David J Holmes

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Top papers

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1 Drugs for bad bugs: confronting the challenges of antibacterial discovery. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2006 15.21
2 Characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae enoyl-(acyl-carrier protein) reductase (FabK). Biochem J 2003 1.48
3 Genomic approaches to antibacterial discovery. Methods Mol Biol 2004 1.46
4 Validation of antibacterial mechanism of action using regulated antisense RNA expression in Staphylococcus aureus. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2004 1.32
5 A global approach to identify novel broad-spectrum antibacterial targets among proteins of unknown function. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2003 1.31
6 Characterization of a novel fucose-regulated promoter (PfcsK) suitable for gene essentiality and antibacterial mode-of-action studies in Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Bacteriol 2003 1.30
7 Variable sensitivity to bacterial methionyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors reveals subpopulations of Streptococcus pneumoniae with two distinct methionyl-tRNA synthetase genes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2003 1.21
8 Horizontal transfer of drug-resistant aminoacyl-transfer-RNA synthetases of anthrax and Gram-positive pathogens. EMBO Rep 2003 1.20
9 Stepwise exposure of Staphylococcus aureus to pleuromutilins is associated with stepwise acquisition of mutations in rplC and minimally affects susceptibility to retapamulin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007 1.15
10 Genetic characterization of Vga ABC proteins conferring reduced susceptibility to pleuromutilins in Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2008 1.15
11 Characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae TrmD, a tRNA methyltransferase essential for growth. J Bacteriol 2004 1.01
12 Contextual modulation involves suppression and facilitation from the center and the surround. J Vis 2007 0.93
13 Identification of antimicrobial targets using a comprehensive genomic approach. Pharmacogenomics 2004 0.93
14 Spatial and temporal dependencies of cross-orientation suppression in human vision. Proc Biol Sci 2007 0.92
15 Clinical and research issues regarding chronic advanced coronary artery disease: part I: Contemporary and emerging therapies. Am Heart J 2008 0.92
16 Novel antibacterials: a genomics approach to drug discovery. Curr Drug Targets Infect Disord 2002 0.88
17 New benzylidenethiazolidinediones as antibacterial agents. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2003 0.84
18 Orientation masking and cross-orientation suppression (XOS): implications for estimates of filter bandwidth. J Vis 2010 0.82
19 Synthesis of macrolones with central piperazine ring in the linker and its influence on antibacterial activity. Bioorg Med Chem 2011 0.81
20 Selection for high-level telithromycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus yields mutants resulting from an rplB-to-rplV gene conversion-like event. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2008 0.81
21 The promoter of a cold-shock-like gene has pleiotropic effects on Streptomyces antibiotic biosynthesis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2003 0.77
22 Remote facilitation in the Fourier domain. Vision Res 2006 0.77
23 Synthesis and activity of new macrolones: conjugates between 6(7)-(2'-aminoethyl)-amino-1-cyclopropyl-3-carboxylic acid (2'-hydroxyethyl) amides and 4″-propenoyl-azithromycin. Bioorg Med Chem 2011 0.77
24 6-Alkylquinolone-3-carboxylic acid tethered to macrolides synthesis and antimicrobial profile. Bioorg Med Chem 2010 0.76
25 Synthesis and properties of macrolones characterized by two ether bonds in the linker. Bioorg Med Chem 2010 0.76
26 Synthesis and biological activity of 4''-O-acyl derivatives of 14- and 15-membered macrolides linked to omega-quinolone-carboxylic unit. Bioorg Med Chem 2010 0.76