Michel Rohmer

18.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
223 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Michel Rohmer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Michel Rohmer has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 184 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Pharmacology and 30 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Michel Rohmer's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (112 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (45 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (41 papers). Michel Rohmer is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (112 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (45 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (41 papers). Michel Rohmer collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United States. Michel Rohmer's co-authors include Guy Ourisson, Pierre Albrecht, Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler, Jörg Schwender, Hermann Sahm, Myriam Seemann, Philippe Bisseret, Serge Neunlist, Andrea Disch and Karl Poralla and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Michel Rohmer

223 papers receiving 13.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Isoprenoid biosynthesis in bacteria: a novel pathway for the early steps leading to isopentenyl diphosphate

1993 888 citations Michel Rohmer et al. Biochemical Journal profile →
The Hopanoids: palaeochemistry and biochemistry of a group of natural products

1979 650 citations Guy Ourisson, Michel Rohmer et al. profile →
Distribution of Hopanoid Triterpenes in Prokaryotes

1984 624 citations Michel Rohmer, Guy Ourisson et al. profile →
Biosynthesis of isoprenoids in higher plant chloroplasts proceeds via a mevalonate‐independent pathway

1997 537 citations Andrea Disch, Michel Rohmer et al. profile →
Enzymatic cyclization of squalene and oxidosqualene to sterols and triterpenes

1993 515 citations Michel Rohmer et al. profile →
Prokaryotic Hopanoids and other Polyterpenoid Sterol Surrogates

1987 444 citations Guy Ourisson, Michel Rohmer et al. Annual Review of Microbiology profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Multifaceted MEP Pathway: Towards New Therapeutic Perspectives 2023 ·Molecules ·(unknown), (unknown), Didier Lièvremont, Michel Rohmer, Catherine Grosdemange‐Billiard	13
2	Divergent contribution of the MVA and MEP pathways to the formation of polyprenols and dolichols in Arabidopsis 2023 ·Biochemical Journal ·(unknown), Cezary Pączkowski, Laura Pérez-Fons, Paul D. Fraser, Magdalena Kania, Marta Hoffman‐Sommer, Witold Danikiewicz, Michel Rohmer, Jarosław Poznański, Ewa Świeżewska	19
3	Flavonoids: True or promiscuous inhibitors of enzyme? The case of deoxyxylulose phosphate reductoisomerase 2015 ·Bioorganic Chemistry ·Denis Tritsch, (unknown), Michel Rohmer, Catherine Grosdemange‐Billiard	24
4	Catechol–rhodanine derivatives: Specific and promiscuous inhibitors of Escherichia coli deoxyxylulose phosphate reductoisomerase (DXR) 2014 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry ·(unknown), Denis Tritsch, Catherine Grosdemange‐Billiard, Michel Rohmer	24
5	Synthesis of tetrazole analogues of phosphonohydroxamic acids: An attempt to improve the inhibitory activity against the DXR 2013 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·(unknown), Denis Tritsch, Catherine Grosdemange‐Billiard, Michel Rohmer	14
6	Growth inhibition of Mycobacterium smegmatis by prodrugs of deoxyxylulose phosphate reducto-isomerase inhibitors, promising anti-mycobacterial agents 2012 ·European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Denis Tritsch, Catherine Grosdemange‐Billiard, Michel Rohmer	19
7	Isoprenoid Biosynthesis via the MEP Pathway: In Vivo Mössbauer Spectroscopy Identifies a [4Fe-4S] ²⁺ Center with Unusual Coordination Sphere in the LytB Protein 2009 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Myriam Seemann, (unknown), Julia I. Schweizer, Lars H. Böttger, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), O. Rotthaus, Alfred X. Trautwein, Michel Rohmer	65
8	Accumulation of 2‐C‐methyl‐d‐erythritol 2,4‐cyclodiphosphate in illuminated plant leaves at supraoptimal temperatures reveals a bottleneck of the prokaryotic methylerythritol 4‐phosphate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis 2008 ·Plant Cell & Environment ·Corinne Rivasseau, Myriam Seemann, Anne‐Marie Boisson, Peter Streb, Elisabeth Gout, Roland Douce, Michel Rohmer, Richard Bligny	64
9	Contribution of the Mevalonate and Methylerythritol Phosphate Pathways to the Biosynthesis of Dolichols in Plants 2008 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Karolina Skorupińska‐Tudek, Jarosław Poznański, Jacek Wójcik, Tomasz Bieńkowski, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tadeusz Chojnacki, O. Olszowska, Jacob Grünler, Odile Meyer, Michel Rohmer, Witold Danikiewicz, Ewa Świeżewska	64
10	Structural diversity of the triterpenic hydrocarbons from the bacterium Zymomonas mobilis: the signature of defective squalene cyclization by the squalene/hopene cyclase 2001 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·(unknown), Anna‐Irini Koukkou, Constantin Drainas, Catherine Grosdemange‐Billiard, Michel Rohmer	21
11	Cutting Edge: Human γδ T Cells Are Activated by Intermediates of the 2- C -methyl- d -erythritol 4-phosphate Pathway of Isoprenoid Biosynthesis 2001 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Boran Altincicek, Jens M. Moll, Narciso Campos, (unknown), Ewald Beck, Jean‐François Hoeffler, Catherine Grosdemange‐Billiard, Manuel Rodríguez‐Concepción, Michel Rohmer, Albert Boronat, Matthias Eberl, Hassan Jomaa	70
12	Novel methylated triterpenoids of the gammacerane series from the nitrogen‐fixing bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110 2001 ·European Journal of Biochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Thomas Härtner, Elmar L. Kannenberg, Michel Rohmer	71
13	Bacterial triterpenoids of the hopane series as biomarkers for the chemotaxonomy ofBurkholderia,PseudomonasandRalstoniaspp. 2000 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Jelena Cvejić, Surya Rosa Putra, A.S. El-Beltagy, Reiko Hattori, Tsutomu Hattori, Michel Rohmer	47
14	On the absence of the glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate/pyruvate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis in fungi and yeasts 1998 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Andrea Disch, Michel Rohmer	39
15	Distribution of mevalonate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate/pyruvate routes for isoprenoid biosynthesis in some Gram-negative bacteria and mycobacteria 1998 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Surya Rosa Putra, Andrea Disch, (unknown), Michel Rohmer	43
16	Towards the characterization of squalene synthase activity in extracts of Zymomonas mobilis 1996 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Anna‐Irini Koukkou, Constantin Drainas, Michel Rohmer	3
17	Structure elucidation and biosynthesis of 31‐methylhopanoids from Acetobacter europaeus 1994 ·European Journal of Biochemistry ·(unknown), Brian J. Tindall, Michel Rohmer	39
18	The hopanoids, prokaryotic triterpenoids and precursors of ubiquitous molecular fossils 1992 ·Pages ·Michel Rohmer, Philippe Bisseret, Serge Neunlist	167
19	The hopanoids, bacterial triterpenoids, and the biosynthesis of isoprenic units in prokaryotes 1991 ·Birkhäuser Basel eBooks ·Michel Rohmer, Philippe Bisseret, (unknown)	7
20	Prokaryotic Hopanoids and other Polyterpenoid Sterol Surrogates breakdown → 1987 ·Annual Review of Microbiology ·Guy Ourisson, Michel Rohmer, Karl Poralla	444

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