Christine L. Willis

6.1k total citations
201 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Christine L. Willis is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christine L. Willis has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Organic Chemistry, 88 papers in Molecular Biology and 76 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Christine L. Willis's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (69 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (56 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (34 papers). Christine L. Willis is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (69 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (56 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (34 papers). Christine L. Willis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and China. Christine L. Willis's co-authors include Thomas J. Simpson, John Harding, Andrew Sutherland, Russell J. Cox, William H. Gerwick, Gregory D. Parker, Jake MacMillan, Stuart R. Crosby, Joanne Hothersall and Christopher M. Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Christine L. Willis

192 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christine L. Willis United Kingdom 39 2.3k 1.9k 1.4k 747 679 201 4.7k
Tadashi Eguchi Japan 38 1.5k 0.7× 3.0k 1.6× 1.8k 1.3× 615 0.8× 309 0.5× 256 4.8k
Robert M. Coates United States 46 2.1k 0.9× 4.4k 2.3× 2.1k 1.4× 557 0.7× 646 1.0× 194 6.7k
Akira Nakagawa Japan 37 1.9k 0.8× 2.3k 1.2× 1.8k 1.3× 635 0.9× 355 0.5× 151 4.6k
Minoru Isobe Japan 48 5.8k 2.5× 4.3k 2.2× 915 0.6× 1.3k 1.8× 835 1.2× 421 10.2k
Guy T. Carter United States 39 1.9k 0.8× 3.0k 1.6× 2.8k 1.9× 1.0k 1.3× 661 1.0× 112 6.7k
Takayuki Shioiri Japan 46 6.2k 2.7× 3.3k 1.7× 1.0k 0.7× 864 1.2× 703 1.0× 289 8.6k
Hiroyuki Koshino Japan 46 3.4k 1.5× 3.6k 1.9× 2.1k 1.5× 939 1.3× 1.5k 2.1× 351 8.5k
Shosuke Yamamura Japan 37 3.1k 1.3× 1.9k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 957 1.3× 1.8k 2.7× 373 6.1k
Axel Zeeck Germany 45 2.9k 1.3× 3.5k 1.8× 4.1k 2.8× 1.7k 2.3× 911 1.3× 244 7.8k
Mugio Nishizawa Japan 35 3.0k 1.3× 1.5k 0.8× 445 0.3× 487 0.7× 269 0.4× 162 4.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christine L. Willis

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Russell, S. S., Catherine R. Back, K. Cheung, et al.. (2025). Chemoenzymatic total synthesis of the antibiotic (−)-13-deoxytetrodecamycin using the Diels–Alderase TedJ. Chemical Science. 16(36). 16993–16999.
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Williams, Christopher, et al.. (2024). Divergent Tandem Acyl Carrier Proteins Necessitate In‐Series Polyketide Processing in the Leinamycin Family. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(2). e202414165–e202414165. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Luoyi, Zhongshu Song, John Crosby, et al.. (2024). An Integrated Module Performs Selective ‘Online’ Epoxidation in the Biosynthesis of the Antibiotic Mupirocin. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(49). e202410502–e202410502. 3 indexed citations
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Back, Catherine R., Veronika Chadimová, Juan Carlos Mobarec, et al.. (2023). Interrogation of an Enzyme Library Reveals the Catalytic Plasticity of Naturally Evolved [4+2] Cyclases. ChemBioChem. 24(14). e202300382–e202300382. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Luoyi, Zhongshu Song, Paul R. Race, et al.. (2023). Structure and Function of the α‐Hydroxylation Bimodule of the Mupirocin Polyketide Synthase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(47). e202312514–e202312514. 6 indexed citations
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Alberti, Fabrizio, et al.. (2023). Biosynthesis of pleuromutilin congeners using an Aspergillus oryzae expression platform. Chemical Science. 14(14). 3826–3833. 7 indexed citations
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Williams, Katherine, Kate M. J. de Mattos-Shipley, Christine L. Willis, & Andy M. Bailey. (2022). In silico analyses of maleidride biosynthetic gene clusters. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 2–2. 5 indexed citations
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Williams, Katherine, et al.. (2022). Maleidride biosynthesis – construction of dimeric anhydrides – more than just heads or tails. Natural Product Reports. 40(1). 128–157. 1 indexed citations
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Back, Catherine R., Sam E. Williams, Luoyi Wang, et al.. (2021). A New Micromonospora Strain with Antibiotic Activity Isolated from the Microbiome of a Mid-Atlantic Deep-Sea Sponge. Marine Drugs. 19(2). 105–105. 26 indexed citations
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Williams, Katherine, Claudio Greco, Andy M. Bailey, & Christine L. Willis. (2021). Core Steps to the Azaphilone Family of Fungal Natural Products. ChemBioChem. 22(21). 3027–3036. 21 indexed citations
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Walker, Paul D., et al.. (2020). Polyketide β-branching: diversity, mechanism and selectivity. Natural Product Reports. 38(4). 723–756. 28 indexed citations
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Williams, Sam E., Catherine R. Back, Kavita Tiwari, et al.. (2020). The Bristol Sponge Microbiome Collection: A Unique Repository of Deep-Sea Microorganisms and Associated Natural Products. Antibiotics. 9(8). 509–509. 7 indexed citations
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Walker, Paul D., Christopher Williams, Luoyi Wang, et al.. (2019). Control of β‐Branching in Kalimantacin Biosynthesis: Application of 13C NMR to Polyketide Programming. Angewandte Chemie. 131(36). 12576–12580. 8 indexed citations
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Murphy, Annabel C., Daisuke Fukuda, Zhongshu Song, et al.. (2011). Engineered Thiomarinol Antibiotics Active against MRSA Are Generated by Mutagenesis and Mutasynthesis of Pseudoalteromonas SANK73390. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(14). 3271–3274. 29 indexed citations
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Goddard, Alan D., et al.. (2010). Solution- and solid-state NMR studies of GPCRs and their ligands. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1808(6). 1462–1475. 38 indexed citations
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Wu, Jien, Sian M. Cooper, Russell J. Cox, et al.. (2007). Mupirocin H, a novel metabolite resulting from mutation of the HMG-CoA synthase analogue, mupH in Pseudomonas fluorescens. Chemical Communications. 2040–2040. 38 indexed citations
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Hothersall, Joanne, Jien Wu, Ayesha Rahman, et al.. (2007). Mutational Analysis Reveals That All Tailoring Region Genes Are Required for Production of Polyketide Antibiotic Mupirocin by Pseudomonas fluorescens. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(21). 15451–15461. 37 indexed citations
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Simpson, Thomas J., et al.. (2004). Synthesis and Incorporation of the First Polyketide Synthase Free Intermediate in Monocerin Biosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(6). 727–730. 16 indexed citations
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Willis, Christine L. & Glenn Gibson. (1999). The natural microflora of humans. CentAUR (University of Reading). 2 indexed citations
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Hanson, James R., Keith P. Parry, & Christine L. Willis. (1982). The inhibition of gibberellin plant hormone biosynthesis by ent-6-hydroxy-5β(H)- 7-norgibberell-16-enes. Phytochemistry. 21(7). 1575–1583. 7 indexed citations

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