H. Peter van Esse

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

H. Peter van Esse is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, H. Peter van Esse has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in H. Peter van Esse's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (21 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (9 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (8 papers). H. Peter van Esse is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (21 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (9 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (8 papers). H. Peter van Esse collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. H. Peter van Esse's co-authors include Bart P. H. J. Thomma, P.J.G.M. de Wit, Ronnie de Jonge, Melvin D. Bolton, M.H.A.J. Joosten, Dieuwertje van der Does, T. Lynne Reuber, Parthasarathy Santhanam, Anja Kombrink and Tomonori Shinya and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

H. Peter van Esse

26 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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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.

Conserved Fungal LysM Effector Ecp6 Prevents Chitin-Triggered Immunity in Plants

2010 542 citations Ronnie de Jonge, H. Peter van Esse et al. Science profile →
Tomato immune receptor Ve1 recognizes effector of multiple fungal pathogens uncovered by genome and RNA sequencing

2012 393 citations Ronnie de Jonge, H. Peter van Esse et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
H. Peter van Esse Netherlands	18	2.5k	824	785	119	107	28	2.8k
Grardy C. M. van den Berg Netherlands	19	2.0k 0.8×	681 0.8×	570 0.7×	80 0.7×	58 0.5×	23	2.1k
Frédéric Brunner Germany	25	2.9k 1.1×	517 0.6×	923 1.2×	136 1.1×	180 1.7×	31	3.3k
Wenwu Ye China	33	3.7k 1.4×	931 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	132 1.1×	89 0.8×	114	4.0k
Harrold A. van den Burg Netherlands	23	2.0k 0.8×	409 0.5×	876 1.1×	107 0.9×	69 0.6×	57	2.4k
Anja Kombrink Netherlands	15	2.1k 0.8×	792 1.0×	736 0.9×	93 0.8×	47 0.4×	20	2.3k
Edgar Huitema United Kingdom	27	3.0k 1.2×	791 1.0×	834 1.1×	119 1.0×	70 0.7×	42	3.4k
Stephen C. Whisson United Kingdom	36	4.0k 1.6×	1.0k 1.3×	931 1.2×	123 1.0×	71 0.7×	70	4.3k
Yoshitake Desaki Japan	18	3.3k 1.3×	421 0.5×	781 1.0×	172 1.4×	67 0.6×	32	3.5k
Yuese Ning China	35	3.3k 1.3×	524 0.6×	1.8k 2.3×	214 1.8×	92 0.9×	73	3.9k
Benjamin Pêtre France	23	1.7k 0.7×	403 0.5×	795 1.0×	82 0.7×	55 0.5×	35	2.0k

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Hernández‐Pinzón, Inmaculada, Noriko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki Komori, et al.. (2025). Discovery of functional NLRs using expression level, high-throughput transformation and large-scale phenotyping. Nature Plants. 11(10). 2100–2114.

Inoue, Yoshihiro, Sirlaine Albino Paes, George Mahuku, et al.. (2025). Population Genomics Reveals Distinct Lineage of the Asian Soybean Rust Fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi in the United States of America Unrelated to Brazilian Populations. Molecular Plant Pathology. 26(8). e70135–e70135.

Sánchez‐Vallet, Andrea, Hui Tian, Luis Rodríguez‐Moreno, et al.. (2020). A secreted LysM effector protects fungal hyphae through chitin-dependent homodimer polymerization. PLoS Pathogens. 16(6). e1008652–e1008652. 53 indexed citations

Esse, H. Peter van, T. Lynne Reuber, & Dieuwertje van der Does. (2019). Genetic modification to improve disease resistance in crops. New Phytologist. 225(1). 70–86. 199 indexed citations

Frantzeskakis, Lamprinos, Ronny Kellner, Brad Day, et al.. (2019). Smut infection of perennial hosts: the genome and the transcriptome of the Brassicaceae smut fungus Thecaphora thlaspeos reveal functionally conserved and novel effectors. New Phytologist. 222(3). 1474–1492. 12 indexed citations

Belhaj, Khaoula, Liliana M. Cano, David Prince, et al.. (2016). Arabidopsis late blight: infection of a nonhost plant by Albugo laibachii enables full colonization by Phytophthora infestans. Cellular Microbiology. 19(1). e12628–e12628. 36 indexed citations

Esse, G. Wilma van, Colette A. ten Hove, H. Peter van Esse, et al.. (2016). Transcriptional Analysis of serk1 and serk3 Coreceptor Mutants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 172(4). 2516–2529. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhao, H. Peter van Esse, Mireille van Damme, et al.. (2013). V e1 ‐mediated resistance against V erticillium does not involve a hypersensitive response in A rabidopsis. Molecular Plant Pathology. 14(7). 719–727. 32 indexed citations

Santhanam, Parthasarathy, H. Peter van Esse, Isabell Albert, et al.. (2012). Evidence for Functional Diversification Within a Fungal NEP1-Like Protein Family. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 26(3). 278–286. 139 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhao, Emilie F. Fradin, Ronnie de Jonge, et al.. (2012). Optimized Agroinfiltration and Virus-Induced Gene Silencing to Study Ve1-MediatedVerticilliumResistance in Tobacco. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 26(2). 182–190. 46 indexed citations

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Hanssen, Inge M., H. Peter van Esse, Ana‐Rosa Ballester, et al.. (2011). Differential Tomato Transcriptomic Responses Induced by Pepino Mosaic Virus Isolates with Differential Aggressiveness. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 156(1). 301–318. 80 indexed citations

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Esse, H. Peter van. (2011). Identification of HR-Inducing cDNAs from Plant Pathogens via a Gateway®-Compatible Binary Potato Virus X-Expression Vector. Methods in molecular biology. 835. 97–105. 2 indexed citations

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Jonge, Ronnie de, H. Peter van Esse, Anja Kombrink, et al.. (2010). Conserved Fungal LysM Effector Ecp6 Prevents Chitin-Triggered Immunity in Plants. Science. 329(5994). 953–955. 542 indexed citations breakdown →

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Esse, H. Peter van, Emilie F. Fradin, Philip J. de Groot, P.J.G.M. de Wit, & Bart P. H. J. Thomma. (2009). Tomato Transcriptional Responses to a Foliar and a Vascular Fungal Pathogen Are Distinct. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 22(3). 245–258. 51 indexed citations

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Bolton, Melvin D., H. Peter van Esse, Jack H. Vossen, et al.. (2008). The novel Cladosporium fulvum lysin motif effector Ecp6 is a virulence factor with orthologues in other fungal species. Molecular Microbiology. 69(1). 119–136. 229 indexed citations

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Esse, H. Peter van, Melvin D. Bolton, Koste A. Yadeta, et al.. (2008). TheCladosporium fulvumVirulence Protein Avr2 Inhibits Host Proteases Required for Basal Defense . The Plant Cell. 20(7). 1948–1963. 201 indexed citations

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Baarlen, Peter van, H. Peter van Esse, Roland J. Siezen, & Bart P. H. J. Thomma. (2007). Challenges in plant cellular pathway reconstruction based on gene expression profiling. Trends in Plant Science. 13(1). 44–50. 16 indexed citations

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Esse, H. Peter van, Melvin D. Bolton, Ioannis Stergiopoulos, P.J.G.M. de Wit, & Bart P. H. J. Thomma. (2007). The Chitin-Binding Cladosporium fulvum Effector Protein Avr4 Is a Virulence Factor. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 20(9). 1092–1101. 168 indexed citations

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Esse, H. Peter van, Bart P. H. J. Thomma, J.W. van t Klooster, & P.J.G.M. de Wit. (2006). Affinity-tags are removed from Cladosporium fulvum effector proteins expressed in the tomato leaf apoplast. Journal of Experimental Botany. 57(3). 599–608. 26 indexed citations

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Thomma, Bart P. H. J., H. Peter van Esse, P.W. Crous, & P.J.G.M. de Wit. (2005). Cladosporium fulvum (syn. Passalora fulva ), a highly specialized plant pathogen as a model for functional studies on plant pathogenic Mycosphaerellaceae. Molecular Plant Pathology. 6(4). 379–393. 189 indexed citations

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