2026 Nilgun E. Tumer: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	50	17598	16159	7220	6449	139	9521

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

815
Citations
Engineering herbicide tolerance in transgenic plants.

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

795
Citations
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

464
Citations
Broad-spectrum virus resistance in transgenic plants expressing pokeweed antiviral protein

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

461
Citations
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

441
Citations
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

390
Citations
Different promoters for the Anabaena glutamine synthetase gene during growth using molecular or fixed nitrogen

Nilgun Ereken Tumer;Steven J. Robinson;Robert Haselkorn

294
Citations
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

275
Citations
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

232
Citations
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

222
Citations
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

196
Citations
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

180
Citations
Herbicide Resistant Turfgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds.) by Biolistic Transformation

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

164
Citations
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

155
Citations
Plant resistance to fungal infection induced by nontoxic pokeweed antiviral protein mutants

Oleg Zoubenko;Fatih Uckun;Yoonkang Hur;IIan Chet

144
Citations
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

143
Citations
Pokeweed Antiviral Protein Accesses Ribosomes by Binding to L3

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

141
Citations
Purification and characterization of mRNA from soybean seeds. Identification of glycinin and beta-conglycinin precursors.

N E Tumer;V H Thanh;N C Nielsen

133
Citations
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Solanum tuberosum L. cv. 'Russet Burbank'.

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

117
Citations
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

105
Citations