| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Analysis of 81 genes from 64 plastid genomes resolves relationships in angiosperms and identifies genome-scale evolutionary patterns | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2007 | 1,016 |
| 2 | Superoxide dismutase mimetic properties exhibited by vacancy engineered ceria nanoparticles | Chemical Communications | 2007 | 1,009 |
| 3 | Protein adsorption and cellular uptake of cerium oxide nanoparticles as a function of zeta potential | Biomaterials | 2007 | 876 |
| 4 | The role of cerium redox state in the SOD mimetic activity of nanoceria | Biomaterials | 2008 | 813 |
| 5 | Selective chemical probe inhibitor of Stat3, identified through structure-based virtual screening, induces antitumor activity | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2007 | 654 |
| 6 | Overexpression of the Bt cry2Aa2 operon in chloroplasts leads to formation of insecticidal crystals | Nature Biotechnology | 2001 | 542 |
| 7 | Molecular strategies for gene containment in transgenic crops | Nature Biotechnology | 2002 | 451 |
| 8 | Plant-made vaccine antigens and biopharmaceuticals | Trends in Plant Science | 2009 | 359 |
| 9 | Plastid-Expressed Betaine Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Gene in Carrot Cultured Cells, Roots, and Leaves Confers Enhanced Salt Tolerance | Plant Physiology | 2004 | 356 |
| 10 | Phytase | Advances in Applied Microbiology | 1996 | 336 |
| 11 | Induction of a Novel Class of Diacylglycerol Acyltransferases and Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis as It Goes into a Dormancy-Like State in Culture | Journal of Bacteriology | 2004 | 326 |
| 12 | Nanoceria as antioxidant: Synthesis and biomedical applications | Jom | 2008 | 315 |
| 13 | Fenton-Like Reaction Catalyzed by the Rare Earth Inner Transition Metal Cerium | Environmental Science & Technology | 2008 | 306 |
| 14 | Particle bombardment and the genetic enhancement of crops: myths and realities | Molecular Breeding | 2005 | 291 |
| 15 | Expression of an Antimicrobial Peptide via the Chloroplast Genome to Control Phytopathogenic Bacteria and Fungi | Plant Physiology | 2001 | 280 |
| 16 | Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Glycine max and Comparative Analyses with other Legume Genomes | Plant Molecular Biology | 2005 | 255 |
| 17 | Chloroplast Vector Systems for Biotechnology Applications | Plant Physiology | 2007 | 243 |
| 18 | A STAT3-mediated metabolic switch is involved in tumour transformation and STAT3 addiction | Aging | 2010 | 231 |
| 19 | Phytoremediation of Organomercurial Compounds via Chloroplast Genetic Engineering | Plant Physiology | 2003 | 223 |
| 20 | Expression of cholera toxin B?proinsulin fusion protein in lettuce and tobacco chloroplasts ? oral administration protects against development of insulitis in non-obese diabetic mice | Plant Biotechnology Journal | 2007 | 214 |
| 21 | The Role of Heterologous Chloroplast Sequence Elements in Transgene Integration and Expression | Plant Physiology | 2010 | 212 |
| 22 | Breakthrough in chloroplast genetic engineering of agronomically important crops | Trends in Biotechnology | 2005 | 211 |
| 23 | Decorin is a novel antagonistic ligand of the Met receptor | Journal of Cell Biology | 2009 | 207 |
| 24 | Stable transformation of the cotton plastid genome and maternal inheritance of transgenes | Plant Molecular Biology | 2004 | 197 |
| 25 | Complete chloroplast genome sequences of Hordeum vulgare, Sorghum bicolor and Agrostis stolonifera, and comparative analyses with other grass genomes | Theoretical and Applied Genetics | 2007 | 194 |
| 26 | Plant-Based Vaccine: Mice Immunized with Chloroplast-Derived Anthrax Protective Antigen Survive Anthrax Lethal Toxin Challenge | Infection and Immunity | 2005 | 193 |
| 27 | Isolation of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis from breast milk of Crohn's disease patients | American Journal of Gastroenterology | 2000 | 191 |
| 28 | A chloroplast transgenic approach to hyper-express and purify Human Serum Albumin, a protein highly susceptible to proteolytic degradation | Plant Biotechnology Journal | 2003 | 187 |
| 29 | Enhanced translation of a chloroplast-expressed RbcS gene restores small subunit levels and photosynthesis in nuclear RbcS antisense plants | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2004 | 180 |
| 30 | Marker free transgenic plants: engineering the chloroplast genome without the use of antibiotic selection | Current Genetics | 2001 | 172 |
| 31 | The bacterial virulence factor InlC perturbs apical cell junctions and promotes cell-to-cell spread of Listeria | Nature Cell Biology | 2009 | 168 |
| 32 | Evidence for a Matriptase-Prostasin Proteolytic Cascade Regulating Terminal Epidermal Differentiation | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 2006 | 164 |
| 33 | Production of biopharmaceuticals and vaccines in plants via the chloroplast genome | Biotechnology Journal | 2006 | 163 |
| 34 | Engineering Cytoplasmic Male Sterility via the Chloroplast Genome by Expression of β-Ketothiolase | Plant Physiology | 2005 | 157 |
| 35 | Chloroplast‐derived vaccine antigens confer dual immunity against cholera and malaria by oral or injectable delivery | Plant Biotechnology Journal | 2010 | 153 |
| 36 | High-yield expression of a viral peptide animal vaccine in transgenic tobacco chloroplasts | Plant Biotechnology Journal | 2004 | 151 |
| 37 | Expression of Bacillus anthracis protective antigen in transgenic chloroplasts of tobacco, a non-food/feed crop | Vaccine | 2004 | 150 |
| 38 | Oral delivery of human biopharmaceuticals, autoantigens and vaccine antigens bioencapsulated in plant cells | Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews | 2013 | 149 |
| 39 | Co-ordinated programme of gene expression during asexual intraerythrocytic development of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum revealed by microarray analysis | Molecular Microbiology | 2001 | 148 |
| 40 | Analysis of Proline Reduction in the Nosocomial Pathogen Clostridium difficile | Journal of Bacteriology | 2006 | 145 |
| 41 | Field production and functional evaluation of chloroplast-derived interferon-?2b | Plant Biotechnology Journal | 2007 | 144 |
| 42 | Identification of a diacylglycerol acyltransferase gene involved in accumulation of triacylglycerol in Mycobacterium tuberculosis under stress | Microbiology (United Kingdom) | 2006 | 141 |
| 43 | Oral delivery of bioencapsulated coagulation factor IX prevents inhibitor formation and fatal anaphylaxis in hemophilia B mice | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2010 | 140 |
| 44 | Cationic Polypeptides Are Required for Anti-HIV-1 Activity of Human Vaginal Fluid | Journal of Immunology | 2005 | 139 |
| 45 | Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis as one cause of Crohn’s disease | Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics | 2001 | 138 |
| 46 | Chloroplast-derived vaccine antigens and other therapeutic proteins | Vaccine | 2005 | 136 |
| 47 | Low‐cost production of proinsulin in tobacco and lettuce chloroplasts for injectable or oral delivery of functional insulin and C‐peptide | Plant Biotechnology Journal | 2011 | 136 |
| 48 | LIM Kinase 1 Is Essential for the Invasive Growth of Prostate Epithelial Cells | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 2003 | 135 |
| 49 | Transgene containment by maternal inheritance: Effective or elusive? | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2007 | 134 |
| 50 | Characterization of Heterologous Multigene Operons in Transgenic Chloroplasts. Transcription, Processing, and Translation | Plant Physiology | 2005 | 133 |
