Udo Wienand

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Udo Wienand is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Udo Wienand has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Udo Wienand's work include Plant Gene Expression Analysis (10 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (7 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (6 papers). Udo Wienand is often cited by papers focused on Plant Gene Expression Analysis (10 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (7 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (6 papers). Udo Wienand collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Udo Wienand's co-authors include Heinz Saedler, Peter A. Petérson, Javier Paz‐Ares, Debabrota Ghosal, Günter Feix, Ursula Niesbach-Klösgen, Ulrike Weydemann, Brian E. Scheffler, Iris Meier and Annkatrin Rose and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Udo Wienand

33 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. The regulatory c1 locus of Zea mays encodes a protein with homology to myb proto-oncogene products and with structural similarities to transcriptional activators.
    1987 792 citations Javier Paz‐Ares, Debabrota Ghosal et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Udo Wienand Germany 24 2.0k 1.7k 264 202 128 33 2.5k
Karen C. Cone United States 23 1.9k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 203 0.8× 384 1.9× 140 1.1× 30 2.3k
Yoonkang Hur South Korea 28 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.9× 166 0.6× 171 0.8× 164 1.3× 96 2.1k
Brian W. Tague United States 14 1.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 98 0.4× 61 0.3× 132 1.0× 15 1.6k
Jan G. Schaart Netherlands 27 1.5k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 214 0.8× 87 0.4× 300 2.3× 61 2.3k
Young‐Min Woo South Korea 20 1.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.9× 44 0.2× 169 0.8× 114 0.9× 26 1.8k
Iris Heidmann Germany 15 1.5k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 71 0.3× 122 0.6× 293 2.3× 23 1.7k
Lorenzo Carretero‐Paulet Spain 20 1.7k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 362 1.4× 162 0.8× 49 0.4× 36 2.1k
Mu Zhuang China 25 1.3k 0.7× 1.7k 1.0× 115 0.4× 246 1.2× 66 0.5× 153 2.2k
Giuliana Gusmaroli United States 17 2.2k 1.1× 2.5k 1.5× 128 0.5× 79 0.4× 58 0.5× 18 3.0k
James S. Keddie United Kingdom 12 2.1k 1.0× 2.7k 1.6× 36 0.1× 100 0.5× 75 0.6× 14 3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Udo Wienand

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Manavski, Nikolay, Virginie Guyon, Jörg Meurer, Udo Wienand, & Reinhold Brettschneider. (2012). An Essential Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein Facilitates 5′ Maturation and Translation Initiation of rps3 mRNA in Maize Mitochondria. The Plant Cell. 24(7). 3087–3105. 73 indexed citations
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Hochholdinger, Frank, Tsui‐Jung Wen, Roman Zimmermann, et al.. (2008). The maize (Zea maysL.)roothairless3gene encodes a putative GPI‐anchored, monocot‐specific, COBRA‐like protein that significantly affects grain yield. The Plant Journal. 54(5). 888–898. 148 indexed citations
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Reddy, Anireddy S. N., et al.. (2006). Novel transgenic rice overexpressing anthocyanidin synthase accumulates a mixture of flavonoids leading to an increased antioxidant potential. Metabolic Engineering. 9(1). 95–111. 107 indexed citations
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Lorbiecke, René, Mélanie Steffens, Janina M. Tomm, et al.. (2005). Phytosulphokine gene regulation during maize (Zea mays L.) reproduction*. Journal of Experimental Botany. 56(417). 1805–1819. 29 indexed citations
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Rose, Annkatrin, Iris Meier, & Udo Wienand. (1999). The tomato I‐box binding factor LeMYBI is a member of a novel class of Myb‐like proteins. The Plant Journal. 20(6). 641–652. 101 indexed citations
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Bernhardt, Jürgen, Karl Stich, Zsuzsanna Schwarz‐Sommer, Heinz Saedler, & Udo Wienand. (1998). Molecular analysis of a second functional A1 gene (dihydroflavonol 4‐reductase) in Zea mays. The Plant Journal. 14(4). 483–488. 23 indexed citations
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Franken, Philipp, et al.. (1994). Molecular analysis of protein domain function encoded by the myb‐homologous maize genes C1, Zm 1 and Zm 38. The Plant Journal. 6(1). 21–30. 42 indexed citations
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Scheffler, Brian E., et al.. (1994). Molecular analysis of C1 alleles in Zea mays defines regions involved in the expression of this regulatory gene. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 242(1). 40–48. 22 indexed citations
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Franken, Philipp, Ursula Niesbach-Klösgen, Ulrike Weydemann, et al.. (1991). The duplicated chalcone synthase genes C2 and Whp (white pollen) of Zea mays are independently regulated; evidence for translational control of Whp expression by the anthocyanin intensifying gene in.. The EMBO Journal. 10(9). 2605–2612. 112 indexed citations
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Paz‐Ares, Javier, Debabrota Ghosal, Udo Wienand, Peter A. Petérson, & Heinz Saedler. (1987). The regulatory c1 locus of Zea mays encodes a protein with homology to myb proto-oncogene products and with structural similarities to transcriptional activators.. The EMBO Journal. 6(12). 3553–3558. 792 indexed citations breakdown →
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Niesbach-Klösgen, Ursula, Jürgen Bernhardt, W. Rohde, et al.. (1987). Chalcone synthase genes in plants: A tool to study evolutionary relationships. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 26(3). 213–225. 83 indexed citations
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Paz‐Ares, Javier, Udo Wienand, Peter A. Petérson, & Heinz Saedler. (1986). Molecular cloning of the c locus of Zea mays : a locus regulating the anthocyanin pathway. The EMBO Journal. 5(5). 829–833. 129 indexed citations
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Wienand, Udo, Ulrike Weydemann, Ursula Niesbach-Klösgen, Peter A. Petérson, & Heinz Saedler. (1986). Molecular cloning of the c2 locus of Zea mays, the gene coding for chalcone synthase. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 203(2). 202–207. 123 indexed citations
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Saedler, Heinz, Ulla Bonas, Alfons Gierl, et al.. (1984). Transposable Elements in Antirrhinum majus and Zea mays. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 49(0). 355–361. 3 indexed citations
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Gierl, Alfons, et al.. (1984). The Spm (En) transposable element controls the excision of a 2-kb DNA insert at the wx m-8 allele of Zea mays. The EMBO Journal. 3(5). 1021–1028. 121 indexed citations
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Shepherd, Nancy S., Zsuzsanna Schwarz‐Sommer, Udo Wienand, et al.. (1982). Cloning of a genomic fragment carrying the insertion element Cin 1 of Zea mays. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 188(2). 266–271. 12 indexed citations
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Wienand, Udo, Ewald Beck, & E. Fuchs. (1978). Short RNA chains synthesized at low pH are initiated at promoter sites. Nucleic Acids Research. 5(4). 1403–1412. 2 indexed citations

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