqaf064. 2 indexed citations
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Yong, Jiaxi, Xu Wang, Miaomiao Wu, et al.. (2025). Lysozyme-coated nanoparticles for active uptake and delivery of synthetic RNA and plasmid-encoded genes in plants. Nature Plants. 11(1). 131–144. 15 indexed citations
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Brosnan, Christopher A., et al.. (2024). Involvement of MicroRNAs in the Hypersensitive Response of Capsicum Plants to the Capsicum Chlorosis Virus at Elevated Temperatures. Pathogens. 13(9). 745–745. 2 indexed citations
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Du, Yunguang, Christopher A. Brosnan, Arnaud Ahier, et al.. (2023). ATFS-1 counteracts mitochondrial DNA damage by promoting repair over transcription. Nature Cell Biology. 25(8). 1111–1120. 8 indexed citations
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Devers, Emanuel A., Christopher A. Brosnan, Alexis Sarazin, et al.. (2023). In planta dynamics, transport biases, and endogenous functions of mobile siRNAs in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 115(5). 1377–1393. 10 indexed citations
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Jain, Ritesh G., Stephen J. Fletcher, Narelle Manzie, et al.. (2022). Foliar application of clay-delivered RNA interference for whitefly control. Nature Plants. 8(5). 535–548. 129 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brosnan, Christopher A., et al.. (2022). Perspectives on plant virus diseases in a climate change scenario of elevated temperatures. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 37–37. 20 indexed citations
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Lonhienne, Thierry, Louisa Matthew, Christopher A. Brosnan, et al.. (2021). DEFECTIVE EMBRYO AND MERISTEMS genes are required for cell division and gamete viability in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics. 17(5). e1009561–e1009561. 5 indexed citations
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Kisielow, Malgorzata, et al.. (2021). Nuclear RNA purification by flow cytometry to study nuclear processes in plants. STAR Protocols. 2(1). 100320–100320. 3 indexed citations
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Richman, Tara R., Judith A. Ermer, Stefan J. Siira, et al.. (2021). Mitochondrial mistranslation modulated by metabolic stress causes cardiovascular disease and reduced lifespan. Aging Cell. 20(7). e13408–e13408. 17 indexed citations
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Brosnan, Christopher A., et al.. (2021). Cell-type-specific profiling of loaded miRNAs from Caenorhabditis elegans reveals spatial and temporal flexibility in Argonaute loading. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2194–2194. 42 indexed citations
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Devers, Emanuel A., Christopher A. Brosnan, Alexis Sarazin, et al.. (2020). Movement and differential consumption of short interfering RNA duplexes underlie mobile RNA interference. Nature Plants. 6(7). 789–799. 58 indexed citations
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Brosnan, Christopher A., et al.. (2019). Genome‐scale, single‐cell‐type resolution of micro RNA activities within a whole plant organ. The EMBO Journal. 38(13). e100754–e100754. 44 indexed citations
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Iki, Taichiro, Antoine Cléry, Nicolás G. Bologna, et al.. (2018). Structural Flexibility Enables Alternative Maturation, ARGONAUTE Sorting and Activities of miR168, a Global Gene Silencing Regulator in Plants. Molecular Plant. 11(8). 1008–1023. 43 indexed citations
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Iki, Taichiro, et al.. (2017). A complex of Arabidopsis DRB proteins can impair dsRNA processing. RNA. 23(5). 782–797. 14 indexed citations
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Brosnan, Christopher A. & Olivier Voinnet. (2011). Cell-to-cell and long-distance siRNA movement in plants: mechanisms and biological implications. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 14(5). 580–587. 97 indexed citations
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Christie, Michael, Christopher A. Brosnan, Joseph A. Rothnagel, & Bernard J. Carroll. (2011). RNA Decay and RNA Silencing in Plants: Competition or Collaboration?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 99–99. 37 indexed citations
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Brosnan, Christopher A. & Olivier Voinnet. (2009). The long and the short of noncoding RNAs. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 21(3). 416–425. 297 indexed citations
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Brosnan, Christopher A., Neena Mitter, Michael Christie, et al.. (2007). Nuclear gene silencing directs reception of long-distance mRNA silencing in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(37). 14741–14746. 182 indexed citations
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Fusaro, Adriana F., Louisa Matthew, Neil A. Smith, et al.. (2006). RNA interference‐inducing hairpin RNAs in plants act through the viral defence pathway. EMBO Reports. 7(11). 1168–1175. 2 indexed citations

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