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Birger Lindberg Møller

Birger Lindberg Møller

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Chemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
26265
World Ranking
1825
National Ranking
14

Biology and Biochemistry

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96
Citations
28386
World Ranking
1854
National Ranking
20

Overview

Birger Lindberg Møller is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with substantial contributions to agricultural and biological sciences. The subfields of their work include molecular biology, plant science, pharmacology, biotechnology, and complementary and alternative medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of specialized areas including:

  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
  • Cassava research and cyanide
  • Biochemical and biochemical processes
  • Microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Birger Lindberg Møller include:

  • Phytocannabinoids: Origins and Biosynthesis, 2020, Trends in Plant Science
  • Plant cytochrome P450 plasticity and evolution, 2021, Molecular Plant
  • Phenolic cross-links: building and de-constructing the plant cell wall, 2020, Natural Product Reports
  • Synthetic Biology of Cannabinoids and Cannabinoid Glucosides in Nicotiana benthamiana and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 2020, Journal of Natural Products
  • Biased cytochrome P450-mediated metabolism via small-molecule ligands binding P450 oxidoreductase, 2021, Nature Communications

The frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher include:

  • Dan Stærk
  • Susan J. Semple
  • Louise Kjærulff
  • Mette Sørensen
  • Chi P. Ndi

Birger Lindberg Møller's work has been published repeatedly in several key scientific venues. These frequently include:

  • Molecular Plant
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Natural Products
  • Nature Communications
  • Phytochemistry

Best Publications

  • β-Glucosidases as detonators of plant chemical defense

    Anne Vinther Morant;Kirsten Jørgensen;Charlotte Jørgensen;Suzanne Michelle Paquette

  • Metabolon formation and metabolic channeling in the biosynthesis of plant natural products.

    Kirsten Jørgensen;Anne Vinther Rasmussen;Marc Morant;Allan Holm Nielsen

  • Cyanogenic Glycosides: Synthesis, Physiology, and Phenotypic Plasticity

    Roslyn M. Gleadow;Birger Lindberg Møller

  • Cyanogenic glucosides and plant–insect interactions

    Mika Zagrobelny;Søren Bak;Anne Vinther Rasmussen;Bodil Jørgensen

  • Plant chemical defense: at what cost?

    Elizabeth Heather Neilson;Jason Q D Goodger;Ian Edward Woodrow;Birger Lindberg Moller

  • De novo biosynthesis of vanillin in fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe) and baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae).

    Esben H. Hansen;Birger Lindberg Møller;Gertrud R. Kock;Camilla M. Bünner

  • CYP703 Is an Ancient Cytochrome P450 in Land Plants Catalyzing in-Chain Hydroxylation of Lauric Acid to Provide Building Blocks for Sporopollenin Synthesis in Pollen

    Marc Morant;Kirsten Jørgensen;Hubert Schaller;Franck Pinot

  • Phytocannabinoids: Origins and Biosynthesis

    Thies Gülck;Birger Lindberg Møller

  • Plant cytochromes P450: tools for pharmacology, plant protection and phytoremediation

    Marc Morant;Søren Bak;Birger Lindberg Møller;Danièle Werck-Reichhart

  • CYP704B1 Is a Long-Chain Fatty Acid ω-Hydroxylase Essential for Sporopollenin Synthesis in Pollen of Arabidopsis

    Anna A. Dobritsa;Jay Shrestha;Marc Morant;Franck Pinot

  • Vanillin–Bioconversion and Bioengineering of the Most Popular Plant Flavor and Its De Novo Biosynthesis in the Vanilla Orchid

    Nethaji J. Gallage;Birger Lindberg Møller

  • On the origin of family 1 plant glycosyltransferases.

    Suzanne Paquette;Birger Lindberg Møller;Søren Bak

  • Cassava plants with a depleted cyanogenic glucoside content in leaves and tubers. Distribution of cyanogenic glucosides, their site of synthesis and transport, and blockage of the biosynthesis by RNA interference technology.

    Kirsten Jørgensen;Søren Bak;Peter Kamp Busk;Charlotte Sørensen

  • Resistance to an Herbivore Through Engineered Cyanogenic Glucoside Synthesis

    David B. Tattersall;Søren Bak;Patrik R. Jones;Carl Erik Olsen

  • Substrate specificity of plant UDP-dependent glycosyltransferases predicted from crystal structures and homology modeling.

    Sarah A. Osmani;Søren Bak;Birger Lindberg Møller

  • Improved vanillin production in baker's yeast through in silico design.

    Ana Rita Brochado;Claudia Matos;Birger L Møller;Jørgen Hansen

  • Plant cytochrome P450 plasticity and evolution.

    Cecilie Cetti Hansen;David R. Nelson;Birger Lindberg Møller;Daniele Werck-Reichhart

  • Cytochromes P-450 from cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) catalyzing the first steps in the biosynthesis of the cyanogenic glucosides linamarin and lotaustralin. Cloning, functional expression in Pichia pastoris, and substrate specificity of the isolated recombinant enzymes.

    Mette Dahl Andersen;Peter Kamp Busk;Ib Svendsen;Birger Lindberg Møller

  • Cyanogenesis in plants and arthropods.

    Mika Zagrobelny;Søren Bak;Birger Lindberg Møller

  • Functional diversifications of cyanogenic glucosides.

    Birger Lindberg Møller

  • Chlorophyll-proteins of thylakoids from wild-type and mutants of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

    Otto Machold;David J. Simpson;Birger Lindberg Møller

  • Cassava Genome From a Wild Ancestor to Cultivated Varieties

    Wenquan Wang;Binxiao Feng;Jingfa Xiao;Zhiqiang Xia

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl Erik Olsen
Carl Erik Olsen University of Copenhagen
Søren Bak
Søren Bak University of Copenhagen
Henrik Vibe Scheller
Henrik Vibe Scheller Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Barbara Ann Halkier
Barbara Ann Halkier University of Copenhagen
Peter B. Høj
Peter B. Høj University of Adelaide
Dan Staerk
Dan Staerk University of Copenhagen
Björn Hamberger
Björn Hamberger Michigan State University
Roslyn M. Gleadow
Roslyn M. Gleadow Monash University
Ulf Thrane
Ulf Thrane Technical University of Denmark
Ib Svendsen
Ib Svendsen Carlsberg Laboratory

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