Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

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Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Molecular Biology, 83 papers in Plant Science and 47 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong's work include Plant Reproductive Biology (99 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (56 papers) and Plant and animal studies (46 papers). Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong is often cited by papers focused on Plant Reproductive Biology (99 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (56 papers) and Plant and animal studies (46 papers). Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong's co-authors include F. Chris H. Franklin, J. J. Rudd, Maurice Bosch, Thomas Dresselhaus, Natalie S. Poulter, Steven G. Thomas, Christopher J. Staiger, Michael Lawrence, Anthony Trewavas and Campbell W. Gourlay and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong

107 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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Morphological classification of plant cell deaths

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Megumi Iwano Japan

Alice Y. Cheung United States

Haruko Kuroiwa Japan

Daphne Preuss United States

Martin Hülskamp Germany

Christian Luschnig Austria

Tatsuo Kakimoto Japan

Nobuhiro Tsutsumi Japan

Daphne R. Goring Canada

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Bosch, Maurice & Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong. (2024). Regulating programmed cell death in plant cells: Intracellular acidification plays a pivotal role together with calcium signaling. The Plant Cell. 36(11). 4692–4702. 7 indexed citations

Lin, Zongcheng, et al.. (2022). ATP depletion plays a pivotal role in self‐incompatibility, revealing a link between cellular energy status, cytosolic acidification and actin remodelling in pollen tubes. New Phytologist. 236(5). 1691–1707. 12 indexed citations

Lin, Zongcheng, Fei Xie, Tao Zhao, et al.. (2022). Self-incompatibility requires GPI anchor remodeling by the poppy PGAP1 ortholog HLD1. Current Biology. 32(9). 1909–1923.e5. 13 indexed citations

Zhao, Wanying, Xiaolu Qu, Yuhui Zhuang, et al.. (2020). Villin controls the formation and enlargement of punctate actin foci in pollen tubes. Journal of Cell Science. 133(6). 13 indexed citations

Lin, Zongcheng, Fei Xie, Mansour Karimi, et al.. (2020). Ectopic Expression of a Self-Incompatibility Module Triggers Growth Arrest and Cell Death in Vegetative Cells. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 183(4). 1765–1779. 18 indexed citations

Eaves, Deborah J., Zongcheng Lin, Cleidiane G. Zampronio, et al.. (2020). Self-Incompatibility Triggers Irreversible Oxidative Modification of Proteins in Incompatible Pollen. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 183(3). 1391–1404. 15 indexed citations

Wilkins, Katie A., Natalie S. Poulter, & Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong. (2014). Taking one for the team: self-recognition and cell suicide in pollen. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65(5). 1331–1342. 65 indexed citations

Dresselhaus, Thomas & Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong. (2013). Male–Female Crosstalk during Pollen Germination, Tube Growth and Guidance, and Double Fertilization. Molecular Plant. 6(4). 1018–1036. 268 indexed citations

Wilkins, Katie A., James Bancroft, Maurice Bosch, et al.. (2011). Reactive Oxygen Species and Nitric Oxide Mediate Actin Reorganization and Programmed Cell Death in the Self-Incompatibility Response of Papaver . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 156(1). 404–416. 117 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Michael, Sabina Vatovec, & Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong. (2010). The pollen S-determinant in Papaver: comparisons with known plant receptors and protein ligand partners. Journal of Experimental Botany. 61(7). 2015–2025. 44 indexed citations

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Wu, Juyou, Su Wang, Yuchun Gu, et al.. (2010). Self-Incompatibility in Papaver rhoeas Activates Nonspecific Cation Conductance Permeable to Ca2+ and K+ . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 155(2). 963–973. 45 indexed citations

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Franklin‐Tong, Vernonica E.. (2008). Self-incompatibility in flowering plants : evolution, diversity, and mechanisms. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 108 indexed citations

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Drøbak, Bjørn K., Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong, & Chris J. Staiger. (2004). The role of the actin cytoskeleton in plant cell signaling. New Phytologist. 163(1). 13–30. 79 indexed citations

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Geitmann, Anja, William B. McConnaughey, Ingeborg Lang, Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong, & A.M.C. Emons. (2004). Cytomechanical Properties of Papaver Pollen Tubes Are Altered after Self-Incompatibility Challenge. Biophysical Journal. 86(5). 3314–3323. 21 indexed citations

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Geitmann, Anja, Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong, & Anne‐Mie C. Emons. (2004). The self-incompatibility response in Papaver rhoeas pollen causes early and striking alterations to organelles. Cell Death and Differentiation. 11(8). 812–822. 44 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Michael, Scott A. Armstrong, Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong, & F. Chris H. Franklin. (2003). Genomic organization of the Papaver rhoeas self-incompatibility S1 locus. Journal of Experimental Botany. 54(380). 131–139. 14 indexed citations

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Staiger, Chris J. & Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong. (2003). The actin cytoskeleton is a target of the self-incompatibility response in Papaver rhoeas. Journal of Experimental Botany. 54(380). 103–113. 33 indexed citations

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Rudd, J. J., Kim Osman, F. Chris H. Franklin, & Vernonica E. Franklin‐Tong. (2003). Activation of a putative MAP kinase in pollen is stimulated by the self‐incompatibility (SI) response. FEBS Letters. 547(1-3). 223–227. 38 indexed citations

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Kakeda, Katsuyuki, Nicholas D. Jordan, Alex C. Conner, et al.. (1998). Identification of Residues in a Hydrophilic Loop of the Papaver rhoeas S Protein That Play a Crucial Role in Recognition of Incompatible Pollen. The Plant Cell. 10(10). 1723–1731. 57 indexed citations

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Franklin‐Tong, Vernonica E., Grant R. Hackett, & Peter K. Hepler. (1997). Ratio‐imaging of Ca²⁺_i in the self‐incompatibility response in pollen tubes of Papaver rhoeas. The Plant Journal. 12(6). 1375–1386. 102 indexed citations

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