Rachel E. Melton

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Rachel E. Melton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel E. Melton has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Rachel E. Melton's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (13 papers), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (5 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (4 papers). Rachel E. Melton is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (13 papers), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (5 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (4 papers). Rachel E. Melton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Rachel E. Melton's co-authors include Tobias Kieser, William R. Jacobs, Scott B. Snapper, Anne Osbourn, Shuhaimi Mustafa, Kalliope Κ. Papadopoulou, Xiaoquan Qi, Saleha Bakht, Michael J. Daniels and Colin S. Maxwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Rachel E. Melton

27 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Isolation and characterization of efficient plasmid transformation mutants of Mycobacterium smegmatis

1990 1.1k citations Scott B. Snapper, Rachel E. Melton et al. Molecular Microbiology profile →

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Terry Roemer United States

Emma Griffiths Canada

Luis E. N. Quadri United States

Jingfa Xiao China

Miguel C. Teixeira Portugal

Giovanna Riccardi Italy

Aaron A. Klammer United States

Claudine Mayer France

Fritz Titgemeyer Germany

James Drake United States

Terry Roemer United States

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Qiao, Xue, James Reed, Burkhard Steuernagel, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive mutant chemotyping reveals embedding of a lineage-specific biosynthetic gene cluster in wider plant metabolism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(12). e2417588122–e2417588122. 1 indexed citations

Louveau, Thomas, Anastasia Orme, Michael J. Stephenson, et al.. (2018). Analysis of Two New Arabinosyltransferases Belonging to the Carbohydrate-Active Enzyme (CAZY) Glycosyl Transferase Family1 Provides Insights into Disease Resistance and Sugar Donor Specificity. The Plant Cell. 30(12). 3038–3057. 56 indexed citations

Mugford, Sam T., Thomas Louveau, Rachel E. Melton, et al.. (2013). Modularity of Plant Metabolic Gene Clusters: A Trio of Linked Genes That Are Collectively Required for Acylation of Triterpenes in Oat . The Plant Cell. 25(3). 1078–1092. 87 indexed citations

Geisler, Katrin, Richard K. Hughes, Frank Sainsbury, et al.. (2013). Biochemical analysis of a multifunctional cytochrome P450 (CYP51) enzyme required for synthesis of antimicrobial triterpenes in plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(35). E3360–7. 143 indexed citations

Mugford, Sam T., Xiaoquan Qi, Saleha Bakht, et al.. (2009). A Serine Carboxypeptidase-Like Acyltransferase Is Required for Synthesis of Antimicrobial Compounds and Disease Resistance in Oats . The Plant Cell. 21(8). 2473–2484. 148 indexed citations

Mylona, Panagiota, Kalliope Κ. Papadopoulou, Helen Jenner, et al.. (2008). Sad3andSad4Are Required for Saponin Biosynthesis and Root Development in Oat. The Plant Cell. 20(1). 201–212. 102 indexed citations

Yi, Ji Soo, Rachel E. Melton, John Stasko, & Julie A. Jacko. (2005). Dust & Magnet: Multivariate Information Visualization Using a Magnet Metaphor. Information Visualization. 4(4). 239–256. 115 indexed citations

Qi, Xiaoquan, et al.. (2004). A gene cluster for secondary metabolism in oat: Implications for the evolution of metabolic diversity in plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(21). 8233–8238. 238 indexed citations

Bhatt, Apoorva, Rachel E. Melton, & Tobias Kieser. (2002). Plasmid transfer from Streptomyces to Mycobacterium smegmatis by spontaneous transformation. Molecular Microbiology. 43(1). 135–146. 11 indexed citations

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Bouarab, Kamal, Rachel E. Melton, Jack Peart, David C. Baulcombe, & Anne Osbourn. (2002). A saponin-detoxifying enzyme mediates suppression of plant defences. Nature. 418(6900). 889–892. 182 indexed citations

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Martín‐Hernández, Ana Montserrat, Marie Dufresne, Véronique Hugouvieux, Rachel E. Melton, & Anne Osbourn. (2000). Effects of Targeted Replacement of the Tomatinase Gene on the Interaction ofSeptoria lycopersiciwith Tomato Plants. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 13(12). 1301–1311. 60 indexed citations

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Bryan, Gregory T., et al.. (1999). DNA polymorphism and host range in the take-all fungus, Gaeumannomyces graminis. Mycological Research. 103(3). 319–327. 26 indexed citations

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Melton, Rachel E., et al.. (1998). Heterologous Expression of Septoria lycopersici Tomatinase in Cladosporium fulvum: Effects on Compatible and Incompatible Interactions with Tomato Seedlings. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 11(3). 228–236. 16 indexed citations

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Smokvina, Tamara, et al.. (1994). Transposition of IS 117, the 2.5 kb Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) ‘minicircle’: roles of open reading frames and origin of tandem insertions. Molecular Microbiology. 12(3). 459–468. 11 indexed citations

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Xiao, Jiannan, Rachel E. Melton, & Tobias Kieser. (1994). High‐frequency homologous plasmid‐plasmid recombination coupled with conjugation of plasmid SCP2* in Streptomyces. Molecular Microbiology. 14(3). 547–555. 6 indexed citations

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Henderson, Duncan J., et al.. (1990). Transposition of IS117 (the Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) mini-circle) to and from a cloned target site and into secondary chromosomal sites. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 224(1). 65–71. 14 indexed citations

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Snapper, Scott B., Rachel E. Melton, Shuhaimi Mustafa, Tobias Kieser, & William R. Jacobs. (1990). Isolation and characterization of efficient plasmid transformation mutants of Mycobacterium smegmatis. Molecular Microbiology. 4(11). 1911–1919. 1062 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jacobs, William R., et al.. (1989). Development of genetic systems for the mycobacteria.. PubMed. 7 Suppl 1. 203–7. 10 indexed citations

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Kieser, Tobias & Rachel E. Melton. (1988). Plasmid pIJ699, a multi-copy positive-selection vector for Streptomyces. Gene. 65(1). 83–91. 115 indexed citations

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Snapper, Scott B., L Lugosi, Antónia Jekkel, et al.. (1988). Lysogeny and transformation in mycobacteria: stable expression of foreign genes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 85(18). 6987–6991. 262 indexed citations

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