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D-Index
67
Citations
15694
World Ranking
6911
National Ranking
2063

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Alison Butler is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable specialization in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, General Health Professions, and Surfaces, Coatings and Films.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics including Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms, and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Parker R. Stow, Emil Thomsen, Zachary L. Reitz, Christina Makris, and Melanie Susman.

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in the following venues: Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, ACS Chemical Biology, Journal of Natural Products, Chemical Communications, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Alison Butler are:

  • Photoactive siderophores: Structure, function and biology (2021, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry)
  • C-Diazeniumdiolate Graminine in the Siderophore Gramibactin Is Photoreactive and Originates from Arginine (2022, ACS Chemical Biology)
  • Genomics-driven discovery of chiral triscatechol siderophores with enantiomeric Fe(iii) coordination (2021, Chemical Science)
  • Precursor-directed biosynthesis of catechol compounds in Acinetobacter bouvetii DSM 14964 (2020, Chemical Communications)
  • Tistrellabactins A and B Are Photoreactive C-Diazeniumdiolate Siderophores from the Marine-Derived Strain Tistrella mobilis KA081020-065 (2023, Journal of Natural Products)

Throughout their career, Alison Butler has been recognized as a Fellow by several organizations: the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2019), the American Chemical Society (2012), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1997, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Adaptive synergy between catechol and lysine promotes wet adhesion by surface salt displacement

    Greg P. Maier;Michael V. Rapp;J. Herbert Waite;Jacob N. Israelachvili

  • Vanadium Peroxide Complexes

    Alison Butler;Melissa J. Clague;Gretchen E. Meister

  • Photochemical cycling of iron in the surface ocean mediated by microbial iron(III)-binding ligands.

    K. Barbeau;E. L. Rue;K. W. Bruland;A. Butler

  • Competition among marine phytoplankton for different chelated iron species

    David A. Hutchins;Amy E. Witter;Alison Butler;George W. Luther

  • Microbial Iron Acquisition: Marine and Terrestrial Siderophores

    Moriah Sandy;Alison Butler

  • Iodide accumulation provides kelp with an inorganic antioxidant impacting atmospheric chemistry.

    Frithjof C. Küpper;Lucy J. Carpenter;Gordon B. McFiggans;Carl J. Palmer

  • MESOPOROUS SILICATE SEQUESTRATION AND RELEASE OF PROTEINS

    Yong-Jin Han;Galen D. Stucky;Alison Butler

  • The Role of Vanadium Bromoperoxidase in the Biosynthesis of Halogenated Marine Natural Products

    Alison Butler;Jayme N. Carter-Franklin

  • Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Siderophores from Marine Bacteria

    J. S. Martinez;G. P. Zhang;P. D. Holt;H.-T. Jung

  • Acquisition and Utilization of Transition Metal Ions by Marine Organisms

    Alison Butler

  • Chemistry of marine ligands and siderophores.

    Julia M. Vraspir;Alison Butler

  • Mechanistic considerations of halogenating enzymes

    Alison Butler;Moriah Sandy

  • COORDINATION CHEMISTRY OF VANADIUM IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

    Alison Butler;Carl J. Carrano

  • Mechanistic considerations of the vanadium haloperoxidases

    Alison Butler

  • Catalytic activity of mesoporous silicate-immobilized chloroperoxidase

    Yong-Jin Han;Jordan T Watson;Galen D Stucky;Alison Butler

  • A siderophore from a marine bacterium with an exceptional ferric ion affinity constant

    R T Reid;D H Live;D J Faulkner;A Butler

  • Photochemical reactivity of siderophores produced by marine heterotrophic bacteria and cyanobacteria based on characteristic Fe(III) binding groups

    Katherine Barbeau;Eden L. Rue;Charles G. Trick;Kenneth W. Bruland

  • Petrobactin, a Photoreactive Siderophore Produced by the Oil-Degrading Marine Bacterium Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus

    Katherine Barbeau;Guangping Zhang;David H Live;Alison Butler

  • Vanadium Bromoperoxidase-Catalyzed Biosynthesis of Halogenated Marine Natural Products

    Jayme N. Carter-Franklin;Alison Butler

  • Determination of conditional stability constants and kinetic constants for strong model Fe-binding ligands in seawater

    Amy E. Witter;David A. Hutchins;Alison Butler;George W. Luther

Frequent Co-Authors

Margo G. Haygood
Margo G. Haygood University of Utah
Carl J. Carrano
Carl J. Carrano San Diego State University
Frithjof C. Küpper
Frithjof C. Küpper University of Aberdeen
George W. Luther
George W. Luther University of Delaware
Katherine A. Barbeau
Katherine A. Barbeau University of California, San Diego
Galen D. Stucky
Galen D. Stucky University of California, Santa Barbara
Hellmut Eckert
Hellmut Eckert Universidade de São Paulo
Jacob N. Israelachvili
Jacob N. Israelachvili University of California, Santa Barbara
David A. Hutchins
David A. Hutchins University of Southern California
Kenneth W. Bruland
Kenneth W. Bruland University of California, Santa Cruz

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