Ouma Onguka

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 771 citations indexed

About

Ouma Onguka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ouma Onguka has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 771 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cell Biology and 4 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ouma Onguka's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (5 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (2 papers). Ouma Onguka is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (5 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (2 papers). Ouma Onguka collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Ouma Onguka's co-authors include Steven M. Claypool, Elizabeth Calzada, Siddhartha Kanrar, Harley M. S. Smith, Miho Iijima, Yasushi Tamura, Hiromi Sesaki, Robert E. Jensen, Alyson E. Aiken Hobbs and Matthew Bogyo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Planta.

In The Last Decade

Ouma Onguka

14 papers receiving 769 citations

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Phosphatidylethanolamine Metabolism in Health and Disease

2015 362 citations Elizabeth Calzada, Ouma Onguka et al. International review of cell and molecular biology profile →

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14 of 14 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Trypanosoma brucei Acyl-Protein Thioesterase-like (TbAPT-L) Is a Lipase with Esterase Activity for Short and Medium-Chain Fatty Acids but Has No Depalmitoylation Activity 2022 ·Pathogens ·R.W. Brown, Aabha Sharma, (unknown), (unknown), Ouma Onguka, (unknown), Helen Nguyen, Ben Falk, Cheryl L. Olson, Joann M. Taylor, Conrad L. Epting, Rahul S. Kathayat, Neri Amara, Bryan C. Dickinson, Matthew Bogyo, David M. Engman	2
2	Toxoplasma gondii serine hydrolases regulate parasite lipid mobilization during growth and replication within the host 2021 ·Cell chemical biology ·Ouma Onguka, Brett M. Babin, Markus Lakemeyer, Ian T. Foe, Neri Amara, Stephanie M. Terrell, Kenneth M. Lum, Piotr Cieplak, Micah J. Niphakis, Jonathan Z. Long, Matthew Bogyo	6
3	Challenges for Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Proteases as a Therapeutic Strategy for COVID-19 2021 ·ACS Infectious Diseases ·(unknown), Heeyoung Kim, John C. Widen, Brett M. Babin, Ouma Onguka, S. Lovell, (unknown), Berati Cerikan, Christopher J. Neufeldt, Mirko Cortese, Ryan K. Muir, John M. Bennett, Ruth Geiss‐Friedlander, Christoph Peters, Ralf Bartenschlager, Matthew Bogyo	72
4	Synthetic Fluorogenic Peptides Reveal Dynamic Substrate Specificity of Depalmitoylases 2018 ·Cell chemical biology ·Neri Amara, Ian T. Foe, Ouma Onguka, Megan Garland, Matthew Bogyo	27
5	The Toxoplasma gondii Active Serine Hydrolase 4 Regulates Parasite Division and Intravacuolar Parasite Architecture 2018 ·mSphere ·Ian T. Foe, Ouma Onguka, (unknown), (unknown), Neri Amara, Wandy L. Beatty, Ellen Yeh, Matthew Bogyo	7
6	Multitiered and Cooperative Surveillance of Mitochondrial Phosphatidylserine Decarboxylase 1 2017 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·(unknown), Ouma Onguka, Elizabeth Calzada, Steven M. Claypool	22
7	Phosphatidylserine Decarboxylase 1 Autocatalysis and Function Does Not Require a Mitochondrial-specific Factor 2015 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Ouma Onguka, Elizabeth Calzada, (unknown), Steven M. Claypool	18
8	Phosphatidylethanolamine Metabolism in Health and Disease breakdown → 2015 ·International review of cell and molecular biology ·Elizabeth Calzada, Ouma Onguka, Steven M. Claypool	362
9	Concentration‐dependent effects of WNTLESS on WNT1/3A signaling 2014 ·Developmental Dynamics ·Lisa M. Galli, Linda Szabo, Lydia Li, (unknown), Ouma Onguka, Laura W. Burrus	8
10	Frizzled10 mediates WNT1 and WNT3A signaling in the dorsal spinal cord of the developing chick embryo 2014 ·Developmental Dynamics ·Lisa M. Galli, Roeben N. Munji, Susan C. Chapman, Ann Easton, Lydia Li, Ouma Onguka, Joseph S. Ramahi, Rowena Suriben, Linda Szabo, (unknown), Baouyen Tran, Rami N. Hannoush, Laura W. Burrus	19
11	Role for Two Conserved Intermembrane Space Proteins, Ups1p and Up2p, in Intra-mitochondrial Phospholipid Trafficking 2012 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yasushi Tamura, Ouma Onguka, Alyson E. Aiken Hobbs, Robert E. Jensen, Miho Iijima, Steven M. Claypool, Hiromi Sesaki	92
12	Phosphatidylethanolamine Biosynthesis in Mitochondria 2012 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yasushi Tamura, Ouma Onguka, Kie Itoh, Toshiya Endo, Miho Iijima, Steven M. Claypool, Hiromi Sesaki	36
13	Role for two conserved intermembrane space proteins, Ups1p and Ups2p, in intra-mitochondrial phospholipid trafficking. 2012 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yasushi Tamura, Ouma Onguka, Alyson E. Aiken Hobbs, Robert E. Jensen, Miho Iijima, Steven M. Claypool, Hiromi Sesaki	16
14	Arabidopsis inflorescence architecture requires the activities of KNOX-BELL homeodomain heterodimers 2006 ·Planta ·Siddhartha Kanrar, Ouma Onguka, Harley M. S. Smith	84

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