Brian W. Kwan

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Brian W. Kwan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian W. Kwan has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Brian W. Kwan's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (10 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (5 papers). Brian W. Kwan is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (10 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (5 papers). Brian W. Kwan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Japan. Brian W. Kwan's co-authors include Thomas K. Wood, Stephen J. Knabel, Michael J. Benedik, Nityananda Chowdhury, John A. Valenta, Devon O. Osbourne, Rodolfo García‐Contreras, Ricardo Jasso‐Chávez, Toshinari Maeda and Ying Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Scientific Reports and Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

In The Last Decade

Brian W. Kwan

12 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Bacterial Persister Cell Formation and Dormancy

2013 512 citations Thomas K. Wood, Stephen J. Knabel et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →

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12 of 12 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Repurposing of Anticancer Drugs for the Treatment of Bacterial Infections 2016 ·Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry ·Valerie W. C. Soo, Brian W. Kwan, Héctor Quezada, Israel Castillo‐Juárez, (unknown), (unknown), Mariano Martínez‐Vázquez, Thomas K. Wood, Rodolfo García‐Contreras	88
2	Antibiotic-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Persists on Arthroplasty Materials 2016 ·Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research ·Kenneth L. Urish, (unknown), Brian W. Kwan, David W. Craft, Dongzhu Ma, Hani Haider, Rocky S. Tuan, Thomas K. Wood, Charles M. Davis	82
3	Persistence Increases in the Absence of the Alarmone Guanosine Tetraphosphate by Reducing Cell Growth 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·Nityananda Chowdhury, Brian W. Kwan, Thomas K. Wood	98
4	Toxin MqsR cleaves single‐stranded mRNA with various 5' ends 2016 ·MicrobiologyOpen ·Nityananda Chowdhury, Brian W. Kwan, (unknown), Paul Babitzke, Thomas K. Wood	8
5	Combatting bacterial infections by killing persister cells with mitomycin C 2015 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Brian W. Kwan, Nityananda Chowdhury, Thomas K. Wood	153
6	de novo Synthesis of a Bacterial Toxin/Antitoxin System 2014 ·Scientific Reports ·Valerie W. C. Soo, (unknown), Brian W. Kwan, Thomas K. Wood	24
7	Quorum sensing enhancement of the stress response promotes resistance to quorum quenching and prevents social cheating 2014 ·The ISME Journal ·Rodolfo García‐Contreras, (unknown), Ricardo Jasso‐Chávez, Brian W. Kwan, (unknown), (unknown), Toshinari Maeda, Thomas K. Wood	156
8	The MqsR / MqsA toxin/antitoxin system protects E scherichia coli during bile acid stress 2014 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Brian W. Kwan, Dana M. Lord, Wolfgang Peti, Rebecca Page, Michael J. Benedik, Thomas K. Wood	47
9	Toxin YafQ increases persister cell formation by reducing indole signalling 2014 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Ying Hu, Brian W. Kwan, Devon O. Osbourne, Michael J. Benedik, Thomas K. Wood	84
10	Phosphodiesterase DosP increases persistence by reducing cAMP which reduces the signal indole 2014 ·Biotechnology and Bioengineering ·Brian W. Kwan, Devon O. Osbourne, Ying Hu, Michael J. Benedik, Thomas K. Wood	72
11	Arrested Protein Synthesis Increases Persister-Like Cell Formation 2013 ·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·Brian W. Kwan, John A. Valenta, Michael J. Benedik, Thomas K. Wood	279
12	Bacterial Persister Cell Formation and Dormancy breakdown → 2013 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Thomas K. Wood, Stephen J. Knabel, Brian W. Kwan	512

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