Mary-Dell Chilton

9.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
62 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Mary-Dell Chilton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary-Dell Chilton has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Plant Science and 23 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Mary-Dell Chilton's work include Plant tissue culture and regeneration (50 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (16 papers) and Transgenic Plants and Applications (16 papers). Mary-Dell Chilton is often cited by papers focused on Plant tissue culture and regeneration (50 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (16 papers) and Transgenic Plants and Applications (16 papers). Mary-Dell Chilton collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Switzerland. Mary-Dell Chilton's co-authors include Eugene W. Nester, Milton P. Gordon, Alice L. Montoya, Daniela Sciaky, Elizabeth E. Hood, Michael Bevan, Thomas C. Currier, Martin Drummond, R.T. Fraley and Georgia Helmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mary-Dell Chilton

62 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The hypervirulence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens A281 is encoded in a region of pTiBo542 outside of T-DNA

1986 733 citations Elizabeth E. Hood, Georgia Helmer et al. Journal of Bacteriology profile →
Stable incorporation of plasmid DNA into higher plant cells: the molecular basis of crown gall tumorigenesis

1977 723 citations Mary-Dell Chilton, Martin Drummond et al. Cell profile →
Agrobacterium tumefaciens DNA and PS8 Bacteriophage DNA Not Detected in Crown Gall Tumors

1974 593 citations Mary-Dell Chilton, Stephen K. Farrand et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Plasmid required for virulence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

1975 528 citations M P Gordon, Mary-Dell Chilton et al. Journal of Bacteriology profile →
Agrobacterium rhizogenes inserts T-DNA into the genomes of the host plant root cells

1982 482 citations Mary-Dell Chilton, Annik Petit et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Structure and characterization of the crown gall opines heliopine, vitopine and ridéopine 2001 ·Phytochemistry ·William Scott Chilton, Annik Petit, Mary-Dell Chilton, Yves Dessaux	26
2	Lessons in Gene Transfer to Plants by a Gifted Microbe 2000 ·Plant Biotechnology ·Geneviève Hansen, Mary-Dell Chilton	39
3	T-strand integration in maize protoplasts after codelivery of a T-DNA substrate and virulence genes 1997 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Geneviève Hansen, Raymond D. Shillito, Mary-Dell Chilton	48
4	Constitutive expression of the virulence genes improves the efficiency of plant transformation by Agrobacterium. 1994 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Geneviève Hansen, Anath Bandhu Das, Mary-Dell Chilton	96
5	A thin layer chromatographic technique for detecting inducers of Agrobacterium virulence genes in corn, wheat and rye 1994 ·Plant Cell Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Mary-Dell Chilton, (unknown)	2
6	Virulence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Strain A281 on Legumes 1987 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Elizabeth E. Hood, Robert T. Fraley, Mary-Dell Chilton	49
7	Nucleotide sequence of the T-DNA region encoding transcripts 6a and 6b of the pTiT37 nopaline Ti plasmid 1986 ·Plant Molecular Biology ·Jozef Vanderleyden, Jos Desair, (unknown), Chris W. Michiels, August Van Gool, (unknown), Mary-Dell Chilton	7
8	The hypervirulence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens A281 is encoded in a region of pTiBo542 outside of T-DNA breakdown → 1986 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Elizabeth E. Hood, Georgia Helmer, R.T. Fraley, Mary-Dell Chilton	733
9	Sustained ethylene production in Agrobacterium-transformed carrot disks caused by expression of the T-DNA tms gene products 1986 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Thomas C. Goodman, Alice L. Montoya, (unknown), Mary-Dell Chilton	9
10	Restriction Endonuclease Map of pTi Bo542, a Potential Ti Plasmid Vector for Genetic Engineering of Plants 1984 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Elizabeth E. Hood, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert T. Fraley, Mary-Dell Chilton	67
11	Mini–Ti: A New Vector Strategy for Plant Genetic Engineering 1983 ·Nature Biotechnology ·(unknown), Kenneth A. Barton, Mary-Dell Chilton	112
12	Short direct repeats flank the T-DNA on a nopaline Ti plasmid 1982 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Narendra Singh Yadav, Jos Vanderleyden, Donald R. Bennett, Wayne M. Barnes, Mary-Dell Chilton	176
13	T-DNA of a crown gall teratoma is covalently joined to host plant DNA 1980 ·Nature ·Narendra Singh Yadav, Kathleen Postle, Randall K. Saiki, Michael F. Thomashow, Mary-Dell Chilton	68
14	The boundaries and copy numbers of Ti plasmid T-DNA vary in crown gall tumors 1980 ·Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·D. J. Merlo, Robert C. Nutter, Alice L. Montoya, David Garfinkel, Martin Drummond, Mary-Dell Chilton, M P Gordon, Eugene W. Nester	49
15	Restriction endonuclease mapping of a plasmid that confers oncogenicity upon Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain B6-806 1978 ·Plasmid ·Mary-Dell Chilton, Alice L. Montoya, D. J. Merlo, Martin Drummond, Robert C. Nutter, M P Gordon, Eugene W. Nester	58
16	Stable incorporation of plasmid DNA into higher plant cells: the molecular basis of crown gall tumorigenesis breakdown → 1977 ·Cell ·Mary-Dell Chilton, Martin Drummond, Donald J. Merlo, Daniela Sciaky, Alice L. Montoya, Milton P. Gordon, Eugene W. Nester	723
17	Foreign DNA of bacterial plasmid origin is transcribed in crown gall tumours 1977 ·Nature ·Martin Drummond, Milton P. Gordon, Eugene W. Nester, Mary-Dell Chilton	124
18	Octopine and nopaline metabolism in Agrobacterium tumefaciens and crown gall tumor cells: role of plasmid genes 1977 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Alice L. Montoya, Mary-Dell Chilton, M P Gordon, Daniela Sciaky, Eugene W. Nester	193
19	Attempts to Detect Deoxyribonucleic Acid from Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Bacteriophage PS8 in Crown Gall Tumors by Complementary Ribonucleic Acid/Deoxyribonucleic Acid-Filter Hybridization 1974 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Francine C. Eden, Stephen K. Farrand, Jerry S. Powell, Arnold J. Bendich, Mary-Dell Chilton, Eugene W. Nester, Milton P. Gordon	10
20	DNA FROM MAIZE WITH AND WITHOUT B CHROMOSOMES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY 1973 ·Genetics ·Mary-Dell Chilton, Brian J. McCarthy	35

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