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Jay J. Thelen

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
14791
World Ranking
13640
National Ranking
5789

Jay J. Thelen publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 167 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.

Jay J. Thelen 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 Jay J. Thelen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

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

Jay J. Thelen is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States and primarily works within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research extensively covers subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, and Spectroscopy.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research

Thelen has contributed to several scientific publications, with recent papers covering various aspects of plant biology and biochemistry. Notable papers include:

  • S-acylation of P2K1 mediates extracellular ATP-induced immune signaling in Arabidopsis (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • Docking of acetyl-CoA carboxylase to the plastid envelope membrane attenuates fatty acid production in plants (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • Multi-targeted trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase I harbors a novel peroxisomal targeting signal 1 and is essential for flowering and development (2020), published in Planta
  • The Raf-like MAPKKK INTEGRIN-LINKED KINASE 5 regulates purinergic receptor-mediated innate immunity in Arabidopsis (2023), published in The Plant Cell
  • Overexpression of pea α-carboxyltransferase in Arabidopsis and camelina increases fatty acid synthesis leading to improved seed oil content (2022), published in The Plant Journal

Frequent co-authors in Thelen's research include Gabriel Lemes Jorge, Dong Xu, Nagib Ahsan, Philip D. Bates, and Brian Mooney.

Thelen's work has been published in various scientific venues with multiple publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • The Plant Cell
  • The Plant Journal
  • Journal of Proteome Research

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the palaeopolyploid soybean

    Jeremy Schmutz;Steven B. Cannon;Jessica Schlueter;Jessica Schlueter;Jianxin Ma

  • Metabolic engineering of fatty acid biosynthesis in plants.

    Jay J. Thelen;John B. Ohlrogge

  • Arabidopsis genes involved in acyl lipid metabolism. A 2003 census of the candidates, a study of the distribution of expressed sequence tags in organs, and a web-based database.

    Frédéric Beisson;Abraham J.K. Koo;Sari Ruuska;Jörg Schwender

  • A Systematic Proteomic Study of Seed Filling in Soybean. Establishment of High-Resolution Two-Dimensional Reference Maps, Expression Profiles, and an Interactive Proteome Database

    Martin Hajduch;Ashwin Ganapathy;Joel W. Stein;Jay J. Thelen

  • The lipid biochemistry of eukaryotic algae.

    Yonghua Li-Beisson;Jay J. Thelen;Eric Fedosejevs;John L. Harwood

  • Musite, a Tool for Global Prediction of General and Kinase-specific Phosphorylation Sites

    Jianjiong Gao;Jay J. Thelen;A. Keith Dunker;Dong Xu

  • Biochemical approaches for discovering protein-protein interactions

    Jan A. Miernyk;Jay J. Thelen

  • Proteomic analysis of seed filling in Brassica napus. Developmental characterization of metabolic isozymes using high-resolution two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.

    Martin Hajduch;Jill E. Casteel;Katherine E. Hurrelmeyer;Zhao Song

  • High-throughput peptide mass fingerprinting of soybean seed proteins: automated workflow and utility of UniGene expressed sequence tag databases for protein identification.

    Brian P Mooney;Jay J Thelen

  • Protein and lipid composition analysis of oil bodies from two Brassica napus cultivars

    Vesna Katavic;Ganesh Kumar Agrawal;Ganesh Kumar Agrawal;Martin Hajduch;Stefan L. Harris;Stefan L. Harris

  • ACYL-LIPID DESATURASE2 Is Required for Chilling and Freezing Tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Mingjie Chen;Jay J. Thelen

  • Extracellular ATP elicits DORN1-mediated RBOHD phosphorylation to regulate stomatal aperture

    Dongqin Chen;Yangrong Cao;Yangrong Cao;Hong Li;Daewon Kim

  • Proteomic Analysis of Soybean Root Hairs After Infection by Bradyrhizobium japonicum

    Jinrong Wan;Michael Torres;Ashwin Ganapathy;Jay Thelen

  • Large Scale Identification and Quantitative Profiling of Phosphoproteins Expressed during Seed Filling in Oilseed Rape

    Ganesh Kumar Agrawal;Ganesh Kumar Agrawal;Jay J. Thelen

  • Quantitative proteomics in plants: choices in abundance.

    Jay J. Thelen;Scott C. Peck

  • The plastid isoform of triose phosphate isomerase is required for the postgerminative transition from heterotrophic to autotrophic growth in Arabidopsis.

    Mingjie Chen;Jay J. Thelen

  • In-depth investigation of the soybean seed-filling proteome and comparison with a parallel study of rapeseed.

    Ganesh Kumar Agrawal;Martin Hajduch;Katherine Graham;Jay J. Thelen

  • Systems analysis of seed filling in Arabidopsis: using general linear modeling to assess concordance of transcript and protein expression

    Martin Hajduch;Leonard B. Hearne;Jan A. Miernyk;Jill E. Casteel

  • Modulation of Protein Phosphorylation, N-Glycosylation and Lys-Acetylation in Grape (Vitis vinifera) Mesocarp and Exocarp Owing to Lobesia botrana Infection

    Marcella Nunes Melo-Braga;Thiago Verano-Braga;Ileana Rodriguez León;Donato Antonacci

  • Quantitation of soybean allergens using tandem mass spectrometry

    Norma L Houston;Dong-Gi Lee;Severin E Stevenson;Gregory S Ladics

Frequent Co-Authors

Ganesh Kumar Agrawal
Ganesh Kumar Agrawal Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry
Dong Xu
Dong Xu University of Missouri
Ian M. Møller
Ian M. Møller Aarhus University
Gary Stacey
Gary Stacey University of Missouri
Douglas D. Randall
Douglas D. Randall University of Missouri
John B. Ohlrogge
John B. Ohlrogge Michigan State University
David R. Gang
David R. Gang Washington State University
Jianjiong Gao
Jianjiong Gao Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Trupti Joshi
Trupti Joshi University of Missouri
Claudete Santa-Catarina
Claudete Santa-Catarina State University of Norte Fluminense

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