Merja Penttilä

24.3k citations
314 papers · 17.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 77
Topics
Biofuel production and bioconversion (168 papers)Fungal and yeast genetics research (121 papers)Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (90 papers)

In The Last Decade

Merja Penttilä

311 papers receiving 16.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Merja Penttilä
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  • Molecular Biology 12.4k
  • Biomedical Engineering 10.0k
  • Biotechnology 4.7k
  • Plant Science 3.9k
  • Cell Biology 1.3k
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merja Penttilä

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All Works

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The industrial potential of bio-based glycolic acid and polyglycolic acid: Short survey
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The industrial potential of bio-based glycolic acid and polyglycolic acid
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Production of ethanol from L-arabinose by Saccharomyces cerevisiae containing a fungal L-arabinose pathway.
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TRANSFER OF GENES-CODING FOR FUNGAL GLUCANASES INTO YEAST
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About Merja Penttilä

Merja Penttilä is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology, having authored 314 papers that have together received 17.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (168 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (121 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (90 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biotechnology (4.7k citations), Biomedical Engineering (10.0k citations) and Molecular Biology (12.4k citations). Merja Penttilä has collaborated with scholars based in Finland, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Markku Saloheimo, Marja Ilmén, Laura Ruohonen, Tiina Nakari‐Setälä, Nina Aro, Peter Richard, Anu Saloheimo, Tiina Pakula, Markus B. Linder and Mervi Toivari. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Advanced Materials.

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