María Bernal

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

María Bernal is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, María Bernal has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Plant Science, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in María Bernal's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (12 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (12 papers) and Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (7 papers). María Bernal is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (12 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (12 papers) and Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (7 papers). María Bernal collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Germany and United States. María Bernal's co-authors include Ute Krämer, David Casero, Peter Huijser, Sabeeha Merchant, Matteo Pellegrini, Inmaculada Yruela, Rafael Picorel, Amander T. Clark, Yanchun Yu and Suhua Feng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Plant Cell and The Plant Journal.

In The Last Decade

María Bernal

16 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Relationship between nucleosome positioning and DNA methylation

2010 552 citations Ramakrishna K. Chodavarapu, Suhua Feng et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
María Bernal Spain	14	764	625	101	91	60	16	1.2k
Jinxin Chen China	16	386 0.5×	320 0.5×	103 1.0×	59 0.6×	97 1.6×	34	782
Céline Duc France	16	1.1k 1.5×	640 1.0×	31 0.3×	55 0.6×	66 1.1×	23	1.5k
Weitao Jia China	19	644 0.8×	369 0.6×	42 0.4×	104 1.1×	9 0.1×	32	1.0k
Marta Lenartowska Poland	16	316 0.4×	421 0.7×	48 0.5×	72 0.8×	17 0.3×	38	708
Ningning Chen China	15	283 0.4×	333 0.5×	93 0.9×	8 0.1×	14 0.2×	36	626
Sarah J. Bugg Australia	6	433 0.6×	490 0.8×	18 0.2×	125 1.4×	85 1.4×	6	931
Masanori Bun‐ya Japan	15	348 0.5×	559 0.9×	44 0.4×	17 0.2×	56 0.9×	22	830
Xüming Wang China	20	924 1.2×	516 0.8×	53 0.5×	45 0.5×	13 0.2×	53	1.3k
Jianjun Jiang China	19	704 0.9×	531 0.8×	29 0.3×	42 0.5×	7 0.1×	38	974

Countries citing papers authored by María Bernal

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of María Bernal

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Escudero, Viviana, Darío Ferreira Sánchez, Isidro Abreu, et al.. (2021). Arabidopsis thaliana Zn2+-efflux ATPases HMA2 and HMA4 are required for resistance to the necrotrophic fungus Plectosphaerella cucumerina BMM. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73(1). 339–350. 17 indexed citations

Bernal, María & Ute Krämer. (2021). Involvement of Arabidopsis Multi-Copper Oxidase-Encoding LACCASE12 in Root-to-Shoot Iron Partitioning: A Novel Example of Copper-Iron Crosstalk. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 688318–688318. 13 indexed citations

Quintana, Julia, María Bernal, Heike Holländer‐Czytko, et al.. (2021). Root‐to‐shoot iron partitioning in Arabidopsis requires IRON‐REGULATED TRANSPORTER1 (IRT1) protein but not its iron(II) transport function. The Plant Journal. 109(4). 992–1013. 30 indexed citations

Quintana, Julia, et al.. (2019). Do Arabidopsis Squamosa promoter binding Protein‐Like genes act together in plant acclimation to copper or zinc deficiency?. Plant Direct. 3(7). e00150–e00150. 16 indexed citations

Salomé, Patrice A., María Bernal, & Ute Krämer. (2014). Circadian Life Without Micronutrients: Effects of Altered Micronutrient Supply on Clock Function in Arabidopsis. Methods in molecular biology. 1158. 227–238. 3 indexed citations

Hanikenne, Marc, Juergen Kroymann, Aleksandra Trampczynska, et al.. (2013). Hard Selective Sweep and Ectopic Gene Conversion in a Gene Cluster Affording Environmental Adaptation. PLoS Genetics. 9(8). e1003707–e1003707. 71 indexed citations

Gayomba, Sheena R., Ha‐il Jung, Jiapei Yan, et al.. (2013). The CTR/COPT-dependent copper uptake and SPL7-dependent copper deficiency responses are required for basal cadmium tolerance in A. thaliana. Metallomics. 5(9). 1262–1262. 70 indexed citations

Bernal, María, et al.. (2013). Regulation of the chloroplastic copper chaperone (CCS) and cuprozinc superoxide dismutase (CSD2) by alternative splicing and copper excess in Glycine max. Functional Plant Biology. 41(2). 144–155. 13 indexed citations

Bernal, María, David Casero, Huijun Yang, et al.. (2012). Transcriptome Sequencing Identifies SPL7-Regulated Copper Acquisition Genes FRO4/FRO5 and the Copper Dependence of Iron Homeostasis in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 24(2). 738–761. 264 indexed citations

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Yruela, Inmaculada, et al.. (2011). Characterization of the recombinant copper chaperone (CCS) from the plant Glycine (G.) max.. Metallomics. 3(2). 169–169. 4 indexed citations

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Chodavarapu, Ramakrishna K., Suhua Feng, Yana V. Bernatavichute, et al.. (2010). Relationship between nucleosome positioning and DNA methylation. Nature. 466(7304). 388–392. 552 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bernal, María, et al.. (2006). Identification and subcellular localization of the soybean copper P1B-ATPase GmHMA8 transporter. Journal of Structural Biology. 158(1). 46–58. 36 indexed citations

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Bernal, María, et al.. (2006). Excess copper effect on growth, chloroplast ultrastructure, oxygen‐evolution activity and chlorophyll fluorescence in Glycine max cell suspensions. Physiologia Plantarum. 127(2). 312–325. 41 indexed citations

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Bernal, María, et al.. (2006). Excess copper induces structural changes in cultured photosynthetic soybean cells. Functional Plant Biology. 33(11). 1001–1012. 20 indexed citations

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Bernal, María, R. Cases, Rafael Picorel, & Inmaculada Yruela. (2006). Foliar and root Cu supply affect differently Fe- and Zn-uptake and photosynthetic activity in soybean plants. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 60(2). 145–150. 48 indexed citations

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Bernal, María, Mercedes Roncel, José M. Ortega, Rafael Picorel, & Inmaculada Yruela. (2004). Copper effect on cytochrome b₅₅₉ of photosystem II under photoinhibitory conditions. Physiologia Plantarum. 120(4). 686–694. 19 indexed citations

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