Keith Chater

20.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
182 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

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Keith Chater is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith Chater has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 143 papers in Molecular Biology, 113 papers in Pharmacology and 68 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Keith Chater's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (112 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (75 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (52 papers). Keith Chater is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (112 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (75 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (52 papers). Keith Chater collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Keith Chater's co-authors include Govind Chandra, Celia J. Bruton, Bertolt Gust, Tobias Kieser, Gregory L. Challis, Kay Fowler, David A. Hopwood, Mark J. Buttner, Mervyn J. Bibb and Elizabeth J. Lawlor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Keith Chater

181 papers receiving 13.3k citations

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PCR-targeted Streptomyces gene replacement identifies a protein domain needed for biosynthesis of the sesquiterpene soil odor geosmin

2003 1.3k citations Bertolt Gust, Gregory L. Challis et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Genomics ofActinobacteria: Tracing the Evolutionary History of an Ancient Phylum

2007 803 citations Govind Chandra, Keith Chater et al. profile →
Molecular Regulation of Antibiotic Biosynthesis in Streptomyces

2013 547 citations Keith Chater, Govind Chandra et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Developmental biology ofStreptomycesfrom the perspective of 100 actinobacterial genome sequences 2013 ·FEMS Microbiology Reviews ·Govind Chandra, Keith Chater	103
2	Evolutionary flux of potentially bldA-dependent Streptomyces genes containing the rare leucine codon TTA 2008 ·Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ·Govind Chandra, Keith Chater	33
3	NsdB, a TPR-like-domain-containing protein negatively affecting production of antibiotics in Streptomyces coelicolor A3 (2). 2007 ·PubMed ·Li Zhang, Wencheng Li, Chunhua Zhao, Keith Chater, Meifeng Tao	10
4	New pleiotropic effects of eliminating a rare tRNA from Streptomyces coelicolor, revealed by combined proteomic and transcriptomic analysis of liquid cultures 2007 ·BMC Genomics ·Andrew Hesketh, Giselda Bucca, Emma Laing, Fiona Flett, Graham Hotchkiss, Colin P. Smith, Keith Chater	55
5	λ Red-Mediated Genetic Manipulation of Antibiotic-Producing Streptomyces 2004 ·Advances in applied microbiology ·Bertolt Gust, Govind Chandra, Dagmara Jakimowicz, (unknown), Celia J. Bruton, Keith Chater	232
6	Production of 8′-Halogenated and 8′-Unsubstituted Novobiocin Derivatives in Genetically Engineered Streptomyces coelicolor Strains 2004 ·Chemistry & Biology ·Alessandra S. Eustáquio, Bertolt Gust, Shu-Ming Li, Stefan Pelzer, Wolfgang Wohlleben, Keith Chater, Lutz Heide	49
7	Evidence That the Streptomyces Developmental Protein WhiD, a Member of the WhiB Family, Binds a [4Fe-4S] Cluster 2004 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Piotr Jakimowicz, Myles R. Cheesman, William R. Bishai, Keith Chater, Andrew J. Thomson, Mark J. Buttner	85
8	PCR-targeted Streptomyces gene replacement identifies a protein domain needed for biosynthesis of the sesquiterpene soil odor geosmin breakdown → 2003 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Bertolt Gust, Gregory L. Challis, Kay Fowler, Tobias Kieser, Keith Chater	1266
9	Signalling early developmental events in two highly diverged Streptomyces species 2003 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Keith Chater, Sueharu Horinouchi	103
10	Isolation of the Regulator Gene Responsible for Overproduction of Catalase A in H₂O₂-resistant Mutant of Streptomyces coelicolor 2000 ·The Journal of Microbiology ·Ji‐Sook Hahn, So-Young Oh, Keith Chater, Jung‐Hye Roe	3
11	The function of a regulatory gene,scrX related to differentiation inStreptomyces coelicolor 2000 ·Science in China Series C Life Sciences ·Haihua Yang, Yuqing Tian, (unknown), Huarong Tan, Keith Chater	1
12	David Hopwood and the emergence of Streptomyces genetics. 1999 ·PubMed ·Keith Chater	9
13	Influences of developmental genes on localized glycogen deposition in colonies of a mycelial prokaryote, Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2): a possible interface between metabolism and morphogenesis 1995 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Kitty A. Plaskitt, Keith Chater	32
14	Streptomyces, Bacillus subtilis and other Gram positive bacteria 1993 ·Current topics in microbiology and immunology ·Keith Chater	4
15	Multiple novel promoters from the early region in the Streptomyces temperate phage φC31 are activated during lytic development 1993 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Colin J. Ingham, (unknown), Celia J. Bruton, Keith Chater, Nigel M. Hartley, George J. Murphy, Margaret C. M. Smith	12
16	Isolation and genetic structure of IS112, an insertion sequence responsible for the inactivation of the SalI restriction-modification system of Streptomyces albus G 1991 ·Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·M. Rosario Rodicio, Miguel A. Álvarez, Keith Chater	12
17	Spore colour in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) involves the developmentally regulated synthesis of a compound biosynthetically related to polyketide antibiotics 1990 ·Molecular Microbiology ·(unknown), Keith Chater	156
18	Cloning and transcription analysis of the entire glycerol utilization (gylABX) operon of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) and identification of a closely associated transcription unit 1988 ·Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Colin P. Smith, Keith Chater	39
19	Morphological and Physiological Differentiation in Streptomyces 1984 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Keith Chater	101
20	Genetic rearrangement : proceedings of the Fifth John Innes Symposiumbiological consequences of DNA structure and genome arrangement 1983 ·Keith Chater	1

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