D. Pitera

Most-cited papers

1. High-level semi-synthetic production of the potent antimalarial artemisinin

   C. Paddon, Patrick Westfall, D. Pitera, Kirsten Benjamin +46 more

   2013Nature1,914 citations Open access

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2. Engineering a mevalonate pathway in Escherichia coli for production of terpenoids

   Vincent J. J. Martin, D. Pitera, Sydnor T. Withers, J. Newman +1 more

   2003Nature Biotechnology1,731 citations

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3. Production of amorphadiene in yeast, and its conversion to dihydroartemisinic acid, precursor to the antimalarial agent artemisinin

   Patrick Westfall, D. Pitera, Jacob Lenihan, Diana Eng +15 more

   2012Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America685 citations Open access

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4. Combinatorial engineering of intergenic regions in operons tunes expression of multiple genes

   B. Pfleger, D. Pitera, C. Smolke, J. Keasling

   2006Nature Biotechnology548 citations

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5. Balancing a heterologous mevalonate pathway for improved isoprenoid production in Escherichia coli.

   D. Pitera, C. Paddon, J. Newman, J. Keasling

   2007Metabolic Engineering447 citations

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6. High‐level production of amorpha‐4,11‐diene in a two‐phase partitioning bioreactor of metabolically engineered Escherichia coli

   J. Newman, J. Marshall, M. Chang, Farnaz F. Nowroozi +4 more

   2006Biotechnology and Bioengineering255 citations

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7. Application of Functional Genomics to Pathway Optimization for Increased Isoprenoid Production

   L. Kizer, D. Pitera, B. Pfleger, J. Keasling

   2008Applied and Environmental Microbiology182 citations Open access

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8. Microbial sensors for small molecules: development of a mevalonate biosensor.

   B. Pfleger, D. Pitera, J. Newman, Vincent J. J. Martin +1 more

   2007Metabolic Engineering99 citations

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9. Clean manufacturing powered by biology: how Amyris has deployed technology and aims to do it better

   Paul Hill, Kirsten Benjamin, B. Bhattacharjee, Fernando Garcia +7 more

   2020Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology23 citations Open access

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10. Microbially Derived Semisynthetic Artemisinin

    C. Paddon, D. McPhee, Patrick Westfall, Kirsten Benjamin +6 more

    20122 citations

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11. Method for increasing production of isoprenoid compounds

    J. Keasling, J. Newman, D. Pitera

    20050 citations

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