Kou‐San Ju

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Kou‐San Ju is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kou‐San Ju has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Pharmacology and 7 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kou‐San Ju's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (20 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (8 papers). Kou‐San Ju is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (20 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (8 papers). Kou‐San Ju collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Kou‐San Ju's co-authors include Rebecca E. Parales, William W. Metcalf, James R. Doroghazi, David P. Labeda, Neil L. Kelleher, Anthony W. Goering, Jessica C. Albright, Robert R Haines, Konstantin Tchalukov and Gang Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Kou‐San Ju

39 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Nitroaromatic Compounds, from Synthesis to Biodegradation

2010 746 citations Kou‐San Ju, Rebecca E. Parales profile →
A roadmap for natural product discovery based on large-scale genomics and metabolomics

2014 364 citations James R. Doroghazi, Jessica C. Albright et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kou‐San Ju

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Therapeutic target genes and regulatory networks of gallic acid in cervical cancer 2025 ·Frontiers in Genetics ·(unknown), Lei Ye, Yongkang Yang, Zhihui Zhou, (unknown), Kou‐San Ju, Shizhi Wang, Yuanyuan Li	2
2	The genome of Bacillus tequilensis EA-CB0015 sheds light into its epiphytic lifestyle and potential as a biocontrol agent 2023 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Kou‐San Ju, Valeska Villegas-Escobar	10
3	A Novel Pathway for Biosynthesis of the Herbicidal Phosphonate Natural Product Phosphonothrixin Is Widespread in Actinobacteria 2023 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·(unknown), Ryuichi Hirota, (unknown), (unknown), David T. Krist, Lingyang Zhu, (unknown), Wilfred A. van der Donk, Kou‐San Ju, William W. Metcalf	6
4	Biosynthesis of Argolaphos Illuminates the Unusual Biochemical Origins of Aminomethylphosphonate and N^ε-Hydroxyarginine Containing Natural Products 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kou‐San Ju	15
5	Valinophos Reveals a New Route in Microbial Phosphonate Biosynthesis That Is Broadly Conserved in Nature 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), Li Chen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kou‐San Ju	10
6	Convergent and divergent biosynthetic strategies towards phosphonic acid natural products 2022 ·Current Opinion in Chemical Biology ·Kou‐San Ju, Satish K. Nair	7
7	Genome Mining and Metabolomics Uncover a Rare d-Capreomycidine Containing Natural Product and Its Biosynthetic Gene Cluster 2020 ·ACS Chemical Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Matthew T. Robey, (unknown), (unknown), William W. Metcalf, Kou‐San Ju, Neil L. Kelleher, Regan J. Thomson	7
8	Fosmidomycin biosynthesis diverges from related phosphonate natural products 2019 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·Elizabeth I. Parkinson, (unknown), Andrew C. Eliot, Kou‐San Ju, William W. Metcalf	28
9	PcxL and HpxL are flavin-dependent, oxime-forming N-oxidases in phosphonocystoximic acid biosynthesis in Streptomyces 2018 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Kou‐San Ju, (unknown), William W. Metcalf	11
10	Metabolomic data suggest regulation of black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) diet composition at the molecular level 2016 ·American Journal of Primatology ·Katherine R. Amato, Alexander Ulanov, Kou‐San Ju, Paul A. Garber	9
11	Phylogenetic relationships in the family Streptomycetaceae using multi-locus sequence analysis 2016 ·Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ·David P. Labeda, Christopher A. Dunlap, Xiaoying Rong, Ying Huang, James R. Doroghazi, Kou‐San Ju, William W. Metcalf	99
12	Discovery of phosphonic acid natural products by mining the genomes of 10,000 actinomycetes 2015 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kou‐San Ju, Jiangtao Gao, James R. Doroghazi, Kwo-Kwang A. Wang, Christopher J. Thibodeaux, Steven Li, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jun Kai Zhang, Jaeheon Lee, (unknown), Bradley S. Evans, Ryuichi Hirota, David P. Labeda, Wilfred A. van der Donk, William W. Metcalf	150
13	A roadmap for natural product discovery based on large-scale genomics and metabolomics breakdown → 2014 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·James R. Doroghazi, Jessica C. Albright, Anthony W. Goering, Kou‐San Ju, Robert R Haines, Konstantin Tchalukov, David P. Labeda, Neil L. Kelleher, William W. Metcalf	364
14	Use of a Phosphonate Methyltransferase in the Identification of the Fosfazinomycin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster 2013 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Jiangtao Gao, Kou‐San Ju, Xiaomin Yu, Juan E. Velásquez, Subha Mukherjee, Jaeheon Lee, Changming Zhao, Bradley S. Evans, James R. Doroghazi, William W. Metcalf, Wilfred A. van der Donk	41
15	Genomics-enabled discovery of phosphonate natural products and their biosynthetic pathways 2013 ·Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology ·Kou‐San Ju, James R. Doroghazi, William W. Metcalf	48
16	Evolution of a new bacterial pathway for 4-nitrotoluene degradation 2011 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Kou‐San Ju, Rebecca E. Parales	30
17	A Proteomic Survey of Nonribosomal Peptide and Polyketide Biosynthesis in Actinobacteria 2011 ·Journal of Proteome Research ·Yunqiu Chen, Ioanna Ntai, Kou‐San Ju, (unknown), Leonid Zamdborg, (unknown), James R. Doroghazi, David P. Labeda, William W. Metcalf, Neil L. Kelleher	30
18	Application of nitroarene dioxygenases in the design of novel strains that degrade chloronitrobenzenes 2009 ·Microbial Biotechnology ·Kou‐San Ju, Rebecca E. Parales	22
19	Mutation of bacterium Vibrio gazogenes for selective preparation of colorants 2009 ·Biotechnology Progress ·Farzaneh Alihosseini, József Langó, Kou‐San Ju, Bruce D. Hammock, Gang Sun	19
20	Control of Substrate Specificity by Active-Site Residues in Nitrobenzene Dioxygenase 2006 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Kou‐San Ju, Rebecca E. Parales	43

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