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51
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15680
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16942
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598

Ljerka Kunst 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 Ljerka Kunst sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 106 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ljerka Kunst 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 Ljerka Kunst sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ljerka Kunst is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and has a research focus primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, notably Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Insect Science.

Their research concentrates on various aspects of plant biology with a strong emphasis on plant surface properties, postharvest quality management, biosynthesis pathways, and lipid metabolism. Key topics associated with their work include:

  • Plant Surface Properties and Treatments
  • Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research

Ljerka Kunst has been published extensively in scientific journals, with frequent contributions to Plant and Cell Physiology, Plant Biology, Journal of Experimental Botany, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, and Frontiers in Plant Science.

Some recent papers authored by Kunst include:

  • Drought stress modulates cuticular wax composition of the grape berry, 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Arabidopsis ECERIFERUM2-LIKEs Are Mediators of Condensing Enzyme Function, 2020, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Understanding the Role of Populus ECERIFERUM2-Likes in the Biosynthesis of Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acids for Cuticular Waxes, 2021, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase1 influences ECERIFERUM2 activity to mediate the synthesis of very-long-chain fatty acid past C28, 2024, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Wounding Triggers Wax Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis Leaves in an Abscisic Acid-Dependent and Jasmonoyl-Isoleucine-Dependent Manner, 2023, Plant and Cell Physiology

Frequent coauthors in Kunst's work include Tegan M. Haslam, Ivo Feußner, Agnieszka Zienkiewicz, Kirstin Feussner, and Alisa Keyl. Collaborations with these researchers have contributed to multiple publications in the field of plant biochemistry and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • Sealing Plant Surfaces: Cuticular Wax Formation by Epidermal Cells

    Lacey Samuels;Ljerka Kunst;Reinhard Jetter

  • Biosynthesis and secretion of plant cuticular wax.

    L Kunst;A L Samuels

  • Plant Cuticular Lipid Export Requires an ABC Transporter

    Jamie A. Pighin;Huanquan Zheng;Laura J. Balakshin;Ian P. Goodman

  • Composition of Plant Cuticular Waxes

    Reinhard Jetter;Ljerka Kunst;A. Lacey Samuels

  • Plant cuticles shine: advances in wax biosynthesis and export

    Ljerka Kunst;Lacey Samuels

  • Very‐long‐chain fatty acid biosynthesis is controlled through the expression and specificity of the condensing enzyme

    Anthony A. Millar;Ljerka Kunst

  • CUT1, an Arabidopsis gene required for cuticular wax biosynthesis and pollen fertility, encodes a very-long-chain fatty acid condensing enzyme.

    Anthony A. Millar;Sabine Clemens;Sabine Zachgo;E. Michael Giblin

  • Characterization of Arabidopsis ABCG11/WBC11, an ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter that is required for cuticular lipid secretion

    David Bird;Fred Beisson;Alexandra Brigham;John Shin

  • Identification of the wax ester synthase/acyl-coenzyme A: diacylglycerol acyltransferase WSD1 required for stem wax ester biosynthesis in Arabidopsis.

    Fengling Li;Xuemin Wu;Patricia Lam;David Bird

  • CER4 Encodes an Alcohol-Forming Fatty Acyl-Coenzyme A Reductase Involved in Cuticular Wax Production in Arabidopsis

    Owen Rowland;Huanquan Zheng;Shelley R. Hepworth;Patricia Lam

  • Cuticular Lipid Composition, Surface Structure, and Gene Expression in Arabidopsis Stem Epidermis

    Mi Chung Suh;A. Lacey Samuels;Reinhard Jetter;Ljerka Kunst

  • Disruptions of the Arabidopsis Enoyl-CoA Reductase Gene Reveal an Essential Role for Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis in Cell Expansion during Plant Morphogenesis

    Huanquan Zheng;Owen Rowland;Ljerka Kunst

  • Arabidopsis LTPG Is a Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Lipid Transfer Protein Required for Export of Lipids to the Plant Surface

    Allan DeBono;Trevor H. Yeats;Jocelyn K.C. Rose;David Bird

  • The Cytochrome P450 Enzyme CYP96A15 Is the Midchain Alkane Hydroxylase Responsible for Formation of Secondary Alcohols and Ketones in Stem Cuticular Wax of Arabidopsis

    Stephen Greer;Miao Wen;David Bird;Xuemin Wu

  • Significance of the expression of the CER6 condensing enzyme for cuticular wax production in Arabidopsis.

    Tanya S. Hooker;Anthony A. Millar;Ljerka Kunst

  • AP2 Gene Determines the Identity of Perianth Organs in Flowers of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Ljerka Kunst;Jennifer E. Klenz;Jose Martinez-Zapater;George W. Haughn

  • Alteration of seed fatty acid composition by an ethyl methanesulfonate-induced mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana affecting diacylglycerol acyltransferase activity.

    V Katavic;D W Reed;D C Taylor;E M Giblin

  • Extending the story of very-long-chain fatty acid elongation.

    Tegan M. Haslam;Ljerka Kunst

  • Functional Characterization of the Arabidopsis β-Ketoacyl-Coenzyme A Reductase Candidates of the Fatty Acid Elongase

    Frédéric Beaudoin;Xianzhong Wu;Fengling Li;Richard P. Haslam

  • The Cytochrome P450 Enzyme CYP96A15 Is the Midchain Alkane Hydroxylase Responsible for Formation of Secondary Alcohols and Ketones in Stem Cuticular

    Stephen Greer;Miao Wen;David Bird;Xuemin Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhard Jetter
Reinhard Jetter University of British Columbia
Lacey Samuels
Lacey Samuels University of British Columbia
Anthony A. Millar
Anthony A. Millar Australian National University
George W. Haughn
George W. Haughn University of British Columbia
Chris Somerville
Chris Somerville University of California, Berkeley
John Browse
John Browse Washington State University
Richard P. Haslam
Richard P. Haslam Rothamsted Research
Johnathan A. Napier
Johnathan A. Napier Rothamsted Research
Lukas Schreiber
Lukas Schreiber University of Bonn
Xuemei Chen
Xuemei Chen University of California, Riverside

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