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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
12608
World Ranking
14329
National Ranking
6036

Steven A. Whitham publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 127 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Steven A. Whitham D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Steven A. Whitham is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated at the intersection of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Soybean genetics and cultivation

Steven A. Whitham's extensive publication record covers multiple subfields of study such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Biotechnology, and Endocrinology.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
  • Molecular Plant Pathology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Some of the more recent papers authored or co-authored by them are:

  • CRISPR/Cas9-Based Gene Editing Using Egg Cell-Specific Promoters in Arabidopsis and Soybean, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Host-Induced Gene Silencing of a Sclerotinia sclerotiorum oxaloacetate acetylhydrolase Using Bean Pod Mottle Virus as a Vehicle Reduces Disease on Soybean, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • A sugarcane mosaic virus vector for rapid in planta screening of proteins that inhibit the growth of insect herbivores, 2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Metagenomic identification of novel viruses of maize and teosinte in North America, 2022, BMC Genomics
  • Impacts of RNA Mobility Signals on Virus Induced Somatic and Germline Gene Editing, 2022, Frontiers in Genome Editing

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Melissa Bredow
  • Aline Sartor Chicowski
  • Ryan R. Lappe
  • Georg Jander
  • Bliss M. Beernink

This profile outlines the research focus and collaborations of Steven A. Whitham, reflecting their engagement with plant genetics, molecular biology, and the study of virus interactions within agricultural crops, particularly soybean and maize.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Expression Profile Matrix of Arabidopsis Transcription Factor Genes Suggests Their Putative Functions in Response to Environmental Stresses

    Wenqiong Chen;Nicholas J. Provart;Jane Glazebrook;Fumiaki Katagiri

  • A soybean cyst nematode resistance gene points to a new mechanism of plant resistance to pathogens

    Shiming Liu;Pramod K. Kandoth;Samantha D. Warren;Greg Yeckel

  • Loss-of-susceptibility mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana reveal an essential role for eIF(iso)4E during potyvirus infection.

    Andrew D Lellis;Andrew D Lellis;Kristin D Kasschau;Kristin D Kasschau;Steven A Whitham;James C Carrington;James C Carrington

  • Diverse RNA viruses elicit the expression of common sets of genes in susceptible Arabidopsis thaliana plants.

    Steven A. Whitham;Sheng Quan;Hur-Song Chang;Bret Cooper

  • Global impact: elucidating plant responses to viral infection.

    Steven A. Whitham;Chunling Yang;Michael M. Goodin

  • Assessment of transgenic maize events produced by particle bombardment or Agrobacterium-mediated transformation

    Huixia Shou;Bronwyn R. Frame;Steven A. Whitham;Kan Wang

  • Cloning of the Arabidopsis RTM1 gene, which controls restriction of long-distance movement of tobacco etch virus

    Stephen T. Chisholm;Sunita K. Mahajan;Steven A. Whitham;Miki L. Yamamoto

  • The Conserved FRNK Box in HC-Pro, a Plant Viral Suppressor of Gene Silencing, Is Required for Small RNA Binding and Mediates Symptom Development

    Yoel Moshe Shiboleth;Elina Haronsky;Diana Leibman;Tzahi Arazi

  • Arabidopsis RTM2 gene is necessary for specific restriction of tobacco etch virus and encodes an unusual small heat shock-like protein.

    Steven A. Whitham;Robert J. Anderberg;Stephen T. Chisholm;James C. Carrington

  • The Development of an Efficient Multipurpose Bean Pod Mottle Virus Viral Vector Set for Foreign Gene Expression and RNA Silencing

    Chunquan Zhang;Jeffrey D. Bradshaw;Steven A. Whitham;John H. Hill

  • Transcript Profiling in Host–Pathogen Interactions*

    Roger P. Wise;Matthew J. Moscou;Adam J. Bogdanove;Steven A. Whitham

  • Gene silencing and DNA methylation processes.

    Jerzy Paszkowski;Steven A Whitham

  • The Unfolded Protein Response Is Triggered by a Plant Viral Movement Protein

    Changming Ye;Martin B. Dickman;Steven A. Whitham;Mark Payton

  • Spatial analysis of arabidopsis thaliana gene expression in response to Turnip mosaic virus infection.

    Chunling Yang;Rong Guo;Fei Jie;Dan Nettleton

  • Roles for host factors in plant viral pathogenicity

    Steven A Whitham;Yongzeng Wang

  • Identification and characterization of a locus (RTM1) that restricts long-distance movement of tobacco etch virus in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Sunita K. Mahajan;Stephen T. Chisholm;Steven A. Whitham;James C. Carrington

  • Disruption of Ethylene Responses by Turnip mosaic virus Mediates Suppression of Plant Defense against the Green Peach Aphid Vector.

    Clare L. Casteel;Manori De Alwis;Aurélie Bak;Haili Dong

  • Soybean Homologs of MPK4 Negatively Regulate Defense Responses and Positively Regulate Growth and Development

    Jian-Zhong Liu;Heidi D. Horstman;Edward Braun;Michelle A. Graham

  • Distinct Biphasic mRNA Changes in Response to Asian Soybean Rust Infection

    Martijn van de Mortel;Justin C. Recknor;Michelle A. Graham;Dan Nettleton

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Baum
Thomas J. Baum Iowa State University
James C. Carrington
James C. Carrington Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Dan Nettleton
Dan Nettleton Iowa State University
Barbara Baker
Barbara Baker University of California, Berkeley
Randy C. Shoemaker
Randy C. Shoemaker Agricultural Research Service
Ralf T. Voegele
Ralf T. Voegele University of Hohenheim
Georg Jander
Georg Jander Boyce Thompson Institute
Damon L. Smith
Damon L. Smith University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jian-Bing Fan
Jian-Bing Fan Illumina (United States)
Roger W. Innes
Roger W. Innes Indiana University

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