Gianfranco De Pascale

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Gianfranco De Pascale is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Gianfranco De Pascale has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Molecular Medicine and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Gianfranco De Pascale's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (11 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (5 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers). Gianfranco De Pascale is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (11 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (5 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers). Gianfranco De Pascale collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Gianfranco De Pascale's co-authors include Gerard D. Wright, Andrew King, Wenliang Wang, Dustin T. King, N.C.J. Strynadka, Timothy R. Walsh, Sarah A. Reid‐Yu, Brian K. Coombes, Laura Rossi and Kalinka Koteva and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Gianfranco De Pascale

20 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Aspergillomarasmine A overcomes metallo-β-lactamase antibiotic resistance

2014 429 citations Andrew King, Sarah A. Reid‐Yu et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gianfranco De Pascale Canada	13	509	483	308	265	225	20	1.1k
Linda Ejim Canada	17	470 0.9×	627 1.3×	295 1.0×	373 1.4×	238 1.1×	19	1.4k
Darren Abbanat United States	19	821 1.6×	495 1.0×	565 1.8×	272 1.0×	294 1.3×	42	1.7k
Sergio Lociuro Switzerland	18	356 0.7×	547 1.1×	238 0.8×	225 0.8×	133 0.6×	37	1.3k
Christopher T. Lohans Canada	26	430 0.8×	880 1.8×	399 1.3×	173 0.7×	211 0.9×	53	1.6k
Nuno T. Antunes United States	18	556 1.1×	298 0.6×	249 0.8×	133 0.5×	99 0.4×	28	935
Roger Léger United States	16	981 1.9×	735 1.5×	443 1.4×	191 0.7×	246 1.1×	19	1.6k
Dustin T. King Canada	19	952 1.9×	777 1.6×	454 1.5×	341 1.3×	277 1.2×	32	1.7k
Denis M. Daigle Canada	19	614 1.2×	695 1.4×	273 0.9×	173 0.7×	174 0.8×	28	1.3k
Catherine L. Tooke United Kingdom	13	822 1.6×	371 0.8×	371 1.2×	153 0.6×	246 1.1×	19	1.2k
Pei W. Thomas United States	22	603 1.2×	960 2.0×	200 0.6×	287 1.1×	230 1.0×	38	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gianfranco De Pascale

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jansen, Johanna M., Gianfranco De Pascale, Susan Fong, et al.. (2019). Biased Complement Diversity Selection for Effective Exploration of Chemical Space in Hit-Finding Campaigns. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 59(5). 1709–1714. 10 indexed citations

Richie, Daryl L., Lisha Wang, Helen Chan, et al.. (2018). A pathway-directed positive growth restoration assay to facilitate the discovery of lipid A and fatty acid biosynthesis inhibitors in Acinetobacter baumannii. PLoS ONE. 13(3). e0193851–e0193851. 7 indexed citations

Cox, Georgina, Andrew King, Gianfranco De Pascale, et al.. (2016). A Common Platform for Antibiotic Dereplication and Adjuvant Discovery. Cell chemical biology. 24(1). 98–109. 93 indexed citations

Ross, Audrey G., Bret M. Benton, Donovan N. Chin, et al.. (2015). Synthesis of ciprofloxacin dimers for evaluation of bacterial permeability in atypical chemical space. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 25(17). 3468–3475. 20 indexed citations

King, Andrew, Sarah A. Reid‐Yu, Wenliang Wang, et al.. (2014). Aspergillomarasmine A overcomes metallo-β-lactamase antibiotic resistance. Nature. 510(7506). 503–506. 429 indexed citations breakdown →

Taylor, Patricia L., Laura Rossi, Gianfranco De Pascale, & Gerard D. Wright. (2012). A Forward Chemical Screen Identifies Antibiotic Adjuvants in Escherichia coli. ACS Chemical Biology. 7(9). 1547–1555. 60 indexed citations

Pascale, Gianfranco De, Emma Griffiths, Tushar Shakya, Ishac Nazi, & Gerard D. Wright. (2011). Identification and Characterization of New Inhibitors of Fungal Homoserine Kinase. ChemBioChem. 12(8). 1179–1182. 7 indexed citations

Pascale, Gianfranco De, Ishac Nazi, Paul H. M. Harrison, & Gerard D. Wright. (2011). β-Lactone natural products and derivatives inactivate homoserine transacetylase, a target for antimicrobial agents. The Journal of Antibiotics. 64(7). 483–487. 26 indexed citations

D’Costa, Vanessa M., Tariq Mukhtar, Tejal Patel, et al.. (2011). Inactivation of the Lipopeptide Antibiotic Daptomycin by Hydrolytic Mechanisms. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 56(2). 757–764. 54 indexed citations

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Spitzer, Michaela, Emma Griffiths, Kim M. Blakely, et al.. (2011). Cross‐species discovery of syncretic drug combinations that potentiate the antifungal fluconazole. Molecular Systems Biology. 7(1). 499–499. 153 indexed citations

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Pascale, Gianfranco De & Gerard D. Wright. (2010). ChemInform Abstract: Antibiotic Resistance by Enzyme Inactivation: From Mechanisms to Solutions. ChemInform. 41(38). 1 indexed citations

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Pascale, Gianfranco De & Gerard D. Wright. (2010). Antibiotic Resistance by Enzyme Inactivation: From Mechanisms to Solutions. ChemBioChem. 11(10). 1325–1334. 69 indexed citations

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Lloyd, Adrian J., Gianfranco De Pascale, Stephen Caddick, et al.. (2009). Inhibition of tRNA-dependent ligase MurM from Streptococcus pneumoniae by phosphonate and sulfonamide inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 17(9). 3443–3455. 12 indexed citations

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Pascale, Gianfranco De, et al.. (2008). A robust screen for novel antibiotics: specific knockout of the initiator of bacterial DNA replication. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 281(2). 210–214. 21 indexed citations

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Pascale, Gianfranco De, Adrian J. Lloyd, James Schouten, et al.. (2008). Kinetic Characterization of Lipid II-Ala:Alanyl-tRNA Ligase (MurN) from Streptococcus pneumoniae using Semisynthetic Aminoacyl-lipid II Substrates. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(50). 34571–34579. 14 indexed citations

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Elford, Tim G., Agnieszka Ulaczyk‐Lesanko, Gianfranco De Pascale, Gerard D. Wright, & Dennis G. Hall. (2008). Diversity-Oriented Synthesis and Preliminary Biological Screening of Highly Substituted Five-Membered Lactones and Lactams Originating From an Allyboration of Aldehydes and Imines. Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry. 11(1). 155–168. 51 indexed citations

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Lloyd, Adrian J., et al.. (2007). Adenosine phosphonate inhibitors of lipid II: Alanyl tRNA ligase MurM from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 17(16). 4654–4656. 11 indexed citations

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Lloyd, Adrian J., Gianfranco De Pascale, Ahmed El Zoeiby, et al.. (2007). Characterization of tRNA-dependent Peptide Bond Formation by MurM in the Synthesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae Peptidoglycan. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(10). 6402–6417. 70 indexed citations

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Schouten, James, Adrian J. Lloyd, Gianfranco De Pascale, et al.. (2006). Fluorescent reagents for in vitro studies of lipid-linked steps of bacterial peptidoglycan biosynthesis: derivatives of UDPMurNAc-pentapeptide containing d -cysteine at position 4 or 5. Molecular BioSystems. 2(10). 484–491. 28 indexed citations

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Pascale, Gianfranco De, Christina Grigoriadou, Daniele Losi, et al.. (2006). Validation for high-throughput screening of a VanRS-based reporter gene assay for bacterial cell wall inhibitors. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 103(1). 133–140. 10 indexed citations

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