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60
Citations
10543
World Ranking
12157
National Ranking
337

Overview

Frank Gibson was affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research spanned multiple areas within chemistry and molecular biology, particularly focusing on organic chemistry and molecular biology as subfields.

The main fields of study for Frank Gibson included:

  • Chemistry
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their work addressed several key topics such as:

  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis

Frank Gibson's recent publication was titled "Ruthenium-Catalyzed Azide-Selenoalkyne Cycloadditions: A Combined Synthetic-Computational Study into Reaction Scope, Mechanism, and Origins of Regioselectivity", published in 2025 in the journal Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. This publication represents a detailed investigation into reaction mechanisms and regioselectivity in catalytic alkyne chemistry.

They frequently collaborated with several co-authors including:

  • Frances E. Bugden
  • Andrew D. Bage
  • Ashima Bajaj
  • Bin Wang
  • H. E. N. Stone

Their publications were most often featured in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, which aligns closely with their expertise in chemical synthesis and catalysis.

Best Publications

  • The structure of enterochelin and related 2,3-dihydroxy-N-benzoylserine conjugates from Escherichia coli.

    I.G. O'Brien;F. Gibson

  • The isolation and characterization of a hydroxamic acid (aerobactin) formed by Aerobacter aerogenes 62-I.

    F. Gibson;D.I. Magrath

  • Oxidative phosphorylation in Escherichia coli K 12. Mutations affecting magnesium ion- or calcium ion-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase

    J. D. Butlin;G. B. Cox;F. Gibson

  • Membrane adenosine triphosphatases of prokaryotic cells.

    J. Allan Downie;Frank Gibson;Graeme B. Cox

  • Regions of variant histone His2AvD required for Drosophila development

    Michael John Clarkson;Julian R. E. Wells;Frank Gibson;Robert Saint

  • The function of ubiquinone in Escherichia coli.

    G. B. Cox;N. A. Newton;F. Gibson;A. M. Snoswell

  • Enterochelin System of Iron Transport in Escherichia coli: Mutations Affecting Ferric-Enterochelin Esterase

    Lyndall Langman;I. G. Young;G. E. Frost;H. Rosenberg

  • The mechanism of ATP synthase: a reassessment of the functions of the b and a subunits.

    G.B. Cox;A.L. Fimmel;F. Gibson;L. Hatch

  • Enterochelin hydrolysis and iron metabolism in Escherichia coli.

    O'Brien Ig;Cox Gb;Gibson F

  • Mutations Affecting Iron Transport in Escherichia coli

    G. B. Cox;F. Gibson;R. K. J. Luke;N. A. Newton

  • Mutations affecting the cytochrome d-containing oxidase complex of Escherichia coli K12: identification and mapping of a fourth locus, cydD.

    Poole Rk;Williams Hd;Downie Ja;Gibson F

  • Biosynthesis of Ubiquinone in Escherichia coli K-12: Location of Genes Affecting the Metabolism of 3-Octaprenyl-4-hydroxybenzoic Acid and 2-Octaprenylphenol

    G. B. Cox;I. G. Young;L. M. McCann;F. Gibson

  • Subunits of the Adenosine Triphosphatase Complex Translated In Vitro from the Escherichia coli unc Operon

    J. Allan Downie;Lyndall Langman;Graeme B. Cox;Charles Yanofsky

  • Studies on electron transport and energy-linked reactions using mutants of Escherichia coli.

    Graeme B. Cox;Frank Gibson

  • Biologically active compounds containing 2,3-duhydroxybenzoic acid and serine formed by Escherichia coli

    I.G. O'Brien;G.B. Cox;F. Gibson

  • Hypothesis the mecanism of ATP synthase conformational change by rotation of the b-subunit

    G.B. Cox;D.A. Jans;A.L. Fimmel;F. Gibson

  • Oxidative phosphorylation in Escherichia coli K-12: The genetic and biochemical characterisation of a strain carrying a mutation in the uncB gene

    J.D. Butlin;G.B. Cox;F. Gibson

  • Biosynthesis of the iron-transport compound enterochelin: mutants of Escherichia coli unable to synthesize 2,3-dihydroxybenzoate.

    I. G. Young;L. Langman;R. K. J. Luke;F. Gibson

  • The proton pore in the Escherichia coli F0F1-ATPase: A requirement for arginine at position 210 of the a-subunit

    R.N. Lightowlers;S.M. Howitt;L. Hatch;F. Gibson

  • Cytochrome bd biosynthesis in Escherichia coli : the sequences of the cydC and cydD genes suggest that they encode the components of an ABC membrane transporter

    Robert K. Poole;Lyndall Hatch;Michael W. J. Cleeter;Frank Gibson

Frequent Co-Authors

Graeme B. Cox
Graeme B. Cox Australian National University
Alan E. Senior
Alan E. Senior University of Rochester Medical Center
David A. Jans
David A. Jans Monash University
Robert K. Poole
Robert K. Poole University of Sheffield
J. Allan Downie
J. Allan Downie John Innes Centre
Robert N. Lightowlers
Robert N. Lightowlers Newcastle University
David J. Tremethick
David J. Tremethick Australian National University
Robert Saint
Robert Saint Flinders University
Angela F. Dulhunty
Angela F. Dulhunty Australian National University
Charles Yanofsky
Charles Yanofsky Stanford University

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