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Derek T. A. Lamport

Derek T. A. Lamport

University of Sussex
United Kingdom

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
11230
World Ranking
17915
National Ranking
1414

Derek T. A. Lamport publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Derek T. A. Lamport sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 92 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Derek T. A. Lamport D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Derek T. A. Lamport sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Derek T. A. Lamport is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research spans mainly the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a specialized focus on Plant Science. Additional areas of study include Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Biotechnology, and Food Science.

The scientist's work covers several core topics including polysaccharides and plant cell walls, plant molecular biology research, plant reproductive biology, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, light effects on plants, microbial metabolites in food biotechnology, and enzyme production and characterization.

Recent publications authored by Derek T. A. Lamport include:

  • Phyllotaxis Turns Over a New Leaf-A New Hypothesis, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • A Molecular Pinball Machine of the Plasma Membrane Regulates Plant Growth-A New Paradigm, 2021, Cells
  • The Growth Oscillator and Plant Stomata: An Open and Shut Case, 2023, Plants
  • Root-shoot gravitropism paradox resolved, 2022, Academia Letters
  • A Molecular Pinball Machine of the Plasma Membrane Regulates Plant Growth - A New Paradigm, 2021, Preprints.org

Lamport has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Preprints.org
  • Plants
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cells
  • Academia Biology

Collaborative work includes contributions with co-authors Marcia J. Kieliszewski, Li Tan, Michael Held, and Jianfeng Xu.

The scientist was awarded the Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1976.

Best Publications

  • Molecular cloning of human intestinal mucin cDNAs. Sequence analysis and evidence for genetic polymorphism.

    J. R. Gum;James Byrd;J. W. Hicks;N. W. Toribara

  • Extensin:repetitive motifs, functional sites, post-translational codes, and phylogeny

    Marcia J. Kieliszewski;Derek T.A. Lamport

  • Development and Characterization of Breast Cancer Reactive Monoclonal Antibodies Directed to the Core Protein of the Human Milk Mucin

    Joy Burchell;Sandra Gendler;Joyce Taylor-Papadimitriou;Anne Girling

  • The Protein Component of Primary Cell Walls

    Derek T.A. Lamport

  • Anhydrous hydrogen fluoride deglycosylates glycoproteins.

    Andrew J. Mort;Derek T.A. Lamport

  • Molecular cloning of cDNAs derived from a novel human intestinal mucin gene.

    James R. Gum;James W. Hicks;James W. Hicks;Dallas M. Swallow;Robert L. Lagace;Robert L. Lagace

  • Cell Wall Metabolism

    D T A Lamport

  • Cloning of partial cDNA encoding differentiation and tumor-associated mucin glycoproteins expressed by human mammary epithelium

    S J Gendler;J M Burchell;T Duhig;D Lamport

  • Self-assembly of the plant cell wall requires an extensin scaffold

    Maura C. Cannon;Kimberly Terneus;Qi Hall;Li Tan

  • Hydroxyproline in Primary Cell Walls of Higher Plants

    Derek T. A. Lamport;D. H. Northcote

  • Hydroxyproline Arabinosides in the Plant Kingdom

    Derek T. A. Lamport;David H. Miller

  • Role of the Extensin Superfamily in Primary Cell Wall Architecture

    Derek T.A. Lamport;Marcia J. Kieliszewski;Yuning Chen;Maura C. Cannon

  • Hydroxyproline- O -glycosidic Linkage of the Plant Cell Wall Glycoprotein Extensin

    Derek T. A. Lamport

  • An intramolecular linkage involving isodityrosine in extensin

    Lynn Epstein;Derek T.A. Lamport

  • Salt stress upregulates periplasmic arabinogalactan proteins: using salt stress to analyse AGP function.

    Derek T. A. Lamport;Marcia J. Kieliszewski;Allan M. Showalter

  • Structure of a Hydroxyproline (Hyp)-Arabinogalactan Polysaccharide from Repetitive Ala-Hyp Expressed in Transgenic Nicotiana tabacum

    Li Tan;Feng Qiu;Derek T.A. Lamport;Marcia J. Kieliszewski

  • Periplasmic arabinogalactan glycoproteins act as a calcium capacitor that regulates plant growth and development.

    Derek T. A. Lamport;Péter Várnai

  • Gum arabic glycoprotein is a twisted hairy rope : a new model based on o-galactosylhydroxyproline as the polysaccharide attachment site.

    Wu Qi;Cynthia Fong;Derek T. A. Lamport

  • Cell wall hydroxyproline enhancement and lignin deposition as an early event in the resistance of cucumber to Cladosporium cucumerinum

    R. Hammerschmidt;D.T.A. Lamport;E.P. Muldoon

  • Isolation of pl 4.6 extensin peroxidase from tomato cell suspension cultures and identification of Val—Tyr—Lys as putative intermolecular cross‐link site

    Linda S. Schnabelrauch;Marcia Kieliszewski;Brad L. Upham;Hasan Alizedeh

Frequent Co-Authors

James W. Hicks
James W. Hicks University of Southern California
Young S. Kim
Young S. Kim University of California, San Francisco
Allan M. Showalter
Allan M. Showalter Ohio University
James R. Gum
James R. Gum University of California, San Francisco
Péter Várnai
Péter Várnai Semmelweis University
Raymond Hammerschmidt
Raymond Hammerschmidt Michigan State University
Joy M. Burchell
Joy M. Burchell King's College London
Joyce Taylor-Papadimitriou
Joyce Taylor-Papadimitriou King's College London
Dallas M. Swallow
Dallas M. Swallow University College London
Liwei Chen
Liwei Chen Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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