David G. Barker

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
93 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

David G. Barker is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, David G. Barker has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Plant Science, 36 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in David G. Barker's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (38 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (27 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (11 papers). David G. Barker is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (38 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (27 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (11 papers). David G. Barker collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Tanzania. David G. Barker's co-authors include Mireille Chabaud, Leland H. Johnston, Guillaume Bécard, Ton Timmers, Stéphane Uroz, Francis Martin, Etienne‐Pascal Journet, Aurélien Boisson‐Dernier, Andrea Genre and Charles Rosenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David G. Barker

88 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Agrobacterium rhizogenes-Transformed Roots of Medicago truncatula for the Study of Nitrogen-Fixing and Endomycorrhizal Symbiotic Associations

2001 552 citations Aurélien Boisson‐Dernier, Mireille Chabaud et al. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions profile →
Ancestral alliances: Plant mutualistic symbioses with fungi and bacteria

2017 364 citations Francis Martin, Stéphane Uroz et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David G. Barker France	42	3.9k	1.8k	865	500	333	93	5.8k
Lee E. Gunter United States	28	1.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	554 0.6×	625 1.3×	224 0.7×	53	3.1k
Abraham B. Korol Israel	43	3.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	497 0.6×	2.8k 5.6×	406 1.2×	118	5.9k
Corinne Da Silva France	36	1.2k 0.3×	1.9k 1.1×	119 0.1×	490 1.0×	518 1.6×	81	3.7k
H. James Price United States	38	3.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	276 0.3×	1.1k 2.2×	127 0.4×	110	4.5k
E. Jean Finnegan Australia	47	7.3k 1.9×	4.3k 2.4×	416 0.5×	898 1.8×	332 1.0×	90	9.0k
Matthew B. Hufford United States	27	2.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	151 0.2×	1.3k 2.6×	260 0.8×	51	3.6k
Joann Mudge United States	34	2.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	130 0.2×	905 1.8×	200 0.6×	67	3.6k
Karl G. Lark United States	45	4.2k 1.1×	3.6k 2.0×	316 0.4×	3.0k 5.9×	665 2.0×	135	8.5k
John W. Brown United States	44	3.0k 0.8×	3.7k 2.1×	92 0.1×	1.1k 2.3×	337 1.0×	261	7.1k
C. Dana Nelson United States	28	1.4k 0.4×	976 0.5×	174 0.2×	871 1.7×	599 1.8×	114	3.0k

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Chabaud, Mireille, Joëlle Fournier, Leandro Imanishi, et al.. (2019). Chitotetraose activates the fungal-dependent endosymbiotic signaling pathway in actinorhizal plant species. PLoS ONE. 14(10). e0223149–e0223149. 4 indexed citations

Fournier, Joëlle, Leandro Imanishi, Mireille Chabaud, et al.. (2018). Cell remodeling and subtilase gene expression in the actinorhizal plant Discaria trinervis highlight host orchestration of intercellular Frankia colonization. New Phytologist. 219(3). 1018–1030. 10 indexed citations

Martin, Francis, Stéphane Uroz, & David G. Barker. (2017). Ancestral alliances: Plant mutualistic symbioses with fungi and bacteria. Science. 356(6340). 364 indexed citations breakdown →

Cerri, Marion R., Lisa Francès, Joëlle Fournier, et al.. (2016). The Symbiosis-Related ERN Transcription Factors Act in Concert to Coordinate Rhizobial Host Root Infection. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 171(2). pp.00230.2016–pp.00230.2016. 44 indexed citations

Venkateshwaran, Muthusubramanian, Dhileepkumar Jayaraman, Mireille Chabaud, et al.. (2015). A role for the mevalonate pathway in early plant symbiotic signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(31). 9781–9786. 87 indexed citations

Lafitte, Claude, Mireille Chabaud, Sophie Drouillard, et al.. (2013). Aphanomyces euteiches Cell Wall Fractions Containing Novel Glucan-Chitosaccharides Induce Defense Genes and Nuclear Calcium Oscillations in the Plant Host Medicago truncatula. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e75039–e75039. 35 indexed citations

Bonaldi, Katia, Hassen Gherbi, Claudine Franche, et al.. (2010). The Nod Factor–Independent Symbiotic Signaling Pathway: Development of Agrobacterium rhizogenes–Mediated Transformation for the Legume Aeschynomene indica. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 23(12). 1537–1544. 34 indexed citations

Sieberer, Björn J., Mireille Chabaud, Ton Timmers, et al.. (2009). A Nuclear-Targeted Cameleon Demonstrates Intranuclear Ca2+ Spiking in Medicago truncatula Root Hairs in Response to Rhizobial Nodulation Factors . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 151(3). 1197–1206. 121 indexed citations

Genre, Andrea, Mireille Chabaud, Ton Timmers, Paola Bonfante, & David G. Barker. (2005). Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Elicit a Novel Intracellular Apparatus in Medicago truncatula Root Epidermal Cells before Infection[W]. The Plant Cell. 17(12). 3489–3499. 323 indexed citations

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Chabaud, Mireille, Fernanda de Carvalho‐Niebel, & David G. Barker. (2003). Efficient transformation of Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong using the hypervirulent Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain AGL1. Plant Cell Reports. 22(1). 46–51. 72 indexed citations

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Keogh, J. Scott, David G. Barker, & Richard Shine. (2001). Heavily exploited but poorly known: systematics and biogeography of commercially harvested pythons (Python curtus group) in Southeast Asia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 73(1). 113–129. 29 indexed citations

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Boisson‐Dernier, Aurélien, et al.. (2001). Agrobacterium rhizogenes-Transformed Roots of Medicago truncatula for the Study of Nitrogen-Fixing and Endomycorrhizal Symbiotic Associations. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 14(6). 695–700. 552 indexed citations breakdown →

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Harvey, Michael B. & David G. Barker. (1998). A New Species of Blue-Tailed Monitor Lizard (Genus Varanus) from Halmahera Island, Indonesia. Herpetologica. 54(1). 34–44. 18 indexed citations

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Érard, Monique, et al.. (1998). An Arg/Lys-rich core peptide mimics TRBP binding to the HIV-1 TAR RNA upper-stem/loop. Journal of Molecular Biology. 279(5). 1085–1099. 32 indexed citations

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Barker, David G., et al.. (1996). Lectin genes are expressed throughout root nodule development and during nitrogen-fixation in the Rhizobium-Medicago symbiosis. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1 indexed citations

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Barker, David G., et al.. (1993). Differential Expression within the Glutamine Synthetase Gene Family of the Model Legume Medicago truncatula. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 103(1). 73–81. 59 indexed citations

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Barker, David G., et al.. (1992). Lectin genes from the legume Medicago truncatula. Plant Molecular Biology. 19(6). 1011–1017. 13 indexed citations

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Campbell, Jonathan A., Edmund D. Brodie, David G. Barker, & Andrew H. Price. (1989). AN APPARENT NATURAL HYBRID RATTLESNAKE AND CROTALUS WILLARDI (VIPERIDAE) FROM THE PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO. Herpetologica. 45(3). 344–349. 9 indexed citations

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Barker, David G., et al.. (1987). Plant gene expression in effective and ineffective root nodules of alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Plant Molecular Biology. 9(5). 469–478. 87 indexed citations

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Barker, David G. & A. G. Ferguson. (1983). A goldmine in the sky faraway: rural urban images in Kenya. Area. 15(3). 185–191. 1 indexed citations

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