Erwin Grill

21.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
82 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

Erwin Grill is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Erwin Grill has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Plant Science, 35 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Erwin Grill's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (55 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (37 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (21 papers). Erwin Grill is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (55 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (37 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (21 papers). Erwin Grill collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Erwin Grill's co-authors include Meinhart H. Zenk, Alexander Christmann, Ernst‐L. Winnacker, Yi Yang, Arthur Korte, Julian I. Schroeder, Danièle Moes, Yue Ma, Axel Himmelbach and Gethyn J. Allen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Erwin Grill

82 papers receiving 14.9k citations

Hit Papers

Regulators of PP2C Phosph... 1985 2026 1998 2012 2009 2000 2010 1985 1989 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Regulators of PP2C Phosphatase Activity Function as Abscisic Acid Sensors
    2009 1.9k citations Yue Ma, Arthur Korte et al. Science profile →
  2. Calcium channels activated by hydrogen peroxide mediate abscisic acid signalling in guard cells
    2000 1.7k citations Erwin Grill et al. Nature profile →
  3. ABA perception and signalling
    2010 988 citations Agepati S. Raghavendra, Vijay K. Gonugunta et al. Trends in Plant Science profile →
  4. Phytochelatins: The Principal Heavy-Metal Complexing Peptides of Higher Plants
    1985 938 citations Erwin Grill, Ernst‐L. Winnacker et al. Science profile →
  5. Phytochelatins, the heavy-metal-binding peptides of plants, are synthesized from glutathione by a specific γ-glutamylcysteine dipeptidyl transpeptidase (phytochelatin synthase)
    1989 688 citations Erwin Grill, Ernst‐L. Winnacker et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Phytochelatins, a class of heavy-metal-binding peptides from plants, are functionally analogous to metallothioneins
    1987 594 citations Erwin Grill, Ernst‐L. Winnacker et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. A Protein Phosphatase 2C Involved in ABA Signal Transduction in Arabidopsis thaliana
    1994 593 citations Erwin Grill et al. Science profile →
  8. Advances and current challenges in calcium signaling
    2018 452 citations Jörg Kudla, Dirk Becker et al. New Phytologist profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Erwin Grill 12.7k 5.7k 1.3k 653 648 82 15.4k
Peter J. Lea 12.2k 1.0× 6.1k 1.1× 980 0.8× 559 0.9× 329 0.5× 263 16.3k
Narendra Tuteja 12.3k 1.0× 5.4k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 446 0.7× 464 0.7× 109 15.8k
Luis A. del Rı́o 11.9k 0.9× 6.4k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 777 1.2× 638 1.0× 151 15.9k
Toru Fujiwara 11.2k 0.9× 4.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 910 1.4× 494 0.8× 268 14.1k
Masayuki Fujita 11.2k 0.9× 2.5k 0.4× 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 540 0.8× 129 13.3k
Luisa M. Sandalio 9.1k 0.7× 4.6k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 538 0.8× 508 0.8× 134 12.2k
Kamrun Nahar 9.8k 0.8× 2.3k 0.4× 1.0k 0.8× 715 1.1× 339 0.5× 134 12.0k
Shamsul Hayat 12.2k 1.0× 2.8k 0.5× 1.4k 1.1× 395 0.6× 417 0.6× 206 14.8k
Marián Brestič 13.3k 1.0× 3.9k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 739 1.1× 266 0.4× 330 17.6k
Golam Jalal Ahammed 9.3k 0.7× 3.0k 0.5× 957 0.7× 481 0.7× 331 0.5× 215 11.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erwin Grill

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yoshida, Takuya, Julia Mergner, Zhenyu Yang, et al.. (2024). Integrating multi‐omics data reveals energy and stress signaling activated by abscisic acid in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 119(2). 1112–1133. 7 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhenyu, et al.. (2024). The temperature sensor TWA1 is required for thermotolerance in Arabidopsis. Nature. 629(8014). 1126–1132. 42 indexed citations
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Shahzad, Zaigham, Colette Tournaire‐Roux, Mattia Adamo, et al.. (2023). Protein kinase SnRK2.4 is a key regulator of aquaporins and root hydraulics in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 117(1). 264–279. 11 indexed citations
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Hématy, Kian, Mariola Piślewska‐Bednarek, Clara Sánchez‐Rodríguez, et al.. (2020). Moonlighting Function of Phytochelatin Synthase1 in Extracellular Defense against Fungal Pathogens. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 182(4). 1920–1932. 28 indexed citations
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Mergner, Julia, Daniel Hemmler, David Chiasson, et al.. (2019). Rebuilding core abscisic acid signaling pathways of Arabidopsis in yeast. The EMBO Journal. 38(17). 30 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhenyu, Jinghui Liu, Fabien Porée, et al.. (2019). Abscisic Acid Receptors and Coreceptors Modulate Plant Water Use Efficiency and Water Productivity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 180(2). 1066–1080. 57 indexed citations
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Kudla, Jörg, Dirk Becker, Erwin Grill, et al.. (2018). Advances and current challenges in calcium signaling. New Phytologist. 218(2). 414–431. 452 indexed citations breakdown →
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Avramova, Viktoriya, Eva Bauer, Erwin Grill, et al.. (2018). Carbon isotope composition, water use efficiency, and drought sensitivity are controlled by a common genomic segment in maize. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 132(1). 53–63. 26 indexed citations
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Kleigrewe, Karin, et al.. (2017). Combinatorial interaction network of abscisic acid receptors and coreceptors from Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(38). 10280–10285. 130 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhenyu, Jinghui Liu, Alexander Christmann, et al.. (2016). Leveraging abscisic acid receptors for efficient water use in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(24). 6791–6796. 99 indexed citations
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Raghavendra, Agepati S., Vijay K. Gonugunta, Alexander Christmann, & Erwin Grill. (2010). ABA perception and signalling. Trends in Plant Science. 15(7). 395–401. 988 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ma, Yue, Arthur Korte, Danièle Moes, et al.. (2009). Regulators of PP2C Phosphatase Activity Function as Abscisic Acid Sensors. Science. 324(5930). 1064–1068. 1905 indexed citations breakdown →
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Arend, Matthias, Jörg‐Peter Schnitzler, Barbara Ehlting, et al.. (2009). Expression of the Arabidopsis Mutant abi1 Gene Alters Abscisic Acid Sensitivity, Stomatal Development, and Growth Morphology in Gray Poplars. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 151(4). 2110–2119. 71 indexed citations
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Moes, Danièle, Axel Himmelbach, Arthur Korte, Georg Haberer, & Erwin Grill. (2008). Nuclear localization of the mutant protein phosphatase abi1 is required for insensitivity towards ABA responses in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 54(5). 806–819. 79 indexed citations
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Himmelbach, Axel, et al.. (2006). Integration of Abscisic Acid Signalling into Plant Responses. Plant Biology. 8(3). 314–325. 192 indexed citations
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Grill, Erwin, et al.. (2001). Hydrogen peroxide is a regulator of ABI1, a protein phosphatase 2C from Arabidopsis. FEBS Letters. 508(3). 443–446. 155 indexed citations
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Tommasini, Roberto, Enrico Martinoia, Erwin Grill, Karl‐Josef Dietz, & Nikolaus Amrhein. (1993). Transport of Oxidized Glutathione into Barley Vacuoles: Evidence for the Involvement of the Glutathione-S-Conjugate ATPase. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C. 48(11-12). 867–871. 40 indexed citations
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Grill, Erwin & Christopher R. Somerville. (1991). Development of a system for efficient chromosome walking in Arabidopsis.. PubMed. 45. 57–62. 1 indexed citations
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Grill, Erwin, et al.. (1991). Reactivation of metal‐requiring apoenzymes by phytochelatin—metal complexes. FEBS Letters. 284(1). 66–69. 53 indexed citations
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Grill, Erwin. (1987). Phytochelatins, the Heavy Metal Binding Peptides of Plants: Characterization and Sequence Determination. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reactions. 52. 317–322. 17 indexed citations

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