Isolde M. Francis

985 total citations
24 papers, 709 citations indexed

About

Isolde M. Francis is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Isolde M. Francis has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 709 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Plant Science, 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Isolde M. Francis's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (15 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (9 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (8 papers). Isolde M. Francis is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (15 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (9 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (8 papers). Isolde M. Francis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and United Kingdom. Isolde M. Francis's co-authors include Danny Vereecke, Marcelle Holsters, Rosemary Loria, A.H.C. van Bruggen, Sébastien Rigali, Stefan Clerens, Rudy Vergauwen, Steven M. Smith, Katrien Le Roy and Wim Van den Ende and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Isolde M. Francis

24 papers receiving 695 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Isolde M. Francis United States 14 519 177 83 67 60 24 709
Tianhui Zhu China 15 589 1.1× 229 1.3× 20 0.2× 40 0.6× 65 1.1× 88 785
Zhan‐Bin Sun China 15 429 0.8× 173 1.0× 24 0.3× 38 0.6× 92 1.5× 43 693
Alia Dellagi France 20 1.4k 2.6× 362 2.0× 41 0.5× 51 0.8× 44 0.7× 29 1.5k
C. Parameswaran India 16 634 1.2× 169 1.0× 171 2.1× 36 0.5× 27 0.5× 89 823
Hao-Yu Zang China 12 463 0.9× 201 1.1× 30 0.4× 35 0.5× 57 0.9× 21 623
Faqian Xiong China 13 556 1.1× 248 1.4× 40 0.5× 35 0.5× 22 0.4× 40 748
José Alberto Narváez-Zapata Mexico 16 230 0.4× 263 1.5× 60 0.7× 75 1.1× 57 0.9× 58 781
Bo Pilgaard Denmark 16 172 0.3× 281 1.6× 51 0.6× 69 1.0× 62 1.0× 27 621
Małgorzata Marczak Poland 13 707 1.4× 208 1.2× 33 0.4× 21 0.3× 101 1.7× 33 905

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Isolde M. Francis

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All Works

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Santos‐Aberturas, Javier, Guy Polturak, Anne Osbourn, et al.. (2025). Identification of the lydiamycin biosynthetic gene cluster in a plant pathogen guides structural revision and identification of molecular target. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(21). e2424388122–e2424388122. 1 indexed citations
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Kerff, Frédéric, et al.. (2023). Common scab disease: structural basis of elicitor recognition in pathogenic Streptomyces species. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(6). e0197523–e0197523. 4 indexed citations
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Francis, Isolde M., et al.. (2023). Role of Alternative Elicitor Transporters in the Onset of Plant Host Colonization by Streptomyces scabiei 87-22. Biology. 12(2). 234–234. 7 indexed citations
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Vereecke, Danny, Elizabeth J. Fichtner, Peter Cooke, et al.. (2020). Colonization and survival capacities underlying the multifaceted life of Rhodococcus sp. PBTS1 and PBTS2. Plant Pathology. 70(3). 567–583. 4 indexed citations
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Hanikenne, Marc, et al.. (2020). Deletion of bglC triggers a genetic compensation response by awakening the expression of alternative beta-glucosidase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1863(10). 194615–194615. 11 indexed citations
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Francis, Isolde M., et al.. (2018). Proteomic Response to Thaxtomin Phytotoxin Elicitor Cellobiose and to Deletion of Cellulose Utilization Regulator CebR in Streptomyces scabies. Journal of Proteome Research. 17(11). 3837–3852. 13 indexed citations
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Francis, Isolde M., et al.. (2017). Tracking the Subtle Mutations Driving Host Sensing by the Plant Pathogen Streptomyces scabies. mSphere. 2(2). 15 indexed citations
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Francis, Isolde M., Elodie Tenconi, Jennifer Riley, et al.. (2017). Contribution of the β‐glucosidase BglC to the onset of the pathogenic lifestyle of Streptomyces scabies. Molecular Plant Pathology. 19(6). 1480–1490. 20 indexed citations
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Francis, Isolde M., et al.. (2016). Mining the genome of Rhodococcus fascians, a plant growth-promoting bacterium gone astray. New Biotechnology. 33(5). 706–717. 23 indexed citations
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Francis, Isolde M., Min Jung Kim, Jean‐Marie Frère, et al.. (2016). The CebE/MsiK Transporter is a Doorway to the Cello-oligosaccharide-mediated Induction of Streptomyces scabies Pathogenicity. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 27144–27144. 38 indexed citations
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Francis, Isolde M., et al.. (2015). The Cellobiose Sensor CebR Is the Gatekeeper of Streptomyces scabies Pathogenicity. mBio. 6(2). e02018–e02018. 56 indexed citations
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Bignell, Dawn R. D., Isolde M. Francis, Joanna K. Fyans, & Rosemary Loria. (2014). Thaxtomin A Production and Virulence Are Controlled by Several bld Gene Global Regulators in Streptomyces scabies. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 27(8). 875–885. 34 indexed citations
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Bruggen, A.H.C. van, et al.. (2014). The vicious cycle of lettuce corky root disease: effects of farming system, nitrogen fertilizer and herbicide. Plant and Soil. 388(1-2). 119–132. 19 indexed citations
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Bruggen, A.H.C. van & Isolde M. Francis. (2014). Case Investigation and Forensic Evidence for a New Plant Disease: The Case of Lettuce Corky Root. Plant Disease. 99(3). 300–309. 4 indexed citations
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Francis, Isolde M., Annick De Keyser, Carmen Simón‐Mateo, et al.. (2012). pFiD188, the Linear Virulence Plasmid of Rhodococcus fascians D188. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 25(5). 637–647. 40 indexed citations
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Francis, Isolde M., Marcelle Holsters, & Danny Vereecke. (2009). The Gram‐positive side of plant–microbe interactions. Environmental Microbiology. 12(1). 1–12. 158 indexed citations
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Coninck, Barbara De, Katrien Le Roy, Isolde M. Francis, et al.. (2004). Arabidopsis AtcwINV3 and 6 are not invertases but are fructan exohydrolases (FEHs) with different substrate specificities. Plant Cell & Environment. 28(4). 432–443. 117 indexed citations

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