Lynn Epstein

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Lynn Epstein is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lynn Epstein has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Plant Science, 36 papers in Cell Biology and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lynn Epstein's work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (35 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (17 papers) and Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (12 papers). Lynn Epstein is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (35 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (17 papers) and Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (12 papers). Lynn Epstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and China. Lynn Epstein's co-authors include Daolin Fu, Derek T. A. Lamport, Jorge Dubcovsky, Tzion Fahima, Cristóbal Uauy, Ann E. Blechl, Assaf Distelfeld, Xianming Chen, Hanan Sela and V. J. Vreeland and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Lynn Epstein

68 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

A Kinase-START Gene Confers Temperature-Dependent Resistance to Wheat Stripe Rust

2009 543 citations Daolin Fu, Cristóbal Uauy et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lynn Epstein United States	27	1.8k	749	600	218	167	69	2.4k
Young Cheol Kim South Korea	31	2.2k 1.2×	1.0k 1.4×	280 0.5×	138 0.6×	77 0.5×	110	2.9k
Douglas G. Luster United States	23	1.7k 0.9×	729 1.0×	369 0.6×	109 0.5×	87 0.5×	94	2.1k
Na Liu China	27	1.5k 0.8×	506 0.7×	228 0.4×	155 0.7×	100 0.6×	101	2.0k
Ringo van Wijk Netherlands	18	2.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.7×	649 1.1×	57 0.3×	171 1.0×	24	3.3k
Andreas von Tiedemann Germany	33	3.8k 2.1×	762 1.0×	1.2k 2.0×	172 0.8×	441 2.6×	134	4.4k
Zhao Zhang China	27	2.2k 1.2×	1.0k 1.4×	450 0.8×	87 0.4×	168 1.0×	82	2.8k
Louis S. Tisa United States	34	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	170 0.3×	260 1.2×	136 0.8×	153	3.4k
Philippe Lemanceau France	29	2.0k 1.1×	723 1.0×	383 0.6×	105 0.5×	135 0.8×	46	3.0k
Andrea Ficke Norway	17	1.5k 0.9×	304 0.4×	459 0.8×	92 0.4×	163 1.0×	31	2.0k

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Ni, Fei, Yanyan Zheng, Xiaoke Liu, et al.. (2023). Sequencing trait-associated mutations to clone wheat rust-resistance gene YrNAM. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4353–4353. 28 indexed citations

Epstein, Lynn, Sukhwinder Kaur, & Peter M. Henry. (2022). The Emergence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. apii Race 4 and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. coriandrii Highlights Major Obstacles Facing Agricultural Production in Coastal California in a Warming Climate: A Case Study. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 921516–921516. 10 indexed citations

Vasquez-Gross, Hans, Sukhwinder Kaur, Lynn Epstein, & Jorge Dubcovsky. (2020). A haplotype-phased genome of wheat stripe rust pathogen Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, race PST-130 from the Western USA. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0238611–e0238611. 8 indexed citations

Henry, Peter M., et al.. (2020). Genomic differences between the new Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. apii (Foa) race 4 on celery, the less virulent Foa races 2 and 3, and the avirulent on celery f. sp. coriandrii. BMC Genomics. 21(1). 730–730. 17 indexed citations

Chen, Li‐Hung, B. J. Aegerter, E.M. Miyao, et al.. (2019). Cloning of the Cytochrome b Gene From the Tomato Powdery Mildew Fungus Leveillula taurica Reveals High Levels of Allelic Variation and Heteroplasmy for the G143A Mutation. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 663–663. 12 indexed citations

Ni, Fei, Juan Qi, Qunqun Hao, et al.. (2017). Wheat Ms2 encodes for an orphan protein that confers male sterility in grass species. Nature Communications. 8(1). 89 indexed citations

Gou, Jin‐Ying, Kun Li, Xiaodong Wang, et al.. (2015). Wheat Stripe Rust Resistance Protein WKS1 Reduces the Ability of the Thylakoid-Associated Ascorbate Peroxidase to Detoxify Reactive Oxygen Species. The Plant Cell. 27(6). 1755–1770. 113 indexed citations

Morin, Dexter, et al.. (2014). Endogenous ergothioneine is required for wild type levels of conidiogenesis and conidial survival but does not protect against 254 nm UV-induced mutagenesis or kill. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 73. 120–127. 11 indexed citations

Epstein, Lynn, et al.. (2013). Clades of γ-glutamyltransferases (GGTs) in the ascomycota and heterologous expression of Colletotrichum graminicola CgGGT1, a member of the pezizomycotina-only GGT clade. The Journal of Microbiology. 51(1). 88–99. 6 indexed citations

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Daugovish, Oleg, et al.. (2012). Drip Irrigation in California Strawberry Nurseries to Reduce the Incidence of Colletotrichum acutatum in Fruit Production. HortScience. 47(3). 368–373. 7 indexed citations

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Morin, Dexter, et al.. (2012). γ-Glutamyltransferases (GGT) in Colletotrichum graminicola: mRNA and enzyme activity, and evidence that CgGGT1 allows glutathione utilization during nitrogen deficiency. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 51. 72–83. 2 indexed citations

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Mehl, Hillary L. & Lynn Epstein. (2007). Fusarium solani species complex isolates conspecific with Fusarium solani f. sp. cucurbitae race 2 from naturally infected human and plant tissue and environmental sources are equally virulent on plants, grow at 37°C and are interfertile. Environmental Microbiology. 9(9). 2189–2199. 30 indexed citations

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Mehl, Hillary L. & Lynn Epstein. (2007). Identification of Fusarium solani f. sp. cucurbitae Race 1 and Race 2 with PCR and Production of Disease-Free Pumpkin Seeds. Plant Disease. 91(10). 1288–1292. 29 indexed citations

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Amnuaykanjanasin, Alongkorn & Lynn Epstein. (2006). A class Vb chitin synthase in Colletotrichum graminicola is localized in the growing tips of multiple cell types, in nascent septa, and during septum conversion to an end wall after hyphal breakage. PROTOPLASMA. 227(2-4). 155–164. 16 indexed citations

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Amnuaykanjanasin, Alongkorn, Lynn Epstein, & John M. Labavitch. (2003). Physiological, biochemical, and microscopic analyses of weakened walls of conidia in Colletotrichum graminicola with a disrupted class V chitin synthase gene, chsA. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 63(2). 107–115. 4 indexed citations

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Vogler, Detlev R., Lynn Epstein, & F. W. Cobb. (1997). Nuclear behaviour and evolution of two populations of the western gall rust fungus. Mycological Research. 101(7). 791–797. 11 indexed citations

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Epstein, Lynn, et al.. (1996). Novel requirements in peripheral structures of the extended satellite 2 hammerhead.. PubMed. 2(7). 699–706. 15 indexed citations

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Graham, Trevor A., et al.. (1993). Conserved sequence and functional domains in satellite 2 from three families of salamanders.. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 10(4). 732–50. 18 indexed citations

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Epstein, Lynn, et al.. (1988). Nuclear Division in Germinating Aeciospores and its Taxonomic Significance for the Western Gall Rust Fungus, Peridermium Harknessii. Mycologia. 80(2). 235–240. 18 indexed citations

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Staples, Richard C., et al.. (1985). Recognition of host morphology by rust fungi: responses and mechanisms. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. 7(3). 314–322. 30 indexed citations

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