Virginia Walbot

25.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
274 papers, 19.0k citations indexed

About

Virginia Walbot is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Virginia Walbot has authored 274 papers receiving a total of 19.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 202 papers in Molecular Biology, 198 papers in Plant Science and 26 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Virginia Walbot's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (84 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (56 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (46 papers). Virginia Walbot is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (84 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (56 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (46 papers). Virginia Walbot collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Argentina. Virginia Walbot's co-authors include Michael Fromm, Paula Casati, Mark R. Alfenito, Alan Lloyd, Judy Callis, Daniel Gallie, Ronald W. Davis, David P. Dixon, Robert Edwards and C.D. Goodman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Virginia Walbot

272 papers receiving 18.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Plant glutathione S -transferases: enzymes with multiple functions in sickness and in health

2000 749 citations Virginia Walbot et al. profile →
Introns increase gene expression in cultured maize cells.

1987 577 citations Virginia Walbot et al. profile →
Impact of low-temperature stress on general phenylpropanoid and anthocyanin pathways: Enhancement of transcript abundance and anthocyanin pigmentation in maize seedlings

1994 518 citations Virginia Walbot et al. profile →
Expression of genes transferred into monocot and dicot plant cells by electroporation.

1985 517 citations Virginia Walbot et al. profile →
A glutathione S-transferase involved in vacuolar transfer encoded by the maize gene Bronze-2

1995 503 citations Alan Lloyd, Virginia Walbot et al. profile →
Annual review of plant physiology and plant molecular biology

1988 488 citations Virginia Walbot et al. profile →
Advancing Crop Transformation in the Era of Genome Editing

2016 480 citations Fredy Altpeter, Nathan M. Springer et al. The Plant Cell profile →
Stable transformation of maize after gene transfer by electroporation

1986 419 citations Virginia Walbot et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	FX-Cell: a method for single-cell RNA sequencing on difficult-to-digest and cryopreserved plant samples 2025 ·Nature Methods ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Zhou-Geng Xu, Heng Lian, Ming Yuan, Yan‐Xia Mai, (unknown), (unknown), Jian Gao, (unknown), D. Blaine Marchant, Brad Nelms, Virginia Walbot, Jiawei Wang	0
2	The establishment of the anther somatic niche with single-cell sequencing 2024 ·Developmental Biology ·D. Blaine Marchant, Virginia Walbot	1
3	24‐nt phasiRNAs move from tapetal to meiotic cells in maize anthers 2022 ·New Phytologist ·(unknown), Kun Huang, Chong Teng, (unknown), Mona Batish, Blake C. Meyers, Virginia Walbot	24
4	Defining the developmental program leading to meiosis in maize 2019 ·Science ·Brad Nelms, Virginia Walbot	150
5	How to make a tumour: cell type specific dissection of Ustilago maydis‐ induced tumour development in maize leaves 2018 ·New Phytologist ·Alexandra Matei, Corinna Ernst, Markus Günl, Björn Thiele, Janine Altmüller, Virginia Walbot, Björn Usadel, Gunther Doehlemann	39
6	Advancing Crop Transformation in the Era of Genome Editing breakdown → 2016 ·The Plant Cell ·Fredy Altpeter, Nathan M. Springer, Laura Bartley, Ann E. Blechl, Thomas P. Brutnell, Vitaly Citovsky, Liza Conrad, Stanton B. Gelvin, David Jackson, Albert P. Kausch, Peggy G. Lemaux, June I. Medford, (unknown), David M. Tricoli, Joyce Van Eck, Daniel F. Voytas, Virginia Walbot, Kan Wang, Zhanyuan J. Zhang, C. Neal Stewart	480
7	Regulation of cell divisions and differentiation by MALE STERILITY32 is required for anther development in maize 2013 ·The Plant Journal ·Jihyun Moon, David S. Skibbe, Ljudmilla Timofejeva, Rachel Wang, Timothy Kelliher, Karl A. Kremling, Virginia Walbot, W. Zacheus Cande	62
8	Maize multiple archesporial cells 1 ( mac1 ), an ortholog of rice TDL1A , modulates cell proliferation and identity in early anther development 2012 ·Development ·Rachel Wang, Guo-Ling Nan, Timothy Kelliher, Ljudmilla Timofejeva, Vanessa Vernoud, Inna Golubovskaya, Lisa Harper, Rachel L. Egger, Virginia Walbot, W. Zacheus Cande	100
9	Hypoxia Triggers Meiotic Fate Acquisition in Maize 2012 ·Science ·Timothy Kelliher, Virginia Walbot	177
10	What determines cell size? 2012 ·BMC Biology ·Wallace F. Marshall, Kevin D. Young, Matthew P. Swaffer, Elizabeth Wood, Paul Nurse, Akatsuki Kimura, Joseph Frankel, John B. Wallingford, Virginia Walbot, Xian Qu, Adrienne Roeder	178
11	Maize Tumors Caused by Ustilago maydis Require Organ-Specific Genes in Host and Pathogen 2010 ·Science ·David S. Skibbe, Gunther Doehlemann, John Fernandes, Virginia Walbot	149
12	Emergence and patterning of the five cell types of the Zea mays anther locule 2010 ·Developmental Biology ·Timothy Kelliher, Virginia Walbot	79
13	Distinctive transcriptome responses to adverse environmental conditions in Zea mays L. 2008 ·Plant Biotechnology Journal ·John Fernandes, Darren J. Morrow, Paula Casati, Virginia Walbot	52
14	A Multidrug Resistance–Associated Protein Involved in Anthocyanin Transport in Zea mays 2004 ·The Plant Cell ·C.D. Goodman, Paula Casati, Virginia Walbot	342
15	The TTG Gene Is Required to Specify Epidermal Cell Fate and Cell Patterning in the Arabidopsis Root 1994 ·Developmental Biology ·Moira E. Galway, James D. Masucci, Alan Lloyd, Virginia Walbot, Ronald W. Davis, John Schiefelbein	406
16	[35] Transient expression analysis in plants using firefly luciferase reporter gene 1992 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Kenneth R. Luehrsen, Jeffrey R. de Wet, Virginia Walbot	137
17	Post-transcriptional regulation in higher eukaryotes: The role of the reporter gene in controlling expression 1991 ·Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Daniel Gallie, John N. Feder, Robert Schimke, Virginia Walbot	87
18	PHENOTYPES MEDIATED BY THE IOJAP GENOTYPE IN MAIZE 1988 ·American Journal of Botany ·Edward H. Coe, Deborah Thompson, Virginia Walbot	27
19	Insertion of 1.4 KB and 1.7 KB MU elements into the Bronze-1 gene of Zea mays L. 1986 ·(unknown), Vicki L. Chandler, Virginia Walbot	13
20	DNA/DNA hybridization of maize to related grasses. 1980 ·Sarah Hake, Virginia Walbot	2

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