Robert J. Kerns

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Robert J. Kerns is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Kerns has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Organic Chemistry and 24 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Kerns's work include Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (36 papers), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (23 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (21 papers). Robert J. Kerns is often cited by papers focused on Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (36 papers), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (23 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (21 papers). Robert J. Kerns collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Robert J. Kerns's co-authors include Neil Osheroff, Katie J. Aldred, Karl Drlica, Muhammad Malik, Xilin Zhao, James M. Berger, Hiroshi Hiasa, Wei Peng, Arkady Mustaev and Kamel Benakli and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Kerns

75 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Mechanism of Quinolone Action and Resistance

2014 918 citations Katie J. Aldred, Robert J. Kerns et al. Biochemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert J. Kerns United States	29	2.6k	1.3k	1.2k	997	565	75	4.1k
Jed F. Fisher United States	43	3.1k 1.2×	2.2k 1.7×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	835 1.5×	135	6.7k
Gabriella Spengler Hungary	36	1.8k 0.7×	730 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	509 0.5×	400 0.7×	228	4.4k
Sylvie Garneau‐Tsodikova United States	45	4.5k 1.7×	852 0.7×	2.3k 1.9×	1.9k 1.9×	1.2k 2.1×	174	8.0k
Frank Schweizer Canada	39	3.0k 1.1×	2.8k 2.1×	1.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.7×	880 1.6×	153	6.7k
John M. Domagala United States	27	1.4k 0.5×	941 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	657 1.2×	62	3.2k
Malcolm G. P. Page Switzerland	43	2.3k 0.9×	2.3k 1.8×	520 0.4×	1.3k 1.3×	994 1.8×	115	5.1k
N H Georgopapadakou United States	30	1.5k 0.6×	979 0.8×	697 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 2.0×	86	3.8k
Hiroshi Hiasa United States	31	2.6k 1.0×	696 0.5×	708 0.6×	581 0.6×	187 0.3×	72	3.4k
Ute Möllmann Germany	32	1.2k 0.5×	551 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	425 0.4×	421 0.7×	98	2.9k
Mark Brönstrup Germany	37	1.8k 0.7×	425 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	808 0.8×	313 0.6×	163	4.4k

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Carter, Hannah, et al.. (2023). Role of the Water–Metal Ion Bridge in Quinolone Interactions with Escherichia coli Gyrase. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2879–2879. 6 indexed citations

Yin, Terry C., Jonathan G. Van Vranken, Dhiraj Srivastava, et al.. (2023). Insulin sensitization by small molecules enhancing GLUT4 translocation. Cell chemical biology. 30(8). 933–942.e6. 5 indexed citations

Kerns, Robert J., et al.. (2022). Stability of Phenyl-Modified Triphenylphosphonium Conjugates and Interactions with DTPA. ACS Omega. 7(51). 48332–48339. 2 indexed citations

Beck, Josh R., et al.. (2022). Promising antimalarials targeting apicoplast DNA polymerase from Plasmodium falciparum. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 243. 114751–114751. 8 indexed citations

Kulkarni, Chaitanya A., et al.. (2021). A Novel Triphenylphosphonium Carrier to Target Mitochondria without Uncoupling Oxidative Phosphorylation. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 64(1). 662–676. 88 indexed citations

Kulkarni, Chaitanya A., et al.. (2019). Probing structural requirements for human topoisomerase I inhibition by a novel N1-Biphenyl fluoroquinolone. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 172. 109–130. 10 indexed citations

Lindsey, R. Hunter, et al.. (2017). Interactions between Quinolones and Bacillus anthracis Gyrase and the Basis of Drug Resistance. Biochemistry. 56(32). 4191–4200. 18 indexed citations

Craciun, Ioana, Amanda M. Fenner, & Robert J. Kerns. (2016). N-ArylacylO-sulfonated aminoglycosides as novel inhibitors of human neutrophil elastase, cathepsin G and proteinase 3. Glycobiology. 26(7). 701–709. 22 indexed citations

Mustaev, Arkady, Muhammad Malik, Xilin Zhao, et al.. (2014). Fluoroquinolone-Gyrase-DNA Complexes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(18). 12300–12312. 131 indexed citations

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Aldred, Katie J., Erin J. Breland, Marie‐Paule Strub, et al.. (2014). Role of the Water–Metal Ion Bridge in Mediating Interactions between Quinolones and Escherichia coli Topoisomerase IV. Biochemistry. 53(34). 5558–5567. 43 indexed citations

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Aldred, Katie J., Sylvia A. McPherson, Charles L. Turnbough, Robert J. Kerns, & Neil Osheroff. (2013). Topoisomerase IV-quinolone interactions are mediated through a water-metal ion bridge: mechanistic basis of quinolone resistance. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(8). 4628–4639. 127 indexed citations

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Aldred, Katie J., et al.. (2013). Overcoming Target-Mediated Quinolone Resistance in Topoisomerase IV by Introducing Metal-Ion-Independent Drug–Enzyme Interactions. ACS Chemical Biology. 8(12). 2660–2668. 51 indexed citations

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Fink, Brian D., Judith A. Herlein, Mark A. Yorek, et al.. (2012). Bioenergetic Effects of Mitochondrial-Targeted Coenzyme Q Analogs in Endothelial Cells. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 342(3). 709–719. 51 indexed citations

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Aldred, Katie J., Sylvia A. McPherson, Pengfei Wang, et al.. (2011). Drug Interactions with Bacillus anthracis Topoisomerase IV: Biochemical Basis for Quinolone Action and Resistance. Biochemistry. 51(1). 370–381. 72 indexed citations

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Drlica, Karl, Hiroshi Hiasa, Robert J. Kerns, et al.. (2009). Quinolones: Action and Resistance Updated. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 9(11). 981–998. 276 indexed citations

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German, Nadezhda, Wei Peng, Glenn W. Kaatz, & Robert J. Kerns. (2008). Synthesis and evaluation of fluoroquinolone derivatives as substrate-based inhibitors of bacterial efflux pumps. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 43(11). 2453–2463. 58 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xilin, Brian Quinn, Robert J. Kerns, & Karl Drlica. (2006). Bactericidal activity and target preference of a piperazinyl-cross-linked ciprofloxacin dimer with Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 58(6). 1283–1286. 12 indexed citations

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Fernández, Cristina, et al.. (2006). Semi-synthetic heparin derivatives: chemical modifications of heparin beyond chain length, sulfate substitution pattern and N-sulfo/N-acetyl groups. Carbohydrate Research. 341(10). 1253–1265. 32 indexed citations

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Kerns, Robert J. & Robert J. Linhardt. (1995). Separation of hydroxyl protected heparin derived disaccharides using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A. 705(2). 369–373. 9 indexed citations

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Kerns, Robert J., et al.. (1961). Creative news photography. 4 indexed citations

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