Cyril Zipfel

38.1k total citations · 20 hit papers
166 papers, 25.0k citations indexed

About

Cyril Zipfel is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cyril Zipfel has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 25.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Plant Science, 42 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Cyril Zipfel's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (132 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (68 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (58 papers). Cyril Zipfel is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (132 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (68 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (58 papers). Cyril Zipfel collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Germany. Cyril Zipfel's co-authors include Georg Felix, Jonathan D. G. Jones, Thomas Boller, Silke Robatzek, Alberto P. Macho, Delphine Chinchilla, Freddy Boutrot, Daniel Couto, Jacqueline Monaghan and Yasuhiro Kadota and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Cyril Zipfel

162 papers receiving 24.7k citations

Hit Papers

A flagellin-induced compl... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2007 2006 2004 2016 2014 400 800 1.2k
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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. A flagellin-induced complex of the receptor FLS2 and BAK1 initiates plant defence
    2007 1.4k citations Cyril Zipfel, Silke Robatzek et al. profile →
  2. Perception of the Bacterial PAMP EF-Tu by the Receptor EFR Restricts Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation
    2006 1.4k citations Cyril Zipfel, Gernot Kunze et al. profile →
  3. Bacterial disease resistance in Arabidopsis through flagellin perception
    2004 1.3k citations Cyril Zipfel, Silke Robatzek et al. profile →
  4. Regulation of pattern recognition receptor signalling in plants
    2016 923 citations Daniel Couto, Cyril Zipfel profile →
  5. Plant pattern-recognition receptors
    2014 774 citations Cyril Zipfel profile →
  6. Direct Regulation of the NADPH Oxidase RBOHD by the PRR-Associated Kinase BIK1 during Plant Immunity
    2014 713 citations Yasuhiro Kadota, Jan Sklenář et al. profile →
  7. Plant PRRs and the Activation of Innate Immune Signaling
    2014 676 citations Alberto P. Macho, Cyril Zipfel profile →
  8. The N Terminus of Bacterial Elongation Factor Tu Elicits Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis Plants
    2004 658 citations Gernot Kunze, Cyril Zipfel et al. The Plant Cell profile →
  9. Structural Basis for flg22-Induced Activation of the Arabidopsis FLS2-BAK1 Immune Complex
    2013 562 citations Alberto P. Macho, Cyril Zipfel et al. Science profile →
  10. The Arabidopsis Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor–Like Kinases BAK1/SERK3 and BKK1/SERK4 Are Required for Innate Immunity to Hemibiotrophic and Biotrophic Pathogens
    2011 537 citations Benjamin Schwessinger, Alexandra M. E. Jones et al. The Plant Cell profile →
  11. Plant signalling in symbiosis and immunity
    2017 513 citations Cyril Zipfel et al. profile →
  12. The receptor kinase FER is a RALF-regulated scaffold controlling plant immune signaling
    2017 508 citations Martin Stegmann, Jacqueline Monaghan et al. Science profile →
  13. Function, Discovery, and Exploitation of Plant Pattern Recognition Receptors for Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance
    2017 497 citations Freddy Boutrot, Cyril Zipfel profile →
  14. Plant pattern recognition receptor complexes at the plasma membrane
    2012 491 citations Jacqueline Monaghan, Cyril Zipfel profile →
  15. Pattern-recognition receptors in plant innate immunity
    2008 473 citations Cyril Zipfel profile →
  16. Regulation of the NADPH Oxidase RBOHD During Plant Immunity
    2015 459 citations Yasuhiro Kadota, Ken Shirasu et al. profile →
  17. Bacteria establish an aqueous living space in plants crucial for virulence
    2016 315 citations Freddy Boutrot, Cyril Zipfel et al. profile →
  18. Molecular mechanisms of early plant pattern-triggered immune signaling
    2021 274 citations Thomas A. DeFalco, Cyril Zipfel profile →
  19. The transcriptional landscape of Arabidopsis thaliana pattern-triggered immunity
    2021 196 citations Marta Bjornson, Cyril Zipfel et al. Nature Plants profile →
  20. Ca 2+ signals in plant immunity
    2022 136 citations Philipp Köster, Thomas A. DeFalco et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Cyril Zipfel 23.2k 7.0k 1.7k 810 733 166 25.0k
Jian‐Min Zhou 19.2k 0.8× 6.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 805 1.0× 650 0.9× 167 21.9k
Thomas Boller 27.7k 1.2× 8.7k 1.2× 2.2k 1.2× 1.7k 2.1× 1.1k 1.5× 181 30.3k
Brian J. Staskawicz 19.1k 0.8× 5.3k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 734 0.9× 866 1.2× 152 21.5k
Xinnian Dong 23.8k 1.0× 9.5k 1.4× 2.1k 1.2× 2.3k 2.8× 750 1.0× 118 26.8k
Georg Felix 15.5k 0.7× 4.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 586 0.7× 666 0.9× 88 16.6k
Antonio Molina 11.2k 0.5× 5.8k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 732 0.9× 851 1.2× 97 13.8k
Peter N. Dodds 12.7k 0.5× 4.0k 0.6× 2.2k 1.3× 415 0.5× 466 0.6× 143 13.7k
Naoto Shibuya 10.0k 0.4× 5.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 491 0.6× 774 1.1× 180 13.5k
Jane Glazebrook 16.0k 0.7× 5.8k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 1.4k 1.7× 408 0.6× 108 17.5k
Ken Shirasu 17.6k 0.8× 7.9k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 754 0.9× 543 0.7× 219 20.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Goto, Y, Marc W. Schmid, Helen Zbinden, et al.. (2025). Chitin Soil Amendment Triggers Systemic Plant Disease Resistance Through Enhanced Pattern‐Triggered Immunity. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 23(11). 5032–5044. 2 indexed citations
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Snoeck, Simon, Hyun Kyung Lee, Marc W. Schmid, et al.. (2024). Leveraging coevolutionary insights and AI-based structural modeling to unravel receptor–peptide ligand-binding mechanisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(33). e2400862121–e2400862121. 12 indexed citations
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Goto, Y, Yasuhiro Kadota, Malick Mbengué, et al.. (2024). The leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase QSK1 regulates PRR-RBOHD complexes targeted by the bacterial effector HopF2Pto. The Plant Cell. 36(12). 4932–4951. 2 indexed citations
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Hurst, Charlotte H., Dionne Turnbull, Michaela Kopischke, et al.. (2023). S-acylation stabilizes ligand-induced receptor kinase complex formation during plant pattern-triggered immune signaling. Current Biology. 33(8). 1588–1596.e6. 18 indexed citations
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Yang, Huanjie, Jan Sklenář, Gloria Sáncho-Andrés, et al.. (2023). Subtilase-mediated biogenesis of the expanded family of SERINE RICH ENDOGENOUS PEPTIDES. Nature Plants. 9(12). 2085–2094. 31 indexed citations
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Bender, Kyle W., Daniel Couto, Yasuhiro Kadota, et al.. (2021). Activation loop phosphorylation of a non-RD receptor kinase initiates plant innate immune signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(38). 18 indexed citations
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Fankhauser, Niklaus, et al.. (2021). Evolution of chlorophyll degradation is associated with plant transition to land. The Plant Journal. 109(6). 1473–1488. 18 indexed citations
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Teixeira‐Silva, Natália Sousa, et al.. (2021). The Arabidopsis immune receptor EFR increases resistance to the bacterial pathogens Xanthomonas and Xylella in transgenic sweet orange. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 19(7). 1294–1296. 35 indexed citations
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Bredow, Melissa, et al.. (2021). A novel allele of the Arabidopsis thaliana MACPF protein CAD1 results in deregulated immune signaling. Genetics. 217(4). 13 indexed citations
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Kolodziej, Markus C., Jyoti Singla, Javier Sánchez‐Martín, et al.. (2021). A membrane-bound ankyrin repeat protein confers race-specific leaf rust disease resistance in wheat. Nature Communications. 12(1). 956–956. 79 indexed citations
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Rhodes, Jack, Huanjie Yang, Steven Moussu, et al.. (2021). Perception of a divergent family of phytocytokines by the Arabidopsis receptor kinase MIK2. Nature Communications. 12(1). 705–705. 98 indexed citations
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Cheval, Cécilia, Matthew G. Johnston, Jeroen de Keijzer, et al.. (2020). Chitin perception in plasmodesmata characterizes submembrane immune-signaling specificity in plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(17). 9621–9629. 59 indexed citations
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Kato, Hiroaki, Kiyoshi Onai, Akira Abe, et al.. (2020). Lumi-Map, a Real-Time Luciferase Bioluminescence Screen of Mutants Combined with MutMap, Reveals Arabidopsis Genes Involved in PAMP-Triggered Immunity. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 33(12). 1366–1380. 4 indexed citations
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Steinbrenner, Adam D., María Muñoz‐Amatriaín, Sassoum Lô, et al.. (2020). A receptor-like protein mediates plant immune responses to herbivore-associated molecular patterns. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(49). 31510–31518. 93 indexed citations
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Amorim‐Silva, Vítor, Araceli G. Castillo, Naoufal Lakhssassi, et al.. (2019). TTL Proteins Scaffold Brassinosteroid Signaling Components at the Plasma Membrane to Optimize Signal Transduction in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 31(8). 1807–1828. 54 indexed citations
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Engelsdorf, Timo, Nora Gigli‐Bisceglia, Manikandan Veerabagu, et al.. (2018). The plant cell wall integrity maintenance and immune signaling systems cooperate to control stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Science Signaling. 11(536). 169 indexed citations
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Stegmann, Martin, Jacqueline Monaghan, Elwira Smakowska‐Luzan, et al.. (2017). The receptor kinase FER is a RALF-regulated scaffold controlling plant immune signaling. Science. 355(6322). 287–289. 508 indexed citations breakdown →
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Macho, Alberto P., Benjamin Schwessinger, Vardis Ntoukakis, et al.. (2014). A Bacterial Tyrosine Phosphatase Inhibits Plant Pattern Recognition Receptor Activation. Science. 343(6178). 1509–1512. 129 indexed citations
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Wolf, Sebastian, Dieuwertje van der Does, Friederike Ladwig, et al.. (2014). A receptor-like protein mediates the response to pectin modification by activating brassinosteroid signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(42). 15261–15266. 130 indexed citations
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Kunze, Gernot, Cyril Zipfel, Silke Robatzek, et al.. (2004). The N Terminus of Bacterial Elongation Factor Tu Elicits Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis Plants. The Plant Cell. 16(12). 3496–3507. 658 indexed citations breakdown →

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