James G. Elkins

3.9k citations

57 papers · 2.6k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 25

Co-authors: Martin Keller Daniel J. Hassett Timothy R. McDermott Philip S. Stewart Karsten Zengler Jay M. Short Gerardo Toledo Eric J. Mathur
Topics: Biofuel production and bioconversion (21 papers)Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (19 papers)Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (9 papers)
Cited by: Endocrinology Biotechnology Molecular Medicine
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nature CommunicationsSHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Partner nations: United States France Japan

In The Last Decade

James G. Elkins

55 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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Cultivating the uncultured

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Elucidation of a bacterial pathway for catabolism of the β–β-linked dilignol pinoresinol 2025 ·mBio ·(unknown),Fachuang Lu,Gerald Presley,(unknown),Diana L. Bedgar,Michael A. Costa,Syed Moinuddin,Christopher Chibueze Azubuike,(unknown),Dawn M. Klingeman,(unknown),(unknown),Brian Sanders,Lindsay D. Eltis,Richard J. Giannone,Laurence Davin,Norman Lewis,John Ralph,James G. Elkins,Joshua K. Michener	0
2	Toxic Effects of Butanol in the Plane of the Cell Membrane 2025 ·Langmuir ·(unknown),Haden L. Scott,Micholas Dean Smith,Sai Venkatesh Pingali,Xiaolin Cheng,Hugh O’Neill,John Katsaras,Jeremy C. Smith,James G. Elkins,Brian H. Davison,Jonathan D. Nickels	2
3	n-Butanol or isobutanol as a value-added fuel additive to inhibit microbial degradation of stored gasoline 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·James G. Elkins,Miguel Rodríguez,(unknown),Raynella M. Connatser,Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein,Michael D. Kass,Brian West,Brian H. Davison	2
4	Modeling the partitioning of amphiphilic molecules and co-solvents in biomembranes 2022 ·Journal of Applied Crystallography ·(unknown),Micholas Dean Smith,Haden L. Scott,A. K. Yahya,James G. Elkins,John Katsaras,Hugh O’Neill,Sai Venkatesh Pingali,Jeremy C. Smith,Brian H. Davison,Jonathan D. Nickels	3
5	Improved chemical and isotopic labeling of biomembranes in Bacillus subtilis by leveraging CRISPRi inhibition of beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthase (fabF) 2022 ·Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences ·Jonathan D. Nickels,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Changwoo Do,Brian H. Davison,James G. Elkins	2
6	Implementation of a self-consistent slab model of bilayer structure in the SasView suite 2021 ·Journal of Applied Crystallography ·(unknown),James G. Elkins,Brian H. Davison,Elizabeth G. Kelley,Jonathan D. Nickels	16
7	Solvent-induced membrane stress in biofuel production: molecular insights from small-angle scattering and all-atom molecular dynamics simulations 2020 ·Green Chemistry ·Micholas Dean Smith,Sai Venkatesh Pingali,James G. Elkins,Dima Bolmatov,Robert F. Standaert,Jonathan D. Nickels,Volker S. Urban,John Katsaras,Brian H. Davison,Jeremy C. Smith,Loukas Petridis	11
8	Pentose sugars inhibit metabolism and increase expression of an AgrD-type cyclic pentapeptide in Clostridium thermocellum 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Tobin J. Verbeke,Richard J. Giannone,Dawn M. Klingeman,Nancy L. Engle,Thomas Rydzak,Adam M. Guss,Timothy J. Tschaplinski,Steven D. Brown,Robert L. Hettich,James G. Elkins	32
9	Expression of a heat-stable NADPH-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase from Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus 39E in Clostridium thermocellum 1313 results in increased hydroxymethylfurfural resistance 2017 ·Biotechnology for Biofuels ·Sun‐Ki Kim,Joseph Groom,Daehwan Chung,James G. Elkins,Janet Westpheling	17
10	Manufacturing demonstration of microbially mediated zinc sulfide nanoparticles in pilot-plant scale reactors 2016 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Ji‐Won Moon,Tommy J. Phelps,(unknown),Randall F. Lind,James G. Elkins,Gyoung Gug Jang,P. C. Joshi,Michelle K. Kidder,Beth L. Armstrong,Thomas R. Watkins,Ilia N. Ivanov,David E. Graham	22
11	Community Analysis of Plant Biomass-Degrading Microorganisms from Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park 2014 ·Microbial Ecology ·Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya,Scott D. Hamilton-Brehm,Mircea Podar,Jennifer J. Mosher,Anthony V. Palumbo,Tommy J. Phelps,Martin Keller,James G. Elkins	19
12	A comparative multidimensional LC-MS proteomic analysis reveals mechanisms for furan aldehyde detoxification in Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus 39E 2014 ·Biotechnology for Biofuels ·(unknown),Scott D. Hamilton-Brehm,Richard J. Giannone,Nancy L. Engle,Timothy J. Tschaplinski,Robert L. Hettich,James G. Elkins	16
13	Metabolic engineering of Caldicellulosiruptor bescii yields increased hydrogen production from lignocellulosic biomass 2013 ·Biotechnology for Biofuels ·Minseok Cha,Daehwan Chung,James G. Elkins,Adam M. Guss,Janet Westpheling	103
14	Spatial and temporal dynamics of cellulose degradation and biofilm formation by Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis and Clostridium thermocellum 2011 ·AMB Express ·Zhiwu Wang,Seung Hwan Lee,James G. Elkins,Jennifer L. Morrell‐Falvey	38
15	Mathematical modeling of hydrolysate diffusion and utilization in cellulolytic biofilms of the extreme thermophile Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis 2010 ·Bioresource Technology ·Zhi‐Wu Wang,Scott D. Hamilton-Brehm,Adriane Lochner,James G. Elkins,Jennifer L. Morrell‐Falvey	13
16	The complete genome sequence of Staphylothermus marinus reveals differences in sulfur metabolism among heterotrophic Crenarchaeota 2009 ·BMC Genomics ·Iain Anderson,(unknown),(unknown),Sean Hooper,Iris Porat,Luke E. Ulrich,James G. Elkins,(unknown),Hui Sun,Miriam Land,Alla Lapidus,Susan Lucas,Kerrie Barry,Harald Huber,Igor B. Zhulin,William B. Whitman,Biswarup Mukhopadhyay,Carl R. Woese,James Bristow,Nikos C. Kyrpides	22
17	A korarchaeal genome reveals insights into the evolution of the Archaea 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·James G. Elkins,Mircea Podar,David E. Graham,Kira S. Makarova,Yuri I. Wolf,Lennart Randau,Brian P. Hedlund,Céline Brochier‐Armanet,Victor Kunin,Iain Anderson,Alla Lapidus,Eugene Goltsman,Kerrie Barry,Eugene V. Koonin,Philip Hugenholtz,Nikos C. Kyrpides,Gerhard Wanner,Paul Richardson,Martin Keller,Karl O. Stetter	199
18	Orthologs of the small RPB8 subunit of the eukaryotic RNA polymerases are conserved in hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeota and "Korarchaeota" 2007 ·Biology Direct ·Eugene V. Koonin,Kira S. Makarova,James G. Elkins	36
19	Cloning and characterization of a second acid phosphatase from Sinorhizobium meliloti strain 104A14 2001 ·Archives of Microbiology ·Shiping Deng,James G. Elkins,(unknown),Lina M. Botero,Timothy R. McDermott	7
20	Quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa controls expression of catalase and superoxide dismutase genes and mediates biofilm susceptibility to hydrogen peroxide 1999 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Daniel J. Hassett,(unknown),James G. Elkins,Timothy R. McDermott,Urs A. Ochsner,S E West,Ching‐Tsan Huang,(unknown),Scott L. Burnett,Philip S. Stewart,Gordon A. McFeters,Luciano Passador,Barbara H. Iglewski	327

About James G. Elkins

James G. Elkins is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 57 papers that have together received 2.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (21 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (19 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrinology (202 citations), Biotechnology (302 citations) and Molecular Medicine (159 citations). James G. Elkins has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Martin Keller, Daniel J. Hassett, Timothy R. McDermott, Philip S. Stewart, Karsten Zengler, Jay M. Short, Gerardo Toledo, Eric J. Mathur, Michael S. Rappé and Urs A. Ochsner. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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