Roberta J. Worthington

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

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Roberta J. Worthington is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberta J. Worthington has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Molecular Medicine and 6 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Roberta J. Worthington's work include Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (11 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (7 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers). Roberta J. Worthington is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (11 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (7 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers). Roberta J. Worthington collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Roberta J. Worthington's co-authors include Christian Melander, Justin J. Richards, Meghan S. Blackledge, Tyler Harris, Cynthia Bunders, Hui Wu, Chang Liu, Zhaoming Su, Jason Micklefield and Robert K. Ernst and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

In The Last Decade

Roberta J. Worthington

23 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Combination approaches to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria

2013 496 citations Roberta J. Worthington, Christian Melander Trends in biotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roberta J. Worthington United States	17	846	444	333	323	221	23	1.6k
Kasturi Mukhopadhyay India	20	693 0.8×	421 0.9×	381 1.1×	229 0.7×	379 1.7×	44	1.9k
Mona I. Shaaban Egypt	29	1.0k 1.2×	358 0.8×	141 0.4×	584 1.8×	167 0.8×	61	2.0k
Monalisa Tiwari India	22	1.2k 1.4×	622 1.4×	339 1.0×	228 0.7×	221 1.0×	39	2.4k
Wael A. H. Hegazy Egypt	34	1.3k 1.5×	414 0.9×	278 0.8×	196 0.6×	476 2.2×	79	2.2k
Elena B. M. Breidenstein Canada	15	1.3k 1.6×	863 1.9×	529 1.6×	136 0.4×	110 0.5×	19	2.0k
Renee Raudonis Canada	8	897 1.1×	663 1.5×	245 0.7×	130 0.4×	106 0.5×	10	1.7k
Tim Holm Jakobsen Denmark	22	1.7k 2.0×	543 1.2×	392 1.2×	188 0.6×	145 0.7×	45	2.2k
Ekta E. Kamble India	7	565 0.7×	444 1.0×	272 0.8×	148 0.5×	170 0.8×	7	1.3k
Ilyas Alav United Kingdom	10	576 0.7×	619 1.4×	163 0.5×	150 0.5×	158 0.7×	15	1.5k
Muhammad Khalid Farooq Salamat United Kingdom	9	739 0.9×	434 1.0×	226 0.7×	198 0.6×	186 0.8×	16	2.0k

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Worthington, Roberta J., Candice A. Smith, Carrie A. Simpson, et al.. (2014). Nanoscale Structure–Activity Relationships, Mode of Action, and Biocompatibility of Gold Nanoparticle Antibiotics. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(14). 5295–5300. 65 indexed citations

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Harris, Tyler, Roberta J. Worthington, Lauren Hittle, et al.. (2013). Small Molecule Downregulation of PmrAB Reverses Lipid A Modification and Breaks Colistin Resistance. ACS Chemical Biology. 9(1). 122–127. 57 indexed citations

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Blackledge, Meghan S., Roberta J. Worthington, & Christian Melander. (2013). Biologically inspired strategies for combating bacterial biofilms. Current Opinion in Pharmacology. 13(5). 699–706. 113 indexed citations

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Worthington, Roberta J. & Christian Melander. (2013). Combination approaches to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria. Trends in biotechnology. 31(3). 177–184. 496 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yeagley, Andrew A., et al.. (2012). N-Substituted 2-aminoimidazoleinhibitors of MRSA biofilm formation accessed through direct 1,3-bis(tert-butoxycarbonyl)guanidine cyclization. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 11(1). 130–137. 28 indexed citations

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Worthington, Roberta J., Steven A. Rogers, Robert W. Huigens, Christian Melander, & D. F. Ritchie. (2012). Foliar-Applied Small Molecule that Suppresses Biofilm Formation and Enhances Control of Copper-Resistant Xanthomonas euvesicatoria on Pepper. Plant Disease. 96(11). 1638–1644. 34 indexed citations

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Worthington, Roberta J., Justin J. Richards, & Christian Melander. (2012). Small molecule control of bacterial biofilms. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(37). 7457–7457. 241 indexed citations

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Harris, Tyler, Roberta J. Worthington, & Christian Melander. (2012). Potent Small‐Molecule Suppression of Oxacillin Resistance in Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(45). 11254–11257. 63 indexed citations

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Harris, Tyler, Roberta J. Worthington, & Christian Melander. (2012). Potent Small‐Molecule Suppression of Oxacillin Resistance in Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Angewandte Chemie. 124(45). 11416–11419. 10 indexed citations

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Worthington, Roberta J., et al.. (2012). Small Molecule Suppression of Carbapenem Resistance in NDM-1 Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 3(5). 357–361. 43 indexed citations

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Su, Zhaoming, Lingling Peng, Roberta J. Worthington, & Christian Melander. (2011). Evaluation of 4,5‐Disubstituted‐2‐Aminoimidazole–Triazole Conjugates for Antibiofilm/Antibiotic Resensitization Activity Against MRSA and Acinetobacter baumannii. ChemMedChem. 6(12). 2243–2251. 40 indexed citations

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Worthington, Roberta J. & Jason Micklefield. (2011). Biophysical and Cellular‐Uptake Properties of Mixed‐Sequence Pyrrolidine–Amide Oligonucleotide Mimics. Chemistry - A European Journal. 17(51). 14429–14441. 6 indexed citations

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Bunders, Cynthia, et al.. (2011). Intercepting Bacterial Indole Signaling with Flustramine Derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(50). 20160–20163. 47 indexed citations

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Lindsey, Erick A., et al.. (2011). 2-Aminopyrimidine as a novel scaffold for biofilm modulation. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(13). 2552–2552. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Chang, Roberta J. Worthington, Christian Melander, & Hui Wu. (2011). A New Small Molecule Specifically Inhibits the Cariogenic Bacterium Streptococcus mutans in Multispecies Biofilms. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 55(6). 2679–2687. 77 indexed citations

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Harris, Tyler, Roberta J. Worthington, & Christian Melander. (2011). A facile synthesis of 1,5-disubstituted-2-aminoimidazoles: Antibiotic activity of a first generation library. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21(15). 4516–4519. 16 indexed citations

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Tudzarova, Slavica, Roberta J. Worthington, Sarah R. Kingsbury, et al.. (2011). Exploring the Interaction Between siRNA and the SMoC Biomolecule Transporters: Implications for Small Molecule–Mediated Delivery of siRNA. Chemical Biology & Drug Design. 79(1). 9–21. 9 indexed citations

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Worthington, Roberta J., Neil M. Bell, Raymond Wong, & Jason Micklefield. (2007). RNA-selective cross-pairing of backbone-extended pyrrolidine-amideoligonucleotide mimics (bePOMs). Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 6(1). 92–103. 9 indexed citations

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Worthington, Roberta J., et al.. (2006). Mixed-sequence pyrrolidine-amide oligonucleotide mimics: Boc(Z) synthesis and DNA/RNA binding properties. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 5(2). 249–259. 16 indexed citations

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Tan, Tingting, Roberta J. Worthington, Robin G. Pritchard, Jordi Morral, & Jason Micklefield. (2006). Homopolymeric pyrrolidine-amide oligonucleotide mimics: Fmoc-synthesis and DNA/RNA binding properties. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 5(2). 239–248. 11 indexed citations

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