Chad W. Johnston

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Chad W. Johnston is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chad W. Johnston has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Pharmacology and 4 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Chad W. Johnston's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (18 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (7 papers). Chad W. Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (18 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (7 papers). Chad W. Johnston collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Chad W. Johnston's co-authors include Nathan A. Magarvey, Michael A. Skinnider, Chris A. Dejong, Morgan A. Wyatt, Haoxin Li, Andrew Webster, David A. McEntire, C. J. Fuller, Richard Weber and Ashraf Ibrahim and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Chad W. Johnston

23 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Comprehensive prediction of secondary metabolite structure and biological activity from microbial genome sequences

2020 237 citations Michael A. Skinnider, Chad W. Johnston et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Xiaoyong Zhang China

Majid Alhomrani Saudi Arabia

Olivier Berteau France

Wenli Li China

Benedikt Sas Belgium

Tao Wei China

Abrar Hussain Pakistan

Christine Salomon United States

Ji‐Dong Wang China

Nathan A. Magarvey Canada

Xiaoyong Zhang China

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20 of 20 papers shown

Johnston, Chad W., et al.. (2025). Chemotype- and Target-Driven Genome Mining for a New Natural Product Inhibitor of Bacterial Peptide Deformylase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(25). 21400–21407.

Johnston, Chad W. & Ahmed H. Badran. (2022). Natural and engineered precision antibiotics in the context of resistance. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 69. 102160–102160. 7 indexed citations

Johnston, Chad W., Ahmed H. Badran, & James J. Collins. (2020). Continuous bioactivity-dependent evolution of an antibiotic biosynthetic pathway. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4202–4202. 21 indexed citations

Skinnider, Michael A., Chad W. Johnston, Agata Kieliszek, et al.. (2020). Comprehensive prediction of secondary metabolite structure and biological activity from microbial genome sequences. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6058–6058. 237 indexed citations breakdown →

Mousa, Walaa K., Chris A. Dejong, Michael A. Skinnider, et al.. (2019). DeepRiPP integrates multiomics data to automate discovery of novel ribosomally synthesized natural products. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(1). 371–380. 111 indexed citations

Skinnider, Michael A., et al.. (2018). Global analysis of prokaryotic tRNA-derived cyclodipeptide biosynthesis. BMC Genomics. 19(1). 45–45. 26 indexed citations

Skinnider, Michael A., et al.. (2017). PRISM 3: expanded prediction of natural product chemical structures from microbial genomes. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(W1). W49–W54. 251 indexed citations

Johnston, Chad W., Michael A. Skinnider, Chris A. Dejong, et al.. (2016). Assembly and clustering of natural antibiotics guides target identification. Nature Chemical Biology. 12(4). 233–239. 87 indexed citations

Caminero, Alberto, Heather J. Galipeau, Justin L. McCarville, et al.. (2016). Duodenal Bacteria From Patients With Celiac Disease and Healthy Subjects Distinctly Affect Gluten Breakdown and Immunogenicity. Gastroenterology. 151(4). 670–683. 168 indexed citations

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Dejong, Chris A., Gregory M. Chen, Haoxin Li, et al.. (2016). Polyketide and nonribosomal peptide retro-biosynthesis and global gene cluster matching. Nature Chemical Biology. 12(12). 1007–1014. 94 indexed citations

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Johnston, Chad W., Jonathan Plumb, Xiang Li, Sergio Grinstein, & Nathan A. Magarvey. (2016). Informatic analysis reveals Legionella as a source of novel natural products. Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. 1(2). 130–136. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Lian, Ashraf Ibrahim, Chad W. Johnston, et al.. (2015). Exploration of Nonribosomal Peptide Families with an Automated Informatic Search Algorithm. Chemistry & Biology. 22(9). 1259–1269. 9 indexed citations

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Johnston, Chad W., Michael A. Skinnider, Morgan A. Wyatt, et al.. (2015). An automated Genomes-to-Natural Products platform (GNP) for the discovery of modular natural products. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8421–8421. 106 indexed citations

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Skinnider, Michael A., Chris A. Dejong, Chad W. Johnston, et al.. (2015). Genomes to natural products PRediction Informatics for Secondary Metabolomes (PRISM). Nucleic Acids Research. 43(20). gkv1012–gkv1012. 200 indexed citations

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Johnston, Chad W., Michael A. Skinnider, Yong Li, et al.. (2015). Informatic search strategies to discover analogues and variants of natural product archetypes. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 43(2-3). 293–298. 8 indexed citations

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Skinnider, Michael A., et al.. (2014). Automated Identification of Depsipeptide Natural Products by an Informatic Search Algorithm. ChemBioChem. 16(2). 223–227. 7 indexed citations

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Johnston, Chad W., Morgan A. Wyatt, Xiang Li, et al.. (2013). Gold biomineralization by a metallophore from a gold-associated microbe. Nature Chemical Biology. 9(4). 241–243. 180 indexed citations

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Johnston, Chad W., et al.. (2013). Nonribosomal Assembly of Natural Lipocyclocarbamate Lipoprotein‐Associated Phospholipase Inhibitors. ChemBioChem. 14(4). 431–435. 25 indexed citations

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Ibrahim, Ashraf, Lian Yang, Chad W. Johnston, et al.. (2012). Dereplicating nonribosomal peptides using an informatic search algorithm for natural products (iSNAP) discovery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(47). 19196–19201. 55 indexed citations

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Johnston, Chad W., Ashraf Ibrahim, & Nathan A. Magarvey. (2012). Informatic strategies for the discovery of polyketides and nonribosomal peptides. MedChemComm. 3(8). 932–937. 6 indexed citations

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