Andrea Vasella

13.1k citations

364 papers · 10.8k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 50

Co-authors: Bruno Bernet Tom D. Heightman G.J. Davies Matthias Böhm Karin Briner Peter Uhlmann Erik C. Böttger Philipp Ermert
Topics: Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (242 papers)Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (47 papers)Enzyme Production and Characterization (37 papers)
Cited by: Organic Chemistry Biotechnology Molecular Biology
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of the American Chemical Society Nucleic Acids Research
Partner nations: Switzerland United States Germany

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Andrea Vasella

360 papers receiving 10.4k citations

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Recent Insights into Inhibition, Structure, and Mechanism of Configuration-Retaining Glycosidases

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Synthesis of Methyl Aprabiosaminide and 2-Hydroxyapramycin from Apramycin 2025 ·Organic Letters ·(unknown),(unknown),Andrea Vasella,Sven N. Hobbie,David Crich	0
2	Synthesis of 4-O-(4-amino-4-deoxy-β-D-xylopyranosyl)paromomycin and 4-S-(β-D-xylopyranosyl)-4-deoxy-4′-thio-paromomycin and evaluation of their antiribosomal and antibacterial activity 2023 ·Tetrahedron ·(unknown),(unknown),Takahiko Matsushita,Klara Haldimann,Andrea Vasella,Sven N. Hobbie,David Crich	2
3	Importance of Co‐operative Hydrogen Bonding in the Apramycin‐Ribosomal Decoding A‐Site Interaction 2022 ·ChemMedChem ·(unknown),(unknown),Klara Haldimann,Sven N. Hobbie,Andrea Vasella,Erik C. Böttger,David Crich	6
4	Influence of ring size in conformationally restricted ring I analogs of paromomycin on antiribosomal and antibacterial activity 2021 ·RSC Medicinal Chemistry ·(unknown),Sven N. Hobbie,Andrea Vasella,Erik C. Böttger,David Crich	2
5	Predictive Analysis of the Side Chain Conformation of the Higher Carbon Sugars: Application to the Preorganization of the Aminoglycoside Ring 1 Side Chain for Binding to the Bacterial Ribosomal Decoding A Site 2020 ·The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·(unknown),(unknown),Klara Haldimann,Sven N. Hobbie,Andrea Vasella,David Crich	12
6	Stereospecific synthesis of methyl 2-amino-2-deoxy-(6S)-deuterio-α,β-d-glucopyranoside and methyl 2,6-diamino-2,6-dideoxy-(6R)-deuterio-α,β-d-glucopyranoside: Side chain conformations of the 2-amino-2-deoxy and 2,6-diamino-2,6-dideoxyglucopyranosides 2017 ·Carbohydrate Research ·Takayuki Kato,Andrea Vasella,David Crich	11
7	Importance of the 6′‐Hydroxy Group and Its Configuration for Apramycin Activity 2014 ·ChemMedChem ·(unknown),Dimitri Shcherbakov,Stefan Duscha,Andrea Vasella,Erik C. Böttger,David Crich	24
8	Dissociation of antibacterial activity and aminoglycoside ototoxicity in the 4-monosubstituted 2-deoxystreptamine apramycin 2012 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tanja Matt,Chyan Leong Ng,Kathrin Lang,Su-Hua Sha,Rashid Akbergenov,Dmitri Shcherbakov,Martin Meyer,Stefan Duscha,Jing Xie,Srinivas Reddy Dubbaka,Déborah Perez‐Fernandez,Andrea Vasella,V. Ramakrishnan,Jochen Schacht,Erik C. Böttger	169
9	4,5,6‐Trisubstituted Piperidinones as Conformationally Restricted Ceramide Analogues: Synthesis and Evaluation as Inhibitors of Sphingosine and Ceramide Kinases and as NKT Cell‐Stimulatory Antigens 2009 ·Chemistry & Biodiversity ·(unknown),Marco Cavallari,Andreas Billich,Frédéric Bornancin,Peter Nußbaumer,Gennaro De Libero,Andrea Vasella	3
10	Structural and biochemical evidence for a boat-like transition state in β-mannosidases 2008 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·Louise E. Tailford,Wendy A. Offen,Nicola L. Smith,Claire Dumon,Carl Morland,(unknown),Marie‐Pierre Heck,Robert V. Stick,(unknown),Andrea Vasella,Harry J. Gilbert,G.J. Davies	95
11	The Structural Basis of Glycosidase Inhibition by Five‐Membered Iminocyclitols: The Clan A Glycoside Hydrolase Endoglycoceramidase as a Model System 2007 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown),Susan M. Hancock,Chris A. Tarling,Tanja M. Wrodnigg,Robert V. Stick,Arnold Stütz,Andrea Vasella,Stephen G. Withers,N.C.J. Strynadka	34
12	Engineering the rRNA decoding site of eukaryotic cytosolic ribosomes in bacteria 2007 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Sven N. Hobbie,Sarath K. Kalapala,Akshay Subramanian,Christian M. Bruell,Sebastian Schmidt,(unknown),Andrea Vasella,Peter Sander,Erik C. Böttger	70
13	Synthesis of paromomycin derivatives modified at C(5″) to selectively target bacterial rRNA 2006 ·Carbohydrate Research ·(unknown),(unknown),Erik C. Böttger,Andrea Vasella	8
14	Structures of Phanerochaete chrysosporium Cel7D in complex with product and inhibitors 2005 ·FEBS Journal ·Wimal Ubhayasekera,Inés G. Muñoz,Andrea Vasella,Jerry Ståhlberg,Sherry L. Mowbray	36
15	Functionalised Monocyclic Five‐ to Seven‐Membered exo‐Glycals by Alkynol Cycloisomerisation of Hydroxy Buta‐1,3‐diynes and 1‐Haloalkynols 2005 ·Helvetica Chimica Acta ·Ming Xu,(unknown),Bruno Bernet,Andrea Vasella	23
16	Three-dimensional Structure of the Barley β-d-Glucan Glucohydrolase in Complex with a Transition State Mimic 2004 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Mária Hrmová,Davide Gori,Brian J. Smith,Andrea Vasella,Joseph Varghese,Geoffrey B. Fincher	35
17	Oligonucleosides with a nucleobase-including backbone; synthesis and self-association of novel dinucleotide analogues 2003 ·Chemical Communications ·(unknown),(unknown),Andrea Vasella	8
18	Carbocyclic Analogues ofN-Acetyl-2,3-didehydro-2-deoxy-D-neuraminic Acid (Neu5Ac2en, DANA): Synthesis and Inhibition of Viral and Bacterial Neuraminidases 1998 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown),Andrea Vasella	15
19	Synthesis and reactivity of a new glycosyl donor: O-(1-phenyltetrazol-5-yl) glucoside 1994 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry ·Monica H. Palme,Andrea Vasella	9
20	N‐Acetylgucosaminono‐1,5‐lactone oxime and the corresponding (phenylcarbamoyl)oxime 1991 ·European Journal of Biochemistry ·(unknown),Lienhard Hoesch,Andrea Vasella,Dora M. Rast	135

About Andrea Vasella

Andrea Vasella is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, having authored 364 papers that have together received 10.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (242 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (47 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (37 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (8.2k citations), Biotechnology (1.4k citations) and Molecular Biology (6.5k citations). Andrea Vasella has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Bruno Bernet, Tom D. Heightman, G.J. Davies, Matthias Böhm, Karin Briner, Peter Uhlmann, Erik C. Böttger, Philipp Ermert, Rolf Huber and Stephen G. Withers. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

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