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h-index: 18
Works: 57
Citations: 857

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Putative identification of the usnic acid biosynthetic gene cluster by de novo whole-genome sequencing of a lichen-forming fungus.
Mona Abdel-Hameed, R. Bertrand, M. Piercey-Normore, J. Sorensen
2016Fungal Biology63 citations
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Synthesis of novel gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) uptake inhibitors. 5.(1) Preparation and structure-activity studies of tricyclic analogues of known GABA uptake inhibitors.
K. Andersen, J. Sorensen, J. Lau, B. Lundt +4 more
2001Journal of Medicinal Chemistry49 citations Open access
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Transformations of cyclic nonaketides by Aspergillus terreus mutants blocked for lovastatin biosynthesis at the lovA and lovC genes.
J. Sorensen, K. Auclair, J. Kennedy, C. Hutchinson +1 more
2003Organic and biomolecular chemistry45 citations
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Synthesis of novel GABA uptake inhibitors. 4. Bioisosteric transformation and successive optimization of known GABA uptake inhibitors leading to a series of potent anticonvulsant drug candidates.
K. Andersen, J. Sorensen, P. O. Huusfeldt, L. J. Knutsen +5 more
1999Journal of Medicinal Chemistry37 citations Open access
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In situ imaging of usnic acid in selected Cladonia spp. by vibrational spectroscopy.
C. Liao, M. Piercey-Normore, J. Sorensen, K. Gough
2010In Analysis34 citations
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Synthesis and antibiotic activity of novel acylated phloroglucinol compounds against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Navriti Mittal, Haben H. Tesfu, Andrew M. Hogan, Silvia T. Cardona +1 more
2019Journal of antibiotics (Tokyo. 1968)31 citations
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Structural and Mechanistic Studies on Carboxymethylproline Synthase (CarB), a Unique Member of the Crotonase Superfamily Catalyzing the First Step in Carbapenem Biosynthesis*
M. Sleeman, J. Sorensen, Edward T. Batchelar, M. McDonough +1 more
2005Journal of Biological Chemistry30 citations Open access
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Crotonase catalysis enables flexible production of functionalized prolines and carbapenams.
Refaat B. Hamed, L. Henry, J. Ruben Gomez-Castellanos, Jasmin Mecinović +4 more
2012Journal of the American Chemical Society28 citations
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The chemoenzymatic synthesis of usnic acid.
Drew J Hawranik, Kurtis S. Anderson, Reesa Simmonds, J. Sorensen
2009Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters27 citations
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A comprehensive catalogue of polyketide synthase gene clusters in lichenizing fungi
R. Bertrand, J. Sorensen
2018Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology26 citations
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Lichen Biosynthetic Gene Clusters. Part I. Genome Sequencing Reveals a Rich Biosynthetic Potential.
R. Bertrand, Mona Abdel-Hameed, J. Sorensen
2018Journal of Natural Products26 citations
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Polyketides produced by Daldinia loculata cultured from Northern Manitoba
Amy K. Nadeau, J. Sorensen
201126 citations
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Algal carbohydrates affect polyketide synthesis of the lichen-forming fungus Cladonia rangiferina
Mostafa E. Elshobary, M. Osman, A. Abo-Shady, Emy Komatsu +3 more
2016Mycologia24 citations
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Identification of 6-Hydroxymellein Synthase and Accessory Genes in the Lichen Cladonia uncialis.
Mona Abdel-Hameed, R. Bertrand, M. Piercey-Normore, J. Sorensen
2016Journal of Natural Products22 citations Open access
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Lichen Biosynthetic Gene Clusters Part II: Homology Mapping Suggests a Functional Diversity.
R. Bertrand, Mona Abdel-Hameed, J. Sorensen
2018Journal of Natural Products21 citations
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The attenuated virulence of a Burkholderia cenocepacia paaABCDE mutant is due to inhibition of quorum sensing by release of phenylacetic acid
Tanya Pribytkova, Tasia Joy Lightly, Brijesh Kumar, Steve P. Bernier +3 more
2014Molecular Microbiology21 citations Open access
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Effect of aposymbiotic conditions on colony growth and secondary metabolite production in the lichen-forming fungus Ramalina dilacerata.
B. Timsina, J. Sorensen, D. Weihrauch, M. Piercey-Normore
2013Fungal Biology21 citations
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A c-di-GMP-Modulating Protein Regulates Swimming Motility of Burkholderia cenocepacia in Response to Arginine and Glutamate
Brijesh Kumar, J. Sorensen, Silvia T. Cardona
2018Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology19 citations Open access
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Isolation of Bioactive Metabolites from Soil Derived Fungus-Aspergillus fumigatus
H. Gill, Ellen M. E. Sykes, Ayush Kumar, J. Sorensen
2023Microorganisms18 citations Open access
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Lost in Translation: Challenges with Heterologous Expression of Lichen Polyketide Synthases
R. Bertrand, J. Sorensen
2019ChemistrySelect18 citations
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Synthesis of regio- and stereoselectively deuterium-labelled derivatives of L-glutamate semialdehyde for studies on carbapenem biosynthesis.
C. Ducho, Refaat B. Hamed, Edward T. Batchelar, J. Sorensen +2 more
2009Organic and biomolecular chemistry18 citations
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Synthetic cystic fibrosis sputum medium diminishes Burkholderia cenocepacia antifungal activity against Aspergillus fumigatus independently of phenylacetic acid production.
T. Lightly, Ryan R Phung, J. Sorensen, Silvia T. Cardona
2017Canadian Journal of Microbiology (print)15 citations Open access
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Structural and mechanistic studies on N(2)-(2-carboxyethyl)arginine synthase.
M. Caines, J. Sorensen, C. Schofield
2009Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC15 citations
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Psychrotrophic violacein-producing bacteria isolated from Lake Winnipeg, Canada
Steven B. Kuzyk, Alexander O. Pritchard, Jocelyn Plouffe, J. Sorensen +1 more
202014 citations
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Phenylacetyl Coenzyme A, Not Phenylacetic Acid, Attenuates CepIR-Regulated Virulence in Burkholderia cenocepacia
T. Lightly, Kara L. Frejuk, M. Groleau, L. Chiarelli +5 more
2019Applied and Environmental Microbiology14 citations Open access
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Monacolin N, a compound resulting from derailment of type I iterative polyketide synthase function en route to lovastatin.
J. Sorensen, J. Vederas
2003Chemical Communications14 citations
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Use of 1H NMR in Assigning Carbohydrate Configuration in the Organic Laboratory
J. Sorensen, Ross D. Witherell, L. M. Browne
200613 citations
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Synthesis of deuterium labelled L- and D-glutamate semialdehydes and their evaluation as substrates for carboxymethylproline synthase (CarB)--implications for carbapenem biosynthesis.
J. Sorensen, M. Sleeman, C. Schofield
2005Chemical Communications13 citations
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Unraveling usnic acid: a comparison of biosynthetic gene clusters between two reindeer lichen (Cladonia rangiferina and C. uncialis).
Susan Egbert, J. R. Hoffman, R. McMullin, J. Lendemer +1 more
2022Fungal Biology12 citations Open access
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Evidence for the importance of catechol-type siderophores in the iron-limited growth of a cyanobacterium
F. B. Christensen, L I ? Nielsen, J. Sorensen
199912 citations
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Limitations of the ‘ambush hypothesis’ at the single-gene scale: what codon biases are to blame?
R. Bertrand, Mona Abdel-Hameed, J. Sorensen
2015Zeitschrift für Induktive Abstammungs- und Vererbungslehre11 citations
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Study of adenylyl cyclase-GαS interactions and identification of novel AC ligands
Appalaraju Jaggupilli, P. Dhanaraj, Alexander O. Pritchard, J. Sorensen +2 more
2018Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry10 citations
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The Synthesis of Medium-Chain-Length β-Hydroxy Esters via the Reformatsky Reaction
M. Sailer, Krystyn I. Dubicki, J. Sorensen
2014Synthesis10 citations Open access
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Hemicellulose polysaccharide recovery from flax shive using alkaline solutions with sodium ethoxide pretreatment
R. Parsons, S. Cenkowski, J. Sorensen, T. Beta +1 more
201310 citations
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Pure rotational spectrum and ring inversion tunnelling of silacyclobutane.
J. van Wijngaarden, Ziqiu Chen, Cody W. van Dijk, J. Sorensen
2011Journal of Physical Chemistry A10 citations
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Characterization of a Type-2 Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase from Haematococcus pluvialis Reveals Possible Allostery of the Recombinant Enzyme.
Trinh-Don Nguyen, Yang Xu, Mona Abdel-Hameed, J. Sorensen +2 more
2019Lipids9 citations Open access
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Synthesis of Actinomycetes natural products JBIR-94, JBIR-125, and related analogues
Rafiq A. Taj, J. Sorensen
20159 citations
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Use of cyclic peptides to induce crystallization: case study with prolyl hydroxylase domain 2
R. Chowdhury, M. Abboud, T. McAllister, B. Banerji +4 more
2020Scientific Reports8 citations Open access
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The isolation of citric acid derivatives from Aspergillus niger.
Drew J Hawranik, J. Sorensen
2010FEMS Microbiology Letters8 citations
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Absence of a catalytic water confers resistance to the neurotoxin gabaculine
G. Orriss, T. Patel, J. Sorensen, J. Stetefeld
2010The FASEB Journal8 citations
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Extraction of flax shive using sodium ethoxide catalyst in anhydrous ethanol
R. Parsons, Kari A. L. Parsons, J. Sorensen
20117 citations
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A Comparison of the Bioactivity of Usnic Acid versus Methylphloroacetophenone
Ratul Sarkar, Navriti Mittal, J. Sorensen, T. Sen
2018Natural Product Communications5 citations Open access
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Transcriptional heterologous expression of two type III PKS from the lichen Cladonia uncialis
R. Bertrand, J. Sorensen
2019Mycological progress4 citations
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Lichen ketosynthase domains are not responsible for inoperative polyketide synthases in Ascomycota hosts.
Mona Abdel-Hameed, R. Bertrand, L. J. Donald, J. Sorensen
2018Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC4 citations
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Measurement of Laminar Flame Speed and Flammability Limits of a Biodiesel Surrogate
Carlos A. Gomez Casanova, Edwin Othen, J. Sorensen, D. Levin +1 more
20164 citations
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Secondary Metabolites from a Strain of Alternaria tenuissima Isolated from Northern Manitoba Soil
Chukwudi S Anyanwu, J. Sorensen
2015Natural Product Communications4 citations Open access
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Kinemage of action - proposed reaction mechanism of glutamate-1-semialdehyde aminomutase at an atomic level.
J. Sorensen, J. Stetefeld
2011Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC4 citations
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The Biotransformation of Aromatic Amino Acids by Phoma macrostoma
Yevgeniya Tyagunova, J. Sorensen
2010Natural Product Communications3 citations Open access
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Production and Modification of PHA Polymers Produced from Long-Chain Fatty Acids
Christopher Dartiailh, N. Cicek, J. Sorensen, D. Levin
20202 citations
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Phenylacetyl-CoA, not phenylacetic acid, attenuates CepIR-regulated virulence in Burkholderia cenocepacia
T. Lightly, Kara L. Frejuk, M. Groleau, L. Chiarelli +5 more
2019bioRxiv1 citations Open access
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