Sheena McGowan

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Sheena McGowan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheena McGowan has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Oncology and 30 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Sheena McGowan's work include Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (37 papers), Malaria Research and Control (28 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (14 papers). Sheena McGowan is often cited by papers focused on Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (37 papers), Malaria Research and Control (28 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (14 papers). Sheena McGowan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Poland. Sheena McGowan's co-authors include James C. Whisstock, Ashley M. Buckle, Nyssa Drinkwater, Robert N. Pike, Ruby H. P. Law, Carlos J. Rosado, Wilson Wong, Gary A. Silverman, Christopher G. Langendorf and Qingwei Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Sheena McGowan

83 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

An overview of the serpin superfamily.

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Thomas S. Walter United Kingdom

Martin J. Boulanger Canada

Matthew J. Bottomley Italy

Timothy Cardozo United States

Joseph Schrével France

Jacques Bouvier Switzerland

Fábio C. L. Almeida Brazil

Kevin D. Corbett United States

Neil M. McKern Australia

Hong Xie United States

Thomas S. Walter United Kingdom

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Countries citing papers authored by Sheena McGowan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sheena McGowan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Reboul, Cyril F., Daniel E. Williams, Maurício G. S. Costa, et al.. (2025). Structure and dynamics of GAD65 in complex with an autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 2-associated autoantibody. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2275–2275. 1 indexed citations

Awad, Milena M., et al.. (2024). A Clostridioides difficile endolysin modulates toxin secretion without cell lysis. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1044–1044. 1 indexed citations

Roper, David I., et al.. (2024). Delivery determinants of an Acinetobacter baumannii type VI secretion system bifunctional peptidoglycan hydrolase. mBio. 16(2). e0262724–e0262724. 2 indexed citations

Harper, Marina, Hariprasad Venugopal, Joel R. Steele, et al.. (2024). Structure of a Rhs effector clade domain provides mechanistic insights into type VI secretion system toxin delivery. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8709–8709. 4 indexed citations

Webb, Chaille T., Wei Yang, Blake T. Riley, et al.. (2022). A metal ion–dependent conformational switch modulates activity of the Plasmodium M17 aminopeptidase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(7). 102119–102119. 3 indexed citations

Siddiqui, Ghizal, Chaille T. Webb, Christopher A. MacRaild, et al.. (2022). Genetic and chemical validation of Plasmodium falciparum aminopeptidase PfA-M17 as a drug target in the hemoglobin digestion pathway. eLife. 11. 14 indexed citations

Webb, Chaille T., Anna Ngo, Kym N. Lowes, et al.. (2022). Structure-based development of potent Plasmodium falciparum M1 and M17 aminopeptidase selective and dual inhibitors via S1′-region optimisation. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 248. 115051–115051. 4 indexed citations

Huynh, My‐Hang, Angélica Oliveira Gomes, Swati Agrawal, et al.. (2021). Toxoplasma gondii Toxolysin 4 Contributes to Efficient Parasite Egress from Host Cells. mSphere. 6(3). 101128msphere0044421–101128msphere0044421. 4 indexed citations

Webb, Chaille T., et al.. (2021). Mapping the substrate specificity of the Plasmodium M1 and M17 aminopeptidases. Biochemical Journal. 478(13). 2697–2713. 8 indexed citations

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Drinkwater, Nyssa, et al.. (2020). A Structure−Activity Relationship Study of Novel Hydroxamic Acid Inhibitors around the S1 Subsite of Human Aminopeptidase N. ChemMedChem. 16(1). 234–249. 2 indexed citations

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Scammells, Peter J., et al.. (2020). Driving antimalarial design through understanding of target mechanism. Biochemical Society Transactions. 48(5). 2067–2078. 14 indexed citations

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Belousoff, Matthew J., Hariprasad Venugopal, Natalie A. Borg, et al.. (2020). Active site metals mediate an oligomeric equilibrium in Plasmodium M17 aminopeptidases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100173–100173. 7 indexed citations

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Lee, Ji Sook, Nyssa Drinkwater, Wei Yang, et al.. (2019). Novel Human Aminopeptidase N Inhibitors: Discovery and Optimization of Subsite Binding Interactions. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 62(15). 7185–7209. 19 indexed citations

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Drinkwater, Nyssa, Shane M. Devine, Simon C. Drew, et al.. (2019). Identification of the Binding Site of Apical Membrane Antigen 1 (AMA1) Inhibitors Using a Paramagnetic Probe. ChemMedChem. 14(5). 603–612. 7 indexed citations

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Marijanovic, Emilia M., Blake T. Riley, Benjamin T. Porebski, et al.. (2019). Reactive centre loop dynamics and serpin specificity. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3870–3870. 34 indexed citations

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Drinkwater, Nyssa, Michael Kassiou, Leonardo Lucantoni, et al.. (2018). Hydroxamic Acid Inhibitors Provide Cross-Species Inhibition of Plasmodium M1 and M17 Aminopeptidases. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 62(2). 622–640. 27 indexed citations

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Yang, Wei, Blake T. Riley, X. L. Lei, et al.. (2018). Mapping the Pathway and Dynamics of Bestatin Inhibition of the Plasmodium falciparum M1 Aminopeptidase PfA‐M1. ChemMedChem. 13(23). 2504–2513. 9 indexed citations

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Ellisdon, Andrew M., Cyril F. Reboul, Santosh Panjikar, et al.. (2015). Stonefish toxin defines an ancient branch of the perforin-like superfamily. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(50). 15360–15365. 50 indexed citations

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McGowan, Sheena, Corrine J. Porter, Jonathan Lowther, et al.. (2009). Structural basis for the inhibition of the essential Plasmodium falciparum M1 neutral aminopeptidase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(8). 2537–2542. 121 indexed citations

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McGowan, Sheena, Mary C. Pearce, James A. Irving, et al.. (2007). DNA Accelerates the Inhibition of Human Cathepsin V by Serpins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(51). 36980–36986. 40 indexed citations

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