Anna E Speers

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Anna E Speers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna E Speers has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Organic Chemistry and 9 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Anna E Speers's work include Click Chemistry and Applications (11 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (9 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (8 papers). Anna E Speers is often cited by papers focused on Click Chemistry and Applications (11 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (9 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (8 papers). Anna E Speers collaborates with scholars based in United States. Anna E Speers's co-authors include Benjamin F. Cravatt, Gregory C. Adam, Christine C. Wu, Eranthie Weerapana, Hugh Rosen, Adele Blackler, Daniel A. Bachovchin, Katsunori Tsuboi, Timothy Spicer and Virneliz Fernández-Vega and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Anna E Speers

35 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Activity-Based Protein Profiling in Vivo Using a Copper(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne [3 + 2] Cycloaddition

2003 830 citations Anna E Speers, Gregory C. Adam et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Profiling Enzyme Activities In Vivo Using Click Chemistry Methods

2004 652 citations Anna E Speers, Benjamin F. Cravatt Chemistry & Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anna E Speers United States	21	2.3k	1.7k	539	476	424	35	3.2k
Gregory C. Adam United States	15	1.2k 0.5×	981 0.6×	295 0.5×	253 0.5×	306 0.7×	23	1.8k
Keriann M. Backus United States	22	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	228 0.4×	480 1.0×	150 0.4×	40	2.6k
Alexander Adibekian United States	39	3.1k 1.4×	1.7k 1.0×	164 0.3×	485 1.0×	247 0.6×	95	4.4k
Jun Yin United States	33	2.8k 1.2×	734 0.4×	209 0.4×	407 0.9×	695 1.6×	91	3.8k
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Japan	33	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	273 0.5×	162 0.3×	345 0.8×	177	3.5k
Bernhard H. Geierstanger United States	36	3.0k 1.3×	733 0.4×	315 0.6×	410 0.9×	409 1.0×	64	4.1k
Christian F. W. Becker Austria	32	2.2k 1.0×	940 0.6×	149 0.3×	318 0.7×	310 0.7×	144	3.5k
Spiros Liras United States	34	3.3k 1.4×	2.0k 1.2×	167 0.3×	476 1.0×	270 0.6×	60	4.8k
Kevin T. Chapman United States	30	3.5k 1.5×	2.8k 1.6×	365 0.7×	703 1.5×	159 0.4×	82	6.1k
György Dormán Hungary	24	1.5k 0.7×	981 0.6×	137 0.3×	281 0.6×	148 0.3×	69	2.8k

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Hsu, Ku‐Lung, Anna E Speers, Steven J Brown, et al.. (2014). Optimization and characterization of a carbamate inhibitor for plasma platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (pPAFAH). Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 1 indexed citations

Ward, Jessica, Brandon Pabst, Philip A. Carpino, et al.. (2013). Mechanistic Characterization of a 2-Thioxanthine Myeloperoxidase Inhibitor and Selectivity Assessment Utilizing Click Chemistry–Activity-Based Protein Profiling. Biochemistry. 52(51). 9187–9201. 27 indexed citations

Adibekian, Alexander, Ku‐Lung Hsu, Anna E Speers, et al.. (2013). Optimization and characterization of a triazole urea inhibitor for alpha/beta hydrolase domain-containing protein 11 (ABHD11): anti-probe for LYPLA1/LYPLA2 dual inhibitor ML211. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 3 indexed citations

Dreyton, C.J., Justin E. Jones, Bryan Knuckley, et al.. (2013). Optimization and characterization of a pan protein arginine deiminase (PAD) inhibitor. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 6 indexed citations

Hsu, Ku‐Lung, Katsunori Tsuboi, Landon R. Whitby, et al.. (2013). Development and Optimization of Piperidyl-1,2,3-Triazole Ureas as Selective Chemical Probes of Endocannabinoid Biosynthesis. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 56(21). 8257–8269. 48 indexed citations

Adibekian, Alexander, Ku‐Lung Hsu, Anna E Speers, et al.. (2013). Optimization and characterization of a triazole urea inhibitor for platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase type 2 (PAFAH2). Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 2 indexed citations

Hsu, Ku‐Lung, Landon R. Whitby, Micah J. Niphakis, et al.. (2012). Selective inhibitors and tailored activity probes for lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 23(3). 839–843. 26 indexed citations

Dix, Melissa M., Anna E Speers, Daniel A. Bachovchin, et al.. (2012). Rapid Development of a Potent Photo‐triggered Inhibitor of the Serine Hydrolase RBBP9. ChemBioChem. 13(14). 2082–2093. 12 indexed citations

Bachovchin, Daniel A., Justin T. Mohr, Anna E Speers, et al.. (2011). Academic cross-fertilization by public screening yields a remarkable class of protein phosphatase methylesterase-1 inhibitors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(17). 6811–6816. 87 indexed citations

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Tsuboi, Katsunori, Daniel A. Bachovchin, Anna E Speers, et al.. (2011). Potent and Selective Inhibitors of Glutathione S-Transferase Omega 1 That Impair Cancer Drug Resistance. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(41). 16605–16616. 80 indexed citations

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Saario, Susanna M., Michele K. McKinney, Anna E Speers, Chu Wang, & Benjamin F. Cravatt. (2011). Clickable, photoreactive inhibitors to probe the active site microenvironment of fatty acid amide hydrolase. Chemical Science. 3(1). 77–83. 10 indexed citations

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Rowland, Meng M., et al.. (2011). Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-Trisphosphate Activity Probes for the Labeling and Proteomic Characterization of Protein Binding Partners. Biochemistry. 50(51). 11143–11161. 44 indexed citations

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Speers, Anna E & Benjamin F. Cravatt. (2010). Ligands in crystal structures that aid in functional characterization. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 66(10). 1306–1308. 5 indexed citations

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Speers, Anna E & Benjamin F. Cravatt. (2009). Activity‐Based Protein Profiling (ABPP) and Click Chemistry (CC)–ABPP by MudPIT Mass Spectrometry. PubMed. 1(1). 29–41. 92 indexed citations

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Blackler, Adele, Anna E Speers, & Christine C. Wu. (2008). Chromatographic benefits of elevated temperature for the proteomic analysis of membrane proteins. PROTEOMICS. 8(19). 3956–3964. 20 indexed citations

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Weerapana, Eranthie, Anna E Speers, & Benjamin F. Cravatt. (2007). Tandem orthogonal proteolysis-activity-based protein profiling (TOP-ABPP)—a general method for mapping sites of probe modification in proteomes. Nature Protocols. 2(6). 1414–1425. 210 indexed citations

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Speers, Anna E & Christine C. Wu. (2007). Proteomics of Integral Membrane Proteins — Theory and Application. ChemInform. 38(47). 4 indexed citations

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Speers, Anna E & Benjamin F. Cravatt. (2004). Profiling Enzyme Activities In Vivo Using Click Chemistry Methods. Chemistry & Biology. 11(4). 535–546. 652 indexed citations breakdown →

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Speers, Anna E & Benjamin F. Cravatt. (2003). Chemical Strategies for Activity‐Based Proteomics. ChemBioChem. 5(1). 41–47. 211 indexed citations

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Speers, Anna E, Gregory C. Adam, & Benjamin F. Cravatt. (2003). Activity-Based Protein Profiling in Vivo Using a Copper(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne [3 + 2] Cycloaddition. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125(16). 4686–4687. 830 indexed citations breakdown →

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