Marilyn A. Anderson

18.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
182 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

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Marilyn A. Anderson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marilyn A. Anderson has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 143 papers in Molecular Biology, 79 papers in Plant Science and 43 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Marilyn A. Anderson's work include Biochemical and Structural Characterization (74 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (42 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (36 papers). Marilyn A. Anderson is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical and Structural Characterization (74 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (42 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (36 papers). Marilyn A. Anderson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Marilyn A. Anderson's co-authors include David J. Craik, Fung T. Lay, Adrienne E. Clarke, Nicole L. van der Weerden, Mark R. Bleackley, Neeloffer Mookherjee, Donald J. Davidson, Henk P. Haagsman, Bruce McClure and Richard J. Simpson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Marilyn A. Anderson

180 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

Antimicrobial host defence peptides: functions and clinical potential

2020 1.0k citations Neeloffer Mookherjee, Marilyn A. Anderson et al. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery profile →
Style self-incompatibility gene products of Nicotlana alata are ribonucleases

1989 564 citations Volker Häring, Paul R. Ebert et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marilyn A. Anderson Australia	60	9.6k	5.1k	3.3k	1.8k	1.7k	182	12.0k
Willy J. Peumans Belgium	60	9.0k 0.9×	4.6k 0.9×	377 0.1×	2.9k 1.6×	347 0.2×	265	13.4k
Els J. M. Van Damme Belgium	64	11.0k 1.1×	6.4k 1.3×	341 0.1×	3.7k 2.0×	492 0.3×	415	16.9k
Alistair J. P. Brown United Kingdom	74	8.3k 0.9×	3.0k 0.6×	770 0.2×	344 0.2×	201 0.1×	251	17.2k
David Andreu Spain	61	7.7k 0.8×	378 0.1×	4.7k 1.4×	317 0.2×	763 0.5×	391	14.1k
Stephen P. Diggle United Kingdom	53	8.1k 0.8×	846 0.2×	960 0.3×	339 0.2×	559 0.3×	92	11.8k
Robert A. Heinzen United States	50	3.5k 0.4×	802 0.2×	1.4k 0.4×	324 0.2×	598 0.4×	123	10.6k
John M. Leong United States	59	2.9k 0.3×	2.2k 0.4×	351 0.1×	295 0.2×	719 0.4×	176	10.8k
Kazuhisa Sekimizu Japan	53	6.7k 0.7×	791 0.2×	905 0.3×	318 0.2×	167 0.1×	372	10.6k
Marie‐Christine Prévost France	56	5.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.2×	396 0.1×	466 0.3×	262 0.2×	121	11.4k
Philippe Bulet France	68	5.7k 0.6×	590 0.1×	7.2k 2.2×	460 0.2×	490 0.3×	162	14.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bleackley, Mark R., et al.. (2025). Fungal Chitin Synthases: Structure, Function, and Regulation. Journal of Fungi. 11(11). 796–796. 1 indexed citations

Rocafort, Mercedes, Vaibhav Srivastava, Joanna K. Bowen, et al.. (2023). Cell Wall Carbohydrate Dynamics during the Differentiation of Infection Structures by the Apple Scab Fungus, Venturia inaequalis. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(3). e0421922–e0421922. 9 indexed citations

Weerden, Nicole L. van der, Kathy Parisi, James A. McKenna, et al.. (2023). The Plant Defensin Ppdef1 Is a Novel Topical Treatment for Onychomycosis. Journal of Fungi. 9(11). 1111–1111. 9 indexed citations

Mookherjee, Neeloffer, Marilyn A. Anderson, Henk P. Haagsman, & Donald J. Davidson. (2020). Antimicrobial host defence peptides: functions and clinical potential. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 19(5). 311–332. 1030 indexed citations breakdown →

Bleackley, Mark R., Monisha Samuel, Donovan Garcia‐Ceron, et al.. (2020). Extracellular Vesicles From the Cotton Pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum Induce a Phytotoxic Response in Plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. 85 indexed citations

Parisi, Kathy, Stephen R. Doyle, Rohan G. T. Lowe, et al.. (2019). Screening the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Nonessential Gene Deletion Library Reveals Diverse Mechanisms of Action for Antifungal Plant Defensins. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 63(11). 6 indexed citations

Parisi, Kathy, Thomas Shafee, Pedro Quimbar, et al.. (2018). The evolution, function and mechanisms of action for plant defensins. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 88. 107–118. 166 indexed citations

Jackson, Mark A., Edward K. Gilding, Thomas Shafee, et al.. (2018). Molecular basis for the production of cyclic peptides by plant asparaginyl endopeptidases. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2411–2411. 98 indexed citations

Dracatos, Peter M., Jennifer A. E. Payne, Antonio Di Pietro, Marilyn A. Anderson, & Kim M. Plummer. (2016). Plant Defensins NaD1 and NaD2 Induce Different Stress Response Pathways in Fungi. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 17(9). 1473–1473. 11 indexed citations

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Shafee, Thomas, Karen S. Harris, & Marilyn A. Anderson. (2015). Biosynthesis of cyclotides. Figshare. 76. 227–269. 5 indexed citations

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Harris, Karen S., Thomas Durek, Quentin Kaas, et al.. (2015). Efficient backbone cyclization of linear peptides by a recombinant asparaginyl endopeptidase. Nature Communications. 6(1). 10199–10199. 207 indexed citations

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Lay, Fung T., Simon Poon, James A. McKenna, et al.. (2014). The C-terminal propeptide of a plant defensin confers cytoprotective and subcellular targeting functions. BMC Plant Biology. 14(1). 41–41. 50 indexed citations

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Anderson, James C., et al.. (2014). Computer simulation approach. 31. 1 indexed citations

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Stevens, J. A., et al.. (2012). The impact of ingested potato type II inhibitors on the production of the major serine proteases in the gut of Helicoverpa armigera. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 43(2). 197–208. 24 indexed citations

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Miller, Elizabeth A., Lee M, A. Atkinson, & Marilyn A. Anderson. (2000). Identification of a novel four-domain member of the proteinase inhibitor II family from the stigmas of Nicotiana alata. Plant Molecular Biology. 42(2). 329–333. 32 indexed citations

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Schultz, Carolyn J., Karin Hauser, Jan Lind, et al.. (1997). Molecular characterisation of a cDNA sequence encoding the backbone of a style-specific 120 kDa glycoprotein which has features of both extensins and arabinogalactan proteins. Plant Molecular Biology. 35(6). 833–845. 52 indexed citations

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Häring, Volker, et al.. (1990). Molecular Genetics and Biology of Self-Incompatibility in Nicotiana alata , an Ornamental Tobacco. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 17(3). 345–353. 4 indexed citations

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Cornish, Edwina C., Marilyn A. Anderson, & Adrienne E. Clarke. (1988). Molecular Aspects of Fertilization in Flowering Plants. PubMed. 4(1). 209–228. 24 indexed citations

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Anderson, James L., et al.. (1988). Physician Utilization of a Hospital Information System: A Computer Simulation Model. Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System). 858. 6 indexed citations

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Anderson, Marilyn A., et al.. (1970). The number of larval instars of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), with characters for the identification of instars.. 5(2). 65–68. 2 indexed citations

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