Joachim Messing

58.7k total citations · 10 hit papers
203 papers, 48.0k citations indexed

About

Joachim Messing is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Joachim Messing has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 48.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Plant Science, 122 papers in Molecular Biology and 57 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Joachim Messing's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (61 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (39 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (38 papers). Joachim Messing is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (61 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (39 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (38 papers). Joachim Messing collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Czechia. Joachim Messing's co-authors include Jeffrey Vieira, Peter H. Seeburg, Roberto Crea, Jan M. Norrander, Tomas Kempe, Rentao Song, Yongrui Wu, Bruno Gronenborn, Gisela Heidecker and Wenqin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Joachim Messing

202 papers receiving 44.8k citations

Hit Papers

Improved M13 phage cloning vectors and host strains: nucl... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1985 1982 1983 1982 1981 4.0k 8.0k 12.0k
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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.

  1. Improved M13 phage cloning vectors and host strains: nucleotide sequences of the M13mpl8 and pUC19 vectors
    1985 14.4k citations Joachim Messing et al. profile →
  2. The pUC plasmids, an M13mp7-derived system for insertion mutagenesis and sequencing with synthetic universal primers
    1982 5.8k citations Joachim Messing et al. profile →
  3. [2] New M13 vectors for cloning
    1983 5.2k citations Joachim Messing profile →
  4. A new pair of M13 vectors for selecting either DNA strand of double-digest restriction fragments
    1982 2.8k citations Joachim Messing et al. profile →
  5. A system for shotgun DNA sequencing
    1981 2.5k citations Joachim Messing et al. profile →
  6. [1] Production of single-stranded plasmid DNA
    1987 2.5k citations Joachim Messing et al. profile →
  7. Construction of improved M13 vectors using oligodeoxynucleotide-directed mutagenesis
    1983 2.4k citations Joachim Messing et al. profile →
  8. CARPEL FACTORY, a Dicer Homolog, and HEN1, a Novel Protein, Act in microRNA Metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana
    2002 982 citations Joachim Messing et al. profile →
  9. Filamentous coliphage M13 as a cloning vehicle: insertion of a HindII fragment of the lac regulatory region in M13 replicative form in vitro.
    1977 632 citations Joachim Messing, Bruno Gronenborn et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  10. The making of strand-specific M13 probes
    1982 612 citations Joachim Messing et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joachim Messing United States 63 32.8k 15.4k 14.0k 7.2k 2.9k 203 48.0k
Jeffrey H Miller United States 59 30.8k 0.9× 17.7k 1.1× 5.2k 0.4× 6.5k 0.9× 1.7k 0.6× 180 41.6k
Hamish McWilliam United Kingdom 15 25.5k 0.8× 6.1k 0.4× 10.7k 0.8× 6.7k 0.9× 2.1k 0.7× 18 46.3k
Jeffrey Vieira United States 26 18.8k 0.6× 9.8k 0.6× 4.5k 0.3× 4.6k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 32 27.8k
Andreas Wilm Singapore 21 21.0k 0.6× 5.0k 0.3× 8.3k 0.6× 5.4k 0.8× 1.6k 0.6× 29 37.5k
F. William Studier United States 60 26.8k 0.8× 11.7k 0.8× 3.2k 0.2× 8.2k 1.1× 1.8k 0.6× 98 36.5k
Richard Losick United States 116 29.6k 0.9× 23.5k 1.5× 5.5k 0.4× 16.7k 2.3× 2.1k 0.7× 337 40.6k
Donald R. Helinski United States 74 17.9k 0.5× 11.0k 0.7× 7.4k 0.5× 5.2k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 213 28.1k
Masayori Inouye United States 106 29.4k 0.9× 16.3k 1.1× 2.4k 0.2× 8.3k 1.2× 2.4k 0.8× 624 38.9k
Kira S. Makarova United States 92 33.9k 1.0× 8.1k 0.5× 5.3k 0.4× 7.9k 1.1× 1.1k 0.4× 238 39.9k
Alfred Pühler Germany 84 15.9k 0.5× 5.3k 0.3× 11.2k 0.8× 5.1k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 485 31.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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VanBuren, Robert, Ching Man Wai, Xuewen Wang, et al.. (2020). Exceptional subgenome stability and functional divergence in the allotetraploid Ethiopian cereal teff. Nature Communications. 11(1). 884–884. 119 indexed citations
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Šuligoj, Tanja, et al.. (2020). Natural variants of α-gliadin peptides within wheat proteins with reduced toxicity in coeliac disease. British Journal Of Nutrition. 123(12). 1382–1389. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Changsheng, Xiaoli Xiang, Yong Zhou, et al.. (2020). Long-read sequencing reveals genomic structural variations that underlie creation of quality protein maize. Nature Communications. 11(1). 17–17. 59 indexed citations
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Li, Yin, Wenqin Wang, Yaping Feng, et al.. (2018). Transcriptome and metabolome reveal distinct carbon allocation patterns during internode sugar accumulation in different sorghum genotypes. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 17(2). 472–487. 60 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhiyong, Xixi Zheng, Jun Yang, Joachim Messing, & Yongrui Wu. (2016). Maize endosperm-specific transcription factors O2 and PBF network the regulation of protein and starch synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(39). 10842–10847. 152 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Jian‐Hong Xu, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, & Joachim Messing. (2016). Teff, an Orphan Cereal in theChloridoideae, Provides Insights into the Evolution of Storage Proteins in Grasses. Genome Biology and Evolution. 8(6). 1712–1721. 11 indexed citations
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Xu, Jian‐Hong, et al.. (2016). Locus- and Site-Specific DNA Methylation of 19 kDa Zein Genes in Maize. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0146416–e0146416. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, et al.. (2015). Genome-wide histone acetylation correlates with active transcription in maize. Genomics. 106(4). 214–220. 23 indexed citations
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Calviño, Martín & Joachim Messing. (2013). Discovery of MicroRNA169 Gene Copies in Genomes of Flowering Plants through Positional Information. Genome Biology and Evolution. 5(2). 402–417. 19 indexed citations
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Murat, Florent, Jian‐Hong Xu, Éric Tannier, et al.. (2010). Ancestral grass karyotype reconstruction unravels new mechanisms of genome shuffling as a source of plant evolution. Genome Research. 20(11). 1545–1557. 155 indexed citations
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Wu, Yongrui & Joachim Messing. (2009). Tissue-specificity of storage protein genes has evolved with younger gene copies.. Maydica. 54(4). 409–415. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Jianxin, Phillip SanMiguel, Jinsheng Lai, Joachim Messing, & Jeffrey L. Bennetzen. (2005). DNA Rearrangement in Orthologous Orp Regions of the Maize, Rice and Sorghum Genomes. Genetics. 170(3). 1209–1220. 48 indexed citations
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Haberer, Georg, Sarah Young, Arvind K. Bharti, et al.. (2005). Structure and Architecture of the Maize Genome. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 139(4). 1612–1624. 116 indexed citations
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Clark, Richard M., Eric W. Linton, Joachim Messing, & John Doebley. (2003). Pattern of diversity in the genomic region near the maize domestication gene tb1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(3). 700–707. 225 indexed citations
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Llaca, Víctor & Joachim Messing. (1998). Amplicons of maize zein genes are conserved within genic but expanded and constricted in intergenic regions. The Plant Journal. 15(2). 211–220. 42 indexed citations
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Malmberg, Russell L., Joachim Messing, & Ian M. Sussex. (1985). Molecular biology of plants : a laboratory course manual. 110 indexed citations
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Messing, Joachim, John G. Carlson, Gretchen Hagen, Irwin Rubenstein, & Arland E. Oleson. (1984). Cloning and Sequencing of the Ribosomal RNA Genes in Maize: The 17S Region. DNA. 3(1). 31–40. 94 indexed citations
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Messing, Joachim, et al.. (1983). Apple II Computer Software for DNA and Protein Sequence Data. DNA. 2(1). 31–35. 69 indexed citations
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Gardner, Richard C., Alan J. Howarth, Joachim Messing, & Robert J. Shepherd. (1982). Cloning and Sequencing of Restriction Fragments Generated by Eco RI*. DNA. 1(2). 109–115. 36 indexed citations
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Messing, Joachim & Bruno Gronenborn. (1978). The Filamentous Phage M13 as a Carrier DNA for Operon Fusions In Vitro. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 8. 449–453. 6 indexed citations

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