Brian D. Ames

1.4k total citations
16 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Brian D. Ames is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian D. Ames has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Pharmacology, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Brian D. Ames's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (14 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (8 papers) and Quinazolinone synthesis and applications (3 papers). Brian D. Ames is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (14 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (8 papers) and Quinazolinone synthesis and applications (3 papers). Brian D. Ames collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Brian D. Ames's co-authors include Christopher T. Walsh, Yi Tang, Shiou‐Chuan Tsai, Stuart W. Haynes, Xue Gao, Wenjun Zhang, Xinyu Liu, Peng Wang, Peng Wang and Yit‐Heng Chooi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Brian D. Ames

16 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian D. Ames United States	16	811	639	293	195	161	16	1.1k
Ralph A. Cacho United States	14	789 1.0×	574 0.9×	233 0.8×	180 0.9×	161 1.0×	15	1.1k
Alexander Grundmann Germany	11	678 0.8×	704 1.1×	137 0.5×	162 0.8×	137 0.9×	11	1.0k
Javier Santos‐Aberturas Spain	21	696 0.9×	764 1.2×	162 0.6×	187 1.0×	202 1.3×	31	1.1k
Yuta Tsunematsu Japan	20	714 0.9×	619 1.0×	259 0.9×	208 1.1×	152 0.9×	59	1.2k
Evi Stegmann Germany	22	950 1.2×	925 1.4×	266 0.9×	233 1.2×	144 0.9×	49	1.3k
Jeffrey E. Janso United States	21	756 0.9×	593 0.9×	395 1.3×	339 1.7×	159 1.0×	37	1.3k
Zhongshu Song United Kingdom	16	954 1.2×	661 1.0×	255 0.9×	246 1.3×	246 1.5×	29	1.3k
Junko Hashimoto Japan	22	844 1.0×	855 1.3×	282 1.0×	350 1.8×	124 0.8×	60	1.3k
Steven G. Kendrew United Kingdom	15	932 1.1×	809 1.3×	205 0.7×	338 1.7×	218 1.4×	23	1.4k
Stephen K. Wrigley United Kingdom	18	844 1.0×	927 1.5×	274 0.9×	306 1.6×	116 0.7×	42	1.5k

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16 of 16 papers shown

Lim, Fang Yun, Brian D. Ames, Christopher T. Walsh, & Nancy P. Keller. (2014). Co-ordination between BrlA regulation and secretion of the oxidoreductase FmqD directs selective accumulation of fumiquinazoline C to conidial tissues inAspergillus fumigatus. Cellular Microbiology. 16(8). 1267–1283. 55 indexed citations

Walsh, Christopher T., Stuart W. Haynes, Brian D. Ames, Xue Gao, & Yi Tang. (2013). Short Pathways to Complexity Generation: Fungal Peptidyl Alkaloid Multicyclic Scaffolds from Anthranilate Building Blocks. ACS Chemical Biology. 8(7). 1366–1382. 63 indexed citations

Gao, Xue, Stuart W. Haynes, Brian D. Ames, et al.. (2012). Cyclization of fungal nonribosomal peptides by a terminal condensation-like domain. Nature Chemical Biology. 8(10). 823–830. 147 indexed citations

Ames, Brian D., Joel Bruegger, Peter A. Smith, et al.. (2012). Crystal structure and biochemical studies of the trans-acting polyketide enoyl reductase LovC from lovastatin biosynthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(28). 11144–11149. 67 indexed citations

Lee, Ming-Yue, Brian D. Ames, & Shiou‐Chuan Tsai. (2012). Insight into the Molecular Basis of Aromatic Polyketide Cyclization: Crystal Structure and in Vitro Characterization of WhiE-ORFVI. Biochemistry. 51(14). 3079–3091. 27 indexed citations

Ames, Brian D., et al.. (2011). Structural and Biochemical Characterization of ZhuI Aromatase/Cyclase from the R1128 Polyketide Pathway. Biochemistry. 50(39). 8392–8406. 43 indexed citations

Gao, Xue, Yit‐Heng Chooi, Brian D. Ames, et al.. (2011). Fungal Indole Alkaloid Biosynthesis: Genetic and Biochemical Investigation of the Tryptoquialanine Pathway inPenicillium aethiopicum. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(8). 2729–2741. 122 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenjun, Brian D. Ames, & Christopher T. Walsh. (2011). Identification of Phenylalanine 3-Hydroxylase for meta-Tyrosine Biosynthesis. Biochemistry. 50(24). 5401–5403. 37 indexed citations

Walsh, Christopher T., Stuart W. Haynes, & Brian D. Ames. (2011). Aminobenzoates as building blocks for natural productassembly lines. Natural Product Reports. 29(1). 37–59. 62 indexed citations

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Haynes, Stuart W., Brian D. Ames, Xue Gao, Yi Tang, & Christopher T. Walsh. (2011). Unraveling Terminal C-Domain-Mediated Condensation in Fungal Biosynthesis of Imidazoindolone Metabolites. Biochemistry. 50(25). 5668–5679. 49 indexed citations

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Ames, Brian D., Stuart W. Haynes, Xue Gao, et al.. (2011). Complexity Generation in Fungal Peptidyl Alkaloid Biosynthesis: Oxidation of Fumiquinazoline A to the Heptacyclic Hemiaminal Fumiquinazoline C by the Flavoenzyme Af12070 from Aspergillus fumigatus. Biochemistry. 50(40). 8756–8769. 53 indexed citations

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Ames, Brian D. & Christopher T. Walsh. (2010). Anthranilate-Activating Modules from Fungal Nonribosomal Peptide Assembly Lines. Biochemistry. 49(15). 3351–3365. 82 indexed citations

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Ames, Brian D., Xinyu Liu, & Christopher T. Walsh. (2010). Enzymatic Processing of Fumiquinazoline F: A Tandem Oxidative-Acylation Strategy for the Generation of Multicyclic Scaffolds in Fungal Indole Alkaloid Biosynthesis. Biochemistry. 49(39). 8564–8576. 75 indexed citations

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Tsai, Shiou‐Chuan & Brian D. Ames. (2009). Chapter 2 Structural Enzymology of Polyketide Synthases. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 459. 17–47. 38 indexed citations

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Ames, Brian D., Tyler P. Korman, Wenjun Zhang, et al.. (2008). Crystal structure and functional analysis of tetracenomycin ARO/CYC: Implications for cyclization specificity of aromatic polyketides. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(14). 5349–5354. 85 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenjun, Brian D. Ames, Shiou‐Chuan Tsai, & Yi Tang. (2006). Engineered Biosynthesis of a Novel Amidated Polyketide, Using the Malonamyl-Specific Initiation Module from the Oxytetracycline Polyketide Synthase. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(4). 2573–2580. 100 indexed citations

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