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John E. Linz 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 John E. Linz sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 126 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John E. Linz 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 John E. Linz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John E. Linz is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Materials Science, with work published primarily in the fields of Materials Chemistry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • Activity throughout the lichen phylogeny indicates a focus on regulation of specialized metabolites, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • CCDC 1912278: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, The Cambridge Structural Database

Frequent co-authors working alongside John E. Linz include:

  • Ludmila V. Roze
  • Maris Laivenieks
  • Alan M. Fryday
  • Frances Trail
  • Kristi Gdanetz

John E. Linz's publications are often found in these venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

The main fields of study characterizing their work are:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Materials Science

Further specialization is seen in subfields such as:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science
  • Cell Biology

The central topics within John E. Linz's research include:

  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Best Publications

  • Clustered pathway genes in aflatoxin biosynthesis.

    Jiujiang Yu;Perng Kuang Chang;Kenneth C. Ehrlich;Jeffrey W. Cary

  • Comparative mapping of aflatoxin pathway gene clusters in Aspergillus parasiticus and Aspergillus flavus.

    Jiujiang Yu;Perng-Kuang Chang;J. W. Cary;M. Wright

  • Cloning of the Aspergillus parasiticus apa-2 gene associated with the regulation of aflatoxin biosynthesis.

    Perng-Kuang Chang;J. W. Cary;Deepak Bhatnagar;T. E. Cleveland

  • Molecular biology of aflatoxin biosynthesis

    Frances Trail;Nibedita Mahanti;John Linz

  • Isolation and characterization of a gene from Aspergillus parasiticus associated with the conversion of versicolorin A to sterigmatocystin in aflatoxin biosynthesis.

    C. D. Skory;Perng-Kuang Chang;J. Cary;J. E. Linz

  • A key role for vesicles in fungal secondary metabolism

    Anindya Chanda;Ludmila V. Roze;Suil Kang;Katherine A. Artymovich

  • Aflatoxin Biosynthesis: Current Frontiers

    Ludmila V. Roze;Sung Yong Hong;John E. Linz

  • Compartmentalization and molecular traffic in secondary metabolism: a new understanding of established cellular processes

    Ludmila V. Roze;Anindya Chanda;John E. Linz

  • Binding of aflatoxin B1 to bifidobacteria in vitro

    Jaimie T. Oatley;Matthew D. Rarick;Geun Eog Ji;John E. Linz

  • Physical and transcriptional map of an aflatoxin gene cluster in Aspergillus parasiticus and functional disruption of a gene involved early in the aflatoxin pathway.

    F Trail;N Mahanti;M Rarick;R Mehigh

  • Oxidative Stress-Related Transcription Factors in the Regulation of Secondary Metabolism

    Sung-Yong Hong;Ludmila V. Roze;John E. Linz

  • Structural and functional analysis of the nor-1 gene involved in the biosynthesis of aflatoxins by Aspergillus parasiticus.

    F. Trail;Perng-Kuang Chang;J. Cary;J. E. Linz

  • Cloning of a gene associated with aflatoxin B1 biosynthesis in Aspergillus parasiticus.

    Perng Kuang Chang;Christopher D. Skory;John E. Linz

  • Evidence that a transcription factor regulatory network coordinates oxidative stress response and secondary metabolism in aspergilli

    Sung Yong Hong;Ludmila V. Roze;Josephine Wee;John E. Linz

  • C57BL/6 and Congenic Interleukin-10-Deficient Mice Can Serve as Models of Campylobacter jejuni Colonization and Enteritis

    L. S. Mansfield;J. A. Bell;D. L. Wilson;A. J. Murphy

  • Stress-related Transcription Factor AtfB Integrates Secondary Metabolism with Oxidative Stress Response in Aspergilli

    Ludmila V. Roze;Anindya Chanda;Josephine Wee;Deena Awad

  • The initiation and pattern of spread of histone H4 acetylation parallel the order of transcriptional activation of genes in the aflatoxin cluster

    Ludmila V. Roze;Anna E. Arthur;Sung Yong Hong;Anindya Chanda

  • Structure and function of fas-1A, a gene encoding a putative fatty acid synthetase directly involved in aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus parasiticus.

    N Mahanti;D Bhatnagar;J W Cary;J Joubran

  • Lovastatin triggers an apoptosis-like cell death process in the fungus Mucor racemosus

    L.V. Roze;J.E. Linz

  • Demonstration of the catalytic roles and evidence for the physical association of type I fatty acid synthases and a polyketide synthase in the biosynthesis of aflatoxin B1

    Coran M.H. Watanabe;David Wilson;John E. Linz;Craig A. Townsend

Frequent Co-Authors

James J. Pestka
James J. Pestka Michigan State University
Jeffrey W. Cary
Jeffrey W. Cary United States Department of Agriculture
Frances Trail
Frances Trail Michigan State University
Randolph M. Beaudry
Randolph M. Beaudry Michigan State University
Perng-Kuang Chang
Perng-Kuang Chang United States Department of Agriculture
Kenneth C. Ehrlich
Kenneth C. Ehrlich US Department of Agriculture
John B. Kaneene
John B. Kaneene Michigan State University
Deepak Bhatnagar
Deepak Bhatnagar Agricultural Research Service
Thomas E. Cleveland
Thomas E. Cleveland Agricultural Research Service
Craig A. Townsend
Craig A. Townsend Johns Hopkins University

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