Wolf B. Frommer

43.1k total citations · 11 hit papers
294 papers, 30.6k citations indexed

About

Wolf B. Frommer is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolf B. Frommer has authored 294 papers receiving a total of 30.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 214 papers in Plant Science, 157 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Wolf B. Frommer's work include Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (160 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (88 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (54 papers). Wolf B. Frommer is often cited by papers focused on Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (160 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (88 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (54 papers). Wolf B. Frommer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Japan. Wolf B. Frommer's co-authors include Sylvie Lalonde, Li‐Qing Chen, J. W. Riesmeier, Lothar Willmitzer, Davide Sosso, Doris Rentsch, Nicolaus von Wirén, Christina Kühn, Olaf Ninnemann and Sakiko Okumoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Wolf B. Frommer

290 papers receiving 29.8k citations

Hit Papers

Sugar transporters for inte... 1977 2026 1993 2009 2010 2011 2003 2015 1977 250 500 750 1000
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. Sugar transporters for intercellular exchange and nutrition of pathogens
    2010 1.2k citations Li‐Qing Chen, Sylvie Lalonde et al. profile →
  2. Sucrose Efflux Mediated by SWEET Proteins as a Key Step for Phloem Transport
    2011 1.0k citations Li‐Qing Chen, Davide Sosso et al. Science profile →
  3. ARAMEMNON, a Novel Database for Arabidopsis Integral Membrane Proteins
    2003 526 citations Wolf B. Frommer et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
  4. SWEETs, transporters for intracellular and intercellular sugar translocation
    2015 405 citations Li‐Qing Chen, Davide Sosso et al. profile →
  5. ?-Glucosidase inhibitors
    1977 402 citations Wolf B. Frommer et al. profile →
  6. Transport of Sugars
    2015 385 citations Li‐Qing Chen, Lily S. Cheung et al. profile →
  7. Seed filling in domesticated maize and rice depends on SWEET-mediated hexose transport
    2015 380 citations Davide Sosso, Dangping Luo et al. profile →
  8. Using membrane transporters to improve crops for sustainable food production
    2013 370 citations Wolf B. Frommer, Dale Sanders et al. profile →
  9. Gene targeting by the TAL effector PthXo2 reveals cryptic resistance gene for bacterial blight of rice
    2015 336 citations Davide Sosso, Joon‐Seob Eom et al. The Plant Journal profile →
  10. A Cascade of Sequentially Expressed Sucrose Transporters in the Seed Coat and Endosperm Provides Nutrition for the Arabidopsis Embryo
    2015 327 citations Li‐Qing Chen, Davide Sosso et al. The Plant Cell profile →
  11. Simultaneous changes in seed size, oil content and protein content driven by selection of SWEET homologues during soybean domestication
    2020 208 citations Wolf B. Frommer, Li‐Qing Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolf B. Frommer Germany 102 23.0k 13.7k 1.3k 1.3k 1.2k 294 30.6k
Nam‐Hai Chua United States 115 34.0k 1.5× 32.6k 2.4× 379 0.3× 1.0k 0.8× 2.4k 1.9× 376 44.8k
Jen Sheen United States 85 33.5k 1.5× 21.0k 1.5× 685 0.5× 657 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 148 38.3k
Dirk Inzé Belgium 141 50.6k 2.2× 36.9k 2.7× 1.2k 0.9× 953 0.7× 3.2k 2.6× 591 62.2k
Julian I. Schroeder United States 118 40.1k 1.7× 17.0k 1.2× 435 0.3× 414 0.3× 731 0.6× 290 45.3k
Mark Stitt Germany 129 45.4k 2.0× 27.9k 2.0× 3.2k 2.4× 2.2k 1.7× 1.0k 0.9× 439 58.2k
Ivo Feußner Germany 80 13.3k 0.6× 10.6k 0.8× 800 0.6× 2.7k 2.1× 1.3k 1.1× 366 22.0k
Lothar Willmitzer Germany 93 23.8k 1.0× 21.4k 1.6× 3.5k 2.6× 1.3k 1.0× 870 0.7× 366 36.2k
Frank Van Breusegem Belgium 80 22.5k 1.0× 15.0k 1.1× 579 0.4× 617 0.5× 957 0.8× 197 28.9k
Mikio Nishimura Japan 82 10.8k 0.5× 13.8k 1.0× 440 0.3× 2.5k 2.0× 2.5k 2.0× 443 20.7k
Masaru Tanokura Japan 60 3.6k 0.2× 8.9k 0.7× 853 0.6× 420 0.3× 736 0.6× 500 16.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolf B. Frommer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yoshinari, Akira, et al.. (2022). SWEET13 transport of sucrose, but not gibberellin, restores male fertility in Arabidopsis sweet13;14. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(42). e2207558119–e2207558119. 22 indexed citations
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Park, Jihyun, et al.. (2022). Development and quantitative analysis of a biosensor based on the Arabidopsis SWEET1 sugar transporter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(4). 9 indexed citations
3.
Prior, Matthew J., Jung‐Gun Kim, Martin C. Jonikas, et al.. (2021). Arabidopsis bZIP11 Is a Susceptibility Factor During Pseudomonas syringae Infection. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 34(4). 439–447. 10 indexed citations
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Bezrutczyk, Margaret, Nora R. Zöllner, Colin P. S. Kruse, et al.. (2020). Evidence for phloem loading via the abaxial bundle sheath cells in maize leaves. The Plant Cell. 33(3). 531–547. 92 indexed citations
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Yoshinari, Akira, et al.. (2020). Sensors for the quantification, localization and analysis of the dynamics of plant hormones. The Plant Journal. 105(2). 542–557. 64 indexed citations
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Yang, Jungil, Dangping Luo, Bing Yang, Wolf B. Frommer, & Joon‐Seob Eom. (2018). SWEET 11 and 15 as key players in seed filling in rice. New Phytologist. 218(2). 604–615. 228 indexed citations
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Bezrutczyk, Margaret, Thomas Hartwig, Si Nian Char, et al.. (2018). Impaired phloem loading in zmsweet13a,b,c sucrose transporter triple knock‐out mutants in Zea mays. New Phytologist. 218(2). 594–603. 134 indexed citations
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Chen, Li‐Qing, et al.. (2015). A Cascade of Sequentially Expressed Sucrose Transporters in the Seed Coat and Endosperm Provides Nutrition for the Arabidopsis Embryo. The Plant Cell. 27(3). 607–619. 327 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xuan, Yuan Hu, Yi Hu, Li‐Qing Chen, et al.. (2013). Functional role of oligomerization for bacterial and plant SWEET sugar transporter family. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(39). E3685–94. 236 indexed citations
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Yuan, Lixing, Riliang Gu, Yuanhu Xuan, et al.. (2013). Allosteric Regulation of Transport Activity by Heterotrimerization of Arabidopsis Ammonium Transporter Complexes in Vivo  . The Plant Cell. 25(3). 974–984. 88 indexed citations
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Chen, Li‐Qing, et al.. (2011). Sucrose Efflux Mediated by SWEET Proteins as a Key Step for Phloem Transport. Science. 335(6065). 207–211. 1024 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lanquar, Viviane, Dominique Loqué, Friederike Hörmann, et al.. (2009). Feedback Inhibition of Ammonium Uptake by a Phospho-Dependent Allosteric Mechanism in Arabidopsis  . The Plant Cell. 21(11). 3610–3622. 164 indexed citations
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Pratelli, Réjane, Lars M. Voll, Robin J. Horst, Wolf B. Frommer, & Guillaume Pilot. (2009). Stimulation of Nonselective Amino Acid Export by Glutamine Dumper Proteins. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 152(2). 762–773. 60 indexed citations
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Deuschle, Karen, et al.. (2006). Rapid Metabolism of Glucose Detected with FRET Glucose Nanosensors in Epidermal Cells and Intact Roots of Arabidopsis RNA-Silencing Mutants. The Plant Cell. 18(9). 2314–2325. 154 indexed citations
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Obrdlik, Petr, Tanja Hamacher, Corinna Cappellaro, et al.. (2004). K + channel interactions detected by a genetic system optimized for systematic studies of membrane protein interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(33). 12242–12247. 260 indexed citations
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Pilot, Guillaume, Harald Stransky, Dean F. Bushey, et al.. (2004). Overexpression of GLUTAMINE DUMPER1 Leads to Hypersecretion of Glutamine from Hydathodes of Arabidopsis Leaves[W]. The Plant Cell. 16(7). 1827–1840. 117 indexed citations
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Kühn, Christina, Mohammad‐Reza Hajirezaei, Alisdair R. Fernie, et al.. (2003). The Sucrose Transporter StSUT1 Localizes to Sieve Elements in Potato Tuber Phloem and Influences Tuber Physiology and Development,. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 131(1). 102–113. 117 indexed citations
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Liu, Lai-Hua, et al.. (2003). Urea Transport by Nitrogen-Regulated Tonoplast Intrinsic Proteins in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 133(3). 1220–1228. 199 indexed citations
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Fehr, Marcus, Wolf B. Frommer, & Sylvie Lalonde. (2002). Visualization of maltose uptake in living yeast cells by fluorescent nanosensors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(15). 9846–9851. 262 indexed citations
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Lemoine, Rémi, Laurence Barker, Soulaïman Sakr, et al.. (1999). Identification of a pollen‐specific sucrose transporter‐like proteinNtSUT3 from tobacco. FEBS Letters. 454(3). 325–330. 89 indexed citations

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