Sylvain Merlot

7.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
33 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Sylvain Merlot is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvain Merlot has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Plant Science, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Sylvain Merlot's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (23 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (13 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (9 papers). Sylvain Merlot is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (23 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (13 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (9 papers). Sylvain Merlot collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and New Caledonia. Sylvain Merlot's co-authors include Jérôme Giraudat, Jeffrey Leung, Alain Vavasseur, J. Giraudat, Richard Firtel, Françoise Gosti, Caroline Sirichandra, Chittibabu Guda, Nahum Meller and Nathalie Leonhardt and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Sylvain Merlot

32 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Arabidopsis OST1 Protein Kinase Mediates the Regulation o... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2002 1997 2001 2009 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Arabidopsis OST1 Protein Kinase Mediates the Regulation of Stomatal Aperture by Abscisic Acid and Acts Upstream of Reactive Oxygen Species Production
    2002 950 citations Sylvain Merlot, Alain Vavasseur et al. The Plant Cell profile →
  2. The Arabidopsis ABSCISIC ACID-INSENSITIVE2 (ABI2) and ABI1 genes encode homologous protein phosphatases 2C involved in abscisic acid signal transduction.
    1997 634 citations Jeffrey Leung, Sylvain Merlot et al. The Plant Cell profile →
  3. The ABI1 and ABI2 protein phosphatases 2C act in a negative feedback regulatory loop of the abscisic acid signalling pathway
    2001 538 citations Sylvain Merlot, Alain Vavasseur et al. The Plant Journal profile →
  4. Protein Phosphatases 2C Regulate the Activation of the Snf1-Related Kinase OST1 by Abscisic Acid in Arabidopsis  
    2009 436 citations Silvia Rubio, Américo Rodrigues et al. The Plant Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sylvain Merlot France 25 4.4k 2.2k 403 142 135 33 5.4k
Akira Endo Japan 26 2.9k 0.7× 2.2k 1.0× 176 0.4× 177 1.2× 23 0.2× 42 3.9k
Mario Houde Canada 30 2.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 130 0.3× 56 0.4× 50 0.4× 45 2.9k
Seiichiro Hasezawa Japan 40 3.7k 0.8× 3.2k 1.4× 1.3k 3.3× 200 1.4× 32 0.2× 141 5.0k
Minami Matsui Japan 63 7.8k 1.8× 7.0k 3.1× 409 1.0× 445 3.1× 59 0.4× 188 10.5k
Shaojun Dai China 33 3.7k 0.8× 2.3k 1.0× 109 0.3× 339 2.4× 48 0.4× 117 4.6k
Petra Bauer Germany 38 4.7k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 156 0.4× 100 0.7× 108 0.8× 103 5.9k
Bo‐Young Lee South Korea 30 1.1k 0.2× 1.4k 0.6× 124 0.3× 81 0.6× 106 0.8× 103 3.1k
Mahmoud W. Yaish Oman 33 2.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 111 0.3× 102 0.7× 49 0.4× 61 3.5k
Sean May United Kingdom 29 3.3k 0.8× 2.7k 1.2× 79 0.2× 99 0.7× 47 0.3× 86 4.6k
John H. Bothwell United Kingdom 18 1.7k 0.4× 1.2k 0.6× 109 0.3× 138 1.0× 43 0.3× 28 2.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sylvain Merlot

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Torre, Vanesa S. García de la, Hendrik Küpper, Christophe Klopp, et al.. (2025). Gain and loss of gene function shaped the nickel hyperaccumulation trait in Noccaea caerulescens. The Plant Cell. 38(1).
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Torre, Vanesa S. García de la, et al.. (2024). Divergent roles of IREG /Ferroportin transporters from the nickel hyperaccumulator Leucocroton havanensis. Physiologia Plantarum. 176(2). e14261–e14261. 6 indexed citations
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Kergoat, Gaël J., et al.. (2022). Relict lineages with extreme ecology and physiology: metal hyperaccumulation on ultramafic substrates in New Caledonian Alseuosmineae (Asterales). Plant Ecology & Diversity. 15(5-6). 227–242. 1 indexed citations
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Torre, Vanesa S. García de la, Clarisse Majorel, Guillem Rigaill, et al.. (2020). Wide cross‐species RNA‐Seq comparison reveals convergent molecular mechanisms involved in nickel hyperaccumulation across dicotyledons. New Phytologist. 229(2). 994–1006. 28 indexed citations
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Pillon, Yohan, et al.. (2019). Parallel ecological filtering of ultramafic soils in three distant island floras. Journal of Biogeography. 46(11). 2457–2465. 10 indexed citations
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Wege, Stefanie, Alexis De Angeli, Marie‐Jo Droillard, et al.. (2014). Phosphorylation of the vacuolar anion exchanger AtCLCa is required for the stomatal response to abscisic acid. Science Signaling. 7(333). ra65–ra65. 71 indexed citations
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Jaffré, Tanguy, Yohan Pillon, Sébastien Thomine, & Sylvain Merlot. (2013). The metal hyperaccumulators from New Caledonia can broaden our understanding of nickel accumulation in plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. 4. 279–279. 109 indexed citations
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Droillard, Marie‐Jo, Benoît Valot, Mehdi Khafif, et al.. (2010). Phospho-site mapping, genetic and in planta activation studies reveal key aspects of the different phosphorylation mechanisms involved in activation of SnRK2s. The Plant Journal. 63(5). 778–790. 70 indexed citations
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Rubio, Silvia, Américo Rodrigues, Caroline Sirichandra, et al.. (2009). Protein Phosphatases 2C Regulate the Activation of the Snf1-Related Kinase OST1 by Abscisic Acid in Arabidopsis  . The Plant Cell. 21(10). 3170–3184. 436 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sirichandra, Caroline, Dan Gu, Heng-Cheng Hu, et al.. (2009). Phosphorylation of the Arabidopsis AtrbohF NADPH oxidase by OST1 protein kinase. FEBS Letters. 583(18). 2982–2986. 340 indexed citations
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Para, Alessia, Sylvain Merlot, Zhouxin Shen, et al.. (2008). DictyosteliumDock180-related RacGEFs Regulate the Actin Cytoskeleton during Cell Motility. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20(2). 699–707. 21 indexed citations
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Turk, Benjamin E., et al.. (2008). A versatile strategy to define the phosphorylation preferences of plant protein kinases and screen for putative substrates. The Plant Journal. 55(1). 104–117. 94 indexed citations
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Jeon, Taeck J., et al.. (2007). Rap1 controls cell adhesion and cell motility through the regulation of myosin II. The Journal of Cell Biology. 176(7). 1021–1033. 100 indexed citations
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Merlot, Sylvain, Nathalie Leonhardt, Christiane Valon, et al.. (2007). Constitutive activation of a plasma membrane H+‐ATPase prevents abscisic acid‐mediated stomatal closure. The EMBO Journal. 26(13). 3216–3226. 247 indexed citations
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Merlot, Sylvain, Ruedi Meili, David J. Pagliarini, et al.. (2003). A PTEN-related 5-Phosphatidylinositol Phosphatase Localized in the Golgi. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(41). 39866–39873. 27 indexed citations
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Merlot, Sylvain, et al.. (2002). Arabidopsis OST1 Protein Kinase Mediates the Regulation of Stomatal Aperture by Abscisic Acid and Acts Upstream of Reactive Oxygen Species Production. The Plant Cell. 14(12). 3089–3099. 950 indexed citations breakdown →
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Merlot, Sylvain & J. Giraudat. (1997). Genetic Analysis of Abscisic Acid Signal Transduction. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 114(3). 751–757. 71 indexed citations
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Leung, Jeffrey, Sylvain Merlot, & J. Giraudat. (1997). The Arabidopsis ABSCISIC ACID-INSENSITIVE2 (ABI2) and ABI1 genes encode homologous protein phosphatases 2C involved in abscisic acid signal transduction.. The Plant Cell. 9(5). 759–771. 634 indexed citations breakdown →

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