Félix Kessler

9.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
91 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Félix Kessler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Félix Kessler has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Plant Science and 22 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Félix Kessler's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (80 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (26 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (22 papers). Félix Kessler is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (80 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (26 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (22 papers). Félix Kessler collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Félix Kessler's co-authors include Danny J. Schnell, Claire Bréhélin, Günter Blobel, Pierre‐Alexandre Vidi, Birgit Agne, Peter Dörmann, Céline Besagni, Gaétan Glauser, Stefan Hörtensteiner and Jotham R. Austin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Félix Kessler

91 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Pheophytin Pheophorbide Hydrolase (Pheophytinase) Is Involved in Chlorophyll Breakdown during Leaf Senescence in Arabidopsis

2009 498 citations Birgit Agne, Félix Kessler et al. The Plant Cell profile →
Isolation of Components of the Chloroplast Protein Import Machinery

1994 331 citations Danny J. Schnell, Félix Kessler et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Félix Kessler Switzerland	46	6.2k	3.4k	1.1k	942	803	91	7.4k
Klaas J. van Wijk United States	55	8.4k 1.4×	3.9k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	650 0.7×	435 0.5×	120	10.0k
Jacques Joyard France	49	6.2k 1.0×	2.9k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	2.0k 2.1×	455 0.6×	114	7.3k
Marcel Kuntz France	43	4.6k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	331 0.4×	1.4k 1.8×	104	5.6k
Autar K. Mattoo United States	47	5.2k 0.8×	5.1k 1.5×	825 0.8×	290 0.3×	313 0.4×	201	8.2k
Bernhard Grimm Germany	63	8.3k 1.4×	7.0k 2.0×	1.2k 1.1×	480 0.5×	619 0.8×	221	11.3k
Norbert Rolland France	38	4.3k 0.7×	2.7k 0.8×	894 0.8×	606 0.6×	167 0.2×	81	5.8k
Hajime Wada Japan	48	5.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	1.9k 1.8×	2.2k 2.4×	284 0.4×	145	6.4k
Ulf‐Ingo Flügge Germany	55	7.1k 1.2×	6.8k 2.0×	639 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	161 0.2×	113	9.8k
Christian Triantaphylidès France	35	3.8k 0.6×	3.2k 0.9×	842 0.8×	280 0.3×	561 0.7×	60	6.2k
Giulia Friso United States	39	5.0k 0.8×	2.2k 0.7×	683 0.6×	282 0.3×	154 0.2×	70	5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Félix Kessler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Félix Kessler

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kessler, Félix, et al.. (2023). The journey of preproteins across the chloroplast membrane systems. Frontiers in Physiology. 14. 1213866–1213866. 7 indexed citations

Li, Jiajia, et al.. (2023). OsFBN7–OsKAS I module promotes formation of plastoglobules clusters in rice chloroplasts. New Phytologist. 239(5). 1771–1789. 7 indexed citations

Morelli, Luca, et al.. (2022). Novel insights into the contribution of plastoglobules and reactive oxygen species to chromoplast differentiation. New Phytologist. 237(5). 1696–1710. 23 indexed citations

Ouadi, Sonia, Nicolas Sierro, Simon Goepfert, et al.. (2022). The clove (Syzygium aromaticum) genome provides insights into the eugenol biosynthesis pathway. Communications Biology. 5(1). 684–684. 21 indexed citations

Rabelo‐da‐Ponte, Francisco Diego, Juliana Nichterwitz Scherer, Eduardo Nunes Borges, et al.. (2020). From phone use to speeding and driving under influence: Identifying clusters of driving risk behaviors as an opportunity for targeted interventions. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 143. 556–562. 6 indexed citations

Almeida, Juliana, Katharina Gutbrod, Peter Dörmann, et al.. (2017). Essential role for phytol kinase and tocopherol in tolerance to combined light and temperature stress in tomato. Journal of Experimental Botany. 68(21-22). 5845–5856. 75 indexed citations

Douet, Véronique, et al.. (2017). The novel chloroplast outer membrane kinase KOC1 is a required component of the plastid protein import machinery. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(17). 6952–6964. 17 indexed citations

Glauser, Gaétan, et al.. (2016). Identification of Plastoglobules as a Site of Carotenoid Cleavage. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. 1855–1855. 39 indexed citations

Besagni, Céline, et al.. (2015). The role of plastoglobules in thylakoid lipid remodeling during plant development. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1847(9). 889–899. 126 indexed citations

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Almeida, Juliana, Mariana da Silva Azevedo, Gaétan Glauser, et al.. (2015). Down-regulation of tomatoPHYTOL KINASEstrongly impairs tocopherol biosynthesis and affects prenyllipid metabolism in an organ-specific manner. Journal of Experimental Botany. 67(3). 919–934. 42 indexed citations

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Demarsy, Emilie, et al.. (2014). Border control: selectivity of chloroplast protein import and regulation at the TOC-complex. Frontiers in Plant Science. 5. 483–483. 41 indexed citations

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Glauser, Gaétan, et al.. (2013). A Chloroplast ABC1-like Kinase Regulates Vitamin E Metabolism in Arabidopsis . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 162(2). 652–662. 61 indexed citations

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Andrés, Charles, Birgit Agne, & Félix Kessler. (2011). Preparation of Multiprotein Complexes from Arabidopsis Chloroplasts Using Tandem Affinity Purification. Methods in molecular biology. 775. 31–49. 7 indexed citations

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Agne, Birgit & Félix Kessler. (2009). Protein transport in organelles: The Toc complex way of preprotein import. FEBS Journal. 276(5). 1156–1165. 34 indexed citations

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Kessler, Félix & Danny J. Schnell. (2009). Chloroplast biogenesis: diversity and regulation of the protein import apparatus. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 21(4). 494–500. 108 indexed citations

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Bréhélin, Claire & Félix Kessler. (2008). The Plastoglobule: A Bag Full of Lipid Biochemistry Tricks^†. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 84(6). 1388–1394. 106 indexed citations

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Austin, Jotham R., Elizabeth A. M. Frost, Pierre‐Alexandre Vidi, Félix Kessler, & L. Andrew Staehelin. (2006). Plastoglobules Are Lipoprotein Subcompartments of the Chloroplast That Are Permanently Coupled to Thylakoid Membranes and Contain Biosynthetic Enzymes. The Plant Cell. 18(7). 1693–1703. 365 indexed citations

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Hiltbrunner, Andreas, et al.. (2004). AtToc90, a New GTP-Binding Component of the Arabidopsis Chloroplast Protein Import Machinery. Plant Molecular Biology. 54(3). 427–440. 41 indexed citations

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Kessler, Félix, Rocco Falchetto, Roger Heim, et al.. (1992). Study of calmodulin binding to the alternatively spliced C-terminal domain of the plasma membrane calcium pump. Biochemistry. 31(47). 11785–11792. 36 indexed citations

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Kessler, Félix, et al.. (1988). The calmodulin-stimulated ATPase of maize coleoptiles is a 140000-Mr polypeptide. Planta. 176(2). 283–285. 28 indexed citations

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