L.J. Worrall

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

L.J. Worrall is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, L.J. Worrall has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in L.J. Worrall's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (22 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (15 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers). L.J. Worrall is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (22 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (15 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers). L.J. Worrall collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. L.J. Worrall's co-authors include N.C.J. Strynadka, M. Vuckovic, B. Brett Finlay, Wanyin Deng, Dustin T. King, Robert J. Gruninger, J. Michael McCoy, Jennifer L. Rowland, Natalie C. Marshall and Chuan Hong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

L.J. Worrall

57 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Assembly, structure, function and regulation of type III secretion systems

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M. Vuckovic Canada

Mark Paetzel Canada

Carlos Contreras‐Martel France

Konstantinos Beis United Kingdom

Sophie Magnet United States

Irine Ronin Israel

Vincent Villeret France

Frédéric Kerff Belgium

Begoña Heras Australia

Alita A. Miller United States

M. Vuckovic Canada

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Worrall, L.J., Tianjun Sun, Jinhong Hu, et al.. (2025). Cryo-EM analyses unveil details of mechanism and targocil-II mediated inhibition of S. aureus WTA transporter TarGH. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3224–3224. 1 indexed citations

Gruninger, Robert J., Kristin E. Low, Darryl R. Jones, et al.. (2024). Structural, Biochemical, and Phylogenetic Analysis of Bacterial and Fungal Carbohydrate Esterase Family 15 Glucuronoyl Esterases in the Rumen. The Protein Journal. 43(4). 910–922. 1 indexed citations

Worrall, L.J., et al.. (2024). Cryo-EM analysis of S. aureus TarL, a polymerase in wall teichoic acid biogenesis central to virulence and antibiotic resistance. Science Advances. 10(9). eadj3864–eadj3864. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Hongming, Lyann Sim, Deepesh Panwar, et al.. (2024). An alternative broad-specificity pathway for glycan breakdown in bacteria. Nature. 631(8019). 199–206. 8 indexed citations

Tian, Yuqing, L.J. Worrall, Lyann Sim, et al.. (2024). Cobalt as a Cofactor for α-Galactosaminidase-Catalyzed Cleavage of Blood Group Antigens. ACS Catalysis. 14(17). 13497–13508.

Worrall, L.J., M. Vuckovic, Ryan P. Lamers, et al.. (2024). Cryo-EM characterization of the anydromuropeptide permease AmpG central to bacterial fitness and β-lactam antibiotic resistance. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9936–9936. 4 indexed citations

Alexander, J. Andrew N., L.J. Worrall, Jinhong Hu, et al.. (2023). Structural basis of broad-spectrum β-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Nature. 613(7943). 375–382. 35 indexed citations

Jenkins, Joshua, et al.. (2022). Recent structural advances towards understanding of the bacterial type III secretion injectisome. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 47(9). 795–809. 9 indexed citations

Caveney, Nathanael A., Ana Nićiforović, L.J. Worrall, et al.. (2019). Structural insight into YcbB-mediated beta-lactam resistance in Escherichia coli. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1849–1849. 34 indexed citations

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Hu, Jinhong, L.J. Worrall, M. Vuckovic, et al.. (2019). T3S injectisome needle complex structures in four distinct states reveal the basis of membrane coupling and assembly. Nature Microbiology. 4(11). 2010–2019. 48 indexed citations

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Majewski, D.D., L.J. Worrall, & N.C.J. Strynadka. (2018). Secretins revealed: structural insights into the giant gated outer membrane portals of bacteria. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 51. 61–72. 30 indexed citations

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Hu, Jinhong, L.J. Worrall, Chuan Hong, et al.. (2018). Cryo-EM analysis of the T3S injectisome reveals the structure of the needle and open secretin. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3840–3840. 83 indexed citations

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Zeytuni, Natalie, et al.. (2017). Structural characterization of SpoIIIAB sporulation-essential protein in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Structural Biology. 202(2). 105–112. 10 indexed citations

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Worrall, L.J., Chuan Hong, M. Vuckovic, et al.. (2016). Near-atomic-resolution cryo-EM analysis of the Salmonella T3S injectisome basal body. Nature. 540(7634). 597–601. 107 indexed citations

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Sobhanifar, Solmaz, L.J. Worrall, Dustin T. King, et al.. (2016). Structure and Mechanism of Staphylococcus aureus TarS, the Wall Teichoic Acid β-glycosyltransferase Involved in Methicillin Resistance. PLoS Pathogens. 12(12). e1006067–e1006067. 49 indexed citations

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Worrall, L.J., et al.. (2014). Substrate Specificities and Conformational Flexibility of 3-Ketosteroid 9α-Hydroxylases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(37). 25523–25536. 26 indexed citations

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Yu, Angel C.Y., L.J. Worrall, & N.C.J. Strynadka. (2012). Structural Insight into the Bacterial Mucinase StcE Essential to Adhesion and Immune Evasion during Enterohemorrhagic E. coli Infection. Structure. 20(4). 707–717. 59 indexed citations

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Zoraghi, Roya, L.J. Worrall, Raymond H. See, et al.. (2011). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Pyruvate Kinase as a Target for Bis-indole Alkaloids with Antibacterial Activities. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(52). 44716–44725. 109 indexed citations

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Worrall, L.J. & Malcolm D. Walkinshaw. (2007). Crystal structure of the C-terminal three-helix bundle subdomain of C. elegans Hsp70. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 357(1). 105–110. 13 indexed citations

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Meade, Christopher J., et al.. (2002). Induction of interleukin 8 release from the HMC-1 mast cell line: Synergy between stem cell factor and activators of the adenosine A2b receptor. Biochemical Pharmacology. 64(2). 317–325. 28 indexed citations

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