Govind Chandra

10.3k citations

78 papers · 5.2k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 39

Impact in

Pharmacology top 0.1%
- Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
Biotechnology top 0.5%
- Microbial Metabolism and Applications

Papers in

Pharmacology 48
- Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis 48
Microbiology 2

Co-authors: Keith Chater Mark J. Buttner Maureen J. Bibb Carlos Canchaya Douwe van Sinderen Marco Ventura Gerald F. Fitzgerald Andreas Tauch
Journals: Molecular Microbiology (10 papers)Microbiology (6 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (4 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Govind Chandra

74 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Molecular Regulation of Antibiotic Biosynthesis in Streptomyces 2013 · 547 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2013 Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
2007 Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

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1	Function and firing of the Streptomyces coelicolor contractile injection system requires the membrane protein CisA eLife ·Veuve d'Hubert Anthoine (fl.1630-1636) impresor, Cervantes Urbieta, Abdelaziz Messis, Govind Chandra, Pavel Afanasyev, Jingwei Xu, Martin Pilhofer, Susan Schlimpert	2025	0
2	Expanding the diversity of bacterial DNA partitioning: A CTP-independent ParAB S system for plasmid partitioning in Streptomyces Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ma. J. Sender Palacios, Francisco de Asís Balaguer, Clara Aicart-Ramos, Ngat T. Tran, Abbas Maqbool, Martin Rejzek, Govind Chandra, Fernando Moreno‐Herrero, Tung B. K. Le	2025	0
3	A retropepsin-like bacterial protease regulates ribosome modification and polypeptide production Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Richard Little, Govind Chandra, Gerhard Saalbach, Carlo Martins, Domenico Pugliese, Selly Lim	2025	0
4	Identification of novel tail-anchored membrane proteins integrated by the bacterial twin-arginine translocase Microbiology ·Meilian Jiao, Emmanuele Severi, Govind Chandra, Tracy Palmer	2024	3
5	Interactions between paralogous bacterial enhancer‐binding proteins enable metal‐dependent regulation of alternative nitrogenases in Azotobacter vinelandii Molecular Microbiology ·Corinne Appia‐Ayme, Richard Little, Govind Chandra, Carlo Martins, Marcelo Bueno Batista, Ray Dixon	2022	5
6	Re-wiring the regulation of the formicamycin biosynthetic gene cluster to enable the development of promising antibacterial compounds Cell chemical biology ·Rebecca Devine, Shunsuke Yanagisawa, Zhiwei Qin, 谭文玲, YAEKO KOSEKI, Govind Chandra, Barrie Wilkinson, Matthew I. Hutchings	2021	25
7	Evolution of a σ–(c-di-GMP)–anti-σ switch Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Maria A. Schumacher, Chen Xin-ji, Neil A. Holmes, Govind Chandra, Max Henderson, David T. Kysela, Richard G. Brennan, Mark J. Buttner	2021	10
8	Streptomyces venezuelae NRRL B-65442: genome sequence of a model strain used to study morphological differentiation in filamentous actinobacteria Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology ·Juan Pablo Gomez‐Escribano, Neil A. Holmes, Susan Schlimpert, Maureen J. Bibb, Govind Chandra, Barrie Wilkinson, Mark J. Buttner, Mervyn J. Bibb	2021	20
9	BldC Delays Entry into Development To Produce a Sustained Period of Vegetative Growth in Streptomyces venezuelae mBio ·Matthew J. Bush, Govind Chandra, Mahmoud M. Al‐Bassam, Kim Findlay, Mark J. Buttner	2019	31
10	Discovery and Biosynthesis of the Antibiotic Bicyclomycin in Distantly Related Bacterial Classes Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Natalia M. Vior, Rodney Lacret, Govind Chandra, Lyndsey Zhang, Martin Trick, Andrew W. Truman	2018	40
11	The MerR-like protein BldC binds DNA direct repeats as cooperative multimers to regulate Streptomyces development Nature Communications ·Maria A. Schumacher, Chris D. den Hengst, Matthew J. Bush, Tung B. K. Le, Ngat T. Tran, Govind Chandra, Wenjie Zeng, Yiyan Liang, Richard G. Brennan, Mark J. Buttner	2018	25
12	Genome-Wide Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Sequencing Analysis Shows that WhiB Is a Transcription Factor That Cocontrols Its Regulon with WhiA To Initiate Developmental Cell Division in Streptomyces mBio ·Matthew J. Bush, Govind Chandra, Maureen J. Bibb, Kim Findlay, Mark J. Buttner	2016	74
13	Discovery of Unusual Biaryl Polyketides by Activation of a Silent Streptomyces venezuelae Biosynthetic Gene Cluster ChemBioChem ·貴小元, Juan Pablo Gomez‐Escribano, Lijiang Song, Maureen J. Bibb, (unknown), Mahmoud M. Al‐Bassam, Govind Chandra, Arinthip Thamchaipenet, Gregory L. Challis, Mervyn J. Bibb	2016	54
14	Developmental biology ofStreptomycesfrom the perspective of 100 actinobacterial genome sequences FEMS Microbiology Reviews ·Govind Chandra, Keith Chater	2013	103
15	Dissecting the complete lipoprotein biogenesis pathway in Streptomyces scabies Molecular Microbiology ·David A. Widdick, Matthew G. Hicks, Benjamin J. Thompson, Andreas Tschumi, Govind Chandra, Iain C. Sutcliffe, Lexy Dobson, Peter Sander, Tracy Palmer, Matthew I. Hutchings	2011	38
16	Genes essential for morphological development and antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor are targets of BldD during vegetative growth Molecular Microbiology ·Chris D. den Hengst, Ngat T. Tran, Maureen J. Bibb, Govind Chandra, Brenda K. Leskiw, Mark J. Buttner	2010	155
17	The twin arginine protein transport pathway exports multiple virulence proteins in the plant pathogen Streptomyces scabies Molecular Microbiology ·Madhumita Joshi, Zhi-jun Gao, Haike Antelmann, David A. Widdick, Joanna K. Fyans, Govind Chandra, Matthew I. Hutchings, Ian K. Toth, Michael Hecker, Rosemary Loria, Tracy Palmer	2010	59
18	Investigating lipoprotein biogenesis and function in the model Gram‐positive bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor Molecular Microbiology ·Benjamin J. Thompson, David A. Widdick, Matthew G. Hicks, Govind Chandra, Iain C. Sutcliffe, Tracy Palmer, Matthew I. Hutchings	2010	54
19	Evolutionary flux of potentially bldA-dependent Streptomyces genes containing the rare leucine codon TTA Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ·Govind Chandra, Keith Chater	2008	33
20	λ Red-Mediated Genetic Manipulation of Antibiotic-Producing Streptomyces Advances in applied microbiology ·Bertolt Gust, Govind Chandra, Dagmara Jakimowicz, Waraporn Jirapanthong, Celia J. Bruton, Keith Chater	2004	232

About Govind Chandra

Govind Chandra is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics and Biotechnology, having authored 78 papers that have together received 5.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (48 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (38 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (23 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (6 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pharmacology (2.4k citations), Biotechnology (688 citations), Microbiology (44 citations), Molecular Biology (3.3k citations) and Molecular Medicine (216 citations). Govind Chandra has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Keith Chater, Mark J. Buttner, Maureen J. Bibb, Carlos Canchaya, Douwe van Sinderen, Marco Ventura, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Andreas Tauch, Huarong Tan and Guoqing Niu. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Microbiology, Microbiology, Nucleic Acids Research, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Bacteriology.

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