Chris Whitfield

20.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
190 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Chris Whitfield is a scholar working on Genetics, Endocrinology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Whitfield has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Genetics, 94 papers in Endocrinology and 81 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Chris Whitfield's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (91 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (88 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (55 papers). Chris Whitfield is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (91 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (88 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (55 papers). Chris Whitfield collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Chris Whitfield's co-authors include Christian R.H. Raetz, James H. Naismith, M. Stephen Trent, Bradley R. Clarke, David E. Heinrichs, Ian S. Roberts, Jeremy A. Yethon, Leslie Cuthbertson, Emilisa Frirdich and Malcolm B. Perry and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Chris Whitfield

189 papers receiving 15.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Lipopolysaccharide Endotoxins

2002 3.5k citations Chris Whitfield et al. Annual Review of Biochemistry profile →
Biosynthesis and Assembly of Capsular Polysaccharides in Escherichia coli

2006 765 citations Chris Whitfield Annual Review of Biochemistry profile →
Biosynthesis and Export of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides

2014 539 citations Chris Whitfield, M. Stephen Trent Annual Review of Biochemistry profile →
Assembly of Bacterial Capsular Polysaccharides and Exopolysaccharides

2020 189 citations Chris Whitfield, Caitlin Sande et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Whitfield

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	High‐Efficiency CRISPR‐Cas9 Genome Editing Unveils Biofilm Insights and Enhances Antimicrobial Activity in Bacillus velezensis FZB42 2025 ·Biotechnology and Bioengineering ·Na Guo, (unknown), Chris Whitfield, William D. Batchelor, Yifen Wang, David Blersch, Brendan T. Higgins, Yucheng Feng, Mark R. Liles, Luz E. de‐Bashan, Yi Wang, (unknown)	3
2	Deciphering D-2,3-Butanediol Metabolic Pathways in a Newly Isolated Bacillus velezensis and Rationally Engineering Bacillus subtilis for Efficient Production of Optically Pure D-2,3-Butanediol 2025 ·ACS Synthetic Biology ·Na Guo, (unknown), Chris Whitfield, William D. Batchelor, Yifen Wang, David Blersch, Brendan T. Higgins, Yucheng Feng, Mark R. Liles, Luz E. de‐Bashan, Wei Luo, Liang Guo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
3	Transition transferases prime bacterial capsule polymerization 2024 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Julia Schulze, (unknown), Olga G. Ovchinnikova, (unknown), Andrea Bethe, Javier O. Cifuente, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Falk F. R. Buettner, Todd L. Lowary, Chris Whitfield, Jeroen D. C. Codée, Mario Schubert, Marcelo E. Guerin, (unknown)	6
4	Klebsiella pneumoniae O-polysaccharide biosynthesis highlights the diverse organization of catalytic modules in ABC transporter-dependent glycan assembly 2024 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Steven D. Kelly, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Manas Jana, (unknown), (unknown), Todd L. Lowary, Chris Whitfield	3
5	The lipid linked oligosaccharide polymerase Wzy and its regulating co-polymerase, Wzz, from enterobacterial common antigen biosynthesis form a complex 2023 ·Open Biology ·Miriam Weckener, (unknown), Bradley R. Clarke, Huanting Liu, Philip N. Ward, Audrey Le Bas, David Bhella, Chris Whitfield, James H. Naismith	11
6	Mechanism and linkage specificities of the dual retaining β-Kdo glycosyltransferase modules of KpsC from bacterial capsule biosynthesis 2023 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Olga G. Ovchinnikova, (unknown), (unknown), Todd L. Lowary, Matthew S. Kimber, Chris Whitfield	13
7	Inhibiting fatty acid synthesis overcomes colistin resistance 2023 ·Nature Microbiology ·Lindsey A. Carfrae, Kenneth Rachwalski, Shawn French, Rodion Gordzevich, (unknown), Caressa N. Tsai, Megan M. Tu, Craig R. MacNair, Olga G. Ovchinnikova, Bradley R. Clarke, Chris Whitfield, Eric D. Brown	48
8	Identification of a second glycoform of the clinically prevalent O1 antigen from Klebsiella pneumoniae 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Steven D. Kelly, Olga G. Ovchinnikova, Fabian Müller, (unknown), Martin Braun, (unknown), Michael Kowarik, Rainer Follador, Todd L. Lowary, (unknown), Chris Whitfield	11
9	Investigation of core machinery for biosynthesis of Vi antigen capsular polysaccharides in Gram-negative bacteria 2021 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Caitlin Sande, Olga G. Ovchinnikova, Andrew Preston, Chris Whitfield	8
10	The molecular basis of regulation of bacterial capsule assembly by Wzc 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Yun Yang, Jiwei Liu, Bradley R. Clarke, (unknown), Jani Reddy Bolla, Philip N. Ward, Peijun Zhang, Carol V. Robinson, Chris Whitfield, James H. Naismith	40
11	Capsules and Extracellular Polysaccharides in Escherichia coli and Salmonella 2021 ·EcoSal Plus ·Caitlin Sande, Chris Whitfield	27
12	A bifunctional O-antigen polymerase structure reveals a new glycosyltransferase family 2020 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·Bradley R. Clarke, Olga G. Ovchinnikova, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Steven D. Kelly, Todd L. Lowary, Matthew S. Kimber, Chris Whitfield	26
13	Analysis of the Topology and Active-Site Residues of WbbF, a Putative O-Polysaccharide Synthase from Salmonella enterica Serovar Borreze 2019 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·(unknown), (unknown), Bradley R. Clarke, Chris Whitfield	4
14	Biosynthesis of a conserved glycolipid anchor for Gram-negative bacterial capsules 2019 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·(unknown), Olga G. Ovchinnikova, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Todd L. Lowary, Matthew S. Kimber, Chris Whitfield	28
15	Klebsiella pneumoniae O1 and O2ac antigens provide prototypes for an unusual strategy for polysaccharide antigen diversification 2019 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Steven D. Kelly, Bradley R. Clarke, Olga G. Ovchinnikova, (unknown), (unknown), Todd L. Lowary, Chris Whitfield	23
16	Architecture of a channel-forming O-antigen polysaccharide ABC transporter 2018 ·Nature ·Yunchen Bi, (unknown), Chris Whitfield, Jochen Zimmer	81
17	Cold Stress Makes Escherichia coli Susceptible to Glycopeptide Antibiotics by Altering Outer Membrane Integrity 2016 ·Cell chemical biology ·Jonathan Stokes, Shawn French, Olga G. Ovchinnikova, Catrien Bouwman, Chris Whitfield, Eric D. Brown	68
18	Biosynthesis and Export of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides breakdown → 2014 ·Annual Review of Biochemistry ·Chris Whitfield, M. Stephen Trent	539
19	Structure of WbdD: a bifunctional kinase and methyltransferase that regulates the chain length of the O antigen in Escherichia coliO9a 2012 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Gregor Hagelueken, Hexian Huang, Bradley R. Clarke, Tomáš Lébl, Chris Whitfield, James H. Naismith	30
20	The 3D structure of a periplasm-spanning platform required for assembly of group 1 capsular polysaccharides in Escherichia coli 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Richard F. Collins, Konstantinos Beis, Changjiang Dong, Catherine H. Botting, (unknown), Robert C. Ford, Bradley R. Clarke, Chris Whitfield, James H. Naismith	115

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