Rajesh Chandra Misra

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 715 citations indexed

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Rajesh Chandra Misra is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Complementary and alternative medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rajesh Chandra Misra has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 715 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine. Recurrent topics in Rajesh Chandra Misra's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (8 papers), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (4 papers) and Andrographolide Research and Applications (3 papers). Rajesh Chandra Misra is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (8 papers), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (4 papers) and Andrographolide Research and Applications (3 papers). Rajesh Chandra Misra collaborates with scholars based in India, United Kingdom and United States. Rajesh Chandra Misra's co-authors include Sumit Ghosh, C.S. Chanotiya, Sandeep Sandeep, Shubha Rani Sharma, Mohan Kamthan, Santosh Kumar, Karuna Shanker, Anne Osbourn, Charlotte Owen and Amr El‐Demerdash 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

Rajesh Chandra Misra

16 papers receiving 707 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.

Elucidation of the pathway for biosynthesis of saponin adjuvants from the soapbark tree

2023 103 citations James Reed, Anastasia Orme et al. Science profile →
Complete biosynthesis of the potent vaccine adjuvant QS-21

2024 62 citations Laetitia B. B. Martin, Shingo Kikuchi et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rajesh Chandra Misra India	13	516	241	95	82	76	16	715
James Reed United Kingdom	10	784 1.5×	553 2.3×	168 1.8×	33 0.4×	133 1.8×	15	1.2k
Saleha Bakht United Kingdom	9	759 1.5×	328 1.4×	140 1.5×	22 0.3×	60 0.8×	11	964
Shihai Xing China	13	481 0.9×	299 1.2×	101 1.1×	29 0.4×	59 0.8×	36	626
Mihdzar Abdul Kadir Malaysia	16	291 0.6×	473 2.0×	42 0.4×	120 1.5×	38 0.5×	39	639
Tengfei Zhao China	13	297 0.6×	181 0.8×	50 0.5×	32 0.4×	50 0.7×	38	507
Dongyan Zhao United States	18	743 1.4×	598 2.5×	110 1.2×	47 0.6×	48 0.6×	41	1.1k
Jeremy Kapteyn United States	11	502 1.0×	363 1.5×	29 0.3×	78 1.0×	76 1.0×	13	729
Jan Mertens Belgium	11	593 1.1×	376 1.6×	56 0.6×	25 0.3×	30 0.4×	11	786
Qi-Li Mi China	13	315 0.6×	371 1.5×	126 1.3×	31 0.4×	85 1.1×	66	697
Zong-Xia Yu China	5	526 1.0×	286 1.2×	53 0.6×	27 0.3×	56 0.7×	7	617

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Martin, Laetitia B. B., Shingo Kikuchi, Martin Rejzek, et al.. (2024). Complete biosynthesis of the potent vaccine adjuvant QS-21. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(4). 493–502. 62 indexed citations breakdown →

Reed, James, Anastasia Orme, Amr El‐Demerdash, et al.. (2023). Elucidation of the pathway for biosynthesis of saponin adjuvants from the soapbark tree. Science. 379(6638). 1252–1264. 103 indexed citations breakdown →

Polturak, Guy, Rajesh Chandra Misra, Amr El‐Demerdash, et al.. (2023). Discovery of isoflavone phytoalexins in wheat reveals an alternative route to isoflavonoid biosynthesis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6977–6977. 27 indexed citations

Polturak, Guy, Martin Dippe, Michael J. Stephenson, et al.. (2022). Pathogen-induced biosynthetic pathways encode defense-related molecules in bread wheat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(16). e2123299119–e2123299119. 43 indexed citations

Thimmappa, Ramesha, Shi Wang, Rajesh Chandra Misra, et al.. (2022). Biosynthesis of saponin defensive compounds in sea cucumbers. Nature Chemical Biology. 18(7). 774–781. 32 indexed citations

Misra, Rajesh Chandra, et al.. (2021). UGT86C11 is a novel plant UDP-glycosyltransferase involved in labdane diterpene biosynthesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 297(3). 101045–101045. 21 indexed citations

Misra, Rajesh Chandra, et al.. (2020). Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum). Methods in molecular biology. 2172. 123–138. 8 indexed citations

Sandeep, Sandeep, et al.. (2019). Transcriptome analysis and functional characterization of oxidosqualene cyclases of the arjuna triterpene saponin pathway. Plant Science. 292. 110382–110382. 16 indexed citations

Sandeep, Sandeep, Rajesh Chandra Misra, C.S. Chanotiya, Pradipto Mukhopadhyay, & Sumit Ghosh. (2018). Oxidosqualene cyclase and CYP716 enzymes contribute to triterpene structural diversity in the medicinal tree banaba. New Phytologist. 222(1). 408–424. 50 indexed citations

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Misra, Rajesh Chandra, et al.. (2017). Two CYP716A subfamily cytochrome P450 monooxygenases of sweet basil play similar but nonredundant roles in ursane‐ and oleanane‐type pentacyclic triterpene biosynthesis. New Phytologist. 214(2). 706–720. 57 indexed citations

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Misra, Rajesh Chandra, Sandeep Sandeep, Mohan Kamthan, Santosh Kumar, & Sumit Ghosh. (2016). A thaumatin-like protein of Ocimum basilicum confers tolerance to fungal pathogen and abiotic stress in transgenic Arabidopsis. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 25340–25340. 99 indexed citations

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Agrawal, Lalit, et al.. (2015). Andrographis paniculata transcriptome provides molecular insights into tissue-specific accumulation of medicinal diterpenes. BMC Genomics. 16(1). 659–659. 64 indexed citations

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Misra, Rajesh Chandra, et al.. (2015). Involvement of an ent-copalyl diphosphate synthase in tissue-specific accumulation of specialized diterpenes in Andrographis paniculata. Plant Science. 240. 50–64. 29 indexed citations

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Misra, Rajesh Chandra, et al.. (2013). Methyl Jasmonate-Elicited Transcriptional Responses and Pentacyclic Triterpene Biosynthesis in Sweet Basil . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 164(2). 1028–1044. 94 indexed citations

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Misra, Rajesh Chandra, Anita Verma, Saroj Verma, et al.. (2012). Heat shock protein 60 of filarial parasite Brugia malayi: cDNA cloning, expression, purification and in silico modeling and analysis of its ATP binding site. Experimental Parasitology. 132(2). 257–266. 9 indexed citations

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Misra, Rajesh Chandra & M. C. Chattopadhyaya. (1997). A Heterogeneous Precipitate based Ion Selective Electrode for Calcium. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

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