Donald B. Borders

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Donald B. Borders is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald B. Borders has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Pharmacology and 30 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Donald B. Borders's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (27 papers), Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (16 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (12 papers). Donald B. Borders is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (27 papers), Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (16 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (12 papers). Donald B. Borders collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Russia. Donald B. Borders's co-authors include May D. Lee, Marshall M. Siegel, G. O. MORTON, T. S. DUNNE, George A. Ellestad, Conway C. Chang, Guy T. Carter, William J. McGahren, Terrence W. Doyle and David R. Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Accounts of Chemical Research and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Donald B. Borders

62 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Calichemicins, a novel family of antitumor antibiotics. 2... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Calichemicins, a novel family of antitumor antibiotics. 2. Chemistry and structure of calichemicin .gamma.1I
    1987 422 citations May D. Lee, T. S. DUNNE et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Donald B. Borders United States 23 1.4k 910 731 199 162 64 2.2k
G. O. MORTON United States 23 1.4k 1.0× 864 0.9× 525 0.7× 209 1.1× 203 1.3× 68 2.1k
William J. McGahren United States 20 1.0k 0.8× 762 0.8× 438 0.6× 152 0.8× 199 1.2× 41 1.8k
Isao Kawamoto Japan 21 698 0.5× 1.0k 1.1× 735 1.0× 151 0.8× 99 0.6× 101 1.8k
MAKI NISHIO Japan 27 822 0.6× 1.0k 1.1× 612 0.8× 213 1.1× 233 1.4× 83 2.2k
Sumio Umezawa Japan 25 2.0k 1.5× 1.7k 1.8× 984 1.3× 227 1.1× 173 1.1× 278 3.1k
HIROAKI OHKUMA Japan 19 1.4k 1.0× 747 0.8× 489 0.7× 137 0.7× 99 0.6× 27 1.9k
Mohindar S. Puar United States 27 960 0.7× 928 1.0× 919 1.3× 428 2.2× 87 0.5× 151 2.2k
Kiyoshi Isono Japan 34 2.0k 1.5× 2.1k 2.3× 1.1k 1.5× 331 1.7× 183 1.1× 164 3.6k
Mark Cushman United States 35 1.3k 1.0× 1.8k 2.0× 463 0.6× 69 0.3× 197 1.2× 120 3.5k
NOBORU OTAKE Japan 31 1.4k 1.0× 1.8k 2.0× 1.3k 1.8× 372 1.9× 255 1.6× 224 3.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schlingmann, Gerhard, Lisa Milne, Donald B. Borders, & Guy T. Carter. (1999). Strevertenes, antifungal pentaene macrolides produced by Streptoverticillcum LL-30F848. Tetrahedron. 55(19). 5977–5990. 16 indexed citations
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Borders, Donald B. & Terrence W. Doyle. (1995). Enediyne antibiotics as antitumor agents. M. Dekker eBooks. 105 indexed citations
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Schlingmann, Gerhard, Lisa Milne, Cedric J. Pearce, et al.. (1995). Isolation, Characterization and Structure of a New Allenic Polyine Antibiotic Produced by Fungus LL-07F275.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 48(5). 375–379. 14 indexed citations
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Northcote, Peter T., et al.. (1994). Glycothiohexide .ALPHA., a novel antibiotic produced by "Sebekia" sp., LL-14E605. III. Structural elucidation.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 47(8). 901–908. 26 indexed citations
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Carter, Guy T., Gerhard Schlingmann, Lisa Milne, et al.. (1994). Martinomycin, a new polyether antibiotic produced by Streptomyces salvialis. II. Isolation and structure determination.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 47(12). 1549–1553. 6 indexed citations
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Oliva, B, William M. Maiese, Michael Greenstein, Donald B. Borders, & Ian Chopra. (1993). Mode of action of the cyclic depsipeptide antibiotic LL-AO34β1 and partial characterization of a Staphylococcus aureus mutant resistant to the antibiotic. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 32(6). 817–830. 12 indexed citations
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Berova, Nina, et al.. (1993). ChemInform Abstract: Determination of the Absolute Stereochemistry of Nemadectins α2 and α. ChemInform. 24(1). 3 indexed citations
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Lee, May D., T. S. DUNNE, Conway C. Chang, et al.. (1992). Calicheamicins, a novel family of antitumor antibiotics. 4. Structure elucidation of calicheamicins .beta.1Br, .gamma.1Br, .alpha.2I, .alpha.3I, .beta.1I, .gamma.1I, and .delta.1I. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 114(3). 985–997. 105 indexed citations
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Chang, C. C., G. O. MORTON, John C. James, et al.. (1991). LL-AF283 antibiotics, cyclic biphenyl peptides.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 44(6). 674–677. 15 indexed citations
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Pearce, Cedric J., et al.. (1991). The effect of methylation inhibitors on citreamicin biosynthesis in Micromonospora citrea.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 44(11). 1247–1251. 9 indexed citations
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Carter, Guy T., et al.. (1990). Citreamicins, novel antibiotics from Micromonospora citrea. Isolation, characterization, and structure determination.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 43(5). 504–512. 41 indexed citations
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Tsou, Hwei‐Ru, et al.. (1989). Biosynthetic origin of the carbon skeleton and oxygen atoms of the LL-F28249.ALPHA., apoent antiparasitic macrolide.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 42(3). 398–406. 21 indexed citations
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Lee, May D., et al.. (1987). New antitumor antibiotic, LL-D05139.BETA.. Fermentation. isolation, structure determination and biological activities.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 40(12). 1657–1663. 14 indexed citations
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McGahren, William J., G. O. MORTON, Marshall M. Siegel, et al.. (1986). Chemistry of maduramicin. II Decarboxylation, abnormal ketalization and dehydration.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 39(11). 1541–1550. 2 indexed citations
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Carter, Guy T., et al.. (1985). Biosynthesis of chrysomycins A and B origin of the chromophore.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 38(2). 242–248. 24 indexed citations
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Hausmann, W., Donald B. Borders, & J. E. Lancaster. (1969). α, β-DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID OBTAINED FROM ASPARTOCIN. The Journal of Antibiotics. 22(5). 207–210. 18 indexed citations
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Borders, Donald B., et al.. (1967). Partial structure of antibiotic LL-AC541. Tetrahedron Letters. 8(42). 4187–4192. 15 indexed citations

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