Weixu Zhai

770 total citations
25 papers, 450 citations indexed

About

Weixu Zhai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Weixu Zhai has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 450 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Organic Chemistry and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Weixu Zhai's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (7 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (6 papers). Weixu Zhai is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (7 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (6 papers). Weixu Zhai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Weixu Zhai's co-authors include Robert M. Williams, D. ZHAI, Suzanne C. Aldous, David Aldous, Sulaiman Sheriff, Peter M. Sinclair, Samuel W. Gerritz, William T. Chance, Ambikaipakan Balasubramaniam and John E. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Weixu Zhai

22 papers receiving 409 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Weixu Zhai United States 13 230 227 72 56 45 25 450
Ronald G. Sherrill United States 13 224 1.0× 343 1.5× 65 0.9× 15 0.3× 56 1.2× 19 629
Emiliano Rosatelli Italy 10 170 0.7× 101 0.4× 47 0.7× 35 0.6× 65 1.4× 13 486
Huiqiang Zhou United States 14 309 1.3× 200 0.9× 31 0.4× 11 0.2× 25 0.6× 21 540
Kuo-Chi Cheng United States 14 128 0.6× 147 0.6× 32 0.4× 96 1.7× 39 0.9× 22 440
Counde O-Yang United States 13 311 1.4× 266 1.2× 54 0.8× 8 0.1× 36 0.8× 22 649
John W. Butcher United States 11 180 0.8× 199 0.9× 34 0.5× 46 0.8× 32 0.7× 14 407
Mark J. Tebbe United States 11 192 0.8× 318 1.4× 47 0.7× 29 0.5× 23 0.5× 15 549
Frank Navas United States 14 253 1.1× 209 0.9× 112 1.6× 28 0.5× 42 0.9× 20 586
Dulce Garrido United States 11 222 1.0× 183 0.8× 51 0.7× 9 0.2× 18 0.4× 18 427
Oleg D. Mitkin Russia 18 294 1.3× 581 2.6× 74 1.0× 16 0.3× 65 1.4× 63 835

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weixu Zhai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weixu Zhai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weixu Zhai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weixu Zhai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Weixu Zhai. Weixu Zhai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sun, Ke, Jiao‐Jiao Cui, Weixu Zhai, et al.. (2025). Iterative glycosylation on a single residue of a mature lasso peptide. Chemical Science. 16(15). 6480–6487. 3 indexed citations
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Di, Jinming, Weixu Zhai, Guohua Lou, et al.. (2025). Discovery and Biosynthesis of Dehydroalanine-Containing Lasso Peptide by a Hybrid Biosynthetic System. Organic Letters. 27(50). 13852–13857.
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Zhai, Weixu, Shuang Liu, Jiajun Li, et al.. (2025). Enhancing tumor lysosomal viscosity imaging by modifying the meso-substituents in BODIPY dyes. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 343. 126458–126458. 1 indexed citations
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Zhai, Weixu, et al.. (2025). Cathepsin B-Activated Prodrug for Precision Tumor Theranostics. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 68(20). 21829–21839.
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Wei, Ming, Xiaoqin Yang, Weixu Zhai, et al.. (2025). Thiol–Ene Photoclick Chemistry for Efficient Bicyclic Peptide Synthesis and Genetically Encoded Peptide Library. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 65(2). e18628–e18628.
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Wu, Yong‐Jin, Yunhui Zhang, Weixu Zhai, et al.. (2015). Macrocyclic prolinyl acyl guanidines as inhibitors of β-secretase (BACE). Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 25(22). 5040–5047. 13 indexed citations
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Zhai, Weixu, Samuel W. Gerritz, & Michael J. Sofia. (2011). Solid phase synthesis of 1,5-disubstituted pyrazole-4-hydroxamic acids and pyrazole-4-carboxamides via direct amidation of β-ketoesters. Tetrahedron Letters. 53(3). 267–270. 1 indexed citations
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Sheriff, S., Brett R. Beno, Weixu Zhai, et al.. (2011). Small Molecule Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase γ (RPTPγ) Ligands That Inhibit Phosphatase Activity via Perturbation of the Tryptophan–Proline–Aspartate (WPD) Loop. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 54(19). 6548–6562. 18 indexed citations
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Baldick, Carl J., Michael Wichroski, Annapurna Pendri, et al.. (2010). A Novel Small Molecule Inhibitor of Hepatitis C Virus Entry. PLoS Pathogens. 6(9). e1001086–e1001086. 69 indexed citations
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Zhai, Weixu, Neil Flynn, Daniel Angelo Longhi, et al.. (2008). Discovery and optimization of (R)-prolinol-derived agonists of the Growth Hormone Secretagogue receptor (GHSR). Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(18). 5083–5086. 5 indexed citations
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Gillman, Kevin W., et al.. (2007). Solid-phase synthesis of tertiary-amino linked benzamides: a versatile method for forming C–N bonds with electron-rich and electron-poor anilines. Tetrahedron Letters. 48(40). 7203–7206. 2 indexed citations
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Zimányi, I, et al.. (2003). Differentially functionalized diamines as novel ligands for the NPY2 receptor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(17). 2883–2885. 14 indexed citations
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Balasubramaniam, Ambikaipakan, Sulaiman Sheriff, Weixu Zhai, & William T. Chance. (2002). Bis(31/31′){[Cys31, Nva34]NPY(27–36)-NH2}: a neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y5 receptor selective agonist with a latent stimulatory effect on food intake in rats. Peptides. 23(8). 1485–1490. 12 indexed citations
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Balasubramaniam, Ambikaipakan, Weixu Zhai, Sulaiman Sheriff, et al.. (2000). Structure−Activity Studies Including a Ψ(CH2-NH) Scan of Peptide YY (PYY) Active Site, PYY(22−36), for Interaction with Rat Intestinal PYY Receptors:  Development of Analogues with Potent in Vivo Activity in the Intestine. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 43(18). 3420–3427. 31 indexed citations
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Balasubramaniam, A., Michael R. Ujhelyi, Yu-Hui Huang, et al.. (1996). Antagonistic Properties of Centrally Truncated Analogs of [d-Trp32]NPY. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 39(5). 1142–1147. 6 indexed citations
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Balasubramaniam, A., Weixu Zhai, Tao Zou, et al.. (1996). Synthesis, Structure, and Antagonistic Properties of des-Asn 29 [ d -Trp 28,32 ]NPY(27–36). Peptides. 17(7). 1113–1118. 3 indexed citations
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Balasubramaniam, A., Weixu Zhai, Sulaiman Sheriff, et al.. (1996). Bis(31/31‘){[Cys31,Trp32,Nva34]NPY- (31−36)}:  A Specific NPY Y-1 Receptor Antagonist. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 39(4). 811–813. 21 indexed citations
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Williams, Robert M., Weixu Zhai, David Aldous, & Suzanne C. Aldous. (1992). Asymmetric [1,3]-dipolar cycloaddition reactions: synthesis of highly substituted proline derivatives. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 57(24). 6527–6532. 70 indexed citations
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Zhai, Weixu. (1988). Versatile, stereocontrolled, asymmetric synthesis of E-vinyl glycine derivatives. Tetrahedron. 44(17). 5425–5430. 42 indexed citations
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Williams, Robert M., Peter M. Sinclair, & Weixu Zhai. (1988). Asymmetric synthesis of .beta.-carboxyaspartic acid. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 110(2). 482–483. 22 indexed citations

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