Norbert Sauer

15.5k citations

143 papers · 13.2k · 1 hit paper · h-index 64

Impact in

Plant Science top 0.05%
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
Cell Biology top 1%

Papers in

Plant Science 121
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism 97
- Plant Molecular Biology Research 19
- Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls 8
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance 6
Cell Biology 18
- Cellular transport and secretion 7

Co-authors: Ruth Stadler (36 shared papers)Elisabeth Truernit (13 shared papers)Jürgen Stolz (15 shared papers)Rainer Hedrich (17 shared papers)Astrid Imlau (5 shared papers)Widmar Tanner (13 shared papers)Manfred Gahrtz (11 shared papers)Michael Büttner (5 shared papers)
Journals: The Plant Journal (26 papers)PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (20 papers)The Plant Cell (16 papers)Planta (11 papers)FEBS Letters (7 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United Kingdom United States

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Norbert Sauer

143 papers receiving 12.8k citations

Norbert Sauer's Hit Papers

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Callose Biosynthesis Regulates Symplastic Trafficking during Root Development 2011 · 395 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2011 Developmental Cell

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1	Cell-to-Cell and Long-Distance Trafficking of the Green Fluorescent Protein in the Phloem and Symplastic Unloading of the Protein into Sink Tissues The Plant Cell ·Astrid Imlau, Elisabeth Truernit, Norbert Sauer	1999	467
2	Callose Biosynthesis Regulates Symplastic Trafficking during Root Development Developmental Cell ·Anne Vatén, Jan Dettmer, Shuang Wu, York‐Dieter Stierhof, Shunsuke Miyashima, Shri Ram Yadav, Christina Roberts, Ana Campilho Hit paper breakdown →	2011	395
3	Simple, but Not Branched, Plasmodesmata Allow the Nonspecific Trafficking of Proteins in Developing Tobacco Leaves Cell ·KARL J. OPARKA, Alison G. Roberts, Petra C. Boevink, Simon Santa Cruz, Ian M. Roberts, Katja S. Pradel, Astrid Imlau, Guy Kotlizky	1999	382
4	Molecular physiology of higher plant sucrose transporters FEBS Letters ·Norbert Sauer	2007	353
5	Sugar transporters in higher plants – a diversity of roles and complex regulation Trends in Plant Science ·Lorraine E. Williams, Rémi Lemoine, Norbert Sauer	2000	350
6	The promoter of the Arabidopsis thaliana SUC2 sucrose-H+ symporter gene directs expression of ?-glucuronidase to the phloem: Evidence for phloem loading and unloading by SUC2 Planta ·Elisabeth Truernit, Norbert Sauer	1995	349
7	SUC1 and SUC2: two sucrose transporters from Arabidopsis thaliana; expression and characterization in baker's yeast and identification of the histidine‐tagged protein The Plant Journal ·Norbert Sauer, Jürgen Stolz	1994	324
8	A Versatile Monosaccharide Transporter That Operates in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Glomus sp Is Crucial for the Symbiotic Relationship with Plants The Plant Cell ·Kathrin Wippel, Norbert Sauer, Sara Schaarschmidt, Bettina Hause, Natalia Requena +1 other	2011	323
9	Sucrose transport into barley seeds: molecular characterization of two transporters and implications for seed development and starch accumulation The Plant Journal ·Winfriede Weschke, Reinhard Panitz, Norbert Sauer, Qing Wang, Birgit Neubohn, Hans Hermann Weber, Ulrich Wobus	2000	255
10	Cell-to-Cell Movement of Green Fluorescent Protein Reveals Post-Phloem Transport in the Outer Integument and Identifies Symplastic Domains in Arabidopsis Seeds and Embryos PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Ruth Stadler, Christian Lauterbach, Norbert Sauer	2005	241
11	The Arabidopsis thaliana AtSUC2 Gene is Specifically Expressed in Companion Cells Botanica Acta ·Ruth Stadler, Norbert Sauer	1996	240
12	A role for sugar transporters during seed development: molecular characterization of a hexose and a sucrose carrier in fava bean seeds. The Plant Cell ·Hans Hermann Weber, Ljudmilla Borisjuk, Ute Heim, Norbert Sauer, Ulrich Wobus	1997	233
13	Expression of GFP‐fusions in Arabidopsis companion cells reveals non‐specific protein trafficking into sieve elements and identifies a novel post‐phloem domain in roots The Plant Journal ·Ruth Stadler, Kathryn Mary Wright, Christian Lauterbach, Gabi Amon, Manfred Gahrtz, Andrea Feuerstein, KARL J. OPARKA, Norbert Sauer	2004	229
14	Loss of the AKT2/3 potassium channel affects sugar loading into the phloem of Arabidopsis Planta ·Rosalia Deeken, Dietmar Geiger, Jörg H. Fromm, Olga Koroleva, Peter Ache, Rosemarie Langenfeld-Heyser, Norbert Sauer, Sean Tobias May	2002	226
15	The Monosaccharide Transporter Gene, AtSTP4, and the Cell-Wall Invertase, Atβfruct1, Are Induced in Arabidopsis during Infection with the Fungal Biotroph Erysiphe cichoracearum PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Vasileios Fotopoulos, Martin J. Gilbert, Jon K. Pittman, Alison C. Marvier, Aram James Buchanan, Norbert Sauer, J. L. Hall, Lorraine E. Williams	2003	222
16	Primary structure, genomic organization and heterologous expression of a glucose transporter from Arabidopsis thaliana. The EMBO Journal ·Norbert Sauer, U. Gräml-Wicke +1 other	1990	214
17	Proton‐driven sucrose symport and antiport are provided by the vacuolar transporters SUC4 and TMT1/2 The Plant Journal ·Alexander Schulz, Diana Beyhl, Irene Marten, Alexandra Wormit, Horst Ekkehard Neuhaus, Gernot Poschet, Michael Büttner, Sabine Schneider	2011	209
18	The sink-specific and stress-regulated Arabidopsis STP4 gene: enhanced expression of a gene encoding a monosaccharide transporter by wounding, elicitors, and pathogen challenge. The Plant Cell ·Elisabeth Truernit, Petra Epple, Judith Illig, Norbert Sauer +1 other	1996	207
19	Phloem-localized, Proton-coupled Sucrose Carrier ZmSUT1 Mediates Sucrose Efflux under the Control of the Sucrose Gradient and the Proton Motive Force Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Armando Carpaneto, Dietmar Geiger, Ernst Bamberg, Norbert Sauer, Jörg H. Fromm, Rainer Hedrich	2005	196
20	Differential Regulation of a Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoprotein Gene Family in Wounded and Infected Plants Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Norbert Sauer, Christopher John Lamb +1 other	1987	194

About Norbert Sauer

Norbert Sauer is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, having authored 143 papers that have together received 13.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (97 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (19 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (17 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (8 papers), Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (8 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (7 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (10.6k citations), Cell Biology (758 citations), Molecular Biology (2.8k citations), Biochemistry (162 citations) and Global and Planetary Change (350 citations). Norbert Sauer has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Ruth Stadler, Elisabeth Truernit, Jürgen Stolz, Rainer Hedrich, Astrid Imlau, Widmar Tanner, Manfred Gahrtz, Michael Büttner, Kathrin Wippel and Lorraine E. Williams. Their work appears in journals such as The Plant Journal, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, The Plant Cell, Planta and FEBS Letters.

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