Ujjini H. Manjunatha

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

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Ujjini H. Manjunatha is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ujjini H. Manjunatha has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Infectious Diseases, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ujjini H. Manjunatha's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (23 papers), Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (17 papers) and Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (9 papers). Ujjini H. Manjunatha is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (23 papers), Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (17 papers) and Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (9 papers). Ujjini H. Manjunatha collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and India. Ujjini H. Manjunatha's co-authors include Clifton E. Barry, Helena I. Boshoff, Thomas Dick, Cynthia S. Dowd, Thomas H. Keller, Ramandeep Singh, Jan Jiřiček, Paul W. Smith, Pilho Kim and Pornwaratt Niyomrattanakit and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Ujjini H. Manjunatha

42 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Tuberculous Granulomas Are Hypoxic in Guinea Pigs, Rabbits, and Nonhuman Primates

2008 498 citations Ujjini H. Manjunatha, Clifton E. Barry et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ujjini H. Manjunatha United States	24	1.9k	1.5k	1.2k	537	310	44	3.1k
Ken Duncan United Kingdom	31	3.0k 1.5×	1.9k 1.2×	2.4k 1.9×	683 1.3×	345 1.1×	52	4.7k
Ramandeep Singh India	29	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	937 0.8×	503 0.9×	85 0.3×	111	2.9k
Ruben C. Hartkoorn Switzerland	30	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	382 0.7×	55 0.2×	55	2.8k
Luiz Pedro S. de Carvalho United Kingdom	32	1.5k 0.8×	2.4k 1.6×	1.1k 0.9×	231 0.4×	95 0.3×	69	3.9k
Luiz Augusto Basso Brazil	37	1.5k 0.8×	2.7k 1.8×	942 0.8×	667 1.2×	156 0.5×	221	4.2k
Anne J. Lenaerts United States	42	3.2k 1.7×	1.9k 1.3×	2.3k 1.9×	830 1.5×	77 0.2×	93	5.0k
Digby F. Warner South Africa	29	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	594 1.1×	123 0.4×	142	2.9k
Gyanu Lamichhane United States	37	2.5k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	2.1k 1.7×	464 0.9×	57 0.2×	93	3.9k
Michael H. Cynamon United States	41	2.9k 1.5×	1.5k 1.0×	2.5k 2.0×	946 1.8×	92 0.3×	132	4.8k
Martin Gengenbacher United States	31	2.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	231 0.4×	70 0.2×	70	3.3k

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Mugisha, Christian Shema, Vorada Chuenchob, Stephanie Moquin, et al.. (2024). Rapid-response RNA-fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assay platform for coronavirus antiviral high-throughput screening. SLAS DISCOVERY. 29(8). 100189–100189.

Rao, Srinivasa P. S., et al.. (2023). Drug discovery for parasitic diseases: powered by technology, enabled by pharmacology, informed by clinical science. Trends in Parasitology. 39(4). 260–271. 16 indexed citations

Shepherd, Susan, Kevin Steiner, Beatrice Amadi, et al.. (2021). Use-case scenarios for an anti-Cryptosporidium therapeutic. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(3). e0009057–e0009057. 31 indexed citations

Lim, Siew Pheng, Christian G. Noble, Cheah C. Seh, et al.. (2016). Potent Allosteric Dengue Virus NS5 Polymerase Inhibitors: Mechanism of Action and Resistance Profiling. PLoS Pathogens. 12(8). e1005737–e1005737. 140 indexed citations

Ng, Pearly Shuyi, Ujjini H. Manjunatha, Srinivasa P. S. Rao, et al.. (2015). Structure activity relationships of 4-hydroxy-2-pyridones: A novel class of antituberculosis agents. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 106. 144–156. 45 indexed citations

Manjunatha, Ujjini H. & Paul W. Smith. (2014). Perspective: Challenges and opportunities in TB drug discovery from phenotypic screening. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 23(16). 5087–5097. 77 indexed citations

Gurumurthy, Meera, Tathagata Mukherjee, Cynthia S. Dowd, et al.. (2012). Gurumurthy, M. et al. Substrate specificity of the deazaflavin-dependent nitroreductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis responsible for the bioreductive activation of bicyclic nitroimidazoles. FEBS J. 279, 113-125. 1 indexed citations

Gurumurthy, Meera, Martin Rao, Tathagata Mukherjee, et al.. (2012). A novel F₄₂₀‐dependent anti‐oxidant mechanism protects Mycobacterium tuberculosis against oxidative stress and bactericidal agents. Molecular Microbiology. 87(4). 744–755. 84 indexed citations

Cellitti, Susan E., Jennifer Shaffer, David H. Jones, et al.. (2012). Structure of Ddn, the Deazaflavin-Dependent Nitroreductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Involved in Bioreductive Activation of PA-824. Structure. 20(1). 101–112. 80 indexed citations

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Gurumurthy, Meera, Tathagata Mukherjee, Cynthia S. Dowd, et al.. (2011). Substrate specificity of the deazaflavin‐dependent nitroreductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis responsible for the bioreductive activation of bicyclic nitroimidazoles. FEBS Journal. 279(1). 113–125. 71 indexed citations

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Park, Sae Woong, Marcus Klotzsche, Daniel J. Wilson, et al.. (2011). Evaluating the Sensitivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Biotin Deprivation Using Regulated Gene Expression. PLoS Pathogens. 7(9). e1002264–e1002264. 115 indexed citations

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Wilson, Daniel J., Ce Shi, Benjamin P. Duckworth, et al.. (2011). A continuous fluorescence displacement assay for BioA: An enzyme involved in biotin biosynthesis. Analytical Biochemistry. 416(1). 27–38. 17 indexed citations

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Dick, Thomas, Ujjini H. Manjunatha, Barbara Kappes, & Martin Gengenbacher. (2010). Vitamin B6 biosynthesis is essential for survival and virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Molecular Microbiology. 78(4). 980–988. 68 indexed citations

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Singh, Ramandeep, Ujjini H. Manjunatha, Helena I. Boshoff, et al.. (2008). PA-824 Kills Nonreplicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Intracellular NO Release. Science. 322(5906). 1392–1395. 491 indexed citations

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Gupta, Richa, et al.. (2006). A complex of DNA gyrase and RNA polymerase fosters transcription in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 343(4). 1141–1145. 14 indexed citations

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Boshoff, Helena I. & Ujjini H. Manjunatha. (2006). The impact of genomics on discovering drugs against infectious diseases. Microbes and Infection. 8(6). 1654–1661. 3 indexed citations

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Manjunatha, Ujjini H.. (2005). A monoclonal antibody that inhibits mycobacterial DNA gyrase by a novel mechanism. Nucleic Acids Research. 33(10). 3085–3094. 13 indexed citations

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Manjunatha, Ujjini H.. (2002). Functional characterisation of mycobacterial DNA gyrase: an efficient decatenase. Nucleic Acids Research. 30(10). 2144–2153. 79 indexed citations

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Manjunatha, Ujjini H., Baggavalli P Somesh, Valakunja Nagaraja, & Sandhya S. Visweswariah. (2001). AMycobacterium smegmatisgyrase B specific monoclonal antibody reveals association of gyrase A and B subunits in the cell. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 194(1). 87–92. 7 indexed citations

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Manjunatha, Ujjini H., et al.. (2000). Structural heterogeneity in DNA gyrases from Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.. Current Science. 79(7). 968–974. 15 indexed citations

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