Laura Ruohonen

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Laura Ruohonen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Ruohonen has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 11 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Laura Ruohonen's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (50 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (40 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (35 papers). Laura Ruohonen is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (50 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (40 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (35 papers). Laura Ruohonen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Sweden. Laura Ruohonen's co-authors include Merja Penttilä, Mervi Toivari, Tuula T. Teeri, Marilyn G. Wiebe, T. Alwyn Jones, Tapani Reinikainen, Jonathan C. Knowles, Laura Salusjärvi, Aristos Aristidou and Juha‐Pekka Pitkänen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Laura Ruohonen

75 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

The Three-Dimensional Crystal Structure of the Catalytic Core of Cellobiohydrolase I from Trichoderma reesei

1994 527 citations Tapani Reinikainen, Laura Ruohonen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Ruohonen Finland	40	3.1k	2.6k	793	634	423	76	4.1k
Dewey D. Y. Ryu United States	31	2.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	828 1.0×	474 0.7×	277 0.7×	127	3.8k
Patrick Fickers Belgium	36	3.3k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	317 0.4×	487 0.8×	379 0.9×	105	4.3k
Guillermo Gosset Mexico	46	4.5k 1.4×	1.5k 0.6×	575 0.7×	335 0.5×	364 0.9×	138	5.7k
M. Kapoor India	31	2.2k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	1.9k 2.4×	1.2k 1.9×	363 0.9×	154	4.1k
Johannes H. de Winde Netherlands	40	4.5k 1.4×	1.6k 0.6×	344 0.4×	880 1.4×	556 1.3×	90	5.5k
F. I. Javier Pastor Spain	35	1.5k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	753 1.2×	181 0.4×	98	3.1k
Hannu Maaheimo Finland	30	1.9k 0.6×	776 0.3×	397 0.5×	575 0.9×	378 0.9×	87	2.9k
Pau Ferrer Spain	41	3.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	543 0.7×	332 0.5×	266 0.6×	101	4.2k
Joel R. Cherry United States	19	2.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	1.0k 1.6×	69 0.2×	29	3.3k
Theodora Tryfona United Kingdom	28	1.7k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	941 1.2×	2.2k 3.5×	516 1.2×	48	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Ruohonen

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Toivari, Mervi, et al.. (2023). Production of d-glucaric acid with phosphoglucose isomerase-deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biotechnology Letters. 46(1). 69–83. 2 indexed citations

Toivari, Mervi, et al.. (2016). Engineering Aspergillus nidulans for heterologous ent-kaurene and gamma-terpinene production. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 100(14). 6345–6359. 9 indexed citations

Ilmén, Marja, et al.. (2015). Identification of novel isoprene synthases through genome mining and expression in Escherichia coli. Metabolic Engineering. 31. 153–162. 25 indexed citations

Wiebe, Marilyn G., Yvonne Nygård, Merja Oja, et al.. (2015). A novel aldose-aldose oxidoreductase for co-production of D-xylonate and xylitol from D-xylose with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 99(22). 9439–9447. 15 indexed citations

Koivuranta, Kari, Marja Ilmén, Marilyn G. Wiebe, et al.. (2014). L-lactic acid production from D-xylose with Candida sonorensis expressing a heterologous lactate dehydrogenase encoding gene. Microbial Cell Factories. 13(1). 107–107. 28 indexed citations

Wiebe, Marilyn G., Kari Koivuranta, Merja Penttilä, & Laura Ruohonen. (2012). Lipid production in batch and fed-batch cultures of Rhodosporidium toruloidesfrom 5 and 6 carbon carbohydrates. BMC Biotechnology. 12(1). 26–26. 121 indexed citations

Rintala, Eija, Paula Jouhten, Mervi Toivari, et al.. (2011). Transcriptional Responses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Shift from Respiratory and Respirofermentative to Fully Fermentative Metabolism. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 15(7-8). 461–476. 23 indexed citations

Mojžita, Dominik, Outi Koivistoinen, Hannu Maaheimo, et al.. (2011). Identification of the galactitol dehydrogenase, LadB, that is part of the oxido-reductive d-galactose catabolic pathway in Aspergillus niger. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 49(2). 152–159. 22 indexed citations

Toivari, Mervi, Hannu Maaheimo, Merja Penttilä, & Laura Ruohonen. (2009). Enhancing the flux of D-glucose to the pentose phosphate pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the production of D-ribose and ribitol. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 85(3). 731–739. 22 indexed citations

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Rintala, Eija, Mervi Toivari, Juha‐Pekka Pitkänen, et al.. (2009). Low oxygen levels as a trigger for enhancement of respiratory metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BMC Genomics. 10(1). 461–461. 51 indexed citations

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Jouhten, Paula, Eija Rintala, Anne Huuskonen, et al.. (2008). Oxygen dependence of metabolic fluxes and energy generation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CEN.PK113-1A. BMC Systems Biology. 2(1). 60–60. 103 indexed citations

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Salusjärvi, Laura, Matti Kankainen, Rabah Soliymani, et al.. (2008). Regulation of xylose metabolism in recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbial Cell Factories. 7(1). 18–18. 84 indexed citations

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Wiebe, Marilyn G., Eija Rintala, Anu Tamminen, et al.. (2007). Central carbon metabolism ofSaccharomyces cerevisiaein anaerobic, oxygen-limited and fully aerobic steady-state conditions and following a shift to anaerobic conditions. FEMS Yeast Research. 8(1). 140–154. 71 indexed citations

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Pitkänen, Juha‐Pekka, Eija Rintala, Aristos Aristidou, Laura Ruohonen, & Merja Penttilä. (2005). Xylose chemostat isolates of Saccharomyces cerevisiae show altered metabolite and enzyme levels compared with xylose, glucose, and ethanol metabolism of the original strain. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 67(6). 827–837. 44 indexed citations

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Toivari, Mervi, Aristos Aristidou, Laura Ruohonen, & Merja Penttilä. (2001). Conversion of Xylose to Ethanol by Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Importance of Xylulokinase (XKS1) and Oxygen Availability. Metabolic Engineering. 3(3). 236–249. 198 indexed citations

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Koivula, Anu, Laura Ruohonen, Anita Teleman, et al.. (1999). Tryptophan 272: an essential determinant of crystalline cellulose degradation by Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase Cel6A (FEBS 20361) (vol 429, pg 341, 1998). FEBS Letters. 447. 6 indexed citations

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Ruohonen, Laura, et al.. (1997). Enhancement of Protein Secretion inSaccharomyces cerevisiae by Overproduction of Sso Protein, a Late-acting Component of the Secretory Machinery. Yeast. 13(4). 337–351. 67 indexed citations

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Harjunpää, Vesa, Anita Teleman, Anu Koivula, et al.. (1996). Cello‐Oligosaccharide Hydrolysis by Cellobiohydrolase II from Trichoderma Reesei. European Journal of Biochemistry. 240(3). 584–591. 58 indexed citations

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Aalto, Markku K., Laura Ruohonen, Kuniaki Hosono, & Sirkka Keränen. (1991). Cloning and sequencing of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae SEC1 gene localized on chromosome IV. Yeast. 7(6). 643–650. 63 indexed citations

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Ruohonen, Laura, et al.. (1990). STRUCTURE-FUNCTION STUDIES OF TRICHODERMA-REESEI CELLULASES. 17. 494–497. 2 indexed citations

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