Nagaraju Akula

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Nagaraju Akula is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nagaraju Akula has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Nagaraju Akula's work include Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens (4 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers) and Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (3 papers). Nagaraju Akula is often cited by papers focused on Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens (4 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers) and Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (3 papers). Nagaraju Akula collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Nagaraju Akula's co-authors include Vassilios Papadopoulos, Michaël Schumacher, Thomas C. Baghai, Ghislaine Groyer, Jinjiang Fan, Rainer Rupprecht, Gerhard Rammes, David Adams, Laurent Lecanu and Nian Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.

In The Last Decade

Nagaraju Akula

14 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Translocator protein (18 kDa) (TSPO) as a therapeutic target for neurological and psychiatric disorders

2010 753 citations Rainer Rupprecht, Vassilios Papadopoulos et al. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery profile →

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Svetlana Leschiner Israel

Xiaolin Zhong China

Kazuhiro Tokuda Japan

Annamaria Fidilio Italy

Adrian C. Lo Belgium

Seray Adams Australia

Dietrich Tuerck Switzerland

Andrew Midzak Canada

Leonor Pérez‐Martínez Mexico

Svetlana Leschiner Israel

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Hu, Jiahuai, Nagaraju Akula, & Nian Wang. (2016). Development of a Microemulsion Formulation for Antimicrobial SecA Inhibitors. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0150433–e0150433. 20 indexed citations

Midzak, Andrew, Nagaraju Akula, Malena B. Rone, & Vassilios Papadopoulos. (2015). Computational modeling and biological validation of novel non-steroidal ligands for the cholesterol recognition/interaction amino acid consensus (CRAC) motif of the mitochondrial translocator protein (TSPO). Pharmacological Research. 99. 393–403. 18 indexed citations

Akula, Nagaraju, et al.. (2014). Identification of small molecule inhibitors against SecA of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus by structure based design. 1(1). 1 indexed citations

Akula, Nagaraju, Andrew Midzak, Laurent Lecanu, & Vassilios Papadopoulos. (2012). Identification of small-molecule inhibitors of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (STARD1) by structure-based design. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 22(12). 4139–4143. 13 indexed citations

Akula, Nagaraju, et al.. (2012). Identification of small molecule inhibitors against SecA of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus by structure based design. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 54. 919–924. 24 indexed citations

Midzak, Andrew, Nagaraju Akula, Laurent Lecanu, & Vassilios Papadopoulos. (2011). Novel Androstenetriol Interacts with the Mitochondrial Translocator Protein and Controls Steroidogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(11). 9875–9887. 54 indexed citations

Akula, Nagaraju, et al.. (2011). Discovery of novel SecA inhibitors of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus by structure based design. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21(14). 4183–4188. 35 indexed citations

Rupprecht, Rainer, Vassilios Papadopoulos, Gerhard Rammes, et al.. (2010). Translocator protein (18 kDa) (TSPO) as a therapeutic target for neurological and psychiatric disorders. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 9(12). 971–988. 753 indexed citations breakdown →

Akula, Nagaraju, et al.. (2006). 3D QSAR studies of AChE inhibitors based on molecular docking scores and CoMFA. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16(24). 6277–6280. 35 indexed citations

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Sridhar, Jayalakshmi, Nagaraju Akula, & Nagarajan Pattabiraman. (2006). Selectivity and potency of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors. The AAPS Journal. 8(1). E204–E221. 50 indexed citations

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Sridhar, Jayalakshmi, Nagaraju Akula, Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy, et al.. (2005). Identification of novel angiogenesis inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(18). 4125–4129. 9 indexed citations

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Akula, Nagaraju & Nagarajan Pattabiraman. (2005). A Systematic Search Method for the Identification of Tightly Packed Transmembrane Parallel α-Helices. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 22(6). 625–634. 3 indexed citations

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Akula, Nagaraju, et al.. (2004). Binding modes of 6,7 di-substituted 4-anilinoquinoline-3-carbonitriles to EGFR. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14(13). 3397–3400. 4 indexed citations

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Chong, Youhoon, Nagaraju Akula, & Chung K. Chu. (2003). Studies of molecular mechanism of Tenofovir against 3TC- and AZT-resistance mutant HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(22). 4019–4022. 3 indexed citations

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