Ernst Heinz

Ernst Heinz 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 Ernst Heinz sits on this spectrum.

Ernst Heinz 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 Ernst Heinz sits on this spectrum.

Overview

Best Publications

• Biosynthesis of very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic oilseeds: constraints on their accumulation.

  Amine Abbadi;Freéderic Domergue;Jörg Bauer;Johnathan A. Napier

  475
  Citations

• Defensins from Insects and Plants Interact with Fungal Glucosylceramides

  Karin Thevissen;Dirk C. Warnecke;Isabelle E.J.A. François;Martina Leipelt

  463
  Citations

• The evolution of desaturases.

  P Sperling;P Ternes;T.K Zank;E Heinz

  417
  Citations

• Identification and Characterization of a Sphingolipid Δ4-Desaturase Family

  Philipp Ternes;Stephan Franke;Ulrich Zähringer;Petra Sperling

  383
  Citations

• Specificities and Selectivities of Glycerol‐3‐Phosphate Acyltransferase and Monoacylglycerol‐3‐Phosphate Acyltransferase from Pea and Spinach Chloroplasts

  Margrit Frentzen;Ernst Heinz;Thomas A. McKEON;Paul K. Stumpf

  371
  Citations

• Similarities and differences in lipid metabolism of chloroplasts isolated from 18:3 and 16:3 plants.

  Ernst Heinz;P. Grattan Roughan

  370
  Citations

• Stepwise engineering to produce high yields of very long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in plants

  Guohai Wu;Martin Truksa;Nagamani Datla;Patricia Vrinten

  363
  Citations

• Plant sphingolipids: structural diversity, biosynthesis, first genes and functions

  Petra Sperling;Ernst Heinz

  359
  Citations

• Cholesterol glucosylation promotes immune evasion by Helicobacter pylori

  Christian Wunder;Yuri Churin;Florian Winau;Dirk Warnecke

  336
  Citations

• Identification of a novel D6‐acyl‐group desaturase by targeted gene disruption in Physcomitrella patens

  Thomas Girke;Hermann Schmidt;Ulrich Zahringer;Ralf Reski

  324
  Citations

• Cloning and functional characterization of Phaeodactylum tricornutum front-end desaturases involved in eicosapentaenoic acid biosynthesis.

  Frédéric Domergue;Jens Lerchl;Ulrich Zähringer;Ernst Heinz

  291
  Citations

• Novel fatty acid elongases and their use for the reconstitution of docosahexaenoic acid biosynthesis.

  Astrid Meyer;Helene Kirsch;Frédéric Domergue;Amine Abbadi

  281
  Citations

• Peroxisomal Acyl-CoA Synthetase Activity Is Essential for Seedling Development in Arabidopsis thaliana

  Martin Fulda;Judy Schnurr;Amine Abbadi;Ernst Heinz

  272
  Citations

• Two long-chain acyl-CoA synthetases from Arabidopsis thaliana involved in peroxisomal fatty acid beta-oxidation.

  Martin Fulda;Jay Shockey;Martin Werber;Frank P. Wolter

  245
  Citations

• A sphingolipid desaturase from higher plants. Identification of a new cytochrome b5 fusion protein.

  Petra Sperling;Ulrich Zähringer;Ernst Heinz

  239
  Citations

• New Insight into Phaeodactylum tricornutum Fatty Acid Metabolism. Cloning and Functional Characterization of Plastidial and Microsomal Δ12-Fatty Acid Desaturases

  Frédéric Domergue;Patricia Spiekermann;Jens Lerchl;Christoph Beckmann

  223
  Citations

• Recently discovered functions of glucosylceramides in plants and fungi.

  D. Warnecke;E. Heinz

  214
  Citations

• Acyl-carriers used as substrates by the desaturases and elongases involved in very long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids biosynthesis reconstituted in yeast

  Frédéric Domergue;Amine Abbadi;Claudia Ott;Thorsten K. Zank

  206
  Citations

• Chilling sensitivity of Arabidopsis thaliana with genetically engineered membrane lipids.

  F P Wolter;R Schmidt;E Heinz

  205
  Citations

• A UDP glucosyltransferase from Bacillus subtilis successively transfers up to four glucose residues to 1,2-diacylglycerol: expression of ypfP in Escherichia coli and structural analysis of its reaction products.

  Petra Jorasch;Frank P. Wolter;Ulrich Zähringer;Ernst Heinz

  202
  Citations