Mary Gehring

7.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
40 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Mary Gehring is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary Gehring has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Plant Science, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Mary Gehring's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (29 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (22 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (12 papers). Mary Gehring is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (29 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (22 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (12 papers). Mary Gehring collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Mary Gehring's co-authors include Steven Henikoff, Robert K. Tran, Tracy Ballinger, Daniel Zilberman, Yeonhee Choi, John J. Harada, Robert B. Goldberg, Robert L. Fischer, P. R. V. Satyaki and Colette L. Picard and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mary Gehring

39 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Genome-wide analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana DNA methylation uncovers an interdependence between methylation and transcription

2006 1.0k citations Daniel Zilberman, Mary Gehring et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Ten things you should know about transposable elements

2018 803 citations Mary Gehring et al. profile →
DEMETER, a DNA Glycosylase Domain Protein, Is Required for Endosperm Gene Imprinting and Seed Viability in Arabidopsis

2002 598 citations Yeonhee Choi, Mary Gehring et al. Cell profile →
DEMETER DNA Glycosylase Establishes MEDEA Polycomb Gene Self-Imprinting by Allele-Specific Demethylation

2006 547 citations Mary Gehring, Jin Hoe Huh et al. Cell profile →

Peers

Mary Gehring

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R. Keith Slotkin United States

Rob Martienssen United States

Damon Lisch United States

Trude Schwarzacher United Kingdom

Assaf Zemach Israel

Rebecca A. Mosher United States

Julie A. Law United States

Denise Zickler France

J. L. Santos Spain

R. Keith Slotkin United States

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523 ×0.5

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283 ×1.3

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221 ×2.4

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mary Gehring

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mary Gehring. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mary Gehring 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 Mary Gehring. Mary Gehring is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Gehring, Mary, et al.. (2025). Imprinting and DNA Methylation in Water Lily Endosperm: Implications for Seed Evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(11).

Gehring, Mary, et al.. (2024). Parental dialectic: Epigenetic conversations in endosperm. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 81. 102591–102591. 4 indexed citations

Satyaki, P. R. V. & Mary Gehring. (2022). RNA Pol IV induces antagonistic parent-of-origin effects on Arabidopsis endosperm. PLoS Biology. 20(4). e3001602–e3001602. 13 indexed citations

Williams, Ben P., et al.. (2021). Somatic DNA demethylation generates tissue-specific methylation states and impacts flowering time. The Plant Cell. 34(4). 1189–1206. 28 indexed citations

Gehring, Mary, et al.. (2021). Maternal-filial transfer structures in endosperm: A nexus of nutritional dynamics and seed development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 65. 102121–102121. 19 indexed citations

Picard, Colette L., et al.. (2021). Transcriptional and imprinting complexity in Arabidopsis seeds at single-nucleus resolution. Nature Plants. 7(6). 730–738. 66 indexed citations

DaCosta, Jeffrey M., Christopher J. Grassa, P. R. V. Satyaki, et al.. (2020). Water lily ( Nymphaea thermarum ) genome reveals variable genomic signatures of ancient vascular cambium losses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(15). 8649–8656. 40 indexed citations

Williams, Ben P. & Mary Gehring. (2020). Principles of Epigenetic Homeostasis Shared Between Flowering Plants and Mammals. Trends in Genetics. 36(10). 751–763. 19 indexed citations

Williams, Ben P. & Mary Gehring. (2017). Stable transgenerational epigenetic inheritance requires a DNA methylation-sensing circuit. Nature Communications. 8(1). 2124–2124. 50 indexed citations

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Erdmann, Robert M., et al.. (2017). A Small RNA Pathway Mediates Allelic Dosage in Endosperm. Cell Reports. 21(12). 3364–3372. 62 indexed citations

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Picard, Colette L., et al.. (2016). Conserved imprinting associated with unique epigenetic signatures in the Arabidopsis genus. Nature Plants. 2(10). 16145–16145. 81 indexed citations

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Waters, Amanda J., Paul Bilinski, Steven R. Eichten, et al.. (2013). Comprehensive analysis of imprinted genes in maize reveals allelic variation for imprinting and limited conservation with other species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(48). 19639–19644. 103 indexed citations

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Pignatta, Daniela & Mary Gehring. (2012). Imprinting meets genomics: new insights and new challenges. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 15(5). 530–535. 16 indexed citations

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Gehring, Mary, Kerry L. Bubb, & Steven Henikoff. (2009). Extensive Demethylation of Repetitive Elements During Seed Development Underlies Gene Imprinting. Science. 324(5933). 1447–1451. 9 indexed citations

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Gehring, Mary & Steven Henikoff. (2008). DNA Methylation and Demethylation in Arabidopsis. PubMed. 6. e0102–e0102. 29 indexed citations

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Gehring, Mary & Steven Henikoff. (2007). DNA methylation dynamics in plant genomes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1769(5-6). 276–286. 127 indexed citations

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Gehring, Mary, Jin Hoe Huh, Tzung‐Fu Hsieh, et al.. (2006). DEMETER DNA Glycosylase Establishes MEDEA Polycomb Gene Self-Imprinting by Allele-Specific Demethylation. Cell. 124(3). 495–506. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zilberman, Daniel, Mary Gehring, Robert K. Tran, Tracy Ballinger, & Steven Henikoff. (2006). Genome-wide analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana DNA methylation uncovers an interdependence between methylation and transcription. Nature Genetics. 39(1). 61–69. 1030 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xiao, Wenyan, Mary Gehring, Yeonhee Choi, et al.. (2003). Imprinting of the MEA Polycomb Gene Is Controlled by Antagonism between MET1 Methyltransferase and DME Glycosylase. Developmental Cell. 5(6). 891–901. 173 indexed citations

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Choi, Yeonhee, Mary Gehring, Lianna M. Johnson, et al.. (2002). DEMETER, a DNA Glycosylase Domain Protein, Is Required for Endosperm Gene Imprinting and Seed Viability in Arabidopsis. Cell. 110(1). 33–42. 598 indexed citations breakdown →

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