John M Kelly

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1 A mechanism for cross-resistance to nifurtimox and benznidazole in trypanosomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 2.54
2 Trypanocidal drugs: mechanisms, resistance and new targets. Expert Rev Mol Med 2009 1.84
3 Adequate relief in a treatment trial with IBS patients: a prospective assessment. Am J Gastroenterol 2009 1.64
4 Structure, function and evolution of microbial adenylyl and guanylyl cyclases. Mol Microbiol 2004 1.57
5 Mitochondrial superoxide radicals mediate programmed cell death in Trypanosoma cruzi: cytoprotective action of mitochondrial iron superoxide dismutase overexpression. Biochem J 2007 1.55
6 Functional mapping of a trypanosome centromere by chromosome fragmentation identifies a 16-kb GC-rich transcriptional "strand-switch" domain as a major feature. Genome Res 2005 1.47
7 Functional characterisation of the iron superoxide dismutase gene repertoire in Trypanosoma brucei. Free Radic Biol Med 2005 1.43
8 RNA interference identifies two hydroperoxide metabolizing enzymes that are essential to the bloodstream form of the african trypanosome. J Biol Chem 2003 1.39
9 Crystal structures of Λ-[Ru(phen)₂dppz]²⁺ with oligonucleotides containing TA/TA and AT/AT steps show two intercalation modes. Nat Chem 2012 1.34
10 Design and synthesis of bioactive adamantane spiro heterocycles. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2007 1.27
11 Trypanocidal activity of nitroaromatic prodrugs: current treatments and future perspectives. Curr Top Med Chem 2011 1.20
12 Trypanosoma cruzi expresses a plant-like ascorbate-dependent hemoperoxidase localized to the endoplasmic reticulum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 1.20
13 Ruthenium polypyridyl chemistry; from basic research to applications and back again. Dalton Trans 2006 1.17
14 The Trypanosoma cruzi enzyme TcGPXI is a glycosomal peroxidase and can be linked to trypanothione reduction by glutathione or tryparedoxin. J Biol Chem 2002 1.16
15 Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of several ring-contracted amantadine analogs. Bioorg Med Chem 2008 1.14
16 Bioluminescence imaging of chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infections reveals tissue-specific parasite dynamics and heart disease in the absence of locally persistent infection. Cell Microbiol 2014 1.14
17 Structure determination of an intercalating ruthenium dipyridophenazine complex which kinks DNA by semiintercalation of a tetraazaphenanthrene ligand. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.13
18 Repetitive DNA is associated with centromeric domains in Trypanosoma brucei but not Trypanosoma cruzi. Genome Biol 2007 1.13
19 pTcINDEX: a stable tetracycline-regulated expression vector for Trypanosoma cruzi. BMC Biotechnol 2006 1.11
20 Multiple splice variants encode a novel adenylyl cyclase of possible plastid origin expressed in the sexual stage of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. J Biol Chem 2003 1.10
21 Benznidazole-resistance in Trypanosoma cruzi is a readily acquired trait that can arise independently in a single population. J Infect Dis 2012 1.07
22 The suppression of galactose metabolism in Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes causes changes in cell surface molecular architecture and cell morphology. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2006 1.05
23 TcGPXII, a glutathione-dependent Trypanosoma cruzi peroxidase with substrate specificity restricted to fatty acid and phospholipid hydroperoxides, is localized to the endoplasmic reticulum. Biochem J 2002 1.04
24 Peroxiredoxins play a major role in protecting Trypanosoma cruzi against macrophage- and endogenously-derived peroxynitrite. Biochem J 2008 1.01
25 The Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclic-specific protein Met-III associates with the nucleolus and contains independent amino and carboxyl terminal targeting elements. Int J Parasitol 2006 1.01
26 Deletion of the Trypanosoma brucei superoxide dismutase gene sodb1 increases sensitivity to nifurtimox and benznidazole. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006 0.96
27 Highly sensitive in vivo imaging of Trypanosoma brucei expressing "red-shifted" luciferase. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2013 0.96
28 Validation of spermidine synthase as a drug target in African trypanosomes. Biochem J 2008 0.95
29 Vitamin C biosynthesis in trypanosomes: a role for the glycosome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 0.94
30 Photooxidation of guanine by a ruthenium dipyridophenazine complex intercalated in a double-stranded polynucleotide monitored directly by picosecond visible and infrared transient absorption spectroscopy. Chemistry 2008 0.93
31 [Ru(TAP)2(dppz)]2+: a DNA intercalating complex, which luminesces strongly in water and undergoes photo-induced proton-coupled electron transfer with guanosine-5'-monophosphate. Dalton Trans 2004 0.91
32 Recent advances in the development of 1,8-naphthalimide based DNA targeting binders, anticancer and fluorescent cellular imaging agents. Chem Soc Rev 2013 0.90
33 Monitoring the effect of ultrafast deactivation of the electronic excited states of DNA bases and polynucleotides following 267 nm laser excitation using picosecond time-resolved infrared spectroscopy. Chem Commun (Camb) 2005 0.89
34 Centromere-associated topoisomerase activity in bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei. Nucleic Acids Res 2010 0.88
35 Femtosecond electron-transfer reactions in mono- and polynucleotides and in DNA. J Am Chem Soc 2002 0.88
36 X-ray crystal structure of rac-[Ru(phen)2dppz]2+ with d(ATGCAT)2 shows enantiomer orientations and water ordering. J Am Chem Soc 2013 0.87
37 Purine nucleotide cyclases in the malaria parasite. Trends Parasitol 2004 0.87
38 Design and synthesis of bioactive 1,2-annulated adamantane derivatives. Org Biomol Chem 2008 0.87
39 Novel lipophilic acetohydroxamic acid derivatives based on conformationally constrained spiro carbocyclic 2,6-diketopiperazine scaffolds with potent trypanocidal activity. J Med Chem 2011 0.86
40 Genetic dissection of drug resistance in trypanosomes. Parasitology 2013 0.86
41 The role of glutathione peroxidases in trypanosomatids. Biol Chem 2003 0.85
42 Versatile solution phase triangular silver nanoplates for highly sensitive plasmon resonance sensing. ACS Nano 2010 0.85
43 Magnetic nanoparticle assemblies on denatured DNA show unusual magnetic relaxivity and potential applications for MRI. Chem Commun (Camb) 2004 0.85
44 Ordered DNA wrapping switches on luminescence in single-walled nanotube dispersions. J Am Chem Soc 2008 0.84
45 Genetic techniques in Trypanosoma cruzi. Adv Parasitol 2011 0.83
46 Picosecond transient infrared study of the ultrafast deactivation processes of electronically excited B-DNA and Z-DNA forms of [poly(dG-dC)]2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009 0.83
47 The amino terminal domain of a novel WD repeat protein from Trypanosoma cruzi contains a non-canonical mitochondrial targeting signal. Int J Parasitol 2004 0.83
48 Chiral highly luminescent CdS quantum dots. Chem Commun (Camb) 2007 0.83
49 Reduction of dipyrido-[3,2-a:2',3'-c]-phenazine (dppz) by photolysis in ethanol solution. Chem Commun (Camb) 2005 0.83
50 A comparative picosecond transient infrared study of 1-methylcytosine and 5'-dCMP that sheds further light on the excited states of cytosine derivatives. J Am Chem Soc 2011 0.82
51 ps-TRIR covers all the bases--recent advances in the use of transient IR for the detection of short-lived species in nucleic acids. Analyst 2009 0.82
52 The terminal step in vitamin C biosynthesis in Trypanosoma cruzi is mediated by a FMN-dependent galactonolactone oxidase. Biochem J 2007 0.81
53 Centromere-associated repeat arrays on Trypanosoma brucei chromosomes are much more extensive than predicted. BMC Genomics 2012 0.81
54 Preparation of saline-stable, silica-coated triangular silver nanoplates of use for optical sensing. J Colloid Interface Sci 2013 0.81
55 Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of (2-oxaadamant-1-yl)amines. Bioorg Med Chem 2009 0.80
56 New oxapolycyclic cage amines with NMDA receptor antagonist and trypanocidal activities. Bioorg Med Chem 2009 0.79
57 Excited state dependent electron transfer of a rhenium-dipyridophenazine complex intercalated between the base pairs of DNA: a time-resolved UV-visible and IR absorption investigation into the photophysics of fac-[Re(CO)3(F2dppz)(py)]+ bound to either [poly(dA-dT)]2 or [poly(dG-dC)]2. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2011 0.79
58 Enhanced third-order optical nonlinearity of silver nanoparticles with a tunable surface plasmon resonance. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2004 0.79
59 Ultrafast IR spectroscopy of the short-lived transients formed by UV excitation of cytosine derivatives. Chem Commun (Camb) 2007 0.79
60 Design, synthesis, and trypanocidal activity of new aminoadamantane derivatives. J Med Chem 2008 0.79
61 Evidence that transport of iron from the lysosome to the cytosol in African trypanosomes is mediated by a mucolipin orthologue. Mol Microbiol 2013 0.78
62 The photophysics of fac-[Re(CO)3(dppz)(py)]+ in CH3CN: a comparative picosecond flash photolysis, transient infrared, transient resonance Raman and density functional theoretical study. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2003 0.78
63 A study of the pH dependence of electronically excited guanosine compounds by picosecond time-resolved infrared spectroscopy. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2009 0.78
64 Solvent dependent photophysics of fac-[Re(CO)(3)(11,12-X(2)dppz)(py)](+)(X = H, F or Me). Photochem Photobiol Sci 2007 0.78
65 Ultrafast IR spectroscopy of polymeric cytosine nucleic acids reveal the long-lived species is due to a localised state. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012 0.77
66 Controlled dehydration of a ruthenium complex-DNA crystal induces reversible DNA kinking. J Am Chem Soc 2014 0.77
67 Picosecond infrared probing of the vibrational spectra of transients formed upon UV excitation of stacked G-tetrad structures. Chem Commun (Camb) 2007 0.77
68 Study of picosecond processes of an intercalated dipyridophenazine Cr(III) complex bound to defined sequence DNAs using transient absorption and time-resolved infrared methods. Dalton Trans 2014 0.77
69 Substituted dipyridophenazine complexes of Cr(III): synthesis, enantiomeric resolution and binding interactions with calf thymus DNA. Dalton Trans 2010 0.77
70 Self-organization of photo-active nanostructures: general discussion. Faraday Discuss 2015 0.77
71 Design and synthesis of Trypanosoma brucei active 1-alkyloxy and 1-benzyloxyadamantano 2-guanylhydrazones. ChemMedChem 2009 0.77
72 Supramolecular approach to enantioselective DNA recognition using enantiomerically resolved cationic 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide-based Tröger's bases. J Org Chem 2014 0.76
73 Understanding the DNA binding of novel non-symmetrical guanidinium/2-aminoimidazolinium derivatives. Org Biomol Chem 2010 0.76
74 Design and synthesis of bioactive adamantanaminoalcohols and adamantanamines. Eur J Med Chem 2010 0.76
75 Huprines as a new family of dual acting trypanocidal-antiplasmodial agents. Bioorg Med Chem 2011 0.76
76 Synthesis and antiprotozoal activity of oligomethylene- and p-phenylene-bis(methylene)-linked bis(+)-huprines. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 0.76
77 Targeting of photooxidative damage on single-stranded DNA representing the bcr-abl chimeric gene using oligonucleotide-conjugates containing [Ru(phen)3](2+)-like photosensitiser groups. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2002 0.76
78 Synthesis, spectroscopic and biological studies of a fluorescent Pt(II) (terpy) based 1,8-naphthalimide conjugate as a DNA targeting agent. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013 0.75
79 Etching-resistant silver nanoprisms by epitaxial deposition of a protecting layer of gold at the edges. Langmuir 2009 0.75
80 Synthesis of benzopolycyclic cage amines: NMDA receptor antagonist, trypanocidal and antiviral activities. Bioorg Med Chem 2011 0.75
81 An E/Z conformational behaviour study on the trypanocidal action of lipophilic spiro carbocyclic 2,6-diketopiperazine-1-acetohydroxamic acids. Tetrahedron Lett 2013 0.75
82 Structural insights into the catalytic mechanism of Trypanosoma cruzi GPXI (glutathione peroxidase-like enzyme I). Biochem J 2010 0.75
83 Microwave induced preparation of a-axis oriented double-ended needle-shaped ZnO microparticles. Chem Commun (Camb) 2004 0.75
84 Synthesis and photophysical evaluation of a pyridinium 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide derivative that upon intercalation displays preference for AT-rich double-stranded DNA. Org Biomol Chem 2012 0.75
85 The effect of the 4-amino functionality on the photophysical and DNA binding properties of alkyl-pyridinium derived 1,8-naphthalimides. Org Biomol Chem 2013 0.75
86 Unusual photophysical switching in a Ru(II) diimine DNA probe caused by amide functionalisation. Dalton Trans 2003 0.75
87 Efficient quenching of TGA-capped CdTe quantum dot emission by a surface-coordinated europium(III) cyclen complex. Inorg Chem 2013 0.75
88 Photophysical studies of CdTe quantum dots in the presence of a zinc cationic porphyrin. Dalton Trans 2012 0.75
89 Triplet-state dynamics of a metalloporphyrin photosensitiser (PtTMPyP4) in the presence of halides and purine mononucleotides. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2011 0.75
90 Photophysical study of a family of [Ru(phen)2(Me n dpq)]2+ complexes in different solvents and DNA: a specific water effect promoted by methyl substitution. Dalton Trans 2005 0.75
91 Water-soluble amphiphilic ruthenium(ii) polypyridyl complexes as potential light-activated therapeutic agents. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020 0.75
92 Luminescence sensing and imaging: general discussion. Faraday Discuss 2015 0.75
93 Long-lived excited states in i-motif DNA studied by picosecond time-resolved IR spectroscopy. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014 0.75
94 Natural and artificial photosynthesis: general discussion. Faraday Discuss 2015 0.75
95 Ground and excited state interactions of metalloporphyrin PtTMPyP4 with polynucleotides [poly(dG-dC)]2 and [poly(dA-dT)]2. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2016 0.75
96 Excited state behaviour of substituted dipyridophenazine Cr(III) complexes in the presence of nucleic acids. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2010 0.75
97 Influence of polystyrenesulfonate on electron transfer quenching of ruthenium trisbipyridine luminescence by viologens: non-covalent assembly and covalent tethering of the ruthenium complex. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012 0.75
98 Synthesis of N3- and 2-NH2-substituted 6,7-diphenylpterins and their use as intermediates for the preparation of oligonucleotide conjugates designed to target photooxidative damage on single-stranded DNA representing the bcr-abl chimeric gene. Org Biomol Chem 2004 0.75
99 The influence of loops on the binding of the [Ru(phen)dppz] light-switch compound to i-motif DNA structures revealed by time-resolved spectroscopy. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020 0.75