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Peter Scott is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biomaterials, and Oncology.

The research topics that Peter Scott covers include:

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Scott has contributed to a number of scientific publications, notable recent papers include:

  • Neutrophil-Membrane-Directed Bioorthogonal Synthesis of Inflammation-Targeting Chiral Drugs, 2020, Chem
  • Metallohelices emulate the properties of short cationic α-helical peptides, 2021, Chemical Science
  • Glycoconjugated Metallohelices have Improved Nuclear Delivery and Suppress Tumour Growth In Vivo, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Optically Pure Metallohelices That Accumulate in Cell Nuclei, Condense/Aggregate DNA, and Inhibit Activities of DNA Processing Enzymes, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Combining ReACp53 with Carboplatin to Target High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancers, 2021, Cancers

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Scott include:

  • H. L. Song
  • Viktor Brabec
  • Miles Postings
  • Nicola J. Rogers
  • Hana Kostrhunová

Scott's publications have appeared in several venues with multiple contributions, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemical Science
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Best Publications

  • Zirconium catalysed enantioselective hydroamination/cyclisation.

    Paul D. Knight;Ian Munslow;Paul N. O'Shaughnessy;Peter Scott

  • Complex of Dinitrogen with Trivalent Uranium

    Paul Roussel and;Peter Scott

  • Chiral-at-metal organolanthanides: enantioselective aminoalkene hydroamination/cyclisation with non-cyclopentadienyls

    Paul N. O'Shaughnessy;Paul D. Knight;Colin Morton;Kevin M. Gillespie

  • Optically pure, water-stable metallo-helical ‘flexicate’ assemblies with antibiotic activity

    Suzanne E. Howson;Albert Bolhuis;Viktor Brabec;Guy J. Clarkson

  • Enantioselective Aziridination Using Copper Complexes of Biaryl Schiff Bases

    Kevin M. Gillespie;Christopher J. Sanders;Paul O'shaughnessy;Ian Westmoreland

  • Structure−Activity Relationships for Group 4 Biaryl Amidate Complexes in Catalytic Hydroamination/Cyclization of Aminoalkenes

    Andrew L. Gott;Adam J. Clarke;and Guy J. Clarkson;Peter Scott

  • Chiral Metallohelical Complexes Enantioselectively Target Amyloid β for Treating Alzheimer’s Disease

    Meng Li;Suzanne E. Howson;Kai Dong;Nan Gao

  • Reactivity of a triamidoamine complex of trivalent uranium

    Paul Roussel;Rita Boaretto;Andrew J. Kingsley;Nathaniel W. Alcock

  • Asymmetric triplex metallohelices with high and selective activity against cancer cells

    Alan D. Faulkner;Rebecca A. Kaner;Qasem M. A. Abdallah;Guy J. Clarkson

  • Approaches to the synthesis of optically pure helicates.

    Suzanne E. Howson;Peter Scott

  • Catalytic alkene cyclohydroamination via an imido mechanism

    Andrew L. Gott;Adam J. Clarke;Guy J. Clarkson;Peter Scott

  • Biaryl amine ligands for lanthanide catalysed enantioselective hydroamination/cyclisation of aminoalkenes

    P.N. O'Shaughnessy;Peter Scott

  • Structural Origins of a Dramatic Variation in Catalyst Efficiency in Enantioselective Alkene Aziridination: Implications for Design of Ligands Based on Chiral Biaryldiamines

    Christopher J. Sanders;Kevin M. Gillespie;and David Bell;Peter Scott

  • Self-assembling optically pure Fe(A–B)3 chelates

    Suzanne E. Howson;Laura E. N. Allan;Nikola Paul Chmel;Guy J. Clarkson

  • Neutrophil-Membrane-Directed Bioorthogonal Synthesis of Inflammation-Targeting Chiral Drugs

    Zhi Du;Chun Liu;Chun Liu;Hualong Song;Peter Scott

  • Synthesis and electronic structure of permethylindenyl complexes of iron and cobalt

    D Ohare;J C Green;T Marder;S Collins

  • Mechanism of alkene aziridination in the [(biaryldiimine)CuI] catalyst system; precise substrate orientation via two-centre binding

    Kevin M. Gillespie;Edward J. Crust;Robert J. Deeth;Peter Scott

  • Problems and solutions for alkene polymerisation catalysts incorporating Schiff-bases; migratory insertion and radical mechanisms of catalyst deactivation

    Paul D. Knight;Adam J. Clarke;Brian S. Kimberley;Richard A. Jackson

  • Chiral biarylamido/anisole complexes of yttrium in enantioselective aminoalkene hydaroamination/cyclisation

    Paul N. O'Shaughnessy;Kevin M. Gillespie;Paul D. Knight;Ian J. Munslow

  • Origins of stereoselectivity in optically pure phenylethaniminopyridine tris-chelates M(NN')3(n+) (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Zn).

    Suzanne E. Howson;Laura E. N. Allan;Nikola Paul Chmel;Guy J. Clarkson

  • Mechanism of catalytic cyclohydroamination by zirconium salicyloxazoline complexes

    Laura E. N. Allan;Guy J. Clarkson;David J. Fox;Andrew L. Gott

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy J. Clarkson
Guy J. Clarkson University of Warwick
Viktor Brabec
Viktor Brabec Czech Academy of Sciences
Robert J. Deeth
Robert J. Deeth University of Warwick
Peter B. Hitchcock
Peter B. Hitchcock University of Sussex
Nathaniel W. Alcock
Nathaniel W. Alcock University of Warwick
Xiaogang Qu
Xiaogang Qu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jinsong Ren
Jinsong Ren Chinese Academy of Sciences
Malcolm L. H. Green
Malcolm L. H. Green University of Oxford
Philip Mountford
Philip Mountford University of Oxford
Nicholas R. Waterfield
Nicholas R. Waterfield University of Warwick

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