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Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar

Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
73
Citations
35895
World Ranking
1257
National Ranking
645

Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 143 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar is affiliated with the University of California, Davis, in the United States. Their research spans multiple aspects of biological sciences, focusing heavily on plant science, genetics, and molecular biology. They have contributed to several fields, including agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and engineering.

The scientist has published extensively in subfields such as plant science, genetics, molecular biology, global and planetary change, and ecological modeling. Their work also covers diverse topics, reflecting a broad research interest:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Recent papers include the following publications:

  • Multiplexed heritable gene editing using RNA viruses and mobile single guide RNAs, 2020, Nature Plants
  • Regulation of reactive oxygen species during plant immunity through phosphorylation and ubiquitination of RBOHD, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Descriptive epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Karnataka state, South India: Transmission dynamics of symptomatic vs. asymptomatic infections, 2021, EClinicalMedicine
  • High-quality assembled and annotated genomes of Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana benthamiana reveal chromosome evolution and changes in defense arsenals, 2024, Molecular Plant
  • Proximity labeling: an emerging tool for probing in planta molecular interactions, 2020, Plant Communications

The frequent co-authors of Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar include:

  • A. Shabnam
  • Ugrappa Nagalakshmi
  • Yongliang Zhang
  • P. Deepak
  • Anita Desai

The scientist has published in various venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Records of the Zoological Survey of India
  • Zootaxa
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry
  • Journal of Mines Metals and Fuels

Awards received include:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2018
  • Hellman Fellow, 2000

Best Publications

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

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

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • The product of the tobacco mosaic virus resistance gene N: Similarity to toll and the interleukin-1 receptor

    Steven A. Whitham;S.P. Dinesh-Kumar;Doil Choi;Reinhard Hehl;Reinhard Hehl

  • Virus-induced gene silencing in tomato.

    Yule Liu;Michael Schiff;S. P. Dinesh-Kumar

  • Signaling in Plant-Microbe Interactions

    Barbara Baker;Patricia Zambryski;Brian Staskawicz;S. P. Dinesh-Kumar

  • Tobacco Rar1, EDS1 and NPR1/NIM1 like genes are required for N‐mediated resistance to tobacco mosaic virus

    Yule Liu;Michael Schiff;Rajendra Marathe;S. P. Dinesh-Kumar

  • Autophagy Regulates Programmed Cell Death during the Plant Innate Immune Response

    Yule Liu;Michael Schiff;Kirk Czymmek;Zsolt Tallóczy

  • Applications and advantages of virus-induced gene silencing for gene function studies in plants.

    Tessa M. Burch-Smith;Jeffrey C. Anderson;Jeffrey C. Anderson;Gregory B. Martin;Gregory B. Martin;S. P. Dinesh-Kumar

  • MAPK target networks in Arabidopsis thaliana revealed using functional protein microarrays

    Sorina C. Popescu;George V. Popescu;Shawn Bachan;Zimei Zhang

  • Mechanisms of plant resistance to viruses.

    Jennifer L. M. Soosaar;Tessa M. Burch-Smith;Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar

  • Alternatively spliced N resistance gene transcripts: Their possible role in tobacco mosaic virus resistance

    S. P. Dinesh-Kumar;Barbara J. Baker

  • Differential binding of calmodulin-related proteins to their targets revealed through high-density Arabidopsis protein microarrays

    Sorina C. Popescu;George V. Popescu;Shawn Bachan;Zimei Zhang

  • Role of SCF ubiquitin-ligase and the COP9 signalosome in the N gene-mediated resistance response to Tobacco mosaic virus.

    Yule Liu;Michael Schiff;Giovanna Serino;Xing-Wang Deng

  • Chloroplastic Protein NRIP1 Mediates Innate Immune Receptor Recognition of a Viral Effector

    Jeffrey L. Caplan;Padmavathi Mamillapalli;Tessa M. Burch-Smith;Kirk Czymmek

  • Molecular Chaperone Hsp90 Associates with Resistance Protein N and Its Signaling Proteins SGT1 and Rar1 to Modulate an Innate Immune Response in Plants

    Yule Liu;Tessa Burch-Smith;Michael Schiff;Suhua Feng

  • Two MAPK cascades, NPR1, and TGA transcription factors play a role in Pto-mediated disease resistance in tomato

    Sophia K. Ekengren;Yule Liu;Michael Schiff;S. P. Dinesh-Kumar

  • Efficient Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Arabidopsis

    Tessa M. Burch-Smith;Michael Schiff;Yule Liu;Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar

  • A Novel Role for the TIR Domain in Association with Pathogen-Derived Elicitors

    Tessa M Burch-Smith;Michael Schiff;Jeffrey L Caplan;Jeffrey Tsao

  • Structure-function analysis of the tobacco mosaic virus resistance gene N.

    S. P. Dinesh-Kumar;Wai-Hong Tham;Barbara J. Baker

  • Virus-induced gene silencing.

    S P Dinesh-Kumar;Radhamani Anandalakshmi;Rajendra Marathe;Michael Schiff

Frequent Co-Authors

Yule Liu
Yule Liu Tsinghua University
Barbara Baker
Barbara Baker University of California, Berkeley
Michael Snyder
Michael Snyder Stanford University
Xing Wang Deng
Xing Wang Deng Peking University
Kirk J. Czymmek
Kirk J. Czymmek Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Gregory B. Martin
Gregory B. Martin Boyce Thompson Institute
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Doil Choi
Doil Choi Seoul National University
Daniel F. Voytas
Daniel F. Voytas University of Minnesota
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine

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