Lucy Moleleki

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Lucy Moleleki is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucy Moleleki has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Plant Science, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Lucy Moleleki's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (29 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (27 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (9 papers). Lucy Moleleki is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (29 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (27 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (9 papers). Lucy Moleleki collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Russia. Lucy Moleleki's co-authors include Edward M. Onkendi, Paul R. J. Birch, Ian K. Toth, Leighton Pritchard, Sean Chapman, Miles R. Armstrong, Eleanor M. Gilroy, Anna O. Avrova, Pieter van West and Divine Yufetar Shyntum and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Lucy Moleleki

48 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector ... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2023 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells
    2007 583 citations Stephen C. Whisson, Petra C. Boevink et al. Nature profile →
  2. Rhizosphere bacterial interactions and impact on plant health
    2023 96 citations Lucy Moleleki et al. Current Opinion in Microbiology profile →

Peers

Lucy Moleleki
Panagiotis F. Sarris Greece
Emilia López‐Solanilla Spain
Luigi Faino Netherlands
Alayne Cuzick United Kingdom
Joël F. Pothier Switzerland
Charles Manceau France
Neha Potnis United States
Shimpei Magori United States
Matthieu Arlat France
Carolee T. Bull United States
Panagiotis F. Sarris Greece
Lucy Moleleki
Citations per year, relative to Lucy Moleleki Lucy Moleleki (= 1×) peers Panagiotis F. Sarris

Countries citing papers authored by Lucy Moleleki

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lucy Moleleki

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lucy Moleleki

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lucy Moleleki. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lucy Moleleki based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lucy Moleleki. Lucy Moleleki is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Moleleki, Lucy, et al.. (2024). Enhancing maize drought and heat tolerance: single vs combined plant growth promoting rhizobacterial inoculation. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1480718–1480718. 3 indexed citations
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Moleleki, Lucy, et al.. (2023). Rhizosphere bacterial interactions and impact on plant health. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 73. 102297–102297. 96 indexed citations breakdown →
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Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Oliver Bezuidt, Rian Pierneef, et al.. (2023). African microbiomes matter. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 21(8). 479–481. 18 indexed citations
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Moleleki, Lucy, et al.. (2023). “Order from disordered”: Potential role of intrinsically disordered regions in phytopathogenic oomycete intracellular effector proteins. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 75. 102402–102402. 4 indexed citations
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Alayande, Kazeem Adekunle, et al.. (2022). Draft Genome Sequences of Three Identified Rhizobacteria Associated with Maize Rhizosphere. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 11(1). e0097021–e0097021. 2 indexed citations
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Bellieny‐Rabelo, Daniel, et al.. (2021). Novel Two-Component System-Like Elements Reveal Functional Domains Associated with Restriction–Modification Systems and paraMORC ATPases in Bacteria. Genome Biology and Evolution. 13(3). 4 indexed citations
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Shyntum, Divine Yufetar, et al.. (2021). Pectobacterium brasiliense 1692 Chemotactic Responses and the Role of Methyl-Accepting Chemotactic Proteins in Ecological Fitness. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 650894–650894. 8 indexed citations
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Shyntum, Divine Yufetar, et al.. (2017). Influence of the ferric uptake regulator (Fur) protein on pathogenicity in Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0177647–e0177647. 23 indexed citations
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Berger, Dave K., et al.. (2017). Evidence for salicylic acid signalling and histological changes in the defence response of Eucalyptus grandis to Chrysoporthe austroafricana. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 45402–45402. 7 indexed citations
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Gorshkov, Vladimir, et al.. (2017). Global Gene Expression Analysis of Cross-Protected Phenotype of Pectobacterium atrosepticum. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0169536–e0169536. 24 indexed citations
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Merwe, Nicolaas A. van der, et al.. (2016). Localization and Transcriptional Responses of Chrysoporthe austroafricana in Eucalyptus grandis Identify Putative Pathogenicity Factors. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 1953–1953. 4 indexed citations
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Kwenda, Stanford, Paul R. J. Birch, & Lucy Moleleki. (2016). Genome-wide identification of potato long intergenic noncoding RNAs responsive to Pectobacterium carotovorum subspecies brasiliense infection. BMC Genomics. 17(1). 614–614. 49 indexed citations
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Kwenda, Stanford, Vladimir Gorshkov, Sanushka Naidoo, et al.. (2016). Discovery and profiling of small RNAs responsive to stress conditions in the plant pathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum. BMC Genomics. 17(1). 47–47. 15 indexed citations
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Kwenda, Stanford, et al.. (2016). RNA-seq Profiling Reveals Defense Responses in a Tolerant Potato Cultivar to Stem Infection by Pectobacterium carotovorum ssp. brasiliense. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. 1905–1905. 19 indexed citations
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Shyntum, Divine Yufetar, Stephanus N. Venter, Lucy Moleleki, Ian K. Toth, & Teresa A. Coutinho. (2014). Comparative genomics of type VI secretion systems in strains of Pantoea ananatisfrom different environments. BMC Genomics. 15(1). 163–163. 39 indexed citations
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Whisson, Stephen C., Petra C. Boevink, Lucy Moleleki, et al.. (2007). A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells. Nature. 450(7166). 115–118. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

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