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68
Citations
21956
World Ranking
7667
National Ranking
3494

Overview

Philip J. Barr is affiliated with BayMedica, Inc. in the United States. Their research spans various aspects of medicine and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on pharmacology, plant science, materials chemistry, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and clinical psychology.

Their work primarily addresses topics related to cannabis and cannabinoid research, lichen and fungal ecology, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, microbial natural products and biosynthesis, GABA and rice research, psychedelics and drug studies, and neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior.

Recent published papers include:

  • Identification of a lichen depside polyketide synthase gene by heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 2021, Metabolic Engineering Communications
  • Cannabichromene Racemization and Absolute Stereochemistry Based on a Cannabicyclol Analog, 2021, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Activation of CB2 Receptors by (−)-Cannabichromene but Not (+)-Cannabichromene, 2024, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Activation of cannabinoid CB2 receptors by (−)-cannabichromene but not (+)-cannabichromene, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • CCDC 2057878: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Charles K. Marlowe
  • Alon Agua
  • Michael C. Pirrung
  • Michael Udoh
  • Marina Santiago

Philip J. Barr's publications have appeared in the following venues:

  • Metabolic Engineering Communications
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Their research fields emphasize medicine with a significant number of publications in pharmacology. The integration of plant science and materials chemistry also reflects work on biochemical compounds in plants and fungi. Clinical and behavioral studies are included among their interdisciplinary perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Protection from Fas-mediated apoptosis by a soluble form of the Fas molecule

    Jianhua Cheng;Tong Zhou;Changdan Liu;John P. Shapiro

  • Characterization of ribosomal frameshifting in HIV-1 gag-pol expression

    Tyler Jacks;Michael D. Power;Frank R. Masiarz;Paul A. Luciw;Paul A. Luciw

  • Mammalian subtilisins: The long-sought dibasic processing endoproteases

    Philip J. Barr

  • Nucleotide sequence and expression of an AIDS-associated retrovirus (ARV-2)

    Ray Sanchez-Pescador;Michael D. Power;Philip J. Barr;Kathelyn S. Steimer

  • Alpha-factor-directed synthesis and secretion of mature foreign proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Anthony J. Brake;James P. Merryweather;Doris G. Coit;Ulrike A. Heberlein

  • Modulation of apoptosis by the widely distributed Bcl-2 homologue Bak

    Kiefer Mc;Brauer Mj;Powers Vc;Wu Jj

  • On the mechanism of inhibition of DNA-cytosine methyltransferases by cytosine analogs.

    Daniel V. Santi;Charles E. Garrett;Philip J. Barr

  • Redesigning trypsin: alteration of substrate specificity

    Charles S. Craik;Corey Largman;Thomas Fletcher;Steven Roczniak

  • Three-dimensional structure of human basic fibroblast growth factor, a structural homolog of interleukin 1 beta.

    Jiandong Zhang;Lawrence S. Cousens;Phillip J. Barr;Stephen R. Sprang

  • Ligand-affinity cloning and structure of a cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycan that binds basic fibroblast growth factor.

    Michael C. Kiefer;James C. Stephans;Kevin Crawford;Ken Okino

  • Identification of a second human subtilisin-like protease gene in the fes/fps region of chromosome 15.

    Michael C. Kiefer;Jeffrey E. Tucker;Richard Joh;Katherine E. Landsberg

  • NUCLEIC ACID RELATED COMPOUNDS. 39. EFFICIENT CONVERSION OF 5-IODO TO 5-ALKYNYL AND DERIVED 5-SUBSTITUTED URACIL BASES AND NUCLEOSIDES

    Morris J. Robins;Philip J. Barr

  • Production of a polyketide natural product in nonpolyketide-producing prokaryotic and eukaryotic hosts

    James T. Kealey;Lu Liu;Daniel V. Santi;Mary C. Betlach

  • Nucleotide sequence of SRV-1, a type D simian acquired immune deficiency syndrome retrovirus

    Michael D. Power;Preston A. Marx;Martin L. Bryant;Murray B. Gardner

  • Synthesis in yeast of a functional oxidation-resistant mutant of human alpha-antitrypsin

    Steven Rosenberg;Philip J. Barr;Richard C. Najarian;Robert A. Hallewell

  • Characterization of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor binding proteins 4, 5, and 6 produced in yeast.

    M C Kiefer;C Schmid;M Waldvogel;I Schläpfer

  • A carboxyl-terminal fragment of Plasmodium falciparum gp195 expressed by a recombinant baculovirus induces antibodies that completely inhibit parasite growth.

    S. P. Chang;H. L. Gibson;Chun Ting Lee-Ng;P. J. Barr

  • Molecular Cloning and Structural Characterization of the Arg-gingipain Proteinase of Porphyromonas gingivalis: BIOSYNTHESIS AS A PROTEINASE-ADHESIN POLYPROTEIN

    Nadine Pavloff;Jan Potempa;Robert N. Pike;Vaclav Prochazka

  • The cDNA and derived amino acid sequence for human osteopontin.

    Michael C. Kiefer;Diane M. Bauer;Philip J. Barr

  • The ompA signal peptide directed secretion of Staphylococcal nuclease A by Escherichia coli.

    M. Takahara;D. W. Hibler;P. J. Barr;John A. Gerlt

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. Luciw
Paul A. Luciw University of California, Davis
Daniel V. Santi
Daniel V. Santi University of California, San Francisco
Pablo Valenzuela
Pablo Valenzuela Novartis (United States)
Morris J. Robins
Morris J. Robins Brigham Young University
Gregory S. Schultz
Gregory S. Schultz University of Florida
David C. Kaslow
David C. Kaslow United States Food and Drug Administration
Victor Nussenzweig
Victor Nussenzweig New York University
James Travis
James Travis University of Georgia
Elizabeth Nardin
Elizabeth Nardin New York University
William E. Collins
William E. Collins Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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