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Diane C. Bassham

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
43154
World Ranking
13490
National Ranking
5722

Diane C. Bassham 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 Diane C. Bassham sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 168 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Diane C. Bassham 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 Diane C. Bassham sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Diane C. Bassham is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the biological sciences, primarily focusing on plant molecular biology and biochemistry. They have authored numerous publications in academic journals and contributed extensively to fields related to plant stress responses and molecular mechanisms.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broader fields, their work is further specialized in several subfields such as:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Epidemiology
  • Cell Biology
  • Biochemistry

Key research topics explored by Bassham encompass:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease

The scientist's recent notable publications include:

  • The Transcription Factor bZIP60 Links the Unfolded Protein Response to the Heat Stress Response in Maize, 2020, The Plant Cell
  • Hydrogen Sulfide: From a Toxic Molecule to a Key Molecule of Cell Life, 2020, Antioxidants
  • COST1 regulates autophagy to control plant drought tolerance, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Persulfidation of ATG18a regulates autophagy under ER stress in Arabidopsis, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • γ-Aminobutyric acid plays a key role in plant acclimation to a combination of high light and heat stress, 2022, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Bassham frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • M Bubb
  • Peter Brzezinski
  • C Griesinger
  • L Huber
  • Mark J. Kiel

The scientist has published repeatedly in certain venue types, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • FEBS Letters
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Cell
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Autophagy: pathways for self-eating in plant cells.

    Yimo Liu;Diane C. Bassham

  • Degradation of oxidized proteins by autophagy during oxidative stress in Arabidopsis.

    Yan Xiong;Anthony L. Contento;Phan Quang Nguyen;Diane C. Bassham

  • Autophagy in Development and Stress Responses of Plants

    Diane C. Bassham;Marianne Laporte;Francis Marty;Yuji Moriyasu

  • Autophagy is required for tolerance of drought and salt stress in plants.

    Yimo Liu;Yan Xiong;Diane C Bassham

  • AtATG18a is required for the formation of autophagosomes during nutrient stress and senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Yan Xiong;Anthony L. Contento;Diane C. Bassham

  • Plant autophagy--more than a starvation response.

    Diane C Bassham

  • Interactions between Syntaxins Identify at Least Five SNARE Complexes within the Golgi/Prevacuolar System of the Arabidopsis Cell

    Anton A. Sanderfoot;Valya Kovaleva;Diane C. Bassham;Natasha V. Raikhel

  • Selective Autophagy of BES1 Mediated by DSK2 Balances Plant Growth and Survival

    Trevor M. Nolan;Benjamin Brennan;Mengran Yang;Jiani Chen

  • Transcriptome Profiling of the Response of Arabidopsis Suspension Culture Cells to Suc Starvation

    Anthony L. Contento;Sang Jin Kim;Diane C. Bassham

  • Visualization of autophagy in Arabidopsis using the fluorescent dye monodansylcadaverine and a GFP-AtATG8e fusion protein.

    Anthony L. Contento;Yan Xiong;Diane C. Bassham

  • TOR Is a Negative Regulator of Autophagy in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Yimo Liu;Diane C. Bassham

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Degradation of the Endoplasmic Reticulum by Autophagy during Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Arabidopsis

    Yimo Liu;Junmarie Soto Burgos;Yan Deng;Renu Srivastava

  • Linking Autophagy to Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses

    Santiago Signorelli;Santiago Signorelli;Łukasz Paweł Tarkowski;Wim Van den Ende;Diane C. Bassham

  • Autophagy differentially controls plant basal immunity to biotrophic and necrotrophic pathogens

    Heike D. Lenz;Eva Haller;Eric Melzer;Karina Kober

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Philippe Pierre
Philippe Pierre Aix-Marseille University
John H. Brumell
John H. Brumell University of Toronto
Felix Randow
Felix Randow MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Daniel J. Klionsky
Daniel J. Klionsky University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Eric H. Baehrecke
Eric H. Baehrecke University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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