Benjamin Philmus

2.5k total citations
44 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Philmus is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Philmus has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Pharmacology and 8 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Philmus's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (18 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (9 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Benjamin Philmus is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (18 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (9 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Benjamin Philmus collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Indonesia. Benjamin Philmus's co-authors include Thomas Hemscheidt, Guntram Christiansen, Tadhg P. Begley, Rainer Kurmayer, Joyce E. Loper, Qing Yan, Wesley Y. Yoshida, Patrick Videau, S.E. Ealick and Taifo Mahmud and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Philmus

43 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Benjamin Philmus 877 483 254 199 187 44 1.5k
Jonathan R. Chekan 993 1.1× 616 1.3× 81 0.3× 170 0.9× 116 0.6× 47 1.5k
Jiangtao Gao 518 0.6× 374 0.8× 75 0.3× 117 0.6× 157 0.8× 69 1.3k
Emiliano Manzo 580 0.7× 458 0.9× 181 0.7× 72 0.4× 113 0.6× 97 1.8k
Sabine Mundt 220 0.3× 206 0.4× 432 1.7× 191 1.0× 73 0.4× 33 914
Margarida Costa 402 0.5× 143 0.3× 444 1.7× 114 0.6× 69 0.4× 44 1.0k
Krzysztof Waleron 461 0.5× 81 0.2× 146 0.6× 138 0.7× 191 1.0× 72 1.4k
Rémi Zallot 1.2k 1.4× 249 0.5× 88 0.3× 25 0.1× 126 0.7× 26 1.6k
K. D. Barrow 413 0.5× 128 0.3× 106 0.4× 26 0.1× 105 0.6× 22 899
Kenji Sakaguchi 867 1.0× 147 0.3× 119 0.5× 23 0.1× 131 0.7× 113 1.6k
R. W. Tuveson 903 1.0× 120 0.2× 137 0.5× 28 0.1× 81 0.4× 80 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin Philmus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Philmus

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All Works

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Philmus, Benjamin, Nicole E. Avalon, Yousong Ding, et al.. (2025). Green genes from blue greens: challenges and solutions to unlocking the potential of cyanobacteria in drug discovery. Natural Product Reports. 43(2). 286–300. 1 indexed citations
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Philmus, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Modifications of Protein‐Bound Substrates by Trans‐Acting Enzymes in Natural Products Biosynthesis. ChemBioChem. 25(8). e202400056–e202400056. 1 indexed citations
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Jagels, Annika, Donovon A. Adpressa, Mark McCauley, et al.. (2023). Metabolomics-Guided Discovery, Isolation, Structure Elucidation, and Bioactivity of Myropeptins C–E from Myrothecium inundatum. Journal of Natural Products. 86(7). 1723–1735. 4 indexed citations
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Ito, Takuya, et al.. (2023). Acarbose May Function as a Competitive Exclusion Agent for the Producing Bacteria. ACS Chemical Biology. 18(2). 367–376. 5 indexed citations
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Philmus, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). Metabolomics analysis reveals both plant variety and choice of hormone treatment modulate vinca alkaloid production in Catharanthus roseus. Plant Direct. 4(9). e00267–e00267. 10 indexed citations
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Philmus, Benjamin, et al.. (2019). 3-Ketoacyl-ACP synthase (KAS) III homologues and their roles in natural product biosynthesis. MedChemComm. 10(9). 1517–1530. 47 indexed citations
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Videau, Patrick, et al.. (2018). The hetZ gene indirectly regulates heterocyst development at the level of pattern formation in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120. Molecular Microbiology. 109(1). 91–104. 18 indexed citations
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Gallegos, David A., Josep Saurí, Ryan D. Cohen, et al.. (2018). Jizanpeptins, Cyanobacterial Protease Inhibitors from a Symploca sp. Cyanobacterium Collected in the Red Sea. Journal of Natural Products. 81(6). 1417–1425. 18 indexed citations
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Gaylor, Michael O., et al.. (2018). Assessment and verification of commercially available pressure cookers for laboratory sterilization. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0208769–e0208769. 19 indexed citations
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Philmus, Benjamin, et al.. (2017). A Highly Promiscuous ß-Ketoacyl-ACP Synthase (KAS) III-like Protein Is Involved in Pactamycin Biosynthesis. ACS Chemical Biology. 12(2). 362–366. 28 indexed citations
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Philmus, Benjamin, et al.. (2016). Identification of the First Riboflavin Catabolic Gene Cluster Isolated from Microbacterium maritypicum G10. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(45). 23506–23515. 11 indexed citations
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Yan, Qing, et al.. (2016). The Rare Codon AGA Is Involved in Regulation of Pyoluteorin Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 497–497. 10 indexed citations
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Philmus, Benjamin, Brenda T. Shaffer, Teresa A. Kidarsa, et al.. (2015). Investigations into the Biosynthesis, Regulation, and Self‐Resistance of Toxoflavin in Pseudomonas protegens Pf‐5. ChemBioChem. 16(12). 1782–1790. 50 indexed citations
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Decamps, Laure, Benjamin Philmus, Alhosna Benjdia, et al.. (2012). Biosynthesis of F 0 , Precursor of the F 420 Cofactor, Requires a Unique Two Radical-SAM Domain Enzyme and Tyrosine as Substrate. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(44). 18173–18176. 61 indexed citations
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Philmus, Benjamin, et al.. (2012). RNA-seq Analysis Reveals That an ECF σ Factor, AcsS, Regulates Achromobactin Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a. PLoS ONE. 7(4). e34804–e34804. 15 indexed citations
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Pribat, Anne, Ian K. Blaby, Aurora Lara‐Núñez, et al.. (2011). A 5-formyltetrahydrofolate cycloligase paralog from all domains of life: comparative genomic and experimental evidence for a cryptic role in thiamin metabolism. Functional & Integrative Genomics. 11(3). 467–478. 18 indexed citations
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Philmus, Benjamin, Guntram Christiansen, Wesley Y. Yoshida, & Thomas Hemscheidt. (2008). Post‐translational Modification in Microviridin Biosynthesis. ChemBioChem. 9(18). 3066–3073. 96 indexed citations
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Christiansen, Guntram, et al.. (2008). Nontoxic Strains of Cyanobacteria Are the Result of Major Gene Deletion Events Induced by a Transposable Element. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 25(8). 1695–1704. 112 indexed citations

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