Charles J. Thompson

10.9k citations

100 papers · 8.7k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 51

Co-authors: David A. Hopwood Tobias Kieser John M. Ward Liem Nguyen E. Katz Philippe Mazodier Santiago Ramón‐García N. Rao Movva
Topics: Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (43 papers)Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (22 papers)Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (21 papers)
Cited by: Pharmacology Molecular Medicine Biotechnology
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: Switzerland Canada France

In The Last Decade

Charles J. Thompson

100 papers receiving 8.3k 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.

Cloning and Expression of the Tyrosinase Gene from Streptomyces antibioticus in Streptomyces lividans

1983 588 citations Charles J. Thompson et al. profile →
Engineering herbicide resistance in plants by expression of a detoxifying enzyme

1987 587 citations Marc De Block, Johan Botterman et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
Characterization of the herbicide-resistance gene bar from Streptomyces hygroscopicus

1987 465 citations Charles J. Thompson, N. Rao Movva et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
pIJ101, a multi-copy broad host-range Streptomyces plasmid: Functional analysis and development of DNA cloning vectors

1982 351 citations Charles J. Thompson et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The mycobacterial antibiotic resistance determinant WhiB7 acts as a transcriptional activator by binding the primary sigma factor SigA (RpoV) 2013 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Ján Burian,Grace Yim,Michael Hsing,Peter Axerio-Cilies,Artem Cherkasov,George B. Spiegelman,Charles J. Thompson	75
2	WhiB7, an Fe-S-dependent Transcription Factor That Activates Species-specific Repertoires of Drug Resistance Determinants in Actinobacteria 2013 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Santiago Ramón‐García,(unknown),Pernille Rose Jensen,Manisha Dosanjh,Ján Burian,Rowan P. Morris,Marc Folcher,Lindsay D. Eltis,Stephan Grzesiek,Liem Nguyen,Charles J. Thompson	43
3	Anthelmintic Avermectins Kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Including Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Strains 2012 ·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·(unknown),Catherine Vilchèze,(unknown),William R. Jacobs,Santiago Ramón‐García,Charles J. Thompson	104
4	WhiB7, a transcriptional activator that coordinates physiology with intrinsic drug resistance inMycobacterium tuberculosis 2012 ·Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy ·Ján Burian,Santiago Ramón‐García,Charles G Howes,Charles J. Thompson	43
5	A system for the targeted amplification of bacterial gene clusters multiplies antibiotic yield in Streptomyces coelicolor 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Takeshi Murakami,Ján Burian,K. Yanai,Mervyn J. Bibb,Charles J. Thompson	59
6	The Mycobacterial Transcriptional Regulator whiB7 Gene Links Redox Homeostasis and Intrinsic Antibiotic Resistance 2011 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Ján Burian,Santiago Ramón‐García,Gaye Sweet,Anaximandro Gómez-Velasco,Yossef Av‐Gay,Charles J. Thompson	96
7	Foundations of antibiotic resistance in bacterial physiology: the mycobacterial paradigm 2006 ·Trends in Microbiology ·Liem Nguyen,Charles J. Thompson	118
8	Systems level analysis of protein synthesis patterns associated with bacterial growth and metabolic transitions 2006 ·PROTEOMICS ·Jiří Vohradský,Charles J. Thompson	11
9	Ancestral antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rowan P. Morris,Liem Nguyen,John Gatfield,Kevin Visconti,Kien T. Nguyen,Dirk Schnappinger,Sabine Ehrt,Yang Liu,Leonid Heifets,Jean Pieters,Gary K. Schoolnik,Charles J. Thompson	248
10	Protein Kinase G from Pathogenic Mycobacteria Promotes Survival Within Macrophages 2004 ·Science ·Anne Walburger,Anil Koul,Giorgio Ferrari,Liem Nguyen,Cristina Prescianotto‐Baschong,Kris Huygen,Bert Klebl,Charles J. Thompson,Gerald Bacher,Jean Pieters	451
11	Specialized osmotic stress response systems involve multiple SigB‐like sigma factors in Streptomyces coelicolor 2003 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Patrick H. Viollier,Gabriella H. Kelemen,Glenn E. Dale,Kien T. Nguyen,Mark J. Buttner,Charles J. Thompson	63
12	A central regulator of morphological differentiation in the multicellular bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor 2002 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Kien T. Nguyen,Joanne M. Willey,Liem Nguyen,(unknown),Patrick H. Viollier,Charles J. Thompson	62
13	Novel pristinamycin‐responsive expression systems for plant cells 2001 ·Biotechnology and Bioengineering ·Alexander D. Frey,Markus Rimann,James E. Bailey,Pauli T. Kallio,Charles J. Thompson,Martin Fussenegger	18
14	Streptogramin-based gene regulation systems for mammalian cells 2000 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Martin Fussenegger,Rowan P. Morris,Cornelia Fux,Markus Rimann,(unknown),Charles J. Thompson,James E. Bailey	290
15	Analysis of aStreptomyces coelicolorA3(2) locus containing the nucleoside diphosphate kinase (ndk) and folylpolyglutamate synthetase (folC) genes 1998 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·A. Burger,(unknown),(unknown),Charles J. Thompson,Wolfgang Wohlleben	5
16	Identification of procaryotic developmental stages by statistical analyses of two‐dimensional gel patterns 1997 ·Electrophoresis ·Jiří Vohradský,Xinming Li,Charles J. Thompson	43
17	Unusual regulatory mechanism for a Streptomyces multidrug resistance gene, ptr, involving three homologous protein‐binding sites overlapping the promoter region 1995 ·Molecular Microbiology ·(unknown),Charles J. Thompson	20
18	Large genomic rearrangements of the unstable region in Streptomyces ambofaciens are associated with major changes in global gene expression 1993 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Annie Dary,Peter Kaiser,(unknown),Charles J. Thompson,Jean-Marc Simonet,Bernard Decaris	14
19	Site‐specific integration of the Streptomyces plasmid pSAM2 in Mycobacterium smegmatis 1991 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Carlos Martı́n,Philippe Mazodier,(unknown),Brigitte Gicquel,Tamara Smokvina,Charles J. Thompson,Julian Davies	28
20	Engineering herbicide resistance in plants by expression of a detoxifying enzymebreakdown → 1987 ·The EMBO Journal ·Marc De Block,Johan Botterman,(unknown),(unknown),Chris Thoen,Veronique Gosselé,N. Rao Movva,Charles J. Thompson,Marc Van Montagu,J. Leemans	587

About Charles J. Thompson

Charles J. Thompson is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, having authored 100 papers that have together received 8.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (43 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (22 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pharmacology (2.7k citations), Molecular Medicine (779 citations) and Biotechnology (1.0k citations). Charles J. Thompson has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, Canada and France. Frequent co-authors include David A. Hopwood, Tobias Kieser, John M. Ward, Liem Nguyen, E. Katz, Philippe Mazodier, Santiago Ramón‐García, N. Rao Movva, Johan Botterman and Takeshi Murakami. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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