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Mee-Len Chye 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 Mee-Len Chye sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 179 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mee-Len Chye 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 Mee-Len Chye sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mee-Len Chye is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China, with a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work mainly concerns agricultural and biological sciences, with specific attention to molecular biology and plant science.

Their research portfolio includes 40 publications in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with 21 of those also categorized under agricultural and biological sciences. Subfields of interest prominently feature molecular biology, plant science, and biochemistry, supplemented by contributions to cell biology and physical and theoretical chemistry.

Mee-Len Chye's research topics emphasize lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, and plant responses to water stress. Additional focal areas include plant stress responses and tolerance, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and plant molecular biology research.

Key publications authored or co-authored by Mee-Len Chye include:

  • The overexpression of OsACBP5 protects transgenic rice against necrotrophic, hemibiotrophic and biotrophic pathogens (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Plant Acyl-CoA-Binding Proteins-Their Lipid and Protein Interactors in Abiotic and Biotic Stresses (2021, Cells)
  • Oxylipin signaling in salt-stressed soybean is modulated by ligand-dependent interaction of Class II acyl-CoA-binding proteins with lipoxygenase (2021, The Plant Cell)
  • The overexpression of rice ACYL-COA-BINDING PROTEIN4 improves salinity tolerance in transgenic rice (2020, Environmental and Experimental Botany)
  • Galactolipid and Phospholipid Profile and Proteome Alterations in Soybean Leaves at the Onset of Salt Stress (2021, Frontiers in Plant Science)

Their collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Shiu-Cheung Lung, Ze-Hua Guo, Pan Liao, Hon-Ming Lam, and Saritha Panthapulakkal Narayanan.

Mee-Len Chye regularly publishes in venues such as Frontiers in Plant Science, Scientific Reports, Cells, The Plant Cell, and the Journal of Experimental Botany, indicating a consistent presence in journals focused on plant science and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Expression of the Hevea brasiliensis (H.B.K.) Mull. Arg. 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A Reductase 1 in Tobacco Results in Sterol Overproduction.

    H. Schaller;B. Grausem;P. Benveniste;Mee-Len Chye

  • The potential of the mevalonate pathway for enhanced isoprenoid production.

    Pan Liao;Andréa Hemmerlin;Thomas J. Bach;Mee-Len Chye

  • Overexpression of Arabidopsis Acyl-CoA Binding Protein ACBP3 Promotes Starvation-Induced and Age-Dependent Leaf Senescence

    Shi Xiao;Wei Gao;Qin-Fang Chen;Suk-Wah Chan

  • Arabidopsis Acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP2 interacts with an ethylene-responsive element-binding protein, AtEBP, via its ankyrin repeats.

    Hong-Ye Li;Mee-Len Chye

  • The rice phytochrome gene: structure, autoregulated expression, and binding of GT-1 to a conserved site in the 5' upstream region.

    Steve A. Kay;Brian Keith;Kazuo Shinozaki;Mee-Len Chye

  • New roles for acyl-CoA-binding proteins (ACBPs) in plant development, stress responses and lipid metabolism

    Shi Xiao;Mee-Len Chye

  • Overexpression of the Arabidopsis 10-Kilodalton Acyl-Coenzyme A-Binding Protein ACBP6 Enhances Freezing Tolerance

    Qin-Fang Chen;Shi Xiao;Mee-Len Chye

  • Arabidopsis thaliana acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP2 interacts with heavy-metal-binding farnesylated protein AtFP6.

    Wei Gao;Shi Xiao;Hong‐Ye Li;Sai‐Wah Tsao

  • Laticifer-specific gene expression in Hevea brasiliensis (rubber tree)

    Anil Kush;Elisabeth Goyvaerts;Mee Len Chye;Nam Hai Chua

  • Three genes encode 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase in Hevea brasiliensis: hmg1 and hmg3 are differentially expressed.

    Mee-Len Chye;Chio-Tee Tan;Nam-Hai Chua

  • Expression of cysteine proteinase during developmental events associated with programmed cell death in brinjal

    Fang-Xiu Xu;Mee-Len Chye

  • Acyl-CoA-binding protein 2 binds lysophospholipase 2 and lysoPC to promote tolerance to cadmium-induced oxidative stress in transgenic Arabidopsis

    Wei Gao;Hong-Ye Li;Hong-Ye Li;Shi Xiao;Mee-Len Chye

  • Plant lipidomics: discerning biological function by profiling plant complex lipids using mass spectrometry.

    Ruth Welti;Jyoti Shah;Weiqi Li;Maoyin Li

  • Overexpression of Brassica juncea wild‐type and mutant HMG‐CoA synthase 1 in Arabidopsis up‐regulates genes in sterol biosynthesis and enhances sterol production and stress tolerance

    Hui Wang;Dinesh A. Nagegowda;Dinesh A. Nagegowda;Reetika Rawat;Pierrette Bouvier-Navé

  • Isolation of a gene encoding Arabidopsis membrane-associated acyl-CoA binding protein and immunolocalization of its gene product.

    Mee-Len Chye;Bing-Quan Huang;Sze Yong Zee

  • Overexpression of Arabidopsis ACBP3 Enhances NPR1-Dependent Plant Resistance to Pseudomonas syringe pv tomato DC3000

    Shi Xiao;Mee-Len Chye

  • Arabidopsis ACBP3 is an extracellularly targeted acyl-CoA-binding protein

    Ka-Chun Leung;Hong-Ye Li;Hong-Ye Li;Shi Xiao;Muk-Hei Tse

  • Membrane Localization of Arabidopsis Acyl-CoA Binding Protein ACBP2

    Hong-Ye Li;Mee-Len Chye

  • Ethylene- and pathogen-inducible Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein 4 interacts with an ethylene-responsive element binding protein

    Hong-Ye Li;Shi Xiao;Mee-Len Chye

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward C. Yeung
Edward C. Yeung University of Calgary
Mingfu Wang
Mingfu Wang University of Hong Kong
Sherry L. Mowbray
Sherry L. Mowbray Uppsala University
Nam-Hai Chua
Nam-Hai Chua National University of Singapore
Richard P. Haslam
Richard P. Haslam Rothamsted Research
Eric Lam
Eric Lam Sun Yat-sen University
Johnathan A. Napier
Johnathan A. Napier Rothamsted Research
Quan Hao
Quan Hao University of Hong Kong
Hon-Ming Lam
Hon-Ming Lam Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ruth Welti
Ruth Welti Kansas State University

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