Christopher J. Schwalen

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Christopher J. Schwalen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J. Schwalen has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Pharmacology and 3 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Christopher J. Schwalen's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (7 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (4 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (3 papers). Christopher J. Schwalen is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (7 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (4 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (3 papers). Christopher J. Schwalen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Christopher J. Schwalen's co-authors include Douglas A. Mitchell, Emmanuel L. C. de los Santos, Eriko Takano, Marnix H. Medema, Hernando G. Suárez Duran, Jeroen S. Dickschat, Rainer Breitling, Marc G. Chevrette, Kai Blin and Ekaterina Shelest and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Schwalen

9 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

antiSMASH 4.0—improvements in chemistry prediction and gene cluster boundary identification

2017 920 citations Kai Blin, Thomas Wolf et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
A new genome-mining tool redefines the lasso peptide biosynthetic landscape

2017 365 citations Jonathan I. Tietz, Christopher J. Schwalen et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →

Peers

Christopher J. Schwalen

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PHARM

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Shinya Kodani Japan

Emmanuel L. C. de los Santos United Kingdom

Francisco Barona‐Gómez Mexico

Robert Finking Germany

Jeremy G. Owen New Zealand

Torsten Schwecke Germany

Amy M. Gehring United States

C. Gary Marshall United States

Takeshi Hosaka Japan

Valérie Leclère France

Shinya Kodani Japan

Christopher J. Schwalen

972 ×0.7

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982 ×1.0

PHARM

202 ×0.7

PS

332 ×1.2

BIOTE

138 ×0.8

ECOLO

Citations per year, relative to Christopher J. Schwalen Christopher J. Schwalen (= 1×) peers Shinya Kodani

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher J. Schwalen

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher J. Schwalen

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher J. Schwalen

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All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Dickson, Callum J., Christopher J. Schwalen, Maryam Khoshouei, et al.. (2024). Scorpion α-toxin LqhαIT specifically interacts with a glycan at the pore domain of voltage-gated sodium channels. Structure. 32(10). 1611–1620.e4.

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Schwalen, Christopher J., Charles R. Babu, Daniel Wall, et al.. (2021). Scalable Biosynthetic Production of Knotted Peptides Enables ADME and Thermodynamic Folding Studies. ACS Omega. 6(44). 29555–29566.

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Hudson, Graham A., Brandon J. Burkhart, Adam J. DiCaprio, et al.. (2019). Bioinformatic Mapping of Radical S-Adenosylmethionine-Dependent Ribosomally Synthesized and Post-Translationally Modified Peptides Identifies New Cα, Cβ, and Cγ-Linked Thioether-Containing Peptides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(20). 8228–8238. 120 indexed citations

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Schwalen, Christopher J., Graham A. Hudson, Bryce Kille, & Douglas A. Mitchell. (2018). Bioinformatic Expansion and Discovery of Thiopeptide Antibiotics. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(30). 9494–9501. 104 indexed citations

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Hegemann, Julian D., Christopher J. Schwalen, Douglas A. Mitchell, & Wilfred A. van der Donk. (2018). Elucidation of the roles of conserved residues in the biosynthesis of the lasso peptide paeninodin. Chemical Communications. 54(65). 9007–9010. 31 indexed citations

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Blin, Kai, Thomas Wolf, Marc G. Chevrette, et al.. (2017). antiSMASH 4.0—improvements in chemistry prediction and gene cluster boundary identification. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(W1). W36–W41. 920 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tietz, Jonathan I., Christopher J. Schwalen, Parth Patel, et al.. (2017). A new genome-mining tool redefines the lasso peptide biosynthetic landscape. Nature Chemical Biology. 13(5). 470–478. 365 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schwalen, Christopher J. & Douglas A. Mitchell. (2017). Discovery of Antibiotic Peptides from Novelty‐Prioritized Natural Product Genome Mining. The FASEB Journal. 31(S1). 3 indexed citations

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Burkhart, Brandon J., Christopher J. Schwalen, Greg Mann, James H. Naismith, & Douglas A. Mitchell. (2017). YcaO-Dependent Posttranslational Amide Activation: Biosynthesis, Structure, and Function. Chemical Reviews. 117(8). 5389–5456. 156 indexed citations

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Schwalen, Christopher J., Graham A. Hudson, Simone Kosol, et al.. (2017). In Vitro Biosynthetic Studies of Bottromycin Expand the Enzymatic Capabilities of the YcaO Superfamily. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(50). 18154–18157. 26 indexed citations

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Schwalen, Christopher J., Weidong Liu, Bing O’Dowd, et al.. (2017). Head‐to‐Head Prenyl Synthases in Pathogenic Bacteria. ChemBioChem. 18(11). 985–991. 7 indexed citations

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