James Staunton

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
239 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

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James Staunton is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, James Staunton has authored 239 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Pharmacology, 106 papers in Molecular Biology and 101 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in James Staunton's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (109 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (41 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (38 papers). James Staunton is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (109 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (41 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (38 papers). James Staunton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Sudan. James Staunton's co-authors include Peter F. Leadlay, Kira J. Weissman, Barrie Wilkinson, Jesús Cortés, John Skilling, Jesús F. Aparicio, Alan R. Battersby, Patrick Caffrey, Ernest D. Laue and Christian B. W. Stark and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

James Staunton

235 papers receiving 8.3k 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.

Polyketide biosynthesis: a millennium review

2001 1.3k citations James Staunton, Kira J. Weissman Natural Product Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Staunton United Kingdom	48	5.4k	4.8k	2.8k	1.5k	1.1k	239	8.7k
Haruo Seto Japan	52	4.3k 0.8×	7.0k 1.4×	3.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	826 0.8×	405	11.2k
Craig A. Townsend United States	55	4.7k 0.9×	6.9k 1.4×	2.4k 0.8×	997 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	270	11.4k
Ronald J. Quinn Australia	51	3.2k 0.6×	5.1k 1.0×	3.7k 1.3×	2.5k 1.7×	887 0.8×	326	11.5k
Guy T. Carter United States	39	2.8k 0.5×	3.0k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	661 0.6×	112	6.7k
Hiroyuki Koshino Japan	46	2.1k 0.4×	3.6k 0.7×	3.4k 1.2×	939 0.6×	1.5k 1.4×	351	8.5k
Karsten Krohn Germany	47	3.9k 0.7×	2.8k 0.6×	4.4k 1.6×	1.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.8×	433	10.1k
Robert M. Williams United States	66	5.0k 0.9×	8.1k 1.7×	10.9k 3.9×	2.2k 1.5×	684 0.6×	406	18.5k
Jean‐Marie Frère Belgium	62	3.0k 0.6×	5.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.4×	722 0.5×	752 0.7×	340	14.1k
David E. Cane United States	70	12.6k 2.3×	14.0k 2.9×	3.8k 1.3×	2.8k 1.9×	1.9k 1.8×	330	18.6k
Yasuhiro Igarashi Japan	44	3.4k 0.6×	3.6k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	394	7.8k

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Demydchuk, Yuliya, Yuhui Sun, Hui Hong, et al.. (2008). Analysis of the Tetronomycin Gene Cluster: Insights into the Biosynthesis of a Polyether Tetronate Antibiotic. ChemBioChem. 9(7). 1136–1145. 67 indexed citations

Gallimore, Andrew R., Christian B. W. Stark, Apoorva Bhatt, et al.. (2006). Evidence for the Role of the monB Genes in Polyether Ring Formation during Monensin Biosynthesis. Chemistry & Biology. 13(4). 453–460. 102 indexed citations

Hong, Hui, et al.. (2005). Chain initiation on type I modular polyketide synthases revealed by limited proteolysis and ion‐trap mass spectrometry. FEBS Journal. 272(10). 2373–2387. 25 indexed citations

Siskos, Alexandros, Abel Baerga‐Ortiz, Shilpa Bali, et al.. (2005). Molecular Basis of Celmer's Rules: Stereochemistry of Catalysis by Isolated Ketoreductase Domains from Modular Polyketide Synthases. Chemistry & Biology. 12(10). 1145–1153. 95 indexed citations

Gregory, Matthew A., Sabine Gaisser, Rachel E. Lill, et al.. (2004). Isolation and Characterization of Pre‐rapamycin, the First Macrocyclic Intermediate in the Biosynthesis of the Immunosuppressant Rapamycin by S. hygroscopicus. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(19). 2551–2553. 36 indexed citations

Lopes, Norberto Peporine, Christian B. W. Stark, James Staunton, & Paul J. Gates. (2004). Evidence for gas-phase redox chemistry inducing novel fragmentation in a complex natural product. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 2(3). 358–358. 13 indexed citations

Stark, Christian B. W., et al.. (2003). Intermediates Released from a Polyether‐Producing Polyketide Synthase Provide Insight into the Mechanism of Oxidative Cyclization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 42(37). 4475–4478. 35 indexed citations

Hong, Hui, Paul J. Gates, James Staunton, et al.. (2003). Identification using LC-MSn of co-metabolites in the biosynthesis of the polyketide toxin mycolactone by a clinical isolate of Mycobacterium ulceransElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental procedures and ESI-CID-MS/MS spectra of mycolactone and the five co-metabolites; MS3 spectrum of m/z 661 from the MS/MS of m/z 749; scheme showing the losses of mass 88 (C4H8O2) during the MS/MS of m/z 749 and the MS3 of m/z 661. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b3/b308163j/. Chemical Communications. 2822–2822. 42 indexed citations

Martin, Christine, Rose Sheridan, Steven G. Kendrew, et al.. (2003). Heterologous expression in Saccharopolyspora erythraea of a pentaketide synthase derived from the spinosyn polyketide synthaseElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Further details of the construction of pCJR308, the fermentation of BIOT-0966 and the isolation of pentaketide lactone, 3, and figures showing the13C NMR and 1H COSY spectra of 3. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/ob/b3/b310740j/. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 1(23). 4144–4144. 32 indexed citations

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Lopes, Norberto Peporine, Christian B. W. Stark, Hui Hong, Paul J. Gates, & James Staunton. (2002). Fragmentation studies on monensin A and B by accurate‐mass electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 16(5). 414–420. 49 indexed citations

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Martin, Christine, et al.. (2002). Skipping in a Hybrid Polyketide Synthase. Chemistry & Biology. 9(7). 781–787. 58 indexed citations

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Lopes, Norberto Peporine, Christian B. W. Stark, Paul J. Gates, & James Staunton. (2002). Fragmentation studies on monensin A by sequential electrospray mass spectrometry. The Analyst. 127(4). 503–506. 47 indexed citations

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Gaisser, Sabine, Christine Martin, Barrie Wilkinson, et al.. (2002). Engineered biosynthesis of novel spinosyns bearing altered deoxyhexose substituentsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: 1H and 13C NMR data for compounds 5–8. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b2/b200536k/. Chemical Communications. 618–619. 26 indexed citations

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Lopes, Norberto Peporine, Tatiana Fonseca, John P. G. Wilkins, James Staunton, & Paul J. Gates. (2002). Novel gas-phase ion–molecule aromatic nucleophilic substitution in β-carbolines. Chemical Communications. 72–73. 14 indexed citations

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Staunton, James & Kira J. Weissman. (2001). Polyketide biosynthesis: a millennium review. Natural Product Reports. 18(4). 380–416. 1287 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weissman, Kira J., Cameron J. Smith, Ulf Hanefeld, et al.. (1998). The Thioesterase of the Erythromycin-Producing Polyketide Synthase: Influence of Acyl Chain Structure on the Mode of Release of Substrate Analogues from the Acyl Enzyme Intermediates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(10). 1437–1440. 67 indexed citations

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König, Ariane, Torsten Schwecke, Günter A. Böhm, et al.. (1997). The Pipecolate‐Incorporating Enzyme for the Biosynthesis of the Immunosuppressant Rapamycin — Nucleotide Sequence Analysis, Disruption and Heterologous Expression of Rap P from Streptomyces Hygroscopicus. European Journal of Biochemistry. 247(2). 526–534. 61 indexed citations

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Aparicio, Jesús F., István Molnár, Torsten Schwecke, et al.. (1996). Organization of the biosynthetic gene cluster for rapamycin in Streptomyces hygroscopicus: Analysis of the enzymatic domains in the modular polyketide synthase. Gene. 169(1). 9–16. 205 indexed citations

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Cortés, Jesús, et al.. (1995). Polyketide synthesis in vitro on a modular polyketide synthase. Chemistry & Biology. 2(9). 583–589. 69 indexed citations

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Laue, Ernest D., et al.. (1988). Biosynthesis of palitantin, a polyketide metabolite of Penicillium brefeldianum: 13C n.m.r. assignment and incorporation of 13C-, 2H-, and 18O2-labelled acetates. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 773–773. 6 indexed citations

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