Heinz G. Floss

13.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
331 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Heinz G. Floss is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Heinz G. Floss has authored 331 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 178 papers in Molecular Biology, 137 papers in Pharmacology and 101 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Heinz G. Floss's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (124 papers), Plant and fungal interactions (51 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (42 papers). Heinz G. Floss is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (124 papers), Plant and fungal interactions (51 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (42 papers). Heinz G. Floss collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Heinz G. Floss's co-authors include Tin‐Wein Yu, John M. Beale, Ching‐Jer Chang, John M. Cassady, Ursula Mocek, Eckhard Leistner, James E. Robbers, Taifo Mahmud, Paul J. Keller and Brian A.M. Rudd and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Heinz G. Floss

325 papers receiving 9.8k citations

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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.

Production of ‘hybrid’ antibiotics by genetic engineering

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heinz G. Floss United States	54	6.1k	5.0k	2.9k	1.5k	1.0k	331	10.4k
Haruo Seto Japan	52	7.0k 1.1×	4.3k 0.8×	3.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	826 0.8×	405	11.2k
Craig A. Townsend United States	55	6.9k 1.1×	4.7k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	997 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	270	11.4k
Karsten Krohn Germany	47	2.8k 0.5×	3.9k 0.8×	4.4k 1.5×	1.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.8×	433	10.1k
David E. Cane United States	70	14.0k 2.3×	12.6k 2.5×	3.8k 1.3×	2.8k 1.8×	1.9k 1.8×	330	18.6k
Gerhard Höfle Germany	55	5.2k 0.9×	4.0k 0.8×	6.2k 2.1×	2.1k 1.4×	798 0.8×	251	11.8k
David H. Sherman United States	66	8.5k 1.4×	8.6k 1.7×	3.8k 1.3×	3.2k 2.1×	1.5k 1.4×	357	15.1k
Hiroyuki Koshino Japan	46	3.6k 0.6×	2.1k 0.4×	3.4k 1.1×	939 0.6×	1.5k 1.4×	351	8.5k
Yi Tang United States	71	8.6k 1.4×	7.6k 1.5×	3.0k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	1.5k 1.4×	304	14.7k
James R. Hanson United Kingdom	41	4.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.3×	3.5k 1.2×	711 0.5×	1.7k 1.6×	581	9.0k
Teruhiko Beppu Japan	54	7.3k 1.2×	2.4k 0.5×	938 0.3×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	394	10.4k

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Rui, Zhe, Kateřina Petřı́čková, Stanislav Pospı́šil, et al.. (2010). Biochemical and Genetic Insights into Asukamycin Biosynthesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(32). 24915–24924. 50 indexed citations

Floss, Heinz G., et al.. (2009). New, Highly Active Nonbenzoquinone Geldanamycin Derivatives by Using Mutasynthesis. ChemBioChem. 10(11). 1801–1805. 49 indexed citations

Srinivasulu, B, Yoonjung Kim, YongKeun Chang, et al.. (2006). Construction of asm2 Deletion Mutant of Actinosynnema pretiosum and Medium Optimization for Ansamitocin P-3 Production Using Statistical Approach. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 16(9). 1338–1346. 21 indexed citations

Kubota, Takaaki, et al.. (2006). Determination of the Cryptic Stereochemistry of the First PKS Chain‐Extension Step in Ansamitocin Biosynthesis by Actinosynnema pretiosum. ChemBioChem. 7(8). 1221–1225. 22 indexed citations

Liu, Zhongfa, Heinz G. Floss, John M. Cassady, & Kenneth K. Chan. (2005). Metabolism studies of the anti‐tumor agent maytansine and its analog ansamitocin P‐3 using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 40(3). 389–399. 18 indexed citations

Hu, Yiding, Chris R. Melville, Steven J. Gould, & Heinz G. Floss. (1997). 3-Amino-4-hydroxybenzoic Acid: the Precursor of the C₇N Unit in Asukamycin and Manumycin. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119(18). 4301–4302. 20 indexed citations

Moore, Bradley S., Heinz G. Floss, & Karl Poralla. (1995). Three New ω-Cycloheptyl Fatty Acids from Alicyclobacillus cycloheptanicus and Their Biosynthetic Interrelationships. Journal of Natural Products. 58(4). 590–593. 8 indexed citations

Mocek, Ursula, Heinz G. Floss, Armando Cáceres, et al.. (1994). An antifungal compound from Solanum nigrescens. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 43(3). 173–177. 44 indexed citations

Kirschning, Andreas, et al.. (1994). Synthesis of 4-amino 3,4-dideoxy-d-arabino-heptulosonic acid 7-phosphate, the biosynthetic precursor of C7N units in ansamycin antibiotics. Carbohydrate Research. 256(2). 245–256. 12 indexed citations

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Rohr, Jürgen, John M. Beale, & Heinz G. Floss. (1989). Urdamycins, new angucycline antibiotics from Streptomyces fradiae. IV. Biosynthetic studies of urdamycins A-D.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 42(7). 1151–1157. 39 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Motomasa & Heinz G. Floss. (1987). Biosynthesis of ergot alkaloids: origin of the oxygen atoms in chanoclavine-I and elymoclavine. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 52(19). 4350–4352. 5 indexed citations

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Beale, John M., et al.. (1986). Synthesis of (R)- and (S)-[1-13C1,2-2H1]malonate and its stereochemical analysis by NMR spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(5). 1100–1101. 6 indexed citations

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Floss, Heinz G., Paul J. Keller, & John M. Beale. (1986). Studies on the Biosynthesis of Antibiotics. Journal of Natural Products. 49(6). 957–970. 20 indexed citations

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Keller, Paul J., et al.. (1986). Solution structures of 6,7-dimethyl-8-substituted-lumazines. Carbon-13 NMR evidence for intramolecular ether formation. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 51(13). 2461–2467. 31 indexed citations

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Woodard, Ronald W., et al.. (1981). Stereochemical course of the methylation of the polygalacturonic acid carboxyl groups of pectin. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 207(1). 51–54. 5 indexed citations

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Floss, Heinz G.. (1980). Chair Report for the Committee on Research and Graduate Affairs. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 44(4). 426–427. 1 indexed citations

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Quigley, F., et al.. (1980). In Vivo and In Vitro Evidence for N-Methylation as the Second Pathway-Specific Step in Ergoline Biosynthesis¹. Planta Medica. 40(10). 109–119. 17 indexed citations

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Floss, Heinz G., et al.. (1975). Carbon-13 magnetic resonance spectroscopy of drugs. Sulfonamides. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 18(5). 505–509. 12 indexed citations

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Ramstad, Egil, et al.. (1969). On the Biosynthesis of Cantharidin. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 58(10). 1274–1274. 15 indexed citations

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Gröger, D., D. Erge, & Heinz G. Floss. (1968). [Biosynthesis of ergot alkaloids. On the origin of side chains in d-lysergic acid methylcarbinolamide].. PubMed. 23(2). 177–80. 3 indexed citations

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