2026 Marjori Matzke: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	77	1749	1665	4	4	184	28632

Research.com Recognitions

Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Marjori Matzke is affiliated with Academia Sinica in Taiwan and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses a focused interest in molecular biology and plant science, with particular emphasis on RNA-related processes and plant gene expression.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

RNA Research and Splicing
RNA modifications and cancer
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Plant Molecular Biology Research
Plant Gene Expression Analysis
Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Matzke's recent scholarly outputs reflect investigations into RNA splicing and plant molecular biology. Notable publications include:

A Collection of Pre-mRNA Splicing Mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2020, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
A GFP splicing reporter in a coilin mutant background reveals links between alternative splicing, siRNAs, and coilin function in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2023, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
A GFP splicing reporter in a coilin mutant background reveals links between alternative splicing, siRNAs and coilin function in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Identification and functional categorization of the most stably and most variably expressed genes and retained introns in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Matzke include:

Tatsuo Kanno
A. J. M. Matzke
Ming-Tsung Wu
Phebe Chiou
Wen-Dar Lin

The primary venues for publishing these works are:

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Marjori Matzke has been recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), reflecting professional acknowledgment within the molecular biology community.

Best Publications

A uniform system for microRNA annotation

Victor R. Ambros;Bonnie Bartel;David P. Bartel;Christopher B. Burge

2536
Citations
Epigenetics: Regulation Through Repression

Alan P. Wolffe;Marjori A. Matzke

1683
Citations
RNA-directed DNA methylation: an epigenetic pathway of increasing complexity

Marjori A. Matzke;Rebecca A. Mosher

1559
Citations
Transcriptional silencing and promoter methylation triggered by double-stranded RNA

M.F. Mette;W. Aufsatz;J. van der Winden;M.A. Matzke

1227
Citations
RNAi-mediated pathways in the nucleus

Marjori A. Matzke;James A. Birchler

1115
Citations
How and Why Do Plants Inactivate Homologous (Trans)genes

M. A. Matzke;A. J. M. Matzke

762
Citations
Reversible methylation and inactivation of marker genes in sequentially transformed tobacco plants.

M. A. Matzke;M. Primig;J. Trnovsky;A. J. M. Matzke

739
Citations
RNA-mediated chromatin-based silencing in plants

Marjori Matzke;Tatsuo Kanno;Lucia Daxinger;Bruno Huettel

645
Citations
Role of the DRM and CMT3 Methyltransferases in RNA-Directed DNA Methylation

Xiaofeng Cao;Werner Aufsatz;Daniel Zilberman;M.Florian Mette

644
Citations
RNA: guiding gene silencing.

Marjori Matzke;Antonius J. M. Matzke;Jan M. Kooter

586
Citations
Position effects and epigenetic silencing of plant transgenes.

Antonius J.M. Matzke;Marjori A. Matzke

520
Citations
Listening to the silent genes: Transgene silencing, gene regulation and pathogen control.

Jan M. Kooter;Marjori A. Matzke;Peter Meyer

511
Citations
Atypical RNA polymerase subunits required for RNA-directed DNA methylation

Tatsuo Kanno;Bruno Huettel;M Florian Mette;Werner Aufsatz

479
Citations
The expression of a nopaline synthase — human growth hormone chimaeric gene in transformed tobacco and sunflower callus tissue

Andrea Barta;Karin Sommergruber;Diana Thompson;Klaus Hartmuth

468
Citations
RNA-Directed DNA Methylation: The Evolution of a Complex Epigenetic Pathway in Flowering Plants.

Marjori A. Matzke;Tatsuo Kanno;Antonius J.M. Matzke

457
Citations
Evidence for Nuclear Processing of Plant Micro RNA and Short Interfering RNA Precursors

István Papp;M. Florian Mette;Werner Aufsatz;Lucia Daxinger

438
Citations
HDA6, a putative histone deacetylase needed to enhance DNA methylation induced by double-stranded RNA.

Werner Aufsatz;M.Florian Mette;Johannes van der Winden;Marjori Matzke

399
Citations
Gene silencing mediated by promoter homology occurs at the level of transcription and results in meiotically heritable alterations in methylation and gene activity

Y.-D. Park;I. Papp;E.A. Moscone;V.A. Iglesias

394
Citations
Transgene silencing by the host genome defense: implications for the evolution of epigenetic control mechanisms in plants and vertebrates.

M. A. Matzke;M. F. Mette;A. J. M. Matzke

387
Citations
Exploring and explaining epigenetic effects

Steven Henikoff;Marjori A. Matzke

377
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonius J. M. Matzke Academia Sinica

Bruno Huettel Max Planck Society

Blake C. Meyers University of California, Davis

James A. Birchler University of Missouri

Peter F. Ambros St Anna Children's Hospital

Venkatesan Sundaresan University of California, Davis

Hervé Vaucheret University of Paris-Saclay

Ales Kovarik Czech Academy of Sciences

Xuemei Chen University of California, Riverside

Jian-Kang Zhu Southern University of Science and Technology

External Links

Personal website of Marjori Matzke

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