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2026
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Switzerland
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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
121
Citations
44542
World Ranking
63
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Enrico Martinoia is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable emphasis on Plant Science and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several interconnected fields, including Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms, Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects, and Arsenic contamination and mitigation.

Martinoia has contributed to various publication venues, where their research appears multiple times. Frequent venues include:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • FEBS Letters
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Physiologia Plantarum
  • Plant Cell Reports

Their recent papers span important topics related to ABC transporters and plant biology, with notable publications such as:

  • Structural and functional diversity calls for a new classification of ABC transporters, 2020, FEBS Letters
  • 2021 update on ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters: how they meet the needs of plants, 2021, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • The Full-Size ABCG Transporter of Medicago truncatula Is Involved in Strigolactone Secretion, Affecting Arbuscular Mycorrhiza, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Non-intrinsic ATP-binding cassette proteins ABCI19, ABCI20 and ABCI21 modulate cytokinin response at the endoplasmic reticulum in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2020, Plant Cell Reports
  • Identification of an Isoflavonoid Transporter Required for the Nodule Establishment of the Rhizobium-Fabaceae Symbiotic Interaction, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science

Throughout their career, Martinoia has collaborated regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, reflecting ongoing research partnerships. These include:

  • Youngsook Lee
  • Michał Jasiński
  • Won-Yong Song
  • Jae-Ung Hwang
  • Wanda Biała-Leonhard

The breadth of topics covered in Martinoia's research reflects an interdisciplinary approach that integrates molecular biology techniques with plant physiology and environmental considerations, particularly concerning plant nutrient transport and stress responses.

Best Publications

  • Feed Your Friends: Do Plant Exudates Shape the Root Microbiome?

    Joelle Sasse;Enrico Martinoia;Trent Northen;Trent Northen

  • Plant ABC proteins - a unified nomenclature and updated inventory

    Paul J. Verrier;David Bird;Bo Burla;Elie Dassa

  • PDR-type ABC transporter mediates cellular uptake of the phytohormone abscisic acid

    Joohyun Kang;Jae-Ung Hwang;Miyoung Lee;Yu-Young Kim

  • The ABC transporter AtPDR8 is a cadmium extrusion pump conferring heavy metal resistance.

    Do-Young Kim;Lucien Bovet;Masayoshi Maeshima;Enrico Martinoia;Enrico Martinoia

  • Root exudates: the hidden part of plant defense

    Ulrike Baetz;Enrico Martinoia

  • The phytochelatin transporters AtABCC1 and AtABCC2 mediate tolerance to cadmium and mercury

    Jiyoung Park;Won Yong Song;Donghwi Ko;Yujin Eom

  • Vacuolar transporters and their essential role in plant metabolism

    Enrico Martinoia;Masayoshi Maeshima;H. Ekkehard Neuhaus

  • Arsenic tolerance in Arabidopsis is mediated by two ABCC-type phytochelatin transporters

    Won-Yong Song;Jiyoung Park;David G. Mendoza-Cózatl;Marianne Suter-Grotemeyer

  • Cellular efflux of auxin catalyzed by the Arabidopsis MDR/PGP transporter AtPGP1.

    Markus Geisler;Joshua J. Blakeslee;Rodolphe Bouchard;Ok Ran Lee

  • A petunia ABC protein controls strigolactone-dependent symbiotic signalling and branching

    Tobias Kretzschmar;Wouter Kohlen;Joelle Sasse;Lorenzo Borghi

  • Plant ABC transporters

    Joohyun Kang;Jiyoung Park;Hyunju Choi;Bo Burla

  • Physiological adaptations to phosphorus deficiency during proteoid root development in white lupin

    Günter Neumann;Agnès Massonneau;Enrico Martinoia;Volker Römheld

  • Interactions among PIN-FORMED and P-Glycoprotein Auxin Transporters in Arabidopsis

    Joshua J. Blakeslee;Anindita Bandyopadhyay;Ok Ran Lee;Jozef Mravec

  • The seco-iridoid pathway from Catharanthus roseus

    Karel Miettinen;Lemeng Dong;Nicolas Navrot;Thomas Schneider

  • Engineering tolerance and accumulation of lead and cadmium in transgenic plants

    Won-Yong Song;Eun Ju Sohn;Enrico Martinoia;Yong Jik Lee

  • ATP-dependent glutathione S-conjugate export pump in the vacuolar membrane of plants

    Enrico Martinoia;Erwin Grill;Roberto Tommasini;Klaus Kreuz

  • Multifunctionality of plant ABC transporters – more than just detoxifiers

    Enrico Martinoia;Markus Klein;Markus Geisler;Lucien Bovet

  • Cluster roots – an underground adaptation for survival in extreme environments

    Günter Neumann;Enrico Martinoia

  • A rice ABC transporter, OsABCC1, reduces arsenic accumulation in the grain.

    Won Yong Song;Tomohiro Yamaki;Naoki Yamaji;Donghwi Ko

  • Phosphate systemically inhibits development of arbuscular mycorrhiza in Petunia hybrida and represses genes involved in mycorrhizal functioning

    Florence Breuillin;Jonathan Schramm;Mohammad Hajirezaei;Amir Ahkami

  • Old Enzymes for a New Job (Herbicide Detoxification in Plants)

    K. Kreuz;R. Tommasini;E. Martinoia

Frequent Co-Authors

Youngsook Lee
Youngsook Lee University of Wisconsin–Madison
Markus Geisler
Markus Geisler University of Fribourg
Masayoshi Maeshima
Masayoshi Maeshima Nagoya University
Karl-Josef Dietz
Karl-Josef Dietz Bielefeld University
Stefan Hörtensteiner
Stefan Hörtensteiner University of Zurich
H. Ekkehard Neuhaus
H. Ekkehard Neuhaus Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Diana Santelia
Diana Santelia ETH Zurich
Ulrich Heber
Ulrich Heber University of Würzburg
Nicola Tomasi
Nicola Tomasi University of Udine

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