Oliver E. Nelson

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Oliver E. Nelson is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Oliver E. Nelson has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Plant Science, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Oliver E. Nelson's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (12 papers), Phytase and its Applications (11 papers) and Food composition and properties (10 papers). Oliver E. Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (12 papers), Phytase and its Applications (11 papers) and Food composition and properties (10 papers). Oliver E. Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. Oliver E. Nelson's co-authors include Lynn S. Bates, Edwin T. Mertz, Prem S. Chourey, David Pan, Howard W. Rines, Douglas B. Furtek, Nina V. Fedoroff, Hugo K. Dooner, Joseph Kuć and Benjamin Burr and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Oliver E. Nelson

60 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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Mutant Gene That Changes Protein Composition and Increases Lysine Content of Maize Endosperm

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Oliver E. Nelson United States	29	2.6k	1.5k	805	481	432	60	3.6k
R. D’Ovidio Italy	43	4.8k 1.8×	1.5k 1.1×	721 0.9×	295 0.6×	330 0.8×	125	5.3k
Kyuya Harada Japan	38	5.2k 2.0×	1.3k 0.9×	661 0.8×	345 0.7×	242 0.6×	105	6.0k
Michael J. Giroux United States	37	3.7k 1.4×	943 0.6×	1.4k 1.7×	675 1.4×	334 0.8×	101	4.4k
Peter R. Shewry United Kingdom	25	1.3k 0.5×	875 0.6×	703 0.9×	139 0.3×	175 0.4×	41	2.3k
L. Curtis Hannah United States	36	3.1k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	447 0.9×	565 1.3×	94	4.0k
R. K. Downey Canada	28	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	128 0.2×	208 0.4×	103 0.2×	80	2.5k
Prem S. Chourey United States	43	4.9k 1.9×	2.0k 1.4×	554 0.7×	495 1.0×	383 0.9×	90	5.4k
Zhen‐Xiang Lu Canada	20	1.2k 0.5×	471 0.3×	329 0.4×	270 0.6×	84 0.2×	63	1.9k
Martha G. James United States	29	2.6k 1.0×	679 0.5×	2.4k 3.0×	338 0.7×	941 2.2×	36	3.8k
Xiuping Guo China	44	4.9k 1.9×	2.4k 1.6×	474 0.6×	1.8k 3.8×	239 0.6×	92	5.7k

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Sullivan, Thomas D., John Schiefelbein, & Oliver E. Nelson. (1989). Tissue‐Specific effects of maize bronze gene promoter mutations induced by Ds1 insertion and excision. Developmental Genetics. 10(6). 412–424. 18 indexed citations

Schiefelbein, John, et al.. (1988). Molecular Characterization of Suppressor-Mutator (Spm)-Induced Mutations at the bronze-1 Locus in Maize: The bz-m13 Alleles. PubMed. 47. 261–278. 20 indexed citations

Nelson, Oliver E. & Anita S. Klein. (1984). CHARACTERIZATION OF AN Spm-CONTROLLED BRONZE-MUTABLE ALLELE IN MAIZE. Genetics. 106(4). 769–779. 26 indexed citations

Felker, Frederick C., David M. Peterson, & Oliver E. Nelson. (1984). Development of tannin vacuoles in chalaza and seed coat of barley in relation to early chalazal necrosis in the seg1 mutant. Planta. 161(6). 540–549. 14 indexed citations

Felker, Frederick C., David M. Peterson, & Oliver E. Nelson. (1983). Growth Characteristics, Grain Filling, and Assimilate Transport in a Shrunken Endosperm Mutant of Barley. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 72(3). 679–684. 11 indexed citations

Klein, Anita S. & Oliver E. Nelson. (1983). Biochemical consequences of the insertion of a suppressor-mutator ( Spm ) receptor at the bronze-1 locus in maize. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80(24). 7591–7595. 16 indexed citations

Koch, Karen E., et al.. (1982). Source-Sink Relations in Maize Mutants with Starch-Deficient Endosperms. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 70(1). 322–325. 9 indexed citations

Shimamoto, Ko & Oliver E. Nelson. (1981). Movement of ¹⁴C-compounds from Maternal Tissue into Maize Seeds Grown in Vitro. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 67(3). 429–432. 19 indexed citations

Nelson, Oliver E., et al.. (1979). Starch-synthesizing Enzymes in the Endosperm and Pollen of Maize. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 63(2). 312–317. 30 indexed citations

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Dooner, Hugo K. & Oliver E. Nelson. (1979). INTERACTION AMONG C, R AND Vp IN THE CONTROL OF THE Bz GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE DURING ENDOSPERM DEVELOPMENT IN MAIZE. Genetics. 91(2). 309–315. 52 indexed citations

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Hannah, L. Curtis & Oliver E. Nelson. (1975). Characterization of Adenosine Diphosphate Glucose Pyrophosphorylases from Developing Maize Seeds. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 55(2). 297–302. 48 indexed citations

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Tsai, Chia‐Yin & Oliver E. Nelson. (1969). MUTATIONS AT THE SHRUNKEN-4 LOCUS IN MAIZE THAT PRODUCE THREE ALTERED PHOSPHORYLASES. Genetics. 61(4). 813–821. 20 indexed citations

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Akatsuka, Tadami & Oliver E. Nelson. (1969). Studies on Starch Synthesis in Maize Mutants. 17(1). 99–115. 1 indexed citations

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Nelson, Oliver E.. (1968). THE WAXY LOCUS IN MAIZE. II. THE LOCATION OF THE CONTROLLING ELEMENT ALLELES. Genetics. 60(3). 507–524. 94 indexed citations

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Nelson, Oliver E., et al.. (1968). Abnormal lignins produced by the brown-midrib mutants of maize. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 123(2). 403–408. 29 indexed citations

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Nelson, Oliver E., et al.. (1964). Glucose Transfer from Adenosine Diphosphate-Glucose to Starch in Preparations of Waxy Seeds. Science. 145(3637). 1194–1195. 34 indexed citations

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Nelson, Oliver E. & A. J. Ullstrup. (1964). RESISTANCE TO LEAF SPOT IN MAIZE. Journal of Heredity. 55(5). 195–199. 25 indexed citations

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Nelson, Oliver E.. (1959). Intracistron Recombination in the Wx / wx Region in Maize. Science. 130(3378). 794–795. 32 indexed citations

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Fitzgerald, Paul J., Ralph M. Caldwell, & Oliver E. Nelson. (1957). Inheritance of Resistance to Certain Races of Leaf Rust of Wheat¹. Agronomy Journal. 49(10). 539–543. 4 indexed citations

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Nelson, Oliver E.. (1953). A genic substitute for isolation in hybrid corn seed production. Economic Botany. 7(4). 382–384. 8 indexed citations

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