Gilles Peltier

14.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
137 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Gilles Peltier is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gilles Peltier has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Molecular Biology, 79 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 29 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Gilles Peltier's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (106 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (74 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (22 papers). Gilles Peltier is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (106 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (74 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (22 papers). Gilles Peltier collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Gilles Peltier's co-authors include Laurent Cournac, Stéphan Cuiné, Yonghua Li‐Beisson, Dominique Rumeau, Fred Beisson, Jean‐David Rochaix, Frédy Barneche, Stéphane Bellafiore, Audrey Beyly and Toshiharu Shikanai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gilles Peltier

135 papers receiving 10.4k 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.

State transitions and light adaptation require chloroplast thylakoid protein kinase STN7

2005 601 citations Gilles Peltier et al. profile →
Oil accumulation in the model green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: characterization, variability between common laboratory strains and relationship with starch reserves

2011 598 citations Stéphan Cuiné, Patrick Carrier et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gilles Peltier France	61	7.9k	4.9k	3.1k	1.3k	995	137	10.6k
Giovanni Finazzi France	54	6.9k 0.9×	3.4k 0.7×	3.3k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	1.5k 1.5×	134	9.3k
Anastasios Melis United States	69	12.0k 1.5×	8.9k 1.8×	4.5k 1.5×	2.2k 1.7×	1.6k 1.6×	213	17.3k
Tomas Morosinotto Italy	47	4.9k 0.6×	3.0k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	729 0.7×	151	6.9k
Himadri B. Pakrasi United States	65	9.2k 1.2×	5.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	980 0.8×	619 0.6×	230	11.1k
Michel Havaux France	72	10.0k 1.3×	1.9k 0.4×	9.4k 3.1×	1.0k 0.8×	540 0.5×	174	15.1k
Anja Krieger‐Liszkay France	56	6.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.3×	5.4k 1.8×	1.6k 1.2×	468 0.5×	149	10.4k
Dmitry A. Los Russia	41	4.6k 0.6×	2.1k 0.4×	2.4k 0.8×	338 0.3×	501 0.5×	147	7.4k
Olaf Kruse Germany	49	4.6k 0.6×	6.4k 1.3×	674 0.2×	419 0.3×	569 0.6×	141	9.2k
Laurent Cournac France	42	3.7k 0.5×	3.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	598 0.5×	536 0.5×	99	5.9k
Gerhard Sandmann Germany	65	9.7k 1.2×	4.3k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	211 0.2×	420 0.4×	306	13.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gilles Peltier

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Alseekh, Saleh, Florian Veillet, Pascaline Auroy, et al.. (2025). The green algae CO2 concentrating mechanism and photorespiration jointly operate during acclimation to low CO2. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5296–5296.

Kim, Minjae, Stéphan Cuiné, Jean‐Luc Putaux, et al.. (2024). The DYRKP1 kinase regulates cell wall degradation in Chlamydomonas by inducing matrix metalloproteinase expression. The Plant Cell. 36(12). 4988–5003. 3 indexed citations

Payne-Dwyer, Alex L., Cécile Lefoulon, Nicky Atkinson, et al.. (2024). Bestrophin-like protein 4 is involved in photosynthetic acclimation to light fluctuations in Chlamydomonas. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 196(4). 2374–2394. 3 indexed citations

Miao, Rui, Michael Jahn, Kiyan Shabestary, Gilles Peltier, & Elton P. Hudson. (2023). CRISPR interference screens reveal growth–robustness tradeoffs inSynechocystissp. PCC 6803 across growth conditions. The Plant Cell. 35(11). 3937–3956. 19 indexed citations

Moulin, Solène, Stéphan Cuiné, Stéphanie Blangy, et al.. (2021). Fatty acid photodecarboxylase is an ancient photoenzyme that forms hydrocarbons in the thylakoids of algae. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 186(3). 1455–1472. 28 indexed citations

Lu, Yandu, Qinhua Gan, Masakazu Iwai, et al.. (2021). Role of an ancient light-harvesting protein of PSI in light absorption and photoprotection. Nature Communications. 12(1). 679–679. 38 indexed citations

Burlacot, Adrien, et al.. (2020). Algal photosynthesis converts nitric oxide into nitrous oxide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(5). 2704–2709. 40 indexed citations

Liang, Yuanxue, Fantao Kong, Adrien Burlacot, et al.. (2019). Branched-Chain Amino Acid Catabolism Impacts Triacylglycerol Homeostasis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 179(4). 1502–1514. 24 indexed citations

Kong, Fantao, Adrien Burlacot, Yuanxue Liang, et al.. (2018). Interorganelle Communication: Peroxisomal MALATE DEHYDROGENASE2 Connects Lipid Catabolism to Photosynthesis through Redox Coupling in Chlamydomonas. The Plant Cell. 30(8). 1824–1847. 54 indexed citations

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Sorigué, Damien, Bertrand Légeret, Stéphan Cuiné, et al.. (2017). An algal photoenzyme converts fatty acids to hydrocarbons. Science. 357(6354). 903–907. 367 indexed citations

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Kong, Fantao, Yuanxue Liang, Bertrand Légeret, et al.. (2017). Chlamydomonas carries out fatty acid β‐oxidation in ancestral peroxisomes using a bona fide acyl‐CoA oxidase. The Plant Journal. 90(2). 358–371. 87 indexed citations

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Sorigué, Damien, Bertrand Légeret, Stéphan Cuiné, et al.. (2016). Microalgae Synthesize Hydrocarbons from Long-Chain Fatty Acids via a Light-Dependent Pathway. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 171(4). 2393–2405. 103 indexed citations

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Tardif, Marianne, Ariane Atteia, Michael Specht, et al.. (2012). PredAlgo: A New Subcellular Localization Prediction Tool Dedicated to Green Algae. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29(12). 3625–3639. 216 indexed citations

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Peltier, Gilles, Dimitri Tolleter, Emmanuelle Billon, & Laurent Cournac. (2010). Auxiliary electron transport pathways in chloroplasts of microalgae. Photosynthesis Research. 106(1-2). 19–31. 132 indexed citations

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Rumeau, Dominique, Gilles Peltier, & Laurent Cournac. (2007). Chlororespiration and cyclic electron flow around PSI during photosynthesis and plant stress response. Plant Cell & Environment. 30(9). 1041–1051. 327 indexed citations

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Picault, Nathalie, Anne‐Claire Cazalé, Audrey Beyly, et al.. (2006). Transport of antimony salts by Arabidopsis thaliana protoplasts over‐expressing the human multidrug resistance‐associated protein 1 (MRP1/ABCC1). FEBS Letters. 580(30). 6891–6897. 6 indexed citations

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Mus, Florence, et al.. (2005). Inhibitor studies on non-photochemical plastoquinone reduction and H2 photoproduction in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1708(3). 322–332. 93 indexed citations

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Sauge‐Merle, Sandrine, Stéphan Cuiné, Patrick Carrier, et al.. (2003). Enhanced toxic metal accumulation in engineered bacterial cells expressing Arabidopsis thaliana phytochelatin synthase.. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 5 indexed citations

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Endo, Tsuyoshi, et al.. (2003). A nucleus‐encoded factor, CRR2, is essential for the expression of chloroplast ndhB in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 36(4). 541–549. 267 indexed citations

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Broin, Mélanie, et al.. (2002). Flocculent activity of a recombinant protein from Moringa oleifera Lam. seeds. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 60(1-2). 114–119. 110 indexed citations

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