Michael Handford

1.7k total citations
34 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Handford is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Handford has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Plant Science, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael Handford's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (9 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (8 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (7 papers). Michael Handford is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (9 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (8 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (7 papers). Michael Handford collaborates with scholars based in Chile, United Kingdom and Germany. Michael Handford's co-authors include Claudia Stange, Paul Dupree, Ariel Orellana, Timothy C. Baldwin, Francisca Godoy, Paulina Fuentes, Lorena Pizarro, Juan C. Moreno, María-Isabel Yuseff and Cecilia Rodríguez-Furlán and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Plant Cell and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Michael Handford

34 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Handford Chile 20 840 657 238 86 75 34 1.3k
Georgina Sanahuja United States 14 679 0.8× 1.0k 1.6× 320 1.3× 47 0.5× 46 0.6× 29 1.5k
Nai‐Qian Dong China 14 1.8k 2.2× 1.1k 1.6× 112 0.5× 77 0.9× 99 1.3× 17 2.3k
Mauro Marra Italy 24 924 1.1× 998 1.5× 79 0.3× 76 0.9× 74 1.0× 62 1.6k
Montserrat Saladié Australia 16 1.3k 1.6× 673 1.0× 93 0.4× 38 0.4× 150 2.0× 26 1.7k
Sergio G. Atienza Spain 23 1.3k 1.6× 571 0.9× 263 1.1× 45 0.5× 93 1.2× 78 1.8k
Muhammad Salman Haider China 24 1.1k 1.3× 609 0.9× 118 0.5× 68 0.8× 175 2.3× 61 1.4k
Ya Luo China 23 1.4k 1.6× 1.1k 1.7× 301 1.3× 83 1.0× 215 2.9× 152 2.0k
C. M. B. Damasceno Brazil 14 974 1.2× 568 0.9× 61 0.3× 106 1.2× 67 0.9× 24 1.3k
Pietro Tonutti Italy 26 1.8k 2.2× 588 0.9× 276 1.2× 101 1.2× 224 3.0× 84 2.1k
Martín Ernesto Tiznado‐Hernández Mexico 20 931 1.1× 259 0.4× 171 0.7× 143 1.7× 180 2.4× 72 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Handford

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Handford

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All Works

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Handford, Michael, et al.. (2025). Verifying Plasmid Constructs via Transient Agrobacterium tumefaciens–Mediated Plant Transformation in Nicotiana benthamiana. Methods in molecular biology. 2911. 21–36. 1 indexed citations
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Handford, Michael, et al.. (2025). Fruit-specific overexpression of lipoyl synthase increases both bound and unbound lipoic acid and alters the metabolome of tomato fruits. Frontiers in Plant Science. 16. 1545011–1545011. 1 indexed citations
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Handford, Michael, et al.. (2021). Daucus carota DcPSY2 and DcLCYB1 as Tools for Carotenoid Metabolic Engineering to Improve the Nutritional Value of Fruits. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 677553–677553. 12 indexed citations
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Zamorano, Alan, et al.. (2020). Understanding Alstroemeria pallida Flower Colour: Links between Phenotype, Anthocyanins and Gene Expression. Plants. 10(1). 55–55. 7 indexed citations
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Stange, Claudia, et al.. (2020). Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) possesses mitochondrial and plastidial lipoyl synthases capable of increasing lipoylation levels when expressed in bacteria. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 151. 264–270. 5 indexed citations
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Handford, Michael, et al.. (2016). Exogenous application of pectin-derived oligosaccharides to grape berries modifies anthocyanin accumulation, composition and gene expression. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 104. 125–133. 27 indexed citations
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Contreras, Rodrigo A., Gustavo E. Zúñiga, Raúl Herrera, et al.. (2016). FcLDP1, a Gene Encoding a Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) Domain Protein, Responds to Brassinosteroids and Abscisic Acid during the Development of Fruits in Fragaria chiloensis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. 788–788. 8 indexed citations
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Aguilar‐Salinas, Carlos A., Michael Handford, Markus Pauly, Paul Dupree, & Liliana Cardemil. (2016). Structural Modifications of Fructans in Aloe barbadensis Miller (Aloe Vera) Grown under Water Stress. PLoS ONE. 11(7). e0159819–e0159819. 31 indexed citations
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Fuentealba, Matías, et al.. (2015). Polyol specificity of recombinant Arabidopsis thaliana sorbitol dehydrogenase studied by enzyme kinetics and in silico modeling. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6. 91–91. 6 indexed citations
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Handford, Michael, et al.. (2014). VvGONST-A and VvGONST-B are Golgi-localised GDP-sugar transporters in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). Plant Science. 231. 191–197. 14 indexed citations
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Gallart, Marta, et al.. (2013). Sorbitol dehydrogenase is a cytosolic protein required for sorbitol metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Science. 205-206. 63–75. 41 indexed citations
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Moreno, Juan C., Lorena Pizarro, Paulina Fuentes, et al.. (2013). Levels of Lycopene β-Cyclase 1 Modulate Carotenoid Gene Expression and Accumulation in Daucus carota. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e58144–e58144. 79 indexed citations
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Handford, Michael, Cecilia Rodríguez-Furlán, Lorena Marchant, et al.. (2012). Arabidopsis thaliana AtUTr7 Encodes a Golgi-Localized UDP–Glucose/UDP–Galactose Transporter that Affects Lateral Root Emergence. Molecular Plant. 5(6). 1263–1280. 30 indexed citations
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Fuentes, Paulina, Lorena Pizarro, Juan C. Moreno, et al.. (2012). Light-dependent changes in plastid differentiation influence carotenoid gene expression and accumulation in carrot roots. Plant Molecular Biology. 79(1-2). 47–59. 79 indexed citations
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Linka, Marek, Philippe Deschamps, Michael Handford, et al.. (2010). Phylogenetic and Biochemical Evidence Supports the Recruitment of an ADP-Glucose Translocator for the Export of Photosynthate during Plastid Endosymbiosis. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 27(12). 2691–2701. 28 indexed citations
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Handford, Michael, Cecilia Rodríguez-Furlán, & Ariel Orellana. (2006). Nucleotide-sugar transporters: structure, function and roles in vivo. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. 39(9). 1149–1158. 62 indexed citations
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Norambuena, Lorena, Ricardo Nilo‐Poyanco, Michael Handford, et al.. (2005). AtUTr2 is an Arabidopsis thaliana nucleotide sugar transporter located in the Golgi apparatus capable of transporting UDP-galactose. Planta. 222(3). 521–529. 38 indexed citations
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Handford, Michael, Timothy C. Baldwin, Florence Goubet, et al.. (2003). Localisation and characterisation of cell wall mannan polysaccharides in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta. 218(1). 27–36. 106 indexed citations

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