Thomas Boller

41.1k total citations · 17 hit papers
181 papers, 30.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas Boller is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Boller has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 30.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Plant Science, 46 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Boller's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (78 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (63 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (49 papers). Thomas Boller is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (78 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (63 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (49 papers). Thomas Boller collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and France. Thomas Boller's co-authors include Georg Felix, Lourdes Gómez‐Gómez, Silke Robatzek, Delphine Chinchilla, Cyril Zipfel, Andres Wiemken, Jonathan D. G. Jones, Sheng Yang He, Gernot Kunze and Martin Regenass and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Boller

181 papers receiving 29.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

A Renaissance of Elicitors: Perception of Microbe-Associated Molecular Patterns and Danger Signals by Pattern-Recognition Receptors

2009 2.4k citations Thomas Boller, Georg Felix profile →
MAP kinase signalling cascade in Arabidopsis innate immunity

2002 2.1k citations Thomas Boller et al. Nature profile →
FLS2

2000 1.7k citations Thomas Boller et al. profile →
A flagellin-induced complex of the receptor FLS2 and BAK1 initiates plant defence

2007 1.4k citations Delphine Chinchilla, Cyril Zipfel et al. Nature profile →
Perception of the Bacterial PAMP EF-Tu by the Receptor EFR Restricts Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation

2006 1.4k citations Cyril Zipfel, Gernot Kunze et al. Cell profile →
Bacterial disease resistance in Arabidopsis through flagellin perception

2004 1.3k citations Cyril Zipfel, Silke Robatzek et al. Nature profile →
Plants have a sensitive perception system for the most conserved domain of bacterial flagellin

1999 1.2k citations Georg Felix, Thomas Boller et al. profile →
Innate Immunity in Plants: An Arms Race Between Pattern Recognition Receptors in Plants and Effectors in Microbial Pathogens

2009 785 citations Thomas Boller et al. Science profile →
Plant chitinases are potent inhibitors of fungal growth

1986 744 citations Thomas Boller et al. Nature profile →
The N Terminus of Bacterial Elongation Factor Tu Elicits Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis Plants

2004 658 citations Gernot Kunze, Cyril Zipfel et al. The Plant Cell profile →
The Arabidopsis Receptor Kinase FLS2 Binds flg22 and Determines the Specificity of Flagellin Perception

2005 625 citations Delphine Chinchilla, Martin Regenass et al. The Plant Cell profile →
Impact of Land Use Intensity on the Species Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Agroecosystems of Central Europe

2003 617 citations Thomas Boller, Andres Wiemken et al. profile →
A single locus determines sensitivity to bacterial flagellin in Arabidopsis thaliana

1999 565 citations Georg Felix, Thomas Boller et al. profile →
DIFFERENT ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL SPECIES ARE POTENTIAL DETERMINANTS OF PLANT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE

1998 564 citations Thomas Boller, Andres Wiemken et al. profile →
Ligand-induced endocytosis of the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 in Arabidopsis

2006 563 citations Silke Robatzek, Delphine Chinchilla et al. profile →
Hydrolytic Enzymes in the Central Vacuole of Plant Cells

1979 422 citations Thomas Boller et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
Improving Crop Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency via Biofertilization—A Global Meta-analysis

2018 249 citations Thomas Boller, Natarajan Mathimaran et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A receptor antagonist counterbalances multiple systemin phytocytokines in tomato 2025 ·Cell ·Lei Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xu Wang, Andreas Schaller, Judith Fliegmann, Matthias Erb, Thomas Boller, Georg Felix	1
2	Damage on plants activates Ca ²⁺ -dependent metacaspases for release of immunomodulatory peptides 2019 ·Science ·(unknown), Álvaro D. Fernández-Fernández, Robert P. Kumpf, Patrick J. Willems, (unknown), Debbie Rombaut, An Staes, Jonah Nolf, (unknown), Panfeng Yao, Amanda Gonçalves, Benjamin Pavie, Thomas Boller, Kris Gevaert, Frank Van Breusegem, Sebastian Bartels, Simon Stael	179
3	Small RNA-Omics for Virome Reconstruction and Antiviral Defense Characterization in Mixed Infections of Cultivated Solanum Plants 2018 ·Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Silvia Turco, (unknown), Jonathan Séguin, (unknown), Laurent Farinelli, Thomas Boller, Olivier Schumpp, Mikhail M. Pooggin	18
4	Phylogenetic, structural, and functional characterization of AMT3;1, an ammonium transporter induced by mycorrhization among model grasses 2017 ·Mycorrhiza ·Sally Koegel, Delphine Mieulet, Sefer Baday, Odile Chatagnier, Moritz F. Lehmann, Andres Wiemken, Thomas Boller, Daniel Wipf, Simon Bernèche, Emmanuel Guiderdoni, Pierre‐Emmanuel Courty	33
5	Isolation and identification of desert habituated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi newly reported from the Arabian Peninsula 2014 ·Journal of Arid Land ·Sarah Symanczik, Janusz Błaszkowski, Sally Koegel, Thomas Boller, Andres Wiemken, Mohamed N. Al-Yahya’ei	22
6	A Two-Hybrid-Receptor Assay Demonstrates Heteromer Formation as Switch-On for Plant Immune Receptors 2013 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Markus Albert, Anna K. Jehle, Ursula Fürst, Delphine Chinchilla, Thomas Boller, Georg Felix	21
7	Mycorrhizal Networks: Common Goods of Plants Shared under Unequal Terms of Trade 2012 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Florian Walder, Helge Niemann, Natarajan Mathimaran, Moritz F. Lehmann, Thomas Boller, Andres Wiemken	294
8	Functional Analysis of NopM, a Novel E3 Ubiquitin Ligase (NEL) Domain Effector of Rhizobium sp. Strain NGR234 2012 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Dawei Xin, Sha Liao, Zhi‐Ping Xie, Dagmar R. Hann, Lea Steinle, Thomas Boller, Christian Staehelin	93
9	An Arabidopsis Protein Phosphorylated in Response to Microbial Elicitation, AtPHOS32, Is a Substrate of MAP Kinases 3 and 6 2008 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Georgios Merkouropoulos, Erik Andréasson, Daniel Heß, Thomas Boller, Scott C. Peck	64
10	Lyso-Phosphatidylcholine Is a Signal in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis 2007 ·Science ·David Drissner, Gernot Kunze, Nico Callewaert, Peter Gehrig, M’Barek Tamasloukht, Thomas Boller, Georg Felix, Nikolaus Amrhein, Marcel Bucher	118
11	The Arabidopsis Receptor Kinase FLS2 Binds flg22 and Determines the Specificity of Flagellin Perception breakdown → 2005 ·The Plant Cell ·Delphine Chinchilla, (unknown), Martin Regenass, Thomas Boller, Georg Felix	625
12	The N Terminus of Bacterial Elongation Factor Tu Elicits Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis Plants breakdown → 2004 ·The Plant Cell ·Gernot Kunze, Cyril Zipfel, Silke Robatzek, Karsten Niehaus, Thomas Boller, Georg Felix	658
13	Bacterial disease resistance in Arabidopsis through flagellin perception breakdown → 2004 ·Nature ·Cyril Zipfel, Silke Robatzek, Lionel Navarro, Edward J. Oakeley, Jonathan D. G. Jones, Georg Felix, Thomas Boller	1328
14	Characterization of Phytophthora infestans genes regulated during the interaction with potato 2002 ·Molecular Plant Pathology ·(unknown), (unknown), Thomas A. Randall, Stephen T.S. Lam, Andres Binder, Thomas Boller, Margaret A. Collinge	23
15	Differential Activation of Four Specific MAPK Pathways by Distinct Elicitors 2000 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Francesca Cardinale, Claudia Jonak, Wilco Ligterink, Karsten Niehaus, Thomas Boller, Heribert Hirt	123
16	Expression of ?-1,3-glucanase and chitinase in healthy, stem-rust-affected and elicitor-treated near-isogenic wheat lines showingSr5-orSr24-specified race-specific rust resistance 1997 ·Planta ·(unknown), Jean‐Marc Neuhaus, Thomas Boller, Birgit Kemmerling, Karl‐Heinz Kogel	53
17	Fructan synthesis in transgenic tobacco and chicory plants expressing barley sucrose:fructan 6‐fructosyltransferase 1997 ·FEBS Letters ·Norbert Sprenger, (unknown), Kees van Dun, Thomas Boller, Andres Wiemken	42
18	Purification and Characterization of Three Soluble Invertases from Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Leaves 1993 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·David Obenland, Urs Simmen, Thomas Boller, Andres Wiemken	63
19	Electrophoretic and serological comparisons of pathogenesis-related (b) proteins from different plant species 1983 ·HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) ·L.C. van Loon, Silvio Gianinazzi, R. F. White, (unknown), Patricia Ahl, (unknown), Thomas Boller, (unknown), Vicente Conejero, (unknown), R. N. Goodman, E. Maiß, (unknown), (unknown)	1
20	High pH-values on the leaf surface of commercial cotton varieties. 1980 ·(unknown), R. Guggenheim, Thomas Boller, J. J. Oertli	9

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