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Nilgun E. Tumer 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 Nilgun E. Tumer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 139 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nilgun E. Tumer 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 Nilgun E. Tumer 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

Nilgun E. Tumer is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology as well as Immunology and Microbiology.

The main areas of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within these broader fields, the subfields of focus are:

  • Immunology
  • Biotechnology
  • Plant Science
  • Endocrinology
  • Infectious Diseases

Tumer's research covers diverse topics such as:

  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Herbal Medicine Research Studies
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology

The scientist has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • A Lipid Transfer Protein has Antifungal and Antioxidant Activity and Suppresses Fusarium Head Blight Disease and DON Accumulation in Transgenic Wheat (2020, Phytopathology)
  • Structural basis for the interaction of Shiga toxin 2a with a C-terminal peptide of ribosomal P stalk proteins (2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry)
  • Cryo-EM structure of Shiga toxin 2 in complex with the native ribosomal P-stalk reveals residues involved in the binding interaction (2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry)
  • Intracellular Neutralization of Ricin Toxin by Single-domain Antibodies Targeting the Active Site (2020, Journal of Molecular Biology)
  • Small Molecule Inhibitors Targeting the Interaction of Ricin Toxin A Subunit with Ribosomes (2020, ACS Infectious Diseases)

Frequent collaborators in Tumer's work include:

  • M. Rudolph
  • J. McLaughlin
  • Xiao-Ping Li
  • Jennifer Nielsen Kahn
  • Anastasiia M. Tsymbal

Their research is often published in several key venues, reflecting their scientific focus:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Toxicon
  • Phytopathology
  • Journal of Molecular Biology

Best Publications

  • Coat Protein-Mediated Resistance Against Virus Infection

    R. N. Beachy;S. Loesch-Fries;N. E. Tumer

  • Engineering herbicide tolerance in transgenic plants.

    Dilip M. Shah;Robert B. Horsch;Harry J. Klee;Ganesh M. Kishore

  • Analysis of the mechanism of protection in transgenic plants expressing the potato virus X coat protein or its antisense RNA.

    Cynthia Hemenway;Rong-Xiang Fang;Wojciech K. Kaniewski;Nam-Hai Chua

  • Broad-spectrum virus resistance in transgenic plants expressing pokeweed antiviral protein

    Jennifer K. Lodge;Wojciech K. Kaniewski;Nilgun E. Tumer

  • Viral Protection in Transgenic Tobacco Plants Expressing the Cucumber Mosaic Virus Coat Protein or its Antisense RNA

    Maria Cuozzo;Keith M. O'Connell;Wojciech Kaniewski;Rong-Xiang Fang

  • Engineering resistance to mixed virus infection in a commercial potato cultivar: resistance to potato virus X and potato virus Y in transgenic Russet Burbank.

    Cliff Lawson;Wojciech Kaniewski;Lisa Haley;Renee Rozman

  • Different promoters for the Anabaena glutamine synthetase gene during growth using molecular or fixed nitrogen

    Nilgun Ereken Tumer;Steven J. Robinson;Robert Haselkorn

  • Expression of alfalfa mosaic virus coat protein gene confers cross-protection in transgenic tobacco and tomato plants.

    Nilgun E. Tumer;Keith M. O'Connell;Richard S. Nelson;Patricia R. Sanders

  • C-terminal deletion mutant of pokeweed antiviral protein inhibits viral infection but does not depurinate host ribosomes

    Nilgun E. Tumer;Duk Ju Hwang;Maureen Bonness

  • Field resistance of transgenic russet burbank potato to effects of infection by potato virus X and potato virus Y

    Wojciech Kaniewski;Cliff Lawson;Bernard Sammons;Lisa Haley

  • Protection against tobacco mosaic virus infection in transgenic plants requires accumulation of coat protein rather than coat protein RNA sequences.

    P.A. Powell;P.R. Sanders;N. Tumer;R.T. Fraley

  • Control of Enzymatic Browning in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) by Sense and Antisense RNA from Tomato Polyphenol Oxidase

    Chris Coetzer;Dennis Corsini;Steve Love;Joe Pavek

  • Herbicide Resistant Turfgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds.) by Biolistic Transformation

    Christina L. Hartman;Lisa Lee;Peter R. Day;Nilgun E. Tumer

  • A novel mechanism for inhibition of translation by pokeweed antiviral protein: depurination of the capped RNA template.

    Katalin A. Hudak;Pinger Wang;Nilgun E. Tumer

  • Plant resistance to fungal infection induced by nontoxic pokeweed antiviral protein mutants

    Oleg Zoubenko;Fatih Uckun;Yoonkang Hur;IIan Chet

  • REDUCED TOXICITY AND BROAD SPECTRUM RESISTANCE TO VIRAL AND FUNGAL INFECTION IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS EXPRESSING POKEWEED ANTIVIRAL PROTEIN II

    Pinger Wang;Oleg Zoubenko;Nilgun E. Tumer

  • Pokeweed Antiviral Protein Accesses Ribosomes by Binding to L3

    Katalin A. Hudak;Jonathan D. Dinman;Nilgun E. Tumer;Nilgun E. Tumer

  • Purification and characterization of mRNA from soybean seeds. Identification of glycinin and beta-conglycinin precursors.

    N E Tumer;V H Thanh;N C Nielsen

  • Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Solanum tuberosum L. cv. 'Russet Burbank'.

    C. A. Newell;R. Rozman;M. A. Hinchee;E. C. Lawson

  • Enhancement of the primary flavor compound methional in potato by increasing the level of soluble methionine.

    Rong Di;Jungsup Kim;Melinda N Martin;Tom Leustek

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan P. McCormick
Susan P. McCormick United States Department of Agriculture
Robert T. Fraley
Robert T. Fraley Trace Genomics
Jonathan D. Dinman
Jonathan D. Dinman University of Maryland, College Park
Roger N. Beachy
Roger N. Beachy Washington University in St. Louis
Nicholas J. Mantis
Nicholas J. Mantis New York State Department of Health
Juan P. G. Ballesta
Juan P. G. Ballesta Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa
Robert Haselkorn
Robert Haselkorn University of Chicago
Jennifer K. Lodge
Jennifer K. Lodge Washington University in St. Louis
Thomas Leustek
Thomas Leustek Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Dilip M. Shah
Dilip M. Shah Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

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