Nicholas Holton

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Nicholas Holton is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Holton has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Plant Science, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Holton's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (13 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (7 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (5 papers). Nicholas Holton is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (13 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (7 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (5 papers). Nicholas Holton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Nicholas Holton's co-authors include Cyril Zipfel, Mahmut Tör, Youssef Belkhadir, Martin Stegmann, Jacqueline Monaghan, Elwira Smakowska‐Luzan, Hanna Rövenich, Anita Lehner, Benjamin Schwessinger and Catherine Albrecht and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Holton

21 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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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 Arabidopsis Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor–Like Kinases BAK1/SERK3 and BKK1/SERK4 Are Required for Innate Immunity to Hemibiotrophic and Biotrophic Pathogens

2011 537 citations Benjamin Schwessinger, Nicholas Holton et al. The Plant Cell profile →
The receptor kinase FER is a RALF-regulated scaffold controlling plant immune signaling

2017 508 citations Martin Stegmann, Jacqueline Monaghan et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas Holton United Kingdom	16	1.9k	748	118	111	83	21	2.1k
Andrea A. Gust Germany	21	2.4k 1.3×	627 0.8×	68 0.6×	192 1.7×	90 1.1×	35	2.7k
Gernot Kunze Switzerland	7	2.0k 1.1×	523 0.7×	68 0.6×	140 1.3×	104 1.3×	8	2.3k
Tobias Mentzel Germany	9	1.4k 0.7×	500 0.7×	73 0.6×	139 1.3×	40 0.5×	9	1.6k
Bruno Pok Man Ngou United Kingdom	13	2.3k 1.2×	628 0.8×	77 0.7×	244 2.2×	140 1.7×	17	2.5k
Guozhi Bi China	15	2.1k 1.1×	659 0.9×	56 0.5×	152 1.4×	104 1.3×	24	2.3k
Julia M. Plotnikova United States	7	977 0.5×	574 0.8×	100 0.8×	142 1.3×	58 0.7×	8	1.3k
Tongjun Sun Canada	16	1.8k 0.9×	704 0.9×	84 0.7×	108 1.0×	54 0.7×	22	2.0k
Jack Peart United Kingdom	9	1.6k 0.8×	512 0.7×	95 0.8×	117 1.1×	101 1.2×	10	1.8k
Thorsten Nürnberger Germany	25	2.7k 1.4×	820 1.1×	101 0.9×	531 4.8×	84 1.0×	38	2.9k
Harrold A. van den Burg Netherlands	23	2.0k 1.1×	876 1.2×	107 0.9×	409 3.7×	69 0.8×	57	2.4k

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Schuster, Mariana, Pierre Buscaill, Yasin Tümtaş, et al.. (2025). Immunity gene silencing increases transient protein expression in Nicotiana benthamiana. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 23(5). 1768–1770. 3 indexed citations

Brands, Mathias, Sara Christina Stolze, Philipp Westhoff, et al.. (2025). Ergosterol‐induced immune response in barley involves phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol phosphate metabolic enzymes and activation of diterpene biosynthesis. New Phytologist. 246(3). 1236–1255. 2 indexed citations

Wanke, Alan, Stephan Wawra, Balakumaran Chandrasekar, et al.. (2023). A GH81-type β-glucan-binding protein enhances colonization by mutualistic fungi in barley. Current Biology. 33(23). 5071–5084.e7. 14 indexed citations

Meshcheriakova, Yulia, Eva C. Thuenemann, R. Overman, et al.. (2020). Plant‐made dengue virus‐like particles produced by co‐expression of structural and non‐structural proteins induce a humoral immune response in mice. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 19(4). 745–756. 36 indexed citations

Steinbrenner, Adam D., María Muñoz‐Amatriaín, Sassoum Lô, et al.. (2020). A receptor-like protein mediates plant immune responses to herbivore-associated molecular patterns. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(49). 31510–31518. 93 indexed citations

Pilar, María del, Nicholas Holton, Gabriela Conti, et al.. (2019). The fungal subtilase AsES elicits a PTI‐like defence response in Arabidopsis thaliana plants independently of its enzymatic activity. Molecular Plant Pathology. 21(2). 147–159. 12 indexed citations

Linde, Karina van der, Urs Lahrmann, Farnusch Kaschani, et al.. (2018). An apoplastic peptide activates salicylic acid signalling in maize. Nature Plants. 4(3). 172–180. 97 indexed citations

Stegmann, Martin, Jacqueline Monaghan, Elwira Smakowska‐Luzan, et al.. (2017). The receptor kinase FER is a RALF-regulated scaffold controlling plant immune signaling. Science. 355(6322). 287–289. 508 indexed citations breakdown →

Radaković, Zoran S., Muhammad Ilyas, Divykriti Chopra, et al.. (2017). Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor–like kinase NILR1 is required for induction of innate immunity to parasitic nematodes. PLoS Pathogens. 13(4). e1006284–e1006284. 124 indexed citations

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Saur, Isabel M. L., Yasuhiro Kadota, Jan Sklenář, et al.. (2016). NbCSPR underlies age-dependent immune responses to bacterial cold shock protein in Nicotiana benthamiana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(12). 3389–3394. 82 indexed citations

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Schwessinger, Benjamin, Ofir Bahar, Nicolas Thomas, et al.. (2015). Transgenic Expression of the Dicotyledonous Pattern Recognition Receptor EFR in Rice Leads to Ligand-Dependent Activation of Defense Responses. PLoS Pathogens. 11(3). e1004809–e1004809. 90 indexed citations

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Holton, Nicholas, Vladimir Nekrasov, Pamela C. Ronald, & Cyril Zipfel. (2015). The Phylogenetically-Related Pattern Recognition Receptors EFR and XA21 Recruit Similar Immune Signaling Components in Monocots and Dicots. PLoS Pathogens. 11(1). e1004602–e1004602. 76 indexed citations

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Czesnick, Hjördis, Nicholas Holton, Patrick Giavalisco, et al.. (2013). Arabidopsis poly(A) polymerase PAPS1 limits founder‐cell recruitment to organ primordia and suppresses the salicylic acid‐independent immune response downstream of EDS1/PAD4. The Plant Journal. 77(5). 688–699. 22 indexed citations

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Bailey, Kate, Volkan Çevik, Nicholas Holton, et al.. (2011). Molecular Cloning of ATR5^Emoy2 from Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis, an Avirulence Determinant That Triggers RPP5-Mediated Defense in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 24(7). 827–838. 65 indexed citations

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Mazorra, L. M., et al.. (2011). Heat shock response in tomato brassinosteroid mutants indicates that thermotolerance is independent of brassinosteroid homeostasis. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 49(12). 1420–1428. 47 indexed citations

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Tör, Mahmut, Michael T. Lotze, & Nicholas Holton. (2009). Receptor-mediated signalling in plants: molecular patterns and programmes. Journal of Experimental Botany. 60(13). 3645–3654. 120 indexed citations

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Holton, Nicholas, Kate Harrison, Takao Yokota, & Gerard J. Bishop. (2008). Tomato BRI1 and systemin wound signalling. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 3(1). 54–55. 7 indexed citations

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Holton, Nicholas, Ana I. Caño‐Delgado, Kate Harrison, et al.. (2007). TomatoBRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE1Is Required for Systemin-Induced Root Elongation inSolanum pimpinellifoliumbut Is Not Essential for Wound Signaling. The Plant Cell. 19(5). 1709–1717. 74 indexed citations

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Mur, Luis A. J., et al.. (2005). Laser Photoacoustic Detection Allows in Planta Detection of Nitric Oxide in Tobacco following Challenge with Avirulent and Virulent Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 138(3). 1247–1258. 65 indexed citations

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Holton, Nicholas, Timothy J. D. Goodwin, Margaret I. Butler, & Russell T. M. Poulter. (2001). An active retrotransposon in Candida albicans. Nucleic Acids Research. 29(19). 4014–4024. 23 indexed citations

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