Thomas Louveau

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas Louveau is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Louveau has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Pharmacology and 2 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Louveau's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (7 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (4 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (3 papers). Thomas Louveau is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (7 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (4 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (3 papers). Thomas Louveau collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Japan. Thomas Louveau's co-authors include Anne Osbourn, Katrin Geisler, Paul E. O’Maille, Ramesha Thimmappa, Martin Rejzek, Rachel E. Melton, Anastasia Orme, Michael J. Stephenson, Sam T. Mugford and Saleha Bakht 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

Thomas Louveau

11 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Triterpene Biosynthesis in Plants 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2023 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Triterpene Biosynthesis in Plants
    2014 568 citations Ramesha Thimmappa, Katrin Geisler et al. Annual Review of Plant Biology profile →
  2. Elucidation of the pathway for biosynthesis of saponin adjuvants from the soapbark tree
    2023 103 citations James Reed, Anastasia Orme et al. Science profile →

Peers

Thomas Louveau
Zheyong Xue China
Yueli Tang China
Karla Ramírez‐Estrada Spain
Duc Dat Le South Korea
Gaobin Pu China
G. K. Tchernoded Russia
Ruibing Chen China
Prashant D. Sonawane India
Anna Stojakowska Poland
Yutaka Orihara Japan
Zheyong Xue China
Thomas Louveau
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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Louveau

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Louveau

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Louveau. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Louveau based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Thomas Louveau. Thomas Louveau is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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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
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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 →
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Louveau, Thomas & Anne Osbourn. (2019). The Sweet Side of Plant-Specialized Metabolism. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 11(12). a034744–a034744. 79 indexed citations
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Orme, Anastasia, Thomas Louveau, Michael J. Stephenson, et al.. (2019). A noncanonical vacuolar sugar transferase required for biosynthesis of antimicrobial defense compounds in oat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(52). 27105–27114. 40 indexed citations
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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
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Thimmappa, Ramesha, Katrin Geisler, Thomas Louveau, Paul E. O’Maille, & Anne Osbourn. (2014). Triterpene Biosynthesis in Plants. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 65(1). 225–257. 568 indexed citations breakdown →
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Caputi, Lorenzo, Martin Rejzek, Thomas Louveau, et al.. (2013). A one-pot enzymatic approach to the O-fluoroglucoside of N-methylanthranilate. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 21(16). 4762–4767. 8 indexed citations
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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
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Louveau, Thomas, Helen Jenner, Martin Rejzek, et al.. (2013). Glycosyltransferases from oat (Avena) implicated in the acylation of avenacins.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(27). 19644–19644. 4 indexed citations
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Townsend, Belinda, Thomas Louveau, Helen Jenner, et al.. (2012). Glycosyltransferases from Oat (Avena) Implicated in the Acylation of Avenacins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(6). 3696–3704. 36 indexed citations
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Louveau, Thomas, Sol Green, Cyril Hamiaux, et al.. (2010). Predicting the substrate specificity of a glycosyltransferase implicated in the production of phenolic volatiles in tomato fruit. FEBS Journal. 278(2). 390–400. 30 indexed citations

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