Derek K. O’Flaherty

1.1k total citations
44 papers, 700 citations indexed

About

Derek K. O’Flaherty is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek K. O’Flaherty has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 700 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Derek K. O’Flaherty's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (28 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers) and Origins and Evolution of Life (17 papers). Derek K. O’Flaherty is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (28 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers) and Origins and Evolution of Life (17 papers). Derek K. O’Flaherty collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Derek K. O’Flaherty's co-authors include Jack W. Szostak, Lijun Zhou, Li Li, Noam Prywes, Victor S. Lelyveld, Chun Pong Tam, Enver Çagrı Izgü, Christopher J. Wilds, F. Peter Guengerich and Tom H. Wright 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

Derek K. O’Flaherty

39 papers receiving 692 citations

Peers

Derek K. O’Flaherty
Eric Kervio Germany
Aniela Wochner United Kingdom
Hidenori Okamura Japan
Elisa Biondi United States
Katharina Iwan Germany
Sreenivasulu Guntha United States
Christopher Cozens United Kingdom
Erica A. Frankel United States
Saurja DasGupta United States
Raghav R. Poudyal United States
Eric Kervio Germany
Derek K. O’Flaherty
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek K. O’Flaherty

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All Works

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Horton, Nicholas G., et al.. (2025). A Versatile Disulfide‐Containing Solid‐Support Strategy for 3′‐Modifiers in Oligonucleotides: Introducing Modular Tandem Oligonucleotide Synthesis. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 20(16). e00537–e00537. 1 indexed citations
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Nakashima, Karina K., Kieran O. Russell, Jan Huertas, et al.. (2025). Differential stability and dynamics of DNA-based and RNA-based coacervates affect non-enzymatic RNA chemistry. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9296–9296.
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Horton, Nicholas G., et al.. (2025). A Robust Strategy for Introducing Amino‐Modifiers in Nucleic Acids: Enabling Novel Amino Tandem Oligonucleotide Synthesis in DNA and RNA. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(26). e202500448–e202500448. 2 indexed citations
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Ding, Dian, et al.. (2024). Unusual Base Pair between Two 2-Thiouridines and Its Implication for Nonenzymatic RNA Copying. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(6). 3861–3871. 5 indexed citations
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Sammons, Scott, et al.. (2024). Preparation of 2‐Aminoimidazole‐Activated Substrates for the Study of Nonenzymatic Genome Replication. Current Protocols. 4(8). e1119–e1119. 1 indexed citations
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Sammons, Scott, et al.. (2024). Aqueous Compatible Post‐Synthetic On‐Column Conjugation of Nucleic Acids Using Amino‐Modifiers. ChemBioChem. 26(1). e202400643–e202400643. 4 indexed citations
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O’Flaherty, Derek K., et al.. (2024). A Facile and General Tandem Oligonucleotide Synthesis Methodology for DNA and RNA. ChemBioChem. 25(6). e202300870–e202300870. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Lijun, Derek K. O’Flaherty, & Jack W. Szostak. (2020). Template‐Directed Copying of RNA by Non‐enzymatic Ligation. Angewandte Chemie. 132(36). 15812–15817. 9 indexed citations
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Zhou, Lijun, Derek K. O’Flaherty, & Jack W. Szostak. (2020). Template‐Directed Copying of RNA by Non‐enzymatic Ligation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(36). 15682–15687. 51 indexed citations
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O’Flaherty, Derek K., Lijun Zhou, & Jack W. Szostak. (2020). Nonenzymatic RNA-templated Synthesis of N3′→P5′ Phosphoramidate DNA. BIO-PROTOCOL. 10(17). e3734–e3734. 1 indexed citations
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O’Flaherty, Derek K., et al.. (2018). Inosine, but none of the 8-oxo-purines, is a plausible component of a primordial version of RNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(52). 13318–13323. 41 indexed citations
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Li, Li, et al.. (2017). A Mechanistic Explanation for the Regioselectivity of Nonenzymatic RNA Primer Extension. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(46). 16741–16747. 20 indexed citations
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O’Flaherty, Derek K. & Christopher J. Wilds. (2016). Site-specific covalent capture of human O6-alkylguanine-DNA-alkyltransferase using single-stranded intrastrand cross-linked DNA. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 15(1). 189–196. 3 indexed citations
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O’Flaherty, Derek K. & Christopher J. Wilds. (2016). Preparation of Intrastrand {G}O6‐Alkylene‐O6{G} Cross‐Linked Oligonucleotides. Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry. 66(1). 5.17.1–5.17.24.
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O’Flaherty, Derek K. & Christopher J. Wilds. (2015). Synthesis, Characterization, and Repair of a Flexible O6‐2′‐Deoxyguanosine‐alkylene‐O6‐2′‐deoxyguanosine Intrastrand Cross‐Link. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(29). 10522–10529. 8 indexed citations
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O’Flaherty, Derek K., A. Yu. Denisov, Anne M. Noronha, & Christopher J. Wilds. (2014). NMR Structure of an Ethylene Interstrand Cross‐Linked DNA which Mimics the Lesion Formed by 1,3‐Bis(2‐chloroethyl)‐1‐nitrosourea. ChemMedChem. 9(9). 2099–2103. 2 indexed citations
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McManus, Francis P., Derek K. O’Flaherty, Anne M. Noronha, & Christopher J. Wilds. (2012). O4-Alkyl-2′-deoxythymidine cross-linked DNA to probe recognition and repair by O6-alkylguanine DNA alkyltransferases. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(35). 7078–7078. 14 indexed citations
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Murphy, Shona, et al.. (2008). Synthesis, Biophysical and Repair Studies of O6-2'-Deoxyguanosine Adducts by Escherichia coli OGT. Nucleic Acids Symposium Series. 52(1). 449–450. 1 indexed citations

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