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J. Allan Downie 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 J. Allan Downie sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 204 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

J. Allan Downie 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 J. Allan Downie sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

J. Allan Downie is a researcher affiliated with the John Innes Centre in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Insect Science, and Endocrinology.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

Recent publications by J. Allan Downie include:

  • "Why Should Nodule Cysteine-Rich (NCR) Peptides Be Absent From Nodules of Some Groups of Legumes but Essential for Symbiotic N-Fixation in Others?" (2021) in Frontiers in Agronomy
  • "Widely conserved AHL transcription factors are essential for NCR gene expression and nodule development in Medicago" (2023) in Nature Plants
  • "CERBERUS is critical for stabilization of VAPYRIN during rhizobial infection in Lotus japonicus" (2020) in New Phytologist
  • "RPG interacts with E3-ligase CERBERUS to mediate rhizobial infection in Lotus japonicus" (2023) in PLoS Genetics
  • "RinRK1 enhances NF receptors accumulation in nanodomain-like structures at root-hair tip" (2024) in Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors associated with J. Allan Downie's work include:

  • Xiaolin Li
  • Fang Xie
  • Éva Kondorosi
  • Miaoxia Liu
  • Zhiqiong Zheng

The common publication venues for this researcher are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Agronomy
  • Nature Plants
  • New Phytologist

Best Publications

  • The Rules of Engagement in the Legume-Rhizobial Symbiosis

    Giles E.D. Oldroyd;Jeremy D. Murray;Philip S. Poole;J. Allan Downie

  • Coordinating nodule morphogenesis with rhizobial infection in legumes.

    Giles E D Oldroyd;J Allan Downie

  • Nodulation signaling in legumes requires NSP2, a member of the GRAS family of transcriptional regulators.

    Péter Kaló;Cynthia Gleason;Anne Edwards;John Marsh

  • Amino-acid cycling drives nitrogen fixation in the legume– Rhizobium symbiosis

    Emma M. Lodwig;Arthur H.F. Hosie;Alex Bourdes;K. Findlay

  • A Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase required for symbiotic nodule development: Gene identification by transcript-based cloning

    Raka M. Mitra;Cynthia A. Gleason;Anne Edwards;James Hadfield

  • Plastid proteins crucial for symbiotic fungal and bacterial entry into plant roots

    Haruko Imaizumi-Anraku;Naoya Takeda;Myriam Charpentier;Myriam Charpentier;Jillian Perry

  • Calcium, kinases and nodulation signalling in legumes

    Giles E. D. Oldroyd;J. Allan Downie

  • A nucleoporin is required for induction of Ca2+ spiking in legume nodule development and essential for rhizobial and fungal symbiosis.

    Norihito Kanamori;Lene Heegaard Madsen;Simona Radutoiu;Mirela Frantescu

  • The roles of extracellular proteins, polysaccharides and signals in the interactions of rhizobia with legume roots

    J. Allan Downie

  • What Makes the Rhizobia-Legume Symbiosis So Special?

    Ann M. Hirsch;Michelle R. Lum;J. Allan Downie

  • GRAS Proteins Form a DNA Binding Complex to Induce Gene Expression during Nodulation Signaling in Medicago truncatula

    Sibylle Hirsch;Jiyoung Kim;Alfonso Muñoz;Alfonso Muñoz;Anne B. Heckmann;Anne B. Heckmann

  • NUCLEOPORIN85 is required for calcium spiking, fungal and bacterial symbioses, and seed production in Lotus japonicus.

    Katsuharu Saito;Makoto Yoshikawa;Koji Yano;Hiroki Miwa

  • The Root Hair “Infectome” of Medicago truncatula Uncovers Changes in Cell Cycle Genes and Reveals a Requirement for Auxin Signaling in Rhizobial Infection

    Andrew Breakspear;Chengwu Liu;Sonali Roy;Nicola Stacey

  • Differential and chaotic calcium signatures in the symbiosis signaling pathway of legumes

    Sonja Kosuta;Saul Hazledine;Jongho Sun;Hiroki Miwa

  • Lotus japonicus Nodulation Requires Two GRAS Domain Regulators, One of Which Is Functionally Conserved in a Non-Legume

    Anne B. Heckmann;Fabien Lombardo;Hiroki Miwa;Jillian A. Perry

  • Nuclear calcium changes at the core of symbiosis signalling.

    Giles E D Oldroyd;J Allan Downie

  • Membrane adenosine triphosphatases of prokaryotic cells.

    J. Allan Downie;Frank Gibson;Graeme B. Cox

  • The biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 produces the Rhizobium small bacteriocin, N-(3-hydroxy-7-cis-tetradecenoyl)homoserine lactone, via HdtS, a putative novel N-acylhomoserine lactone synthase.

    Bridget E. Laue;Yan Jiang;Siri Ram Chhabra;Sinead Jacob

  • Dissection of nodulation signaling using pea mutants defective for calcium spiking induced by Nod factors and chitin oligomers

    Simon A. Walker;Virginie Viprey;J. Allan Downie

  • The Rhizobium nodulation gene nodO encodes a Ca2(+)-binding protein that is exported without N-terminal cleavage and is homologous to haemolysin and related proteins.

    Anastassios Economou;W D Hamilton;A W Johnston;J A Downie

Frequent Co-Authors

Giles E. D. Oldroyd
Giles E. D. Oldroyd University of Cambridge
Martin Parniske
Martin Parniske Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jeremy D. Murray
Jeremy D. Murray John Innes Centre
Philip S. Poole
Philip S. Poole University of Oxford
Graeme B. Cox
Graeme B. Cox Australian National University
Trevor L. Wang
Trevor L. Wang John Innes Centre
Frank Gibson
Frank Gibson Australian National University
Kentaro Yoshida
Kentaro Yoshida Kobe University
Shusei Sato
Shusei Sato Tohoku University
Eva Kondorosi
Eva Kondorosi Institute of Plant Biology

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