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Overview

Russell J. Cox is affiliated with the University of Hannover in Germany. Their research encompasses topics primarily within pharmacology, molecular biology, and materials chemistry, with additional work in cell biology and plant science.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of microbial natural products and biosynthesis, fungal biology and applications, and plant pathogens and fungal diseases. Other main areas of focus include plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, advanced photocatalysis techniques, quantum dots synthesis and properties, and the electronic and structural properties of oxides.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Chemical Communications
  • RSC Advances
  • Dalton Transactions

Their recent published papers highlight a range of research interests and include the following:

  • "X-ray screening identifies active site and allosteric inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease" (2021), Science
  • "High quality genome sequences of thirteen Hypoxylaceae (Ascomycota) strengthen the phylogenetic family backbone and enable the discovery of new taxa" (2020), Fungal Diversity
  • "Diels-Alder Reactions During the Biosynthesis of Sorbicillinoids" (2020), Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Intragenomic polymorphisms in the ITS region of high-quality genomes of the Hypoxylaceae (Xylariales, Ascomycota)" (2020), Mycological Progress
  • "Curiouser and curiouser: progress in understanding the programming of iterative highly-reducing polyketide synthases" (2022), Natural Product Reports

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Russell J. Cox include:

  • Eric Kuhnert
  • Marc Stadler
  • Elizabeth Skellam
  • Maurice Hauser
  • Jörn Kalinowski

Best Publications

  • Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

    Marnix H. Medema;Marnix H. Medema;Renzo Kottmann;Pelin Yilmaz;Matthew Cummings

  • Polyketides, proteins and genes in fungi: programmed nano-machines begin to reveal their secrets

    Russell J. Cox

  • A chain initiation factor common to both modular and aromatic polyketide synthases

    Christian Bisang;Paul F. Long;Jesús Cortés;James Westcott

  • X-ray screening identifies active site and allosteric inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease.

    Sebastian Günther;Patrick Y. A. Reinke;Yaiza Fernández-García;Julia Lieske

  • Orange, red, yellow: Biosynthesis of azaphilone pigments in Monascus fungi

    Wanping Chen;Runfa Chen;Qingpei Liu;Qingpei Liu;Yi He

  • Fusarin C Biosynthesis in Fusarium moniliforme and Fusarium venenatum

    Zhongshu Song;Russell J. Cox;Colin M. Lazarus;Thomas J. Simpson

  • Design and utility of oligonucleotide gene probes for fungal polyketide synthases

    Thomas P Nicholson;Brian A.M Rudd;Mike Dawson;Colin M Lazarus

  • An antibiotic produced by an insect-pathogenic bacterium suppresses host defenses through phenoloxidase inhibition.

    Ioannis Eleftherianos;Sam Boundy;Susan A. Joyce;Shazia Aslam

  • The molecular steps of citrinin biosynthesis in fungi

    Yi He;Yi He;Russell J. Cox;Russell J. Cox

  • Genetic, molecular, and biochemical basis of fungal tropolone biosynthesis

    Jack Davison;Ahmed al Fahad;Menghao Cai;Zhongshu Song

  • Biosynthesis of the 2-Pyridone Tenellin in the Insect Pathogenic Fungus Beauveria bassiana

    Kirstin L. Eley;Laura M. Halo;Zhongshu Song;Henry Powles

  • Authentic Heterologous Expression of the Tenellin Iterative Polyketide Synthase Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Requires Coexpression with an Enoyl Reductase

    Laura M. Halo;James W. Marshall;Ahmed A. Yakasai;Zhongshu Song

  • Room temperature palladium catalysed coupling of acyl chlorides with terminal alkynes.

    Russell J. Cox;Dougal J. Ritson;Thomas A. Dane;John Berge

  • Late stage oxidations during the biosynthesis of the 2-pyridone tenellin in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana.

    Laura M Halo;Mary N Heneghan;Ahmed A Yakasai;Zhongshu Song

  • First Heterologous Reconstruction of a Complete Functional Fungal Biosynthetic Multigene Cluster

    Mary N. Heneghan;Ahmed A. Yakasai;Laura M. Halo;Zhongshu Song

  • Bacterial diaminopimelate metabolism as a target for antibiotic design

    Russell J. Cox;Andrew Sutherland;John C. Vederas

  • Rational domain swaps decipher programming in fungal highly reducing polyketide synthases and resurrect an extinct metabolite.

    Katja M. Fisch;Walid Bakeer;Walid Bakeer;Ahmed A. Yakasai;Zhongshu Song

  • The DAP pathway to lysine as a target for antimicrobial agents.

    Russell J. Cox

  • Diastereoselective synthesis of cyclopropane amino acids using diazo compounds generated in situ.

    Luke A. Adams;Varinder K. Aggarwal;Roger V. Bonnert;Bettina Bressel

  • Synthesis of isotopically labelled 3-amino-2-phenylpropionic acid and its role as a precursor in the biosynthesis of tenellin and tropic acid

    Russell J. Cox;David O'Hagan

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Simpson
Thomas J. Simpson University of Bristol
Christine L. Willis
Christine L. Willis University of Bristol
Colin M. Lazarus
Colin M. Lazarus University of Bristol
Matthew P. Crump
Matthew P. Crump University of Bristol
Christopher M. Thomas
Christopher M. Thomas University of Birmingham
Marc Stadler
Marc Stadler Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Jörn Kalinowski
Jörn Kalinowski Bielefeld University
Rolf Hilgenfeld
Rolf Hilgenfeld University of Lübeck
Pierre J. G. M. de Wit
Pierre J. G. M. de Wit Wageningen University & Research
Henry N. Chapman
Henry N. Chapman Universität Hamburg

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