Lei Du

18.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
115 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Lei Du is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Du has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Pharmacology and 13 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Lei Du's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (16 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (9 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (9 papers). Lei Du is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (16 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (9 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (9 papers). Lei Du collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Lei Du's co-authors include Stephen L. Warren, David B. Bregman, Shengying Li, Sarina van der Zee, Jan Fredrik Simons, Michael D. Miller, Quan Chen, Euikyung Kim, Svante Pääbo and M. T. Ronan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Lei Du

113 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

A New Arenavirus in a Cluster of Fatal Transplant-Associa... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2008 2006 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. A New Arenavirus in a Cluster of Fatal Transplant-Associated Diseases
    2008 454 citations Lei Du et al. profile →
  2. Analysis of one million base pairs of Neanderthal DNA
    2006 445 citations Lei Du et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lei Du China 37 3.4k 823 771 599 470 115 6.0k
Stefka Tyanova Germany 17 7.7k 2.3× 766 0.9× 834 1.1× 888 1.5× 344 0.7× 25 11.8k
Jean Muller France 31 5.7k 1.7× 1.8k 2.2× 532 0.7× 702 1.2× 331 0.7× 93 8.4k
Yasset Pérez‐Riverol United Kingdom 29 8.0k 2.4× 842 1.0× 729 0.9× 669 1.1× 432 0.9× 86 12.0k
Sascha Sauer Germany 44 3.7k 1.1× 628 0.8× 579 0.8× 613 1.0× 176 0.4× 119 6.6k
Robert A. Holt Canada 47 4.9k 1.4× 1.2k 1.5× 765 1.0× 532 0.9× 826 1.8× 148 9.5k
Martin Eisenacher Germany 41 5.4k 1.6× 568 0.7× 627 0.8× 780 1.3× 291 0.6× 163 8.6k
Alexandre Zougman United Kingdom 24 6.2k 1.8× 530 0.6× 532 0.7× 614 1.0× 236 0.5× 36 9.3k
Shuangbin Xu China 15 5.0k 1.5× 963 1.2× 591 0.8× 1.4k 2.4× 361 0.8× 30 9.1k
Li Zhan China 22 5.0k 1.5× 818 1.0× 562 0.7× 1.5k 2.6× 312 0.7× 68 9.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Du

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lei Du

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Du

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lei Du. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lei Du based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lei Du. Lei Du is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Zhang, Chengjie, Fei Guo, Fang Peng, et al.. (2024). Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase: Properties and applications. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 100179–100179. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Chengqi, Xin Gao, Yu Cao, et al.. (2024). Detection of quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs) and QTN-by-environment and QTN-by-QTN interactions for cotton early-maturity traits using the 3VmrMLM method. Industrial Crops and Products. 216. 118706–118706. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Mengsha, Cai You, Fei Guo, et al.. (2024). Reaction mechanism and regioselectivity of uridine diphosphate glucosyltransferase RrUGT3: a combined experimental and computational study. Catalysis Science & Technology. 14(17). 4882–4895. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Zhong, Lilan Zhang, Kangwei Xu, et al.. (2023). Molecular insights into the catalytic promiscuity of a bacterial diterpene synthase. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4001–4001. 29 indexed citations
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Zhu, Guoliang, et al.. (2023). Biosynthesis of 4-Acyl-5-aminoimidazole Alkaloids Featuring a New Friedel–Crafts Acyltransferase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(48). 26308–26317. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Li, Yunjie Liu, Yue Zhao, et al.. (2023). Enzymatic synthesis of indigo derivatives by tuning P450 BM3 peroxygenases. Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. 8(3). 452–461. 7 indexed citations
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Cheng, Fangyuan, Zhengquan Gao, Lei Du, et al.. (2022). Cytochrome P450s in algae: Bioactive natural product biosynthesis and light-driven bioproduction. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 12(6). 2832–2844. 16 indexed citations
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Huang, Wenjuan, Liang Wang, Junhui Xia, et al.. (2022). Efficacy and safety of azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, and reduced dose of rituximab in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. European Journal of Neurology. 29(8). 2343–2354. 18 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaohui, Fengwei Li, Xingwang Zhang, et al.. (2022). Three pairs of surrogate redox partners comparison for Class I cytochrome P450 enzyme activity reconstitution. Communications Biology. 5(1). 791–791. 26 indexed citations
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Li, Shuai, Lu‐Ping Chi, Zhong Li, et al.. (2022). Discovery of venediols by activation of a silent type I polyketide biosynthetic gene cluster in Streptomyces venezuelae ATCC 15439. Tetrahedron. 126. 133072–133072. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Fengwei, Fangyuan Cheng, Li Ma, et al.. (2021). Bacterial Biosynthetic P450 Enzyme PikCD50N: A Potential Biocatalyst for the Preparation of Human Drug Metabolites. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 86(21). 14563–14571. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xingwang, Cai You, Ce Geng, et al.. (2021). Biosynthesis of Chuangxinmycin Featuring a Deubiquitinase‐like Sulfurtransferase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(46). 24418–24423. 15 indexed citations
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Dong, Sheng, Jingfei Chen, Xingwang Zhang, et al.. (2021). Structural Basis for Selective Oxidation of Phosphorylated Ethylphenols by Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase CreJ. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87(11). 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Huifang, Yuanyuan Jiang, Wenxia Yang, et al.. (2019). Directed Evolution of P450 Fatty Acid Decarboxylases via High‐Throughput Screening towards Improved Catalytic Activity. ChemCatChem. 12(1). 80–84. 20 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Lei Du, Zepeng Qu, et al.. (2019). Compartmentalized biosynthesis of mycophenolic acid. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(27). 13305–13310. 69 indexed citations
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Du, Lei, et al.. (2018). Serum ischaemia‐modified albumin might be a potential biomarker for oxidative stress in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Psychogeriatrics. 19(2). 150–156. 10 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Lei Du, Fengwei Li, et al.. (2018). Mechanistic Insights into Interactions between Bacterial Class I P450 Enzymes and Redox Partners. ACS Catalysis. 8(11). 9992–10003. 90 indexed citations
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Du, Lei. (1992). Characterization of two genes (hupD and hupE) required for hydrogenase activity in Azotobacter chroococcum. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 96(1). 93–102. 14 indexed citations

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