Francis X. Cunningham

5.3k citations

45 papers · 4.0k · 1 hit paper · h-index 29

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Biochemistry top 0.05%
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 2%
- Algal biology and biofuel production

Papers in

Molecular Biology 41
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms 38
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis 16
- Protist diversity and phylogeny 2
Biochemistry 23
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress 23
- Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis 2

Co-authors: Elisabeth Gantt (29 shared papers)E. Gantt (6 shared papers)Joseph Hirschberg (5 shared papers)Zairen Sun (5 shared papers)Zhaobin Sun (2 shared papers)Daniel Chamovitz (3 shared papers)Barry J. Pogson (2 shared papers)Dean DellaPenna (2 shared papers)
Journals: PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (7 papers)The Plant Cell (5 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (4 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (4 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Israel Hungary

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GENES AND ENZYMES OF CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN PLANTS 1998 · 735 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1998 Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology

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1	GENES AND ENZYMES OF CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN PLANTS Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology ·Francis X. Cunningham, E. Gantt Hit paper breakdown →	1998	735
2	Functional analysis of the beta and epsilon lycopene cyclase enzymes of Arabidopsis reveals a mechanism for control of cyclic carotenoid formation. The Plant Cell ·Francis X. Cunningham, Barry J. Pogson, Zhaobin Sun, Karen A. McDonald, Dean DellaPenna, E. Gantt	1996	390
3	Identification, Expression, and Substrate Specificity of a Mammalian β-Carotene 15,15′-Dioxygenase Journal of Biological Chemistry ·T. Michael Redmond, Susan Gentleman, Todd Duncan, Shirley Yu, Barbara Wiggert, Elisabeth Gantt, Francis X. Cunningham	2001	239
4	Molecular structure and enzymatic function of lycopene cyclase from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp strain PCC7942. The Plant Cell ·Francis X. Cunningham, Zhaobin Sun, Daniel Chamovitz, Joseph Hirschberg, E. Gantt	1994	229
5	Cloning and characterization of the cDNA for lycopene β-cyclase from tomato reveals decrease in its expression during fruit ripening Plant Molecular Biology ·Iris Pecker, Rachel Gabbay, Francis X. Cunningham, Joseph Hirschberg	1996	221
6	Cloning and Functional Analysis of the β-Carotene Hydroxylase of Arabidopsis thaliana Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Zairen Sun, Elisabeth Gantt, Francis X. Cunningham	1996	188
7	One ring or two? Determination of ring number in carotenoids by lycopene ɛ-cyclases Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Francis X. Cunningham, Elisabeth Gantt	2001	161
8	Evidence of a Role for LytB in the Nonmevalonate Pathway of Isoprenoid Biosynthesis Journal of Bacteriology ·Francis X. Cunningham, Toulouse P. Lafond, Elisabeth Gantt	2000	134
9	Evidence for a common origin of chloroplasts with light-harvesting complexes of different pigmentation Nature ·Gregory R. Wolfe, Francis X. Cunningham, D. Durnfordt, Beverley R. Green, E. Gantt	1994	126
10	Differential expression of two isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerases and enhanced carotenoid accumulation in a unicellular chlorophyte Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Zairen Sun, Francis X. Cunningham, Elisabeth Gantt	1998	126
11	A portfolio of plasmids for identification and analysis of carotenoid pathway enzymes: Adonis aestivalis as a case study Photosynthesis Research ·Francis X. Cunningham, Elisabeth Gantt	2007	108
12	Regulation of carotenoid synthesis and accumulation in plants Pure and Applied Chemistry ·Francis X. Cunningham	2002	105
13	A study in scarlet: enzymes of ketocarotenoid biosynthesis in the flowers of Adonis aestivalis The Plant Journal ·Francis X. Cunningham, Elisabeth Gantt	2005	102
14	Elucidation of the Pathway to Astaxanthin in the Flowers of Adonis aestivalis The Plant Cell ·Francis X. Cunningham, Elisabeth Gantt	2011	97
15	The tomato mutation nxd1 reveals a gene necessary for neoxanthin biosynthesis and demonstrates that violaxanthin is a sufficient precursor for abscisic acid biosynthesis The Plant Journal ·Hadar Neuman, Navot Galpaz, Francis X. Cunningham, Dani Zamir, Joseph Hirschberg	2014	92
16	Cloning and functional expression in Escherichia coli of a cyanobacterial gene for lycopene cyclase, the enzyme that catalyzes the biosynthesis of β‐carotene FEBS Letters ·Francis X. Cunningham, Daniel Chamovitz, Norihiko Misawa, Elisabeth Gantt, Joseph Hirschberg	1993	84
17	Key Role of Conserved Histidines in Recombinant Mouse β-Carotene 15,15′-Monooxygenase-1 Activity Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Eugenia Poliakov, Susan Gentleman, Francis X. Cunningham, Nancy J. Miller‐Ihli, T. Michael Redmond	2005	68
18	Stoichiometry of Photosystem I, Photosystem II, and Phycobilisomes in the Red Alga Porphyridium cruentum as a Function of Growth Irradiance PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Francis X. Cunningham, Ronald J. Dennenberg, László Mustárdy, Paul A. Jursinic, Elisabeth Gantt	1989	67
19	Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Primitive Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae Eukaryotic Cell ·Francis X. Cunningham, Hansel Lee, Elisabeth Gantt	2007	66
20	Growth under Red Light Enhances Photosystem II Relative to Photosystem I and Phycobilisomes in the Red Alga Porphyridium cruentum PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Francis X. Cunningham, Ronald J. Dennenberg, Paul A. Jursinic, Elisabeth Gantt	1990	58

About Francis X. Cunningham

Francis X. Cunningham is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Plant Science and Oceanography, having authored 45 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (38 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (23 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (22 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (16 papers), Light effects on plants (4 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (3 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (2 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biochemistry (2.2k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (1.2k citations), Molecular Biology (3.4k citations), Plant Science (642 citations) and Horticulture (15 citations). Francis X. Cunningham has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Israel and Hungary. Frequent co-authors include Elisabeth Gantt, E. Gantt, Joseph Hirschberg, Zairen Sun, Zhaobin Sun, Daniel Chamovitz, Barry J. Pogson, Dean DellaPenna, Karen A. McDonald and Iris Pecker. Their work appears in journals such as PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, The Plant Cell, Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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