Manuel A. Ortega

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 812 citations indexed

About

Manuel A. Ortega is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Manuel A. Ortega has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 812 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Pharmacology and 3 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Manuel A. Ortega's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (5 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (3 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (2 papers). Manuel A. Ortega is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (5 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (3 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (2 papers). Manuel A. Ortega collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and India. Manuel A. Ortega's co-authors include Wilfred A. van der Donk, Satish K. Nair, Qi Zhang, Yue Hao, Mark C. Walker, Margherita Sosio, Stefano Donadio, Neha Garg, Joel O. Melby and Douglas A. Mitchell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Biotechnology.

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Manuel A. Ortega

10 papers receiving 809 citations

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Improved cytosine base editors generated from TadA variants

2023 79 citations Dieter K. Lam, Patrícia R. Feliciano et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Improved cytosine base editors generated from TadA variants breakdown → 2023 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Dieter K. Lam, Patrícia R. Feliciano, Amena Arif, (unknown), (unknown), Jason M. Gehrke, Phil Grayson, (unknown), Manuel A. Ortega, (unknown), (unknown), Leila Peraro, Lauren Young, Seung‐Joo Lee, Giuseppe Ciaramella, Nicole M. Gaudelli	79
2	Discovery of a Cyclic Choline Analog That Inhibits Anaerobic Choline Metabolism by Human Gut Bacteria 2020 ·ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Maud Bollenbach, Manuel A. Ortega, Marina Orman, Catherine L. Drennan, Emily P. Balskus	17
3	Molecular Basis of Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 Self-Resistance to the Phosphono-oligopeptide Antibiotic Rhizocticin 2019 ·ACS Chemical Biology ·(unknown), Manuel A. Ortega, Svetlana A. Borisova, Satish K. Nair, William W. Metcalf	11
4	Structure and tRNA Specificity of MibB, a Lantibiotic Dehydratase from Actinobacteria Involved in NAI-107 Biosynthesis 2016 ·Cell chemical biology ·Manuel A. Ortega, Yue Hao, Mark C. Walker, Stefano Donadio, Margherita Sosio, Satish K. Nair, Wilfred A. van der Donk	61
5	New Insights into the Biosynthetic Logic of Ribosomally Synthesized and Post-translationally Modified Peptide Natural Products 2016 ·Cell chemical biology ·Manuel A. Ortega, Wilfred A. van der Donk	219
6	Two Flavoenzymes Catalyze the Post-Translational Generation of 5-Chlorotryptophan and 2-Aminovinyl-Cysteine during NAI-107 Biosynthesis 2016 ·ACS Chemical Biology ·Manuel A. Ortega, D.P. Cogan, Subha Mukherjee, Neha Garg, Бо Ли, (unknown), Sonia I. Maffioli, Stefano Donadio, Margherita Sosio, (unknown), Leif Smith, Satish K. Nair, Wilfred A. van der Donk	64
7	Structure and mechanism of the tRNA-dependent lantibiotic dehydratase NisB 2014 ·Nature ·Manuel A. Ortega, Yue Hao, Qi Zhang, Mark C. Walker, Wilfred A. van der Donk, Satish K. Nair	249
8	Substrate Specificity of the Lanthipeptide Peptidase ElxP and the Oxidoreductase ElxO 2014 ·ACS Chemical Biology ·Manuel A. Ortega, Juan E. Velásquez, Neha Garg, Qi Zhang, (unknown), Satish K. Nair, Wilfred A. van der Donk	33
9	Structural investigation of ribosomally synthesized natural products by hypothetical structure enumeration and evaluation using tandem MS 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Qi Zhang, Manuel A. Ortega, Yanxiang Shi, Huan Wang, Joel O. Melby, Weixin Tang, Douglas A. Mitchell, Wilfred A. van der Donk	58
10	Association of toll-like receptor four single nucleotide polymorphisms with incidence of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) in cattle 2010 ·Immunogenetics ·R. S. Kataria, Richard G. Tait, Dinesh Kumar, Manuel A. Ortega, (unknown), James M. Reecy	21

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