John C. Steffens

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

John C. Steffens is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John C. Steffens has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Plant Science, 35 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in John C. Steffens's work include Plant Gene Expression Analysis (11 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (9 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (8 papers). John C. Steffens is often cited by papers focused on Plant Gene Expression Analysis (11 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (9 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (8 papers). John C. Steffens collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. John C. Steffens's co-authors include Piyada Thipyapong, Li Li, Michelle D. Hunt, Ward M. Tingey, Steven D. Tanksley, Nancy T. Eannetta, Martha A. Mutschler, Haifeng Yu, Bill G. Williams and Donald F. Hunt and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

John C. Steffens

61 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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The Heavy Metal-Binding Peptides of Plants

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John C. Steffens United States	34	2.9k	1.8k	519	331	308	61	4.1k
Osamu Kodama Japan	33	2.4k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	489 0.9×	239 0.7×	173 0.6×	107	3.8k
M. E. Snook United States	31	1.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	437 0.8×	203 0.6×	339 1.1×	132	3.2k
George J. Wagner United States	34	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	214 0.4×	324 1.0×	140 0.5×	62	3.6k
Toni M. Kutchan Germany	43	3.0k 1.0×	4.0k 2.2×	642 1.2×	611 1.8×	165 0.5×	95	6.5k
John T. Rossiter United Kingdom	37	2.9k 1.0×	2.8k 1.6×	940 1.8×	366 1.1×	595 1.9×	88	4.7k
Hanhong Bae South Korea	36	2.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	181 0.3×	270 0.8×	357 1.2×	73	4.3k
Ian A. Dubery South Africa	44	4.5k 1.5×	2.4k 1.3×	189 0.4×	156 0.5×	364 1.2×	205	6.2k
Johan Meijer Sweden	34	2.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	232 0.4×	112 0.3×	90 0.3×	80	3.5k
M. A. Pedreño Spain	39	2.8k 1.0×	2.8k 1.6×	175 0.3×	259 0.8×	396 1.3×	139	5.2k
Brady A. Vick United States	34	2.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	643 1.2×	271 0.8×	154 0.5×	77	3.4k

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Joel, Daniel M., Swapan K. Chaudhuri, Dina Plakhine, Hammam Ziadna, & John C. Steffens. (2011). Dehydrocostus lactone is exuded from sunflower roots and stimulates germination of the root parasite Orobanche cumana. Phytochemistry. 72(7). 624–634. 108 indexed citations

Thipyapong, Piyada, Michelle D. Hunt, & John C. Steffens. (2004). Antisense downregulation of polyphenol oxidase results in enhanced disease susceptibility. Planta. 220(1). 105–117. 192 indexed citations

Willits, Michael G., et al.. (2003). Bio-fermentation of modified flavonoids: an example of in vivo diversification of secondary metabolites. Phytochemistry. 65(1). 31–41. 101 indexed citations

Kramer, Catherine, et al.. (2003). Cloning and regiospecificity studies of two flavonoid glucosyltransferases from Allium cepa. Phytochemistry. 64(6). 1069–1076. 77 indexed citations

Koussevitzky, Shai, et al.. (1998). Purification and Properties of a Novel Chloroplast Stromal Peptidase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(42). 27064–27069. 44 indexed citations

Castañera, P., John C. Steffens, & Ward M. Tingey. (1996). Biological performance of Colorado potato beetle larvae on potato genotypes with differing levels of polyphenol oxidase. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 22(1). 91–101. 21 indexed citations

Ghangas, Gurdev S. & John C. Steffens. (1995). 1-O-Acyl-β-D-Glucoses as Fatty Acid Donors in Transacylation Reactions. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 316(1). 370–377. 14 indexed citations

Ne’eman, E., et al.. (1994). Import, Targeting, and Processing of a Plant Polyphenol Oxidase. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 105(4). 1301–1311. 120 indexed citations

Steffens, John C.. (1993). Newgames: Strategic Competition in the PC Revolution. Elsevier eBooks. 46 indexed citations

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Newman, Sally, Nancy T. Eannetta, Haifeng Yu, et al.. (1993). Organisation of the tomato polyphenol oxidase gene family. Plant Molecular Biology. 21(6). 1035–1051. 135 indexed citations

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Hunt, Michelle D., Nancy T. Eannetta, Haifeng Yu, Sally Newman, & John C. Steffens. (1993). cDNA cloning and expression of potato polyphenol oxidase. Plant Molecular Biology. 21(1). 59–68. 108 indexed citations

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Ohana, Patricia, Deborah P. Delmer, Gail Volman, et al.. (1992). β-Furfuryl-β-Glucoside: An Endogenous Activator of Higher Plant UDP-Glucose:(1-3)-β-Glucan Synthase. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 98(2). 708–715. 20 indexed citations

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Yu, Haifeng, S. P. Kowalski, & John C. Steffens. (1992). Comparison of Polyphenol Oxidase Expression in Glandular Trichomes of Solanum and Lycopersicon Species. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 100(4). 1885–1890. 64 indexed citations

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Messeguer, Ramón, Martin W. Ganal, John C. Steffens, & Steven D. Tanksley. (1991). Characterization of the level, target sites and inheritance of cytosine methylation in tomato nuclear DNA. Plant Molecular Biology. 16(5). 753–770. 194 indexed citations

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Kowalski, Stanisław, John Bamberg, Ward M. Tingey, & John C. Steffens. (1990). Inheritance of polyphenol oxidase in type A glandular trichomes of Solanum berthaultii. Journal of Heredity. 81(6). 475–478. 10 indexed citations

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Steffens, John C., et al.. (1990). Branched Chain Amino Acid Metabolism in the Biosynthesis of Lycopersicon pennellii Glucose Esters. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 93(4). 1544–1551. 62 indexed citations

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Neal, Jonathan J., Ward M. Tingey, & John C. Steffens. (1990). Sucrose esters of carboxylic acids in glandular trichomes ofSolanum berthaultii deter settling and probing by green peach aphid. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 16(2). 487–497. 65 indexed citations

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Steffens, John C., et al.. (1989). Labile sulfide and sulfite in phytochelatin complexes. 2 indexed citations

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Goffreda, Joseph C., et al.. (1989). Aphid deterrence by glucose esters in glandular trichome exudate of the wild tomato,Lycopersicon pennellii. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 15(7). 2135–2147. 111 indexed citations

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Steffens, John C. & David J. Robeson. (1987). Secalonic acid a, a vivotoxin in pink root-infected onion. Phytochemistry. 26(6). 1599–1602. 10 indexed citations

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