V. A. Hilder

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

V. A. Hilder is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, V. A. Hilder has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Plant Science and 15 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in V. A. Hilder's work include Insect Resistance and Genetics (23 papers), Transgenic Plants and Applications (14 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (9 papers). V. A. Hilder is often cited by papers focused on Insect Resistance and Genetics (23 papers), Transgenic Plants and Applications (14 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (9 papers). V. A. Hilder collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Belgium. V. A. Hilder's co-authors include Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, Donald Boulter, John A. Gatehouse, Richard F. Barker, K.S. Powell, D. Boulter, Els J. M. Van Damme, Laurence N. Gatehouse, Ying Shi and Willy J. Peumans and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Cell Science.

In The Last Decade

V. A. Hilder

44 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

A novel mechanism of insect resistance engineered into to... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 200 400 600
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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. A novel mechanism of insect resistance engineered into tobacco
    1987 648 citations V. A. Hilder, Angharad M. R. Gatehouse et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
V. A. Hilder United Kingdom 21 2.1k 1.4k 992 715 144 44 2.5k
Richard E. Shade United States 26 1.4k 0.7× 1.7k 1.2× 968 1.0× 402 0.6× 166 1.2× 58 2.4k
C. A. Newell United Kingdom 29 2.3k 1.1× 1.9k 1.4× 429 0.4× 817 1.1× 105 0.7× 63 2.9k
J. E. Huesing United States 26 1.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 207 0.3× 93 0.6× 48 2.1k
Roxanne M. Broadway United States 21 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 191 0.3× 42 0.3× 25 2.0k
Ron A. Salzman United States 21 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 1.2× 734 0.7× 131 0.2× 63 0.4× 28 2.2k
David P. Bown United Kingdom 16 911 0.4× 572 0.4× 499 0.5× 204 0.3× 88 0.6× 20 1.1k
Daizo Koga Japan 23 1.2k 0.6× 351 0.3× 414 0.4× 327 0.5× 439 3.0× 71 1.5k
Marc De Beuckeleer Belgium 16 2.2k 1.1× 1.8k 1.3× 184 0.2× 707 1.0× 34 0.2× 20 2.5k
Jorge Sánchez Mexico 28 2.3k 1.1× 804 0.6× 1.6k 1.6× 241 0.3× 97 0.7× 80 2.5k
James K. Roberts United States 19 2.0k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 876 0.9× 93 0.1× 75 0.5× 25 2.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hilder, V. A. & Donald Boulter. (1999). Genetic engineering of crop plants for insect resistance – a critical review. Crop Protection. 18(3). 177–191. 197 indexed citations
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Hilder, V. A. & W D Hamilton. (1994). Biotechnology and the prospects for improving crop resistance. 4 indexed citations
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Shi, Ying, K.S. Powell, Els J. M. Van Damme, et al.. (1994). Use of the rice sucrose synthase-1 promoter to direct phloem-specific expression of β-glucuronidase and snowdrop lectin genes in transgenic tobacco plants. Journal of Experimental Botany. 45(5). 623–631. 75 indexed citations
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Gatehouse, Angharad M. R., Ying Shi, K.S. Powell, et al.. (1993). Approaches to insect resistance using transgenic plants. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 342(1301). 279–286. 56 indexed citations
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Hallahan, D. L., John A. Pickett, L. J. Wadhams, et al.. (1992). Potential of secondary metabolites in genetic engineering of crops for resistance. Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository). 16 indexed citations
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Gatehouse, Angharad M. R., V. A. Hilder, & D. Boulter. (1992). Plant genetic manipulation for crop protection.. CAB International eBooks. 69 indexed citations
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Connett, R. J., Peter Barfoot, Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, V. A. Hilder, & D. Boulter. (1992). The development of genetically modified varieties of agricultural crops by the seeds industry.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 7(6). 45–73. 4 indexed citations
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Woolhouse, H. W., Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, V. A. Hilder, & D. Boulter. (1992). Promoting crop protection by genetic engineering and conventional plant breeding: problems and prospects.. 249–256. 1 indexed citations
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Peferoen, M., Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, V. A. Hilder, & D. Boulter. (1992). Engineering of insect-resistant plants with Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein genes.. 135–153. 20 indexed citations
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Hilder, V. A. & Angharad M. R. Gatehouse. (1991). Phenotypic cost to plants of an extra gene. Transgenic Research. 1(1). 54–60. 12 indexed citations
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Gatehouse, Angharad M. R., et al.. (1991). Biochemical basis of insect resistance in inged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) seeds. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 55(1). 63–74. 29 indexed citations
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Boulter, Donald, John A. Gatehouse, Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, & V. A. Hilder. (1990). Genetic engineering of plants for insect resistance. Endeavour. 14(4). 185–190. 26 indexed citations
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Boulter, D., Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, & V. A. Hilder. (1989). Use of cowpea trypsin inhibitor (CpTI) to protect plants against insect predation. Biotechnology Advances. 7(4). 489–497. 59 indexed citations
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Hilder, V. A., et al.. (1989). Protein and cDNA sequences of Bowman-Birk protease inhibitors from the cowpea (Vigna unguiculata Walp.). Plant Molecular Biology. 13(6). 701–710. 45 indexed citations
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Hilder, V. A., Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, & Donald Boulter. (1989). Potential for exploiting plant genes to genetically engineer insect resistance, exemplified by the cowpea trypsin inhibitor gene. Pesticide Science. 27(2). 165–171. 11 indexed citations
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Hilder, V. A., et al.. (1981). Histone gene number in relation to C-value in amphibians. Nucleic Acids Research. 9(21). 5737–5746. 9 indexed citations
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Maclean, Norman & V. A. Hilder. (1977). Mechanisms of Chromatin Activation and Repression. International review of cytology. 48. 1–54. 18 indexed citations
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Hilder, V. A., et al.. (1977). Transcriptional reactivation of isolated xenopus erythrocyte nuclei: Patterns of rna synthesis. Journal of Cell Science. 28(1). 49–60. 6 indexed citations
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Hilder, V. A., et al.. (1975). The erythroid cells of anaemic Xenopus laevis. II. Studies on nuclear non-histone proteins. Journal of Cell Science. 19(3). 521–529. 7 indexed citations

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